NationSpace
You probably saw this thread and wondered what it was. That’s generally what most people do when they see threads and open them, I suppose. Maybe you thought it was some sort of NationStates MySpace thread. If that is the case, please move along, we are looking for a different kind of NationStates player, thank you very much. Maybe, just maybe, you realized that it was a space thread. All kinds of journeys flashed through your head — some kind of Star Wars battle confronting aliens, or even a full out intergalactic war. As these images flashed through your head, you chuckled to yourself at the name. Surely the OP who created such a great pun would be a very humorous person, not to mention incredibly humble. So you clicked this link, because why not give it a try.
Everything you believed when you clicked that link is wrong.
I’ll start with the obvious: my humor is incredibly dry and I’m not at all humble. I know, I know, how could I make such a great pun as the title and not be humorous. Believe me, it shocked me as well. But all of us have our rare moments of ingenuity. Admittedly, they are less rare for some of us. Regardless, I’m not here to talk about how I’m far superior to all of you, we can discuss that later. Preferably after we escape the impending crisis.
Right, the impending crisis. You don’t know, do you?
You see, this is not a normal space thread. The truth is, every space thread, and every other thread that you’ve ever done, has been building up to this one. NationStates is not just a simple forum roleplaying site. It is boot camp. The entire site is designed to train you for the decisions you’ll have to make in the future. The 6-hour issue system teaches you to quickly respond to threats to our spaceship and civilization. The card system is designed for you to learn pattern recognition. The forums themself mirror our ship’s communications system. The goal has been this from the beginning: begin training the leaders of the next human civilization. Congratulations, you made it! Now comes the hard part.
This process has been slowly occurring over the past few decades. For the longest time, humanity has been preparing for the next big crisis, fretting and pacing over everything from Y2K to the Mayan Calendar to Covid. When the Soviet Union collapsed, the threat of nuclear war in the world eased. And thus, the global elite, the famous cabal of people who control everything we know in this world, began planning for the next crisis. They were to build the technology, the community, and the plans necessary to take humanity off planet. Max Barry was put in charge of building the community. After publishing several books in an attempt to weed out potential leaders, he opted for a radical different solution: Project NationStates. The people most experienced to manage a future civilization would intuitively be those who were already managing civilizations. And so your story began. Meanwhile, the technological wing continued to develop more and more advanced space travel, first under NASA, then under Elon Musk. We have finally obtained a working prototype for space travel, although some of the controls and AI is iffy. The planning, as per usual, has gone completely off the rails. We were supposed to have a comprehensive route mapped out, but we have merely concepts of the plan. Basically, we’re on our own for this one.
Normally we would take more time to develop more of a plan and more than a prototype. However, time is no longer a luxury that we have. In the coming weeks, an asteroid will pass over the planet Earth. It will not hit our planet directly, but metals in the asteroid will trigger mass outages across the planet, disrupting entire communications systems. False alarms for nuclear strikes will trigger a war within days. Then, the asteroid will swing back around to finish off what remains of humanity a mere six weeks later. Essentially, the planet is doomed. Luckily, humanity still has a chance to survive if our mission succeeds.
Your response is needed urgently. Humanity’s survival is at stake. For years you have fought for imaginary people on a pixelated screen: are you ready to fight for a chance for real people in the final frontier?
Rules
1. As stated in the disclaimer, the information provided should not be your real information. However, you should plausibly represent a hypothetical person who could be behind your NS account (i.e. you are not a space alien with super powers. You are Joe with a PoliSci degree who works as an office worker and is not remotely athletic).
2. No godmoding of any sort. Actions taken by the ship will be determined by community consensus. You can attempt to hijack the ship, but that will probably not go well for you ICly. Actions that happen to the ship / any events will be given by me or any potential CoOPs I choose.
3. Please write in detailed paragraphs. It is fine to be a little shorter if you are just having a conversation. However, if possible use physical descriptions as filler to make your posts more engaging.
4. Be cooperative. You should not be attempting to sabotage your fellow RPers. I intend to set sufficient obstacles that self-sabotage will not be a necessity.
5. Have fun. I do want this RP to be slightly more serious than others I have done in the past, but there’s still room for humor and unique things to happen. Let your personality, etc. show and enjoy yourself.
6. More rules can be added at any time if something comes up. I will not remove you from the thread or otherwise punish you if I make a rule after your behavior, unless it is something common-sense and/or egregious.
Documents
I will put additional documents here, such as ship schematics, but I’m waiting for that more detailed stuff until I see interest in this RP. For now, it’s just the application form.
An addition reminder the player name, age, etc. do not refer to the real you. I don’t think it fully necessary to say this three times, but better safe than sorry.
Accepted applications / Nations
