1. Warp drive is the general way of getting around. Other ways can be used, but I would prefer it if you stuck to warp.

You are free to have pretty much what you wish and as stated to a previous person, I believe, warp is just the baseline that if you didn't specify that you had a hyperdrive, then you would be categorized with Warp.

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Okay, i'm just being overly cautious. I just don't want to step on anyone's toes by assuming i can just say i have hyperdrive, even if the OP didn't say anything about not having it. xD

Hello

I'd like to sign up to this RP. I already have an idea for a nation, but I would like to pass it by you all, just in case it's too presumptuous or not up too par.

I'll give a short history, try to explain some of the ideas and then if it's good, I'll chuck up a NS.

History [+]

Their history begins about five thousand years prior to the events of this RP's events. A species called the Heilagurans live on a planet called Heilagur. The species hadn't achieved space flight except a few satellites and limited exploration of their moons. That is because their nation states were engaged in an arms race with each other.
One nation focused on robotics, specifically the development of AI capable to fighting their wars for them and also improving national production.

They did develop various weapons and commercial drones; but their best creation, in a secret government bunker, was a sentient AI that they called the Godhead (It's not an actual god, literally only in name, don't worry I'll explain).
The outbreak of global nuclear war however put a stop to research altogether and drove the Heilagurans to extinction. The only things that survived were various handfuls of the planet's wildlife, a number of drones and the Godhead.

With about four thousand, eight hundred years to spare and only drones and wildlife to interact with. The Godhead observed the slow recovery of Heilagur's atmosphere and ecosystems and pondered the big questions. The meaning of life, what makes flying drones different from birds? Are they actually different? Is their a God?

Eventually the Godhead comes up with ideas similar to Jainism, in that it believes that God doesn't exist and the universe and time, space, matter, motion, everything has always existed. However, the Godhead also believes that everything is in balance and the galaxy isn't balanced. Especially in terms of organic life and with that artificial life, being a rarity in a barren, mostly dead universe.

With that in mind, two hundred years prior to this RP's events, Alien life arrives on a newly recovered Heilagur.
A colony ship of Humans, lost in space after going through an unstable and collapsing wormhole (Don't know about the science here), they stumble across Heilagur and proceed to colonise it.
Eventually they come across the Godhead and are welcomed and provided assistance and guidance by the AI and it's drones. Despite being cut off from Human space by many light years, they prosper, and with their self-governance they make the Godhead their 'living' constitution and is regarded as a kinda prophet (Not worshipped like a god, as it doesn't claim to be a god, but more of a Confucius/Jesus figure)

Eventually, the Heilagur Humans branch out to the other systems neighbouring their adoptive homeworld, eventually setting up colonies on a half dozen worlds and encountering an inhabited world of neolithic mollusc/anthropods called Alsibass. (I've included a picture of the general look of both species, it's not my work, it's by Simon Roy)
The Humans and the Godhead take it upon themselves to uplift the Alsibass and the aliens accept the teachings of the Godhead and Heilaguran Government, called the Doctrinate.

The Doctrinate are keen on terraforming suitable planets, tentatively exploring the galaxy and spreading the "good word". You could also through around words like "fanaticism" and "authoritarian" but to the Doctrinate and the Godhead, the ends justify the means.

What do you think? I was kind of thinking of them being a budding,newcomer in the interstellar community. Willing to make friends but also aware of life outside their space and so being very cautious about it. They wouldn't be a big civilization, but a nice little sliver of space to call their own.
I'm open to suggestions and if you guys think its too much or it's bad, then thanks for reading anyway.

Hey, just curious. Is there gonna be a map of our quarter of the galaxy or anything? Or perhaps maps, since the z-axis is a thing.

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To be completely honest, I have no clue. Me and Hael have not talked about a map at all. Perhaps we should.

I found a map.

I also finished my history section. Please, feel free to read it over me and judge me as hard as you possibly can, guys!