[OOC] Patchwork: A Multiversal Factions NRP

[Kalamadea]

Oh, and don't forget the Flood and the Metroids. Although, you'd probably stand more chance against the Flood than the Orks and Metroids.

[Queen Raidne]

MrShoe said
Ya know, maybe choosing a team of Baseball players wasn't the best idea. Especially when they're going up against Warhammer 40K Orcs. Meh. I'll make it work some how. But first I'll need a boat...

And if it ever gets too out of hand (read: unfun for everyone but, like, two people), I can always throw a couple of "mega events" at the world of Patchwork. Just to shake things up.

[Kalamadea]

Well, I'll never, ever toss more than one metroid at anyone, nor will I toss one at anyone that can't stand a chance. I chose the Orks first because they're really tough and seem to be one of the most likely to figure out a way to beat them. I'm also considering tossing one at the Flood when he gets his intro up.

I'll probably make another sheet for a nation that's a bit more, well, sentient than the metroids. And numerous. I'm thinking of bringing some Crysis in if it's fine for me to make another sheet.

[MrShoe]

Quick question: How, if at all, do radios work?

[Rising Sun]

Here you go:

• Differences between them and our real-life Russians
  
  During World War 1 the Russian Civil War (October 1922) never happens, and the Romanov family (Royal Family that ruled Russia) were never killed. Joseph Stalin never takes power to become leader of the Soviet Union (1922–1953) so the Russian Empire ruled the nation for many more years. The Russian government was run by constitutional monarchy since the Revolution of 1905 still took place. Constitutional monarchy is a form of democratic government in which a nonpolitical monarch acts as head of state within the boundaries of a constitution, whether written or unwritten.
  
  So they never really got involved in the First World War. During World War 2 Hitler almost took over their country until the United States decides to get involved and saves Russia. Nicholas the Second (King of the Russian Empire) gave his thanks to the U.S and decided to join the Allies to support them against Hitler’s forces and later the Japanese. Unfortunately since the Soviet Union never existed Hitler gained control of Europe. The U.S and Russia nearly lost the war but it ended in a stalemate. The Axis forces later assassinated Hitler. Most of Europe spoke German and was controlled under their laws.
  
  The Russians in the 50's conquered Vietnam which expanded their Territory. The British were nearly crippled during WW2 since they were basically ally-less. A cold war started between New Europe and Russia/U.S. New Europe had a Revolution which removed the Nazi party from power in the mid 80's which ended the cold war with New Europe. Since then New Europe revived human rights and made new laws. New Europe ended up becoming a Super Power in the late 90’s with China following closely behind them in military and economic power. In modern day Russia the Royal family was still in existence but has a much lesser role. The first Prime Minister came to power in the 70’s and later elected was Paul Newport in the early 90’s. The Russian Empire had no term limits for its Prime Ministers.
  In the present day there were no major wars currently going on.




• What this group of people is doing in a bit of mostly-empty terrain with some ruins?
  
  What do you mean? Sorry I don't think I get what you are trying to ask.

[Maxxorlord]

I believe Raidne is asking what your Russians were doing when they were transported to the new world. I wager she's asking this because your hex information states that your faction is in the middle of no where.

[Queen Raidne]

MrShoe said
Quick question: How, if at all, do radios work?

As normal. Obviously, unless you've got a radio tower handy, you won't be able to transmit as far.

I dug into it a bit and decided that the ionosphere on Patchwork is quite healthy at the moment - we're in a peak period of solar activity - so you can go ahead and use the whole HF range up to 30 MHz around the clock. Just in case that actually means anything to you.

Or do you mean how do radios work in general?

Okay, let's see what I can remember. Something to do with resonant frequencies. If you set up a circuit with an inductor and a capacitor, the capacitor fills up with energy, and then the inductor fills a magnetic field with energy, and it kinda goes back and forth like that. Meanwhile, light - being a series of oscillating electric fields that cause oscillating magnetic fields that in turn cause oscillating electrical fields and so on and so forth - happens to cause an electric current if the right frequency of light hits an inductor-capacitor circuit (provided the capacitor and inductor are at the proper capacitance and inductance). Point being that such a circuit could detect particular frequencies of light in a predictable manner. You can also hook up an amp-meter to the thing to figure out how strong (amplitude) of a signal its receiving.

At this point, the only thing to do is to figure out how to encode communication into light waves. So you've got amplitude modulation (AM), which encodes audio frequency (pitch) in the amplitude (strength) of a light wave at any given moment. You've also got frequency modulation (FM), which encodes audio frequency to a corresponding light frequency. Or you could just go old school and use morse code.

That's roughly how a radio works.

PS: Oh yeah! We use radio waves (themselves part of the electromagnetic spectrum [far more red than, um, red is]) to do all this communication for reasons. Thus the term "radio".

Maxxorlord said
I believe Raidne is asking what your Russians were doing when they were transported to the new world. I wager she's asking this because your hex information states that your faction is in the middle of no where.

Maxxorlord's got it. I'm just curious why your Russians are in that particular chunk of land when they get teleported. Also, you might be interested in http://www.alternatehistory.com/Discussion/.

[MrShoe]

Ok. So last question before I get a post goin.

In my first post (or at least one of my very early ones) my faction will begin work on a boat, now since it will have to be a makeshift boat due to lack of material, will you do some kind of behind the scenes GM rolling to see if they make it or is it up to me to make it fair?

[Queen Raidne]

It's (mostly) completely up to you. This RP relies upon roleplaying rather than dice-rolling.

[KabenSaal]

I want to join, but I can't decide wither i should make Rand with Egwene, or Egwene with Rand. (There is a difference)

[Nerevarine]

Faction Name: The Trolls
Universe: http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Homestuck
Summary in a Sentence: Grey skinned space spartans with candy corn horns and rainbow blood
Description: Trolls are a species of humanoid insects. They mostly appear to be grey skinned humans, but unique traits, such as the candy corn like horns, or the overly sharp teeth.
The Trolls are naturally predisposed to high aggression. Their culture encourages violence, and murder is not uncommon among them. This is intimately linked to the blood caste, called the Hemospectrum. Trolls may have one of twelve blood colors, going from red to fuchsia. Red to olive bloods are low caste and Jade to Purple bloods are high. Violet and Fuchsia are royalty.
Technology Level: Trolls are a spacefaring civilisation, however all of their technology is biological, and as such, is subject to death rates. However, the insectoid technology lay thousands of eggs, all of whom will catch into brand new instruments.
Magical or other Supernatural Powers: the lower castes have a predisposition to psychic abilities, however, Orange blooded trolls have minor powers, with burgundy bloods having average power and gold bloods having extreme psychic power. Purple bloods belonging to the Subbjugulator cult possess magic/psychic powers called Chucklevoodoos, which inspire violent terror in those under their spell.
Other: The trolls become rarer as the caste level increases.
Important People:
+Name: Her Imperial Condesencion, Meenah Peixes
+Role: Empress
+Description: The Fuchsia blooded totalitarian dictator of the Alterian Empire.
+Brief Bio: The ruthless despot of Alteria, The Condesce has made a name for herself with her ironfisted brutality and draconian legalism. Controlling all aspects of troll life, she keeps the empire strongly together

Hex Location: 9, 3
Terrain Type: thick forests with miles of rocky plains along the coast of a dark ocean.
Important Terrain Features:
Dark clouds that block out most sunlight
Important Structures:
Troll Hives. Each one is self built by an individual troll.
Other:

[MrShoe]

Wait. Can the trolls even survive? They can't leave their hex otherwise the sun will cause very irritating burns, hindering the movement. Because Alternia's sun is so incredibly hot they adapted to underground movig and have skin that isn't use to direct sunlight. (Terezi looked at the sun for one second and went blind. Imagine them being in direct sunlight all day when outside their hex. Even though it's not the Alternian sun it'll still hurt like hell)

[Dingo]

I'm interested! I'll start getting a CS app written up shortly ^_^

[Queen Raidne]

Honest question: has the number of new players and factions scared people off? Because I was planning on keeping this RP open to new players for eternity, but if you guys are uncomfortable with that, I can arbitrarily cap it at 10 active players (I think that's equal to the number of people interested/currently in this RP). The reason I bring it up is that I've noticed that the IC has been inactive for a good two days or so, while the OOC's got a new post around every 12 hours or so.

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|Kabensaal:

I can't help you. I know next to nothing about (Wheel of Time?), other than my friends insisting that I read it.

Nerevarine:

Looks okay. I'm still doing research (totally not reading all of homestuck because that's the only way I can make sense of anything). One note is that the hexes are supposed to be a mile wide at their widest point, but then, I already broke that rule accidentally.

[Driving Park]

Nah, I say the more the better! I was just one of the last to post in the old thread so I'm waiting for others to post first.

[Maxxorlord]

I am of one mind with Park.

[KabenSaal]

You should read it. But if you not a patient reader, you'll never get passed the 3rd book. They are good, but slow.

And really, you don't need to know anything. Just make a discision. Neither is better.

[LeeRoy]

Okay so.

Little bit of heads up.

I'm gonna wait until everyone has posted at least once, before I post.

There is in fact a reason for this.

[Dingo]

Here's my application!

Faction Name: Gurahl - Permanently Crinos Form (River Keepers Tribe/Brown Bears)

Universe: White Wolf. World of Darkness - Werewolf: The Apocalypse.

Summary in a Sentence: Werebear healers.

Description: SEE MIDDLE BEAR PICTURED:

Typically stand at between 10-16 feet tall, weighing up to 1,200 kgs.

Technology Level: Use and own Modern 21st Century Technology, but live closely to nature and are largely self-sufficient in terms of growing and hunting food.

Magical or other Supernatural Powers: Capable of many different Gifts and Rites, with Gifts being fueled by Gnosis, the spiritual energies of Gaia. Also capable of Stepping Sideways into the Umbra, or Spirit World.
Also capable of returning the spirits of the dead to their bodies, resurrecting them, but only if their death has been recent.

Other:
Important People:
+Name: Ewch i'r Nala
+Role: River Keeper Tribe Leader
+Description: Guides the tribe with honour and wisdom, striving to fulfill their duties as healers and protectors of Gaia.
+Brief Bio: Appointed for her wisdom and honour in restoring her tribes numbers, as have her predecessors since the War of Rage, Ewch i'r has strived to help her people remember their roles as healers and protectors first and foremost in their effort to protect Gaia and to persevere beyond the prophesied Apocalypse. Slow to anger and patient like many of her Gurahl kin, Ewch i'r has always strived to keep do what is best both for Gaia and the Gurahl.

Hex Location: 8,8
Terrain Type: North American Wilderness.
Important Terrain Features: Dense woodland with a small river running throughout the center of the Hex.
Important Structures: Settlement positioned either side of the riverbank in the center of the Hex. Radio tower positioned on north side of riverbank.
Other: Woodland is home to many native animals. Wolves, Deer, Elk & Bears. River is home to Salmon and many other fish. There are also three large menhirs on each side of the river within the settlement.

[eemmtt]

(im going to post my faction over here as well.)
Faction Name: Cravers
Universe: Endless Space , Craver drones
Summary in a Sentence: Highly aggressive Part machine, part-insect spices, their hive has only one goal: to consume.
Description: [history] The Cravers were created by the Virtual Endless to use as a weapon against the Concrete Endless. They would swarm the enemy and use any available resources to feed the hive, replenishing their numbers and strength. Before long, the Virtuals realized the threat this new race posed to the galaxy, so they marooned them onto an isolated planet and then bombed the surface in an attempt to eliminate them. However, the war with the Concrete eliminated the Virtuals before the Virtuals were able to eliminate the Cravers. The insectoid race rebuilt its "civilization" and eventually learned to become a space faring race. The hive, at long last, could begin truly feeding.

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[Society] The Cravers live in a colony, a super organism. Somewhat like the ants and bees of Earth, they are biologically divided into different subtypes. The lowest ranks are not capable of independent thought: that is reserved for higher subtypes like the "Bishop" level or the most powerful 'Warlord' level. The two most common type of the craver subtypes are the workers and drones. Workers do all of the manual labor of the colony from production to food gathering. Drones are the basic warriors of the hive standing at 8’2; they are stubborn fighters battling to the death. Due to this they take great amount of death and injures, Craver drone will usually replace parts of their body with robotic parts if they are injury resulting with more veteran drones looking more like a machine than organic. One level above the drones is the warrior this lead squads of drones into combat they start out as drones but they undergo chemical and mechanical augmentation there about a foot taller than the drones they lead. But the processes for turn drone into a warrior can sometimes drive the drone into a berserk state during battle driving them to attack friend and foe alike, the most ruthless among those can become the champion of their warlord. To a certain degree, the Cravers rely on pheromones to communicate. Reproduction is accomplished through not one, but multiple queens. The society has no idea of peace. The concepts of diplomacy, peace, or mercy mean nothing to them. They only know war. The other races are merely prey. Prey that can fight back, but prey nonetheless. As a matter of fact, should the Cravers cease expanding, they will deplete whatever resources they control, and the society might consume itself. Races that are conquered by the Cravers are used as slaves or food stalk. They also have great hate towards the Automatons who have fought them for the past 1500 years.
Technology Level: Craver technology is advance to a certain degree some of their tech was looted from other races or developed by them. The Cravers mange to achieve a level of space travel and spread out among the stars. There weapons are also over the place most drones use kinetic weapons others have energy weapons, and some use melee weapons scavenge from other races
Magical or other Supernatural Powers:

The Dust.

Created by the Endless the dust are Nano-machines and Nano-computers designed to maintain their society. Some used these infinitesimally small machines to help maintain their biological bodies, while others used constructs of these Nano-elements -- known collectively as "Dust" -- as virtual bodies once they uploaded themselves. The technology was sufficiently advanced to self-replicate itself and self-assemble. While individual motes of Dust had very limited computing power, the ability to "talk" and network was built in. As a result, "clouds" of Dust could form extremely sophisticated systems. Two versions of the dust the first is manipulating the physical world: Improving building and transportation systems, attacking crop diseases, cleaning and sterilizing living spaces, etc. The other was to Dust to aid in communication and transport. It was refined to provide virtual bodies, pass electronic signals, collect and store energy, etc. But after the fall of the Endless civilization much knowledge on who to use the dust was lost. But some of people can become infected by the dust allowing them to gain supernatural powers

the cravers can use it in a limited amount using mostly to augment their bodies.
Other: The craver’s crash landed on their planets with their ships after the transfer.
Important People:
+Name: Warlord Borgon Apolla
+Role: Leader
+Description: Look stands about 14'3 and carry's tropes of past victory) the most ruthless and the biggest of the Cravers he rules over them with an iron fist.
+Brief Bio: Much of his early life is unknown; in till he came out of the blue took over a Craver raided fleet and annihilated a nearby UE fleet. Borgon went on to terrorize the southern galaxy for more than a decade in till a combine automaton/UE fleet was able destroy and scatter his forces. Borgon retreated with what little forces he had left. In till they crashed landed on this new world, now Borgon want to take this world to turn it into a new supply base to renew his war against the UE.

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+Name: Havdar the Skull taker
+Role: Borgon's champion
+Description: Look} many parts of armor has skulls of different spices on it) the warlords right hand man and enforcer he is the most loyal of the warlord's henchmen. The champion also provided extra protection to there warlord.
+Brief Bio: Originally a drone he was selected to become one of the new warrior broods but on the space station he was on was hit by Dust Rain the effects drove Havdar into a berserk rage and processed to kill everything on the station. When he final was able calmed down he was approached by Borgon who offered him a chance to be his champion, Havdar accepted the offer on the spot and has loyal followed his warlord being one of trusted people.

Hex Location: 7, 4
Terrain Type: an arid plane
Important Terrain Features: the place is covered in hills
Important Structures: wreckage of several Craver warships
Other: The wreckage of warships have been rebuilt into hive spires that houses the Cravers the largest of them serves as Borgon's fortress.