The galaxy is vast, filled with stars, and solar systems, and amazing wonders and beauties on a scale that none have ever dreamed of seeing on their own world. For countless millenniums, peoples and species of endless variety scattered throughout the galaxy have looked up to the stars and imagined what may lie beyond their world in the heavens above. For some, their species would never live to see that day, as wars or catastrophe or natural progression would wipe them out before they would progress to the point of space travel. For others, they would reach the stars, only to find them inhospitable and dangerous, as the new wonders of the galaxy they could reach were only to be met by new dangers as well. Over time, the galaxy had lost it's oldest members with all civilizations that once traveled among the stars dead or transcendent beyond the lives as we know it. Now, new players have taken to the stage, as races and peoples have grown to the point where they can take to the stars and explore the vastness of the galaxy, discover new races, interact with other species who have grown to that stage, or influence those that have yet to do so. Species may band together to unite under alliances, or fall into old dispositions and wage war against one another. What this old galaxy will now become, is up to those who now venture out into its great expanse. The future of the galaxy has arrived, now its fate shall be determined.
The Galaxy:
After thousands of years, the galaxy is empty. That's right, empty, no major alien races running half of it in a federation, no empire that dominates all of space, no menacing species that's sole purpose is to kill everything they meet, it's all empty. Meaning, for everyone that joins, you don't have to worry about being wiped out by something like the Borg or the Galactic Empire or the Cylons. Everything will be based on who joins and how they'd want to interact with others. There are remnants of other past civilizations which you may discover, but the primary focus will be the exploration and expansion of peoples and their new interstellar governments and how they will interact with others, as well as the progression of technological advancement with the long, LONG term idea of reaching transcendence.
Galactic Political Map: http://i.imgur.com/ppN6DiV.jpg?1
Technology:
It is expected that technology has progressed to the point of FTL travel. How this is done, however, is up to the person itself. Remembering that the galaxy is vast, while you may be able to travel far, you're not going to be able to expand as far as you can travel in the same amount of time. For what is allowed, I'll go down the list:
FTL Travel
Energy Weapons
Food Replicators
Fusion Technology
Antimatter Technology
Cybernetics
Genetic Modification
Cloning
Artificial Intelligence
Nanotechnologies
Terraforming
In essence, if it's future, it's allowed
RULES
This is very important, very very important. The idea of creating future tech becomes a problem when it allows for practically anything. Which means, I want realism with the style of it, and fairness for it as well. People can not just run around saying "I'VE GOT A BIG LAZOR SYSTEM AND IT'S A BILLION MORE TIMES POWERFUL THAN YOURS AND I WIPED OUT YOUR SHIPS' SHIELDS WITH THIS DEVICE THAT I'VE NEVER PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED BEFORE AND IN NO WAY COULD EVEN MAKE SENSE EVEN IN A FUTURE TECH SCENARIO" IF you can explain how something like that works, in comparison and say that you're thinking of it with war plans BEFORE the conflict you or someone else may cause, I'll allow it.
With the development of weapons, there is a choice between projectile based, energy based, or both. For defenses, there is a choice between projectile defense, energy defense, or both. The use of defense will work like this: Energy weapons will beat projectile defense, projectile weapons will beat energy defense, and complete shielding will defend from both, but will loose you access to effectively using fighters, which can be beneficial to taking down ships with complete shielding, due to the lack of capability to target and destroy fighters effectively.
1. I am OP, my word is law, my decisions are final, and no one is allowed to speak on my behalf in any way shape or form.
2. If I see godmodding from anyone, they're gone. And I'll write it in the story that they were wiped out by some plague or nanobot apocalypse or genetic experimentation gone wrong and dooming everyone in their race. This applies to everyone.
3. All techs will be on equal grounds with each other, if you're using Star Trek style weapons versus Star Wars style weapons, it's even fights, no Star Trek is more powerful because blah blah or Star Wars is more powerful because blah blah bullshit. Size wise and energy would determine it, meaning an X-wing type fighter is not going to do much damage to a Galaxy-glass type starship, but an Imperial Star Destroyer type would be able to fight well against it.
4. You're free to use any type of ships and designs, and mix and match at your leisure, but it will be standard that FTL travel is the equivalent of a blend of hyperspace-transwarp, meaning the speeds of hyperspace, with the range and freedom of travelling as if with warp or transwarp.
5. Any type of race or species is allowed, except for humans, as too many human space-faring empires have joined in game already, it's your choice when you join.
6. Have fun with this, it's meant to be fun!
Application:
Galactic Nation Name:
Races/Species:
Population:
Government type:
Religion(s):
Military Name:
Military Size:
Military Offensive Weapons System (Projectile, Energy, Both):
Military Defensive Weapons System (Projectile, Energy, Both):
Ship designs (images preferred if possible, 3 required, cruiser, battleships, fighters):
Solar System-number of planets/types of planets:
Technological Advancements:
Overview of your people/civilization (a brief history would be preferred):
Reasons for joining:
RP Example:
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JZ-32 Battlecruiser
HH-31 "Hammerhead" class Battleship
AF-30 "Foldy" class Fighter
