Well, I have a few ideas to help even the odds slightly but not enough to take it down to a fair fight. Or even slightly lopsided.

Also I'm some what intoxicated so any plans I have right now are either drunken genius or utter stupidity.

@Sophrus I suppose you want to talk with your fellow alliance members about your findings. And of course, actually unite them. I will not help you directly in making a plan as it would be fairly biased. But you can always ask questions that I will try to answer.

Think of this as a Heist from GTA V. So far you had you free roaming, but now you must prepare yourselves for a big event. And the rewards for completing it will all be worth it.

Well, -technically- I am alone out here, I haven't made friends with anyone. So Amy planning will kinda be meta gaming. Which I am trying to avoid. Mostly because I'm an idiot and a masochist apparently.

So I guess, ((hint hint)) I have to make friends with at least one other person before the battle starts In earnest. Or... some one is crazily enough to start a space battle so that I can surprise attack from the rear... other than that I'm mostly out of ideas.

Also. Wildman me thinks your first job in the war is to take control of the orbital defenses and help us against this fleet that slyboy threw at us. Assuming we are insane enough to fight that many ships.

@6slyboy6 My first post is less about the EOM having a backwater planet, and more about ensuring lawlessness doesn't gain a foothold in said backwater system. A "their eyes are everywhere" sort of thing. There's plenty I can do to expand upon my first post and I'll take some time today to do it.

@LegionPothIX I just honestly have no idea how to respond to that post. So if you'd makea nything that I can reply to, I would be glad.

@Sophrus Well quickly make friends with the Relicans and the Rarians so you can start non-metagame planning. This was you last frre tip, the next ones cost a buck each.

@6slyboy6 so I need to sell you rarian deer people for hints? Done!

@Sophrus That is exactly how I meant it XD

@6slyboy6 Sorry, I seemed to have misinterpreted the context or intent of what the first post was supposed to be. My first post was intended to be an elaboration on the what we talked about regarding my race's origin story, and was intended as a teaser lead-up to my race losing their home world. I thought it best to just start from the absolute very beginning of the scenario as outlined in the OOC first post, and introduce my race as a character, rather than try to In-medias Res well... everything.

I fixed it by making it happen in the past. The post I've worked all day on should better reflect both your expectations, and the environment that it is in. I spent a lot of time going over the early posts of the thread to get a better feel for what was expected and where our races are at in their development.

@LegionPothIX Well I'll be damned.

First of all, thanks for the dedication, I apprecuate it as the GM. Second, why u haf to make such good posts

I am here all like "make something more stylized and action packed" and then you pull out that novel writing stunt with humane emotions and reactions and put the other 59 posts to shame.

Anyhoo, the post was quite informative, even if I don't really get how zombies running into gunfire would show the galaxy that you are ready to fight. But Sun Tzu would be proud of you nevertheless.

Oh yeah, and I had a question about the spores. Are they fully airborne and waterborne? And can they only infect via inhaling and digestion, or by skin contact as well?

@6slyboy6

I might need more time to prepare for the battle if thats alright.

And can I ask can the EOM trace all communications via radio?

@Wildman13 You don't need to ask, we are already tapping into every transmission :D

@6slyboy6
I appreciate the complements, and wanted to mention that all of your points are more or less related in my head.

After reading through the earlier posts by others I had a sneaking suspicion that more action is what you had in mind, but it's not necessarily how I play, or how the race was designed to work. So, instead I decided to take the time to demonstrate the intent I brought with them.

The very core concept of this race is that they are very alien and different in almost every way from humans, but more importantly, that they see humans in exactly the same light: very alien and different from them. There's going to be a lot of caution in their mindsets, and skulduggery in their play-style.

I'll also assure you that I can write action sequences, and even have action oriented characters on this site, but a high action sequence felt like it would give a bad first impression of the race as a character in this (our interactive player-driven) story.

[@Wildman] "Soon the experimental Sky Piercer cannons were finished and were hauled into the underground tunnels placing them in key strategic locations underground and with their crew with them, they are tasked to produce or procure weapons for the time until they were needed again, soon these monstrosities of iron and metal were hauled into the tunnels fading into the darkness by dragged by equally monstrosities the Rarians where able to conjure in their time of isolation."

I have multiple problems with this. For one, you never mentioned such massive guns before, in fact, you barely got into producing your own small arms. Understandably, I don't see how this convenient equipment happened to be convenienty finished on the day of the EOM assault. Second, and this is less of a GM and more of a reader advice, the following sentence is almost 4 lines long, and yet it is a single sentence. Sometimes I struggle to understand what you are writing, because you connect so many and words to make these monsters of a sentence. I am not the best writer either, but I think you should make many small sentences instead of a few of this enormous ones.

Back to then guns, I definetly don't like this ideal turn of events, and guessing by the name and description, you intend them to be capital busters. That is a big no-no. On the other hand, I can see you guys stealing the smaller EOM space guns, and perhaps making similar replicas, but definetly some big ass OP guns. Perhaps if the siege gets prolonged you could make ONE, but not multiple sites spread across the planet.

@Liotrent@NecroKnight

so which of you am i going to make contact with before the major battle over Raria?

[@Wildman] "Soon the experimental Sky Piercer cannons were finished and were hauled into the underground tunnels placing them in key strategic locations underground and with their crew with them, they are tasked to produce or procure weapons for the time until they were needed again, soon these monstrosities of iron and metal were hauled into the tunnels fading into the darkness by dragged by equally monstrosities the Rarians where able to conjure in their time of isolation."

I have multiple problems with this. For one, you never mentioned such massive guns before, in fact, you barely got into producing your own small arms. Understandably, I don't see how this convenient equipment happened to be convenienty finished on the day of the EOM assault. Second, and this is less of a GM and more of a reader advice, the following sentence is almost 4 lines long, and yet it is a single sentence. Sometimes I struggle to understand what you are writing, because you connect so many and words to make these monsters of a sentence. I am not the best writer either, but I think you should make many small sentences instead of a few of this enormous ones.

Back to then guns, I definetly don't like this ideal turn of events, and guessing by the name and description, you intend them to be capital busters. That is a big no-no. On the other hand, I can see you guys stealing the smaller EOM space guns, and perhaps making similar replicas, but definetly some big ass OP guns. Perhaps if the siege gets prolonged you could make ONE, but not multiple sites spread across the planet.

The skypiercer cannon was describe as massive because such a gun was never conceive of before but in reality the guns is still just 2 and a half stories tall.

These guns were never design to take on capital ships they have another purpose.

And I will take your advise and I appologize for such enormous sentences, and I have no excuse I will glady take on smaller sentences as of now.

EDIT: hosnestly the post should have been longer than it is now as I will have to write more of the progress of my race but I have clicked the post buton rather than the preview button resulting to an unfinish post.

But if you like I could finish the post later or we could put it up to a vote?

Or if its better for you we could keep it as it i.

@Wildman13 "just 2 and a half stories tall."

I feel like they are massive still, but please tell me what exactly is their purpose, if not to shoot down ships in the sky.

@Sophrus I am making the post where Necro and my character arrive over Raria. However, your captain should not be able to see this, as the current post will play about 4 days after the invasion, as teh timestamp will tell. I think Liotrent or Legion is your best bet now.

@Necroknight it ain't a long post, and I skipped over some of the interloping parts, but you can further explain what happened back at Icarus once you speak with the Praetor and tell him about teh situation.

@6slyboy6@Sophrus I haven't actually read any of the posts for that battle and was only planning on getting involved if I was involved directly in it. It was sort of ongoing before I even started this game, and figured it wasn't my business, and wouldn't be unless it was made my business.

However, if you want to do something other than that kind of massive battle, I am open to suggestions.