[OOC] Fade: Space NRP-RPG fusion

[darkandstar]

@Hael Thanks for getting back to me on that, i figured as much, but you didn't say anything about it so i wanted to bring it up.

[ClocktowerEchos]

@HaelAlrighty, I'll edit that part out and probably rethink some bits of the Fyrites. Anything else on the other two races you have a bone to pick with and I'll see what I can do. I think I might have either missed/forgotten that part in the OP or didn't understand it when I first read it. Either way, my bad >//<

In other news, I've updated my NS once again with mostly Government stuff, also finally got a name (Memoria Fleet).

@All, please do tell me if I need to change anything since I fear I might have to actually. Constructive criticism is welcomed ^^

Didn't edit the Races tho, going to do that now probably.

[Hael]

@HaelAlrighty, I'll edit that part out and probably rethink some bits of the Fyrites. Anything else on the other two races you have a bone to pick with and I'll see what I can do. I think I might have either missed/forgotten that part in the OP or didn't understand it when I first read it. Either way, my bad >//<

In other news, I've updated my NS once again with mostly Government stuff, also finally got a name (Memoria Fleet).

@All, please do tell me if I need to change anything since I fear I might have to actually. Constructive criticism is welcomed ^^

Didn't edit the Races tho, going to do that now probably.

@ClocktowerEchos

Everything else is fine, and you can keep the Fyrites, just not as living sex dolls. Thankyou for being understanding.

Damnit, you're acting all nice and humble and now I feel guilty for getting mad at you!

[Sigma]

@Hael Probably won't be needed, but do you think a Chatzy chatroom is in order for plot-planing purposes and what not? Or shall we strictly stick with the OOC?

[Hael]

@Hael Probably won't be needed, but do you think a Chatzy chatroom is in order for plot-making purposes and what not? Or shall we strictly stick with the OOC?

@Sigma

I think OOC and PMs work fine, and a chatroom would be too messy and disorganized compared to a forum like this one. It would quickly devolve into madness, especially if Lauder is anywhere in the vicinity

Speaking of which, I believe we have some things to discuss regarding the Xim-Human relationship. I'll PM you :D

[ClocktowerEchos]

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Everything else is fine, and you can keep the Fyrites, just not as living sex dolls. Thankyou for being understanding.

Damnit, you're acting all nice and humble and now I feel guilty for getting mad at you!

@Hael

I do my best to stand out but I also know when to stand down

I should probably be thankful for you being equally as understanding in some strange way that my sleep-deprived mind thinks is right

Anyways, here's the new version of the Fyrites, made them less like cat-eared bimbos and more... pathos-based? Tbh, the two things that inspired this new version of them was actual cats and anime tsunderes so there's that. Tell me if anything needs to be changed again:

Fyrite

Humanoid, cat-like beings, the Fyrite have humanoid skeletal structures as well as some other similarities such as five fingers on a hand and red blood, however they had evolved from more feline ancestors. The most obvious difference is their tails and ears, which are both very cat like in nature; the ears of a Fyrite is highly sensitive to sound and very receptive (it should also be noted that they have no "human-like" ears on the side of their heads, their cat ears are their real ears). The skin color is typically that which resemble's humans and tans, albeit slower. However, it is rare to see a tanned Fyrite as they are actually quite susceptible to skin cancer and related diseases; life on the Memoria Fleet also doesn't exactly provide many opportunities to get a proper tan to begin with either.

Their life cycles are remarkably quick, reaching sexual maturity around the age of 8, mental maturity around at the age of 14 and reach full adulthood at 16 before becoming elderly at age 50 with death typically happening in the 60's and 70's. As a sort of offset for their otherwise quick lives, the Fyrite's reproduction cycle is rather unique, sharing similarities with cats. Their pregnancy cycle is only a mere 3-4 months with anywhere from one to six children per birth. They can also have multiple births a year with little consequence.

Despite what many think of them, they actually do value relationships (familial and romantic as the two largest) to quite a high degree. Its that they socially see sex and romance as two different concept with one not necessarily being directly linked to the other. Some marriages have actually occurred out of platonic love or emotional support with the children being raise in the family not being that of the mother and father, but of that born from extramarital affairs.

Such relationships (and emotions in general) are actually quite common with the Fyrite who adore closeness and companionship again in a manner similar to cats. Whatever outward appearance a Fyrite may put on will be replaced with either a very loyal companionship or a very attached romance once someone begins to personally know them. Its postulated that such is the case as Fyrites or their ancestors were once very, very fearful creatures, craven of almost everything. Thus they formed close knit groups as protection and moral supports. This is also the leading theory behind why some Fyrite will appear very willful or strong or brave even though they are actually quite frail in terms of personality; in order protect themselves, they had to put on an act of strength to ward off dangers, something which has permeated long after they've ascended from their old place in the food chain.

Fyrites are also quite adaptable, both biologically and socially. Their well-balanced homeostatic capabilities permit them to wear anything they want (which sometimes included nothing at all) in most climates within reason. They are also the ones who've adapted the easiest to life on the Memoria Fleet, not exactly knowing all too well the concept of what "personal space" is has both worked for and against them.

[Sigma]

@Hael Sounds just right with me then :)

And we do need to discuss that, yeah.

[Hael]

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I do my best to stand out but I also know when to stand down

I should probably be thankful for you being equally as understanding in some strange way that my sleep-deprived mind thinks is right

Anyways, here's the new version of the Fyrites, made them less like cat-eared bimbos and more... pathos-based? Tbh, the two things that inspired this new version of them was actual cats and anime tsunderes so there's that. Tell me if anything needs to be changed again:

Fyrite

Humanoid, cat-like beings, the Fyrite have humanoid skeletal structures as well as some other similarities such as five fingers on a hand and red blood, however they had evolved from more feline ancestors. The most obvious difference is their tails and ears, which are both very cat like in nature; the ears of a Fyrite is highly sensitive to sound and very receptive (it should also be noted that they have no "human-like" ears on the side of their heads, their cat ears are their real ears). The skin color is typically that which resemble's humans and tans, albeit slower. However, it is rare to see a tanned Fyrite as they are actually quite susceptible to skin cancer and related diseases; life on the Memoria Fleet also doesn't exactly provide many opportunities to get a proper tan to begin with either.

Their life cycles are remarkably quick, reaching sexual maturity around the age of 8, mental maturity around at the age of 14 and reach full adulthood at 16 before becoming elderly at age 50 with death typically happening in the 60's and 70's. As a sort of offset for their otherwise quick lives, the Fyrite's reproduction cycle is rather unique, sharing similarities with cats. Their pregnancy cycle is only a mere 3-4 months with anywhere from one to six children per birth. They can also have multiple births a year with little consequence.

Despite what many think of them, they actually do value relationships (familial and romantic as the two largest) to quite a high degree. Its that they socially see sex and romance as two different concept with one not necessarily being directly linked to the other. Some marriages have actually occurred out of platonic love or emotional support with the children being raise in the family not being that of the mother and father, but of that born from extramarital affairs.

Such relationships (and emotions in general) are actually quite common with the Fyrite who adore closeness and companionship again in a manner similar to cats. Whatever outward appearance a Fyrite may put on will be replaced with either a very loyal companionship or a very attached romance once someone begins to personally know them. Its postulated that such is the case as Fyrites or their ancestors were once very, very fearful creatures, craven of almost everything. Thus they formed close knit groups as protection and moral supports. This is also the leading theory behind why some Fyrite will appear very willful or strong or brave even though they are actually quite frail in terms of personality; in order protect themselves, they had to put on an act of strength to ward off dangers, something which has permeated long after they've ascended from their old place in the food chain.

Fyrites are also quite adaptable, both biologically and socially. Their well-balanced homeostatic capabilities permit them to wear anything they want (which sometimes included nothing at all) in most climates within reason. They are also the ones who've adapted the easiest to life on the Memoria Fleet, not exactly knowing all too well the concept of what "personal space" is has both worked for and against them.

@ClocktowerEchos

That is accepted. Go forth, now, and post it in the character's section if you haven't already

<3

[TheSovereignGrave]

Huh, I never realized how difficult it was to think up a title for a Head of State for a Republic that isn't 'President' or 'Prime Minister'.

[Sigma]

@TheSovereignGrave Chancellor? High Councilor? Sovereign :P

Or perhaps an Alien translation of the title?

[ClocktowerEchos]

@TheSovereignGraveUse the best title of them all:

DOGE

or you could use something like Magistrate or Chairman or High Elder.
_{But the meme gods would not deus vult}

[Hael]

Huh, I never realized how difficult it was to think up a title for a Head of State for a Republic that isn't 'President' or 'Prime Minister'.

@TheSovereignGrave

"Chancellor", if you're looking for something realistic.

If you want something that sounds more outlandish, than you could probably just make up some official sounding name. The Law-keeper. The Lawful. Primus. Civilian Commander. Centralist. Prime Centralist. Central Federalist. Prime Federalist. Central Republican or Prime Republican.

I like Prime Federalist.

[darkandstar]

Or perhaps an Alien translation of the title?

@Sigma

You can certainly tell that i'm a fan of that one. xD

[Shorticus]

Huh, I never realized how difficult it was to think up a title for a Head of State for a Republic that isn't 'President' or 'Prime Minister'.

@TheSovereignGrave

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"Chancellor", if you're looking for something realistic.

If you want something that sounds more outlandish, than you could probably just make up some official sounding name. The Law-keeper. The Lawful. Primus. Civilian Commander. Centralist. Prime Centralist. Central Federalist. Prime Federalist. Central Republican or Prime Republican.

I like Prime Federalist.

@Hael

For me, a lot of it comes down to civilization theme. If you know sprinklings of other languages or if you study history at various eras, you can get a LOT of inspiration.

Potentate is one I like a lot for my warrior race of lizard people (Ila bless Zaqir); it works well for a republic if that republic has dictatorship-like leanings. Chairman/Chairwoman is always good. I'm using Exemplar here because the Exemplar is literally meant to exemplify the will of the people. If you like an inkling of monarchy, then "Prince" works for a trade republic. And don't forget that Rome - which was a republic - had an Emperor at its head. And really, you can always make something that isn't normally leadership related and turn it into a title.

The new Master of Orion game uses fairly unique names for its rulers: Controller, Khan, Skylord (for a theocratic avian dictatorship), Hierarch, Hindmost (They really are playing the Darloks differently than I expected), and the Keystone are the ones that stand out most.

[TheSovereignGrave]

I just went with 'First Governor'. Not too imaginative, but it works well enough I suppose.

And I also found an image that works well enough for the secondary race of my nation; I'll probably get up an actual description later.

[Hael]

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For me, a lot of it comes down to civilization theme. If you know sprinklings of other languages or if you study history at various eras, you can get a LOT of inspiration.

Potentate is one I like a lot for my warrior race of lizard people (Ila bless Zaqir); it works well for a republic if that republic has dictatorship-like leanings. Chairman/Chairwoman is always good. I'm using Exemplar here because the Exemplar is literally meant to exemplify the will of the people. If you like an inkling of monarchy, then "Prince" works for a trade republic. And don't forget that Rome - which was a republic - had an Emperor at its head. And really, you can always make something that isn't normally leadership related and turn it into a title.

The new Master of Orion game uses fairly unique names for its rulers: Controller, Khan, Skylord (for a theocratic avian dictatorship), Hierarch, Hindmost (They really are playing the Darloks differently than I expected), and the Keystone are the ones that stand out most.

@Shorticus

For the Xim, I'm going for a dictatorship where the leader was genetically engineered for that role, then raised and educated to be a leader, and had their personality shaped (through a process I'll describe in the NS) to be the perfect leader. This person has nearly absolute control, and the people have absolute faith in their leader's abilities. It would even be considered unscientific to question the leader's power, as they are literally designed, breed, born, and shaped for that role.

I'm unable to decide a name, however. "Xim-Speaker" might be a good one, or maybe "Conjoiner".

[darkandstar]

@Hael Totally going to doubt your leader somehow, at sometime.

[TheSovereignGrave]

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For the Xim, I'm going for a dictatorship where the leader was genetically engineered for that role, then raised and educated to be a leader, and had their personality shaped (through a process I'll describe in the NS) to be the perfect leader. This person has nearly absolute control, and the people have absolute faith in their leader's abilities. It would even be considered unscientific to question the leader's power, as they are literally designed, breed, born, and shaped for that role.

I'm unable to decide a name, however. "Xim-Speaker" might be a good one, or maybe "Conjoiner".

@Hael

You could call him 'the Quintessence' or something.

[Shorticus]

I just went with 'First Governor'. Not too imaginative, but it works well enough I suppose.

@TheSovereignGrave

It doesn't have to be super creative to be a good title, though. I like it.

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For the Xim, I'm going for a dictatorship where the leader was genetically engineered for that role, then raised and educated to be a leader, and had their personality shaped (through a process I'll describe in the NS) to be the perfect leader. This person has nearly absolute control, and the people have absolute faith in their leader's abilities. It would even be considered unscientific to question the leader's power, as they are literally designed, breed, born, and shaped for that role.

I'm unable to decide a name, however. "Xim-Speaker" might be a good one, or maybe "Conjoiner".

@Hael

The words that immediately come to my mind...

Manifest
Pure/Purity
Will
Master

Turning these into a word or phrase that conveys the idea you had might be a start. I like Conjoiner myself.

EDIT: Actually, Quintessence is REALLY GOOD, Grave.

[ClocktowerEchos]

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For the Xim, I'm going for a dictatorship where the leader was genetically engineered for that role, then raised and educated to be a leader, and had their personality shaped (through a process I'll describe in the NS) to be the perfect leader. This person has nearly absolute control, and the people have absolute faith in their leader's abilities. It would even be considered unscientific to question the leader's power, as they are literally designed, breed, born, and shaped for that role.

I'm unable to decide a name, however. "Xim-Speaker" might be a good one, or maybe "Conjoiner".

@Hael

The word "Primarch" comes to mind

You could also mess with the spelling of words like Divinitus from Divine

Sounds like the word "Gospel" or "Prophet" or "Messiah" rings to me even tho they aren't religious.