Ah, @Hael

here is my little clam, sorry for the sloppiness I only had a mouse pad 030

I understand, but it's way too big.

It looks like it's 2/3rds the size of the NAR, which is almost 400 billion people, and yet it is less than 200 billion folks. It should be not even half the size of either the Xim or the New Republic.

I don't mean to be rude, but I have to ensure that the map is accurate, and that there's room on it

Try to get it somewhere inbetween the size of Federation and Xim, and you should be about right.

(I was tempted to say "technology", but then I remembered that they Xim don't give two shits about technology compared to how much they care about biology )

Well, they MIGHT be interested in the technologies the Namilee have which are related to what they can DO with their DNA and their biological knowledge, but that's very specific.

In the case of empires knowing each other:

As the Namilee never really had an empire and I assume their territory is somewhere around the border of X'cor space, I'm going to assume people might know OF them, and they might know OF other species, but they're relatively isolated historically (sans from a race they uplifted - which probably got eaten by the X'cor) and maybe exploring civilizations.

Basically, they might have met people, but as they were never expansionist... Well, they never expanded much.

The X'Cor are more about slavery than eating people. Perhaps the Mabronnans ate those aliens? It would mean first contact would occur early on in the RP due to proximity.

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The X'Cor are more about slavery than eating people. Perhaps the Mabronnans ate those aliens? It would mean first contact would occur early on in the RP due to proximity.

I meant eat as a joke, but that would work if your nation is close enough.

...But then that'd mean the Namilee are just as terrified of your people (who EAT aliens) as they are of the X'cor.

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I meant eat as a joke, but that would work if your nation is close enough.

...But then that'd mean the Namilee are just as terrified of your people (who EAT aliens) as they are of the X'cor.

I've really had no idea where to put the Mabronnans so close would work.

Yeah, it probably would. How many dark legends would be told of the Mabronnans to scare little Namilee into behaving?

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Well, they MIGHT be interested in the technologies the Namilee have which are related to what they can DO with their DNA and their biological knowledge, but that's very specific.

Yes, they would be.

The Xim are rather advanced technologically, it's just that biological changes are far more important to them. Most of their high-tech equipment came as a direct result of advancements in biology and chemistry.

But yes, they would be highly interested in Namilee technology, especially their personal cloaking devices and replicators, as well as their ship technology, since Xim ships are exceedingly slow and weak.

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I've really had no idea where to put the Mabronnans so close would work.

Yeah, it probably would. How many dark legends would be told of the Mabronnans to scare little Namilee into behaving?

None, because the Namilee are too kind to ever spread dark legends about another species.

@Hael



HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT YOU HAVE DRIVEN ME TO!

@Hael



HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT YOU HAVE DRIVEN ME TO!

Hmmm.

Hmmm.

I'm very sorry, but it's still too big. Reduce it by 50%, and make sure it isn't touching anyone else, and take down your military installations, and transform all X'Cor into fluffy bunnies.

x'D This is fine as it is. I'll put this up on the OP, so everyone else can add to it.

Six-legged insect bunnies.

Six-legged insect bunnies.

OH DEAR GOSH, NEVERMIND

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Hmmm.

Hmmm.

I'm very sorry, but it's still too big. Reduce it by 50%, and make sure it isn't touching anyone else, and take down your military installations, and transform all X'Cor into fluffy bunnies.

x'D This is fine as it is. I'll put this up on the OP, so everyone else can add to it.

WELL THEN I MAY AS WELL GO WITH ROBOTIC BUDDHISTS MONKS!

Yeah, I might join this. Hopefully it doesn't sputter out after five IC posts have been submitted.

I'll be running a human-esque faction: a 130 billion-strong collective of half-baked transhumans that live on a giant ring installation dedicated to maximizing the personal pleasure and joy experienced by its inhabitants. Think Disney Land and Las Vegas (except bristling with an impressive myriad of weapon emplacements).

They have the usual superhuman fare going for them: incredible physical capabilities and biological immortality. Diseases, both conventional and artificial, don't phase them.

The only difference is that they're a bunch of drop-dead gorgeous featherbrained savants. They're superbly adept at crunching complex equations in their heads and recalling past happenings with photographic detail, but their capacity to engage in abstract thought is severely stunted. They're disgustingly impulsive--very childlike even--and are quite histrionic in their approach to social interaction with one another and with the various alien species of the galaxy. Most folks may find them to be a grade-A addition to any group outing in the beginning, but as the casual flings, rampant gossiping, and pathological obsession with being adored and desired by everyone around them intensifies geometrically, "friends" start dropping off fast.

Some aliens may have learned to manipulate the occasional ring worlder by appealing to their passive narcissism. When applied on a national level, a lone space nation could hypothetically finesse a lot of free stuff out of these airheads if they knew which buttons to appropriately push.

They also have a deep-grained instinct to correct looming disasters in the galaxy (run-away altruism at its finest) but take special pleasure in interacting with very primitive worlds in order to garner their veneration by showcasing their civilization's immense technological prowess.

Wowing Stone Age tribal societies with a pair of molecular disruption claws does wonders for the old ego.

They're an obnoxious lot sure, but the ring worlders have a storied legacy of taking in war refugees by the millions and using planetary engineering technology to reinvigorate the shattered homeworlds of the galaxy's vagrant species when they can get away with it.

I know Sigma picked up humanity a few pages back, so I'm willing to brainstorm with him on how to fit this creation into his faction's history.

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You could have some renegade/rouge/lost Memoria Fleet ships if you want ^^

YESSSsssss! I was actually just about to PM you about this. I'll do it anyway so you know what I'm thinking.

@ASTA I'm just fine with human splinter factions :) I usually prefer such a thing really.

As for how they came to be. Well, plenty of Independent Colony missions took place in the span of 200 years.

Yeah, I might join this. Hopefully it doesn't sputter out after five IC posts have been submitted.

Well hello, Mrs. Positivity.

They have the usual superhuman fare going for them: incredible physical capabilities and biological immortality. Diseases, both conventional and artificial, don't phase them.

No. That's OP. I have a race of genetically engineered super-mutants capable of lifting hundreds of pounds with a SINGLE ARM, leaping dozens of feet into the air, and getting shot over and over without being seriously hurt, and even I don't do something that insane.

Your race is welcome, and I hope you join the RP, but I won't allow immortality. In fact, I wont allow anyone to live past 1000, and everyone must be able to die of diseases. Super strength is totally fine, long life is totally fine, immortality and disease-immunity is far from it. That's ridiculous.

The only difference is that they're a bunch of drop-dead gorgeous featherbrained savants. They're superbly adept at crunching complex equations in their heads and recalling past happenings with photographic detail, but their capacity to engage in abstract thought is severely stunted. They're disgustingly impulsive--very childlike even--and are quite histrionic in their approach to social interaction with one another and with the various alien species of the galaxy. Most folks may find them to be a grade-A addition to any group outing in the beginning, but as the casual flings, rampant gossiping, and pathological obsession with being adored and desired by everyone around them intensifies geometrically, "friends" start dropping off fast.

I love this idea! Savant races always fascinate me- it makes you reconsider what "intelligence" really means.

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They're an obnoxious lot sure, but the ring worlders have a storied legacy of taking in war refugees by the millions and using planetary engineering technology to reinvigorate the shattered homeworlds of the galaxy's vagrant species when they can get away with it.

I know Sigma picked up humanity a few pages back, so I'm willing to brainstorm with him on how to fit this creation into his faction's history.

To be honest, I'm not sure I want anymore human factions. We already have 2 other races which evolved from humans. We don't need a third, so could you just say that they are humanoids that happen to look rather similar to humans, because all humanoid species are related?

But if @Sigma is cool with another ex-human faction, than I'll allow it.

EDIT: We'll, apparently he/she is. So I'll begrudgingly allow it, but you still have my strong, STRONG recommendation to do something different.

@Hael I'm good with it :)

Probably should make note of it though in the OP after or if ASTA submits the sheet.

In fact, I wont allow anyone to live past 1000

Should I reduce the max age of Namilee from 1,000 to 800 or so?

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Should I reduce the max age of Namilee from 1,000 to 800 or so?

I would prefer it, but I wasn't going to say anything about it due to the Namilee technological advancements. But yeah, I would rather they didn't live that long.

@Queen RaidneMight have said it already, but the Federation is quite aware of the Coalition, with casts offs and such from the Federation living in Coalition Space no doubt.

Edit: Oops, sorry, accidentally tagged you Clock :P That was meant for Raidne.

Oh, hey, that's good. Because my explorer is human. I'll send you a PM, too.

@Queen Raidne Oh yeah, I saw the sheet, and sounds good :)