Other great powers within 300 million parsecs of the Virgo Supercluster have their own ideologies and goals, and are willing to fight for them. But, what no one - not even the Minds - yet realize is that, lurking in the vast voids between the walls and sheets of matter, are the agents responsible for the Great Filter. Every few million years, sophonce evolves and reaches for the stars. That is when they are able to feast. And they are coming.
...so that's my pitch. My goal here is to gauge interest in a FFT RP that takes place on a much larger scale than we normally see on NS, along the lines of what you see above.
It's recommended that you join as an FT/FFT nation. If you want to participate, but your nation is at a lower tech level, I can help you "upgrade it" to its FT equivalent.
You don't have to join the Space Tories, the insane hedonists, or the Not!Borg, you can make their own faction and ideology. In fact, you are positively encouraged to build a unique faction around your nation's IC ideology.
General Setting Notes (I reserve the right to edit these, and they can be changed to accommodate the needs of participants):
This RP will, at least as far as me and my puppets are concerned, have transhumanist themes. Biological immortality and greatly enhanced intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities are the norm for both biological and synthetic races. Additionally, certain entities have managed to hit the point of "intelligence explosion" that Transhumanist writers are always talking about. The result is called a Mind.
Minds are basically AI gods. They can produce stable materials that far exceed the properties of atomic matter. They can break the time-translation symmetries that restrict perpetual motion machines. They can make spacetime itself dance to their whims. They can "hack into" the information theoretic structure of the universe itself. They can (and typically do) create myriad arrays of universes.
It is highly recommended that you make a Mind for your nation if you want to participate in this RP, because they are a prerequisite for the aforementioned technological capabilities for the purposes of this RP's canon.
Dyson swarms and large Banks-esque Orbitals are commonplace. In fact, orbital megastructures are probably more prevalent than ordinary planets in many regions.
Nanotech, teraforming, quantum computation/encryption, and many other speculative technologies are common place.
FFT firepower is no joke. Planets and stars being destroyed as "collateral damage" in a war between the Great Powers will be unfortunately common.
In general, FTL systems either travel through realspace using something vaguely similar to a warp drive, or use pre-existing infrastructure to jump from one specific point to another. "Jump anywhere" teleportation drives are not allowed.
This is the closest thing I could find to a "map" of the region where this RP will take place.
There are some forms of psionics/metaphysics in play for the more "cosmic horror" factions out there, but to a certain extent, the limits of "space magic" will be dependent on applicant preferences. Generally, I will be erring on the side of "people's stuff working," but...
a) I don't want magic to be of a sort that "displaces" the technological "feel" of the setting,
b) devices that allow participants uncomfortable with magic to attempt to "enforce reality" in the vicinity of their stuff will also be permitted (everything has a counter), and
c) supernatural entities of an interventionist bent will be subject to strict scrutiny, and will not be able to exceed the power and intelligence levels of the Minds.
RULES:
1. No God-modding - particularly in terms of auto-hitting or failing to take casualties.
2. No metagaming - we all know that something is coming OOC, but there are no signs IC.
3. Be considerate. This isn't General, offending people here isn't "free speech," it's offending them for no reason.
4. Make sure that you are having fun, while allowing others to have fun.
5. The story comes first.
6. OP's word is law.
7. Participants may petition OP for redress of grievances on the OOC thread, even if OP is the source of the grievance - though try not to get too heated.
If you think you'd be interested in this sort of thing, I'd like to ask you to fill out the following application.
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[b]Nation[/b]:
[b]Will you be making your own faction? (Y/N)[/b]
[b]If so, please give a brief description of its ideology[/b]:
[b]If not, which existing faction do you intend to join?[/b]
[b]What would your motivations and goals be in this conflict?[/b]
[b]Tech Level[/b]:
[b]Will your Nation have a Mind? (Y/N)[/b]
[b]If so, please give them a name and a brief description of their personality[/b]:
[b]Does your nation have magic users, psions, or other forms of metaphysical tomfoolery? (Y/N)[/b]
[b]If so, please give a brief description of the scope and limits of magic/psionics/etc. in your "normal" canon[/b]:
[b]Do you agree to follow the rules? (Y/N)[/b]
[b]Link to technology factbook (if applicable)[/b]:
[b]Link to military factbook (if applicable)[/b]:
IC Thread Here
Discord Here