I know you. I know you. I've seen many like you; the many, the hive, the bustle - individuals who jostle and struggle but to scrape by for a moment's peace, fighting and clawing but for a few fleeting, vestigial seconds of freedom from the burdens that weigh heavy and apparent. I've seen them; I've met them. Years ago I, too, once was like you: a man without purpose, living my day-to-day, menial, meaningless existence like it was what I was born to do. As if I were born to lie at night, awake, by some partner I cared little of, in some apartment I couldn't afford, waiting for the sun to rise on another day so that I might toil in an office simply so I could continue with another day in that life. Then another, and another, and another...
But, remember, my friend, that I know you, and like the countless, broken, hollow men who have came before you, I learned about you. I met you: the real you. The you which dwells just beneath the surface, screaming for a moment of liberation; shouting, yelling, sobbing into the blackness of this life, treading the waters of feeble responsibility and hollow altruism, secretly demanding something. Something so profane, so sacred and secret, that you dare not speak it aloud; something you wish for, something you demand in the silence that societal obligations and moral ethos force you to undertake for fear of labels and penal penalty.
My friend, I offer you something else. Something different. Something glorious.
I offer you a place. I offer you a sanctuary where, regardless of your homeland, of your tastes, of your predilections, you can live, you can play, you can indulge freely and without judgment.
In a word, my friend, I offer you "liberation".
Now, before you judge my offer too harshly, my friend, consider this... Consider your life. Consider the day; perhaps you're sitting at a desk, wondering why you clicked on this bit of media; perhaps you're in your home, browsing, wondering whether you can suffer yet another year in silence with a spouse, a partner, to whom you feel you barely know; maybe you're even en route right now, wondering if this was all some Faustian mistake. Consider that, even if it were - even if it were your soul I sought to claim, to rake back to the depths of the inferno as penance for the glee and merriment you seek - would it be worth it? Is it worth your soul, this offer I make? Perhaps... But I will tell you this: I seek not your soul, nor your heart, nor you to abandon your life - its security, its safety, its mundane pleasantries and quaint charm. Unlike a common man of confidence, I do not seek to hide my intentions nor my desires.
Here, in this heaven - in this paradise - all that matters is the almighty specie: the dollar, the credit, the greenback. We don't ask questions; we have no desire to know, because we have no desire to judge. We neither care for your preference, your orientation, your gender, your sex, your nationality, your culture, your religion, nor even your species; in this heaven, all that matters is the price - the value - and the surety that you, my friend, are waiting and willing.
For the right price, in this sanctuary, you can obtain almost anything, my friend. Good entertainment, good company, a good time: all are things which are available, ready, waiting for you to embrace, to indulge, to accept that part of you which society demands, incessantly, you hide, you shield, you obscure for the sake of its benefit. You are an individual; you are the maker of your own future, the author of your own fate; embrace that simple truth, my friend, and the cosmos shall unfold before you.
In this paradise - in your paradise - your comfort, your desires, your privacy matter. Your will is God, and I am but the messenger to the heavenly host; I am a mediator, an arbiter, the key-holder of your dreams, and all you need do is say a word. Speak it, and it will be so. Does that sound enticing? Right now, has your blood grown hot with anticipation, your flesh shrill and taunt with even the notion that such a place exists? My friend, are you drooling? I wouldn't blame you; many a man, in the history of this universe, has died and killed for even the prospect of such a proverbial Eden of desire. But you... You have it right before you. No great journey, no great trial, no great test of your will or intellect, after all: has your life not been such already? Why should further demands be laid upon you simply for a chance to escape them?
No, my friend. No such trouble. You see, this place, this sanctuary, this bountiful garden lies as largesse, waiting. All you need do is but muster the courage to reach for it. Welcome to paradise; welcome to Eden; welcome to a world where your dreams have come true and, where with but a word, they become endless, timeless, and eternal.
Welcome to Losieda. Won't you come play with us?
Once a system of few prospects, the Sieda System was known for very little before the proprietorship of the Blue Heaven's benefactor, Mister Biggs took interest. Sieda itself, a vibrant, B-class main sequence star, held host to little; to date, but two Jovians sit beyond the halo of the far more renowned Losieda Belt - that halo of debris and stellar accretion which roughly bisects the Beta Quadrant system. Both Ayross and Amoir now stand as little more than testaments to that time before the Blue Heaven: decaying gas giants, their atmospheres streaming away in vibrant arcs of color and particulate, skimmed near to oblivion. Even now, their rocky cores quake and shudder under the weight of their own patron and the gravitic instability of their inner selves. Testaments to the fleeting natures of lust and love, each locked in beauty, but torn by devastation and calamity. Fitting and just.
A mining prospector outpost, once; in portions of the Losieda Belt lost to person and personality, small mining stations, riggers, disassemblers, carry-alls, and stranded freighters centuries old still wobble and orbit. Only Glitter Gulch, that bastion of low-brow life and petty avarice still remains of that age when any man could take it upon himself to seek fortune and fame in the depths of space; now it sits as a constant reminder of the pettiness and most basic and debased forms of hooliganism, situated deep within the Belt, far from the Losieda Constellation for which Mister Biggs has made the system famous. It is protected, none-the-less, by fiduciary benefactors and proprietors beyond his unilateral command. Some - those who seek unregulated violence and debauchery beyond even the Constellation's talents (or want) to secure - still find within its rusted and corroded bulkheads a sort of entertainment and company befitting of the uncivilized swathes of interstellar hell.
Even so, beyond the sight of the out-dated riggers and run-down mining carry-alls, its space cleansed of debris, particulate, and accretion spray, sits the icon of the Sieda System: the Constellation. The Losieda Constellation. Three primary stations - the Garden, the Sanctum, and the Furnace - ringed each by smaller, more diminutive outposts, enclaves, and orbital redoubts which cater to those of particular and discerning tastes. Yet, it is the Towering Trinity, the primary properties of both Mister Biggs (whom holds the Garden solely within his grip) of the Losieda Central Planning Authority, that holds spotlight and demesne over the whole of that stellar fief to flirtatious fealty. One of peace and idyllic wealth, one of the harsh and grinding bustle of the stellar age, and one to demand of its ilk a certain taste and lack of concern for the modesty and righteous indignation of common civility.
All-in-all, Losieda and the Constellation is a paradise-in-expectation. Situated in the crossroads of the coreward region of the Beta Quadrant, even for those whom do not seek to imbibe in its luxuries, the Sieda System serves seemingly as - at least in part - a glittering and glimmering outpost between the great, gilded houses of the Alpha Quadrant and the unforgiving catastrophe of Delta. It is one of the few last stops between both where a soul might seek respite, peace, company, and a gratuitously crafted abyss to let fall their earnings, savings, and - for some - the remainder of their lives.
As per Mister Biggs' initial requirements as founder of Losieda and, ultimately, majority stakeholder in the Sieda System, upon the foundation of the Losieda Central Planning Authority, certain requirements and regulations were established in order to protect not only the capital investments and assets of further proprietors and stakeholders, but also the privacy of visitors, the security of attractions, and the overall quality of Losieda and the Sieda System. Individuals, corporations, and national entities which apply for admission to the Losieda Central Planning Authority must, therefor, abide by the following rules and regulations or face forcible ejection from the Sieda System; confiscation of proprietary assets; and the seizure of any capital currently invested in Losieda, a leased asset or estate, or the Losieda Central Planning Authority.
- All admissions and applications for proprietorship - be it purchase, lease, or construction - must be approved by the Office of General Admissions and Mister Biggs - personally.
- All applicants - be they individual, corporate, or national - must pass a mandatory credit and capital check upon submission of application. (See O.O.C. Regulations)
- All applicants, upon acceptance, as members of the Losieda Central Planning Authority, share profits generated from leases and lease-related dividends equally following an eighteen percent (18%) initial capital deduction by Mister Biggs.
- All applicants, upon acceptance, as members of the Losieda Central Planning Authority, must contribute no less than two percent (2%) but no more than twelve percent (12%) based upon a sliding scale of annual resource consumption to the Losieda Central Planning Authority for administrative processes, resource allocation, power generation, etc. Of this fee, no more than six percent (6%) of the gross aggregate of contributed funds may be diverted to the Office of General Admissions per annum.
- All applicants, upon acceptance, must agree to maintain identification information for no longer than ninety (90) standard days and to maintain only alphanumeric identification of visitors, with exception to national identity, species, preferences, and financial information unless expressly stated by the visiting guest or unless the individual, upon registration with reception or an analogous office, is originating from a port-of-call indicated to be potentially hazardous by the Losieda Central Planning Authority. This restriction applies to proprietors within the Towering Trinity only. (See O.O.C. Regulations)
- All applicants, upon acceptance, must agree to yield spacial security, docking authority, and external security within the Sieda System to the Losieda Central Protection Division. Proprietors whom are owners or leasers may maintain their own security service personnel or analogous personnel within their properties; owners may further maintain a nominal area-of-security to exceed no more than one (1) standard Astronomical Unit surrounding their properties, though they may not overlap with other owner's security and must maintain a LCPD protection buffer of no less than one thousand (1,000) standard kilometers. Owners within the Towering Trinity stations or in direct orbit of one such station surrender all external security control and liability to the LCPD.
- All applicants, upon acceptance, whom are representation of a nation-state, a star-state, or another analogous governmental polity must agree to maintain nominal neutrality and cease any engagements with belligerent parties within eighty (80) standard light-years from the star Sieda and must maintain this neutrality and lack-of-engagement until departing this region. All applicants, upon acceptance, further must maintain neutrality and a lack-of-engagement policy within thirty (30) standard light-years from the star Sieda, regardless of nature.
- Individuals and corporate proprietors may apply to purchase or lease space for the following forms of establishment, each of which may contain any lesser establishment spare brothels, bordellos, or other "houses of ill repute": resort; casino; hotel; spa or sauna; nightclub, bar, or saloon; shops. (See O.O.C. Regulations)
- Nation-state, star-star, or other analogous governmental proprietors may purchase or lease space for the following forms of special establishment: enclave; embassy or consulate; outpost. Enclaves may contain any of the following, including combinations: resort; casino; hotel; spa or sauna; nightclub, bar, or saloon; shops; brothel or bordello upon special application. Embassies or consulates may contain any of the follow, including combinations: hotel; spa or sauna; nightclub, bar, or saloon; shops. Outposts may contain any of the following, including combinations: casino; hotel; nightclub, bar, or saloon. (See O.O.C. Regulations)
- Any applicant - individual, corporate, or nation-state - may submit a special application for the purchase or lease of space for a brothel or bordello upon completion of the following conditions: an applicant must purchase a standard Hospitality Service Liability Policy from the Losieda Central Planning Authority for no less than €780,000 (Standard Credits/Universal Standard Dollars) per individual in service; an applicant must submit all hospitality service personnel to the Special Hospitality Services Office of the Losieda Central Protection Division once every standard year for health and holisitics screening. Refusal of either condition will result in refusal of said special application. (See O.O.C. Regulations)
- Any applicant - individual, corporate, or nation-state - may submit a special application for the construction of a new orbital station or platform (in addition to standard service application) upon completion of the following conditions: an applicant must purchase a Standard Construction Liability Policy totally no less than 110% of expected total construction and budget costs (including any relevant employee salary or compensation) to be returned to applicant upon successful completion of said construction project. Applicants which construct their own orbital stations or platforms are considered majority owners of said construct.
- The Office of General Admissions and Mister Biggs - personally - retain the right to refuse the admission of any party - individual, corporate, or nation-state - and retain the right to refuse service and compensation to any party - individual, corporate, or nation-state.
Special Out-of-Character Regulations
- I, as Original Poster and owner of this thread, reserve the right to refuse admission to anyone for any reason, including none. I further reserve the right to terminate acceptance for any reason, including none, as well as retain the right to refuse extension of concept ownership upon removal from this thread or any other form of expulsion. I do not retain the rights to any user's submitted works, concepts, ideas, thoughts, or creations upon termination of cooperation or participation or ejection or expulsion. Users are responsible solely for the content of their posts.
- First and foremost, this thread is not about money or economics. This thread is a shared setting between the creator and the accepted applicants. Users may freely utilize their specific properties (leased, owned, constructed, etc. in an In-Character capacity) in any way they see fit insofar as they maintain the rules listed herein. This thread is intended to generate plot and stories, not just to tack on your wall as something you make money from. This is why, with some exceptions, no specific monetary amounts in regards to leases are mentioned - spare what may be added above for the sake of flavor and completionism.
- Users must agree to not roleplay a plot or story which may otherwise interfere with the operation, existence, or integrity of another user's concept without their express, explicit, written permission. Any complaints or questions may be forward to the operator and owner of this thread via telegram.
- Users must agree to generally abide by a non-aggression policy in regards to existing within Losieda. It's fine to have a gun-fight, but a catastrophic space battle is likely to result in contact by the Losieda Central Protection Divsion, which brings me to...
- Users must agree to general accept and roleplay the Losieda Central Protection Divison as one would expect based upon the above In-Character regulations and common sense. In the Towering Trinity stations, outside of properties owned or leased by someone other than the Losieda Central Planning Authority directly are patrolled and controlled by the LCPD. Outside of the Trinity stations, open space (spare in the granted defense envelope to In-Character owners) is controlled by the LCPD. Roleplay this accordingly, or face expulsion upon discovery.
- Firearms are permitted under certain circumstances. Any random visitor must check their firearms at the respective concourse of any of the Trinity stations. In the instance of the Garden, no firearms spare for authorized security personnel, are permitted outside of the concourse. In the Sanctum, firearms are permitted by any individual, but must be checked and their munitions removed or otherwise the firearm must be made inert unless they own or lease property; this excludes authorized security personnel. In the Furnace, firearms are permitted by any individual, but must be checked and their munitions removed or otherwise the firearm must be made inert unless they own or lease property; this excludes authorized security personnel. Explosives, anti-matter, weapons of mass destruction, lightsabers, etc. are prohibited on all accounts. Firearm sales are permitted on the Sanctum and the Furnace. Outside of the Trinity, the rules of the particular station are what matters, short of the contained regulations.
- Users whom apply must maintain the general theme of the station they apply to gain property within. If one is constructing a smaller station, clearly, this does not apply. There is obviously some "wiggle room" in this requirement, but the general theme of each of the Trinity stations should be quite evident.
- Users may apply for ownership or leasing in the following constructs or regions: the Furnace, the Sanctum, the Losieda Constellation, the Losieda Belt.
- Users may apply for leasing in the following constructs or regions: the Garden.
- Users may apply for ownership-through-construction in the following constructs or regions: the Losieda Constellation, the Losieda Belt.
- In short, if a user "constructs" a new station, they are the sole owners and cannot share it with anyone; Mister Biggs does not permit sub-letting. If they "lease" one, however, they technically get to design a station - same way a user would were they to construct it from an Out-of-Character perspective - but, In-Character, the station existed before they applied and is already inhabited by some shops, bars, casinos, etc. As well, if a user "leases" a station outside of the Trinity, they can, in the future, share it with associates or other players as well, creating a cohesive canon.
- "Credit and capital checks" constitute me, as operator, reviewing the user's posting history.
- Resorts are defined as any property which has both gambling and a hotel.
- Casinos are defined as any property which has gambling. Even if it's one slot machine, it's a casino.
- Hotels are defined as any property which people... This one should be obvious. People stay and sleep there.
- Spas and saunas are defined as any property which... This is also obvious.
- Nightclubs, bars, saloons, etc... Also obvious.
- Shops are... shops.
- Brothels are defined as any property in which the proprietor receives a cut of profits generated through the exchange of money for actions of a personal, private, and otherwise lascivious nature. Individuals whom wish to operate a brothel must, as a user, have an account which was founded no less than one year (365.25 days) before the date of application unless otherwise granted permission by the thread owner and operator. Further, they must maintain a PG-13 content in all threads which feature such an establishment, or their establishment will be terminated and retroactively removed from Losieda canon as if it were to never have existed. No exceptions.
- If you are a user which typically plays a nation-state or star-state and wish any individual coming from your country to be monitored more closely, please simply indicate that in the application.
- Logos must be simple images with transparent backgrounds - meaning they must be .PNG's - that I can readily resize and add. If they are not, I won't add them. I, otherwise, reserve the right to not add logos I don't desire to.
- I reserve the right to... pretty much modify this however I see fit, whenever I see fit.
- For once, a communique is not required. This is effectively simply a sign-up and interest thread; users are expected to conduct roleplays involving this shared canon (and, chiefly, their properties) elsewhere.
- Many thanks to Dreadful Sagittarius and Liu Xiu for inspiration. Also much thanks to those who have contributed, will contribute, and continue to contribute and assist in this project.
- Also: No, you don't automatically know this is a Syndicate front of some variety. If I tell you you have characters which do, fine; otherwise? This is just some very expensive project started by a very eccentric, very wealthy entrepreneur. Feel free to suspect otherwise In-Character; I'm sure most do. Welcome to Space Vegas.
All potential applicants - individual, corporate, or nation-state - are required to submit a completed application to the Office of Admissions for personal review by Mister Biggs before property rights to be granted within Losieda and the Sieda System. All potential applicants are encouraged to review the regulations attached to this release, as well as review the current attractions and purchase, leasing, and construction opportunities in order to optimize both potential generated revenue as well as cut-down on the time for an application to be reviewed.
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[b]Applicant Name or Identifier:[/b] (Not necessarily your country. Can be an individual, corporation, or a country.)
[b]If Nation-State, Please Indicate Establishment Type:[/b] (Can be: enclave, embassy or consulate, or outpost.)
[b]Name of Establishment:[/b] (Name of your enclave, outpost, casino, resort, etc.)
[b]Location of Establishment:[/b] (The Garden, the Furnace, Losieda Constellation, Losieda Belt, etc.)
[b]Lease, Purchase, or Construct?[/b] (Review leasing, purchasing, and construction regulations.)
[b]Apply for a Brothel? List number:[/b] (Yes/No and amount.)
[b]Logo:[/b] (If provided, it must be a .PNG with a transparent background which I can readily resize. If it isn't or I feel it otherwise does not fit with the theme, it will not be added, regardless of application acceptance.)
[b]Indicate Contained Establishment(s):[/b] (Resort, casino, etc.)
[b]Do You Wish Your User Account's Country to Be Considered Hazardous?[/b] (If yes, establishments can more closely monitor people arriving from your country.)
[b]Description of Establishment:[/b] (See above. A few paragraphs is optimal. Too short [or too long] descriptions may result in application refusal.