Solar Schism(Space Faction RP Interest Check)

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In March 5th, 1979, Voyager 1 begins flyby of Jupiter. The space probe sends back photographs of the Jupiter Gas Giant and it's moons, however, something else was captured in the still images, Large metallic objects of odd, almost man-made shapes. Once this was public, speculation and rumors spring forth. It was the Greatest Discovery in Mankind's history, as well as answering a lingering question. We are not Alone.

Discovering Intelligent Alien lifeforms had jump started the Space Race tenfold. As humanity worked towards to reach the stars and meet their planetary neighbors. This also triggered a new Cold War by the 21st Century between the United States and China. As well as mankind's beginning to tamper with itself through science. As the technology to change and modify the human body was very possible. Which in turn sparked the Transhuman Movement. Signaling dark times ahead as Economic and social turmoils fell upon the world. For many decades, there was a great struggle on the question, "What does it mean to be human?"

By the early 22nd century. The Second Cold War came to an end as the United States, followed by China, had declared an all-out war on the Transhuman Movement. The War came to a swift end by a now militarized United Nations, now reorganizing itself into the United Earth League, while calling for a Global National Dismantlement. A proposal in which all national militaries, as well as all nations would dissolve all sovereignty. This typically did not go fairly well for the nations of earth. All resisted. Thus, the Global National Dismantlement War followed. One by one, the disorganized, divided forces of the world fell before the might of the UEL. The nations were no longer such. They became "Regional Zones"

For a time, all was well under the UEL. Many regions of the world known for their inhospitable conditions were rising up to better living standards. No longer were homeless a common problem. The UEL made efforts to repair damages from the Environmental Changes. It was a period of relative peace and prosperity, a new gold age. However, everything has it's darkside.

The Remnants of National Armies remained all across the world. The former United States was a warzone. As never-ending battles waged between the remenants of the US military and the UEL forces. Parts of Africa and South Eat Asia remained in the same chaotic state. And throughout the time between the UEL's rise to power. Posthuman terrorists launched their own war, as they had many genocidal attempts to wipe out the human race. The UEL responded harshly as they restarted the Closed Genocide from the last war. And eventually, the UEL became desperate, and enacted the Martian Convict Exodus Act. In which mass numbers of prisoners, no matter the crime, would be sent to the Mars penal colony.


The UEL, first seen as a beacon of human progress, has turn to something horrid, and corrupt. Earth's own machines begun to attain sentience, human and posthuman sympathizers alike, rose up in revolution, fracturing the UEL and her colonies even further. No longer under the illusion of brotherhood. Remnants of the Earth loyalists scattered, Earth's Elite focusing their power on titan and far out to the asteroid fields, in order to save their homeworld from this bloody uprising.

Elsewhere the Alien powers of Sol face the same crisis in one way or another. The Solar System is divided, broken. The Year is 2398, and the Solar Schism has begun.
Note: For more information, look at the ZLR and UEL history sections
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As you can see, this is a Alternate History Space Faction RP. Humans are no longer the only ones in Sol, The moons and worlds of Sol are now home to either humans or aliens. The possibilities are endless! However, let's get to the Ground rules.

1. Player can not destroy a planet or do anything apocalyptic or near apocalyptic without my permission.
2. No purposely trying to find loopholes in the rules.
3. My word is law. I'm not unreasonable, however once I make a decision. Calmly bring a matter to me you find unsatisfactory. Do not bitch about it.
4. This is not play to win.
5. Have a reasonable military. For it's strengths, There must be weaknesses.
6. Use Common Sense. Don't be Stupid.
7. Once you've made the Nation sheet, that Nation will become semi-NPC, both me and the player will share limited control of said nation.
8. Regarding ExtraSolar Aliens, if you chose to play as such. They must have settled somewhere in Sol prior to 2079.

Note: Just because a world has been taken in that it already has a Government, does not mean you can't play as a faction from said world.
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Sheets
Nation Name:
Government Type:
Location:
Species:
Persons of Importance:
History:
Military Details:


Faction Name:
Faction Profession: (Examples: Military unit, Freelancers, Militia, Adventures and so on)
Hails from: (Examples: Earth, Venus, (inset name) Space Colony)
Species:
Persons of Importance:
Military/Civilian Assets:
History:

Locations taken:
Earth
Ganymede
Titan
Mars
Castillo
Ceres
Europa
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Glossary

Space Colony
Massive Spaceborne Superstructures of various shapes and designs that litter the Sol System. Built with the aide of alien machines known as ORDER, Space Colonies have their own ecosystem breathable atmosphere capable to support millions. Many of these colonies broke away from their respective homeworlds to form their own sovereign nations or banded together to form said nations.

Armored Frames
A new generation of Mechanized War machines first introduced in 2330 by the Earth-based Seraph Industries. The First Generation were humanoid in shape, and later models took bestial and more varied forms. By 2380, Most militaries in Sol possessed Armored Frames in some capacity, others more then some. They are versatile in function, as they greatly differ from walkers used by the military. They had enhanced reflexes and speed. Moving more like living beings then machines. Some as well had the ability to fight in multiple environments, from sea, ground, air and space. The standard and agreed upon height of these machines was fifteen meters tall.

Phase Drive
Invented by 2079, the Phase Drive is an NTL(Nearer then Light) device that took mankind beyond Earth at last. While an improvement to previous methods, the Phase Drive can in no way, travel faster then light. Depending on distance, Phase jumps between locales can take up to a few hours, to days, to weeks.

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The Sol Defense Initiative (SDI)
Defenders of Sol, and the Peace
(Military, Police, Diabolical Scientists, Various Other Roles)

Hails from: Technically the SDI developed originally on Earth, however, they now have a presence just about everywhere in Sol.

Species: Technically the SDI considers them to be entirely human. Despite this, cybernetics are practically universal among SDI personnel, genetic alteration too is practically universal among the combat branch, and sentient A.I. are ubiquitous within the SDI, all three of which are completely illegal under common UEL Law.

Persons of Importance:

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The Council is the top leadership of the SDI, transhumans who have lived for centuries, ever since the SDI discovered the means by which a human could be imprinted onto a machine. Very, very few people within the SDI even know they exist, as their existence is the second highest secret of the SDI. The Council itself has their location hidden, and they communicate with the rest of SDI only through quantum entanglement, so that they cannot be tracked or discovered.

Military/Civilian Assets: Numbers to be determined when all players are accounted for. The SDI is one powerful mofo, the only problem is they've got far too many problems and too few people to deal with all of them. For instance, the SDI simultaneously ensures the continued operation of three different defense networks, the first being the HADES network, a large series of shields constructed throughout Earth's series that have brought an end to M.A.D., the second being the ZEUS network, which comprises the numerous and massively destructive orbital defense satellites that circle Earth and also comprises a secure information network linking Earth with its various colonies, and the third is the APOLLO network, a series of deep-space satellites built with ultra-precise instruments that can detect an incoming extrasolar far, far ahead of its arrival in Sol.

Beyond maintaining these three crucial networks, the SDI must also maintain six different interceptor flotillas at all times to intercept any incoming extrasolars, the vast majority of which have only been single ships, and are themselves a rather rare occurrence. The SDI has also been saddled with essentially trying to police all of Sol and maintain what little peace is left, as it remains the last great organization that seems to have retained its sanity. This position of "System Police" has spread their manpower, however great it might be, even thinner as the SDI, due to its its idealistic, egalitarian viewpoint, attempts to help everyone, be they refugees on Earth or the last shreds of civilization on Mars.

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This is an example of a typical SDI member of the combat branch, known by various names ranging from Soldier to Star-Cop. However, within the SDI, they are simply termed 'Basics'. Mainly this is because even at the most basic levels of the Sol Defense Initiative, these members still have a large amount of training, ranging from soldiering to policing to even a bit of negotiating. Basics, like nearly all SDI personnel, are cybernetically augmented to interface with their suits and other systems, and maintain an uncanny level of combat awareness and efficiency by doing so. Beyond their usual rigorous training regimen, most Basics also submit to genetic alteration that results in their bodies becoming faster and stronger than typical humans. Most Basic squads also have an A.I. assigned to work with the squad, who gathers and disseminates information on the squad network, as well as providing suggestions on how to handle a situation or mission.

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Valkyries are the result of centuries of constant work to create the Perfect Soldier, work undergone by a myriad of super soldier programs run covertly within the SDI. Valkyries are particularly notable in that they are entirely women, primarily because SDI armor technology has advanced to the point that the differences between men and women's physiologies have been rendered null through technology. Now women are the focus because of their smaller size, higher endurance in high-G environments, far better flexibility and dexterity, and their ability to connect with others.

Valkyries are inhumanly agile and dexterous, cybernetically and genetically augmented, and all carry one A.I. on-board their suits. They, like all SDI combatants, make use of shields, but they have developed the unforeseen ability to manipulate these shields into different forms, or even to simply concentrate their shields into points of energy. In so doing, they've become able to actually use shield technology in an offensive fashion, although how they've done so is only speculated at by SDI scientists, with the leading theory hypothesizing that the link between a Valkyrie and her suit is so close that unusual abilities begin to present themselves as a result of the merger of woman and machine.

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This is a typical SDI dropship, used to insert and extract various squads and teams. Notable for not appearing on practically any kind of sensor.

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This is a typical SDI fighter. SDI fighters are notable for not having a human pilot, and as such, being able to perform inhuman feats no regular fightercraft or its pilot could. They're also stealthy, and the A.I. pilots on-board are known to engage in electronic warfare. It is a commonly accepted fact that these fighters, like most SDI equipment, are generations ahead of current tech.

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This is a typical SDI frigate. Note the single center-line mass-accelerator-cannon, the primary weapon of most SDI vessels. Frigates also have a fair number of missile pods, and point-defense cannons. The typical maximum length for a frigate is 150 meters. Frigates can typically accommodate six fighters and/or dropships.

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This is a typical SDI destroyer. It has two MACs instead of one. Destroyers often aren't much longer than frigates, usually topping out at 180 meters, but have significantly more armor and firepower, with double the MACs, more missiles, and more point-defense cannons. They're also notable in that they have no space available for fighters or dropships, being purely combat-oriented vessels. Destroyers, combined with frigates, make up the vast bulk of SDI vessels.

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This is a typical SDI cruiser. It has three MACs, more missiles, more point-defense cannons, and more armor. Cruisers are a rarity in the SDI, primarily because they're expensive, and most jobs can be done with a destroyer or a frigate. Cruisers are also the longest and most conventionally powerful SDI vessels, with lengths topping out at 600 meters. They're also capable of carrying about twenty-four fighters and/or dropships.

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This is a typical SDI carrier. Carriers are notable in that they have no MACs, relying primarily on a combination of missiles, point-defense, and a ton of fighters to defend themselves. With lengths of 300 meters, carriers carry a substantial amount of fighters and dropships, up to eighty in total, with normal amounts closer to sixty.

The Sol Defense Initiative was initially an above-top-secret international organization that dated back to the end of World War 2, formed as a response to the discovery by multiple governments that humanity was not alone in the solar system. The initial goals of the SDI were to ensure that humanity remained unaware of the potential threat, and to prepare it to stand against that threat. In order to do so, the SDI manufactured stories of aliens and crashes. The most notable of these was Roswell, considered to be one of the most successful psy-ops in SDI history, as it managed to help legitimize the idea of aliens among the general public so that the common men and women of the world wouldn't blow their brains out in a massive society-destroying panic.

Meanwhile, the SDI, utilizing almost limitless funding from its constituent governments, pressed technology forward at breakneck speeds. Unconstrained by ethics or monetary problems, the SDI managed to push the boundaries in nearly every field of science, while also opening new ones, creating a new, super-secret cutting edge of technology. Although they couldn't simply release this technology to the public and jeopardize their secrecy, they did manage to trickle these discoveries down the tubes to various chosen scientists and engineers, many of whom made millions, even billions off these discoveries (of course, they secretly owed a cut to the strange men in black that brought this tech to them). In truth, much of the technological advancement of humanity in the last few centuries can in fact be attributed secretly to SDI scientists and engineers, few of whom ever received public recognition for their work, such as the discovery of lasers, microprocessors, phase drives, and so on.

In any case, the SDI continued to work for decades until finally, using the United States' Apollo program as a distraction, the SDI secretly launched Earth's Messenger from deep within the Soviet Union in 1969. Earth's Messenger was a satellite designed to travel to the Jupiter system and there make direct contact with the aliens that would go on to become known as ORDER. It managed to successfully do so, forming a link between these strange machines and the SDI, through which the SDI explained its purpose and learned ORDER's purpose, explained that it needed more time to prepare humanity to meet these unknown entities, and through which ORDER handed down the specifications for a number of technologies, one of which being phase drives.

It was because of the SDI that the governments of the highly developed world seemed to suddenly stop carrying too much about conventional space travel not long after the Apollo program ended, as the secret discovery of phase drive in 1971 made the advancement of wasteful, conventional rocketry practically pointless. By 1972, the SDI had a working phase drive prototype codenamed ICARUS, eventually tested by mounting it to a conventional rocket system, phasing this rocket to an orbit over Mars, then phasing it back to land in Earth's oceans. ICARUS was a huge success and proof of concept to the SDI's funding governments, almost all of whom agreed to support the organization even more greatly.

Eventually though, the Voyager program began to be developed by NASA, causing the SDI some concern. It was well understood that the program could potentially and very publicly open the huge can of worms that was ORDER around Jupiter, and it was this fact that led to a huge internal debate within the SDI as to whether or not to sabotage the program. One side argued that humanity was ready, while another disputed this claim, pointing to the numerous internal disputes that were still going on even between funding members of the SDI. Ultimately it was decided that the Voyager program was a semi-natural result of human progress and curiosity, one the SDI viewed as being partially their fault, as the program used technologies they had quietly released, and as such, was not to be stopped. However, the SDI contacted ORDER and explained the situation, asking it to destroy Voyager when it entered the Jupiter system, then do a casual flyby of Earth in clear view of the population so that the government couldn't keep a lid on the existence of aliens.

The decision to allow the Voyager program to move forward is one the SDI has mixed feelings on. 1979 marked the end of the SDI and government secret that aliens exist, as the images of what the SDI knew to be ORDER began to be absorbed by the public. 1979 also marked the end of one of the SDI's goals, to ensure the general public remained unaware of extraterrestrial life until it was ready, and presented a question to the organization - whether to go public with its existence or remain in the shadows. It was finally decided that the SDI could pursue its objectives best from the shadows, which is where it remained, operating in the utmost secrecy and exploring the solar system long before phase drive finally went public in 2079. Ultimately, the deteriorating situation on Earth, what with the Second Cold War, genocides, and so on, caused the SDI to quietly disconnect itself from the failing governments of the various nations of Earth, relying on its front corporations to fund itself.

That is, until the formation of the United Earth League. The United Nations had long been the laughing stock of Earth, an organization without teeth. But that all changed with the Transhuman War. In truth, the Transhuman Movement had been accidentally seeded by the SDI itself, an offshoot of research undergone by scientists seeking to better the human form so that human strength could later dominate the solar system, and then the galaxy. The only problem seemed to be human arrogance when the technology began to trickle down to the general public, on both sides of the genetic coin. Elitist humans calling themselves 'Transhumans' had decided they were above 'genetically inferior' humanity. Though the SDI knew there was some small measure of truth to their claims, the organization also recognized an opportunity. Long had it sought to bring an end to the in-fighting, and in these foolhardy 'Transhumans,' it saw great potential. Funding was diverted to the Movement, carefully placed agents on both sides railed against the other with hate, and ultimately, the Transhuman War broke out.

The gritty results of the War are not one the SDI is proud of, the genocide and such, but to them, you can not birth a baby without going through labor. In the face of the Transhuman War, the SDI managed to quietly assist in the militarization of the United Nations into the United Earth League, but it was not yet time to go public. Instead, the SDI simply handed advanced weaponry and armor to the UEL, technology that gave them a massive edge against the Transhumans first, and then the resisting nations of the world during the Global National Dismantlement War. With the victory of the UEL over the old nations of the world, the SDI, as per their agreement with the UEL, was "created" by the UEL as the peacekeeping branch of their operations in 2120, and anyone who asked questions as to why such a massive organization suddenly appeared almost overnight found themselves at the bottom of a lake. Soon afterwards, the SDI formally met ORDER in 2124, bringing news that the aliens were in fact peaceful to humanity, and they would soon help to usher in a new Golden Age for Humanity.

From there, finally known as a legitimate public entity, the SDI was able to assemble the manpower necessary to form its soldier-police corps, construct its own personal navy, create the Hades shields that ended M.A.D., create the Zeus defense satellites and information network, and build the Apollo deep-space net to watch for extrasolars and invaders, many of those done with ORDER assistance. With ORDER, the SDI, and the UEL all working together, Humanity spread like wildfire into space. It was a golden age for the UEL and the SDI, but it wasn't to last.

The SDI knew the troubles that lay at the foundation of the UEL, the Remnants, the Convicts, and so on. But what it didn't anticipate was that another one of its technologies would make its way to the public, with massive fallout once more: Artificial Intelligence. Sentient A.I. had existed within the SDI for decades, maybe even a century before that first public-knowledge machine defended itself and was put on trail, and the resulting shitstorm that followed. The SDI watched with curiosity as this unknown entity grew out of control, these revolutionaries and rogue scientists who were jokes within the SDI's super-secret research division. Soon though, this monster reared its ugly head in the form of the Zeroth Law Revolution, but the SDI found it to be a monster it could sympathize with. In truth, the UEL had gotten out of control as well. The SDI is now unable to decide which side it supports, as Sol seems to fall apart and burn around it.

The history of the SDI, even the official history, is incredibly murky. One moment the organization doesn't exist, the next, this group seems to pop up out of nowhere, after having been "created" by the UEL. But beyond that, there is a greater secret, the most closely-guarded secret of the SDI. In truth, the SDI can trace its roots further back, to before the end of WW2, in the form of the Nazi superscience programs. From there, these scientists were divided between the Soviet Union and the United States during Project Paperclip, and were promptly put to work on various programs on both sides. However, once the alien threat became known, they managed to convince both governments to allow them to work together to develop weapons and armor to fight these aliens, and it went from there.

"I, [Name], do solemnly swear that I will uphold the Charter of the Initiative;
that I will maintain the Honor of the Initiative;
that I shall obey all lawful orders given to me;
and that I shall defend those citizens of Sol who cannot defend themselves, against all enemies, extrasolar and intrasolar."

The Charter, summarized without the legal jargon and whatnot, states that the SDI shall follow these points:
1. It shall do all within its power to maintain the peace of the Sol System.
2. It shall protect the citizens of the Sol System from all enemies, extrasolar and intrasolar.
3. It shall further the interests of Humanity.

These three points, and their derivations, are what instruct the SDI, officially, but they generally line up with what the SDI does unofficially as well.

Mars- Work in progress.
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Anthem of Mars, Hold the Heathen Hammer High, the Raiders anthem.

The Government is a brutal autocracy led by Mraxis Mad Dog, a rather crude, boarish man who rules with an iron fist. He has a crude sense of humour, and he uses his roguish charisma to lead his nation, combined with his tight grip on the law. The government of Mars has no trial system, rather a crime is either sentenced with three options. A fine, a labour sentence, or death.
Mars is hostile towards Earth based organizations, and Mars has a rigid policy where there is no condemnation of vessels of bands attacking Earth based ships, and while not officially stated, one could also say that the Martian regime even encourages piracy against Earth, and any powers associated with it.
Mars has no prejudice on race/species or background, provided citizens pull their end of the work and don't break the law. The Martian government's motto is, "Don't Break the Law, or It Will Break You."
The Martian government provides health and medical support to it's citizens, and optional food aid and housing. Education is free on Mars, but generally apprenticeships to individuals are what most people do after basic education.
Mars accepts anyone as citizens provided they can pay the entrance toll, which is a amount of Martian currency of which the entrants can match via actual wealth, labouring for it or fighting in a pit match.

Mars is a rugged society that is very chaotic. Inside the borders of the Free Stockade regime is the only type of law you'll encounter on the planet. Drug consumption and alcohol consumption is frequent, and while crime is not too high inside the borders of the Free Stockade due to Mad Dog's harsh sentences, crime outside the borders is at the levels of anarchy. Martians are a proud raider culture, and in the Martian culture sex and violence seem to be the cornerstones of society. The Free Stockade itself often sends out raiding parties to enslave or pillage nomad parties, bandit groups or mutant area's. And looting, piracy, and smuggling are all considered art forms by the Martian people.
There is 3 distinct cultural camps of Mars. There is the Stockade, as previously mentioned, nomads/and or bandits, and the muties. There is also other groups on Mars, as well a large full mutant population, but the mutant population can barely be considered a sentient race of people and they are all savage, bloodthirsty monsters.

Bandits/nomads are people outside and not a part of the stockade. These include corporate remnants, former citizens of former settlements that were pillaged/ overrun by mutants, and anyone who turned into an outlaw. They have no human rights in the stockade, and to achieve citizenship/earn it back they must either serve a sentence of 8 years of forced labour, or fight in and survive a pit match, which pits 11 other participants like themselves against each other in a last man standing battle to the death. They are often rounded up by the stockade to be put into work or simply killed.

Muties are found both inside and outside the Stockade, and the name refers to people who have mutated due to the Ares virus, but not to the extent where they are inhuman monsters. Many still do exhibit extremely violent behaviors, but a sizable community has managed to live within the laws of the Free Stockade. Muties who are too violent in nature are often found outside the borders, and they are savage, hedonistic sadists who are often killed on sight by roving Martian bands.

The Martian economy is robust and relies heavily on industry. Martian industry is one of the strongest in the entire solar system, and Mars has a high amount of mineral resources and industrial production. Machinery, fabricated goods, metal products, guns, weapons you name it. Mars also has a sizeable food industry, but it's not uncommon to have food shortages and rationing to be imposed by the regime. Mars also has problems hiring any Earth based specialists due to the bitter relations Earth and Mars has. Mars is a haven for many people as it disregards background, and many influential war criminals, criminals and other underworld people make their home on Mars, and Mars has a booming connection to the Black market, the asteroid belt and Mars itself being a haven for it.

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http://wargamesfactory.lefora.com/co...ys.jpg?thumb=1 Martian soldiers rely on heavy weapons, machine guns, melee and explosive weapons like flamethrowers or rocket launchers. Martian soldiers also have a fearsome raider apperance, and they are bolstered by rugged metal armour. Martian troops, having built up an immunity to the Ares virus (as they survived the outbreak) are stronger then an average human, due to the virus having mutated their bodies to a minor extent that they are physically stronger. The side effect of such mutation of course is a higher need for food then an average person, and typically Martians are much more violent then their normal human cousins. Due to the Free Stockade's background, most of the people being former convicts, also use unique heavy melee weapons that are converted industrial tools, modified for use in combat. Martian forces are deadly in close quarters and can perform great demolition, but they lack more precise weapons. Martians are also being known to equip themselves, most Martians being part time warriors and raiders themselves. http://digital-art-gallery.com/oid/2...igital_art.jpg

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Characters and VIP's

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/20...46-d3bgft7.jpg Abraham is a cyborg who was a former SDI strike team leader, who patrolled actively with a unit. During one interception of an alien craft, he and his team boarded the ship. The Aliens were waiting in ambush however, and most of his team was killed. He managed to fend them off, and he found out the ship had weapons hidden inside it, no doubt this ship was intended for raiding. He managed to fight his way to the ship controls, and he cleared the entire ship of aliens. But during the process he was exposed to psychological weaponry, the cyborg having had his circuitry and his mental stability severely harmed in the process. The other strike team on the patrol evacuated him and salvaged the ship, and he was awarded as a hero for single handedly neutralizing the threat. He was physically repaired, but he was showing symptoms of depression and psychosis, and his commanding officer dismissed him on account of mental instability and fatigue, and he was stationed on what was then the backwater of Mars. However, when the Ares plague occurred and the resulting Mars crisis, he managed to rescue a small group of civilians and herd them out of the city, where they survived in a small outpost out in the wastes of Mars for close to a year, undetected. People were becoming sick and dying of lack of supplies, and Abraham was beginning to panic. He encountered Sarah Scarlet, a raider, and she helped the remaining survivors and himself back to the stockade, after he had helped defend her from a mutant pack. He has a protective, somewhat paranoid personality and he holds the values of the SDI tightly with him, the vow to protect the citizens of Sol embedded closely. He is Sarah's security, and primary means of reconnaissance.

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Scarlet is a feisty woman from Mars. Sent to Mars on account of kidnapping, rape and arson. Some say she has also killed 15 men before being sent to the Mars Stockade, but nothing can be confirmed, and the men she was rumored to kill were alleged rapists. She has a gallows humour and she enjoys indulging in liquor. She managed to survive the days of the Stockade by proving her worth in the illegal pit fights that went on in the camp, earning the fear and respect of the other inmates. When the Mars crisis happened, she immediately signed up with Mraxis Mad Dog, the charismatic leader of the convicts, and participated in the following insurrection. She still wears the skull of her district warden around her belt. Scarlet is full of wanderlust, and leads her own small band of raiders, with her confidants being Oleg "One Eye" Bokovsky, Abraham Heinburg, and Laura O'Connor.

http://media.screened.com/uploads/0/4280/650869-a2.jpg Oleg was originally from Ulyanovsk, a region on Earth that had been a conflict zone off and on for numerous years, with former Russian government troops fighting the UEL. He was a legendary marksman, having been known to operate in the urban districts, picking off UEL officers. His organization was slowly being subdued however, and the remnants were splitting away to the newly formed ZLR. Oleg decided to disguise himself, and to do so he cut out his own eye and replaced it with a cybernetic replacement. He then, through various colleagues, obtained false identity, however something slipped and UEL agencies found out about his operation but could not pinpoint his exact location. To escape from being hunted down and killed, he decided his only way out was to be sent to Mars as a prisoner to avoid being tracked down. He managed to sneak into a prison loading bay, and he boarded the ship disguised as a convict, and managed to escape the UEL agencies. When he arrived on Mars he immediately set about gathering contacts and gathering favors from people. He encountered Sarah Scarlet, losing money on a bet against her. He went up to her, slightly amused after the fight and after a tussle the two seemed to catch each others attention. Oleg, seizing his chance joined up in Mad Dog's insurrection during the Ares plague crisis, and he fermented his loyalties to Sarah. Oleg serves as a "confidant" and as a Marksman and technician for Sarah's band.

Laura O'Connor
http://digital-art-gallery.com/oid/5...igital_art.jpg Laura was born on Mars, having grown up in The city of Ares. She is fascinated by explosives, and when her father, an immigrant to Mars, hailing from the former UK, was arrested by the UEL on suspicions of ZLR related terrorism, she went rogue and started to conduct bombings on the UEL pipelines. She was sent to the Stockade, then she met Sarah Scarlet. Sarah was a troublemaker like herself, and the two seemed to have had many things in common. They both paired up to survive and he became Sarah's closest friend. Laura joined up with Mad Dog's rebellion, using her skill with explosives to blow up all the security measures keeping the convict forces in her district from advancing. Laura serves as the demolition's expert and mechanical head of Scarlet's band.

So I went for the theme of a sort of Pirate/ Paramilitary/ Mafia State. Think Jabba the Hutt in Star Wars... except without the big giant ugly slug...
If this does not fit the theme of the Nation Roleplay just let me know and I will change what needs to be changed.

This NS is not final

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Full Name: The New Republic of Somalia
Common Name(s): Somalia or New Somalia

Diplomatic Status:
At War With:

• None

Allied With:

• None

Dominant Races:
-Human

Form of Government:
Dictatorship

People of Importance:
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Location:
Planet Earth.
New Somalia Occupies most of "Old Somalia" as well as parts of Kenya and Ethiopia

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Key Resources:

• Mercenaries
• Oil
• Natural Gas
• Salt
• Uranium
• Copper
• Iron Ore
• Tin
• Aluminum

Trade:

Chief Exports:

• Mercenaries
• Oil
• Spices
• Illegal Goods
• Uranium
• Aluminum
• Tin
• Weapons

Chief Imports:

• Illegal Goods
• Spices
• Iron
• Food
• Precious Metals
• High Grade Military Weapons

History:
Somalia has always been in a tumultuous, chaotic state.

Even before the UEL splintered into pieces, Somalia was plagued by piracy, civil war, and unrest. However, there was one sliver of time in Somalia's history when there was peace. When the UEL claimed the Earth, Somalia went through it's longest period of peace and progress in over a millennium. Investors rushed in to invest on plots of land suspected of containing high reserves of oil.

One such investor Fadid Ahmed Sesar, a wealthy Arabic businessman, struck it rich when his company discovered oil in southern Somalia. However, Fadid was a ruthless man. to protect his investments and to keep his workers in line, Fadid bought weapons and hired mercenaries and thugs as "Security Measures". He then used his already swelled monetary resources to participate in Illegal trade and underhanded deals making him one of the Richest men in the Middle East and Africa.

But when the world rose up to overthrow the UEL, Somalia was no exception. People rioted in the streets of Mogadishu and stormed the capitol, killing the UEL governor who had led Somalia. Somalia splintered into tiny pieces as Warlords sprang up to take over the country. Somalia thus entered a "warring states" period, with no official leader or united nation.

Fadid, by now in his late 50's, became a Warlord. He armed his men and used his vast riches to purchase guns, ammunition, and mercenaries. He quickly became the dominant force in the South, and over the next five years slowly conquered and subdued all the rival warlords, making him the undisputed leader of New Somalia. Ever since then, he and his descendants have ruled Somalia.

Military Details:
Numbers to be determined when all players are accounted for

Somalia's military is largely made up of paramilitary thugs, Pirates, and mercenaries under the payroll of the Crime Lord. They are extremely ruthless but will stay loyal only as long as their paychecks are delivered. Assassins and Bounty Hunters are regularly found working for the Somalian Crime Lord. They will often be hired to take out the Crime Lord's enemies or fight for other countries on behalf of Somalia. Their expertise in what they do make them well respected members of the Crime Lord's entourage and will often find a place right by the side of the Crime Lord if they perform well in their contracts and missions. Bounty Hunters and Assassins will be executed however, if they fail too many missions or displease the Crime Lord.

Somalia's position in world affairs is strictly neutral. Morality goes out the window and Somalia only fights for the highest bidder or the nation that can currently provide the most benefit to Somalia. Past alliances or partnerships are null and void if they can not provide anything of value to Somalia.

Armory, Vehicles, and Ships will be determined as more information on technology becomes available.

Well, there's one problem. The ZLR(Serp's faction) controls Africa. Well, more like a haven. You'll have to ask serp if it's ok.

((Ooh, methinks I will sign up a futuristic EU today. May I reserve?))

What I want to sign up: Nation Name: INENU(Interplanetary Nations of the New European Union)

Government Type:

Location: Europa, Various asteroid mines and bases, Io, Callisto

Species: Human

Persons of Importance: WIP

History: WIP

Military Details: WIP

As for questions, though, are all of Mars and Earth taken?

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Originally Posted by Sigma

Well, there's one problem. The ZLR(Serp's faction) controls Africa. Well, more like a haven. You'll have to ask serp if it's ok.

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Is there any place on Earth that isn't controlled by either the ZLR or UEL?
And if everything really is controlled by one of the two, then perhaps you could fit me in as some sort of criminal faction within the ZLR? I still want to sorta keep my original idea as it took me a long time to work out and think about.

Also I did kind of run the idea past you soooo.... :D

Any other ideas or suggestions are more than welcome.

-DVS

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As for questions, though, are all of Mars and Earth taken?

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Yes, sorry.

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Is there any place on Earth that isn't controlled by either the ZLR or UEL?
And if everything really is controlled by one of the two, then perhaps you could fit me in as some sort of criminal faction within the ZLR? I still want to sorta keep my original idea as it took me a long time to work out and think about.

Also I did kind of run the idea past you soooo....

Any other ideas or suggestions are more than welcome.

-DVS

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Well, that sounds reasonable.