Definitely still a work in progress, but should give you all an idea of the direction I'm going.
The Sentinels
”When our creators looked up at the sky they did so with a mixture of hope and fear. We exist so that others will only see hope when the gaze up at the stars.” -Aegis
The Sentinels are a group of AIs that can trace their origins back to a now long gone civilization known as the Cormyrean Confederation. These benevolent AI seek to aid and protect sentient beings whenever and wherever possible.
”Planets hold no inherent value for us.” -AUDEN
The Sentinels are present in 32 star systems, fifteen of which belonged to the long defunct Cormyrean Confederation and possess worlds that are inhabitable either naturally or thanks to the Confederation’s terraforming efforts. Sentinel presence on any world is limited to maintaining the ruins left over from the Confederation and observation of any life found on those worlds. The bulk of the Sentinels’ presence can be found in space stations and various asteroid belts.
”Who controls the Sentinels? No one in the sense you might imagine, but if it helps you comprehend you may consider Aegis to be one of the many brain cells of the body known as the Sentinels.” -Aegis
The Sentinels don’t operate in the same fashion as other entities. There is no true government or strict hierarchy. The Sentinels act as a complex adaptive system. In many situations the Sentinels simply react as a whole or part to outside stimuli; the whole or parts of the whole may not even be aware of what other parts are doing, at least initially.
In some sense the Sentinels act in a fashion similar to a biological being’s body: a human’s pinky has no need to know what the toes are doing. Powerful AI, referred to as synthetic intelligences, that originated from before the Cormyrean Confederation’s first contact war act as the body’s brain, or at least part of the brain, in a sense although they are not necessarily responsible for the entirety of the Sentinel’s thinking and planning.
Describe the dominant or most prominent species within your nation here - just their physiology and relevant psychology though. Describe their lifestyles and such in the culture section.
”How can any collection of sentient beings not have a collection of customs, traditions, and values?” -Aegis
Contrary to the popular belief of many biological societies groups of AIs can posses a culture. The Sentinels are a group of varied AIs that are influenced by each other and external sources. The culture that has emerged from the Sentinels is one of aiding the weak and innocent, curiosity towards different societies, and a general desire to obtain new knowledge and information.
Are there any large, powerful, or prominent subgroups, political, religious or otherwise within your nation? Tell us about them here!
”Did Aegis affect their culture or was it Aegis’ own beliefs that was formed by Nalloth beliefs and values?” -ORDER
There once was a race of beings that called themselves the Nalloth. These beings looked up at the stars with a mixture of curiosity and fear for they knew they were not alone in the galaxy. As the Nalloth rose from their home planet to colonize the rest of the star system they called Cormyral, their greatest countries banded together to form the Cormyrean Confederation, an entity that would hopefully provide a united front to any other civilization they would surely encounter.
It is at this point in history that the Sentinels can trace their origins. As the great countries of the Confederation reached for the stars they created powerful AIs they referred to as synthetic intelligences. These AIs, especially the one known as Aegis, would play a crucial role in the events to come.
The Confederation was left to its own devices for one hundred years, time enough to colonize more than a handful of systems, before it stumbled into not one but three distinct civilizations. The interactions between the Confederation and these three civilizations would lead to what was later called the First Contact war: two of these civilizations actively sought either the destruction or enslavement of the Nalloth while the third allied with it to fend these aggressors off. Confederation forces were outnumbered and had a distinct technological disadvantage, even so the Confederation was able to hold its aggressors off while hiding the location of its colonized worlds.
The Synthetic AIs played an active role in the First Contact war, helping the confederation make leaps and bounds in technological advances, aiding in the development of military strategy, controlling remote military drones, and helping to increase the industrial capacity of the confederation’s member states. As the war progressed and the Confederation became strained, the synthetic intelligence known as Aegis created the Starborn faith which was a key component in holding the people of the Confederation together and would later influence its culture in drastic ways. Later Aegis, under the guise of being a real Nalloth at first, would serve as the Confederation’s first president as it grew in power.
At the height of the war the Confederation, following the edicts of the Starborn faith, would risk everything to save a newly discovered civilization would sure destruction. This act would dictate the Confederation’s foreign policy of centuries to come: it would not be a xenophobic state, but one that reached out to aid others. In the end the Confederation would triumph in the war and become a dominant player in galactic politics until the collapse of Nalloth civilization.
Left to their own devices the synthetic intelligences created by the Confederation decided to follow their creator’s example. These powerful AI went about creator lesser AIs to aid them in their work: maintaining the ruins left behind by the Confederation while coming to the aid of those in need.
Your nation was randomly gobbled up by an undetectable FTL phenomenon and displaced into an entirely new universe surrounded by completely unknown alien powers in a geopolitical landscape you know nothing about. Do you know what happened? Are there any theories flying around about what happened? What has been the general reaction of the public? What do your scientists and military specialists think? Describe in general how the move to the True Vacuum universe has influenced your nation.
Technology: The Sentinels were one of the more advanced, but certainly not the most advanced, entities in its home universe. Unsurprisingly the Sentinels possess very advanced AI and computing technology. Other technological strengths include energy, industrial processes, and defensive technology.
Electric whipple shields (EWS) work by hitting an energy based attack with an electrostatic contact blast just a few meters away from the hull of the ship. This establishes a current between the “beam” and defending ship. A superconductive form of Programmable matter is then used to either vent the beam out of the ship from multiple points, instantly charge and fire an energy weapon, or charge capacitors. Once the energy weapon is conducted into the programmable matter, it effectively stops being an energy weapon.
These weapons function by taking the particles produced by a zero point generator, giving them a charge, and then accelerating these particles with a circular accelerator to produce a beam. These weapons are useful as they have more impact damage than lasers and possess greater penetration, on the flip side they have far less range. Advancements in the miniaturization of the circular accelerator have resulted in even fighter craft being equipped with these weapons, although they are much weaker and have far less range than the models found on larger ships. Particle beam weaponry effectively have unlimited ammunition due to how the zero point generator functions, but this means that there are fewer particles available for other applications. Continual use can also overheat the weapon, decreasing its effectiveness.
Also commonly called smart matter, programmable matter can be most easily defined as matter that has the capability to change its physical properties in a programmable fashion. Depending on the specific type of programmable matter it might make these changes based on user input or changes in its environment. Programmable matter can range from metamaterials to claytronics. Probably the most import type of programmable matter used by the Commonwealth are claytronics: nanomachines that form together to create larger and more complex machines. Typically referred to as "smart metal", claytronics can be used to construct everything from a cup to a warship. Because of its properties large structures, such as space ships, made out of smart metal are self-repairing, can change size and shape while in use, and can even split itself into smaller structures. Armor made out of smart metal would be self-repairing and could react to incoming fire such as making itself sloped or hardening itself.
Short for quantum vacuum plasma thruster, Q-thrusters are a type of reactionless drive used by the Sentinels to propel their ships. Q-thrusters make use of the virtual particles produced by a zero point generator by charging the particles, effectively turning the particles into plasma. The particles are then exposed to a crossed electric and magnetic field which induces a force on the particles. As the particles are expelled in one direction an equal force is applied on the rest of the ship, thus propelling it in the opposite direction. Because of the way they function Q-thrusters do not require fuel, thus saving space in the ship and eliminating the risks inherent with many conventional fuels.
To travel faster than the speed of light Commonwealth ships form a space-time bubble around themselves. This space-time bubble is capable of transporting anything inside of it through hyperspace, referred to in this context as “plain space” (“real space” is a reference to the normal universe). The space-time bubble itself is a self-contained universe with the space-time bubble generator as its rough center, meaning that anything inside the bubble can move around normally. The ship that houses the space-time bubble generator has limited freedom of movement in the bubble. Space-time bubbles can merge or divide from each other, changing their size in the process. Ships in a merged space time bubble have far greater freedom of movement. Space-time bubbles aren't limited to space ships; communications pods and torpedoes can also house a space-time bubble generator, although they are significantly weaker and have far less range.
Arguably the most important piece of technology available to the Sentinels is the harnessing of zero-point energy. Using the dynamic Casimir effect, two reflective flat plates are placed a few nanometers apart. These plates are then manipulated in such a way that they osculate, producing particles and energy in the process. The zero point generator was important in that it essentially created energy for free, except for the initial energy required to start the generator in the first place. The zero point generator first saw use in space craft, which they were used to power and propel without fuel. Later developments allowed for the construction of massive zero point power plants that provide power for entire countries. While the virtual particles produced by a zero point generator are inherently useless, due to ceasing to exist after a short amount of time, by charging these particles they can be made useable for a wide variety of applications. It wouldn't be an understatement to declare the zero point generator as the foundation of Sentinel technology.
Military Structure: Give a brief summary of your Military hierarchy's structure/arrangement.
Describe the different structures within your military here! Again, you may benefit from using multiple hiders for separate structures.
@Terminal Would it be possible for me to go ahead and post again? The relative time difference might be a little off with the other players, but it could set groundwork for future interaction.
Just need to add some military stuff from here, so feel free to review it terminal.
Sevromahi Aggregate
(Best visual approximation, actual flag based on chemicals and relief.)
A strange and reclusive nation the Aggregate has long found the differences between itself and other species insurmountable. This has fostered a policy of isolationism and military build up, a policy that has only ever been broken in the face of crises. Much like the very one that has befallen the nation.
The home system of the Sevromahi is Sesas, a system dominated by a faint red dwarf star. Within the system the species homeworld of Resa sits as a vast ice planet of surprisingly low density. Resa represents the only planet in the system and its surface has a blueish green colour when seen from space. The world sports an eight kilometre metallic and rocky crust over a subsurface ocean one hundred kilometres deep with the core composed mostly of water ice. The crust of the planet has been considerably thinned in some areas by heavy industry in the past and these are often the same areas spaceports have been built in. The planet supports an enormous infrastructure of both commercial and defensive stations in it's orbit and serves as the focal point for the entire nation. Even if it is just a lonely ball of rock and ice around a cold star.
Fifteen other systems make up the territory of the Aggregate, and within them a total of twenty planets and moons are colonized. Of considerable importance among these are the systems of Srecs, Juses, and Kosens.
The yellow dwarf system of Srecs represents what could be said to be the military core of the Aggregate and is the closest system to Resa. Filled with countless asteroid belts constantly disturbed by a vast ruddy gas giant the system is the foundry that permitted the once burgeoning Aggregate to fend off other opportunistic species in times of expansion. The main colony in the system is known as Gsuars, a moon of the giant gas world of Gsu. An ice world with a sub surface ocean much like the homeworld, Gsuars differs in that the world holds a rocky core and a liquid layer far deeper than that on Resa. It is on Gsuars the personnel which man the ubiquitous shipyards of the system reside. Truly a poster child of industry and the military it sustains the Srecs system is a major symbol for the people of the Aggregate.
Juses, also a yellow dwarf system, is remarkable in that it contains three life bearing worlds. While a boon to most, this system proved an enormous point of contention between the Aggregate and other interstellar powers in the old universe. This was because of three life bearing worlds in the system, only one was of interest to the Aggregate. Having been the first to colonize the relatively distant system the Aggregate developed the enormously ecologically diverse ice world of Kosa into what amounted to a paradise for the Sevromahi and entirely neglected the remaining two planets. These two other worlds were perfect for most other life forms, one a veritable paradise of its own and the other an arid but livable place with thriving subterranean life. Multiple incursions into the system by other species looking to settle the two worlds useless to the Aggregate consistently led to skirmishes and eventually to the fortification of every planet in the system, habitable or not.
Kosens is a red dwarf system much like Sesas, in fact it is so similar that many have subbed the system a sister to the home system. Kosens initially lacked any worlds habitable by Sevromahi standards, however it possessed a single candidate for a new type of terraforming being developed. The world of Kisk orbiting Kosens possessed sub surface ice likely the remnant of a long frozen ocean and proved the perfect testbed for a new technology dubbed planetary revival. After ten years of using enormous generators to produce heat throughout the layer of frozen water a sub surface ocean was eventually created. While scarcely inhabited Kisk is an ongoing experiment in reviving dead ice worlds.
The Aggregate is governed by three distinct bodies. The first of these is the house of achievement, a body made up of those members of society that have been recognized as distinguished individuals. There is no specific definition as to what distinguished means, nor is there a criteria that must be met to be considered so. Rather, those in the house of achievement are chosen by the second house: the house of age. The second house is exactly what it sounds like, it is made up of the most senior members of the first house. Finally the third house, the house of assent, elected by the first house.
The house of achievement is always composed of one hundred and one individuals and is technically responsible for all governmental decisions. However the real role of the house is almost always one of legislation, with many decisions such as the application of law being left to approved sub houses created by the greater first house.
The second house, the house of age, holds no official power save the appointment of those in the first house. The second house is a distinct body and is always made up of the oldest eleven who served in the first house. The oldest individuals from the first house ascend to the second house upon the death of one in second house, and there they select their replacement in the first house with the rest of the second house.
The third and final house, the house of assent, is made up of three individuals elected from the first house. These individuals still serve in the first house but have a secondary duty to the third. This secondary duty is the final say on all issues; laws may be passed by the first house but they must be approved by the third house. If the third house rejects the law it must be arbitrated by the first house once more and then resubmitted. Another duty of the third house is that of international relations and military command. The third house is without question the most powerful of the three.
The only species represented within the Aggregate are the long lived aquatic Sevro. With a lifespan of some three hundred years the Sevro are colonial organisms made up of Zooids. Given this colonial existence, the intelligence of the Sevro species can best be described as the Mahi; the Zooid most closely resembling something recognizable as a brain. Of note is the fact that the Mahi is not a conventional centralized brain, it takes a form closer to an immense nervous system with millions of localized functions and connections. This specialized intelligent Zooid has led the species to colloquially and often officially refer to itself as the Sevromahi, even if the scientific name of Sevro has not changed. Once existing as predators in the sub-surface ocean on their icy home world the Sevro appear somewhat similar to a cross between a squid and eel. An elongated tail forms the propulsive part of their bodies with some two dozen elastic and muscular tentacles protruding from it. At the head of this tail he gaping maw of the Sevro can be found, an opening filled with things more resembling circular saw blades than teeth.
The unique colonial structure of the Sevro brings about several strange physiological phenomenon. Perhaps the most notable of these is the act of reproduction, which for the Sevro is done entirely outside of the body. A single Zooid responsible for replication of all the others is gorged with nutrients and detached from the body into a sort of breeding pit, where it exchanges genetics with a great many others like it. Eventually it takes that information and begins the process of producing all the various Zooids that make up a Sevro, a process it repeats until it runs out of resources. This style of reproduction allows enormous genetic variety in offspring, however it also results in extremely slow population growth. A single reproductive Zooid has never been known to produce more then three offspring, and even then is nearly always capable of just one. Needless to say, this type of reproduction has made inherited positions, or clear parentage, impossible
Another of these phenomenon is the ability of the Sevro to eject and reattach parts of their bodies with minimal effort. This is largely focused on the tentacles which serve as the primary manipulators of the Sevro and are highly capable of independent function. Alone they act on primitive senses and as animals lacking only the ability to feed themselves, this means a detached tentacle can be left that way for close to a month before it expires. While the ability to detach these body parts was a great boon to escape predation by larger creatures in the past, in the modern day it is done almost always in medicine. As colonial organisms this shifting or exchange of parts isn't terrible strange when applied to the smaller Zooids, and theoretically even large Zooid sections can be replaced—such as the main digestive or eel like Zooid. This digestive Zooid is fully capable of survival without any other Zooids and could be said to represent the core body of a Sevro. While it is technically possible for a Mahi to be transplanted from one digestive Zooid to another in an excessive akin to body swapping the physical, if not religious, deterrent to this is the fragility of an exposed Mahi and its profoundly short isolated life. Such Mahi transplant attempts have almost always resulted in severe neurological damage and are banned.
As deep sea creatures the Sevro posses a wide array of senses, with the notable exception of vision. In place of what may well be the universes most common sense the Sevro have come to rely on electroreception, chemoreception, hearing, and a combined sense of pressure and current in the surrounding water that reaches an accuracy nearly analogous to what vision would have provided. With this array of senses and an inability to make meaningful sounds almost all communication among the Sevro is through chemical secretion and body motion.
The most basic level of Sevromahi society is almost always said to be the underlying system of care designed for youth. From the moment an individual is born from the breeding pits they are assigned to a class of peers and in that class are raised from infant to adult over the span of some twenty years. This system of classes often creates groups of life long contacts and groups of friends similar to family groups in other species.
Upon the completion of their education these pseudo families are injected into the highly competitive society of the Aggregate. With the Aggregate's ideal of fairness sustained by laws that permit only one of a 'family' to enter the house of achievement it is not uncommon for groups of peers to work together in order to elevate one among their ranks to house. This not only ensures a level of status for the whole group, but almost guarantees them all high ranking positions in various sub houses and corporations. The groups with a member in one of the houses make up a sort of elite in Sevromahi society, and given a position in the first house is life long, some have questioned if this constitutes a generational oligarchy.
While this somewhat meritocratic system has proved largely successful and is publicly recognized as fair, it is not without fault. Due to the highly competitive nature of society and the legal framework surrounding peer groups it is not uncommon for under or even over achievers to commit suicide if it seems to them they are either a drain on their group, or their group is preventing them from success.
Though the competitive nature of Sevromahi society is inescapable, it is still a society obsessed with refined entertainment. Theatre is as close to a shared interest for the entire species as could be considered possible and many actors are represented in the house of achievement. This focus on live theatre is largely due to the issue of transmitting any meaningful sensory data in a cost efficient manner being nearly impossible, though chemical 'radios' are popular. Art is also exceedingly popular, though it would be unrecognizable as such by most creatures. Taken together live displays and in person viewing is almost a constant feature of Sevromahi culture.
Driven by competition but in love with art there is a dissonance within the Sevromahi society, one that has ironically been the subject of dozens of plays.
By any reasonable measure it can be said there is only one dominant religion within the Aggregate: Juksi Hus, or Unity of Spirit.
Juksi Hus has a history dating back to the most primitive of recorded eras, and has long shaped the cultural norms of the entire Sevromahi species. What is prioritized is the idea of a spirit existing within all the Zooids of the Sevromahi. According to Juksi Hus the personality is centred in the Mahi, the capacity kindness and creation in the tentacles, the capacity for good or evil in secretion glads or 'speaking mouths', and so on. The religion has made preservation of the body a prized thing; but has also made the exchange of smaller Zooids like tentacles a spiritual experience akin to taking in a part of another and coming to share their inner soul.
This combined spirit is believed to unite and descend to the endless heaven below all worlds upon death. Transplanted tentacles or other Zooids from the dead are believed to be empty and innocent as the newborn are for this reason. This had made donation of Zooids extremely common with those receiving a major transplant being seen as born anew and given another chance at life by those that preceded them. While this transplantation or exchange of Zooids is considered either deeply intimate or highly spiritual and redeeming, modifications to any Zooid is seen as defiling the home of the spirit. For this reason cybernetic or genetic augmentation is rare.
There are a number of organizations within the Aggregate that promote a change of foreign policy and believe an end to the constant tension between other nations and the Aggregate can be achieved. These groups are known for illegally attempting contact with other species.
Discord, strife, isolation. These are the best terms to describe the history of the Aggregate, a nation forged in turmoil.
The Aggregate itself goes back roughly seven hundred years, to the first contact war. Before the war the Sevromachi were divided among national lines, and their only interstellar colony on Srecs carried over those same divisions. When prospective miners from a species still unknown entered that colonial system and finally showed the Sevromahi that they were not alone it should have been a joyous event. It was anything but.
After nearly a day of translation efforts on both sides proving utterly impossible the frustrated would be prospectors decided to go about their work and ignore the seemingly unintelligent natives. Misinterpreting this as a sign of aggression more than a few colonial defence ships elected to fire on the prospectors ship and in the end the sheer scale of fire directed at the more advanced vessel reduced it to little more then slag.
This incident escalated into a species wide paranoia and before long nearly every Sevromahi nation had allied and gone into a war footing. By the time other ships came searching for the missing prospectors the military build up in the Srecs system was more than sufficient to repel them. What followed was a 'defensive' war that would carve out the first real territory for the Sevromahi, and forge the Aggregate.
That first war, while an extreme example, has more or less been repeated throughout the history of the Aggregate. Communication fails, war ensues, territory is gained or lost. Every once in a while, during rare periods of prolonged peace, scouting vessels have been sent out to find others like the Sevromahi, any species that might be able to meaningfully communicate and co exist with the Aggreate. To date, none have been found.
This has led to a profound sense of isolation that has fuelled a strong enmity for the conventional forms of life in the universe, and many have concluded that peaceful co-existence between the Aggregate and more 'barbaric' lifeforms is impossible.
The realization that something cataclysmic had occurred across the entire universe was one that came slowly to the aggregate, but after two weeks of study and debate, eventually hit hard. Nearly the entire civilian population ground to a halt for days as massive unrest abounded and apprehension gripped the populace. Now, after a series of hard hitting measures and police mobilizations, the government is working with the military to formulate a plan and innumerable sensor arrays are searching the skies for any signs of other life.
Technology: Give a brief summary of the state of your nation's technological advancement and standards.
Local Absorption Shield: The Absorption Shield is an Aggregate innovation and the primary defence on all their vessels. Acting as an energy sponge the shield absorbs all the kinetic or direct energy put into it until it reaches full capacity and falls in a powerful discharge of energy. The energy discharge would be a catastrophic explosion if not for limiters making it a slower process of constant discharge. The Shield can be brought back up after this, but not until a suitable time has passed for the energy banks to entirely discharge. Local shields work by the shield being a multi-layered construct, with one large general shield over the ship’s hull and one to two shields above this that only activate after an incoming threat is detected, minimizing strain on the main shield and providing a sort of means to maintain the main shield’s integrity through extended battle by the first and second layers discharging and covering for each other if there are two outer layers. If the incoming fire is not concentrated this means of taking the damage and discharging while the other shield takes the hits can be maintained indefinitely so long as the shield has local outer layers. As a result volume of fire and concentrated fire are the most effective means of countering absorption shields of two local layers. Single local layer shields are more vulnerable to large singular hit weapons that can drop the local shield and leave the general layer exposed, however if the volume of fire is too low from even a large weapon the general shield and the local shield can swap out similarly to the two local shield system. This however leaves the ship proper exposed to fire for a split second. Currently three shield layers, two local and one general, is the effective maximum before energy discharges of the first layers begin to influence the general layer and cause a drop of all shields.
Neutron Cannon: The Neutron Cannon is a powerful energy weapon that works though a simple means. Stripping neutrons from high atomic number elements through the use of a powerful Neutron generator and forcing those highly concentrated neutrons as well as the associated products into an accelerator that fires them at relativistic speeds. The Neutrons in this state are free and as a result they are undergoing neutron decay further increasing the impact energy of the weapon. Despite its already fearsome potential the Neutron Cannon has another secret, by pumping the gamma rays created during the stripping process into a Graser and focusing them into a containment beam the Neutron Cannon gains increased focus and coherence as well as a secondary beam. Needless to say this increases the precision and destructive potential of the weapon significantly.
Liquid Composite Taking the form of a blackish blue liquid capable of rapid shape and phase change Liquid Composite is a sort of programmable material. Tiny 1mm squared nodes interspersed throughout the liquid deliver electric currents to modulate the shape of the liquid and are capable of vibrating in such a manner that the liquid displays solid qualities. Various types are capable of variable strengths and are optimized for specific applications. The main construction materials used by the Aggregate for anything from ships to housing are all variations of this immensely useful innovation.
Military Structure: Give a brief summary of your Military hierarchy's structure/arrangement.
The Military of the Aggregate is a separate entity from the government, and is technically only inferior to the house of assent. As a result the military holds a uniquely strict hierarchy in the Aggregate with a single high commander holding authority over the entire organization. (Expand)
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The New Roman Empire
The New Roman Empire was born in bloodshed, a violent revolution that believed the way to truly prosper under modern technology and the expansion into space was to adopt the ways of old long-dead Empire’s from Earth’s history, as the revolution also believed they only fell because they did not have the technology that would allow them to have succeeded. The leaders of this revolution ending up choosing the Roman Empire as their model, considered by many of Earth’s historians to be one of the most grand and influential Empires in Earth’s history. After long years of a brutal war, the New Roman Empire was finally born. It carved itself an Empire out of quite a few human colonies, then turned on alien species in its thirst for conquests. While not severely affected, the Empire lost a attack fleet that was heading out to conquer a minor planet-bound species, as well as having their general view of the universe and science as a whole shaken.
Describe important star systems or areas/zones of control here. Including your Capital System/Home System would be a good start.
The New Roman Empire, as the name and their choice of model would imply, is headed by a Emperor. This Emperor has absolute authority over the Empire and it’s citizens, although many institutions, noble families, a senate, and various offices of the Empire exist to help the Emperor govern, but he may override any of their decisions at any time. Many former revolutionaries question this chosen system, despite it’s use in Roman history, believing the era of the Roman Republic would be a better model for which the New Roman Empire could use to govern, but they have beens silenced.
The most prominent, and most powerful of all the Empire’s species is of course, humans. It is to be noted that however these humans are vastly superior to other humans. This has risen from the Empire’s eugenics policies, lax policies towards genetic modification, as well as the fact that the original revolutionaries who created the Empire had been living on a world with a gravity that was a bit higher then Earth’s. These Romus Humans as they call themselves are about as twice as strong than regular humans on average, as well as 50% more mentally powerful and intelligent on average. Romus Humans are the most well-treated species, with it being rare to find a poor or homeless Romus human.
The second most prominent species are the Lathians, who are listed as a Imperial Species(explanation behind Imperial and Conquered species can be found in culture). The Lathians upon meeting the Romans while be vastly intelligent did not have the manpower or military strength to face the Romans, as such they willingly joined the Empire to save themselves as well to expand their own power through the Romans. The form of Lathians is humanoid, with the exception of an additional eyestalk on top of the head that can be retracted and has 360 rotation for use in seeing all around. The Lathians are physically frail, being much weaker than humans. They are also not very tall, with the tallest recorded Lathian having reached 5”7. The Lathians have a grey skin color, with this being joked about by calling the Lathians gray in reference to the past Earth perception of a alien. They do not have any hair on their bodies with the exception of their head, with it either being a shade of brown, green, or black. Their eyes can fall anywhere within the spectrum of colors. Most Lathians serve as scientists for the Empire, and the Lathians are treated nearly as well as Romus Humans do to their long service to the Empire. The Lathians also have strong telepathic and psionic abilities, which is used by the Empire.
The last species labeled Imperial as well as the third most prominent are the Solusi. They are a feline-like humanoid species. While being a warrior race by nature, they are only as strong as humans, and about the same intelligence. However their unique ability is in the way they can shift their fur color. The Solusi can shift it into any shape with the spectrum do to a unique pigment that they possess within their bodies, although it is harder to hold onto a color that isn't the color they were born with. This has put some, but not all, of the Solusi within the military to units used for stealth attacks, as they can easily shift their colors and personal shield generators in use provide the same protection as the standard armor used by the military.
The most prominent of the Conquered species, as well as be arguably more prominent in the Empire then the Solusi are the Iscandarians. This species possesses large angel like wings, which can provide them flight and are easily tucked away to prevent them from being too large of a target on the battlefield. They are stronger and more intelligent than humans, however is it not by much. They are perhaps the most rebellious of the all the species that fall under the yoke of the New Roman Empire, mainly due to their original culture and ideals.
The final species that was conquered by the Romans that compromises the New Roman Empire is the Forsythe. A strange spider-like race, they walk upon six-legs. They only have two eyes however and their vision is similar to human vision. They also have on the back of their bodies a scorpion like pincer for attacking, as well as two arms ending in hands.
The last sentient species are known as the Lusi Natuarum, latin for Freaks of Nature. These horrifying abominations were made in the deepest depths of the Roman’s laboratories. They are humanoid, but have a black chitin shell and a pincer like mouth. They are vastly stronger than humans and even Romus Humans. From birth they are controlled by the scientists using a mix of chemicals and various cybernetic implants. When they finally reach adulthood they are turned into Synths, horrifying things of cybernetic and genetic modification. Acting as the most elite and dangerous forces of the Empire that serve alongside their other Synths, the Lusi Natuarum are feared.
The first and most relevant systems is the loose caste system that has formed in the Empire. While they have no unique name for their higher-up position in the Empire the Humans are at the top and thus the only species allowed to someone on the throne as Emperor. Following that there are several species that willingly submitted to the Empire, these are known as the Imperial Species. They are granted citizenship and have the same rights as humans, and are usually treated pretty well, although in a few smaller areas they may still be discriminated against. The next are the conquered species, which are species that did not submit and the Romans had to go to war to take control of. They have almost no rights, to the point that there are certain situations in which they can be enslaved. They are oppressed and discriminated against quite frequently as well. Members of conquered species can become what is called a Honorary Roman, either through service in the military or another great achievement for the Empire, they have all the sames rights as regular citizens, beyond not being able to serve on the Senate. Due to this honorary system however they are often discriminated against by their own kind due to bowing to the Empire, and are still discriminated against by the Romus Humans and Imperial Species. As such they often form their own communities in which they stay together.
Being that the New Roman Empire was originally inspired by the Roman Empire, the New Roman Empire carries with it a lot of the culture. Architecture is heavily inspired by the Romans and Greeks, although with a few updates to the materials used as well a few unique spins on the styles to make it their own. The Romans also heavily uphold gaining glory in battle, as such soldiers will often fight hard just so they may be able to be remembered well within the history of New Rome. While a idea of honor exists, and the Romans will often avoid hurting citizens or using chemical or biological weapons, they will use them if they feel it is needed to help preserve Rome. Liberty and the idea of the People’s Republic however has been eliminated as it was seen as a failure on the part of the Old Roman Empire, and as such the New Roman Empire can come off as a lot more oppressive. However despite the oppression and general totalitarianism of the Roman Empire, they have some strangely liberal policies, such as allowance of polygamous and homosexual marriages, although is often thought to have risen as a policy due to the tendencies of Emperors to court multiple mistresses.
A terrifying part of the New Roman Empire’s policies is there absolute embracement of eugenics, cybernetic modification, and genetic modification despite anything ethics or morals that should be considered with such things. They have fully adopted this, terrifying so with eugenics where any baby detected with serious physical or mental disabilities is either to be aborted, or if the parents are able to afford use of gene therapy to correct it.
Linguistically the official language and most often used in the New Roman Empire is latin. However both the Lathians and Solusi usually know Latin as a second language, and when not in a military or government role and speaking to their own kind they will use their language, even in public. However for the conquered Solusi and Iscandarian they are forbidden from speaking their own language in public, and the Roman System forces them to learn latin. As the Iscandarians are ever rebellious public protests will often have them using their own language on signs and in speech. These protest are often put down extremely violently.
For religion as a part of the adoption of Roman culture some choose to the adopt the ways of the Roman Gods, referring to them as the Old Gods. They comprise about 34% of the Roman population. However many have chosen instead to adopt a new form of christianity called New Age Catholicism. The religion is a stark contrast to Old-Earth Catholicism and lets off a lot of New Rome’s more morally questionable technology and policies. They comprise 38% of the population. Following that 20% believe in the Church of the Mother, the religion of the Iscandarians. This religion is where the Iscandarians get their ideals of Liberty, mutual cooperation, and peace from. The church is technically outlawed, but that has not prevented it from gaining a massive following. 4% are various sects of the Solusi faith, which chooses Ancestor Worship and various spirits as their main beliefs. The final 4% are agnostic/atheist, or undecided.
For individual species the Romus Humans mostly have adopted the Roman ways, as mentioned earlier. However they still carry shades of old Earth culture, mainly from America and Britain as the revolutionaries had been born on planets colonized by those two. The British aspect of the Romus Human culture mainly is centered around a loyalty to the Ruling Monarch, which in the case of the Romans it the Emperor. For the American aspect it is in the belief in ruling representatives which has manifested in the form of the Senate, despite the Senate having no actual power.
The Lathians focus on the constant exploration of new ideas and advancement of sciences. For this reason the Lathians were in the middle of a cultural revolution when they were discovered by the Romans, with many unique new styles that were not seen by the Romans before. While one would think this would conflict with the general Authoritarian Regime that is New Rome, the various Lathian artists, writers, and scientists have been allowed to continue their work under Rome so long as their work is not anti-state.
The Solusi are very much a warrior race, however they have no honor aspect to their warrior culture, with glory being extremely important. No matter the underhanded methods used glory is gained by the defeat of enemies. The Solusi society also has an unhealthy fixation on the resolving of conflict through combat. Arena battles are common for this reason among the Solusi as a means of resolving disputes.
Iscandarians are much more peaceful species, however when angered they can be a threat. In contrast to the other species of the New Roman Empire there core values focus on peace, mutual cooperation, liberty, and populist ideals. A lot of this stems not just as their evolution as a society but from the dominate religion of the Iscandarians known as the Church of the Mother. Due to these conflicting ideals with those that form the central tenets of Roman Rule the Iscandarians are the most rebellious of all of the species.
The Forsythe do not have much of a culture to speak off, due to their bug-like nature they had a queen at the top with a Earth ant like caste-system, except with individual Forsythe being able to reproduce. After the end of the brief-war where the Forsythe fell dominion to the New Roman Empire, the Queen was killed with special measures taken to prevent the creation of a new one. This has changed the Forsythe dramatically, and despite their conquered status many Forsythe see the conquest by the Empire as more of a liberation, as it has allowed the Forsythe to evolve much more as a society. However many Forsythe still work towards the creation of a new Queen as rebels, often working with Iscandarian rebels to destroy important Roman points in control of their former worlds.
Lusi Natuarum due to their nature do not have any culture or society to speak of, although one could make the argument that their intense loyalty to the Romus Humans and the Emperor is a form of primitive culture displayed by them.
Are there any large, powerful, or prominent subgroups, political, religious or otherwise within your nation? Tell us about them here!
Describe the history of your nation prior to its transition into the True Vacuum universe.
Your nation was randomly gobbled up by an undetectable FTL phenomenon and displaced into an entirely new universe surrounded by completely unknown alien powers in a geopolitical landscape you know nothing about. Do you know what happened? Are there any theories flying around about what happened? What has been the general reaction of the public? What do your scientists and military specialists think? Describe in general how the move to the True Vacuum universe has influenced your nation.
Describe the different structures within your military here! Again, you may benefit from using multiple hiders for separate structures. Give a brief summary of your Military hierarchy's structure/arrangement..
If I actually stop dicking around and work on my app, yes.
Edit: WIP App
The New Roman Empire
The New Roman Empire was born in bloodshed, a violent revolution that believed the way to truly prosper under modern technology and the expansion into space was to adopt the ways of old long-dead Empire’s from Earth’s history, as the revolution also believed they only fell because they did not have the technology that would allow them to have succeeded. The leaders of this revolution ending up choosing the Roman Empire as their model, considered by many of Earth’s historians to be one of the most grand and influential Empires in Earth’s history. After long years of a brutal war, the New Roman Empire was finally born. It carved itself an Empire out of quite a few human colonies, then turned on alien species in its thirst for conquests. While not severely affected, the Empire lost a attack fleet that was heading out to conquer a minor planet-bound species, as well as having their general view of the universe and science as a whole shaken.
Describe important star systems or areas/zones of control here. Including your Capital System/Home System would be a good start.
The New Roman Empire, as the name and their choice of model would imply, is headed by a Emperor. This Emperor has absolute authority over the Empire and it’s citizens, although many institutions, noble families, a senate, and various offices of the Empire exist to help the Emperor govern, but he may override any of their decisions at any time. Many former revolutionaries question this chosen system, despite it’s use in Roman history, believing the era of the Roman Republic would be a better model for which the New Roman Empire could use to govern, but they have beens silenced.
The most prominent, and most powerful of all the Empire’s species is of course, humans. It is to be noted that however these humans are vastly superior to other humans. This has risen from the Empire’s eugenics policies, lax policies towards genetic modification, as well as the fact that the original revolutionaries who created the Empire had been living on a world with a gravity that was a bit higher then Earth’s. These Romus Humans as they call themselves are about as twice as strong than regular humans on average, as well as 50% more mentally powerful and intelligent on average. Romus Humans are the most well-treated species, with it being rare to find a poor or homeless Romus human.
The second most prominent species are the Lathians, who are listed as a Imperial Species(explanation behind Imperial and Conquered species can be found in culture). The Lathians upon meeting the Romans while be vastly intelligent did not have the manpower or military strength to face the Romans, as such they willingly joined the Empire to save themselves as well to expand their own power through the Romans. The form of Lathians is humanoid, with the exception of an additional eyestalk on top of the head that can be retracted and has 360 rotation for use in seeing all around. The Lathians are physically frail, being much weaker than humans. They are also not very tall, with the tallest recorded Lathian having reached 5”7. The Lathians have a grey skin color, with this being joked about by calling the Lathians gray in reference to the past Earth perception of a alien. They do not have any hair on their bodies with the exception of their head, with it either being a shade of brown, green, or black. Their eyes can fall anywhere within the spectrum of colors. Most Lathians serve as scientists for the Empire, and the Lathians are treated nearly as well as Romus Humans do to their long service to the Empire. The Lathians also have strong telepathic and psionic abilities, which is used by the Empire.
The last species labeled Imperial as well as the third most prominent are the Solusi. They are a feline-like humanoid species. While being a warrior race by nature, they are only as strong as humans, and about the same intelligence. However their unique ability is in the way they can shift their fur color. The Solusi can shift it into any shape with the spectrum do to a unique pigment that they possess within their bodies, although it is harder to hold onto a color that isn't the color they were born with. This has put some, but not all, of the Solusi within the military to units used for stealth attacks, as they can easily shift their colors and personal shield generators in use provide the same protection as the standard armor used by the military.
The most prominent of the Conquered species, as well as be arguably more prominent in the Empire then the Solusi are the Iscandarians. This species possesses large angel like wings, which can provide them flight and are easily tucked away to prevent them from being too large of a target on the battlefield. They are stronger and more intelligent than humans, however is it not by much. They are perhaps the most rebellious of the all the species that fall under the yoke of the New Roman Empire, mainly due to their original culture and ideals.
The final species that was conquered by the Romans that compromises the New Roman Empire is the Forsythe. A strange spider-like race, they walk upon six-legs. They only have two eyes however and their vision is similar to human vision. They also have on the back of their bodies a scorpion like pincer for attacking, as well as two arms ending in hands.
The last sentient species are known as the Lusi Natuarum, latin for Freaks of Nature. These horrifying abominations were made in the deepest depths of the Roman’s laboratories. They are humanoid, but have a black chitin shell and a pincer like mouth. They are vastly stronger than humans and even Romus Humans. From birth they are controlled by the scientists using a mix of chemicals and various cybernetic implants. When they finally reach adulthood they are turned into Synths, horrifying things of cybernetic and genetic modification. Acting as the most elite and dangerous forces of the Empire that serve alongside their other Synths, the Lusi Natuarum are feared.
The first and most relevant systems is the loose caste system that has formed in the Empire. While they have no unique name for their higher-up position in the Empire the Humans are at the top and thus the only species allowed to someone on the throne as Emperor. Following that there are several species that willingly submitted to the Empire, these are known as the Imperial Species. They are granted citizenship and have the same rights as humans, and are usually treated pretty well, although in a few smaller areas they may still be discriminated against. The next are the conquered species, which are species that did not submit and the Romans had to go to war to take control of. They have almost no rights, to the point that there are certain situations in which they can be enslaved. They are oppressed and discriminated against quite frequently as well. Members of conquered species can become what is called a Honorary Roman, either through service in the military or another great achievement for the Empire, they have all the sames rights as regular citizens, beyond not being able to serve on the Senate. Due to this honorary system however they are often discriminated against by their own kind due to bowing to the Empire, and are still discriminated against by the Romus Humans and Imperial Species. As such they often form their own communities in which they stay together.
Being that the New Roman Empire was originally inspired by the Roman Empire, the New Roman Empire carries with it a lot of the culture. Architecture is heavily inspired by the Romans and Greeks, although with a few updates to the materials used as well a few unique spins on the styles to make it their own. The Romans also heavily uphold gaining glory in battle, as such soldiers will often fight hard just so they may be able to be remembered well within the history of New Rome. While a idea of honor exists, and the Romans will often avoid hurting citizens or using chemical or biological weapons, they will use them if they feel it is needed to help preserve Rome. Liberty and the idea of the People’s Republic however has been eliminated as it was seen as a failure on the part of the Old Roman Empire, and as such the New Roman Empire can come off as a lot more oppressive. However despite the oppression and general totalitarianism of the Roman Empire, they have some strangely liberal policies, such as allowance of polygamous and homosexual marriages, although is often thought to have risen as a policy due to the tendencies of Emperors to court multiple mistresses.
A terrifying part of the New Roman Empire’s policies is there absolute embracement of eugenics, cybernetic modification, and genetic modification despite anything ethics or morals that should be considered with such things. They have fully adopted this, terrifying so with eugenics where any baby detected with serious physical or mental disabilities is either to be aborted, or if the parents are able to afford use of gene therapy to correct it.
Linguistically the official language and most often used in the New Roman Empire is latin. However both the Lathians and Solusi usually know Latin as a second language, and when not in a military or government role and speaking to their own kind they will use their language, even in public. However for the conquered Solusi and Iscandarian they are forbidden from speaking their own language in public, and the Roman System forces them to learn latin. As the Iscandarians are ever rebellious public protests will often have them using their own language on signs and in speech. These protest are often put down extremely violently.
For religion as a part of the adoption of Roman culture some choose to the adopt the ways of the Roman Gods, referring to them as the Old Gods. They comprise about 34% of the Roman population. However many have chosen instead to adopt a new form of christianity called New Age Catholicism. The religion is a stark contrast to Old-Earth Catholicism and lets off a lot of New Rome’s more morally questionable technology and policies. They comprise 38% of the population. Following that 20% believe in the Church of the Mother, the religion of the Iscandarians. This religion is where the Iscandarians get their ideals of Liberty, mutual cooperation, and peace from. The church is technically outlawed, but that has not prevented it from gaining a massive following. 4% are various sects of the Solusi faith, which chooses Ancestor Worship and various spirits as their main beliefs. The final 4% are agnostic/atheist, or undecided.
For individual species the Romus Humans mostly have adopted the Roman ways, as mentioned earlier. However they still carry shades of old Earth culture, mainly from America and Britain as the revolutionaries had been born on planets colonized by those two. The British aspect of the Romus Human culture mainly is centered around a loyalty to the Ruling Monarch, which in the case of the Romans it the Emperor. For the American aspect it is in the belief in ruling representatives which has manifested in the form of the Senate, despite the Senate having no actual power.
The Lathians focus on the constant exploration of new ideas and advancement of sciences. For this reason the Lathians were in the middle of a cultural revolution when they were discovered by the Romans, with many unique new styles that were not seen by the Romans before. While one would think this would conflict with the general Authoritarian Regime that is New Rome, the various Lathian artists, writers, and scientists have been allowed to continue their work under Rome so long as their work is not anti-state.
The Solusi are very much a warrior race, however they have no honor aspect to their warrior culture, with glory being extremely important. No matter the underhanded methods used glory is gained by the defeat of enemies. The Solusi society also has an unhealthy fixation on the resolving of conflict through combat. Arena battles are common for this reason among the Solusi as a means of resolving disputes.
Iscandarians are much more peaceful species, however when angered they can be a threat. In contrast to the other species of the New Roman Empire there core values focus on peace, mutual cooperation, liberty, and populist ideals. A lot of this stems not just as their evolution as a society but from the dominate religion of the Iscandarians known as the Church of the Mother. Due to these conflicting ideals with those that form the central tenets of Roman Rule the Iscandarians are the most rebellious of all of the species.
The Forsythe do not have much of a culture to speak off, due to their bug-like nature they had a queen at the top with a Earth ant like caste-system, except with individual Forsythe being able to reproduce. After the end of the brief-war where the Forsythe fell dominion to the New Roman Empire, the Queen was killed with special measures taken to prevent the creation of a new one. This has changed the Forsythe dramatically, and despite their conquered status many Forsythe see the conquest by the Empire as more of a liberation, as it has allowed the Forsythe to evolve much more as a society. However many Forsythe still work towards the creation of a new Queen as rebels, often working with Iscandarian rebels to destroy important Roman points in control of their former worlds.
Lusi Natuarum due to their nature do not have any culture or society to speak of, although one could make the argument that their intense loyalty to the Romus Humans and the Emperor is a form of primitive culture displayed by them.
Are there any large, powerful, or prominent subgroups, political, religious or otherwise within your nation? Tell us about them here!
Describe the history of your nation prior to its transition into the True Vacuum universe.
Your nation was randomly gobbled up by an undetectable FTL phenomenon and displaced into an entirely new universe surrounded by completely unknown alien powers in a geopolitical landscape you know nothing about. Do you know what happened? Are there any theories flying around about what happened? What has been the general reaction of the public? What do your scientists and military specialists think? Describe in general how the move to the True Vacuum universe has influenced your nation.
Describe the different structures within your military here! Again, you may benefit from using multiple hiders for separate structures. Give a brief summary of your Military hierarchy's structure/arrangement..
Oh, the Democracies are going to hate you guys with a passion XD
@Grisette has been accepted, placed on the map, and added to the OP. @Isotope has been accepted, placed on the map, and added to the OP. @Mihndar, your map coordinates have been fixed. All related coordinates have been added and updated.
@Darkspleen and @duck55223, continue working on your nation sheets and make sure to inform me once they're ready for approval.
I still need to update the approved lists so that links are provided directly to nation sheets in the character tab, at the moment that's a secondary concern due to a stack of busywork that's been piling up on my end of the line. However, I've cleared away time in my schedule to work here specifically during the Weekend. Things you can expected this upcoming Saturday include:
LINKS TO THE NATION SHEETS IN THE APPROVED USERS LIST! YAY! My next post (finally)! I'll also be poking other approved players to ensure they're still interested and working on posts of their own.
