A FUTURE-TECH RP IN WHICH THINGS ARE LIABLE TO EXPLODE
IC
This RP is now closed. A big thanks to everyone for their interest and participation, but I feel that I will not be able to run this RP going forward.
It's a common joke among spacers that you can tell what civilization a fleet is from by the light show they put on when they drop out of FTL. Bright flashes, whirling thunderclouds, grids or beams of exotic particles, multicolored spheres the size of planets, seething portals lined with teeth — but over the past few weeks, all of these have from time to time been interrupted by a series of sea-urchin-shaped explosive pulses that turn whatever was emerging from the other realm into an expanding cloud of plasma and shrapnel. The Empire of Blades, the Kzaari Pact, the myriad competing nations of the wealthy Northern Economic Consortium... it seems none are safe from having their beloved battlecruisers or raid-cutters or siege dreadnoughts annihilated.
The Milky Way Galaxy's unknown assailants broadcast no clear motive, have left useless messages at best, and their weapons of war have never even been sighted, all sensors in the vicinity of these attacks having been overwhelmed by a wave of ECM attacks beyond anyone's capacity to resist. The few bits of known data suggest the repeated (if only momentary) presence of objects with the mass and propulsive capability of warships. Besides this, everything the galaxy has deduced has been from their pattern of attack. Beginning with only one or two strikes per day but now rising past twenty, these attackers seem only to engage military targets, and almost all of their strikes have been against the Milky Way's more politically active factions — supposedly, some conspiracy theorists claim, only those known for overt expansionism or militarism — but evidently quite a few others now and again.
Some nations have put their wars on hold and joined forces to scour the galaxy of the intruders; others revel in the chaos, faking cooperation and then backstabbing one another when their foes' militaries are elsewhere. All that is known now is that the greater the congregation of warships, the more likely it is to be struck, and the galaxy will be drowning in its own blood if something is not done to stop the unending escalation.
Please follow instructions on the application very carefully; do not add additional entries except where specified. Don't hesitate to ask for help! Items in parentheses can be removed after instructions are followed. Color can be chosen independently of anything involving your nation, and may or may not be used by me for something.
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[align=center][b][size=125]Application and Summary ~ IC NATION NAME HERE[/size][/b][/align]
[floatleft][b]Origin (tick one box unless specified)[/b]
[ ] Local Milky Way
[ ] Alternate/fractal Milky Way (also tick box best representing [i]physical distance[/i])
[ ] Extragalactic
[ ] Outside local observable universe
[ ] Outside physical universe[/floatleft][floatright][b]Color (tick one or more boxes)[/b]
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[align=center][b]Course of Involvement[/b]
(At least a full sentence. Pick from the summary if relevant.)
[b]Stance in International Politics[/b]
(At least a paragraph.)
[b]Space-Combat-Relevant Technology[/b]
(Briefly summarize at minimum the following: FTL and sublight propulsion, common weaponry, typical defense mechanisms, computing and electronic warfare.)
[b]Metatech Proficiency[/b]
(As much detail as you care to give. If it hasn't progressed much since MT levels, that's fine, just note it down!)
[b]Order of Battle[/b]
(The more you bring, the more you're asking for trouble. Keep ship sizes within the low kilometer range, with maybe a handful of slight exceptions.)
[b]Additional Information[/b]
(Delete this entry if you don't have anything relevant left to say. "No" is, after all, hopefully false.)[/align]