A long time into the future, in a galaxy not far, far away...
FROM STARDUST YOU ARE
To stardust you shall return...
Sarah Schachner - Anthropic Universe
The perfection of the Alcubierre Drive in 2524 meant that humanity was finally unshackled from its earthly cradle, and thus humanity began staking out its claim in the heavens, for better or for worse. Humanity settled star systems that until now have been reachable only in its dreams and stories, and new nations rose across the freshly-settled planets and star systems.
A long period of peace and growth also meant with it a long period of simmering rivalry and luxurious decadence, and it wasn't long before humanity duked it out for the third time: the Third Human Civil War, from 2794 to 2876. As with any war, there was bound to be only one winner, and the Galtian Empire emerged from the ashes as the victor. It would soon bring to heel the divided masses of humanity under its banner, and under the care of the iron-fisted but mostly benevolent monarchy of House Altis, governing from the opulent metropolitan-state of Arcadia, in the eponymous Galtia System.
For 1,000 years, the Galtian Empire ruled as the most powerful polity in the galaxy, governing large swathes of the Milky Way under tender and loving care - and sometimes by pure discipline and harsh force. Mighty pieces of infrastructure and industry were built to facilitate the transport of public and private goods and services, while rebellions were suppressed swiftly and violently the moment they arose. The various species of sapient races in its realms lived in relative piece and mutual integration, even as threats to the stability of the Empire loomed on from within and from without.
However, just like Rome fell in days to the Visigoths, the Galtian Empire would fall in mere years to a unified front of Nifei clanfleets under the leadership of Fujikawa Katsuyori.
Thus, we kick off the RP that will welcome you to the Niteoverse, an FT roleplay sub-universe brought to you by Palmyrion, and a part of the Palmyroverse. The Niteoverse will star some familiar and iconic names and faces from the Modern Tech roleplaying community, such as Palmyrion as the Interstellar Palmyrian Commonwealth, New Aeyariss (Nifon/Cuscy) as the Nifei clanfleets, Polish Prussian Commonwealth as [role pending], and Reorganisieren Reichregierung as the Shirai Empire, with others roleplaying smaller polities in the Milky Way. People can ask to join via telegramming me in this site or dropping me a Direct Message in Discord (Crimsteel#1086)
For now, this would be a discussion thread as to how the RP would take place, with the IC action to come later down the line once we've booted up the technicals, worked out some kinks, and set the stage for a brand-new FT universe.
Here is an application form for tracking purposes.
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[b]Name of Polity:[/b]
[Type here]
[b]Race and species:[/b]
[Type here]
[b]History:[/b]
[Type here]
[b]Size and significance:[/b]
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[b]How do you see your polity interacting with the others?[/b]
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RULES AND REGULATIONS
- I am the OP, and my word is law. However, to make decision-making more democratic, I'd be putting up a council consisting of Cuscy, PPC, RR, and I.
- As much as we want to make things run wild with our imaginations here, at the end of the day the supremacy of physics will still prevail. Concessions can be made for superluminal communications and transportation, such as the plot-centric Alcubierre drive, communications systems based on quantum entanglement, and finally the classic wormhole.
- No magic, please.
- Keep the use of planetbreakers or Exterminatus-style weapons to a minimum (or just don't use them at all). And please, absolutely no starbreakers.