NiNES: A Broken Galaxy

[germanicus12]

The War games in the Furian perspective is not lethal, The game will act as if it was a real war. I.E Bullets hitting you will result in bleeding, simulated of course by a suit all soldiers wear. Tanks, if they are included will be fitted with the same simulation but more different, rather than bleeding it leaks oil or smoke depending on the stituation and where the shell hits.

All simulations will take in account where you are hit and use those to hinder the movements of the soldiers and tanks involved. If it is a head shot or a fatal shot you are dead and inactive, you will have to leave the field. Tanks, likewise but they do not leave the field since they need to provide the smoke and chaos of battle.

I hope this is suffecient to allow into the games and to create a simple understanding of our war games. If you want to use these.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

In that case we will send a contingent.

 

[Nylan]

In response to the DAH:

Very well, Wrath will be omitted from the games save it should protest otherwise. All events shall be non-lethal versions, but Megadeath Arena will have amplified pain adjustments to compensate, for the sake of the Cybrans.

Kalian dueling (as was outlined briefly in one of my last stories of the most recent update) is a sport, typical of traditional dueling, but following a few different rules for each set of weapons. The challenger (think away team) selects the location, and such locations can be anywhere, so long as the judges find them safe enough for contestants. The challenged selects the weapons to be used in the combat.

Common weapons choices include, but are not limited to:
-handguns
-heavy arms (larger projectile weapons)
-close combat (any combination of flails, shields, longswords, huge clubs, etc.)
-mobile weaponry (should the contestans be able to afford such)

With all weapons choices, there is a judge that decides the lethality of each blow inflicted. He has radio connection with both contestants, and has cameras placed on the contestants to use as reference as well. If one contestant inflicts what is deemed by the judge to be a fatal blow on the other, then he is crowned victor. In certain situations, other shots may render an arm or a leg useless, or after a while certain shots may become fatal due to calculated loss of blood. Tactical suits could be used instead of judges, but this is said to spoil the feel of the games and limits the dress of those competing.

With handguns, rules follow those of the traditional lines of the duels of ancient times. 10 paces, turn, and shoot.

With larger projectile weapons, either handgun rules adapted for greater distance between contestants, or free-movement rules are allowed. In free movement, the contestants both enter the designated competition area and simply hunt each other down. This is by far the most dynamic category of combat, employing many unique strategies engineered to specific environments. Close combat duels also follow the same rules, but are less epic than heavy arms.

Free-movement rules are also employed for mobile weaponry, in much larger areas, and can become very epic in the proper settings (think Twisted Metal)


In response to cybernetic enhancements: Only those that were given for medical reasons and do not give an unfair advantage in a competition will be considered appropriate. Each contestant will be judged per case, and genetic modifications cases will be judged individually as well. The IGGC would like to emphasize that it is the athletes themselves, not their alterations, that win the competitions. In some cases this is not a problem, in others it is. There is much grey area.

The first games will be very open, so that the IGGC may "test the waters" so to speak. At the same time, we do not expect any undominable prodigies so early, and with so little time to prepare for the games ()

OOC:

I haven't made up my mind concerning Gyro-Hockey. Which would you prefer? My original assumption is that it is similar to regular and roller hockey, but perhaps more of a difference could be very interesting.

 

[alex994]

IC: While the Ascendancy declines to send any athletes in anyway or form, we will be willing to have representatives view them.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

Huris will send a Kalian dueling team.

 

[TerrisH]

In response to cybernetic enhancements: Only those that were given for medical reasons and do not give an unfair advantage in a competition will be considered appropriate. Each contestant will be judged per case, and genetic modifications cases will be judged individually as well. The IGGC would like to emphasize that it is the athletes themselves, not their alterations, that win the competitions. In some cases this is not a problem, in others it is. There is much grey area.

err, the Nekomi may have a slight problem. Genetic Augmentation is part of our cultural Identity, and of all the athletic competitors that have come forward to join this event, perhaps three are non-augmented.

We are, how ever, willing to send several of our experts on Augmentation to the games, to help in implementing a proper handicap on those athletes that have Augmentation.
We also offer Free augmentation to any athletic Competitor attending the games who wants one, at one of Our nearby Public Augmentation centers. we do recommend any competitors that do want one to arrive 2-3 weeks in advance, so they may have enough time to fully recover.

 

[TerrisH]

the Nekomi will be sending several teams for the following events.

Team Sports:
Gyro-Hockey
Hide and Pounce
Tennis
Furian Football
Football (European)


Individual Sports:
Kalian Dueling
Solar Yachting
Uberathalon
Biathlon
Track and Field
Starcraft ) )

 

[alex994]

OOC: Gah, stop double posting! You know better!

 

[Nylan]

“…So far, things have been going pretty well, but we don’t know how long this will last. Work has been hectic...” Consul Mica was walking down the hall of the House of the Confederacy, busy with all the work that accompanied mass redevelopment, diplomacy, and the recently announced Interstellar Galactic Games. He was talking into his com unit, which was attached to his ear, but he had the projector off. He’d rather his wife not see him as such a busy wreck. He hadn’t seen a lot of her lately, and she had been calling in regularly to see how he was doing, to comfort him when he was stressed, and just to talk, to let him know she was there. She was definitely a prize among women, a truly loving and compassionate person completely devoid of malice, and always thinking of her man. He was lucky to have her.

Naturally this also meant he did not want her to be up late worrying about him. “Yes, everything is okay, we’ve just got a little more on our shoulders than usual. I’ll try my best to be home for dinner…alright…I love you too…bye” He tapped off his phone just as he rounded the corner to the Domestic Security office.

“Jenson! Why haven’t I heard back from you on that dueling incident?! You haven’t been responding to my calls!”

A squat, mole-ish man with horn rimmed glasses and a black suit on spun around in his chair from his computer to reply. “You cut the phones last week. We’re under funded here, we’re not getting enough money. I have no idea what happened with the assassination in the clearing. I have our top guy on it…actually, he’s our only guy…but there has been no results. Whoever staged this thing is very good at what they do. We need money if we’re going to get any answers at all. I have no idea. I really don’t.”

Mica walked up to the desk and put his arms on it. “Jenson,” he said, “you know as well as I that we can’t afford to allocate you more funds at the moment. We’re scraping the bottom of the barrel as it is. Until we can get Kalia up and running at full capacity, we’re not going to have a dime to spare.”

“Sure, you say, but what after Kalia? Colonization? Redeveloping other planets? And what happens when we claim more systems? The same thing? It’s an endless cycle, not to mention the increased military spending that will correspond, and those Galactic Games don’t help either…” he frowned in discontent, and turned to scribble something with a stylus on a document file he had opened on his desk panel.

“The games are run through corporate endorsement, sponsors, private enterprises, people who will benefit from the games. They don’t hurt us at all.”

“That may be, but they’re still taking a considerable amount of work time away from our economy. We need homeland defenses Mica. There’s no telling who might be watching us! Governments have been known to play underhanded and lowlife roles if they suit their purposes. How can we risk that? You remember what that did in 21st century Sol, don’t you?”

“Yes, you have a point. At the same time though, aren’t we at least relatively safe? Our population is stable. We’re prospering. The masses are relatively happy, and the games will only help. There are little or no reasons why any nation would want to invade us if they knew what was best for them. We haven’t particularly incurred the wrath of any faction, why should we worry?”

“Because, Mica, THAT’S THE WHOLE POINT! They lull you into a false sense of security, and then they stab you in the back.”

“Fine! Whatever…” Mica turned and left the office, “You’re still not getting a bigger budget until we can afford it. I’m trying to do what’s best for the people, and I can’t do that will everyone and their mother whining about their special interests. This is not a government of special interest groups, but rather one of the people as a whole. The nation, and its future depend upon our decisions…upon MY decisions. Good luck with that case. It means a lot to me personally.”

Why couldn’t they understand the pressures of ruling a nation? Millions, in some cases Billions of people depending upon and criticizing your every move. It’s a lot for one man to take. He felt like the Greek god Atlas, who held the whole world up on his shoulders…trouble was, he didn’t have Atlas’ strength. Rather, the world…multiple worlds, and in fact multiple systems shortly, were relying and would rely upon him for leadership, to help them live their lives, to protect them, to teach them, to carve a place for Kalia in the annals of history. This was much more of a burden than anyone would ever realize. Sometimes he wished he just had a standard nine-to-five job with low pay and less attention…

if only….

Later that night, after managing to pop by home long enough to grab a bite and give his wife a kiss, Aaron headed downtown, to a local music club. He had to escape. He gave his coat to the receptionist at the door, and seated himself at a table in the back of the dimly lit room. A post-post-post-uber-hardcore band had just finished playing, and he managed to situate himself relatively unnoticed amongst the cheering and applause.

The next band to play was a cover group, specifically dedicated to early rock songs. Just as Mica was getting comfortable, they started their set. They began with “We’re An American Band” by Grand Funk Railroad, and got a polite applause from the audience. Not many people felt much connection to the United States of America, never having been there and many Kalians didn’t have any ancestors from America whatsoever. How the times had changed. They played a few more songs, which we’re of mild interest to the crowd, even “Stairway to Heaven” was met with a general lack of interest.

About twenty minutes in, they played a song that really made Mica think. He sat up in his chair and paid special attention to the lyrics. The song went something like
“You get up every morning From your alarm clock's warning Take the 8:15 into the city There's a whistle up above And people pushin', people shovin' And the girls who try to look pretty
And if your train's on time You can get to work by nine And start your slaving job to get your pay If you ever get annoyed Look at me I'm self-employed I love to work at nothing all day
And I'll be... Taking care of business every day Taking care of business every way I've been taking care of business, it's all mine Taking care of business and working overtime Work out!
If it were easy as fishin' You could be a musician If you could make sounds loud or mellow Get a second-hand guitar Chances are you'll go far If you get in with the right bunch of fellows
People see you having fun Just a-lying in the sun Tell them that you like it this way It's the work that we avoid And we're all self-employed We love to work at nothing all day
And we be... Taking care of business every day Taking care of business every way I've been taking care of business, it's all mine Taking care of business and working overtime Work out”
If only….if only….
Later, Mica would stumble his way home, and dream of music, work, and curiously enough, religion.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

OOC: Yay! Go Randy Bachman!

 

[Erik Mesoy]

err, the Nekomi may have a slight problem. Genetic Augmentation is part of our cultural Identity, and of all the athletic competitors that have come forward to join this event, perhaps three are non-augmented.

We are, how ever, willing to send several of our experts on Augmentation to the games, to help in implementing a proper handicap on those athletes that have Augmentation.
We also offer Free augmentation to any athletic Competitor attending the games who wants one, at one of Our nearby Public Augmentation centers. we do recommend any competitors that do want one to arrive 2-3 weeks in advance, so they may have enough time to fully recover.

The Emergent position on this matter is that biological augmentations should not be restricted (unless they work by inhibiting other athletes). The parallell argument is that training regimens are not restricted either, and these are also researched techniques to improve athletic performance. Restricting augmentations is likely to lead to 'dark' (secret, loophole-legal or undetectable, and usually dangerous) augmentations being used instead.
(OOC: Compare Prohibition and the like.)

 

[Nylan]

Understood

So long as augmentations are not judged as having been aquired for the purpose of increasing performance, they will be accepted. It is part of Nekomi culture to be augmented, and therefore it is allowed. Again, cases will be judged on an individual basis. We are attempting to be as open as possible, without the games going downhill as a result of "I'm rich so I bought the best advancements and so I get to win all the medals" scenarios. We will be leniant.

Perhaps a compromise with the Emergent stance on such will be put into effect.

OOC:
To be fair, I'm going to use certain games to run some of the events i.e. FIFA, Worms World Party, NASCAR, Twisted Metal, etc. For the rest, I shall just make things up. I will, of course, "edit" the results of some of the events, should stories concerning them be deemed worthy of such... USC-Nekomi rivalry game should be good...

Already started with FIFA...if only for my own enjoyment Quite interesting thusfar

 

[Disenfrancised]

Yes, augmentations should be not restricted, but it will be boring - atheltic competion will become a contest between labs and clincs . This is why we at NAM prefer team sports where synergy and skill between the players above the sum of their physiques remains exciting. LAso individual sports where creativity is important too, thus we will enter.

Gyro-Hockey
Furian Football
Basketball
Football (European)

Solar Yachting (we suggest we reinstate the great "Earth-Luna"* race and a "Trans-Mercurian Hoops"*) race)
Cross-Country Skiing
Freestyle Snowboarding
Ice Skating
Starcraft ( )

*Going from low earth orbit to the moon thus having three different phases
**A series of ultralight aerogel hoops are scattered in random orbits between mercury and venus (100km in diameter each) and you have to navigate through as many as possible in one orbit (meaning the race often takes 100+ days )
@Iggy: I imagine solar yachting will have crews of whatever you like, but more men is more weight .

 

[Erik Mesoy]

Yes, augmentations should be not restricted, but it will be boring - atheltic competion will become a contest between labs and clincs .

Disagree. Whether or not an athlete trains properly is already far more important than the athlete's initial physique, and we don't hear, to paraphrase Nylan, "I'm rich so I bought the best personal trainers and so I won all the medals". There's only so much you can do.

So long as augmentations are not judged as having been aquired for the purpose of increasing performance, they will be accepted.

Perhaps a compromise with the Emergent stance on such will be put into effect.

Very well, how about "no metal" as a starting point for compromise between "allow" v. "ban" augmentations? Or perhaps a separate category.
(OOC: Paralympics, for instance, which is rapidly coming on an even footing with normal humans for those who have had limbs replaced.)

 

[Disenfrancised]

Great training + augmentations > Great training, even if its only small. And considering the stuff we can do with this future tech (upping the oxygen carrying capabilites of the blood by a factor of 10 or something) it will make a big difference.

 

[Erik Mesoy]

I think we've gone OOC now.

Great training + augmentations > Great training, even if its only small.

That was the very point I was making.

Good training regimen + augmentations + good physique by accident of birth > (any two).

And we already raise the oxygen carrying capacity of athletes' blood with altitude training.

 

[Nylan]

Training restrictions will remain, as they have the same destructive effects as steroids, which indeed does throw the balance out and make the competition one of money.

Augmentations that were aquired to give the contestant "an edge" will be restricted. Others, so long as they do not harm gameplay, will be permitted. That is the general rule. Again, each case is situation-specific, but this is a general umbrella.

Rest assured, the games will be made fair.

OOC:

So is it Symphony or Niklas who decides if Sol will participate? I'm simulating games, and I wish I knew who was playing. For now I'll just have to skip Sol's bracket...

 

[Disenfrancised]

I think we've gone OOC now. That was the very point I was making.

Good training regimen + augmentations + good physique by accident of birth > (any two).

And we already raise the oxygen carrying capacity of athletes' blood with altitude training.

But as technology advances the augmentation factor will become greater and in the end become predominate (simply because it can progress whilst the other two are limited), and it will really mean the one with the most money/tech behind them wins. At the interstellar level of atheltic competion everyone will have great physique and training regimes as representives of huge populations, and thus the augmentation becomes the deciding factor.

 

[Erik Mesoy]

Augmentations that were aquired to give the contestant "an edge" will be restricted.

OOC: This will not work. You will be presented with well-falsified records that an augmentation is actually a mutation that the athlete has had since birth. There will be no conflicting records, as they were all destroyed by the Scourge.
(And just to make it clear, when I speak OOC like this, I don't intend to do it, I'm predicting in the general sense.)

... as representives of huge populations...

Scourge killed over 95% of humanity. Remainder fractioned.

 

[Nylan]

OOC:

Let's just say that somehow, the games will be made fair and balanced. If you'd like to work out the details, be my guest, but perhaps in story form? I'm done with the matter, as it won't have an actual effect on the results of the games.

Play ball!