Signup/Interest thread: The Final Race (Exodus)

[aatuylva]

Okiedokey, there are a lot of MT threads at the moment. Mine is coming to a close, as is Redstar. Arrival is more or less finished, according to Anea.

Time to plan an FT one so all these spehss alienz don't raygun blast us.

This is going to be an interest/sign up thread for an alternate future science fiction thread series.

Basically, the Earth got omnomed by the sun, it ended in nuclear war, but before that, everyone went into international efforts to build ships to leave offworld.
They end up getting knocked by an unknown force into a galaxy waaaay out of the way, outside of the reach of all the 'powers', leaving them all alone.

Saboteurs and rivalries threaten the colony ships, even before they have left their motherworld, and this first installment would concern those fateful days during the final construction, the exodus, and flight of these ships as they travel to their 'promised land' in an unknown galaxy, setting the first colonies on virgin worlds.

Civil war, mishaps, malfunctions, all of these threaten the new pioneers. So, who wants to join? Any thoughts? Ideas? Also log your factions here. Me and Aluez will post some NPC badguy ones so we'll know where the saboteurs come from XD

There are two systems in this new area, both inside a dark matter cloud of sorts, further isolating them from the universe.

One is the dying, but still going red star system containing the planet New Caldova, a barren, desert world above the surface that holds a secret underworld, filled with oceans, jungles, and various subterranean wonders, two gas giants, and an asteroid belt with seven asteroid families.

Caldova and the other system are on opposite sides of this galaxy from each other, however, so keep that in mind.

The other is a binary system with three 'terran' planets: New Alenia (Five moons, two belts), Helian (two moons, no asteroid rings/belts), and Hyperium (Fourth from the sun, three moons, asteroid belt around it), three gas giants, and two massive gas giants that could turn into protostars at any moment, bringing 'comet storms' in their wake. For the sake of a little bit of sanity asteroid belts, rings, and the moons around gas giants, and rings, and comets, are, well, pretty numerous, so we're not going to name them all and just have you pick which ones in the general direction your colonizing, and you and whoever decides to be your neighbor can beat it out.

There is also a very large star (like Betelgeuse, but much bigger, Hypergiant) relatively close to the Hyperium area. It has a single planet, which is pretty much unliveable save near the core, and the night side is only safe temporarily.

FTL comms IS possible, but if you're wanting to talk to someone in Andromeda or the Milky Way, expect a several century wait time. (Inter-Dimensional comms might shorten it to a few months, but that's still a hella lag.)

(Note: The time of the launch is around the mid-22nd century.)

Faction(s):

Faction Gov't Type:

Colony Ship(s):

Population (Military and Civilian):

Area of Focus (Choose one)-Military, Environmentalism, Technology, Growth, Economy, Sociology (Do I need to add more? Idk D: )

Planet/Asteroid Family/(Gas Giant/Planet) Moon:

Name of Colonies (One name per ship, basically):

Director/Dictator/Leader:

Population:

Population Composition (what kinds of people/species are common):

-Military-

Volunteer only? Y/N
Mandatory Service? Y/N
Military strengths (list 3):
Military weaknesses (list 3):

Primary Mode of Travel:
FTL Comms? Y/N
FTL Drive? Y/N

Description: (Brief description of this faction and which nation it originated from.)

Ok, this sign up sheet is unfinished, cuz well, I don't know what else to put, hence why I'd need help from you folks mrew. Some of it is copied from the MT profile sheet too Eheh >.>

ALSO: These aren't the ONLY places there is, these are just some locales Aluez cooked up as a starting point. You can make your own place xP Big galaxy n all. So it's kind of a universe building thing, and it won't go too fast with Aluez and me watching over it xP

EDIT: I should've added a technology advantage thing O.O

[Aluez]

No pain without love, right? Anyways! Time for some baser factions for my planets (Alenia, Helian, Hyperium) and the massive Planetoid in orbit of one of the Hypergasers.

Faction(s): Unitarian Republic of Aluez
The Black Legion
The Hellhounds
The Commonwealth of Salnai

Faction Gov't Type:
Aluez: Unitarian Socialist
Black Legion: Monarchy
Hellhounds: Loose Democracy
Salnai: Militaristic Democracy

Colony Ship(s):
Aluez:
Helghast
Hyperium
Helian

Population (Military and Civilian):
Aluez: 10 percent of the population is military
Black Legion: 100 percent is military
Hellhounds: 45 percent is military
Salnai: 21 percent is military


Area of Focus (Choose one)-Military, Environmentalism, Technology, Growth, Economy, Sociology (Do I need to add more? Idk D: )
Aluez: Technology
Hellhounds: Military
Black Legion: Growth
Salnai: Military

Planet/Asteroid Family/(Gas Giant/Planet) Moon:
Aluez:
Alienia
Helian
Hyperium

Black Legion:
Darcul

Salnai:
New Caldova

Hellhounds:
Unknown (they spring up randomly)

Name of Colonies (One name per ship, basically):
New Alienia
Helian
Hyderia
Dankara
Caldova

Director/Dictator/Leader:
Aluez: Markus Wright
Black Legion: Tisra Vlodovic
Hellhounds: K'dra
Salnai: Vjerni

Population:
Aluez: 30,000
Black Legion: 100,000
Hellhounds: Unknown
Salnai: 1 million

Population Composition (what kinds of people/species are common):
Aluez:
Mammalia (Bipedal/Taur): 25 percent
Reptilia (Biped/taur): 24 percent
Aviani (Biped): 24 percent
Ferian: 25 percent
Hybrid: 2 percent

Hellhounds:
Human: 15 percent
Hellhound: 55 percent
Hybrid: 35 percent

Black Legion:
Methuzala: 65 percent
Mortal: 45 percent

Salnai:
Human: 55 percent
Anthro: 44 percent
Hybrid: 1 percent

-Military-

Volunteer only? No
Mandatory Service? No (does not count during war times)
Military strengths (list 3):
Aluez:
Advanced Training
Nanite-Based Power Armor
Major Reliance on Particle, Plasma and Neutron weapons

Hellhounds:
Numbers
Reliance on Tacyeon weapons
Fast ships

Black Legion:
Near Immortal soldiers
Major Reliance on Plasma and Laser weapons
Ships are invisible to the naked eye and most sensors

Salnai:
Strong Shields
Relyance upon Ion weapons
Numbers
Military weaknesses (list 3):
Aluez:
Weak Shielding
12% Recruit Suicide Rate
In constant war with Commonwealth of Salnai

Hellhounds:
Varying pilot experience
Cannot stand up to major military powers
Weak Hull

Black Legion:
Reliance upon blood for survival
Prone to attack EVERYONE if they stray too close
Tends to panic when outnumbered

Salnai:
In constant war with Aluez
Weak Hulls
Overuse of Atomics/Nuclear devices
Primary Mode of Travel: Phase Jump

FTL Comms? Aluez: Interdimensional
Hellhound: No
Black Legion: Yes
Salnai: Yes
FTL Drive? Yes, Phase Jump/Phasegate

[The Anean Star Empire]

Faction: The Anean Star Empire

Faction Gov't Type: Autocracy

Colony Ship: ASF Haroma Salvation

Population (Military and Civilian):
Civilian: 1.7 million
Military: .3 million

Area of Focus: Military

Planet: New Haroma

Director/Dictator/Leader: Emperor IX

Population Composition:
~23% Haromian
~64% Remnoran
~13% Talonian

-Military-

Volunteer only? No
Mandatory Service? Yes
Military strengths (list 3):
- High Tech Equipment
- Fanatical Devotion to the Emperor
Military weaknesses (list 3):
- Small Numbers
- Inept Strategists

Primary Mode of Travel:
FTL Comms? Yes
FTL Drive? Yes, but only after ships get built.

Description: The former residents of the New Gracaria colony. IX, on a badly timed vacation, ended up in the exodus from Earth. Away from the Empire and in command of their own destiny, these people are out to forge a "New Anean Star Empire" in their new galaxy.

[aatuylva]

Faction: The Confederacy, AKA "Confeds"

Faction Gov't Type: Military Autocracy

Colony Ship(s): Shtela Gudagh

Population (Military and Civilian): Military: 4% Civilian: 96%

Area of Focus (Choose one)-Environmentalism

Planet/Asteroid Family/(Gas Giant/Planet) Moon: Moon of one of the gas giants

Name of Colonies (One name per ship, basically): Elvvahso

Director/Dictator/Leader: Lady Regent J'ozitam

Population: 100,000

Population Composition (what kinds of people/species are common):

Felines-Panthers: 25%
Other Felids: 23%
Lupines: 15%
Vulpines: 11%
Humans: 9%
Lemurs: 4%
Wraithborn: 1%
Other Species: 12%

-Military-

Volunteer only? Y/N N
Mandatory Service? Y/N N
Military strengths (list 3):
-Modular designs (It's cheap to arm soldiers and repair equipment)
-Mental Conditioning(Soldiers follow orders and are harder to turn/torture for information)
-Mobility (Focus on mechanized warfare)

Military weaknesses (list 3):
-Brainwashing (Soldiers lack initiative and will often follow orders blindly)
-Faulty Hardware (Cheap production means cost-cutting, leading to mishaps when something malfunctions, which is often)
-If you Go Big, Go Home (No heavy vehicles to speak of)

Primary Mode of Travel:
FTL Comms? Y/N N
FTL Drive? Y/N N

Technological advantage (up to 2):

Technological disadvantage (minimum of 1):

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Faction: The Stratocracy, AKA "Strats"

Faction Gov't Type: Tribal Technocracy with a caste system

Colony Ship(s): Sefekuhr

Population (Military and Civilian): Everyone takes a fighting role during battle, but the 'official' military is around 1%

Area of Focus (Choose one)-Military

Planet/Asteroid Family/(Gas Giant/Planet) Moon: (One of the asteroid belts, still thinking of a name)

Name of Colonies (One name per ship, basically): Sefekuhr

Director/Dictator/Leader: Warmaster Mishka Sihda and Battlesister Wiaru Volen

Population: 100,000

Population Composition (what kinds of people/species are common):

Current-

Humans: 26%
Lupines: 24%
Vulpines: 15%
Felids: 15%
Venri: 10%
Brosuukyda: 10%


-Military-

Volunteer only? Y/N N
Mandatory Service? Y/N Y

Military strengths (list 3):
-Schizo Tech (Being salvagers, they have an oddball assortment of equipment, allowing them unique advantages in battle as everything they have is different from something else)
-Redundant Department of Redundancies Department (Compartmentalization and backups. Everywhere)
-Natural Defenses (Asteroids make good heat sinks and armor)

Military weaknesses (list 3):
-Disorganized Rabble (Lots of infighting with the clans over territory and resources. Less coordinated attacks unless a strong-willed commander is present)
-Ramshackle Equipment(Everything's salvaged, stolen, or blown up, stolen, AND salvaged)
-Cult of Personality (Thralls can be swayed by persuasive people when a Warmaster isn't present)

Primary Mode of Travel:
FTL Comms? Y/N N
FTL Drive? Y/N Y

Technological advantage (up to 2):

Technological disadvantage (minimum of 1):

Description: The Confederacy of Aatuylva experienced several upheavals prior to the Exodus, a near civil war and several commanders going rogue and attacking surrounding nations 'for the greatest good.'
There was one massive ship, the supplies already having been sent into space, and the resources to completely stock it and to ensure survival were stolen when they couldn't be manufactured, and some theorize that Aatuylva was one of the nations responsible for the 'Final Death.'
The massive ship, originally named Shtela Gudagh, or Security in Power, was armed and powered by nearly the entire strategic capabilities of the nation.
Intended to be a generation ship, it suffered a horrible fracturing of leadership as the military and the various para-military organizations in the government each tried to seize control.

Eventually a full scale war broke out over control of the power sources of the ship, with the gov't loyalists on one side and the military elite on the other.
Thankfully, the leaders of both sides came to an agreement before any real damage was done.

The remains of the Confederacy, in their now gutted ship, seek to make a decent living, and to exact vengeance upon the traitors.

The Sifisian Stratocracy, as the traitors began to call themselves, stole several parts and pods from the ship, and left for the asteroid belts, with dark intentions in mind for the rest of their kin.

[aatuylva]

UNDER CONSTRUCTION STILL

Some NPCs for y'all to shoot at. I won't pick planets for them unless someone asks to have a neighbor, or after all the others who are going to join in pick a spot.


Faction: MediPac Consortium

Faction Gov't Type: Totalitarianist State with Maoist and Corporatist elements

Colony Ship(s): Glorious Rise to Heaven, Constituição

Population (Military and Civilian):

Area of Focus (Choose one)-Sociology

Planet/Asteroid Family/(Gas Giant/Planet) Moon:

Name of Colonies (One name per ship, basically):

Director/Dictator/Leader: People's Counselor Eduard Silva

Population: 60,000

Population Composition (what kinds of people/species are common):

-Military-

Volunteer only? Y/N N
Mandatory Service? Y/N Y

Military strengths (list 3):
-Discipline (Fear and training keeps the men fighting)
-Well-Funded (Surplus in resources both brought and obtained through mining allow the military to have top-notch equipment)
-Fanatical to the Cause (They believe in their faith, the state, and the cause. Breaking them is harder to do.)

Military weaknesses (list 3):
-Fear of Failure (They follow orders to the letter, under pain of death, even when intelligence bongles horribly)
-Red Tape (A near endless amount of paperwork and bureaucracy to even acquire the simplest things)
-Military 'Intelligence' (In efforts to curb the wrath of the Counselor, spies and agents color their reports in positive lights, even if doing so would threaten the war effort)

Primary Mode of Travel:
FTL Comms? Y/N N
FTL Drive? Y/N N

Description: The Mediterranean/Pacific Consortium was formed by China, the Unified Islamic Nations, and several South American nations in order to combat the rise of the Western powers. The resources of South America, the wealth of the Middle East, and the manufacturing power of China combined, and now they seek to conquer the stars.

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Faction: Asian Coalition

Faction Gov't Type: Federal Premier-Presidential Republic

Colony Ship(s): Grozny Slava, Poltava

Population (Military and Civilian):

Area of Focus (Choose one)-Military

Planet/Asteroid Family/(Gas Giant/Planet) Moon:

Name of Colonies (One name per ship, basically):

Director/Dictator/Leader: President Czernobog Tkachenko

Population: 45,000

Population Composition (what kinds of people/species are common):

-Military-

Volunteer only? Y/N N
Mandatory Service? Y/N Y

Military strengths (list 3):
-Spetsnaz!! (Urban combat and commando warfare specialists)
-Legacy of Rasputin (Advanced combat painkillers and cybernetics allow soldiers to stay in the fight much longer than the average soldier)
-Will of Iron (Mechanized combat in the form of heavy tanks and artillery)

Military weaknesses (list 3):
-Conscription (Any unit that is not part of the elite forces have extremely poor training and equipment)
-Super-Standardized (Non-specialized equipment severely limits their combat ability in varied environments)
-People's Revolution (In a constant state of upheaval, heavily restricting any troops they send away from their policing duties)

Primary Mode of Travel:
FTL Comms? Y/N Y
FTL Drive? Y/N N

Description: The Asian Coalition was formed after a short civil war that split Russia into east and west. An alliance between Russia, India, Mongolia, and several other asian nations, the AC was caught between the EU, MediPac, and the Conglomeration, leaving them very militant and mistrusting of everyone after having to defend from all sides.

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Faction(s): European Union

Faction Gov't Type: Socialist

Colony Ship(s): Svyataya Anna, The Téméraire, The Bismarck

Population (Military and Civilian):

Area of Focus (Choose one)-Environmentalism

Planet/Asteroid Family/(Gas Giant/Planet) Moon:

Name of Colonies (One name per ship, basically):

Director/Dictator/Leader: Lukas Baum

Population: 45,000

Population Composition (what kinds of people/species are common):

-Military-

Volunteer only? Y/N N
Mandatory Service? Y/N Y

Military strengths (list 3):
-Hyper-Specialization (A weapon and vehicle for every occasion!)
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Military weaknesses (list 3):
-Hyper-Specialization (Jesus CHRIST it's expensive to repair ANYTHING. Training time is also ridiculously high)
-Loose Reigns (Power shifts constantly, and the influx of oft times contradictory, late, and confusing orders reduces response times of all units)
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Primary Mode of Travel:
FTL Comms? Y/N N
FTL Drive? Y/N N

Description: The European Union, after a rough spot during the Twenty-First Century, finally got it's act together. Unfortunately that act involved immense covert operations that led to the breakup of the Russian Federation and the annexing of Ukraine. Several other power-shifts later and it was one of the few influential powers left on Old-Earth. They are none too fond of having to give up their power in the Final Frontier, however...

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Faction(s): New Republican Commonwealth of New Carthaginia

Faction Gov't Type: Democratic Republic

Colony Ship(s): The Lord's Forgiveness, the HMS Bellerophon
Population (Military and Civilian):

Area of Focus (Choose one)-Growth

Planet/Asteroid Family/(Gas Giant/Planet) Moon:

Name of Colonies (One name per ship, basically):

Director/Dictator/Leader: President Ernest McTalliwacir

Population: 25,000

Population Composition (what kinds of people/species are common):

-Military-

Volunteer only? Y/N
Mandatory Service? Y/N
Military strengths (list 3):
Military weaknesses (list 3):

Primary Mode of Travel:
FTL Comms? Y/N Y
FTL Drive? Y/N N

Description: An alliance of convenience formed after the collapse of the USA as the Republic of Texas, Canada, and the New British Commonwealth joined arms against the EU and the Conglomeration. Like most of the major powers, riots, warfare, and malfunctions prevented many ships from launching, but two managed to leave the surface. Bitter and emboldened by their experience, they seek to do what their ancestors did with their new frontiers, and we all know how that went, don't we?

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Faction: The Conglomeration

Faction Gov't Type: Megacorps

Colony Ship(s): The Rising Sun, and the Free Enterprise

Population (Military and Civilian):

Area of Focus (Choose one)-Technology

Planet/Asteroid Family/(Gas Giant/Planet) Moon:

Name of Colonies (One name per ship, basically):

Director/Dictator/Leader: Chairman

Population: 24,000 (10,000 more added after Rising Sun lands, the first generation)

Population Composition (what kinds of people/species are common):

-Military-

Volunteer only? Y/N
Mandatory Service? Y/N
Military strengths (list 3):
Military weaknesses (list 3):

Primary Mode of Travel:
FTL Comms? Y/N Y
FTL Drive? Y/N N

Description: A series of corporations based in Japan and the West Coast of the United States, the Conglomeration was a technological powerhouse that filled the power vacuum when the United States fell to pieces, relying on advanced robotics and economic strength rather than military might, not that they aren't above using force. The Rising Sun relies on automation and gene banks, essentially a seed ship rather than an ark.

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