...I have absolutely no idea how competitive or War-based this RP is supposed to be. That being said, I guess I'll give it a shot. I hope you guys are still accepting.
Name of nation: United Celestial Empire
A species comprising of what humans would know from mythology as “mer peoples”, the Alarai could be best described as half human, half fish. Bearing gills, the Alarai cannot survive on the surface of a planet; only possibly surviving inside liquid.
Description of government: The Alarai are divided into Admirals, each of whom maintains control over a single solar system. The Admirals are responsible for the military upkeep as well as administrative rule over each of their own systems, but they are ultimately at the mercy of the benevolence of the Emperor/Empress of the Alarai, who rules from the Alarai capital of Atlantis City, a giant underwater sprawl located in the deepest ocean of their capital, Atlantis.
Each Admiral is also the literal Admiral of his or her own Flag Fleet. Each Flag Fleet is a part of that system, although by imperial authority these flag fleets may merge to battle in Empire-wide battles if need be.
Description of military:
Alarai Military is divided into several “fleets”, with each fleet being responsible for the defence of both the planet surface and space of each system that is a part of the United Celestial Empire. The Alarai are masters of energy based weapons, especially considering that their entire ecosystem of water makes kinetic based weapons more or less useless.
In space, the Alarai space naval doctrine consists of a carrier centric battle doctrine, never bothering to deal with big lumbersome capital ships. As such, Alarai space fighters have extremely high operational times before requiring a return to her home ship.
Technological Overview:
Explorer Vehicles: Seeing as they lack feet on top of being incapable of breathing oxygen, the Alarai have developed a wide variety of vehicles and mechanical walkers in order to explore the dry surfaces of a planet.
The Lunar Gateway Warp System: One of the Alarai's proudest accomplishments, the Lunar Gateway system is a union of both Alarai religion and technology. In lieu of FTL travel (which the Alarai have admittedly never mastered), the Alarai are instead capable of transporting soldiers, supplies and in some cases entire fleets through warp gates. These Warp Gates serve as gargantuan temple complexes on the lunar surface of the capital of each system – it is mandatory that it is built on a moon, as moons hold great religious significance for the Alarai.
The Opening of a Lunar Gateway on a system is ceremonially seen as a Solar System's official entrance into the United Celestial Empire and is usually met with public celebrations throughout the empire.
While nowhere near as versatile and useful as true FTL, the Lunar Gateway Systems are best said to open “Wormholes”. As such, While destination choices are highly limited the Lunar Gateways are also instantaneous, allowing for reinforcements from Atlantis to come to the aid of a besieged planet extremely quickly.
“Life Support”: The most bizarre aspect of Alarai space technology. While most civilizations would be concerned with making sure their ships have enough air and would have their life support systems maintain air supply and oxygen purification, to the Alarai it was water that is absolutely critical. Not only are the decks and halls of an Alarai spacecraft flooded with water at all times, the life support system also ensures that the water remains at a comfortable temperature and is cleaned and filtered regularly.
Deep Sea Resource Gathering: The Alarai have, still do and will always live in the seas. As such, they are capable of extracting resources from the most extreme of ocean conditions. One such example is the extremely efficient deep sea oil drilling and mining technology the Alarai hold.
Submersible Starships: Each and every Alarai starship is not only capable of atmospheric entry/exit but also aquatic submerging.
Cultural Overview: The Alarai are an isolated people, having very little to no outside contact due to the nature of their Lunar Gateways. Living underwater, the Alarai viewed the sky as “the great ocean above” and revered the moon, for the moon is the mover and shaker of the oceans. Even the Imperial Authority submits to the moon, and for an Alari it is a rite of passage for a young one to swim as high as possible to the surface and break free from the ocean to see the moon through clear skies.
To the Alarai, beyond any form of appearance the voice is highly valued. Alarai festivities always include singing, and Alarai music has no instruments, relying and being composed with only the harmonious singing voices of the Alarai peoples. Alarai determine beauty and grace by one's voice and the amount of emotion one is able to inbue within it. While they are not unaware of warfare, it has been long since the Alarai have last seen conflict.
History: Atlantis had existed in one form or another since time immemorial. Originally beginning as a single city, the Alarai explored new oceans and developed new technologies peacefully, always hoping to find a way to break through the ocean and explore the “ocean above”.
Finally mastering space flight, the Alarai began to expand excitedly from their home planet of Atlantis, it was here that tragedy finally struck. Fuelled by greed, a group of Alarai on a neighbouring system declared themselves independent and invaded Atlantis through the Lunar Gates, forcing a desperate battle on the space above Atlantis. It was through this rebellion that the Alarai learned the concept of space warfare.
To prevent future tragedies, the Alarai Empress decreed sweeping reforms, limiting the powers and dividing the power of the military into several independent groups, ensuring that no single warlord could gain enough power to challenge the throne again.
