Situation: Pirates have overrun the garrison defending the planet Central, the regional hub for commerce and trade within Sirius Sector. Planetary population held hostage and system is effectively blockaded.

Opposition: Approximately two battlegroups of pirate cruisers, raiders, and boarding carriers, led by an old assault carrier, the Acheron. Planetary defenses and civilian reports confirm pirate forces are concentrated in and around planetary orbit, but sufficient strength present patrolling the outer system to prevent a sneak deployment in the system’s outer regions.

Assets: 1x starship of no greater than capital-type designation max per player(ie, battlecruiser, battleship, or heavy assault carrier), plus attendant assets such as fighters, boarding craft, etc.

Restrictions: Limited use of strategic weapons (antimatter bombs, dimensional interrupts, etc.) no godmodding and no superweapons.

General idea for plot is above, for interested players. (Second time writing this as my browser crashed!) Some roles interested players could fill would be those that participate in the fight in space, and maybe a couple people to go to the surface and find out why the mercenaries, it is later revealed, are working for a group of people who faced off against players' character in the past and lost, and now seek revenge, but also how they managed to secure control or otherwise deactivate the surface to orbit weapons. This is if someone's more comfortable in an urban combat setting than in space. (Infiltration and stealth ships are totally a thing!)

I should also point out that this can be cross-universe as well. Anime, Star wars, star trek, Babylon 5, Warhammer 40K, Battlestar Galactica, Mass Effect, all are welcome! My characters and ships use a mix of all of them.

Also, this would be PvE; all participants would collaborate to move the story along; the end goal is to stomp on the pirates, but not before they put everyone through the wringer. I have some ideas on an endgame but don't want to put anything concrete down; I'm just looking to see who might all be interested and where we take it!

Hello again, @stardust!

I'm interested in this. The concept sounds like a lot of fun and I do like the cross-universe idea. That will make things interesting for sure. Since this is advanced, what is your stance on post length, how long would you like posts to be?

@Agathon Glad you like! I have no real set requirements in mind for post length, I'd assume that it's in the advanced thread board that it would imply long, thought out posts with good grammar and punctuation. Not too long though, don't want one person telling the whole story! (Note to self!)

I should add that players don't have to be human, either. One of my characters is avian; she's the executive officer of the ship. So if anyone wants to be, say, a Klingon, or Turian, or Eldar, whatever works for you.

Got it! Advanced RP is usually two paragraphs minimum with emphasis on thought out posts with good grammar and puncutation, exactly as you stated.

I'm going to start thinking of a character and probably use a species from Mass Effect. Hopefully we get more people on board!

By the way, I noticed you tried to mention me. If you want to mention someone, use brackets before and after writing the person's name.

[ @ Agathon ] like this! (without the spaces of course). You can also just press the @mention button located in the lower right part of a person's post!

@Agathon Got it, and awesome! I did it at work and all the buttons were blanked out. Thank you!

Anyone else interested?

might be interested.

Id be interested in the surface style to begin with

@gingerbaron The last time I tried something similar to this, a good friend of mine played the role of an infiltrator/assassin-type character and went to the surface, and did quite well. He wasn't comfortable with the space aspect, all the maneuverings and weapon volleys going back and forth, so if you think you'd do good as something similar that would be awesome! Of course, I'm not gonna typecast anyone into any specific role. That's not what this is about. This is more to see how people play through this type of scenario than anything else.

Anyone else interested? Going once?

@stardust

I was thinking of paying homage to Commissar Ibram Gaunt as Im a fan of the 40k universe just the idea rather than him. I love the authority of the role but with a stealthy if possible approach, would that work in your storyline?

Count me in!

[@gingerbacon] Sounds good!

Any other takers? Going once, going twice? I'll start it, then. Anyone else want to jump in, let me know!

I'm thinking of playing as an OC faction - a generic sci-fi spacefaring human group of sorts, whose tactics and warship design are unimaginative, but get the job done through tenacity and lots of firepower.

I mostly just want to write about spacecraft blowing each other up, hahaha

@sillygoy At last, someone else who just wants to blow up spaceships!

Link is here.

roleplayerguild.com/topics/161224-sola..

@stardust
Cant wait.

Thread started. Go nuts, people!

Thread started. Go nuts, people!

So we just walk/fly in?

Well, I started by getting the report, and then my char has to make his way there, and then we have to figure out what they want before we just start blasting them... but yeah.