NOTE: This stance is subject to change. The Namilee may modify themselves one day. Like with weapons tech and killing, this may become a necessity.

Awww, I hope not. They're all innocent and stuff. Like children.

So, just curious, is there anyone planning on being somewhere around the lower-left of the map? I wanna know who my potential neighbours are. :D

I may just be there. -shrug- I'm not quite sure. xD I'm standing off on choosing a location until i finalize my sheet.

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Of course! And... I'm not going to say "no" to that outright. But the reason that's not something the Namilee want to do:

They don't see a need for that. They don't want to be super strong or super fast. They just want to be left alone, to use their considerable brainpower to create new art, to discover new things, etc. They're not 100% against genetic modification, but to them, it's just unnecessary.

Some of them might be interested in this, note. They've USED genetic modification in the past. That's even in the leader's bio. But for them, there has to be a purpose to it, and becoming stronger is not a purpose in and of itself.

Now, if it were advertised as a means to an end, and advertised well, it's possible they'd be more interested. But overall, they don't see the need, even though they're literally running away from super dangerous bug aliens that want to murder them all.

NOTE: This stance is subject to change. The Namilee may modify themselves one day. Like with weapons tech and killing, this may become a necessity.

Isn't being able to survive in the harsh galaxy a purpose for it? xD

But the Xim likely wouldn't make the offer, anyway. They don't give away their enhancements willy-nilly. Because if everyone is a super-strong, super-fast being, then they have lost their edge over the other races.

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Awww, I hope not. They're all innocent and stuff. Like children.

For me, this RP will be a struggle to maintain their innocence as long as I can.

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Isn't being able to survive in the harsh galaxy a purpose for it? xD

But the Xim likely wouldn't make the offer, anyway. They don't give away their enhancements willy-nilly. Because if everyone is a super-strong, super-fast being, then they have lost their edge over the other races.

Definitely why I added that note at the end. Staying alive is a good reason. But... These are the same people that don't want to hurt the aliens that are trying to enslave them / make them extinct.

But I can see a few circumstances where the Xim might make an offer like that - such as if they were offered, in turn, some of the Namilee's high tech secrets. But that ain't happening at the start; neither race would trust the other with their greatest secrets so easily.

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For me, this RP will be a struggle to maintain their innocence as long as I can.

Since you'll be doing Explorer posts, and I will decide what happens in some posts (some Explorer posts can be done all on your own, but some I will decide what you encounter and RP as aliens and such, so you are never just RPing alone xD), I'll probably be throwing some tough shit at you.

Like, some of it will be really simple things, like maybe a violent animal runs at your Explorer while her shield is malfunctioning, but she can kill if she blah blah blah

But some might be more complex choices, in an attempt to see if I can get the Namilee to give up their morals. Call me evil, but I want this to be interesting, so I will totally do everything in my power as GM to destroy their pacifistic system.

Definitely why I added that note at the end. Staying alive is a good reason. But... These are the same people that don't want to hurt the aliens that are trying to enslave them / make them extinct.

But I can see a few circumstances where the Xim might make an offer like that - such as if they were offered, in turn, some of the Namilee's high tech secrets. But that ain't happening at the start; neither race would trust the other with their greatest secrets so easily.

Of course not. But you know what? If the Xim decide that they want the Namilee secrets, they might try to manipulate them somehow to convince them of the need for enhancements.

I'll have to think more on it, though

I have to go work on a post. But all I will add...

I'm really looking forward to this. And I'll admit, I'm both walking familiar territory and stepping out of my comfort zone a bit here. I love playing peaceful characters (as much as I ALSO like playing crazy lizard ladies for whom politics is an extension of war instead of the other way around), but some of what I'm doing here is a bit different for me.

...And frankly, I was a LITTLE worried about one element of my sheet that nobody brought up. I was really uncertain about putting it in, but there are concepts I haven't explored in RP before, and it's one of 'em.

...And frankly, I was a LITTLE worried about one element of my sheet that nobody brought up. I was really uncertain about putting it in, but there are concepts I haven't explored in RP before, and it's one of 'em.

Which element was that exactly? It may have just been overlooked, and now I'm curious.

EDIT: Oh, and @Hael, I got my General Technology and Economy sections down in case you wanted to take a look and see if there's any problems.

EDIT: Oh, and @Hael, I got my General Technology and Economy sections down in case you wanted to take a look and see if there's any problems.

Ah! I hadn't noticed, I'll look now.

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Ah! I hadn't noticed, I'll look now.

Hahaha, you hadn't noticed because I literally just wrote them up.

I just got around to reading the New Alleghian Republic's history, and you're a fan of Sins of a Solar Empire aren't you @Brink_?

That and the original Star Wars trilogy.

@Hael I finally got my history up :)

Let me know if I missed any important details.

@Shorticus

So I was trying to find music that would say fit the X'Cor arrival and then I found this

@Shorticus

So I was trying to find music that would say fit the X'Cor arrival and then I found this

Dunno how well that one tickles my fancy TBH. I love a lot of Darkest Dungeon music, but that's not a favorite for me.

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Dunno how well that one tickles my fancy TBH. I love a lot of Darkest Dungeon music, but that's not a favorite for me.

I, personally, find it quite fitting for the X'Cor.

...And frankly, I was a LITTLE worried about one element of my sheet that nobody brought up. I was really uncertain about putting it in, but there are concepts I haven't explored in RP before, and it's one of 'em.

Okay, I wasn't gonna ask, but now my curiosity has gotten the better of me- what is it?

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Okay, I wasn't gonna ask, but now my curiosity has gotten the better of me- what is it?

Well... Okay: so, I've played a TON of character types in the past, but one thing I realized when I was writing up the Namilee leader, Dylaesa, was that I've never played a character that's trans. And I figured "Well, I already decided the Namilee have technology that can make that happen. Why not?"

But I frankly feel pretty darned awkward about having made that decision. At the same time, though, I want to go through with it because I've never RP'd that in a character before.

It's not going to be a huge detail in the story or anything, though. Frankly, given the Namilee way of looking at things, there's an incredibly good chance it'll never get mentioned IC.

Either way: I'm stepping outside of a comfort zone, but that's what RP is for.

(That awkwardness concerning the topic is why I avoided mentioning it earlier when it was just Grave asking, actually. It's actually extra awkward because, in all actuality, the character's genes match their new gender due to the genetic tampering done with replication tech. So... weird stuff overall.)

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Well... Okay: so, I've played a TON of character types in the past, but one thing I realized when I was writing up the Namilee leader, Dylaesa, was that I've never played a character that's trans. And I figured "Well, I already decided the Namilee have technology that can make that happen. Why not?"

But I frankly feel pretty darned awkward about having made that decision. At the same time, though, I want to go through with it because I've never RP'd that in a character before.

It's not going to be a huge detail in the story or anything, though. Frankly, given the Namilee way of looking at things, there's an incredibly good chance it'll never get mentioned IC.

Either way: I'm stepping outside of a comfort zone, but that's what RP is for.

(That awkwardness concerning the topic is why I avoided mentioning it earlier when it was just Grave asking, actually.)

xD I'm sorry to make you awkward.

But hey, I guessed that it would be Dylaesa being transgender that you were referring to. So I'm at least glad to know I was right

If you don't mind my asking, though, why doesn't she just change back? If she can change from male to female, then couldn't she fix her condition just as easily?

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xD I'm sorry to make you awkward.

But hey, I guessed that it would be Dylaesa being transgender that you were referring to. So I'm at least glad to know I was right

If you don't mind my asking, though, why doesn't she just change back? If she can change from male to female, then couldn't she fix her condition just as easily?

You're going to snort at the answer, but it essentially comes down to this:

For science.

No, seriously. She's studying the long-term effects of replication technology manipulating genes. The longer she remains female, the more data she collects.

Yes, that's it. Really.

It's dorky as sin.

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You're going to snort at the answer, but it essentially comes down to this:

For science.

No, seriously. She's studying the long-term effects of replication technology manipulating genes. The longer she remains female, the more data she collects.

Yes, that's it. Really.

It's dorky as sin.

x'D And here I was thinking that maybe he/she had just always been transgender (mentally/emotionally, I mean), but nope. It's random gender changes for SCIENCE.

The Namilee are an odd people, Short.

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x'D And here I was thinking that maybe he/she had just always been transgender (mentally/emotionally, I mean), but nope. It's random gender changes for SCIENCE.

The Namilee are an odd people, Short.

Well, there are definitely Namilee that ARE mentally/emotionally trans. It's for those people that Dylaesa is using herself as a guinea pig. She's just trying to make sure that everything works out fine, etc.

And, of course, Dylaesa, while doing this for science, got married and had children. While that was done out of romantic attraction, it was also done for science.

Yes. Namilee are weird. Namilee are very weird.

EDIT: So, yes. A male Namilee turned himself into a female, and then she got married to a male Namilee and had children... for science.