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Quick update for everyone watching this.

I'm a good way through the initial ruleset. It's been tricky, but I think I've devised a good system. It may need to be tweaked as the game progresses, but hopefully not too much. As soon as I'm done with the rules, I'll post them here, so people who want to play can really flesh out the basics of their Faction.

Next step is to create the starmap (which I'm also working on), and then shortly thereafter the game can begin. I'm trying to get all this up before the Holidays, but no guarantees (it's just a crazy time of year). Worse comes to worst, we'll start this right after the new year.

Anyhoo, thanks for waiting this out. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
 
LATE-BREAKING NEWS

The initial ruleset is up on the first three posts in this thread. Use these to design your Faction, and post your Faction info BELOW this post (so I know who is playing).

The Starmap will be up soon, I'm still toying with a few ideas there, but it's coming along. Trying to keep it simple, but fun.
 
Haha first post!

Faction: Astral Sojourners
Player: Erik Mesoy
Homeworld: Oncol

GOVERNMENT: Electoral Despotism
TOTAL POPULATION: 5.5M (from bio tech)
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TECHNOLOGY:
-Weapons:Ship - 1/0/2
-Weapons:Troop - 1/0/2
-Construction - 1/0/2
-Energy - 2/0/3
-Robotics - 1/0/2
-Biotech - 2/0/3
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CONFIDENCE: Tolerating
ECONOMY: Stable
TOTAL ECONOMY: 3 +1 (from energy tech)
TRADE ECONOMY: 0
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ARMY: 1,000 Soldiers
FLEET: 100 Fighters, 1 Scoutship
SPECIAL PROJECTS: (none)
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION: (IC) We are the Astral Sojourners, the Travellers amongst the Stars. Our forefathers grounded us, but we have arisen. They ruled an empire, but when a disease came, they beheaded it to spare it.
Fools.
We know better. We shall be resistant to the plague. We shall rebuild what our forefather destroyed.

(OOC) The Astral Sojourners are a perfectionistic people, focused on making both themselves (bio tech) and their machines (energy tech) run at optimum efficiency. They are sure that it was they who ruled the Dominion, as only the greatest and most perfect could have done so.

(About the government: Electoral Despotism is like a democracy, only without so many limits on the ruler's power, and elections every year. It's the only way to get things efficiently done. There are some laws that are more permanent than the dictators, in order to keep them in line)
 
Jaenar Empire
andis
Anatolia

GOVERNMENT: Imperial Republic
TOTAL POPULATION: 5,5 M
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TECHNOLOGY:
-Weapons:Ship - 1/0/2
-Weapons:Troop - 1/0/2
-Construction - 2/0/3
-Energy - 1/0/2
-Robotics - 1/0/2
-Biotech - 2/0/3
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CONFIDENCE: Tolerating
ECONOMY: Stable
TOTAL ECONOMY: 3
TRADE ECONOMY: 0
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ARMY: 1,000 Soldiers
FLEET: 100 Fighters, 1 Scoutship
SPECIAL PROJECTS: (none)
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION: will come later
 
The Skyjack Conclave
Disenfrancised
Lambert Ring
GOVERNMENT: Anarchic Oligarchy
TOTAL POPULATION: 500k
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TECHNOLOGY:
-Weapons:Ship - 1/0/2
-Weapons:Troop - 1/0/2
-Construction - 1/0/2
-Energy - 2/0/3
-Robotics - 2/0/3
-Biotech - 1/0/2
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CONFIDENCE: Tolerating
ECONOMY: Stable
TOTAL ECONOMY: 3 + 1 (Energy tech)
TRADE ECONOMY: 0
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ARMY: 1,000 Soldiers
FLEET: 100 Fighters, 1 Scoutship
SPECIAL PROJECTS: (none)
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
In the old Dominion the skyjacks were a culture/cult/philosophy/corperation (depending on who you ask) that expressed a disdain for planetary bodies and professed the virtues of hard vacuum and transhumanism. The main areas of skyjack interest lay in asteroid mining and comet farming on the edges of systems. When the scourge came most Skyjack enclaves were wiped out, but the mining operations in the vast asteriod belts of the 36 Ophiuchi system (named 'Lamberts Ring' after its near mythical discoverer) were close enough to the barely habitable planet Madya (which only scores a 8.7 on the revised Solnev index*), orbiting 36 Ophiuchi A, to shelter there. Over the centuries since the fall the inhospitality of the planetary environment has required the conclave to maintain some spacebourne operations to gain volitiles and breathable air from comets. Now, as the population is once again on the rise, the skyjacks look to the purity of hard vacuum as a their once and future home.

*Solnev scale of atmospheric habitability for humans: an airless body scores 0, corrosive atmospheres -values, pre-terraformed Mars scored 5.6, anything below 7.5 cannot sustain unprotected humans for more than a few minutes, Post pollution age earth only scores 9.7 on the 10 part scale.
 
<FACTION NAME> The Imperial Republic of Trinity.
<PLAYER NAME> TerrisH
<HOMEWORLD> Trinity Beta-Delta (Rennoc)
GOVERNMENT: Imperial Triumptive Republic (Each major Office is held by a group of three people)
TOTAL POPULATION: 500k
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TECHNOLOGY:
-Weapons:Ship - 1/0/2
-Weapons:Troop - 1/0/2
-Construction - 2/0/3
-Energy - 1/0/2
-Robotics - 2/0/3
-Biotech - 1/0/2
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CONFIDENCE: Tolerating
ECONOMY: Stable
TOTAL ECONOMY: 3
TRADE ECONOMY: 0
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ARMY: 1,000 Soldiers
FLEET: 100 Fighters, 1 Scoutship
SPECIAL PROJECTS: (none)
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
Trinity is one of the Strongest Surviving groups remaining in the Galaxy. with there Unusual Type of Government, they seek to recover the glory of the human race, and be D@^^#& if they let anyone get in there way.

Trinity as a System:
Trinity Was an Unusual System, even back in the Day's of the Dominion. it almost seemed.. artificial in nature, Like long ago, some Gods had moved it's planets around and shaped the system. but as no evidence was fould of this, it was accepted in the later days of the Dominion that the system was natural, just very rare.

the Trinity Star System has a series of 3 Stars, a Pari of Yellow Suns Orbiting each other at the Center of the System, and very Dim brown Dwarf almost a Light Year Away. the two Closest Planets Are noting more then Molten Bars of Rock. they have a few moons, but they Are Small and seem more like captured Asteroids.

Next our Is Trinity Alpha, the Warmest and Wettest of the three Life Sustaining Planets. Over 97% of it's Surface is covered in water, and other then the Ocasional Fisherman (and I Must Say, there Are some truly Spectacular Fish in this Sea), it has been relatively Untouched by Civilization, in current or past times. this is mostly due to the average 120 high, 87 Low Tempatur, and the the relative lack of Land upon the planet. the Tides are Also VERY strong, and hard to perdict, because of the 4 moons Orbiting the planet, one of which is aproximantly Half the size of Alpha herself

In the foruth Planetary Orbit is Trinity Beta and Delta, the Twin Planets. each is slightly Smaller the Terra, they only have a gravity of .89 terran Norms. With a orbital rotation period of 2.4 days, the two planets are Tidialy Locked, leading to some truly Unique Weather Patterns and daytime-night time Cycles. Most households Still Go by the Artificial Terran day-night cycle, since it is much easyer on a person. overall, the need to push into smace and Establish trade between the two planets has lead to quick progress in the Technolagy of Construction and Robotice. the Massive Space station at the Langruine Point between the two planets in proof of that.

the fitth Orbit is Trinity Gamma, is the Odball of the Living Planets of the System. IT's Orbit is Highly Eliptic, Leading to Extreme seasons On this Icy Swamp of a Planet, and it's Orbital plane is tilted 79 degrees from the normal fo the rest of the planets in the System. It is also inhabited by a Primitive, Near Human race of Giants. averaging aproximantly 6 meters tall, they have developed a rudimentary Civilization, though it will be many Centuries before they Join us in the Stars. this weird orbit, it's extreme seasons, and the primitive inhabitants as lead to this planet being marked Off Limits. No Colonization, and indeed, no ship is to come closer then .2 AU's of the Planet.

the sixth Orbit is a Icy Rock about the size of Old Mars, Orbited by 4 moons.

Next in Line is a Asteroid belt.

Beyond the Belt Lies the Systems Sole Gas Giant. It's a Somewhat Large One of it's Kind, but is Orbited by only 5 moons, 2 of which are Smallish Gas Giants themselves. All three Are Ringed.

The Remaining 14 Planets in the System are Icy rocks, not worth mentioning.
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The Trinity as a Government
The Imperial Republic of Trinity is ruled by a Trumptive of Emperors. prohibited from killing each Other Outright, they rule by majority Vote. Each Seat on the Seanat, which handled Day to Day operations, is held also by a Triumptive, a group of three, who decide how to place there one vote among themselves. Elections are confusing to say the least. The Emperors mainly Concern with the Long range plans for the nations, and the Seantors are more in ture with Regional plans. Local Government is pretty much left up to the people to work out, and a wide Verity of systems can be seen Across the En tier System of Trinity. From Miniature versions of the Triumptive, to outright Dictator ships. all are Tolerated, as Long as they do not interfere with the Imperial Triumptivs goal. if they do, well, the longest rebellion lasted less then a week, and ended with the city getting nuked in the end.
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Goals of Trinity
The Imperial Republic of Trinity has very few Long term Goals. Currently, they are prusuing a plan of Exploration, trying to find more places to live, and to develop their current planetary System. but it is not a goal set in stone. who knows what resides in the heavens.. and what the future may hold.
 
andis-1: With Biotech 2, you start with +5 million in your Homeworld.

TerrisH: I've adjusted your population back down to 500k, since Biotech 1 does not give any population boost.

--Still working on Starmap. I hope to having it finished real soon. I'd like to get a couple more people before we start, too, but that's not completely necessary.
 
Sorry, I couldn't post my nation because the forums were down. Here it is:

Haven
Lord_Iggy
Haven Delta
GOVERNMENT: Total Democracy- Everyone votes on every issue.
TOTAL POPULATION: 500k
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TECHNOLOGY:
-Weapons:Ship - 1/0/2
-Weapons:Troop - 1/0/2
-Construction - 2/0/3
-Energy - 1/0/2
-Robotics - 2/0/3
-Biotech - 1/0/2
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CONFIDENCE: Tolerating
ECONOMY: Stable
TOTAL ECONOMY: 3
TRADE ECONOMY: 0
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ARMY: 1,000 Soldiers
FLEET: 100 Fighters, 1 Scoutship
SPECIAL PROJECTS: (none)
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION:

Haven is the name for a nation, specifically, one of a particular human group who was stranded on a planet during the time of the Scourge that forced all humans out of space. They had slightly more time to prepare than most, and attempted to collect together as much mechanical knowledge as possible before finally becoming isolated.

Xanthus Prime is a highly mountainous jungle planet, overflowing with exotic invertibrates. Human settlement is mostly on high mountains, for space observation and solar energy collection reasons.

It is just very recently that they have returned to space. They have redeveloped a general fighter craft, the Gladiator, and have used it to secure their home solar system. Their next step- rediscovery of the other isolated humans.

The Gladiator in action:
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<Free Republic of Zadon in Babylon> AKA as Republic of ZIB
<soul_warrior>
<home world - Zadon>
GOVERNMENT: <hereditary religious leadership>
Single ruler of the PARTY. Also called Haile Selassie # (currently the 13th)
The day to day governing is done by local comitties and under direct orders of the upper party echelons.
Reminds the communist system, though a highly religious one, and a free one at that.
TOTAL POPULATION: 500k
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TECHNOLOGY:
-Weapons: Ship - 1/0/2
-Weapons: Troop - 1/0/2
-Construction - 1/0/2
-Energy - 2/1/3
-Robotics - 1/0/2
-Biotech - 2/1/3
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CONFIDENCE: ADMIRING
ECONOMY: recession (-1/EP)
TOTAL ECONOMY: 3
TRADE ECONOMY: 0
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ARMY: 1,000 Soldiers
FLEET: 50 Fighters, 2 Scout ships (changed from default)

SPECIAL PROJECTS:
Scourgeinator (developing a long range detection mechanism that will find active scourge dens. (Should give a better chance at evading contamination and\or defense VS scourge related dangers)
Sound System – a trade missionary of sorts, based on musical outfits-bands-artists. It will develop a space ship able to have a sort of diplomatic immunity in war ravaged “lands” as well as resistance to piracy (at least not outright loss of craft) and\or better travel rate.
These vehicles will not be able to carry troops-colonists, and will have a purely economic\diplomatic effect
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION:

The republic of ZIB was founded right after the great scourge attacks by a sect of Rastafarian zealots on a pleasure cruise.
As they believed they were the only humans left they have pulled out the holy weed and thought about accepting their impending doom with a buzz.
It is then that the spirit of the long dead Haile sellassie the 1st has appeared in a cloud of magic smoke and told them that salvation has atlast come.
BABYLON is atlast being purged, and it is up to them to lead human kind back to the roots and onto the true glory that awaits them.

The person to unite the remaining humans was, maybe by coinincidence, called Haley. Haley has proven his mettle, and after a very short while has managed to unite under his leadership, the entire population of the Star Cruiser “Princess of the Sky” (total accounted people – 50000).
Soon all had converted to the rastafarrian faith and
Since that day, Haley has been in constant contact with the spirit of the emperor and has decried that they shall colonize the first planet they find, in preparation for the day of judgemnet, when BABYLON shall wage war with ZION.
THEY SHALL BE READY!!!!
As such, the main goal of the Republic is to gain knowledge of the scourge and ways to defeat it in the days to come.
The goals in those first days were primarily survival, and as such massive amounts of research have gone into terraforming that planet, and expanding the small remaining outpost of humanity (planting weed and breeding like mad ;))
After those harrowing days a plan was called for the management of the now growing population. There was some unrest within, as some still, through a haze of smoke, remembered such things as: Free speech, Universal Sufferage, Civil liberties and such like.
They were soon either sent into the outback (where they were not heard form again, or repented most vocally under the tender care of the police)
Government since then has remained with the decendants of Haley, passing to the eldest son of the prime wife.
Even though violent crime is quite rampant, and murder a common crime, the emperor seems to be immune to violence, and is revered as a godlike figure by the masses.
It is through poor economic management of Haile Selassie 12th that the economy has turned into a recession but the new emperor (only 2 years in office) has started on a massive reform.
Sound Systems are now the new wave of the future, utilizing free trade and superior faith and trade, Haile hopes to let the republic grow and lead humanity back into the true faith and away from Babylon, uniting to face the great war that shall arrive very soon.

The people of Zadon are ALL highly religious and are trained from birth to act as missionaries, converting to the faith many of those they encounter (through music, religion and drug induced visions).
Thay are VERY friendly and trusting, but will fight like cornered rats when the need arises.

(study energy and robotics, with a belief that other humans shall not harm them)

-Select TWO technologies to start at TECH LEVEL 2.
Energy and Biotech
 
Miria
Kal'thzar
Hr'tor
GOVERNMENT: Consitutional Monarchy
TOTAL POPULATION: 5.5 Million
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TECHNOLOGY:
-Weapons:Ship - 1/0/2
-Weapons:Troop - 1/0/2
-Construction - 2/0/3
-Energy - 1/0/3
-Robotics - 1/0/2
-Biotech - 2/0/2
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CONFIDENCE: Tolerating
ECONOMY: Stable
TOTAL ECONOMY: 3
TRADE ECONOMY: 0
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ARMY: 1,000 Soldiers
FLEET: 100 Fighters, 1 Scoutship
SPECIAL PROJECTS: (none)
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Later.
 
I think we have room for TWO more players. First come, first serve.

Starmap is half-way to completion. It will either be posted today or tomorrow. Then you can pick your Home System (and I'll replace the current System Name with your Home System name). First come, first serve.
 
STARMAP IS UP!!!

Please post what system you would like to replace with your Homeworld. If you all want me to randomly assign, I will.

Things are looking up, and we should be starting soon. I will be making a few tweaks to the ruleset, so when the Official Thread is posted, make sure you double-check the rules (I'll put changes in GREEN)
 
I choose Vayin because I like the name.

Get yourself the GIMP. It ownz0rz. You can draw and write in multiple layers, that way you erase names without affecting stars or lanes, and erase starlanes without affecting the background or the names.
 
Erik - I'm looking into it. I was going to use photoshop, but it won't install successfully on my work laptop. With paint, I can work on the map either from work or from home, which means faster updates.
 
KrimzonStriker
Space Colony Zaira
GOVERNMENT: Zairan Council
TOTAL POPULATION: 1.3 M(Grew to Biotech advancement, but limited by Space Colonies.)
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TECHNOLOGY:
-Weapons: Ship - 2/0/3
-Weapons: Troop - 1/0/2
-Construction - 1/0/2
-Energy - 1/0/2
-Robotics - 1/0/2
-Biotech – 2/0/3
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CONFIDENCE: Tolerating
ECONOMY: Stable
TOTAL ECONOMY: 3
TRADE ECONOMY: 0
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ARMY: 1,000 Soldiers
FLEET: 100 Fighters, 1 Scoutship
SPECIAL PROJECTS: (Project Genesis) To be revealed later
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION:

In the Outer reaches of Space, the Dominion had experimented in self-supporting space colonies to pave the way for human dominance on the rim worlds of their territory. However, it proved to be a more difficult task then originally surmised. The conditioning of space proved too much for humans to survive under long turn conditions. Undaunted the Dominion conducted test upon the colonist to enhance them enough to survive their new homes, at the same time exploring new simulator devices in order to create artificial environments similar to earth. The result was the most technologically advanced marvel of the time, and the creation of humanities future.

The new and improved versions of humanity while looking exactly liked their degenerate counterparts proved to be far more advanced physically and mentally. This success led to a revolution turning a once-wayward experiment into a symbol of perfection. The colonist were endowed with far more power then ever realized and utilized it fully. They spread their artificial homes throughout their sector, even managing to set up outpost on remote planets for future colonization and founding their capital colony Zaira. Many of the revolutions in science originated from their achievements. They were the most advanced people in the galaxy.

But with that power came frustration at living on the bended whim of the Dominion. Why should they, the superior people be forced into the service of an unworthy government? Tensions reached a boiling point as the Zairians rallied the other colonies behind them, claiming that they were the true heirs of humanity by right of evolution and that it was their sacred duty to usher the rest of humanity onto this path. However, the Dominion was growing stronger with each year, spanning a huge empire, and being the wise people they are they remained dormant while secretly building up.

Advanced weaponry, and a massive defense grid were established while they churned out ships with their superior science. If not for the Scourge the results would have been all out war. While the Dominion broke apart the colonist withdrew to their own space, using their genetic research to fend off the disease. Now with it’s passing the colonist were ready to reclaim the other broken human factions and enlighten them into their new species. They formed The Principality of Zaira as their own sovereign state, and created the military branch known as ZAFT to open up their campaign for dominance.

The Principality supports a vast and continually improving array of weaponry to apply to their forces. While superior in many respects to normal humans, their restriction space stations and unexpected side effects from the genetic enhancements have limited their population. However, they sport a devastating defense around their home colony and sector proving a very good deterrent from would be invaders. Now properly secured they seek to expand their power and integrate their natural born brethren into their society to curry their population upward and carve out an empire that will take humanity to the next level.

(Government members through an advance education and training program to see who are the most capable and if they are worthy, as well as to weed out the corrupt. The Council has one Chairman elected by them, and since the test have proven to drill out effective leaders and provide equal opportunity to gain council member ranking, most people are satisfied with it.)


Home colony will be System 4 down and 5 across, the one with the planet Romulus.
 
Xanthus will be my homeworld. And could you make my colour a deep purple? Pink nations can't command respect.

*cough*FRANCE!*cough*
 
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