Stars of Eden (OOC)

[mast3rlinkx]

Nation Name: The Aenaean Diarchy

Location: 54, 64, 65

Color: Blue

Attitude: Generally peaceful. The Diarchy prefers to avoid combat, but will defend themselves militarily if the need arises. They prefer to make alliances and let others aid in defense, providing the allies with advanced technology.

Capital Planet: Aenaea (ay-NAY-uh) - Located in Sector 65 and orbiting the star called Forxen (FOR-zen). It is a mostly barren world, with the native sentients, the Drakoniid, originally being at the bottom of its food chain. The living conditions are brutal, with monstrous creatures roaming the surface. Beneath the surface is a complex tunnel system from when the Drakoniid were primitive, just barely sentient. There is a part of the world in the southeastern quarter that's tropical due to an atmospheric anomaly. Other than that small tropical area, the world has very little water except for the single ocean in the southern pole of the planet.

Planets:
Forxen III - This is their primary manufacturing world. It's the nearest planet to Aenaea, and, as the name implies, the third planet from Forxen. It was completely barren, with no life at all. As such, nothing is outdoors. The whole planet is covered in factories, with everything connected by tunnels.
Throxal - Though this is technically a moon, which is the largest of the three moons of Aenaea, this still deserves mention. Throxal contains the areas of the primary research station not found on Aenaea, which, really, is most of it. The moon is geostationary, meaning it orbits the planet at the exact same speed at which the planet rotates, thus making it seem like it doesn't move to one on the surface. This fact has allowed it to be connected to the facility on the surface via a transport beam.

Leader: The Diarchy is run by two individuals, one being human, the other a Drakoniid. Currently, the Diarchy is run by Diarchs Trey Harker and Kemanorel.

Government: Diarchy - The nation is run by two individuals sharing absolute power, with a Senate below them split into equal parts human and Drakoniid that advises them. Most Diarchs have considered the advice of the Senate, but the power still definitely rests solely in the hands of the Diarchs.

Population: Approximately 1.5 trillion, with a little more Drakoniids than humans.

Races: Drakoniid and human

Currency: Aenaean Pound

Allies: None at the moment.

Enemies: None at the moment.

Military: About a 7. This is mainly due to a lack of interest, which resulted in a relatively small military that is smaller than the modern population of Earth. They are still well-trained, and armed with the most advanced technology they have. For such a young nation, their technology is extremely advanced, though most older nations will still be more advanced than they currently are.

Economy/Resources/Trade: 10

Influence: 60

Advantage Traits: Scientific advances come to this nation more easily than most others. The resourcefulness and curiosity of the humans has been most influential on this fact, and the determination of the Drakoniid has pushed it farther than the humans could have ever done on their own. As such, they will likely end up being the biggest distributor of advanced technology. Also, they have a very stable economy that seems to only be improving.

Disadvantage Traits: Unfortunately, despite having some of the most advanced technology, they have a relatively weak military. They depend on allies for defense when up against a military nation. The problem doesn't come from lack of advanced weaponry, but a lack of interest in doing so. They don't put much focus into military development, focusing on scientific development instead. There is also a slight divide between the two races, with humans often being wealthier and withholding much advanced tech from the Drakoniid. Drakoniid tend to live in the slums, but there are exceptions to this. Not all humans are wealthy landowners, and not all Drakoniid are slum-dwellers. Also, the middle class present in modern-day America is nonexistent here, with just the upper and lower class. Fortunately, there's not too much of a gap between the upper and lower classes. Compared to some ancient Terran civilizations, the wealth is spread out relatively evenly. But the divide is definitely there.

Other Traits: Humans are the dominant species of this empire, mainly due to the fact that they are the reason the Drakoniid gained intragalactic travel.

History: The Diarchy is a relatively new nation, beginning only about a thousand years in the past. Before the arrival of the humans in the galaxy, which resulted in a scattering of them throughout the Eden Galaxy. One such ship, a scientific vessel meant to find new worlds that support life and gather data on them and the life that inhabits it. The ship, known as the USS Glory, and its crew got more than they bargained for when they stumbled upon Aenaea, which contained the first nonhuman sentient species the crew had ever encountered. The Drakoniid, as they learned to call them, had long since advanced beyond the need for residing in tunnels and created large fortified cities on the surface, capable of defending against the horrors that inhabited it. They were still relatively primitive, around the state humans were in during the 21st century of Earth. The humans decided to help these creatures, and gave them intragalactic travel capabilities. The humans of the Glory struck an alliance with the Drakoniid, and soon they merged into a single nation known as the Aenaean Diarchy. Over the next ten centuries or so, they would rapidly advance, with the humans steadily sharing more and more technology. However, they never gave the Drakoniid technology that would lead to them gaining intergalactic travel.



Army:
Information: The military of the Diarchy is solely for defense. The Diarchy hasn't any interest in conquering other nations through military might.
Recruitment: About 5% of the nation volunteers, with humans being the bulk of the military.
Size: About 75 billion ready to battle, with around 100000 in training at any given time.
Structure: They have some semblance of organization, though they don't really have very many actual ranks. Those in leadership tend to be lieutenants, with the head of the military being a general.

Unit List

Equipped with moderate armor and a specialty of the Diarchy, which is a fusion of ballistics and energy they called elemental weaponry. The rounds are infused with certain types of energy, such as incendiary rounds, electrical rounds, and corrosive rounds. The rounds are generally shells and bullets. The primary cannon is usually a railgun, though plasma cannons are sometimes seen on newer tanks.

Zeus Mk.II Powered Combat Suit: A highly advanced, heavily armored powered combat suit. Has built-in energy shielding and thick armor, allowing them to take a lot of damage. However, it causes the wearer to be considerably slower than usual, and, being designed for human beings, force Drakoniid to shift into human form to wear it. This is less of a problem than if it were the opposite, since humans are unable to shift. The majority of the infantry is usually equipped with plasma weaponry, with sidearms usually being incendiary, electrical, or corrosive in nature. The Defender is pictured second from the right.

Athena Mk.I Powered Combat Suit: This has a good bit of focus due to the defensive nature of the military. These carry medical packs, adrenaline shots, and are able to call in supplies. Some have an experimental substance that speeds the healing process slightly, though the substance is still in development and difficult to produce. These units are meant to keep the infantry going as long as they can. However, these units don't have weapons of any kinds, and, as such, are very vulnerable. The Healer Mk.I suit is pictured above to the left of the Defender suit. Like the Defender suit, the Healer forces Drakoniid to shift in order to wear them, which is a minor annoyance on the Drakoniid's part.

Ares Mk.II: These are the sniper units. They are generally equipped with experimental handheld railguns, though these kinds of weapons are rarer than their much larger, vehicle-mounted counterparts. These suits are not as common, as snipers are very hard to come by anyway. Their railguns tend to fire elemental weaponry, most commonly corrosive or incendiary. The Aggressor suit is pictured being the first from the left. Like the previous suits, Drakoniid must shift to wear them, though human snipers are much more common than Drakoniid snipers, with about 1 out of 100 snipers being a Drakoniid.

Navy: The Aenaean Armada
Information: This is definitely the strong point of the Aenaean military. Most of the Diarchy's military funds go into its armada, giving them a strong spacefaring defense compared to their lackluster ground forces. The main motivation for a strong navy is the need to protect their trade ships.
Recruitment: About 15% of the population goes into the navy. Like the army, the majority of the navy is human, due to the greater motivation to take military action that the humans have.
Size: About 750 billion people are ready for deployment, with about five million in training at any given time.
Structure: Significantly more organized than the army. They have most of the same ranks as the United States Navy, with the two Diarchs heading the navy.

Unit List

25 kilometers in length.
Can hold up to 10000 tons of cargo
Completely unarmed, leaving as much cargo space as possible. This also leaves the ship defenseless except for its armor and shielding.
Has faster-than-light capability
Has extremely thick armor, allowing it to take a considerable amount of firepower before going down
Used for all transport needs, whether it's potential colonists or valuable materials to be traded
No atmospheric flight capability; must unload cargo in orbit using shuttles.
Extremely high capacity shielding, for even more protection than the hull alone can provide
In times of war, these ships are used as transports for troops

About 500 meters in length
Heavily armed compared to other ships of the Diarchy
Slower than a fighter, but faster than a cargo ship
Has faster-than-light travel capability
Thick armor
Mainly used for escorting cargo ships (I'm assuming there are pirates, and, as a trade nation, my ships will likely be at higher risk of raids than most)
Has two docking bays for Loki-class fighters, one on each side of the ship.
Armed with heavy plasma weaponry, with a few being armed with experimental antimatter cannons. Along with the plasma weaponry are railguns firing elemental shells, usually electrical rounds due to their effectiveness against shielding. The Thor-class frigates were given everything the Diarchy has got.

High speed and lightweight
About 30 meters in length
Has atmospheric flight capability
Some space for cargo, though not on the scale that a cargo ship has.
Lightly armed compared to the Thor-class frigate, but still more heavily armed than the Loki-class fighter
High maneuverability
Semi-thick armor
Used for several tasks, such as gathering specimens for research, defending planets from raiders, etc.
No FTL capability. Thus, it relies on Odin-class ships to get to other star systems and sectors.
Often used as a shuttle for Odin-class ships, though not as often as Herecles-class shuttles.
Usually armed with medium-light plasma weaponry

About 15 meters in length
Very lightly armed, trading firepower for maneuverability and speed
Thin armor, allowing for lighter weight
Relies heavily on shielding for protection. Thus, it's shields are very durable considering its small size
No room for any cargo. It has just barely enough space for the pilot
Usually paired with the Thor-class frigate to aid in protection of cargo ships
No FTL capabilities, thus it must rely on the Thor-class frigate for FTL travel
Usually armed with plasma weaponry

About 100 meters in length
Completely unarmed, allowing for maximum cargo space.
Extremely powerful engines, allowing for extensive atmospheric entry and exit
Hull has an extremely high melting point, allowing it to resist the extreme heat caused by the friction of atmospheric entry
Has retractable landing gear, as it must land so it can be unloaded on the surface
Has atmospheric flight capability
No FTL capability
Minimal shielding, allowing less space to be taken up by the shield generator.
The floor of the cargo hold can be lowered to make loading and unloading easier. The floor is that of a very large cargo elevator.
Can hold up to 50 tons of cargo
In times of war, this is sometimes used as a dropship

Race Name: Drakoniid

NPCable: Not at the moment. They are pretty much only found in the sectors around and within the Biarchy. I'll allow Drakoniid NPC's whenever they get more spread out through the galaxy.

Population: About 800 billion, with around 4 billion on their homeworld.

Habitat: They prefer hot and arid climates, though, they can semi-adapt to other types of climates through their inherent shapeshifting ability.

Appearance: Their appearance is very draconic, while still remaining humanoid. They have wings, though they are vestigial. Their skeletal structure is similar to humans, with some fundamental differences in skull, leg, foot, and hand structure. Their legs have a total of three joints, excluding the one connecting the leg to the hip. Their leg bones are arranged in a similar fashion to that of a dog's hind legs, with the same basic shape. However, their legs are more well-muscled than that of a dog. They have similar muscle structures to humans, though they are a bit beefier. Their snouts are fairly slender, almost lizardlike, though they still resemble the muzzles of dragons. Their ears don't protrude from their head, but are similar to that of a frog. They appear to be just skin stretched over a cavity in their skull with sensory nerves to pick up sound. They have noticeable crests, with that of the females being larger. Like with most reptiles, the females are larger than the males. Size and voice are pretty much the only way to tell a male from a female. They are covered with very fine scales, giving their flesh a texture that's more leathery than rough.

Physiology: They have a natural ability to shapeshift. Later on, when they ventured to the surface, they invented a device that could remove mass and send it through an interdimensional portal, allowing them to size-shift. They must keep their mass the same, so when they shift into smaller things, they move the extra mass into this other dimension that they call the Out. This same principle also limits them to things with the same mass as them or less. The mass moves with them as they do. The shapeshifting also includes changing color.

Personality: Generally, they are peace-loving creatures that are very easy to get along with. Arrogance has happened, though it's not that common among them. However, they also tend to be a bit naive at times.

Lifespan/Birth/Aging: Their lifespan is considerably longer than that of humans, reaching into the thousands of years. Due to their draconic nature, they don't seem to age very quickly, though they tend to grow larger as they get older. They tend to reach a maximum height of about eight feet tall before they stop growing, which, on average, is around 500 years of age. Once they reach about 3000, they are considered elderly. Like humans, they are born live, not out of eggs.

Language: English, Draconic

Religion: Like humans, their religious beliefs vary widely. Some are monotheistic, some polytheistic. Then there are ones that don't have a religion.

Culture: They put a lot of emphasis on the natural world. Even now, they tend to separate into "Lairs" led by a single Drakoniid known as a Shaman. Though, this isn't actually a tribal Shaman, because the role hasn't any religious impact. The Shaman is just a leader. However, the Shaman is required to give his advice indirectly, as a cultural aspect. This leaves the other Drakoniids to work together to figure out what the Shaman is trying to say, then act upon it. This is beneficial to the group, because it promotes unity.

Advantage Traits: Long-lived, cool-tempered, able to shapeshift

Disadvantage Traits: Poor motivation for military actions, can be naive on occasion, cannot shift into things bigger than they are

Other Traits: None that I can think of at the moment.

History: The Drakoniid started out at the bottom of the food chain. They were constantly hunted by predators, and, as a result, they took to the underground, using their ability to shape rock to dig tunnels to live in. For millenia, they lived like this, until they evolved to the point of grouping into Lairs. With the Lairs formed, they ventured to the surface and built their lairs, which, with further evolution, would evolve into city-like Lairs, with each one headed by their own Shaman. It was at this point that they were contacted by the humans and presented with their first interstellar drive, being uplifted to become one of the races spreading through the Eden Galaxy, with the aid of the humans hailing from the Milky Way galaxy. From here, their history becomes that of the Diarchy.

[Specter189]

er guys....... I can't keep up with this, I kinda zone out when I see massive walls of text in each post............

[Lord Azazel]

er guys....... I can't keep up with this, I kinda zone out when I see massive walls of text in each post............

So what you trying to say ?.

[ImportantNobody]

Location: 65, 75, 76

Physiology: They have a natural ability to shapeshift and shift into things smaller, but not larger, than they are. They must keep their mass the same, so when they shift into smaller things, they move the extra mass into another dimension that they call the Out. The mass moves with them as they do. The shapeshifting also includes changing color. They can also change the shape of nonliving materials.

Pyrak has a race in sector 76, so I'd check up with him to see if you can still control that sector or not.
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How can they move mass into another dimension? I'll allow for some scifi here to be a stretch, but some explanations would still be needed for things like this. If they can also change the shape of nonliving materials, they're using some sort of device, right?

[mast3rlinkx]

Yeah, the nonliving material shifting was pushing it a bit. And I'm not sure how else they'll change shape, unless they just get denser as they size shift. That was the best explanation I could come up with for the size changing. I suppose I could make the size-shifting technological instead of physiological, and leave the shapeshifting as a physiological trait.

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Okay, how's that? I'll PM pyrak about the sector, and if he says no, I'll move them to 54, 64, and 65.

[mast3rlinkx]

Well, Pyrak said no, so I moved them up to 54, 64, and 65.

[Freethinker]

I'm glad some people posted today, but it looks I don't have anything to say for the time being. Just for the record, since some time has passed, I would think it's be plausible for a probe to be found in anyone's space in my side of the galaxy now. Also, Imma have some ships start nosing around after a few posts as not all of them were sent to the one that was discovered.

Also, how many planetary systems are in a sector?

[SovereignGrave]

Considering the number of stars in a galaxy, I'd think it'd be as many as you want, but that's just my opinion.

[mast3rlinkx]

Yeah, looking at the map, there are probably hundreds of thousands of stars in each sector. So, yeah. I think each sector has a limitless supply of star systems for the purposes of an RP.

[pyrak]

It is expected that there are many billions of planets in the Milky Way galaxy

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however the difrent races would have diffrent prefferances of which plants they what.