**Premise** Thousand years before present day, a humble species upright in posture, rapidly industrializing and frequently innovating would nearly ended up destroying their own planet. Yet to them, all it was evidence of was that their species had grown too large for their own planet. Instead of technologically regressing or even facing extinction, their kind looked to the stars. In the short course of a few centuries this ambitious species managed to break the barriers of space-time and connect the stars, relying on unmanned ships that rapidly crossed interstellar space that held within them the seeds to their future- a worm hole. Opening a point in space, this species would begin explore star system after star system, colonizing worlds and making a hegemony of the stars. But they weren't human. Humans would encounter this species in their native star system in the year 2021 and in the following decades integrating themselves as part of the hegemony. Three centuries have passed since human contact, and in that time the hegemony has expanded to dozens of star systems that even today still are being explored- the frontiers always expanding as the network grows. Yet as the hegemony expands the overwhelming difficulty of managing a civilization that spans dozens of star systems, multiple species and countless worlds is becoming more abundantly clear month by month. Humans, having integrated themselves as part of the hegemony early on currently are a commonly seen species of the hegemony, almost as common as the species who connected the stars themselves. Yet humans are far from the only other species part of the hegemony, as in the three centuries since human integration other species, a fair amount of which not even what humans would deem industrial have been discovered, and even currently still are being discovered. As it stands, the greatest threat to the hegemony of stars comes from within as the hegemony frequently deals with seceding systems, belligerent natives, increasingly powerful organizations of varied alignment who have managed to make multiple shadow networks that connect systems of their interest. Worse still, there is increasing belief among the hegemony that what once acted as a force of order by the year nowadays seems headed towards endemic chaos, instability, rebellions, despotism... Or even something far more devastating. -------------- **Useful Information** Hegemony of the stars is a sci-fi RP with only one faction of substantial power that multiple players are organizations or individuals within with species being treated like races in a character based fantasy RP*. There may be savages and barbarians who pose a regional danger at worst, but only one overarching major civilization that crosses the stars. Think if you will a China or Roman Empire, perhaps even Incans (pre-Spaniards) or the Abbassid Caliphate circa 800 AD for the kind of society this interstellar civilization is. A super power faction that is dominant, that most players in theory would be part of, since not being part of the dominant civilization means you can't be a interstellar power; interplanetary at most, ideally still having not left the planet yet. The twist is, as told in my quick bout of history, the Hegemony of the Stars wasn't founded by humanity, as when the Hegemony opened up its first portal to a alien world World War One was just starting up, instead species much like them. Humans historically being the first species the Hegemony of the Stars encountered around the year 2020 AD and the subsequent integration, humans being a tenacious species and among the earlier conquests would by the present year of 2325 AD have become a common sight in the Hegemony. Humans of course, are far from the only species in the hegemony. I will admit, I have not thought much of the alien species that founded what became the Hegemony of the Stars, but since this is a RP I probably won't actually make for a month if not two that may change. All i'll say is they'll likely be bipeds, have a level of ambition that rivals humans and come from a binary star system; haven't thought much more than that so far since this is a RP I am not certain if I want to make yet. I am fine with other species existing since when you have a interstellar empire, expect to have multiple species as part of it, however I do not want other interstellar civilizations that can rival the hegemony. This is because the idea for this RP is that multiple players work within a single civilization as opposed to everyone having their own civilization/faction to run. Feel free to make organizations with substantial power and shadow networks, however. Ideally, there should be a mixture of different players with a clique of characters they make use of. Organizations should however operate mostly within the Hegemony, even if they may freely situated themselves wherever the net work of worm holes has opened up that's within their reach. Feel free to make characters, organizations and so on of any alignment you want. When it comes to alien design, I recommend making aliens that are rather alien (even my bipedal species I promise will be sufficiently alien) and as a general rule of thumb please do attempt working with a currently existing species like the species concept you have. For instance, if you want to be a hive mind, see if other hive minds already exist and try utilizing said species. To make sharing a species easier, I also recommend to anyone who makes a alien species to try making a 'flexible' species so to speak; I.e one that can have multiple cultures and civilizations that can deviate heavily, preferably with multiple ethnicities as well. I placed this RP general and nation since it is a hybrid genre RP. Unlike typical nation roleplays, hegemony of the stars is more based around organizations than nations by far due to the Hegemony of Stars being the dominant civilization, having regional outside threats at worst with the big dangers coming from within instead of without. I anticipate to see if there is interest for my RP. Any suggestions or questions I am willing to answer. Be warned that there's a lot of incomplete information here, such as how I intend to pool technology or the governing systems of the Hegemony along with the obvious lack of even properly naming the species than founded the hegemony. *Adding a alien species being not something explicitly tied to a player in terms of defining civilizations and cultures, for the most part.

This sounds very interesting. Already I have a few ideas for where'd I'd want to go with my personal part of the roleplay: 1. I'd be interested in creating a species of religious Zealots, and focusing my roleplay on their church organization. They'd probably be conservative, racist towards humans, corrupt, and fanatical. 2. A massively successful and influential, human-origin corporation. Preferably one that produces something absolutely essential to the interstellar economy (think modern day oil). I'd be focusing on all the corruption and politics within the organization, and whatever else may be happening in the story. 3. A species relatively new to the interstellar hegemony (50 years or so). I'd be focused particularly on their government and high-ranking civilians, and how they have been dealing with integration into the interstellar hegemonic system, and how they would interact with whatever events take place as the story starts. 4. A colonizing expedition on a new planet. They'd be human or mixed-race, and sponsored by some large and influential company. My roleplay would focus on the hardships of colonizing, dealing with the sponsoring company, and dealing with whatever else is happening in the story. These all are just baby ideas of course. They would be scrapped/developed based upon how the lore changes and what other people decided they wanted to do.

Any of the four concepts you have are fine by me, I can't comment much on them currently due to lack of information from a lore standpoint. Resource-wise for the corporation concept, I suspect a biological resource of sorts would be what the monopoly is on. Lore-wise you probably should check up on when I flesh out the founding species to see if you think of any organization concepts that make use of them. Currently two players in the nation section's interest check are thinking of making a peacekeeping organization.