:: Emergency data-core dump received
:: Decrypting logs
:: Most recent entry incomplete - Displaying recording
:: L.R.S.D. vessel "Zhao" entry 05.15.2410-LAT
[Camera feed active, single male in view at workstation. Subject identified as "Robert Mao" of the Liaoning Royal Science Division, lead researcher on board the Zhao.]
"This marks day thirty-eight of our observance of the star currently marked as LAT-4/877/43, and the thirty-seventh day in which myself and the crew of the Zhao insist on giving it a proper name. Arianne is rather partial to Heinan, though the German with us continues to suggest naming it Ostermark."
[Second male subject enters, identified by NIM implants as "Dietrich von Ostermark" Third Helix Foundation biologist on contract with the Liaoning Autonomous Territories.]
"And it would be a rather splendid name for our friend, though perhaps such requests should remain outside the official data-transfers to command?"
[Female subject enters, identified as "Arianne Mao" of the Liaoning Royal Science Division.]
"To business boys, before you[subject physically indicates "Ostermark" with her right hand pointer finger] get sent back to the Rift, and I have deal with his[subject indicates "Robert" with an inclination of her head] complaining about being under-staffed yet again. Now, what's the readings for today?"
["Robert Mao" turns and displays the sensor data on LAT-4/877/43. Additional data packet received. Observational data marks the star as a Type-O blue supergiant of unusually low interior heat and anomalous electromagnetic fluctuations in the coronal emissions. Readings have been marked as read and unchanged from the previous thirty-eight entries of the "Zhao".]
"Unchanged from the last few weeks, not even the slightest variation in core temperature. This implies an even burn of hydrogen within the star, but how exactly it is regulating is still completely unknown. Again, I suggest that it may have something to do with the short-range EM pulses… Hold on, reading another pulse.[Data packet indicates EM pulse beginning from the equatorial regions of the star and radiating outwards.] You know, I've been collating the reports and marking down when these pulses occur. Between our observations, and those of the previous four teams, I think I might have found-"
[Subject interrupted by the ship's threat sensor, indicating an unidentified vessel in close proximity.]
"Stations! Give me readings on what the hell just jumped in system, and why they're hot-dropping!" [Subject "Ostermark" takes command of the bridge as the ranking combat officer on the ship, bringing up weapons and shields.]
"We've got nothing, the ship can't pull any data off the contact. Shit, radar says it's not even there." [Data packet corresponds with subject "Robert Mao", showing multiple errors across the display and gravitational-mass readings as zero. Strong electro-magnetic pulse follows arrival of unknown vessel, further corrupting sensor readings and shorting out multiple systems.]
"Ship just lost half the sensor array and main life-support! We're on emergency power throughout the ship." [Elevated heart-rate detected among all three subjects consistent with combat-stress. Internal biometric sensors manually shut-off by authorization of acting captain "Ostermark" in order to divert power to more critical systems. Data packet indicates the Zhao as beginning evasive maneuvers, though no weapons fire has been detected. Subject "Arianne Mao" attempts to open communication channel between the Zhao and the unidentified vessel.]
"Attention unknown vessel, this is the LRSD Zhao. We are a research ship studying the local star, and are only defensively armed. We ask that you identify yourself in accordance with the Centauri Treaty, and to immediately divert course away from our vessel."
"Dietrich, sensors have picked up unknown particle radiation coming from the ship."
"We're moving as fast as this thing can go, and if we jump to evade, it could put us in a planet or the star." [Data packet from the Zhao's navigational computer indicates unknown trajectory at the time of recording.] "Robert, do we have visual on the ship yet?"
[Response from subject "Robert Mao" unintelligible, camera feed from inside the Zhao distorted. Cascading failures detected, equipment begins dump of all data-cores into subspace burst. Final image transferred before loss of contact with Zhao indicates unknown vessel of significant size. No matches found in the index of alien vessels, indicating new contact.]
:: End of entry 05.15.2410-LAT
:: Hostile contact logged for system LAT-4/877/43
:: Dispatching "Protectorate" class Assault-Cruiser "Yoshino" on order to investigate unknown vessel
:: Secondary order to terminate hostile
:: Condition 2 set - Should threat be determined upon arrival, primary order is suspended and the Yoshino is to immediately prosecute secondary order
:: End transmission
A thousand planets burn in the fires of war, mankind plunging itself into conflict as it has done for thousands of years without change. Yet this time, instead of merely supporting either side from the shadows, the corporations are war with themselves. Reformation sweeps across the Pan-Solar Confederacy, challenging what has always been considered merely "status quo". When before it was just a fact of Human supremacy, those who have remained silent in the face of alien genocide for so long have found their voices and taken up arms against the Loyalists. Entire fleets turned on each other in the opening days of the war, reducing the military strength of the Confederacy and the corporation that backs it by a quarter within a month. Nations align themselves to either side for everything from attempts at seizing territory from neighboring nations, to merely trying to pick the winning side and come out ahead in the end. Such is the way of the Great Reformation, as it has been with the three Unification wars before it in millennia past.
Sixty years have passed since Chairman Jervis Reiksguard seized power within UNISEC, and divided that military corporation in two warring halves. Entire regions still burn as the frontlines of war stretch across the entire western half of the galaxy, and to the north opportunistic aliens invade the Hanseatic Rift. In the southern fringes however, the Liaoning Autonomous Territories remain neutral in the ongoing conflict, as they historically have done in every war since their founding days. The Emperor Zhao Qing, though always holding sentiments in line with the Reformists, staunchly refuses to choose a side, instead maintaining that Liaoning will remain loyal to the Confederacy as a whole. Taking his refusal as allegiance against them, the Loyalists mount consistent incursions into their territory, though the standing army has to this point repelled each attempt.
For that reason, when LAT-4/877/43 went dark only for the surrounding star systems within a hundred light years, UNISEC command dispatched a special forces cruiser to the star system. Two dozen troopers of the Third Division under the doctrine of mixed unit tactics stand at the ready for their orders alongside specialists from the First and Second division as well as Solexus Engineering and Third Helix Foundation. You stand as one of these soldiers, engineers, scientists or deckhands of the Yoshino. Your orders upon drop are simple. Ascertain the threat within LAT-4/877/43, and if hostile you are to eliminate it with extreme prejudice.
Forward into glory.
Hello and welcome to Conflux, a setting of my own creation that I've been working on for quite some time now, and present here as the backdrop for a character-driven RP centered on the mysterious ship "Pantherigos". In this setting we see a distant future in which mankind is yet again at war with itself, but now across the western half of the galaxy and thousands of planets. Megacorporations decide and execute the law across the realm of humanity, declaring unemployment illegal and regulating intercorporation affairs to the point of making it impossible for new ventures to compete with the established titans. That is not to say that mankind is stifled under the boot of corporate greed, for it is by their hands that progress has been relentless in many sectors. From extending the human lifespan to hundreds of years, to complex gene-therapy to greatly augment natural ability, and the many cybernetic enhancements available even to the common man, the advancement of science has always been steady.
How exactly the RP will play out is yet to be determined, for while I have a plot-line set up through the intro above, and a firm idea as to how that will progress; I am of mind to keep it open to evolve as the players post. That leaves things open to create an ever-evolving story centered on the crew of the Yoshino as they go about their orders amid the flames of the first war since the Thousand Years of Darkness in which an entire generation has been born in conflict.
Below will be several hiders containing relevant information as I add it, generally as it is requested, as well as two character sheets. The first is the sheet plus explanations on the sections, while the second one is blank. I ask that anyone wishing to apply refrain from posting their characters in the character tab until they have been approved and equipped.
Beyond that, my rules for the RP are simple and thus:
- Respect your fellow players(that includes me as the GM :v) and take every effort to communicate with them intentions that may reflect on their characters.
- Post as and when you're ready, though try to respect the pacing as best you can. That includes communicating with the group if you won't be available for an extended period and making arrangements so that those who wish to continue on without you can do so. I don't intend on this to be fast paced by any means, and would find even a couple posts a week satisfactory, but let's try not to go much slower than that.
- Ask questions. This setting is close to me, and so I am always more than eager to answer questions on it, no matter how silly they may sound at first. If you feel unsure about something, or just want a little more clarification, then ask.
Relevant Setting information as follows, more will be added as the RP progresses or as I feel the need.
Character sheets:
:: Decrypting logs
:: Most recent entry incomplete - Displaying recording
:: L.R.S.D. vessel "Zhao" entry 05.15.2410-LAT
[Camera feed active, single male in view at workstation. Subject identified as "Robert Mao" of the Liaoning Royal Science Division, lead researcher on board the Zhao.]
"This marks day thirty-eight of our observance of the star currently marked as LAT-4/877/43, and the thirty-seventh day in which myself and the crew of the Zhao insist on giving it a proper name. Arianne is rather partial to Heinan, though the German with us continues to suggest naming it Ostermark."
[Second male subject enters, identified by NIM implants as "Dietrich von Ostermark" Third Helix Foundation biologist on contract with the Liaoning Autonomous Territories.]
"And it would be a rather splendid name for our friend, though perhaps such requests should remain outside the official data-transfers to command?"
[Female subject enters, identified as "Arianne Mao" of the Liaoning Royal Science Division.]
"To business boys, before you[subject physically indicates "Ostermark" with her right hand pointer finger] get sent back to the Rift, and I have deal with his[subject indicates "Robert" with an inclination of her head] complaining about being under-staffed yet again. Now, what's the readings for today?"
["Robert Mao" turns and displays the sensor data on LAT-4/877/43. Additional data packet received. Observational data marks the star as a Type-O blue supergiant of unusually low interior heat and anomalous electromagnetic fluctuations in the coronal emissions. Readings have been marked as read and unchanged from the previous thirty-eight entries of the "Zhao".]
"Unchanged from the last few weeks, not even the slightest variation in core temperature. This implies an even burn of hydrogen within the star, but how exactly it is regulating is still completely unknown. Again, I suggest that it may have something to do with the short-range EM pulses… Hold on, reading another pulse.[Data packet indicates EM pulse beginning from the equatorial regions of the star and radiating outwards.] You know, I've been collating the reports and marking down when these pulses occur. Between our observations, and those of the previous four teams, I think I might have found-"
[Subject interrupted by the ship's threat sensor, indicating an unidentified vessel in close proximity.]
"Stations! Give me readings on what the hell just jumped in system, and why they're hot-dropping!" [Subject "Ostermark" takes command of the bridge as the ranking combat officer on the ship, bringing up weapons and shields.]
"We've got nothing, the ship can't pull any data off the contact. Shit, radar says it's not even there." [Data packet corresponds with subject "Robert Mao", showing multiple errors across the display and gravitational-mass readings as zero. Strong electro-magnetic pulse follows arrival of unknown vessel, further corrupting sensor readings and shorting out multiple systems.]
"Ship just lost half the sensor array and main life-support! We're on emergency power throughout the ship." [Elevated heart-rate detected among all three subjects consistent with combat-stress. Internal biometric sensors manually shut-off by authorization of acting captain "Ostermark" in order to divert power to more critical systems. Data packet indicates the Zhao as beginning evasive maneuvers, though no weapons fire has been detected. Subject "Arianne Mao" attempts to open communication channel between the Zhao and the unidentified vessel.]
"Attention unknown vessel, this is the LRSD Zhao. We are a research ship studying the local star, and are only defensively armed. We ask that you identify yourself in accordance with the Centauri Treaty, and to immediately divert course away from our vessel."
"Dietrich, sensors have picked up unknown particle radiation coming from the ship."
"We're moving as fast as this thing can go, and if we jump to evade, it could put us in a planet or the star." [Data packet from the Zhao's navigational computer indicates unknown trajectory at the time of recording.] "Robert, do we have visual on the ship yet?"
[Response from subject "Robert Mao" unintelligible, camera feed from inside the Zhao distorted. Cascading failures detected, equipment begins dump of all data-cores into subspace burst. Final image transferred before loss of contact with Zhao indicates unknown vessel of significant size. No matches found in the index of alien vessels, indicating new contact.]
:: End of entry 05.15.2410-LAT
:: Hostile contact logged for system LAT-4/877/43
:: Dispatching "Protectorate" class Assault-Cruiser "Yoshino" on order to investigate unknown vessel
:: Secondary order to terminate hostile
:: Condition 2 set - Should threat be determined upon arrival, primary order is suspended and the Yoshino is to immediately prosecute secondary order
:: End transmission
P A N T H E R I G O S
A thousand planets burn in the fires of war, mankind plunging itself into conflict as it has done for thousands of years without change. Yet this time, instead of merely supporting either side from the shadows, the corporations are war with themselves. Reformation sweeps across the Pan-Solar Confederacy, challenging what has always been considered merely "status quo". When before it was just a fact of Human supremacy, those who have remained silent in the face of alien genocide for so long have found their voices and taken up arms against the Loyalists. Entire fleets turned on each other in the opening days of the war, reducing the military strength of the Confederacy and the corporation that backs it by a quarter within a month. Nations align themselves to either side for everything from attempts at seizing territory from neighboring nations, to merely trying to pick the winning side and come out ahead in the end. Such is the way of the Great Reformation, as it has been with the three Unification wars before it in millennia past.
Sixty years have passed since Chairman Jervis Reiksguard seized power within UNISEC, and divided that military corporation in two warring halves. Entire regions still burn as the frontlines of war stretch across the entire western half of the galaxy, and to the north opportunistic aliens invade the Hanseatic Rift. In the southern fringes however, the Liaoning Autonomous Territories remain neutral in the ongoing conflict, as they historically have done in every war since their founding days. The Emperor Zhao Qing, though always holding sentiments in line with the Reformists, staunchly refuses to choose a side, instead maintaining that Liaoning will remain loyal to the Confederacy as a whole. Taking his refusal as allegiance against them, the Loyalists mount consistent incursions into their territory, though the standing army has to this point repelled each attempt.
For that reason, when LAT-4/877/43 went dark only for the surrounding star systems within a hundred light years, UNISEC command dispatched a special forces cruiser to the star system. Two dozen troopers of the Third Division under the doctrine of mixed unit tactics stand at the ready for their orders alongside specialists from the First and Second division as well as Solexus Engineering and Third Helix Foundation. You stand as one of these soldiers, engineers, scientists or deckhands of the Yoshino. Your orders upon drop are simple. Ascertain the threat within LAT-4/877/43, and if hostile you are to eliminate it with extreme prejudice.
Forward into glory.
Hello and welcome to Conflux, a setting of my own creation that I've been working on for quite some time now, and present here as the backdrop for a character-driven RP centered on the mysterious ship "Pantherigos". In this setting we see a distant future in which mankind is yet again at war with itself, but now across the western half of the galaxy and thousands of planets. Megacorporations decide and execute the law across the realm of humanity, declaring unemployment illegal and regulating intercorporation affairs to the point of making it impossible for new ventures to compete with the established titans. That is not to say that mankind is stifled under the boot of corporate greed, for it is by their hands that progress has been relentless in many sectors. From extending the human lifespan to hundreds of years, to complex gene-therapy to greatly augment natural ability, and the many cybernetic enhancements available even to the common man, the advancement of science has always been steady.
How exactly the RP will play out is yet to be determined, for while I have a plot-line set up through the intro above, and a firm idea as to how that will progress; I am of mind to keep it open to evolve as the players post. That leaves things open to create an ever-evolving story centered on the crew of the Yoshino as they go about their orders amid the flames of the first war since the Thousand Years of Darkness in which an entire generation has been born in conflict.
Below will be several hiders containing relevant information as I add it, generally as it is requested, as well as two character sheets. The first is the sheet plus explanations on the sections, while the second one is blank. I ask that anyone wishing to apply refrain from posting their characters in the character tab until they have been approved and equipped.
Beyond that, my rules for the RP are simple and thus:
- Respect your fellow players(that includes me as the GM :v) and take every effort to communicate with them intentions that may reflect on their characters.
- Post as and when you're ready, though try to respect the pacing as best you can. That includes communicating with the group if you won't be available for an extended period and making arrangements so that those who wish to continue on without you can do so. I don't intend on this to be fast paced by any means, and would find even a couple posts a week satisfactory, but let's try not to go much slower than that.
- Ask questions. This setting is close to me, and so I am always more than eager to answer questions on it, no matter how silly they may sound at first. If you feel unsure about something, or just want a little more clarification, then ask.
Relevant Setting information as follows, more will be added as the RP progresses or as I feel the need.
Character sheets: