[OOC] The Peace Keepers OOC / IC

[Pepperm1nts]

I'm going to leave this here. It's super unfinished and subject to a lot of change. The only thing here is really 'Policy', but even that may change.

Palathyn Collective

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Government:

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Three pillars make up the government of the Palathyn Collective. The first and most powerful of the pillars is the military, whose role is to protect and police the state and its citizens. The second pillar, commonly referred to as the Builders, or Creators, is made up of craftsmen, masons and the like; those dedicated to creating and providing needed goods, from farmers to shipwrights. The third pillar is made up of scholars and scientists; the great minds spearheading scientific and technological advancement.

The three pillars work separately, each with their own hierarchy, but come together to form the Collective. Every citizen is required to serve under one of these pillars, and in this sense the Collective is an almost knightly, or fraternal organization. Individuals are assigned to one of the three branches based on their abilities, but may request reassignment if they can prove to be more valuable elsewhere.

The Palathyn Collective builds its society with the aim to create an efficient machine where every citizen contributes in some capacity. The hierarchy within the three pillars is meritocratic and as such an individual's place is determined solely by their capabilities. However, by right, everyone is guaranteed a place where they can serve and prosper. Those outside the pillars are known as Outcasts and are not considered citizens.

Officials:

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• Vicimer
• Redoven Odokar
• Antem Vortigas

Worlds:

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• Palathyn

Brief History:

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Primary Species:

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Policy:

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The Palathyn Collective does not abide by the Unity Accords and therefore continues the production and active use of controversial technologies on both sides of the spectrum, including weapons of mass destruction, Faster-Than-Light travel, and gene-manipulation.

The Collective holds a controversial position in interstellar politics. Despite its dealings with forbidden technology and its on-going (shadow) conflict with the Golgotha, the Collective holds a non-voting member in the Galactic Council and attempts to maintain diplomatic relations with its members.

More importantly, the Collective fundamentally opposes the restrictions put in place by the Accords, as well as the inaction of the Galactic Council with regards to the Golgotha remnants. Despite this, the Collective has not engaged in war with members of the alliance.

Vicimer remains thoroughly unconvinced that the Concordance truly wants peace, and has been Archon Velian's most vocal critic in the Galactic Council. But most of all, the Collective faults the Council itself for its inaction against the Golgotha and its failure to punish those responsible for the deaths of billions. He has called the Council's willingness to "wait and see" what becomes of the Concordance a "fool's gambit" and has warned against a possible military resurgence that could finish what the Mandate started.

Since its inception, the Collective has waged a sort of shadow war against Golgothan remnants throughout the galaxy. FTL-equipped vessels have on numerous occasions struck Golgothan targets using nuclear devices. The attacks have been indiscriminate, targeting both military and civilian targets in a series of retaliatory attacks with no end in sight. For years, the Collective has been a constant terror for both the Concordance and the Mandate, but officially, these attacks are attributed to rogue elements and terrorists, known as Outcasts. The Collective itself denies any involvement.

Although the Collective has been critical of the Concordance's seat at the Galactic Council, it has in truth benefited greatly from it. Its obligation to the Accords has kept the Concordance's armed forces incapable of striking back or pursuing Collective vessels. To this day no one knows where Palathyn is - only that it is only reachable by FTL technology. Its location has been the Collective's most guarded secret, with an army of counter-intelligence specialists and heavy restrictions on travel making the exact location of Palathyn indecipherable.

The Collective's refusal to abide by the Accords stems from a desire to neutralize the Golgotha before they can recover and strike back. The Galactic Council's willingness to disarm itself is seen by the Collective as absolute folly.

Economy:

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Military:

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Maps:

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[Lucidnonsense]

@Lucidnonsense

Actually, Polybius states that energy weapons are more the norm for the more advanced nations.

@Claw2k11

Does that contradict what I have?

[Claw2k11]

@Lucidnonsense

It doesn't though it doesn't say what sort of tech they're using, so you should mention it at least once that they're using energy weapons.

[TheUnknowable]

@LucidnonsenseAs my main race are plasma based lifeforms which can enhance plasma-based systems, I'll use particle beams, directed plasma, fusion warheads, and maybe anti-matter warheads. My smallest ship will just have it's hydro-floric acid digestive substance, though.

[Lucidnonsense]

@Lucidnonsense

It doesn't though it doesn't say what sort of tech they're using, so you should mention it at least once that they're using energy weapons.

@Claw2k11

Arent Laser weapons generally considered energy weapons? Plasma tends to be called an energy weapon too.

[Claw2k11]

@Lucidnonsense

Laser could maybe qualify as an energy weapon, but plasma are just super-heated gasses so I don't think that plasma would work as an energy weapon per se.

[Claw2k11]

@TheUnknowable

Just my opinion here, but anti-matter would be very OP even in the smallest of quantities and it's VERY difficult to obtain it, so I would imagine only the richest factions could employ the use of it.

[Lucidnonsense]

@TheUnknowable

Just my opinion here, but anti-matter would be very OP even in the smallest of quantities and it's VERY difficult to obtain it, so I would imagine only the richest factions could employ the use of it.

@Claw2k11

Is it OP? Antimatter has the drawback of containment, A nuke doesnt want to explode, damaging a nuke tends to disable it, not cause it to undergo a nuclear reaction. on the otherhand, you disable the containment on an Amat bomb and it can have destructive consequences. Compared to some other widespread sci-fi techs, creation of antimatter doesnt seem that inconcievable. Now, it is probably a bit more expensive than a nuke anyway.

[Claw2k11]

@Lucidnonsense

The fact that's you can find large amounts of natural and usable anti-matter only near black holes and neutron stars which does make them hard to extract from said places. And not only that, the matter of actually containing them and placing them in a weapon or a bomb. These two combined would make it very expensive. And since a single microdrop(microscopic drop) of antimatter(can't remember where I saw it) can power the entire energy needs of New York City for an entire day. Imagine a large quantity of anti-matter shoved in a bomb and you got an OP weapon.

[Lucidnonsense]

@Lucidnonsense

Laser could maybe qualify as an energy weapon, but plasma are just super-heated gasses so I don't think that plasma would work as an energy weapon per se.

@Claw2k11

Technically most weapons are energy weapons, they deliver energy to a target in order to cause damage. The means the energy is transferred might be bullets or lasers

[Claw2k11]

@Lucidnonsense

But that's only technically, not in practice. I think energy here are probably lasers or something of the sort.

[Lucidnonsense]

@Lucidnonsense

But that's only technically, not in practice. I think energy here are probably lasers or something of the sort.

@Claw2k11

What else would you define as an energy weapon

[Claw2k11]

@Lucidnonsense

I don't think there exists a term for what I view energy to be other than that light blue superheated mass of... well, energy. I think we should just stick to lasers for now, or until Polybius explains it to us.

[Pepperm1nts]

Why does it matter so much what plasma is called? It's all semantics and not at all important to the narrative.

[Lucidnonsense]

Why does it matter so much what plasma is called? It's all semantics and not at all important to the narrative.

@Pepperm1nts

Consistency I suppose, so that it is fairly clear what the advantages and disadvantages in combat are

[Pepperm1nts]

That doesn't matter, though, since battles will be decided by the participants. If I decide it benefits the narrative for you to beat me, it doesn't matter what kind of weapons you have. What matters is that somehow you'll defeat me and it'll further the story somehow.

[Lucidnonsense]

That doesn't matter, though, since battles will be decided by the participants. If I decide it benefits the narrative for you to beat me, it doesn't matter what kind of weapons you have. What matters is that somehow you'll defeat me and it'll further the story somehow.

@Pepperm1nts

It's flavor

[Oraculum]

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It's flavor

@Lucidnonsense

Exactly. As I gather, what sort of weaponry is employed is essentially a cosmetic factor. The only specification on the matter I see among the guidelines is that energy weapons are more expensive to produce, and presumably more destructive, than, I suppose, kinetic ones. As such, debating the merits of energy, plasma or whatever other weapons would amount to arguing over whether it is better to fire green or blue beams, which does not strike me as a particularly insidious point of contention.

[TheUnknowable]

@Claw2k1143 kilotons of explosive force per gram you annihilate with an equal ammount of matter, or 180 terra joules of energy. It could be harvested from stars (our own sun produces tonnes per year, it is just instantly annihilated.) but it would be difficult to get In large quantities.

Also, we manufacture positrons on earth present day, but can't store enough to do much more that cat scans and minor experiments with it. With plasma based life forms that live in stars, though, in might be possible to harvest and store it quickly enough for some minor uses, like a few hundred ships having a few dozen missiles.

[TheUnknowable]

@Oraculumin most sci fi, blue weapons are the good guys, green neutral, and red bad. That's true in star trek and star wars.