Your character must have had some nepotism.
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by Imperialisium » Mon Oct 12, 2020 8:14 pm
by Union Princes » Mon Oct 12, 2020 8:55 pm
by G-Tech Corporation » Mon Oct 12, 2020 9:10 pm
Union Princes wrote:Interesting that some characters are flirting with humanist supremacy ideals.
by Union Princes » Mon Oct 12, 2020 9:37 pm
by Imperialisium » Mon Oct 12, 2020 9:50 pm
Bolslania wrote:It's funny how the OOC already has ten pages and we don't even know who Imperialisium has accepted yet
by Segmentia » Mon Oct 12, 2020 10:14 pm
by Union Princes » Mon Oct 12, 2020 10:49 pm
by Caltharus » Tue Oct 13, 2020 1:41 am
by Remnants of Exilvania » Tue Oct 13, 2020 2:57 am
G-Tech Corporation wrote:Reverend Norv wrote:
Ah, right, I meant Krugmar. Though I'm also very interested to learn exactly what this mysterious Augment is in the Hegemony.
‘twill be good fun for the IC. My reading of the apps leads me to believe I’ve come up with a rather curious northern edge of the Imperium.
Union Princes wrote:Interesting that some characters are flirting with humanist supremacy ideals.
by Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States » Tue Oct 13, 2020 3:18 am
Bolslania wrote:Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States wrote:I now have a character idea I want to run by Imp (and the rest of yous) before committing.
My character would be the Imperial Buchalter, or Secretary of the Treasury. They is the only position which is constitutionally barred for members of the great houses, and it is usually run by an educated slave of the emperor. While having a lot of liberties and even approaching nobility, the slave secretary remains property of the emperor. Just like the Fiscus, the emperor’s personal treasury which is also the State treasury. The treasury is in charge of tax collection and revenue and therefore a huge, bureaucratic organisation, so huge and complex that it is said only the Buchalter understands it completely. This is false; they doesn’t understand it either.
Being born in extreme poverty and having worked their way up, my character would have a distaste for the nobility, but a love for the empire and the emperor personally. An absolute workaholic, they has an augmentation built in to filter out melatonin, skipping the need for sleep. The character has not slept in decades. And it will be their job to keep the imperial finances running, even though the empire is in a state of decline, which is a threat to creditors.
Would something like this work? I made up a bunch of stuff, so any corrections would be welcome. I based the system off the ancient Roman imperial bureaucracy.
Excellent concept but I don't see much room for a story there. Maybe there is something but it's not super sandboxy or flexible
also Imp when are we gonna see which apps are accepted and which need revision
"The Buchalter earned the nickame Lord VALSA during an interview at the beginning of their tenure. Reference was made to the time when they served as quaestor to one of the governors of the Outer Regions. Under their control, the region saw a remarkable rise in profitability, attracting many external investors for lucrative mining ventures. However, the policy also led to the expropriation of much of the region's farmland, which eventually caused mass starvation in areas too poor to import external food. Tens of thousands died as a result of this policy. When confronted with these figures, the Buchalter replied casually that the event was a 'violent and local statistical anomaly', remarking that during their tenure, on average, the region saw no more deaths than in any other period of equivalent length. The term 'violent and local statistical anomaly' came to represent the Fiscus, which began to operate solely based on predictive statistics and huge data imputs, rather than simply reacting to the headlines of Nova Terra as pervious Buchalters had done."
by Lunas Legion » Tue Oct 13, 2020 4:27 am
Reverend Norv wrote:Union Princes wrote:Irene would not trust the Deynai Order at all.
Nor, most likely, would the Deynai like or trust her. But they stand substantially outside the brewing conflict: they are not on the side of the Imperial government, or the Revolutionaries, or the reformers. Their job, as they understand it, is to look after the people caught in the crossfire. That means that they are not likely to start as an enemy of any of the other characters, unless those characters make them so.
Moreover, because they are decentralized and itinerant, the Deynai Order as an institution is less likely to play a role, certainly initially. More likely, a wandering Magister will happen to show up in the middle of each of our various plotlines as and when it would make for interesting storytelling to add one. Even a single Deynai is a wild card: one that can be very useful if you can gain their assistance, and very dangerous if you make an enemy of them.
Quintara, in particular, would I think make for a fascinating character to pair with a Deynai: they have so much in common, and yet - in certain important ways - their differences are so utterly profound and insuperable.
by Rodez » Tue Oct 13, 2020 4:41 am
Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States wrote:Bolslania wrote:
Excellent concept but I don't see much room for a story there. Maybe there is something but it's not super sandboxy or flexible
also Imp when are we gonna see which apps are accepted and which need revision
My story concept was to showcase the gradual decline of the empire in a few different ways. The difficulty of having an ever-expanding economy in a collapsing super-state. The cluttered imperial bureaucracy, as well as the personal qualms with helping to lead an empire of that scale. I hope that this little snippet might prove some"The Buchalter earned the nickame Lord VALSA during an interview at the beginning of their tenure. Reference was made to the time when they served as quaestor to one of the governors of the Outer Regions. Under their control, the region saw a remarkable rise in profitability, attracting many external investors for lucrative mining ventures. However, the policy also led to the expropriation of much of the region's farmland, which eventually caused mass starvation in areas too poor to import external food. Tens of thousands died as a result of this policy. When confronted with these figures, the Buchalter replied casually that the event was a 'violent and local statistical anomaly', remarking that during their tenure, on average, the region saw no more deaths than in any other period of equivalent length. The term 'violent and local statistical anomaly' came to represent the Fiscus, which began to operate solely based on predictive statistics and huge data imputs, rather than simply reacting to the headlines of Nova Terra as pervious Buchalters had done."
by Caltharus » Tue Oct 13, 2020 4:49 am
Remnants of Exilvania wrote:Given some of the planet/population counts, I wonder if I went too low with the amount of planets the PREDI's got operations running on. Ah well, no matter.
by Remnants of Exilvania » Tue Oct 13, 2020 4:57 am
Caltharus wrote:Remnants of Exilvania wrote:Given some of the planet/population counts, I wonder if I went too low with the amount of planets the PREDI's got operations running on. Ah well, no matter.
I'm sure that the numbers can be tweaked if need be. I for one just looked at others and threw in some numbers based on that
by Remnants of Exilvania » Tue Oct 13, 2020 5:17 am
by Bolslania » Tue Oct 13, 2020 5:24 am
Revlona wrote:I just wanna blow up some red ships
Glass some red worlds
Watch some ancient TV shows
Normal stuff
by Sarderia » Tue Oct 13, 2020 6:01 am
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