NEWS, GUBBINS, AND STUFF
Absolutely nothing is new. At all.
Music to Save the World To
Theme Song
Quote of the Day:"The God-Emperor of Mankind protects. But sometimes He also pisses on us from a great height."
Hlaine Larkin, Tanith First Regiment
Rules
1. My word is law. Don't make me lay it down.
2. If you have any issues, present them to the community. We'll see what we can do. On the other hand, if you whine you'll get no sympathy.
3. Utilize common sense. Just think about if your stuff would actually work before doing it.
4. That being said, Rule of Cool still applies. This is about as AU as it's going to get, and you have a lot of latitude for fun. If you want the Alliance Prime Minister and the Asari Councillor to hook up, then fine by me.
5. Steamrolling is a no. Give people time to respond. Also referto Rule 3.
6. We understand if life's crap, but please try to post in the IC once a week.
7. If you want to fight with an individual, that's not our business. Take it to TG.
8. No spamming. In other words, respect the threads and the people who use them.
9. This is the internet, but try to remain at least slightly civilized. Keep your rage and frustration IG. It's more fun like that.
10. Don't post links to your NSFW blog. We don't want it. Keep the stuff you link to PG-13. Also, please ask before advertising for another RP. I'll say yes, but this is a game, not a commercial slot.
Admins
GM: Greater Istanistan- Your Great Leader. Rules supervision, random events, and general administration. Acknowledged grand master of Warhammer 40k trivia. Call me Gendo if I get unusually schemey.
VGM: Lunas Legion-Quite a good schemer, and knows the ropes of the game. Ask him about Cerberus sometime.
VGM: Elerian-Elerian actually started the game about a year ago (I think), and after a hiatus has returned. He gave the GM a player list, for which the GM is deeply thankful. AKA Fuyutsuki #1, because he's cool like that.
VGM: Ilan - Ilan's a bro, and knows where it's at. Like Pressly, but less racist.
Introductions
Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening/Slightly after two,
Welcome to Mass Effect Factions. This is an RP with an illustrious (relatively) past, and we'd be glad to have you on board. This game is based in the Mass Effect universe. Players will be able to take command of any major or minor species or faction or, if they don't like any, build their own out in the Terminus. There's a bigger list later, so peruse it at your pleasure. Once you have your faction, the goal is simple. Do whatever you want. Build an economy, invade the Volus, kill Cerberus, acquire additional pylons, or engage in impossible romantic subplots with your characters. It's all up to you.
This roleplay starts off being shaped by several key choices by Shepard. The Council was saved, so Humanity has gained itself a Council seat in exchange and is temporarily experiencing galactic goodwill. The Rachni Queen is alive and well somewhere out in the Terminus. Wrex is off on Tuchanka attempting to unite the Krogan, because anyone who kills him is kinda terrible. Unless you're doing it to save Mordin, at which point it's still kinda iffy. Ashley Williams is the Virmire Survivor. The game starts just after Shepard's death and the downing of the Normandy.
Each faction starts with a preset number of credits (each representing around 500 million credits in the actual games, because having a Fornax mag cost more than a fighter squadron would mean that it would have to be a pretty damn fine Fornax issue) that they can use to make ships, units and so on. Credits are generated on an IG monthly basis through the construction of economic buildings or through random events and deals. Additionally, all ground units require Recruitment, a resource generated by urban areas. It represents the pool of healthy, military-aged volunteers available. Credits may be saved up, but all unspent Recruitment is lost at the end of the month.
Admins are responsible for administering the passage of time IG. Months will be marked clearly every 2-33 pages with random events and admin-created natural responses to extremely stupid things done by players. This may stretch to 4 pages in times when the rate of posting gets exceptionally high. It might also go down should things be slow.
Useful Threads
Archive
IC
Galaxy Map
Click Here for Map
Just for reference. Click for appropriate music.
Factions:
Human Systems Alliance - Eridanus 3
Asari Republics - Segmentia
Turian Hierarchy - Ilan
Batarian Hegemony - Greater Istanistan
Salarian Union - Elerian
Omega - Versail
Krogan Empire (Urdnot Clan) - Paddy O' Fernature
Cerberus - Gamilus
Quarian Flotilla - OPEN
Volus Protectorate - OPEN
Hanar Primacy - OPEN
Elcor Courts - Rebel Alliance
Rachni - Lunas Legion
Geth - Liechtenbourg
Asari Terminus Colonies - Nuxipal
Unaffiliated Human Colonies - OPEN
Batarian Warlords - INFINITE OPENINGS! HAHAHAHAHA!
Free Human Colonies - STILL INFINITE OPENINGS! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!
Pirate Groups- Open
Independent Geth - Go for it
App Structure
Faction:
Leader (You decide): (No ME2 squadmates as your leaders)
Citadel Council member Y/N or N/A:
Brief description of diplomatic relations
Military state of readiness:
History:
Infrastructure and Claimed Worlds:
Military:
Quick explanation. Once you've decided that you want the Volus, say, and are ready to conquer the universe, consult the price tables below and your starting Credit and Infrastructure in order to build your faction. Purchase from there within the starting cred limit. Roughly stick to canon, but overall you've got a lot of latitude. We expect far more detail for custom factions, such as Batarian Warlords or Free Human Colonies, than we do for heavily established factions, such as the Turian Hierarchy. Leaders can be OCs in the event of there being no real detail. The Mass Effect wiki is your friend. Use it to choose planets - again, roughly within canon - for settlement and construction.
Starting Stuff:
What all the factions actually start with in terms of infrastructure, dreadnoughts, basic income, and spending cash. Not that the Basic totals are outside of the income generated by the free infrastructure or any other considerations. These reflect a basic level of income that the faction generates.
Store
Infrastructure
The foundations of your glorious imperium, AKA things the Reapers are going to try to burn for no particular reason. Stop them with megaguns.
Everyone wants a dreadnought or two. Here's how much they cost.
In case you want a land army too. You greedy person.
Upgrades
In case you want to improve your stuff. Ships may only have two upgrades applied to them unless otherwise specified.
The Ban List
You REALLY do not want to be on here.
Alternate Names for the Roleplay:
GroundhogDayExtinction Cycle
Only You Can Save Mankind
Planet of the Husks
Rebuild of Factions 2.0: You Can (Not) Reap
Oncoming Updates:
-A larger library of Music To Save the World To - I'm accepting suggestions. TG me.
YOU MAY NOW POST.
