Alius Bene [Applications/FT/Open]

by **Transoxthraxia** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 5:18 pm

The galaxy Auriolus. A young galaxy, by any means. The collection of stars that have formed Auriolus, a spiral galaxy with eight arms and hundreds of thousands of planets, both inhabitable and otherwise. Planets are insurmountably different, and wondrous by all means. However, with this, there also comes wonders with nearly mythical proportions. Huygen's Rings, Irradiation, Berserk Biodiversity, Hollow caverns that snake the entire planet, and Aurora Waves appear on planets throughout the galaxy, so do less natural formations. Kessler's Syndrome, relics, and many more other anomalies that are clearly not natural dot the planets as well, remnants of a past civilization that had once, perhaps, populated these planets. However, unfortunately, these civilizations, like their relics, are long, long dead. Nothing can be learned from their derelict ruins.

This thread, Alius Bene, is essentially an alternative to other contemporary groups in which realism and scale actually matters. In this RP, you will experience an enjoyable RP while you stay within the bounds of a "realistic" Future Tech society. The people who join will be able to make a civilization that will be tailored to their desires, ensuring a large degree of creativity while keeping the RP and its participants as equal and fair as possible to ensure that all participants will ensure their enjoyment, rather than just a few. There will be little storyline to Alius Bene, which is designed to be relatively free-roam. Within the story that is Alius Bene, the story itself woven by us, the players, will be a blanket worn by the galaxy forever. While you are free to RP most planets as you wish, I would really love to see some creativity put into the whole process. What is so unique about the planet? Does it have some sort of life form on it? Is the flora eating the fauna? Keep in mind all of these things, along with many more during the RP and any colonization RPs that you will take place in.

Note: The OP is constantly subject to change and evolution, making it look prettier, more professional, adding or changing rules, etcetera.

by **Transoxthraxia** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 5:19 pm

by **Bredtonia** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 5:40 pm

Civilization Name: Mentak Coalition
Civilization Age: 300 years as Mentak, ~600 years on Mull Prime, ~5,000 years for Zaren in total, ~8,000 year for Laxx
Government type, and description: The Mentak Coaltion is primarily an Aristocratic Demarchy & Republic. All Captains in good standing (see society, below) are members of a senate known as the Table of Captains. Although all governmental power theoretically arises from the senate, its size means that in reality it’s only real function is as an elective body. From among the Captains, a number of legislative and judicial subcommittees are assembled, some by election, some by lottery and others by combinations thereof. For non-Mentak, the most important body is the Foreign Counsel, a group of eleven individuals (five elected, five selected, and the Hand of Erwin), who decide matters of international relations and warfare. The most important single election from the Senate is that of the Hand of Erwin, the Commander in Chief and Head of State who serves in that capacity for life (barring censer by the Senate).

Current Leader(s): Juliana Morgan, the 14th Hand of Erwin. At 41 year old, Juliana is the youngest Hand of Erwin yet, having been elected four years ago. She comes from a very promenade family, a direct descendant of one of the original ten families who aided Erwin Mentak in liberating Mull Prime from the Laxx and defending it from the Darek raiders that followed. Her father died young exploring a derelict alien vessel, leaving her as the head of the family. She has already made quite a name for herself both as a statesman and a military leader, and much is expected of her reign.

Capital planet and description: Mull Prime
Mull Prime is a young planet that is predominantly covered by extensive plains of orange and green grasses sprinkled with a million lakes. Sharp youthful mountains pierce the heart of many of its continents, their icy mountain streams giving life to steep lush mountain valleys, where green fruitful trees and flowers grow in colorful contrast to the orange plains. Many of these plains and valleys have been carefully cultivated, providing a continuous source of food and culinary luxuries to the society in the stars. Despite the growing population and industry, the planet remains beautiful and intact, primarily due to a lack of “bootstrap” industrialization and the establishment of factories on its three tiny moons.

In interstellar terms, the System of Mull is found at the edge of the Mahact Plateau, which once housed the Laxx Empire and still houses the Zaren homeworld. The planet sits on the convergence of two major, easily navigated interstellar trade routes, as well as a route known only as the Trail of Tears, which leads back into the ruins of the fallen empire.

Other important sites in your Civilization:
Fourth Moon: A massive space station that acts as the capital of Mull Prime and the center for all Mentak space activity. It's shipyard the Arsenal is perhaps one of the largest ship building conglomerates in the galaxy. Virtually every Mentak ship had its keel set in the Fourth Moon's shipyard.

Hope's End: An old penal work colony for offenders who deserved worse than those sent to Mull Prime, Hope's End is a deadly world filled with thick veins of precious metals and rare earth elements. Although the liberation of Mentak means it no longer uses forced labor, it's still seen as a last refuge of the truly desperate. Liberated in the same revolution that freed Mull Prime, it is a major feeder for the Arsenal, and the Mentak Coalitions only other completely controlled world. Note, the official designation for Hope's End is Mull Quatra

Mull Secundus A large gas giant, Mull Secundus is home to a number of small space stations and research outposts. The most important of these orbitals, however, are the various gas refineries, which extract tritium from the planet's atmosphere.

History
Prior to the Mentak, the Zaren were a client and almost slave species of the Laxx, who controlled a small empire within Mahact Plateau star cluster. As a species, they served the Laxx for nearly eight hundred and fifty years, but an oppressive rule lead to opposition. Those who could would organize mutinies aboard Laxx starships, claiming the ship for themselves before becoming pirates and freedom fighters. Those that were caught were sent to the far reaches of the Empire as criminals to work as slaves on the vast plantations of Mull prime or mines of Hope’s End. The expected war of independence never came, the Darek Migratory Fleet happened first. The numerically superior Darek Fleet swept through the Laxx Empire, destroying infrastructure and pillaging planets as they went. The Laxx and their client races attempted to resist, but to no avail. Even as the Zaren home world was coming under siege a small group of Zaren rebels came to realize the Darek’s FTL was clumsier then their own, and the raiders would be unable to travel the difficult path through the Trail of Tears to Mull Prime.

Keeping this secret from their Laxx masters, the pirate captain Erwin Mentak brought together ten other renowned pirate captains and came up with a desperate plan. The eleven of them would run the blockade of the Zaren home world, load up with as many civilians as possible, and then fight their way to the Mull Prime, where they would drop off the civilians. With the element of surprise, the first attempt went perfectly, so they made a second attempt, this time with additional pirate support. In the end dozens of trips were made and more than a hundred million Zaren were rescued from the home world, colonies, space stations, derelicts or escape pods. The recused almost doubled the population of Mull Prime.

By this time the Darek navy had traced them to their escape route. They guarded the exit of the Trail and sent a fleet of specially modified frigates captained by their best navigators through the Trail of Tears to finally eliminate the pirate coalition. In the Mull System, the ragtag space fleet rallied once again behind Erwin Mentak, destroying the Darek fleet.

In the chaos of battle, its unsure what happened to Erwin’s ship. Some say he chased the Darek back through the Trail of Tears, others that his ship was destroyed in the fighting. Either way by the end of the battle the Coalition was under the command of his friend Captain Santiago, who Erwin had affectionately referred to as “my right hand”. That was three hundred years ago.

Military Information: The Mentak Coalition does not have a standing military, per se. Instead it operates on a continuous merchant marine/reserve system, where every Captain is provided a particular level of governmental support, and in return provides a particular level of military service to the Coalition. In addition, during a state of emergency, the Coalition can recall and press in to service any of its Captains. This could, in theory, provide the Coalition with a truly impressive navy if its government was ever truly threatened with annihilation.

As a result of its Independent Captain based reserve structure, the Mentak Coalition has no static flag officers. Instead, when the Coalition gathers a fleet of Captains together, the most senior or renowned of them will be designated as an Admiral for the duration of the battle or fleet's existence. Particularly large battles or campaigns will see the temporary assignment of increasingly higher ranks of Admirals.
Infantry and other Ground forces also fall under this "Captain's own" system. These forces are commanded, deployed and supported by their own captain's ship. (Where they are often stored in stasis pods between missions.) Due to these particular arrangements, Mentak ground forces are quite small. For minor engagements, these are more than adequate. However, on the rare occasion when need arises these forces are freely and extensively augmented with mercenaries.

A note on ranks: Captain refers to an aristocratic senior officer. If a citizen the senior officer of a spaceship, they are refered to as Commander. If the ship is wholy owned by a Captain who is not serving onboard, the ship's senior officer official rank is Leutanant-Commander. (ie. Captain's Leutanant in the position of a commander.)

Military Doctrine:
Mentak military doctrine calls for heavy harassment techniques enacted by multiple independent small units. These are typically followed up by swift, highly mobile assaults focused on enemy supply and logistics lines. If this is insufficient to force capitulation, it will be followed up by a heavy assault, often spearheaded by mercenaries to generate overwhelming force.

Spatial Combat Information:
The Mentak essentially have two types of weaponry for their starships, the laser cannon and hydrogen missile. Defensively, the ships rely primarily on their plasma-steel armor, strengthened by compression fields that increase their effective tensile strength. As a secondary defense, all ships are equipped with deflector shields, as well as standard electronic countermeasures.

The laser cannon is more than a simple laser. Instead the mono-wavelength photons are captured within a condensed gravitational "bottle". The package is than launched, where the space folding nature of its gravitational bottle allows it to travel at near-light speeds, until the field eventually disintegrates and releases the photons in a burst. It’s worth noting there is no propulsion period, and consequently no barrel required for laser cannons. Controlled studies have demonstrated higher then average armor penetration when compared to common galactic weaponry, however, as the containment bottle prevents effective spreading of damage, creating only localized penetrations.

Ship to ship missiles also use gravity fields for their critical functions. Like the ships, the missiles are propelled by space-folding hetch drives. When the missile's onboard targeting computers detect proximity to a target, the drive's field collapses and it used for it's second purpose. The gravity field compresses a small quantity of tritium until it spontaneously undergoes nuclear fusion, and keeps the fuel at critical stages until it is almost completely consumed. Finally (a few milliseconds later), the missile collapses one section of the gravity field, creating a focused thermonuclear blast.

Plasma-Steel, a common construction element in the Mentak Coalition, is a simple ferrous alloy formed by heating all of the component materials to their plasma state, then cooling them back down under controlled conditions. This creates an extremely strong and thermally resistant material. When used as ship armor, plasma-steel's toughness is further augmented by a compression field, which uses a combination of gravitational and electromagnetic fields to hold the armor together, increasing it's thermal resistance and tensile strength.

Mentak deflector shields, the only kind of military shielding they use, does not serve to actively stop attacking projectiles. Instead the shield generator creates a tangential gravity field that warps an incoming projectile's trajectory away from the protected craft. As it is gravitationally based, the strength of the shield is proportional to the target's mass, and as such is most effective on large, slow moving projectiles like missile, and least effective on energy weapons, like photons. Controlled studies have demonstrated approximately a 20% success rate at deflection of energy weaponry, with a further 15% being turned to "glancing hits". Studies with kinetic weaponry show 5% to 20% increases in effectiveness of complete deflection depending on the size and speed of the round, though the "glancing" buffer remains unchanged. Deflection of unguided missile style weaponry near 90%, though this can become nearly 0% depending on strength and mobility of guidance systems.

The standard Mentak ship, and the basis of its fleet, is the Merchant Cruiser. These vessels are designed with the ability to operate in complete independence. Every cruiser mounts laser cannons, missile tubes and launch bays for attack craft. The amounts of each are always relatively balanced, although specifics differ depending on the Captain's preferences and designs. It should also be noted that because these ships serve as merchant flagships as well as ships of war, they less powerful then dedicated warships of their same tonnage and tech level.

In addition to cruisers, the Mentak fleet recognizes two other classes of vessel, based more on usage then tonnage. The Destroyer is a specialized, military focused vessel that forgoes a large portion of it's cargo capacity and some weapon systems for a strong focus on a particular weapon type. Although a destroyer could be any size, the cost of operation means they are typically on the smaller end. The Galleon on the other hand, is a focused merchant vessel, trading structure reinforcement and weapon systems for additional cargo space. Naturally, these tend to be found plying the safer space lanes, though it's not unheard of for risky captains to take their ship a little farther afield.

Example Ships: Standard Cruiser, Smaller Cruiser, Destroyer, Large Galleon, Small Galleon, Attack Craft

Spatial Combat Doctrine: In single or paired ship combat, the Mentak simply attempt to emphasize the use of the weapon system the enemy is least well equipped to defend against. When fighting enemies without specific weaknesses, Mentak captains will typically attempt to use attack craft to target enemy weapon systems, leaving them with a reduced ability to counter-attack when the ship moves into gun range.

Large fleet actions generally require more mobility, and focus on wide, multi-vector assaults that attempt to break up enemy formations and take advantage of the Mentak's lack of need to maintain tight formations for mutual support. Mentak rarely commit to holding actions or decisive battles, and captains are expected to withdraw their ship prior to its destruction.

Ground Combat Information: With few exceptions, Mentak ground forces are considered part of crew of the ship they hail from. They hold naval ranks and follow their ship's chain of command, ultimately answering to its captain. The majority are also inevitably stored in stasis pods between engagements to save on costs. As would be expected from a series of units each independently raised and outfitted, the exact composition of such forces differs dramatically. There are, however, at least a few consistent points.

Mentak Infantry can essentially be divided into three types. Armsmen are continuously active onboard a the ship in question, acting as a garrisoning police force during the ships normal operations. The number of Armsmen tends to depend on the discipline requirements of the ship in question, but typically isn’t many. Commandos, by comparison, are the general term for the Mentak’s Special Forces personnel. They are few in number, around a half-dozen per cruiser, but exceptionally well equipped and very well trained. Lastly, Solders comprise the rest of the ground forces. Reasonably well trained and equipped, soldiers are the line infantry of the Coalition, with their training particularly focused on CQB for cityfights and boarding actions. Unlike the others, Soldiers are almost always kept in stasis between deployments, to save resources, boredom, and increase the number a ship can carry.

Regardless of type, all the Mentak infantry use the same general types of equipment. Armor is made from the leather hide of a thick skinned animal originally native to the Zaren homeworld. It’s natural toughness and shock absorbing quality makes it comparable to ballistic weave. It has also been found, when treated with the correct chemicals, to be highly energy resistant. In addition to armor, commandos and other well equipped individuals will use the expensive but effective personal deflector shields.

Infantry (pulse) weapons are available in a stunning variety of sizes, strengths, ranges and rate of fire. They all, however, utilize the same basic principles. Chakan oil (a refined bioproduct) is released along with hydrogen and oxygen into a small gravio-magnetic containment sphere. An electric spark ignites the oil, which quickly shifts to the plasma state. The contained plasma is then projected out the barrel of the weapon using magnetic induction (similar to a coilgun). The resulting pellet burns a hole through the intended target. They are not particularly deadly weapon compared to kenetics, but make up for it in armor penetration and clip size. In addition to direct fire weapons, Mentak infantry utilize a variety of specialist weapons and grenades.

The other half of the ground battle equation, Mentak Armored Units, are very rare but they do exist. They use powerful and reliable gravity-canceling drives to provide a hover capability and motive power, though without full hetch drives, they remain much slower than the Mentak's aerospacecraft. They have thin vertical profiles and turreted main cannons. They are almost never deployed as collected armored companies, but rather as infantry support vehicles. They can be found as light and heavy variants.

Defensively, all Mentak armored units are constructed from plasma-steel, though armor thickness will depend on the weight allowances of the vehicle in question. All but the lightest units will utilize density enhancers to strengthen the armor during combat. Particularly high end vehicles will also be equipped with deflector shields.

Offensively, Mentak vehicles are in the position to use a variety of weaponry. Some are equipped with heavy caliber pulse weaponry, topping out the size the plasma can be effectively created and contained. Others utilize starfighter sized laser cannons instead as their primary weapon. Secondary weapons may include any number of pulse, missile or other variations.

Example Ground Personnel/Vehicles Infantryman, Armor

Ground Combat Doctrine: Large scale planetary conflicts (planetary invasions, for example) are fought almost entirely with mercenary forces. The Mentak themselves are unable and unwilling to maintain a ground army large enough to fight those wars on a continuous basis. While they will be fully supported by their Mentak employers, they are left to fight according to their own doctrine and methods.

The Mentak do, however, maintain sufficient ground forces for small, theater scale conflicts and special military operations. In the cases where these are deployed, the first order of business is always to establish aerospace superiority over the area in question. Once this is established, the Mentak will attempt to perform a series of rapid engagements that send overwhelming force against isolated or vulnerable positions, as per standard military doctrine. Withdrawal and redeployment is (almost) always considered the better option over protracted fights or fighting over holding ground. Naval air support is considered critical by Mentak ground doctrine, and even isolated soldier units can expect regular airstrikes.

Foreign Policy: The Mentak are aggressive in exploration, seeking and initiating first contact with any civilized planet in search of new products and new markets. Although not overly aggressive and with no interest in conquering
Technological Age: At least several hundred.
FTL Age: 1,151 years, though all but 300 of that were as a client race of a now collapsed interstellar empire.

Population: 2.3 Billion
Founding Species: Zaren
Other Species: Smattering of emigrants/traders from other wealthy nations. Protectorate planets often have indigenous populations of other species.
Sphere of Influence Size: Despite only having one planet to its name, the Mentak Coalition has a large sphere of influence because of its wide ranging fleets and economic policies. There are many minor planets and civilizations across the galaxy that relies on the Mentak for most, if not all, of their interstellar trade and/or spaceship protection.
Major Civilian industries/Services: Shipping, Intersteller Trade, Luxuries
Society and Cultural information:
Mentak society is stratified between two groups, the aristocracy known as the Captains, and everyone else (citizens). Becoming a Captain requires one of two circumstances. One must either be born to a Captain, or one must provide exceptional service to the Coalition in a time of need. Typically this means providing exceptionally large amounts of money and service in war. Captain families are not eternal, however. If a Captain is unable or unwilling to provide their required dues to the coalition, they fall into censure. From this point they lose their governing rights, but may recover their position, provided they pay off their debt to the state within one generation. As a result of their position and of these requirements, Captains are both wealthy and powerful.

Citizens of the Mentak Coalition have all the same rights as Captains, except for a seat at the Captain’s Table. (There are, however, numerous high level government bureaucratic positions only citizens can fill) As is the nature of their species, nearly all citizens find a passion in their teenage years and focus the majority of their energy on it, becoming an expert in the field. The general wealth and extensive use of semi-AI drones for unskilled labor provides the backbone for nearly all Mentak Citizens to do as they desire, rather than working an undesired occupation for their livelihood.

The Mentak are, in general, very nationalistic and regard their leaders with a certain amount of hero worship based on their renown. In return, of course, this means that Captains are nearly always out seeking great exploits to display back home, creating a highly dynamic society that tends to stick its nose in anything it can find.

Economic Information: Interstellar trade is the lifeblood of the Mentak economy, without it they would be little more than a minor outpost for a ragtag group of pirates and ex-criminals. However, although Mull Prime was remote and difficult for the old Laxx Empire that used it as a prison colony, it is centrally located and very well positioned for travel all across the rest of the galaxy. With an extremely large space fleet (given it's population) and a network of space stations and warehouses, the Mentak have become an economic powerhouse.

Primary Export(s): Other planet's trade goods, starships.
Primary Import(s): Foodstuffs, Raw industrial materials, Luxuries, Trade Goods
Strength of the (General) Industry: Low-Moderate. Mull prime, in addition to being a good agricultural world, has a diversified industry that goes far in supporting the Mentak Coalition's many requirements. However, it simply isn't big or industrialized enough to supply everything the world and its galaxy spanning ships require. Besides a handful of high technology and luxuries, the only industrial product the Mentak produce a surplus in is starships from the Arsenal

Policy on Colonization/Expansion: The Mentak are aggressively pushing for expansion of trade routes and shipping rights, but have little interest in acquiring additional land. Wars may be fought to establish or maintain rights or favorable conditions for their economic effects. The Mentak Coalition does not have the population to colonize new planets, and doesn't seek out to do so. They are, however, glad to help other, more populous species colonize their neighboring planets in return for concessions.

NS activity: Moderate
Technological Bases: Farscape, Twilight Imperium, Venice, Rogue Trader (W40k)
Prior RP links: As a Steel Legion Company, As the Mentak (not quite identical) and lastly As Sarah Kerrigan

Summary of your nation: Rich in wealth but not in land, the Mentak Coalition is reminiscent of the great Maritime republics of Earth's past. Strongly individual and nationalistic captains lead their ships on voyages of trade and exploration across the known galaxy in search of profit and adventure while the wide mercantile networks they establish feed the wealth and shipbuilding industry that is quickly blooming over a former penal colony. Those that cross the Mentak, however, quickly learn they have not entirely given up their piratical and criminal past.

Species name: Zaren
Respiratory Gas: Oxygen
Base Form: Carbon
Life span: 100 years. Modern medicine allows them to say in near perfect health until the end.
General Traits/Behavior: Zaren are a passionate, obsessive species. They often seem unable to put less then 100% into any activity they perform, pouring their heart and soul into what ever they choose (or find) as their life's passion. As a result their society has evolved into a society of specialists. Zaren have a hard time sitting still or doing nothing.
Genetic Diseases: Dabbler's Disease (ADD), Consumption (body metabolizes itself), Cancer
Intelligence: 6 (Normal)
Natural defenses/abilities: Minor physiological bonuses and penalties, no exceptional abilities, see Information.
Aggression: 4. Zaren are not particularly naturally aggressive. If pushed, they often resort to indirect aggression. If pushed to far, however, an individual Zaren's attention can shift to destruction, leaving them obsessed with a targets complete and udder destruction. These individuals are usually hospitalized.
Information: externally, Zaren appear like athletic, well built humans. Compared to the human baseline (and indeed most species in the galaxy) Zaren have extremely rapid metabolisms. This lends to a natural athleticism to the species, averaging on the upper end of human normal. It also adjusts the comfortable temperature range the species can handle to the colder side. Zaren liver & kidney equivalents are highly effective and efficient, rendering them less vulnerable to minor poisonings. They heal very quickly and (with the help of modern medicine) effectively, though not enough to be considered true regeneration. The trade off for their high metabolism is a large diet, the average Zaren requires three times the calories as a normal human, which has been known to put a strain on supply lines.

by **Durmatagno** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 6:05 pm

Only problem I have, Neanderthal were as smart if not smarter than humans, their bigger brains needed more energy, and they couldn't survive with our competition and the scarce food of the last Ice Age.

by **Segmentia** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 6:09 pm

Invited by Legital, will work on the app when I'm done playing Skyrim.

by **Transoxthraxia** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 6:16 pm

Durmatagno wrote:
Civilization Name: U.T.S.D (United Technocratic States of Durmatagno)
Civilization Age: 2,250 (As the U.T.S.D, a previous, pre-FTL version of the same name stretches back another 700 years)
Government type, and description: Technocratic Democracy: A corrupt, but functional democracy focusing its efforts on the advancement of science and technology.
Current Leader(s): Eli Pilgrim (Current president) Dante Eldon (Vice-President)
Home/Capital planet and description: Heridon is the homeworld of the Blood-Folk, and the center of its growing empire. Slightly larger than Earth, it is one of two garden worlds in the system. Further away and cooler then the other, it is a literal garden world. Its climate is moderate, and humid. Its plants use a blue-black pigment in replacement of chlorophyll, making the planet look incredibly dark from orbit. Mammals and Reptiles dominate the world, with amphibians a rare sight on the planet, the kingdom nearly wiped out from an ancient disease of unknown origin. The planet has five major continents, four clustered in the northern hemisphere, starting to join into a super-continent once more. THe fifth continent, about the size of North America, is drifting ever closer to the south pole. Most of the planets older cities are clustered on this southern continent. The northern continents are covered in industrial complexes, and research labs, with one continent devoid of any industry, though hunter-gather tribes of Blood-Folk live here, this, the largest continent, is now mainly used as a massive national park. All forms of life on the planet that breath air metabolize both nitrogen and oxygen.
Other important sites in your Civilization:
Maxima (Millitary)
Dante (Industry)
Mist (research)
Rexiam (Agriculture)
Delta-2 (Trade center, over Dante)
EGI-12 (Largest shipyard, over Maxima)
Bravo-16 (Research station in a trinary star system, over the newest of the UTSD’s colonies)
Maxiumus (Defense prototype over Heriodon)

Military Information: Planetary warfare is the specialty of the U.T.S.D. Their troops are trained under brutal conditions, with whippings, beatings, and fasting common as punishment. The soldiers are tough, hardened, and don't back down. With a heavy focus on plasma based explosives and ballistic weapons, this combination leaves them well equipped with most foes.
Military Doctrine: I don't write these as I change them far to often
Spatial Combat Information: Speed, numbers, and shields. With weak armor, the U.T.S.D relies on their powerful shields and anti-missile defenses to keep them protected, preferring to snake around the oppenent and be hard to hit.
Spatial Combat Doctrine: See above
Foreign Policy: Don't trust anyone, no foreign ships can power weapons and shields in U.T.S.D space.
Technological Age (Years beyond RL earth): Yeah, that's impossible to tell, with how the Earth can shoot from first flight to the moon in less then a century, the rate at which out technology evolves is unpredictable, so there's no solid timeframe for how far ahead you are.
FTL Age (Years civilization has had FTL): 2,250 (Several times they were beaten back to but a fraction of their population, so they're really old, but not massive because of it)

Population: 125.5 billion
Founding Species: Blood-Folk (75% 94.125)
Other Species: Fulonu (25% 31.375)
Sphere of Influence Size: Moderate (Most of their territory is clustered right where on of the arms meets the center of the galaxy.
Major Civilian industries/Services: Computers, Software, Robotics, Arms Manufacturing.
Society and Cultural information: A mistrusting, hard society, they tend to be focused only on themselves and their family. Futurism, fauvism, and expressionism domniate the art scene, while rock and metal dominate music. They prefer slim, sleek designs, in just about everything, and love black and dark green. Entertainers, and patrons of the arts are some of the highest held in society. Blood sports, and MLG dominates the "sports" scene, with blood sport members being volunteers or criminals sentenced to death. (Overview, more details mainly to be developed IC)

Economic Information:
Primary Export(s): Computers, Games, Unarmed Ships, general luxury items, robots, and weapons.
Primary Import(s): Raw goods, spices.
Strength of the (General) Industry: Weaponry and Ships
Policy on Colonization/Expansion: Take what's unclaimed, terraform after bubble colony. If at war, capturing systems is top priority, relinquish only if needed.

NS activity:
Technological Bases: Many
Prior RP links: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=177032
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=279726
viewtopic.php?f=31&t=241436
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=269983
Summary of your nation: I can't summarize things <-<;

Species Name: Blood-Folk
Appearance: The Blood-Folk are a rather odd race, near human in appearance, but completely unrelated. On the surface, they appear human, except for their more angular, and sharp faces. Their skin is usually a near golden tan, with blood red eyes to match them, another influence on their name. Their mouth is full of sharp, serrated teeth they can easily grow back, hints a a carnivorous nature, though they do in fact eat plants and nuts, they do prefer meat. Very few members of the race have hair thats not on their heads, or facial hair. They tend to wear their hair long, and the most common color is a black, or dark brown. Their ears are also slightly tapered, but this is rarely able to be seen through their long hair.

Biology and anatomy: Unlike most “standard” races, the sex a Blood-Folk is born with does not matter, the race can change sex quite easily, now at will thanks to medical trickery. The race was born with the ability to change sex when a member of the opposite sex aren't present. Using a trick they discovered later on regarding pheromones unique to each sex, someone can be any sex they want by tricking their body into thinking there’s none of the sex they wish to be, thus tricking it into changing to that sex. They are called The Blood-Folk because of a talent the race has, they can enter states of adrenaline rushes that make them terrifying in combat when they ingest blood, namely blood containing hemoglobin, though other varieties have varying effects. When in the blood rages that earned them their names, they are remarkably hard to kill, their bones become hard enough to survive barrages from most standard small arms for short periods, but heavier weapons, specifically armor piercing ones, have only a slightly reduced effect on them. Blood loss and pain rarely affect them in this state. The blood rage lasts longer when more blood is ingested, a constant source can keep them in this state for days before their bodies give in. Depending on the time, muscles will be torn, organs damaged, and bones even splintered from the pressure put on them in this state, though they are quick to heal when proper supplements are provided. Copper based blood dulls their sense, and pacifies them, nickel accelerates growth, increasing speed, strength, and intellect of the subject, but cuts their lifespan by 60-75%. Zinc based blood is a hallucinogenic that eats away at the drinkers bone marrow. Silver based blood is the last known blood the species has ingested, it slows the aging process down by upwards of 15%, increasing lifespan, but dulls the mind and atrophies muscles. Have about 20% more bones than humans.
Height: 5’7-6’10’
Weight: 180-250 pounds
Relative survivability: Variable

Natural Defenses/Abilities: Blood explained above (Unencountered blood types I’ll discuss with you when/if they’re encountered, as its obvious that not all kinds are beneficial, most having and up and downside) Sharp Teeth, enhanced sight, smell, and hearing.
Unnatural abilities: Enhanced Healing

Respiratory Gas: Oxygen, Nitrogen (In that order, they can survive so long as breathable amounts of one are in the atmosphere, but function best when both are present)
Base composite Element: Carbon

Base Form and Ethnic Variations: Base form described above. Ethnic variations refer to eye color, ranging from black, to incredibly rare silver. Skin color is near uniform across the species, with very little variation outside of time exposed to sun.
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Life Span: 120 years
Reproduction: Gestation period: 8 Months, fraternal twins common.
Intelligence Level: 8
Traits/Behavior/Disposition: Variable, most are distrusting of everyone.

Type: Mammal
Aggression: 6 (There have been several attempts at genocide from now extinct races native to the same planet, they are very distrusting and wary of other species)
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Common Diseases: AIDS, Malaria, Typhoid Fever, and Tick Fever
Mutations: Sixth finger on each hand, tail, and body hair.

Species Name: Fulonu
Appearance: Large , cat like mammals that stand on average at about 5'10
for females, 6'0" for males. Covered from head to toe in soft fur, they appear to be a peaceful race, relaxed bodies, soft eyes and hands, but are infact a warrior culture. Their hands hide sharp claws designed to rip open throats and teeth to tear apart flesh. Their fur hides rippling muscle and their eyes are built to also see body heat. Eyes are usually a deep blue, and fur black. Males tend to have small tufts on their tails, but otherwise its hard to tell what gender is what unless your one of them.

Biology and anatomy:(What is the body of the species like? Do they have less bones? Many bones? Purple blood?) Their bodies have a astounding ability to heal from anything that comes their way, whether its natural or created is no longer known, but it makes them incredibly hard to keep down. Red blood, glows faintly in the dark due to higher levels of phosphorous than normal.

Height: (Feet) 5'5"-6'8"
Weight: (Pounds) 230
Relative survivability: High

Natural Defenses/Abilities: (Psionics, Claws, Ect) Claws, Teeth
Unnatural abilities: Rapid Healing, minor psionics (both are unknown whether natural or not, so just putting them here)

Respiratory Gas: Oxygen
Base composite Element: (Example: Humans: Carbon) Carbon

Base Form and Ethnic Variations: Ethnic variations include fur color and patterns therein, black and gold are the most common, with face and tail stripes.
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Life Span: 125 years
Reproduction: Sexual, gestation 9 months, litters of 2-8, monogamous
Intelligence Level: 5
Traits/Behavior/Disposition: Aggressive, but know restraint and that fighting doesn't solve everyhing.

Type: (Insect, Mammal, Avian, sentient energy, etc.) Mammal
Aggression: (-10 to 0 to 10, with 10 being automatically attempting to commit genocide, 0 being utterly neutral, and -10 being ridiculously benevolent and giving planets away or something) 4

Common Diseases: (Must have two) Tooth Rot, Head Cold
Mutations: Manes

Only problem I have, Neanderthal were as smart if not smarter than humans, their bigger brains needed more energy, and they couldn't survive with our competition and the scarce food of the last Ice Age.

Eh. The thing isn't supposed to be super accurate. When you think of a Neanderthal, you think of a guy squatting in a cave, banging to rocks together, or something along those lines. Either way, you think of a primitive society, which is what the whole analogy is supposed to convey. The application is pending while I read it.

Segmentia wrote:Invited by Legital, will work on the app when I'm done playing Skyrim.

Yay, good to see you here.

by **Bredtonia** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 7:18 pm

Perhaps replace it with "Barely Scentiant"

Anyway, I was goint to just repost the Mentak Coalition, but I'm starting to reconsider some of the finer point, particularly species. That and a little bit of outlook. Funny how ideas evolve. I suppose, the first thing is if to have one or several. Second is if I should use "humans".

by **Transoxthraxia** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 7:28 pm

Bredtonia wrote:Perhaps replace it with "Barely Scentiant"

Anyway, I was goint to just repost the Mentak Coalition, but I'm starting to reconsider some of the finer point, particularly species. That and a little bit of outlook. Funny how ideas evolve. I suppose, the first thing is if to have one or several. Second is if I should use "humans".

It would be cool either way. I think that would be just personal preference, to be honest. You'll still need a species app, though, since you're the first human nation, if you go down that path.

by **Segmentia** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 7:30 pm

Hm, debating what to use.

by **Transoxthraxia** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 7:41 pm

Segmentia wrote:Hm, debating what to use.

What are the options?

by **Segmentia** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 7:43 pm

Transoxthraxia wrote:
Segmentia wrote:Hm, debating what to use.

What are the options?

Either a rather crazy mix of the Victorian Era and World War One in space, or something /influenced/ by the COG in Gears of War. Influenced, mind you, not copied.

by **Transoxthraxia** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 7:47 pm

Segmentia wrote:
Transoxthraxia wrote:What are the options?

Either a rather crazy mix of the Victorian Era and World War One in space, or something /influenced/ by the COG in Gears of War. Influenced, mind you, not copied.

Obviously. I would really like to see the first one, because I'd love to participate in a war with/against that. The second would be cool simply because I love the artwork and style the COG employs.

by **Segmentia** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 7:49 pm

Transoxthraxia wrote:
Segmentia wrote:
Either a rather crazy mix of the Victorian Era and World War One in space, or something /influenced/ by the COG in Gears of War. Influenced, mind you, not copied.

Obviously. I would really like to see the first one, because I'd love to participate in a war with/against that. The second would be cool simply because I love the artwork and style the COG employs.

Could even do a mix. Start off with WW1 in Space, then as time goes, evolve into looking more like the COG as we realize bolt-action laser rifles and no body armor is a /bad/ thing.

by **Transoxthraxia** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 7:52 pm

Segmentia wrote:
Transoxthraxia wrote:Obviously. I would really like to see the first one, because I'd love to participate in a war with/against that. The second would be cool simply because I love the artwork and style the COG employs.

Could even do a mix. Start off with WW1 in Space, then as time goes, evolve into looking more like the COG as we realize bolt-action laser rifles and no body armor is a /bad/ thing.

That would be cool. If you were to do that, I'd assume that you'd start off as a new civilization which has just come of "age" and has met the rest of us, and through really poor combat experiences, the evolution occurs.

by **Segmentia** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 7:54 pm

Transoxthraxia wrote:That would be cool. If you were to do that, I'd assume that you'd start off as a new civilization which has just come of "age" and has met the rest of us, and through really poor combat experiences, the evolution occurs.

That, or have been around for a little bit, but never found an enemy that was ever really a challenge. Like how the British were still somewhat training in line tactics when the First World War broke out, because most of their enemies were rather primitive,

by **Transoxthraxia** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 7:56 pm

Segmentia wrote:
Transoxthraxia wrote:That would be cool. If you were to do that, I'd assume that you'd start off as a new civilization which has just come of "age" and has met the rest of us, and through really poor combat experiences, the evolution occurs.

That, or have been around for a little bit, but never found an enemy that was ever really a challenge. Like how the British were still somewhat training in line tactics when the First World War broke out, because most of their enemies were rather primitive,

I didn't know that about the British. But yeah, that.

by **Segmentia** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 7:57 pm

Transoxthraxia wrote:
Segmentia wrote:
That, or have been around for a little bit, but never found an enemy that was ever really a challenge. Like how the British were still somewhat training in line tactics when the First World War broke out, because most of their enemies were rather primitive,

I didn't know that about the British. But yeah, that.

At least in Africa they were, iirc.

by **Transoxthraxia** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 7:58 pm

Segmentia wrote:
Transoxthraxia wrote:I didn't know that about the British. But yeah, that.

At least in Africa they were, iirc.

That would partially explain how they got beaten silly by that German fellow.

by **Legital** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 8:26 pm

Ha, looks like Seg might go with the ol' Victorian Era English influence while I go with my Victorian Era Germanic influence. Just like old times.

by **Zeinbrad** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:06 pm

Legital wrote:Ha, looks like Seg might go with the ol' Victorian Era English influence while I go with my Victorian Era Germanic influence. Just like old times.

And I am going for my not even unified planet (Gaia) that's only hope to defeat Aliens is a Project doesn't even exist.

by **Transoxthraxia** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:07 pm

Zeinbrad wrote:
Legital wrote:Ha, looks like Seg might go with the ol' Victorian Era English influence while I go with my Victorian Era Germanic influence. Just like old times.

And I am going for my not even unified planet (Gaia) that's only hope to defeat Aliens is a Project doesn't even exist.

I'm telling you straight up, what I've heard from your Sci-Fi universe will be denied here if it surfaces.

by **Zeinbrad** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:12 pm

Transoxthraxia wrote:
Zeinbrad wrote:And I am going for my not even unified planet (Gaia) that's only hope to defeat Aliens is a Project doesn't even exist.

I'm telling you straight up, what I've heard from your Sci-Fi universe will be denied here if it surfaces.

Meh, this is before Humans discovered they where psychic (Well, more they where activated) and psyguns where invented.

Also,the Ragon aren't that OP, I just like to make them seem unstoppable. Partly because their my most developed and favorite race.

Just not smart them and they lose.

by **Zeinbrad** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:22 pm

Hmm.... Fuck it I'm being Space nazi's, if the Nazi's won the Second Grand war in the Gaiaverse.

Prepare thy asshole for blitzkriegs and fanaticism.

by **Legital** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:26 pm

Civilization Name: The Higaran (Hi-gar-an) Empire
Civilization Age: Exactly 1,426 years since the Higarans unified their home planet under a single government.
Government type, and description: The government is very much an authoritarian Empire with a minor oligarchic undertone. The Emperor is the head of the entire empire, naturally, and has a council which he uses as advisement. Planetary Governors and Sector Governors lay beneath the Emperor on the grand scale of things, with Planetary Governors having their own administrations under them. Planetary and Sector Governors are part of the Prime Ruling System, which also details what positions are and are not allowed to be created under each governor. It is often vague enough to better suit each planet as positions are needed to look over various things, but the system is very much the same everywhere, with some minor variations across the Empire.
Current Leader(s): Emperor Ibram Hess and Empress Elizabeth Hess (She, however, does not have the same power as the Emperor.)
Home/Capital planet and description: Higara is the home and capital planet to the Higarans. The capital city on Higara is simply called Imperial Center(Outskirts of the capital), which is the largest city in the Empire and is where the government is located.

Higara itself is quite a large Terran style planet with only a single large ocean and several small seas. The planet is rather cool, with the poles being cold enough to stay iced and snowed over all year, however, most of the planet has a rather continental like climate. Ancient worn down and sloping mountains snake across the land, along with thick forests. A quarter of the planet is also gently rolling grassy plains. While the mountains no longer reach very high into the sky as they once did in ancient times, several mountain ranges are large enough to cause two distinct climate types to dominate two halves of the planet. On one end, near the ocean, it is often cloudy and rainy with cool temperatures. Fog is often very common here. The other climate is also generally cool, though is less extreme and often experiences cool winters and warm summers. The skies in this area is often clear, unlike the constant overcast which dominates much of the globe. This climate is located in the grassy plains area, which not surprisingly is where the planet gets the majority of its agriculture from.

Other important sites in your Civilization: (Use the list, include a brief description of each.)

Furron:

Reyn:

Military Information: The Higaran military consists of the Imperial Army, the ground forces and largest make up of the military, and the Imperial Navy, the branch which consists of warships and other spacecraft. There is also a third branch which holds a non-combat role, which is the Imperial Munitions Department. The IMDs job is to supply both the Army and Navy with all types of surplus for the two main branches, be it food and uniforms to fuel and weaponry; anything and everything is handled by this branch and its mass of officials and clerks who organize the process of distributing supplies and having them ordered.

The Imperial Army is the largest military make up in terms of personnel. Imperial infantrymen are held to high standards, though with such a high number of infantrymen it is difficult to have a very high grade of training. Since this is the case, those who exceed training in various criteria are given the option of joining various Imperial Army subgroups, mainly the Stormtrooper Corps. which is considered the elite of the Army. Stormtroopers are trained to advanced levels and are given better equipment which is tailored better to each individual than a standard kit with some variations across the board for the regular Army Infantrymen, and as thus make excellent shock troopers. Despite this, the average Imperial Infantryman is very well disciplined and capable of fighting in whatever theater he or she is assigned to. All infantrymen are equipped with blaster rifles (laser guns) and are given full armor which protect against laser based and ballistic weaponry well enough. Infantryman, Officer, and Commissar uniforms. Infantry Dress uniform.

The Imperial Navy also has a very large amount of personnel, rivaling that of the Army, though many of these positions are non-combatant unlike the Army. Which the Imperial Navy has many fleets, the ships of the Navy are often of medium size all around, with not many exceptionally large ships nor small ships. One ship is supposed to be capable enough to hold its own, while fleets of them are supposed to be very well capable of defeating even some of the more stalwart enemies out there. The average Naval ship is rather slow, but well armored and armed. Various ship classes mark out what ships are better at what, with frigates being good 'light' vessels while battleships are excellent ships of the line which are often in the thick of it, while carriers are often in a support role utilizing large complements of small fighters and bombers.

Military Doctrine: The main military doctrine for the Imperial Military is to handle wars of attrition. In short, they are in it for the long run and can be compared to as a hammer rather than a sword, with the special organizations within the military (such as the Stormtrooper Corps.) can be considered scalpels. Equipment is durable, plentiful, and standardized allowing for easy replacements and replenishment for both Infantry supplies and parts for vehicles and ships. Discipline is very important, as while a single trooper is rather weak in the big picture alone, when working together is the key to victory. As such, cowardice is often an executable offense as Commissars, who act as both disciplinarians and upholders of moral and military order (they are part of a branch of the military police) carry out the military judicial system.
Spatial Combat Information: Low ship numbers, but ships are powerful in both armor and armament. Made to take and dish out a lot of damage alone, but when in fleets ships have designated roles which enhance their ability tenfold. Refer to Military Information for the rest.
Spatial Combat Doctrine: See the above.
Foreign Policy: Democratic governments are often looked down upon for being inefficient and those that have similar government style to the Higaran Empire are often better tolerated and looked better upon. Despite this, all non-Higarans are generally looked down upon as being inferior.
Technological Age: Hard to say. Technology is unpredictable, but my technology is also a mix of advanced and not so advanced. Imagine Warhammer 40,000 in terms or technology scale range, with both crude technology and very powerful and advanced technology.
FTL Age: Roughly 400 years or so. The Second Atomic War (fought over the empire when it was still 'small' and only contained a few planets) caused a brief period (two decades) of economic downturn and a time of disarray. This, however, was many centuries ago from the present standing and since then the Empire is stronger than ever.

Population: 219.7 Billion Higarans throughout the entire Empire, living on planets, space stations, and ships.
Founding Species: Higarans.
Other Species: There are no other sentient species within the Higaran Empire beside those from other nations which are often discriminated against and looked down upon.
Sphere of Influence Size: Somewhat large, though with only several systems being very solid areas of Higaran influence. Everything else in between are mostly fringe worlds where the highest immediate authority are the members of the Adeptus Arbites, stalwart upholders of the Imperial Law.
Major Civilian industries/Services: Mining, civilian/industrial material manufacturing, and military material manufacturing.
Society and Cultural information: The Higarans have a rather rigid societal structure. The Aristocracy consists of most of the political leaders and wealthy. The middle class which consists of most of the population, being made up of educated workers, merchants, shop keepers, military members, etc. Then there is the working class, the generally less educated who work in factories and other menial labor positions. A somewhat sub-class between the Aristocracy and the Middle Class is the Ecclesiarchy, which consists of the priests and clergymen who are devoted to full service to the first Emperor of the Empire, who is widely seen as a supreme being.

Following that statement, most of the population is under the sway of an Imperial Cult, meaning the Emperors are often seen as demi-god beings, while the first Emperor is more or less considered a god for founding the empire. Nearly the entire population is brought up believing this, and those who don't accept the religion are either outcasts or are imprisoned or even executed.

The Higaran Empire can also be considered to sort of be in the 'Victorian Era'. Family and moral values are important, and fashion (corsets and dresses for women, waistcoats and frock coats for men, etc.) is similar to that of the time. However, unlike that time, prostitution and homosexuality are not considered breaches of any moral code. Music is very much similar to that of the late and early 19th and 20th century, but other genres of music exist, naturally. Despite this, the capital city can be considered from an OOC perspective quite futuristic. Just refer to the image at the top of the app for the capital.

A small additional thing I must add is that almost all men have handlebar like mustaches. It's considered right and proper for a man to have a mustache, even in the military. Beards and sideburns are acceptable replacements, or a combo of such is fine as well.

Economic Information:
Primary Export(s): See the above.
Primary Import(s): Agriculture products
Strength of the (General) Industry: Very powerful. Industry is key and is, quite literally, a powerhouse. The main items here would be war materials, followed by tools and machinery.
Policy on Colonization/Expansion: Planets are usually claimed when discovered or come across, even without a colony or one nearby. After some time of surveying, the proposition of creating a colony is set forth. When it comes to already inhabited planets, if war is acceptable, and the planets in question happened to have desired resources, then there is little issue when it comes to taking such planet.

NS activity: I'm here pretty much all the time.
Technological Bases: Warhammer 40,000, Star Wars
Prior RP links: Do I really need to? I was invited and you do know me, after all.
Summary of your nation: Legital is a large sized planet not too far away from the Sol System (our real life Solar System), along with seven other planets (Felcast, Reyn, White Sands, Ultanshi, Yrvesse, Elondris, Kuwati) in the same system (the Rai system) under control of the Rims. Legital is the homeland of the Rims, the indigenous species. They appear like Humans, but have pointed ears and different biological make-up. Legital is mainly covered in thick forests and mountains, with some rivers and plains scattered about. The form of government is an Empire. The Rims live un-oppressed and relatively happy. Although, the planet Felcast under Rim control has tried to declare its independence and is currently locked in war with the loyalists. (Courtesy of my factbook)

Species name: Higaran(s).
Respiratory Gas: Oxygen and other minor gas make ups (Earth's atmosphere pretty much.)
Base Form: Carbon.
Life span: Generally around 112-122 years.
General Traits/Behavior: Higarans are very similar to humans in the form of a physical appearance and make up. Higarans are generally quite pale, with the majority of the population having black or dark brown hair. Facial features are somewhat sharp, with high cheekbones being a common trait, and somewhat gaunt. Higarans do not often have exceptionally tall or short heights, with the average hovering around 5'9-6'1. Males often have rather broad frames, while females are often slim and petite in form.

Behavior wise, Higarans are similar the mannerisms of people from the later 19th century and early 20th century. Naturally speaking, Higarans are similar to the behavior of humans. One notable quirk, however, is that Higarans prefer darker locations to lighter locations as their homeworld is usually rather cloudy and bright worlds instill a bit of discomfort in them.
Genetic Diseases: Pretty much the same as humans. Cancerous cells don't grow as well, though.
Intelligence: 7
Natural defenses/abilities: None, really. Higarans have slightly enhanced vision which allows them to see better in low-light areas.
Aggression: Not very aggressive when unprovoked, but acts against them that they consider to be acts of war will see large public outcries. On the battlefield, Higarans will cling to whatever chance of survival they can get, but will use their lives in service to the Empire and there Emperor if they must gladly as they are rather quite fanatical to their Imperial Cult.
Information: Not much to say, really. The above covers it I think.

by **Transoxthraxia** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 10:02 pm

Durmatagno wrote:
Civilization Name: U.T.S.D (United Technocratic States of Durmatagno)
Civilization Age: 2,250 (As the U.T.S.D, a previous, pre-FTL version of the same name stretches back another 700 years)
Government type, and description: Technocratic Democracy: A corrupt, but functional democracy focusing its efforts on the advancement of science and technology.
Current Leader(s): Eli Pilgrim (Current president) Dante Eldon (Vice-President)
Home/Capital planet and description: Heridon is the homeworld of the Blood-Folk, and the center of its growing empire. Slightly larger than Earth, it is one of two garden worlds in the system. Further away and cooler then the other, it is a literal garden world. Its climate is moderate, and humid. Its plants use a blue-black pigment in replacement of chlorophyll, making the planet look incredibly dark from orbit. Mammals and Reptiles dominate the world, with amphibians a rare sight on the planet, the kingdom nearly wiped out from an ancient disease of unknown origin. The planet has five major continents, four clustered in the northern hemisphere, starting to join into a super-continent once more. THe fifth continent, about the size of North America, is drifting ever closer to the south pole. Most of the planets older cities are clustered on this southern continent. The northern continents are covered in industrial complexes, and research labs, with one continent devoid of any industry, though hunter-gather tribes of Blood-Folk live here, this, the largest continent, is now mainly used as a massive national park. All forms of life on the planet that breath air metabolize both nitrogen and oxygen.
Other important sites in your Civilization:
Maxima (Millitary)
Dante (Industry)
Mist (research)
Rexiam (Agriculture)
Delta-2 (Trade center, over Dante)
EGI-12 (Largest shipyard, over Maxima)
Bravo-16 (Research station in a trinary star system, over the newest of the UTSD’s colonies)
Maxiumus (Defense prototype over Heriodon)

Military Information: Planetary warfare is the specialty of the U.T.S.D. Their troops are trained under brutal conditions, with whippings, beatings, and fasting common as punishment. The soldiers are tough, hardened, and don't back down. With a heavy focus on plasma based explosives and ballistic weapons, this combination leaves them well equipped with most foes.
Military Doctrine: I don't write these as I change them far to often
Spatial Combat Information: Speed, numbers, and shields. With weak armor, the U.T.S.D relies on their powerful shields and anti-missile defenses to keep them protected, preferring to snake around the oppenent and be hard to hit.
Spatial Combat Doctrine: See above
Foreign Policy: Don't trust anyone, no foreign ships can power weapons and shields in U.T.S.D space.
Technological Age (Years beyond RL earth): Yeah, that's impossible to tell, with how the Earth can shoot from first flight to the moon in less then a century, the rate at which out technology evolves is unpredictable, so there's no solid timeframe for how far ahead you are.
FTL Age (Years civilization has had FTL): 2,250 (Several times they were beaten back to but a fraction of their population, so they're really old, but not massive because of it)

Population: 125.5 billion
Founding Species: Blood-Folk (75% 94.125)
Other Species: Fulonu (25% 31.375)
Sphere of Influence Size: Moderate (Most of their territory is clustered right where on of the arms meets the center of the galaxy.
Major Civilian industries/Services: Computers, Software, Robotics, Arms Manufacturing.
Society and Cultural information: A mistrusting, hard society, they tend to be focused only on themselves and their family. Futurism, fauvism, and expressionism domniate the art scene, while rock and metal dominate music. They prefer slim, sleek designs, in just about everything, and love black and dark green. Entertainers, and patrons of the arts are some of the highest held in society. Blood sports, and MLG dominates the "sports" scene, with blood sport members being volunteers or criminals sentenced to death. (Overview, more details mainly to be developed IC)

Economic Information:
Primary Export(s): Computers, Games, Unarmed Ships, general luxury items, robots, and weapons.
Primary Import(s): Raw goods, spices.
Strength of the (General) Industry: Weaponry and Ships
Policy on Colonization/Expansion: Take what's unclaimed, terraform after bubble colony. If at war, capturing systems is top priority, relinquish only if needed.

NS activity:
Technological Bases: Many
Prior RP links: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=177032
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=279726
viewtopic.php?f=31&t=241436
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=269983
Summary of your nation: I can't summarize things <-<;

Species Name: Blood-Folk
Appearance: The Blood-Folk are a rather odd race, near human in appearance, but completely unrelated. On the surface, they appear human, except for their more angular, and sharp faces. Their skin is usually a near golden tan, with blood red eyes to match them, another influence on their name. Their mouth is full of sharp, serrated teeth they can easily grow back, hints a a carnivorous nature, though they do in fact eat plants and nuts, they do prefer meat. Very few members of the race have hair thats not on their heads, or facial hair. They tend to wear their hair long, and the most common color is a black, or dark brown. Their ears are also slightly tapered, but this is rarely able to be seen through their long hair.

Biology and anatomy: Unlike most “standard” races, the sex a Blood-Folk is born with does not matter, the race can change sex quite easily, now at will thanks to medical trickery. The race was born with the ability to change sex when a member of the opposite sex aren't present. Using a trick they discovered later on regarding pheromones unique to each sex, someone can be any sex they want by tricking their body into thinking there’s none of the sex they wish to be, thus tricking it into changing to that sex. They are called The Blood-Folk because of a talent the race has, they can enter states of adrenaline rushes that make them terrifying in combat when they ingest blood, namely blood containing hemoglobin, though other varieties have varying effects. When in the blood rages that earned them their names, they are remarkably hard to kill, their bones become hard enough to survive barrages from most standard small arms for short periods, but heavier weapons, specifically armor piercing ones, have only a slightly reduced effect on them. Blood loss and pain rarely affect them in this state. The blood rage lasts longer when more blood is ingested, a constant source can keep them in this state for days before their bodies give in. Depending on the time, muscles will be torn, organs damaged, and bones even splintered from the pressure put on them in this state, though they are quick to heal when proper supplements are provided. Copper based blood dulls their sense, and pacifies them, nickel accelerates growth, increasing speed, strength, and intellect of the subject, but cuts their lifespan by 60-75%. Zinc based blood is a hallucinogenic that eats away at the drinkers bone marrow. Silver based blood is the last known blood the species has ingested, it slows the aging process down by upwards of 15%, increasing lifespan, but dulls the mind and atrophies muscles. Have about 20% more bones than humans.
Height: 5’7-6’10’
Weight: 180-250 pounds
Relative survivability: Variable

Natural Defenses/Abilities: Blood explained above (Unencountered blood types I’ll discuss with you when/if they’re encountered, as its obvious that not all kinds are beneficial, most having and up and downside) Sharp Teeth, enhanced sight, smell, and hearing.
Unnatural abilities: Enhanced Healing

Respiratory Gas: Oxygen, Nitrogen (In that order, they can survive so long as breathable amounts of one are in the atmosphere, but function best when both are present)
Base composite Element: Carbon

Base Form and Ethnic Variations: Base form described above. Ethnic variations refer to eye color, ranging from black, to incredibly rare silver. Skin color is near uniform across the species, with very little variation outside of time exposed to sun.
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Life Span: 120 years
Reproduction: Gestation period: 8 Months, fraternal twins common.
Intelligence Level: 8
Traits/Behavior/Disposition: Variable, most are distrusting of everyone.

Type: Mammal
Aggression: 6 (There have been several attempts at genocide from now extinct races native to the same planet, they are very distrusting and wary of other species)
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Common Diseases: AIDS, Malaria, Typhoid Fever, and Tick Fever
Mutations: Sixth finger on each hand, tail, and body hair.

Species Name: Fulonu
Appearance: Large , cat like mammals that stand on average at about 5'10
for females, 6'0" for males. Covered from head to toe in soft fur, they appear to be a peaceful race, relaxed bodies, soft eyes and hands, but are infact a warrior culture. Their hands hide sharp claws designed to rip open throats and teeth to tear apart flesh. Their fur hides rippling muscle and their eyes are built to also see body heat. Eyes are usually a deep blue, and fur black. Males tend to have small tufts on their tails, but otherwise its hard to tell what gender is what unless your one of them.

Biology and anatomy:(What is the body of the species like? Do they have less bones? Many bones? Purple blood?) Their bodies have a astounding ability to heal from anything that comes their way, whether its natural or created is no longer known, but it makes them incredibly hard to keep down. Red blood, glows faintly in the dark due to higher levels of phosphorous than normal.

Height: (Feet) 5'5"-6'8"
Weight: (Pounds) 230
Relative survivability: High

Natural Defenses/Abilities: (Psionics, Claws, Ect) Claws, Teeth
Unnatural abilities: Rapid Healing, minor psionics (both are unknown whether natural or not, so just putting them here)

Respiratory Gas: Oxygen
Base composite Element: (Example: Humans: Carbon) Carbon

Base Form and Ethnic Variations: Ethnic variations include fur color and patterns therein, black and gold are the most common, with face and tail stripes.
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Life Span: 125 years
Reproduction: Sexual, gestation 9 months, litters of 2-8, monogamous
Intelligence Level: 5
Traits/Behavior/Disposition: Aggressive, but know restraint and that fighting doesn't solve everyhing.

Type: (Insect, Mammal, Avian, sentient energy, etc.) Mammal
Aggression: (-10 to 0 to 10, with 10 being automatically attempting to commit genocide, 0 being utterly neutral, and -10 being ridiculously benevolent and giving planets away or something) 4

Common Diseases: (Must have two) Tooth Rot, Head Cold
Mutations: Manes

Only problem I have, Neanderthal were as smart if not smarter than humans, their bigger brains needed more energy, and they couldn't survive with our competition and the scarce food of the last Ice Age.

Regarding this applications, there's a few things that we need to get out of the way. You've literally told me nothing about your military, and only rudimentary things about your spatial corps. Your "common diseases" are kind of silly, and you haven't elaborated on them, nor your mutations. Make the entire application beefier - tell me things that you think I'd want to know, and then tell me stuff you think I wouldn't want to know. If you beef up your application in most categories (your species apps look okay), then I'd be glad to accept you.

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