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I feel we were overcrowded then, so even with those drop-outs, we're still more full than we should be.

*sigh* But I am super-easy to persuade, so if @Willy Vereb will give me the general idea of what he wants to do, I'll consider letting him in.

I'm curious, what exactly is tabarium? Is it some kind of new element or is it a compound? I'm just legitimately curious about the specifics of it.

<Snipped quote by Hael>I thought I did.
Galactic Walmart.
Well, not necessarily galactic in scale but think of a megacorp which has little if any actual political power but rather it's an interstellar enterprise which works for profit.
Capitalism taken to its extreme. Not a nation but a mother company with God knows how many daughter firms spread everywhere (or at least to many places).

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Hmm. Maybe. But I need more to go on.

How many planets it will own, how it will work, will it have a military, does every building look like a cheesy space-walmart with elevator music playing in the background, could it really be considered a nation, and so on. Just give me a few paragraphs, and I'll decide.

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<<MUSICAL THEME>>

The Spiral Galaxy, home to over thousands of civilizations. A busy world filled with life in the age where interstellar travel became a commonplace. An age of freedom and prosperity where the distance between star systems had long ceased to become a barrier. In this world there's one enterprise which thrives the most, White Galactic Corporations. Founded roughly 200 staryears ago (~550 terrestrial years) by the mysterious humanoid Keith White the first, it began as a simple banking company which soon expanded on a rapid rate. By the time of the founder's death the company was known as the multi-star system wide White Interstellar Corporations known in at least tenth of the galaxy. His work was continued by Keith White the second, adopting his grandfather's name as a new custom. He realized that with the single most sought after goods in this advanced world are none other than technology itself. He began to spend massive funds in creating an R&D department collecting people from all corners of the galaxy. He promoted contact with new races and exchange of technologies. His actions gave a jumpstart to technological development galaxy wide while also increasing his influence greatly, the enterprise retitled as White Galactic Corporations. He died in Stardate 1988.344, leaving his descendant Keith White the third to inherit. He continued expanding White Corps, putting assets in nearly 60% of the Spiral Galaxy. This is the story of White Corps within the early years of the third millennium.

STARDATE 2015.284

Tychus Friday, captain of the Galaxy-class Hypercarrier "The Enterprise" is studying their plotted course. He's a veteran spacer with decades of experience yet even for him the current situation was completely nuts. First off, White Corps suddenly 'promotes' him out of his 'Betty', the tiny yet beautiful hypercarrier he was serving with, and appoint him to this big hulkin' spankin' new Galaxy-class hypercarrier. What were they even thinking!? That was a rhetorical question because Tychus knew exactly what those fatass Archons in the Transportation Branch had in their minds. Tychus was good, very damn good at his job. But exactly this is why he knew that their plan was nothing less than insane. Exploring a new galaxy? Nothing's wrong with dat. Hell, he'd gladly take the ol' Betty on a trip to see an entirely new sea of stars. The fact is though that in spite of centuries of development technology is still nowhere at the level to travel to different galaxies. Yet where technology is stuck nature finds a way. White Corps discovered a tiny wormhole leading to a different galaxy which astronomers identified as Messier 2027. Since the opening was so small it could barely let a single scaled down probe through, White Corps' efforts only brought them limited results. That's where this honking' huge Hypercarrier came in. Simply put, White Corps have the means to temporarily widen this wormhole. The problem is what would happen soon after. Stretching the well of space-time would have a 99.9999999999% chance of resulting in the destruction of the wormhole in 2.42 minutes. As such any decent trip through this wormhole is going to be the last. Yet instead of doing the smart thing and leaving this project alone White Corps went in the complete opposite direction. If you can make the hole bigger, let's make it HUGE. Yeah, pushing an over 3 kilometers wide ship through a pencil sized hole carrying hundreds of vessels and over a million people is such a shining idea. Tychus doesn't care if the calculations add up or not, this is completely nuts!

"Detonators are set, operation begins in T minus 5 minutes."
Said his incom. Yeah, not heard about it before? They're using over a hundred military-grade spatial warheads along with this colossal ship's Farcast Drive complex in order to stretch the hole. Yeah, nothing's wrong with that. If Tychus would believe in God he'd be drawing a cross in the air and begin praying. Instead he second checks his insurance papers if it includes being murdered by a fuckin' wormhole!
"Beginning Countdown!"
Well, no time to worryin' about dat! His only source of comfort is that if he fails, White Corps goes down along with him. Irresponsibly sending a million people to their deaths would be a scandal even a company as influential as White Corps would never recover from. Their name will be dragged across the mud down to the depths of Abyss itself! The lawsuit his family would file in would also ensure their comfort and well-being as long as they live. So yeah, everything is fine. Everything is just fuckin' fine!
"Five, Four, Three, Two, One..."
Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit!

<Snipped quote by Hael>It has a military and considers developing technology and trading stuff the most profiting business in the galaxy.
They have massive economy for the private sector and likely enough money to eclipse smaller civilizations with ease. This and their presence at many places bought them some influence.
Actual political power, though? Aside from maybe "buying" a few planets they have very little.
Imagine what the No.1 in Forbes could do in our world. Now expand this to the galaxy as if that would be the Earth. More or less the same.
White Corps isn't a nation. It's a megacorp with as many faces as there are civilizations they managed to make contact with.
I am perfectly fine with not being spread to the entire galaxy. I even have plans for entire explorer fleets.
Speaking of which, I can give you a fun RP excerpt from one of the games which featured White Corps.

Context: Each faction was from another galaxy (potentially galactic powers) exploring a whole new galaxy at blind. With just a single fleet with stats determined for the "capital ship" and such. The text below was my intro post.

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<<MUSICAL THEME>>

The Spiral Galaxy, home to over thousands of civilizations. A busy world filled with life in the age where interstellar travel became a commonplace. An age of freedom and prosperity where the distance between star systems had long ceased to become a barrier. In this world there's one enterprise which thrives the most, White Galactic Corporations. Founded roughly 200 staryears ago (~550 terrestrial years) by the mysterious humanoid Keith White the first, it began as a simple banking company which soon expanded on a rapid rate. By the time of the founder's death the company was known as the multi-star system wide White Interstellar Corporations known in at least tenth of the galaxy. His work was continued by Keith White the second, adopting his grandfather's name as a new custom. He realized that with the single most sought after goods in this advanced world are none other than technology itself. He began to spend massive funds in creating an R&D department collecting people from all corners of the galaxy. He promoted contact with new races and exchange of technologies. His actions gave a jumpstart to technological development galaxy wide while also increasing his influence greatly, the enterprise retitled as White Galactic Corporations. He died in Stardate 1988.344, leaving his descendant Keith White the third to inherit. He continued expanding White Corps, putting assets in nearly 60% of the Spiral Galaxy. This is the story of White Corps within the early years of the third millennium.

STARDATE 2015.284

Tychus Friday, captain of the Galaxy-class Hypercarrier "The Enterprise" is studying their plotted course. He's a veteran spacer with decades of experience yet even for him the current situation was completely nuts. First off, White Corps suddenly 'promotes' him out of his 'Betty', the tiny yet beautiful hypercarrier he was serving with, and appoint him to this big hulkin' spankin' new Galaxy-class hypercarrier. What were they even thinking!? That was a rhetorical question because Tychus knew exactly what those fatass Archons in the Transportation Branch had in their minds. Tychus was good, very damn good at his job. But exactly this is why he knew that their plan was nothing less than insane. Exploring a new galaxy? Nothing's wrong with dat. Hell, he'd gladly take the ol' Betty on a trip to see an entirely new sea of stars. The fact is though that in spite of centuries of development technology is still nowhere at the level to travel to different galaxies. Yet where technology is stuck nature finds a way. White Corps discovered a tiny wormhole leading to a different galaxy which astronomers identified as Messier 2027. Since the opening was so small it could barely let a single scaled down probe through, White Corps' efforts only brought them limited results. That's where this honking' huge Hypercarrier came in. Simply put, White Corps have the means to temporarily widen this wormhole. The problem is what would happen soon after. Stretching the well of space-time would have a 99.9999999999% chance of resulting in the destruction of the wormhole in 2.42 minutes. As such any decent trip through this wormhole is going to be the last. Yet instead of doing the smart thing and leaving this project alone White Corps went in the complete opposite direction. If you can make the hole bigger, let's make it HUGE. Yeah, pushing an over 3 kilometers wide ship through a pencil sized hole carrying hundreds of vessels and over a million people is such a shining idea. Tychus doesn't care if the calculations add up or not, this is completely nuts!

"Detonators are set, operation begins in T minus 5 minutes."
Said his incom. Yeah, not heard about it before? They're using over a hundred military-grade spatial warheads along with this colossal ship's Farcast Drive complex in order to stretch the hole. Yeah, nothing's wrong with that. If Tychus would believe in God he'd be drawing a cross in the air and begin praying. Instead he second checks his insurance papers if it includes being murdered by a fuckin' wormhole!
"Beginning Countdown!"
Well, no time to worryin' about dat! His only source of comfort is that if he fails, White Corps goes down along with him. Irresponsibly sending a million people to their deaths would be a scandal even a company as influential as White Corps would never recover from. Their name will be dragged across the mud down to the depths of Abyss itself! The lawsuit his family would file in would also ensure their comfort and well-being as long as they live. So yeah, everything is fine. Everything is just fuckin' fine!
"Five, Four, Three, Two, One..."
Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit!

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"If I die, damnit, I'm talking this company with me!"

Alright, that's accepted. I'll allow you into the RP, and I need you to start filling out the NS.

Please note that my nation, the Xim Initiative, would not allow any foreign companies. Or any companies. They are very far from capitalist.

Likewise I can't imagine a branch of this White Corps in Ch'ak. Maybe a small one that's not doing too well against native companies, but nothing too major. Plus they'd be banned, by law, from actually having anything resembling a military in Ch'ak itself.

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Really, @Willy Vereb, your company is gonna have a hard time in this RP. Many if not most nations are gonna block you out.

<Snipped quote by Hael>We'll see.
White Corps has more than one means to spread. Also not being part of a soon galaxy wide trade network is your loss, not mine.
Besides I imagined to make "first contact" with most player civs first for obvious reasons anyways. Unless some players are willing to discuss a shared history or something similar.

@HaelAny quick pointers on the tech level?
My White Corps is often a Star Trek expy in tech, or at least a rational take on it.
Shields, compact fusion reactors, metamaterials, replicators and artificial gravity are the things which is the most worthwhile to mention.

Mind it, I can axe or tone down any of these and did in the dozens of incarnations of this faction. But that's why I am asking you here.

@HaelAny quick pointers on the tech level?
My White Corps is often a Star Trek expy in tech, or at least a rational take on it.
Shields, compact fusion reactors, metamaterials, replicators and artificial gravity are the things which is the most worthwhile to mention.

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I know for a fact that replicators are a resounding 'no'. But as for the others, I think they're stuff at least someone else already has. What exactly are metamaterials though, I'm curious. Plus, I mean you have my nation: a single system full of megastructures who break down entire planets for raw materials.

But I'm gonna add the usual disclaimer: GM has final say.

<Snipped quote by TheSovereignGrave>In such an industry I can't see how replicators are out of place. Not like energy is free and absolutely plentiful.
We technically can already create matter out of energy, that's what colliders are kinda for (or at least can be used as).

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I'm keeping the tech level a little lower than replicators. Please read the OP. You should not be attempting to join this RP when you haven't bothered reading the rules.

Replicators are allowed, but not at the start. You will have to develop them in time and they will have to be very limited.

I did this intentionally to keep things more difficult, more reliant on mining and harvesting and extraction, rather than just gathering enough energy to replicate something. It's too easy and it limits the competition for resources that I partially want in this RP.

<Snipped quote by Hael>I can't see any difficulty for an industry that can break down entire planets, though.

Anyways, the point of replicators is small-scale use. If you have enough energy to rely on replicators alone then we long have problems.

Oh well, if you don't like that word, how about Q-Fabs?
They are basically nano-assemblers using modern sintering technology turned up to eleven. You make a blueprint out of forcefields and then "print" the matter on it. Might not be the most economical solution for large yet simple construction but it has the advantage of versatility which means once you have a decent Q-Fab it can build anything from mobile phones to sports cars after just adjusting the program and the required preparation/materials.

This and my idea of replicators are similar. The point is that while making stuff out of energy is nice, it's expensive. E=mc^2 is no joke and that's not even talking about other issues. Rather you use raw materials whenever you can because energy is not for free.
In general:
Traditional construction > Q-Fabs (so long you don't account for versatility thus the latter still dominates in many fields)
Raw materials > Transforming one material to another > creating metamaterials > creating matter out of energy
Replicators using up metastable matter are a kind of compromise. It works for a simple and not too energy consuming versatile creation kit but metastable matter is not cheap. Its benefits are in the simplification of logistics.
Just like how practically every vehicle from ships to airplanes or even tanks within the modern US military uses the same type of fuel. Might not be the most economical but it's an amazing accomplishment regardless.

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I can't see any difficulty for an industry that can break down entire planets, though.

Anyways, the point of replicators is small-scale use. If you have enough energy to rely on replicators alone then we long have problems.

This and my idea of replicators are similar. The point is that while making stuff out of energy is nice, it's expensive. E=mc^2 is no joke and that's not even talking about other issues. Rather you use raw materials whenever you can because energy is not for free.
In general:
Traditional construction > Q-Fabs (so long you don't account for versatility thus the latter still dominates in many fields)
Raw materials > Transforming one material to another > creating metamaterials > creating matter out of energy
Replicators using up metastable matter are a kind of compromise. It works for a simple and not too energy consuming versatile creation kit but metastable matter is not cheap. Its benefits are in the simplification of logistics.
Just like how practically every vehicle from ships to airplanes or even tanks within the modern US military uses the same type of fuel. Might not be the most economical but it's an amazing accomplishment regardless.