<Snipped quote by TheSovereignGrave>The Federation frowns at even the mere idea of weapons. Granted, they use "non-weapons" to murder people if needed and pretty much they are gigantic hypocrites.
On the other hand we at least have laws of war and on the surface we try for peace. That's way better than 90% of the factions here.

I feel like the Federation and Terminus will get along rather well. Yeah, the Terminus has weapons and warships and war machines, but they'd very much rather not have them. It's just an unfortunate reality that they're a necessity.

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I feel like the Federation and Terminus will get along rather well. Yeah, the Terminus has weapons and warships and war machines, but they'd very much rather not have them. It's just an unfortunate reality that they're a necessity.

Perhaps. Albeit the Federation is incredibly selfish and does no charity unless if it's nothing but a publicity stunt.
So I am not sure if having relations with them is beneficial to you on the long term.
Well, I am not entirely fixed down on the Federation's style yet so anything is possible.

Meanwhile I am working on expanding my ship list for fun.
This is what one of Starfleet's more common starship types look like:

Who wants to be embroiled in a contact arc of a unconventional sort?

@TheSovereignGrave The Theocracy, Eternals/New Romans and the Dominion are very fine and dandy factions, why raise arms against them and do all this fighting? We're stronger together & praise the god machine! Your independence just weakens the galactic community and dilutes it to anarchy. A few broken worlds is needed to make a galaxy, why can't you understand that? Just surrender and no one gets killed, it's that simple. Fight and you die, see? Death is caused by resistance, not unification.

((This is not reflective of the Silent Imperium's views (except perhaps the more radical ones on the fringe who actually want the Imperium in Silent Imperium), just wanted to see how you would react))

I wonder what happens to simulcrums who hold more authoritarian views.

@Arawak
Absolutely. Go for it my dude.

@Arawak Same as if they encountered them in other systems. Shadow Protocol. Everything would go dark. Military stationed on the planet would kill the Faith Transmission Network. Think of it as if they are suddenly cutting the power. The Asiv used to gather the power will be put in a deep, underground bunker heavily guarded by highly trained Umbeliar and Yvuïn warriors. The ships located there would be forced to jump or do an emergency jump (which damages their Enlightenment engines to such an extent that they must dock with an orbital gantry to get it repaired). Those who can't do an emergency jump must fly as far away as possible from the insurgency point before their EE is powered up enough.

I fully realize that this is a less than desired method. Civilians would panic and cause massive amounts of chaos. No way they wouldn't appear on any average sensor array but they'd look unorganized and uncivilized. Still, ships might have been scanned or long-distance sensors may have caught the Asivar Theocracy. Still, the first response would be to hide as much as possible during the first Insurgency. From then they'll send out a Seer Probe periodically (ever 1 hour) to do long distant scans. Every time they'll get closer and closer, before they turn back and warp out. Eventually, if nobody committed any hostilities (showing off your weapons is considered the logical step. Maybe even firing warning shots. But should they hit the Seer Drone the situation changes (depending on scanner data, after how many hours and if they landed on the planet). After 24 hours a single Prophet-class will warp in and try to make contact. Mostly for the sake of the planet below. Should no hostilities be shown at the Prophet-class then the planet's Shadow state will be lifted and the cleanup there begins.

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I'm game, though it'd be awhile before I could get a post up. They take time, and I'm hanging out with my friends today.

But man, the Simulacrum are gonna be horrified by, like everyone. It seems like half the nations in the RP have no problem butchering innocent civilians.

The main pop of the Theocracy is actually Surrear. Which are fragile and cannot use Faith (only help generate it). Their only advantage is that there are many. Only a few Yvuïn colonies or mixed colonies have been set up (as they are a relatively new race in the Theocracy). So when the pop gets killed, it's mostly Surrear. Asiv, and Umbeliar by extension, by default, don't give a shit about the Surrear. Heresy, on the other hand, is a big problem. All tech rests upon the strange concept of Faith. Pop is just a group of people that can be replaced. Heresy is an idea that can stray millions from the right way of thinking. Making the Theocracy collapse. In other words, you gotta root that out before it's too late.

@Arawak Eh man, the Asiv want nothing but peace. No, actually, that's not true. They want everyone to bow to them and revere them like gods. Do that, and you can be on your merry way. Oh but don't think that they aren't gods. Or anything like that. That's Heresy. Don't do Heresy? Oh and for those new races they'll be encountering? Oh just misguided fools. They'll learn! (As you can guess, first diplomatic requests will be allowing Yvuïn and Umbeliar to preach their faith in your space. Allow that and you're all good with them! (for then))

@Commodore RobotWhat do you think of the latest developments?
Federation and Dominion everlasting friendship, right?

@TaerynI concur.

Also missingaxis did you get the message I left you yesterday?

I may have missed it. Which was it?

@MissingAxisThe silent Inperium getting involved with the Ouroburos on the belief they are a major potential future victim of Dominion activity. It could get ugly depending on how much they affect the whole endless civil war that must never end, especially with the Dominion's presence.

@Commodore Robot@duck55223 I'm going to try to throw together a post for each of you guys this afternoon, unless there are any objections.

@Commodore Robot The post for you will likely have one of the Ouroboros Lords shunting an invasion fleet into a border system of the Dominion, intent on pressing the Lord's righteous and divine claim on the system. This will likely open with a system-wide broadcast demanding forfeiture and evacuation of the worlds in question. Anything you'd like to add or amend?

@duck55223 Whoever ends up in your territory is likely to lay low and attempt to shunt back to Ouroboros space unless they get called out with a direct comm. Do you have any preferences for first contact? I can increase or decrease the aggressiveness of the Ouroboros depending on whether you just want an uneasy establishment of a diplomatic relationship or a full on skirmish.

@Arawak I can work with that. Do you want to write up a post to open up that arc, or do you want me to set up a scene? Or something else?

Feel free to set up a scene. I will make the assignment Sapas have to do with the Ouroburos, what exactly remains to be seen. Chances are the agent you involve will be hopelessly confused by the whole endless civil war thing but try to act like it understands anyways. (It could be a exposition opportunity- how would a Ouroburos lord explain their situation to a alien they associate with?)

@MissingAxis

It's likely that they will be called out do the fact that someone accidentally warping into their territory will be noticed. Both the EU and Romans are on high alert due to the war after all. EU is going to be looking for more passive relations while the Romans will probably be a bit more aggressive in their first contact approach but aren't keen to start another war just yet. Also if for know you could do only one or the other that be great.

@Arawak@duck55223 Sounds good. I'll try to have something up for each of you in a few hours.

@KeyguypersonSo shall we start the side plot with both of us feuding over a mining site?

@KeyguypersonSo shall we start the side plot with both of us feuding over a mining site?

Yes, how does some small little mining colony in an asteroid belt (or just 55 Cancri e, just because it would be hilarious to have the Feds and the Union fighting over an entire planet of diamond) being contested by a Federation mining expedition sound?

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Yes, how does some small little mining colony in an asteroid belt (or just 55 Cancri e, just because it would be hilarious to have the Feds and the Union fighting over an entire planet of diamond) being contested by a Federation mining expedition sound?

I think the original plan was to mine the antimatter generated by an eccentric neutron star.
Although I admit planet sized diamond sounds fun even if not as likely to start a feud, IMO.

@MissingAxis
Checks out for me, I imagine the system will have proper defenses if its along our rough borders but probably nothing too significant if its a minor world.

<Snipped quote by Keyguyperson>I think the original plan was to mine the antimatter generated by an eccentric neutron star.
Although I admit planet sized diamond sounds fun even if not as likely to start a feud, IMO.

I mean, diamond is pretty dense. It would probably be a good choice for use in Q-fabs and such, and earlier on we though the planet was covered in water. If we just ignore the fact that it has zero water on it given new data, that makes it a habitable world in what is presumably a pretty nice system.

But mostly I just want an excuse to have a giant dispute over a diamond covered in an ocean.

At least it's not full of paste.

@Keyguyperson I'm also like 10 LY away and right next to Sirius so we're gonna have to deal with being neighbours soon if you're venturing as far as 40LY~ or so for 55 Cancri :p.

But a lot on your plate, really.

@Keyguyperson I'm also like 10 LY away and right next to Sirius so we're gonna have to deal with being neighbours soon if you're venturing as far as 40LY~ or so for 55 Cancri :p.

But a lot on your plate, really.

Yeah, we're gonna be really close mortal enemies that constantly scream about eradicating each other friends. The Terran Union is already venturing pretty far out, just not in the right directions and not caring about forming a nice looking blob on the map. That'll probably change when they realize that they're meeting way too many different species and need to form a more easily defensible nation, though.