Respect of a Galaxy: A Nation Roleplay

[Anjwalker]

Respect of a Galaxy

Humans long ago left Earth, migrating to the stars as their dieing world began to fail rapidly. Left over nuclear radiation from the Blight, crumbling ecosystems long overdue for their extinction date, and resource depletion - only assisted by the exploitation of the planet by the pre-Blight nations - all weighed in to force Humanity away from their homeworld.

However, it is a very different breed of Humans who entered the galaxy in the 66th century; the children of a different civilization to our own, the civilization that arose after the destruction of all technologically advanced society on Earth in 2044. They have many different ideas, a whole new mindset gained from trying to surviving on a rapidly declining, already damaged planet.

By the time of the 69th century - the present time - Humanity has established itself as a major presence in the galaxy, competing with the alien powers that were already present when they emerged. It is still newcomer, but a powerful one with a drive to succeed - even if its many nation states are still divided.

It is a whole new Humanity that finds itself in the future, a Humanity who will have to fight hard to earn itself the respect of the galaxy.

Note: This takes place in the same universe as the Arise from the Ashes series, but nothing carries over from those roleplays besides the fate of Earth, meaning anyone can join in.

It is roughly 6950 AD; Humanity has entered the galactic stage only 3 centuries past, delayed by a nuclear war in the mid-21st century that destroyed technological society. It wasn’t until the 44th century that technology comparable to that of 2012 returned, and then it was only achieved in Oceania/Australasia.

During the following centuries the rest of the planet - occupied by more primitive cultures - was colonized and or conquered by the Oceanian nations, and then the colonization of Earth’s solar system took place.

By the 66th century, Earth had really begun to die - until now it had been hanging on, however the return of advanced, widespread industrial civilization broke the tedious balance that had kept the planet alive. What remained of the ecosystems began to collapse rapidly, resources ran out swiftly and the invention of FTL-travel prompted mass migration off the homeworld and into the colonies of the solar system, and then further out to the stars.

By the 69th century, Humanity’s diverse cultures have dispersed far and wide, mingling with the aliens who are already present and setting up camp in various galactic arms. Many new nations have formed, competing with the alien nations and making a name for Humans as young upstarts among the elder species.

But even with a reasonably well established presence in space, Humanity is still not safe. The more militant, environmentally aware and fanatically religious alien species want them gone, - either exterminated or confined to the Solar System - for various reasons.

Rules on Aliens
• Humans factions are encouraged, but alien factions are welcome. Here are two simple rules on Alien species which should be obvious anyway.
1) Please, if you wish to have a Human looking race than make it human. There is no point in having an alien species that looks just like a Human.
2) Aliens may not be rip offs of any already used, fictional race (So no Star Wars, Star Trek, Warhammer, etc species). They also may not be extremely blatant copies of Human civilizations, from real life or history.

Information on Humans
• Because of the condition of Earth, several strains of Humanity have been mutated by the immense radiation of the Bight. However, this is not X-men style mutations, but rather slow adaption to living in a hazardous, blasted environment; thicker skin to weather the cold or protect organs, adaption’s to climb faster, see farther, smell better etc; things that they would have realistically needed in the part of the planet they came from. Otherwise, most Humans are pretty normal, physically.

General Guidelines
• Because of the destruction of all civilizations from our own time, very little knowledge of the cultures that once inhabited Earth is around. What is known came from surviving books, or tales pasted down - which were naturally corrupted, exaggerated and mythicised through the generations. This is important to remember, because characters and nations will have very little to no idea what the United States of America was, or anything else from 2012 and before that time. A notable exception is religions from our time, which have survived.

• On the subject of Earth; the Solar System is currently sparsely inhabited, and a matter of dispute between rival Human nations, who all claim sovereignty over it. Earth itself is largely uninhabited and home only to scientific bases, and humans who were forgotten (mostly the homeless, sick and orphaned) and who have since digressed to the stone age over the last three centuries. Mars and Venus are terraformed and inhabited and reasonably populous. The asteroid belt has been depleted, and the Gas Giants and Oort Cloud are home to dozens of scattered, tiny nations - some of which inhabit only a single moon.

The mechanics behind gameplay here are simple, for those worried they won’t be.

Combat
The winner in combat between players will be determined between the players, with the GM to resolve any disagreements on the outcome. Combat with NPC’s will be determined between the GM and the player who is attacking. Unreasonable outcomes, however, will not be accepted by the GM; for example, even if the two players involved agree on it, one ship is not going to defeat 10 of its same class. Simple enough.

Population & Military Numbers
Population will be determined by the number of stars a nation holds; the average size of a nation, alien or human or otherwise, is 10-50 stars. 50 stars is a very large nation, and no Human factions will be that big. The average population of a star system is between 15-20 billion for Aliens and 5-10 billion for Humans. However, every star over 30 that a nation holds will be colonial, a military outpost or just not heavily settled, with an upper limit of 1 billion inhabitants. Work out your total population from that.

0.1% of the total population may be in the military as active forces, an extra 0.1% as reserves. For every 2 million troops, you also get 1 starship point; 1 starship point =’s 1 capital ship, 2 screens or 10 strike craft.

Racial Disadvantages & Advantages
Species in this have advantages and disadvantages that tell us where they exceed. These advantages are worked out by the player, but must A) Be reasonable - not overly powerful or crippling, B) Actually do something and C) Be related to what your species is like, either physically or psychologically. For example, a diplomatic advantage would not fit with an aggressive, carnivorous species, and a dumb disadvantage would not fit well with a philosophical race of scientists.

These traits will be very important in the game, affecting various things in an abstract manner depending on what your traits are, so think carefully on it.

Travel
Travel is 2 posts for invasions (because of the increased time needed to organize, gather the ships, etc), 1 post for anything else.

Nakhon Union
The inhabitants of the Nakhon Union are like something used to scare little children into behaving. They are carnivorous, fiercely aggressive and have a fetish for big guns. No one in their right mind messes with the Nakhon.

Alvearium
The Alvearium; a massive hivemind formed of hundreds of billions of individual insectoids, creating one of the largest nation states in the known universe. And just to had insult to injury the Alveari fly around in spaceships the size of planets.

The Ordered Dominions of the Jak
The Jak are ancient immortals with a cunning diplomatic tongue, and who rule over a powerful empire built on the backs of client races.

The Avalonian Empire
The Avalonians are transhumans with a perchance for the strange. They inhabit a twisted maze of feudalism recanted from the myths of King Arthur, and liberally squashed the rights of anyone who disagrees or offends them …. and to top it off, they are highly xenophobic. Not such a good trait in an alien filled galaxy.

Draconian Imperium
The Draconian Imperium makes the Avalonian feudalism and xenophobia look tame. Infighting between Draconian clans kills off the entirety of the population annually (in fact, no Draconian has ever died of old age, warfare killing them all before then),.

While the Nahkon are badass, the Avalonians xenophobic and the Jak powerful, the Draconians outdoes them all at each of those qualities - creating a nation that makes peasants and Generals alike quake in their boots.

The Bentusi Cartel
The galaxy isn’t complete without a shady cartel of megacorporation’s and mafia bosses, and so the Bentusi Cartel was born. Ruling over the warload, dictator and criminal lord strewn Kelphic Systems, the Cartel deals in everything from illegal drugs, to dodgy knockoff manufactured goods and even slaves. And meanwhile, it maintains a powerful navy that forces any interstellar law enforcement to turn a blind eye to their dealings. That is the Bentusi Cartel.

The Troop
Enter the Bothidsha - intelligent, space capable Gorilla’s with a phobia of water, a highly developed sense of honour and plenty of manpower to squash their enemies.

Khanate of Lusatanya
The Khanate is a nation of synthetic AI’s, the experiment of mysterious creators from dark history - an experiment that went terribly wrong, creating infinitely aggressive robots that have a thirst for blood and freedom from anything perceived as supression; Gastroids are a terrifying race, only rivalled by the Draconian Imperium in their size and power.

Interstellar Trust
The sleeping giant that is the Interstellar Trust extends its grip over 600 billion lives, 50 planets and possesses the galaxies mightiest industrial capabilities and its inhabitants, the aptly named Gremlins, are people who aim only for practicality. It is the perfect industrial monster; 21st century China reincarnated in an alien form.

Chimera Dominions
The Chimera are a race of towering miner peoples; the galaxies experts on all things that involved resources and how you get to them, they possess the capabilities to blow planets apart just to get to the desired minerals. And it helps that the Chimera can withstand ungodly amounts of radiation, have a metal exo-skeleton and stand 7ft tall.

Nation Name:

Specie(s):

Physical Description: (You can forgo this section if your species are unmutated humans)

Psyche: (The average mind set of your species. Is aggression common? Or perhaps they all like to think deeply on the meaning of life? Either way, describe it here.)

Racial Disadvantage: (See Racial Disadvantages & Advantages section under Game Mechanics)

Racial Advantage: (See Racial Disadvantages & Advantages section under Game Mechanics)

Government: (Your nations government form)

Stars: (How many stars do you rule over?)

Population: (Population of your nation?

Short History:

VIPS: (Very Important Peoples; imporant characters, often the major players in the government, business, media, military etc of your nation.)

Military: (An overview of military units and military numbers)

Other: (Other misc. stuff)

[GrievousKhan]

Alright, I got everything in mind for history, military etc, was not read for advantages and disadvantages...

Will get on that.

[Sigma]

Are human nations subject to the advantages and disadvantages?

[Darkmatter]

According to this the largest possible army is 200,000,000. That's not that big on a galactic scale.

[Darkmatter]

Actually, in the game mechanics it says that aliens can have 20 billion people per system. If you were to pick the maximum of 50 systems then you can have a military of ten billion. Ten billion is quite big.

You sir are correct. My appypolly loggies.

Actually no. Fifty x twenty is a thousand. So a thousand billion max pop. •1% of a thousand is 1. 1% represents a hundredth and •1% represents a thousandth. A thousandth of thousand billion is evidently one billion.

[Zran]

hmmm interesting I'm going reserve a spot and set to work immediately.

[Automatic]

Nation Name: Nakhon Union

Species: Nakhon

Physical Description:


Nakhon are a carnivorous amphibian species native to the planet of Akhau. With six eyes and an athletic frame they are well adapted to hunting on land but they are also able to breathe underwater through their skin and the lower pair of eyes is adapted entirely for seeing underwater. Two months after fertilisation, a female will lay a single egg which will hatch after another three months. A newborn has many amphibian features including a tail that will later disappear completely. Most females will be fertile by the age of 12 with males following around the age of 14. At 18 they most will have reached their maximum height of about 1.90m and will be considered fully mature. During their youth, an individual will moult every two or three years. With the help of modern medicine, the average life expectancy is 60 years. Many Nakhon have minor body modifications and technological improvements. Most common are the eye and ear implants as well as replacements of joints, bones or entire limbs for those with medical problems. Common modifications for soldiers include optical improvements, muscle patterning, skin weaves and bone replacements.

Psyche: Aggression is very common in both males and females and is often accompanied by a general lack of all respect or empathy for anything. The Nakhon are individualistic at best and violently divisive at their worst. One redeeming factor, however, is their great adaptability and their capacity to quickly analyse situations and produce creative solutions to problems.

Nation Advantages:

Amphibian: In non toxic environments with a sufficient oxygen level, Nakhon can breathe underwater.

Built for the Hunt: Their athletic build and often muscular physique make the Nakhon durable soldiers. Though resources can be a crippling limitation, a Nakhon soldier is fast and physically capable.

Diversity: The individualism and the division of the people into many smaller states allows for a great deal of diversity creating a unique environment with creative thinkers and radical ideas.

Firepower: The Nakhon military has a fetish for big guns, cannons and all the things that go boom. Artillery is almost always utilised, regardless of battle environment and even simple infantrymen can be seen carrying super-heavy auto-shotguns or anti-materiel rifles taller than themselves. Historians believe that this emphasis on large weaponry simply entertained previous generals and soldiers and was therefore turned into the standard warship doctrine.

Nation Disadvantages:

Hungry: Their rapid growth in their early years and their high metabolism mean the Nakhon require large amounts of food. Enormous swaths of land and in some instances entire colonies, are dedicated to the production of meat. Most ships, especially the larger ones, will have their own food production facilities.

Hedonistic: The Nakhon are opportunistic and hedonistic and will always try to find pleasure and excitement wherever they go. Because of their attitude the Nakhon are incredibly unproductive and it may be hard to draw them away from bars and whore houses long enough to get anything useful done.

Divided: The Nakhon diversity which is so highly praised can also become a severe limitation as it is difficult to unite great numbers of people under a single banner. It can be problematic to make individuals with wildly differing perspectives work together.

Sluggish: Not only does the staggering amount of heavy weaponry mean a reduction in unit size, it has also made most ships slow and sluggish. It was almost unanimously decided that it was more satisfying to place two more spinal mass accelerators on a cruiser than to have it go faster. This was considered to be a most promising move and welcomed with open arms by the military who considered the entertainment value to outweigh possible tactical drawbacks.

Government: Confederation

Stars: 18

Population: 23.8 billion

Home Planet: Akhau (Tholan System)
Population: 9.2 billion

Short History:
The history of the planet Akhau is one of bloodshed and war, with many different factions vying for control, or fighting for survival. Most factions were led by single rulers or a group of rulers but gradually almost all evolved into stratocracies or totalitarian regimes with strong military influence. In more recent history with the development of new social and political ideas, many factions united through agreements and treaties which laid the foundation for the Nakhon Union. The great division between peoples slowed down progress but with the invention of the wormhole drive, and galactic expansion began, the states realised the importance of unity. With the new FTL technology, the Nakhons embarked on a rapid expansion and in a matter of years most states came together to form the Nakhon Union. It took almost half a century for all the nations of Akhau to unite. With the combined power and resources of nearly all of Akhau, colonisation efforts increased greatly and only a century after the discovery of FTL, the Union had already expanded into ten different star systems.

During this time the Nakhons made contact with two other space faring species. The first was a nomadic race, living in enormous space ships, which responded with hostility. The aliens, simply dubbed "the nomads", extensively mined entire systems for their fleet and closed in on the Nakhon systems. Attempts were made to produce large warships but they were no match for the advanced aliens. After two years of struggle with heavy losses as well as the loss of two systems, the mysterious aliens left the area. The second encounter was not with a unified state but rather a host of various human factions, with many resorting to crime and piracy. With the experience of fighting the nomads and crucial salvaged technology that effectively doubled the Nakhon military strength, the new war fleet wiped out the pirates with ease and removed the aliens from two systems entirely, pushing most back to other systems. Another century later, 218 years after the discovery of FTL, the Union encompassed the 18 it currently occupies and the population had almost doubled.

Military:
The Nakhon Union is compromised of 501 independent states of varying sizes. Most states are in charge of their own defence though smaller states may choose to receive troops from neighbouring states. In large scale conflicts the overarching military command of the Nakhon Union may request individual states to give up their command over their own troops for the sake of the Union. The Union has an infamous training programme for special operatives who are under not under the command of a single state but rather the military branch of the Union. These commandos are capable soldiers and feared throughout the Union and beyond. They are frequently employed to deal with insurgencies and pirates.

While there are differences between troops from different states, the general tactics are similar. While equipment varies per state, most professional soldiers possess some form of heavy armour and are backed up by heavy artillery or mobile support. Larger states may also employ larger numbers of drones, unmanned vehicles and mechs. What can be observed in nearly all military units is the emphasis on fire power rather than numbers. Because of this principle the Union's military is not as large as many others but well equipped and capable of dealing with a great range of targets.

What sets the space vessels apart from most other nations is their offensive capability. All large warships are equipped for orbital strikes and all are equipped with large cannons and guns at the expense of mobility and speed. Nakhon ships are slow and sluggish but pack an enormous punch. The "NSV Arrival", the largest of the Union's three dreadnoughts, is considered to be one of the most powerful warships in existence.

Active Military Personnel: 17,560,400
Reserve: 22,500,300

Navy: (20 points)
Dreadnoughts: 3
Cruisers: 26
Strike Craft: 50

Other:

Important Institutions:
The Council - Main goverment body with representatives of all Nakhon states.
CMIC - Central Military and Intelligence Committee

People of Importance:
Antarch Elect Ulis Maudina - Leader of the Nakhon Union, Chairman of the Council, Chairman of the CMIC
Thromon Huisi - Admiral of the Fleet
Imin Khau - General of the Army

[Zran]

@Automatic were you formerly known as Cold?

[GrievousKhan]

Are human nations subject to the advantages and disadvantages?

^

[Automatic]

They do not have tentacles on their face which is a clear disadvantage.