OOC/Signups for Human/Kovunanto War [OPEN to All]

[Kovunanto]

OOC: As the Human/Kovunanto War is still in its early stages, various nations from both sides are waking up attempting to respond to the cause, either to aid the Kovunanto (for the novice, it's the Covenant), or to stop the alliance of alien species bent on a holy crusade on humanity based on an ages-long mistranslation and plenty of misunderstanding with an ancient AI, further details in the IC thread's opening. Kovunanto does not use NS stats, but is deemed to be highly religious and fanatical for anyone who do use NS stats.

As requested by Soveiniesburg and even formally invited Imperial Yemrod as part of a defensive pact, the official sign-up thread is up. Kovunanto in OOC will not offer one-sided opinions if a nation joins against the Kovunanto side out of fairness of participation. The first nation that does go against Kovunanto must write some counter war goals on the IC thread.

All nations regardless of tech are eligible to sign-up. Choose a side, for humanity, or for the Kovunanto (a.k.a. the Covenant).

[Reorganized Portugal]

Question: Are the aliens Roman Catholic?

[Kovunanto]

Question: Are the aliens Roman Catholic?

The aliens worship an ancient race known as the Forerunners, ancient technological beings that once transcended long ago leaving behind many worlds full of untouched relics and structures, in hopes they want to be like them through the Great Journey. Despite their internal rivalries, they must work alongside the Prophets to achieve that goal. They don't need a book to recite unlike traditional religions, they just outright worship them.

[New Saharia]

This is super interesting. I wonder why something like this hasn't been done sooner.

Are there any limits on who can join? I don't want to mess everything up coming in here with Star Wars-style technology.

[Allanea]

OOC: This seems like it is somewhat inspired by Halo lore. I am interested in learning more.

[Kovunanto]

This is super interesting. I wonder why something like this hasn't been done sooner.

Are there any limits on who can join? I don't want to mess everything up coming in here with Star Wars-style technology.

There are no limits on joining for both sides.

OOC: This seems like it is somewhat inspired by Halo lore. I am interested in learning more.

There are many well-documented channels out there that would explain the Covenant's true origins and purpose, though it's best to do it with plenty of free time.

[Soveiniesberg]

putting this here so i can find this thread later

[Allanea]

This is super interesting. I wonder why something like this hasn't been done sooner.

Are there any limits on who can join? I don't want to mess everything up coming in here with Star Wars-style technology.

There are no limits on joining for both sides.

OOC: This seems like it is somewhat inspired by Halo lore. I am interested in learning more.

There are many well-documented channels out there that would explain the Covenant's true origins and purpose, though it's best to do it with plenty of free time.

So to be clear there are no major differences between this version of the Covenant and what is known in the canon?

Also, your main thread is labeled as 'parody'. To what extent is the parody aspect important to the thread? (I don't have a sense of humor so if it is mainly a humorous thread I will probably not join!)

[Reorganized Portugal]

Question: Are the aliens Roman Catholic?

The aliens worship an ancient race known as the Forerunners, ancient technological beings that once transcended long ago leaving behind many worlds full of untouched relics and structures, in hopes they want to be like them through the Great Journey. Despite their internal rivalries, they must work alongside the Prophets to achieve that goal. They don't need a book to recite unlike traditional religions, they just outright worship them.

Aliens not Catholic?
Hoppity boppity join the humans and massacre the aliens aboppity

[Kovunanto]

There are no limits on joining for both sides.


There are many well-documented channels out there that would explain the Covenant's true origins and purpose, though it's best to do it with plenty of free time.

So to be clear there are no major differences between this version of the Covenant and what is known in the canon?

Also, your main thread is labeled as 'parody'. To what extent is the parody aspect important to the thread? (I don't have a sense of humor so if it is mainly a humorous thread I will probably not join!)

Correct, the Kovunanto doesn't have any major difference in how it functions, maintaining canonical personalities with the species, vehicles, and weaponry, as well as society under a caste system.

And the second, the conflict simply parodies the decades-long whole war itself down to the lore, the worlds in which Kovunanto invades might be random at first but eventually will come to UNSC-controlled space as a warm-up, or in this simulated conflict, NSSC-controlled space. This will give the humanity side ample time to mount up a counter response. There's no humor there, and the mention of Star Wars tech by New Saharia is compatible with the "Crossover" label. It's up to the nation whether they can decide to join or not.

[Allanea]

I think you''re... using a strange definition of parody.

But be it as it may.

I plan to get involved with a small force of ships that will raid Covenant positions in hit-and-run and organize rescues of civilians. My ships and technology is your general space opera stuff with some magic also involved (but I will use that only to what extent it is plot-appropriate).

[New Saharia]

Been thinking about it; since nobody’s taken the UNSC itself, could I just play as the Navy? Of course, if new people want to have their own fleet within the UNSC, they could still do that.

Also if yes I call the UNSC navy

[Kovunanto]

Been thinking about it; since nobody’s taken the UNSC itself, could I just play as the Navy? Of course, if new people want to have their own fleet within the UNSC, they could still do that.

Also if yes I call the UNSC navy

Permission is granted to lead the UNSC (NSSC as alternative name) for the humanity side and can call upon allied nations who have also agreed. When making the first IC post as the humanity side, at the very end, indicate counter war goals on the IC thread for the rest of the humanity side to execute the plans given. At first, @Reorganized Portugal was going to take the helm, but after long painstaking thinking, decided instead that @New Saharia will be the canonical nation to take the leading role.

OOC: Update: Current operation so far in the war on the Kovunanto (Covenant) side for anyone else still wanting to join up is still occurring on Remnant for a few days almost turned to a week, with no indication of any glassing as of yet because of the ongoing relic hunt now focused on Mistral, with the Vale and Vacuo relics secured without ever raising the alarm due to hurricane season. There are ongoing peace talks, but is already beginning to fall apart because of the continuing intrusion of Remnant airspace by an idling armada, and ground forces are beginning to realize that the longer it takes to get the relics, the sooner an official response from humanity will raise the likelihood of a first-time engagement and certainly would ruin the peace talks. Earlier, one world is glassed so far without resistance, which generated some external panic and alarm towards neighboring human colonies. At this point in the war even though it's very early, the Humanity side was on the fence the whole time, and may be ready to finally respond to the Kovunanto (Covenant) menace.

Will Humanity start truly waking up and answer the call or leave themselves at the mercy of the advancing Kovunanto fleets? It's up to them to decide.

OOC: Update 2, still on this post: Remnant is now taking the brunt of a partial glassing attempt by the Kovunanto armada, and even worse still, air and space superiority has already been achieved in the sector upon arrival. It will take two weeks until its completion, which may allow a saving grace period to defend the peoples of the four continents, and their Grimm. With all four relics being found on each of the continents without alerting the planet's authorities for that long, the Kovunanto's four Minor Prophets Grace, Integrity, Esteem, and Conviction shows confidence that a partial glassing attempt is possible, a glyph was sighted on an unpopulated area which is a small island far from the mainland for all the combined fleet to see, and the order was given almost immediately after retrieval.

Is Humanity finally willing to stand up with Remnant along with the rest of the colonies in a time of crisis?

[Kovunanto]

OOC: Update 3: There is still an ongoing space battle over Remnant between the Kovunanto (a.k.a. the Covenant) and the UNSC, even as the planet they're fighting in is already fully glassed with very few inhabitants numbering barely in the hundreds. So far, @Allanea and @Reorganized Portugal of the humanity side hasn't yet officially assisted @New Saharia, the leading nation of the UNSC despite their willingness to aid humanity. @Soveiniesberg meanwhile remain neutral from the beginning, and may or may not intervene in the conflict while it is still in its earliest stage. It is unknown to the Kovunanto side this whole time whether Remnant upon the armada's arrival is considered to be the outermost planet out of many Outer Colonies found with a high Insurrectionist percentage (their Grimm and an untold number of criminal syndicates), or is independent and not in the UNSC's sphere of influence, operating on their own autonomy.

[Allanea]

I have posted.

So, brief descrpition of what's happening:

1. The Defiance is perhaps somewhat technologically wanked (think of a somewhat wanked version of Star Wars / generic space opera stuff) but it's not in the best of shape and it does not have Allanea's best gizmos. There's also, obviously, only one of it.
2. The Defiance is about 2,500 meters long, and armed with plasma cannon and loads and loads of missile launch tubes of various sizes and smallcraft hangars. It's also armed with a single, enormous, plasma gun that runs most of the length of the ship but for obvious reasons it takes substantial time to cool down after firing.

It would be ideal if you told me what the makeup of the Covenant fleet present is - how many ships, and what types. An ORBAT is ideal of course.

[Novaya Equestria]

I didn't know this had an OOC thread. I thought this RP didn't have an OOC thread, and so I thought I might post (but I decided to save my RP post as a draft). Then I checked on Kuvunanto's posts and, well, I found this OOC thread. I apologize.

[Novaya Equestria]

Also, are we players allowed to have our own Earths/Sol Systems?

[Kovunanto]

@Allanea The ships attacking your only ship will be the the two supercarriers named Advent of Deep Wisdom, Undying Prayer, 33 battlecruisers for secondary firepower, 10 heavy cruisers for tertiary firepower, 5 executioner-class ships for quaternary supplementary firepower, and 5 auxiliary frigates as backup.

The rest will focus on attacking the UNSC armada, giving the battle equal attention.

Don't know about @Tatijstan for the moment, seems more concerned about the islands, so can't be sure it is related to the battle or not. Will leave it there until that nation wants to be in as well.

@Novaya It's possible. Since Kovunanto only goes after one system at a time (at first will be random), but will eventually come around and start advancing closer to UNSC-occupied space after warming up against the first few worlds.

[Remulia]

This seems interesting. I want to join to the human side against the Kovunanto.

[Allanea]

@Allanea The ships attacking your only ship will be the the two supercarriers named Advent of Deep Wisdom, Undying Prayer, 33 battlecruisers for secondary firepower, 10 heavy cruisers for tertiary firepower, 5 executioner-class ships for quaternary supplementary firepower, and 5 auxiliary frigates as backup.

The rest will focus on attacking the UNSC armada, giving the battle equal attention.

Don't know about @Tatijstan for the moment, seems more concerned about the islands, so can't be sure it is related to the battle or not. Will leave it there until that nation wants to be in as well.

@Novaya It's possible. Since Kovunanto only goes after one system at a time (at first will be random), but will eventually come around and start advancing closer to UNSC-occupied space after warming up against the first few worlds.

https://halo.fandom.com/wiki/CSO-class_supercarrier

To be clear are those the supercarriers? That's to say, the Allaneans are able to identify them as being the largest ships present, correct?

[Kovunanto]

This seems interesting. I want to join to the human side against the Kovunanto.

OOC: @Remulia will be notified for official recognition to join the human side after the current battle to avoid mixing things up as well as future applicants in queue. Please wait patiently.

@Allanea That is correct, those are indeed supercarriers. Done the research accurately as possible long prior to the start.

[Eastern Kodiak]

OOC: I am joining the Kovunanto against the UNSC as the insurrectionists.

[Novaya Equestria]

@Allanea The ships attacking your only ship will be the the two supercarriers named Advent of Deep Wisdom, Undying Prayer, 33 battlecruisers for secondary firepower, 10 heavy cruisers for tertiary firepower, 5 executioner-class ships for quaternary supplementary firepower, and 5 auxiliary frigates as backup.

The rest will focus on attacking the UNSC armada, giving the battle equal attention.

Don't know about @Tatijstan for the moment, seems more concerned about the islands, so can't be sure it is related to the battle or not. Will leave it there until that nation wants to be in as well.

@Novaya It's possible. Since Kovunanto only goes after one system at a time (at first will be random), but will eventually come around and start advancing closer to UNSC-occupied space after warming up against the first few worlds.

Okay. If it's okay with you, I'll be having a Sol System (which falls under the jurisdiction of the United Nations [the bland one]) where humanity expanded into space, colonizing Mars, the gas giants' moons, Pluto, and a few asteroids in the asteroid belt. Go thank The Space Race Didn't End (from AltHistory Wikia) for the inspiration.

Also, the Sol System and Earth I will use will be called Sol System-ANIME and Earth-ANIME. The abbreviation means Alpha-November-India-Mike-Echo. And the reason why I chose ANIME? I watch anime, especially some animes that I loved; most are slice-of-life and isekai animes, so they're out of the question. That way, we don't get confused which Earth and Sol System people will RP as.

Anyways, I'll be RPing as the United Nations (the bland one, not the United Nations Space Command one; the UN's interplanetary and still in Early PMT) and Triumvirate, an intergovernmental military and political alliance formed by the Novayan Stellar Commonwealth, Saiyanese Stellar Federation and New Roman Empire. It'll be initially represented by Sanctuary Naval Fleet Headquarters and the Fleet Battlestation Ticonderoga, both located at the Sanctuary System; this'll soon change, should the Human-Kovunanto War begin to develop in severity.

Oh, and I'll be using Stellaris ships - more specifically, the Mammalian and Humanoid ship types.

Also, are we allowed to use Fantasy Techs (FanTs)? I just needed to make sure, though, since you did have Remnant appear.

[Kovunanto]

@Allanea The ships attacking your only ship will be the the two supercarriers named Advent of Deep Wisdom, Undying Prayer, 33 battlecruisers for secondary firepower, 10 heavy cruisers for tertiary firepower, 5 executioner-class ships for quaternary supplementary firepower, and 5 auxiliary frigates as backup.

The rest will focus on attacking the UNSC armada, giving the battle equal attention.

Don't know about @Tatijstan for the moment, seems more concerned about the islands, so can't be sure it is related to the battle or not. Will leave it there until that nation wants to be in as well.

@Novaya It's possible. Since Kovunanto only goes after one system at a time (at first will be random), but will eventually come around and start advancing closer to UNSC-occupied space after warming up against the first few worlds.

Okay. If it's okay with you, I'll be having a Sol System (which falls under the jurisdiction of the United Nations [the bland one]) where humanity expanded into space, colonizing Mars, the gas giants' moons, Pluto, and a few asteroids in the asteroid belt. Go thank The Space Race Didn't End (from AltHistory Wikia) for the inspiration.

Also, the Sol System and Earth I will use will be called Sol System-ANIME and Earth-ANIME. The abbreviation means Alpha-November-India-Mike-Echo. And the reason why I chose ANIME? I watch anime, especially some animes that I loved; most are slice-of-life and isekai animes, so they're out of the question. That way, we don't get confused which Earth and Sol System people will RP as.

Anyways, I'll be RPing as the United Nations (the bland one, not the United Nations Space Command one; the UN's interplanetary and still in Early PMT) and Triumvirate, an intergovernmental military and political alliance formed by the Novayan Stellar Commonwealth, Saiyanese Stellar Federation and New Roman Empire. It'll be initially represented by Sanctuary Naval Fleet Headquarters and the Fleet Battlestation Ticonderoga, both located at the Sanctuary System; this'll soon change, should the Human-Kovunanto War begin to develop in severity.

Oh, and I'll be using Stellaris ships - more specifically, the Mammalian and Humanoid ship types.

Also, are we allowed to use Fantasy Techs (FanTs)? I just needed to make sure, though, since you did have Remnant appear.

@Novaya All techs are eligible for the conflict. As well as for official joining into the humanity side will be in queue alongside @Remulia upon the start of next battle.

OOC: I am joining the Kovunanto against the UNSC as the insurrectionists.

@Eastern Kodiak The Kovunanto will not directly assist the Insurrectionist third party faction since they don't care, due to their tendency to stir up unrest on human worlds. Even if a battle is ongoing, the insurrectionist side are not impeded by the queue and can intervene at any time. Go ahead.

[Kovunanto]

OOC: Update 4: The Battle of Remnant took too long to conclude because of the arrival of Easter for the UNSC side, it will have to be auto-resolved, resulting in a very close victory on the Kovunanto side in ship-to-ship combat. For the planet, however, it's already being glassed, but since it is not completely annihilated, there is a chance of a re-terraforming, should humanity wish to restart that world all over again once it is cooled down, and the Kovunanto armada moves on. A few Huntsmen teams were able to survive the entire confrontation unfortunately, so they'll automatically join the UNSC side after seeing their planet burnt up and their prized artifacts stolen.

Sorry to burst your holiday time, but it was a really close battle. The Kovunanto Navy had decided that the boarding attempt on the UNSC armada and the Defiance was far too risky, which would result in a different outcome and decided to let them live another day, but the relic hunt and subsequent glassing operation was completed prior to its withdrawal into slipspace, taking some heavy losses in the attempt, leaving just half of the reserve armada at 250, and only 20 out of 300 of the main armada.

The next battle takes place right after Easter, the Kovunanto is aiming for the Mushroom Kingdom, as predicted by their state news outlet. Their next goals is the capture of a dark matter production plant to increase its hyperdrive capabilities, then they'll capture three high-yield energy production reactors for better efficiency of their plasma weaponry and cleansing beam power, the purging of the Lumas as a means to cut off their power to the star systems they inhabit, which would effectively cut off life support since they are a source of light, and the capture of a mobile mega-structure to gain access to more hyperlanes.

And before the UNSC side ask about the safety of princesses and those who govern the Mushroom Kingdom, they're not going to capture them the way Bowser does numerous times already. They don't take prisoners. For the time being, the Kovunanto Navy at the moment is battle exhausted and in need of dire repairs, and will have to spend the whole Easter making up for their small bit of shame by finding some Easter-related relics on their homeworlds.