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[OOC] Stellvia Reboot - a freeform Sci-Fi/Near-future NRP
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I'm here with bells on, of course.
And very much looking forwards to seeing this get off the ground!
In any players have questions/concerns or if any potential players have questions, my PM box is open.
and I promise to only send like, half of you to the gulag.
And very much looking forwards to seeing this get off the ground!
In any players have questions/concerns or if any potential players have questions, my PM box is open.
and I promise to only send like, half of you to the gulag.
Lucidnonsense
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Considering Playing space nomads who broke off from the Federation, but still are on good terms with them.
Hi,
What about a very small nation which is technological very advanced?
What is defined as slow and limited? Could you give a few examples? In comparision to the size of the universe even 1000 times the speed of light is slow, however to a human this speed is much faster than the human perception.
What would be a normal speed, what a slow speed and what would be a fast speed but not too fast?
1 ly/h
10 ly/h
100 ly/h
1 ly/day
10 ly/day
100 ly/day
?
I would like to make a technological very advanced (depending on the definition) nation which has at the beginning only a couple of vessels, 1 Planet and a few mining outposts.
What about details on size, speed and others? I couldn't find, or I am simply too blind, any details on the size or speed of the capital ships in the 'United Terran Federation'. I use this nation as a reference since it's the only one currently and also the one of the GM.
Do you plan on putting the details into the actual RP posts or won't there be any values regarding the capabilities of things? That is something I want to know for the final version of my nation ;-)
Hopefully one of you can/wants to answer my questions ^^
Kinith
than everyone being grand imperial empires or massive multicultural federations, we were all Empires who only (relatively) recently began reaching into the stars. Maybe your nation has only recently discovered FTL and settling it’s first colonies, maybe your nation has reached space but has no method of FTL, and thus is reliant on cryogenics to settle distant worlds, or it is even possible that your nation only just took it’s first steps into space and it’s own moon.
4. As this is based around small empires, there will not be a single massive empire or federation. At most you should have FTL technology and some future-age space weapons with a few nearby colonies that are nowhere close to be fully developed. If you have an awesome idea that is odd or doesn’t fit this criteria but you think would work in the RP, contact me and something could be arranged.
...
6. FTL is slow and tech is limited to fit in with the theme of the RP. However, there is a precursor gate network to allow for near instant travel to specific points in the galaxy. More will revealed about the precursors as the RP progresses
What about a very small nation which is technological very advanced?
What is defined as slow and limited? Could you give a few examples? In comparision to the size of the universe even 1000 times the speed of light is slow, however to a human this speed is much faster than the human perception.
What would be a normal speed, what a slow speed and what would be a fast speed but not too fast?
1 ly/h
10 ly/h
100 ly/h
1 ly/day
10 ly/day
100 ly/day
?
I would like to make a technological very advanced (depending on the definition) nation which has at the beginning only a couple of vessels, 1 Planet and a few mining outposts.
What about details on size, speed and others? I couldn't find, or I am simply too blind, any details on the size or speed of the capital ships in the 'United Terran Federation'. I use this nation as a reference since it's the only one currently and also the one of the GM.
Do you plan on putting the details into the actual RP posts or won't there be any values regarding the capabilities of things? That is something I want to know for the final version of my nation ;-)
Hopefully one of you can/wants to answer my questions ^^
Kinith
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and I promise to only send like, half of you to the gulag.
I'm the one to watch out for. You'll all get sent to the gulag. Every last one of you. Ten trillion years each.
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@TheFoxLord @Dusty @Starlance @Empress @catchamber
Yo. We have an OOC.
Figured you guys would want to know~
Well, first off, what do you mean by advanced?
Yo. We have an OOC.
Figured you guys would want to know~
*Glorious communist snip*
Well, first off, what do you mean by advanced?
Something from the tech level of common Sci-Fi series like andromeda, stargate, star trek... are those too far in the future?
I kinda liked the settings of the Ancients from Stargate, however they are far too advanced. But what about for example the Replicator technology? Cloaking like the Romulans? How far is considered advanced for this RP but not too advanced. How fast is considered average in FTL in this RP?
Those are currently my main questions.
I don't want to annoy you, however this would be my first RP on this site. I want to get more information to fine tune my concept.
I kinda liked the settings of the Ancients from Stargate, however they are far too advanced. But what about for example the Replicator technology? Cloaking like the Romulans? How far is considered advanced for this RP but not too advanced. How fast is considered average in FTL in this RP?
Those are currently my main questions.
I don't want to annoy you, however this would be my first RP on this site. I want to get more information to fine tune my concept.
coGM
Something from the tech level of common Sci-Fi series like andromeda, stargate, star trek... are those too far in the future?
I kinda liked the settings of the Ancients from Stargate, however they are far too advanced. But what about for example the Replicator technology? Cloaking like the Romulans? How far is considered advanced for this RP but not too advanced. How fast is considered average in FTL in this RP?
Those are currently my main questions.
I don't want to annoy you, however this would be my first RP on this site. I want to get more information to fine tune my concept.
Answering questions from players is part of my job, so don't worry about annoying me.
The other part is hiding the bodies.
Anyway, I've done some quick consulting with @Keyguyperson and our intial impression based on your presented inspirations is that those would be a bit too advanced, all things considered. The point of the game is to play an emerging empire, not one that's already advanced on the level of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
The best example we can come up with is...think something more along the lines of the Enterprise from the first season of the show of the same name. Relatively slow FTL, no energy shielding, more modern weaponry (nuclear missiles rather than antimatter bombs) etc.
Having a much more advanced empire come in that's effectively on the same level as the starting empires-since none of us are starting with big colonial empires, wouldn't be fair to the other players.
I can't tell you how quick FTL is exactly, that question will have to go to @duck55223.
Ok, thank you that answered many of my questions. Are there some hardlimits for the race except immortality stuff? I planed to give my guys a natural lifespan of a few thousand years.
That's it from my side for now.... my coffin is calling :D
That's it from my side for now.... my coffin is calling :D
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Ok, thank you that answered many of my questions. Are there some hardlimits for the race except immortality stuff? I planed to give my guys a natural lifespan of a few thousand years.
That's it from my side for now.... my coffin is calling :D
That shouldn't be bad at all (my species doesn't sleep). As long as it isn't an excuse to have some kind of ridiculously quick advancement it's all good.
coGM
<Snipped quote by Kinith>
That shouldn't be bad at all (my species doesn't sleep). As long as it isn't an excuse to have some kind of ridiculously quick advancement it's all good.
Yeah, it shouldn't be an issue at all.
I mean.
this could well end up being my species:
We aren't too restrictive.
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Cassadria
Name of nation: Cassadria Confederacy
Species: Cassids, Cassadrians, Cass, Cassa
A tall reptilian species of humanoid creatures that label themselves Cassadrians, they come in a range of bright colorations and differing varieties. Their bodies are slender but tough, with long fingers and sharp claws and jaws full of needle-like teeth, and hard hides of scales. All Cassadrian types can breed together, with the different types creating young with unique features such as horns, feathers, and bright scale hues.
They are vulnerable to frigid climates being cold blooded, but technology and specialized clothing has allowed them to surmount this obstacle. They enjoy the warmth of the stars and when in warm climates they will often forgo clothing entirely in preference to their natural scales. They are a vain and showy race they possess little in the way of humility and it shows with their appearances.
Males referred to as Cass, tend to be slightly smaller than the females, but faster and stronger, with the average intellect being either incredibly high or mind numbingly low, with only a few ranging in the middle areas.
Females referred to as Cassa are quite the opposite, and maintain very median averages in terms of intelligence, strength, and speed, however they do tend to be larger and more colorful than their male counterparts. Females have around three to four young per litter at a rate of one litter per year meaning the population can expand rapidly. Still, life spans for all Cassadrians are typically short with most cassids dying around age forty, their high metabolism leading to an early mortality.
Description of government:
Cassadrians live in a familial and clan based society and as a result stress that only locals govern the different family groups, or clans. The confederacy was created to try and unify these clans under international law and security and succeeded to a limited degree. Their policies focusing mostly on keeping the cassids from butchering each other into extinction. The government’s power is restricted however, and can only create laws if a combined senate consisting of two representatives from every clan, unanimously vote for. This means the confederacy has made very few laws and has created virtually no regulations for the huge markets and powerful clans that truly run Cassadria.
The confederacy elects a new Prime Minister every seven years, never allowing any one cassid to rule for any longer. The Prime Minister’s great power is a façade, his only task being to run the often wild senate meetings and maintain order between the clans. Senators tend to serve life time terms, unless they are found incompetent and are replaced by their backing clan. These replacements can be violent, especially for the more prideful clans who consider failure to be dishonorable.
The seats in the senate are meant to be open to any cassid, though only the wealthy and talented manage to make it at all, creating a system of corruption, despised by the average Cassadrian.
The confederacy can, if it considers the threat viable, utilize its military might to fight wars or aid in disaster relief. This is usually accomplished by assigning senate chosen military leaders large battalions of voluntarily given clan warriors and mercenaries as the confederacy has no standing army of its own, except for the elite Tunnel Guards who act as security for the senate members but are few in number.
Overall the confederacy is weak and disjointed having very little real power over the clans, who like it just fine that way.
Description of military:
The Cassadrian military is highly advanced but disjointed, not unified under a single power. Clan rivalries occur all too often and bloodshed happens without a common enemy to combat presenting the planet as a whole vulnerable to sudden invasion due to backstabbing and general chaos. The other side of the coin is the mercenary armies funded by large corporations, usually bought out by the confederacy or smaller clans who have no armed forces of their own.
That being said the Cassadrian Clan warriors who make up the bulk of the military forces present on Cassadria are skilled and well-armed and consider themselves honorable. Their mercenary counterparts are equally equipped and trained but instead of being run by clan leaders, they are provided by capitalistic cassids seeking to exploit clan tensions.
When called upon the largest of the clans can field massive, powerful armies of clan warriors, spacecraft, and ground assault vehicles, and specialized missile systems. The confederacy itself (depending on how generous the backing clans are feeling) can unify several of these armies towards a single purpose. These forces have been called upon several time to put down rebellion or terrorism, but this is only possible when the clans feel there is a common enemy.
Technological Overview:
Cassadrians are quite proud of themselves and their achievements when it comes to technology. Demand has risen the speed of fresh tech at an ever increasing rate. Military technology, driven by frequent conflicts, kept the stockpiles of new and deadlier weapons in good supply. Meanwhile a consumer market has kept the need for helpful technologies to continuously be created to improve the lives of the average Cassadrian
The main source of power for the Cassadrians is solar and nuclear, and while other forms are available they have gained little popularity amongst the clans. Cassadrians are masters at collecting and storing solar energy and heat from deep in space or buried underground. The power is kept in large heating pads that act like batteries and are common in Cassadrian homes and public spaces to provide warmth.
Individual soldiers are usually outfitted by their clan our company, resulting in imbalances in equipment. The body armor and personal shielding varies from cassid to cassid with some of the wealthier clans arming their troops with cybernetic enhancements and tactical shielding. The most commonly used weaponry is plasmatic in nature, while the most dangerous of their capabilities is controlled explosives and long range laser blasters. Cassadrians are quite proficient with missile tech as well, having weapon systems that can knock opposing missiles out of the air.
Medicine is a largely unexplored field of science on Cassadria, as cassids can regenerate entire limbs naturally, and they are immune to most diseases and viruses. Greater focus was placed in nano-tech and chemical manipulation.
Space is a new frontier for the Cassadrians, and large scale warships is a thing of the future. Instead they created vast quantities of fast, space to atmospheric frigates and one cassid fighters. Some companies have released a new large transport for purchase and the clans have leapt on the chance to own a fleet and many are in the process of being created. When it comes to spacecraft propulsion is the cassids most limiting issue as their fastest speeds don’t reach that of light.
Subterranean technology such as air sweeping and tunnel drilling and heat resistant alloys was a must for the hot planet of Cassadria. The productive cassids drilled all the way to the center of their planet, and some of the stronger ones can handle the extreme temperatures for a short while without protective gear. This same tech is used for their spacecraft and as a result the cassids can fly almost directly up to their homeworld’s star and remain safely there for extend periods of time.
Cultural Overview:
The average Cassadrian is proud to a fault, far more willing to grow as an individual then unify for the common purpose of society. Vanity is the name of the game in Cassadria and the people present themselves and their endowments with unfettered pride, meaning honor and honorable life styles has developed differently for the cassids. Fighting without mercy and putting each other down without care they struggle to be the best of the best in all things. Their culture demands that they be in charge of their own lives leading to little desire for dictators or religions.
Their lust for being the best, but not acquiring power is unique to their kind, but can be damaging to their fragile societal system. Cassadrians will willingly push themselves beyond their limits to obtain besthood, ruining their own lives to obtain some unreachable standard. This standard for greatness isn’t universal, but it is quite common.
The less petty part of their culture however is their extreme loyalty to family groups. The clans are vast and numerous and intermingled, but they exact tremendous amounts of devotion from their constituents. Typically the mother clan is the chosen clan to be loyal to, should two family clans engage in hostility, but Cassadrians do break that mold on occasion. These occurrences are quickly forgiven however as cassids rarely hold a grudge for long, unless the slight was serious enough. It isn’t uncommon for clans to be viciously battling one day, and doing business the next. The Cassadrian anger at the smallest of offenses burns hot, but extinguishes quickly.
Cassadrians live their lives in a constant struggle to outdo their neighbors in whatever they are passionate about, being the best pilot, chef, or scientist, owning the best stuff or running the farthest distance. But while they aren’t competing they live mostly underground in vast subterranean cities, coming onto the planet surface to soak up the sun’s rays, or build their many factories. Most lead lives of entertainment and pleasure on heated pads, while the adults work whatever career they might like to pursue, though some clans stress different jobs than others. They feast upon farmed insect populations, though many still like to hunt their prey naturally. While they do like their pleasure, cassids are hardworking, and as before mentioned, loyal.
Cassadrians will have lifelong mates, sticking with an average of five or six until death. There are no marital contacts or agreements but it is very, very rare for a Cassadrian to take on any other partners then the original chosen ones. This oddity leads to very complex family trees and often confusion on who the father actually was. Which is why the mother clan is typically the chosen clan to be faithful to.
History:
Cassadrians believe that one day for no reason in particular the first cassids appeared, and began to live. Scurrying from rock to rock hiding from the large predators that patrol the desert and jungle planet. As they cassids continued to populate the land they grew rapidly in number, eventually becoming the masters of Cassadria, forming their clans and starting the foundation for their underground cities.
Surprisingly, at the start Cassadrians were not very warlike, but true to their nature they were competitive. Clans rivaled each other to have the most members, the greatest fighters, and the best lifestyles and the most money. cassids developed a system of currency very quickly, adopting a free trade system between the clans. Individual Cassadrians taking on their favorite tasks and making a living out of it.
Over the decades the Cassadrians continued to populate and compete, engaging occasionally in a short bloody wars, but never anything overtly serious until the Bloodied Tongue War. For the first time since the technology developed a war that covered the planet occurred. The slaughter of entire clans, the destruction of great cities, and the brutal bloodbaths that transpired above and below ground shook the Cassadrians to their core. The war lasted less than a year but in that short time span nearly fifteen percent of the population was slain or died from starvation or disease. Desperate to make sure such a conflict never arose again the confederacy was created and functioned much to its original purpose. Making sure never more than two clans fight each other at once, disallowing military alliances to form anywhere except under the direct control of the confederacy.
In recent times cassids have started developing an interest in their local planets and asteroids knowing they could profit from such things. Expeditions and colonization soon followed and new clans sprouted in the far reaches of space, making the confederacy ever more fractured and spread out. Mining colonies appeared and space stations began orbiting all the nearest planets as the cassids began spreading out towards the stars.
Other: Cassids are unaware of any intelligent life other than their own. They reside on their homeworld and the few other worlds the clans have claimed. Their reach doesn’t extend far, and only nineteen celestial bodies and one star is claimed by them, with only three of those planets being inhabited by large populations of cassids and all of them residing in the same solar system. They also breathe a different gas than oxygen.
Cassadria
Name of nation: Cassadria Confederacy
Species: Cassids, Cassadrians, Cass, Cassa
A tall reptilian species of humanoid creatures that label themselves Cassadrians, they come in a range of bright colorations and differing varieties. Their bodies are slender but tough, with long fingers and sharp claws and jaws full of needle-like teeth, and hard hides of scales. All Cassadrian types can breed together, with the different types creating young with unique features such as horns, feathers, and bright scale hues.
They are vulnerable to frigid climates being cold blooded, but technology and specialized clothing has allowed them to surmount this obstacle. They enjoy the warmth of the stars and when in warm climates they will often forgo clothing entirely in preference to their natural scales. They are a vain and showy race they possess little in the way of humility and it shows with their appearances.
Males referred to as Cass, tend to be slightly smaller than the females, but faster and stronger, with the average intellect being either incredibly high or mind numbingly low, with only a few ranging in the middle areas.
Females referred to as Cassa are quite the opposite, and maintain very median averages in terms of intelligence, strength, and speed, however they do tend to be larger and more colorful than their male counterparts. Females have around three to four young per litter at a rate of one litter per year meaning the population can expand rapidly. Still, life spans for all Cassadrians are typically short with most cassids dying around age forty, their high metabolism leading to an early mortality.
Description of government:
Cassadrians live in a familial and clan based society and as a result stress that only locals govern the different family groups, or clans. The confederacy was created to try and unify these clans under international law and security and succeeded to a limited degree. Their policies focusing mostly on keeping the cassids from butchering each other into extinction. The government’s power is restricted however, and can only create laws if a combined senate consisting of two representatives from every clan, unanimously vote for. This means the confederacy has made very few laws and has created virtually no regulations for the huge markets and powerful clans that truly run Cassadria.
The confederacy elects a new Prime Minister every seven years, never allowing any one cassid to rule for any longer. The Prime Minister’s great power is a façade, his only task being to run the often wild senate meetings and maintain order between the clans. Senators tend to serve life time terms, unless they are found incompetent and are replaced by their backing clan. These replacements can be violent, especially for the more prideful clans who consider failure to be dishonorable.
The seats in the senate are meant to be open to any cassid, though only the wealthy and talented manage to make it at all, creating a system of corruption, despised by the average Cassadrian.
The confederacy can, if it considers the threat viable, utilize its military might to fight wars or aid in disaster relief. This is usually accomplished by assigning senate chosen military leaders large battalions of voluntarily given clan warriors and mercenaries as the confederacy has no standing army of its own, except for the elite Tunnel Guards who act as security for the senate members but are few in number.
Overall the confederacy is weak and disjointed having very little real power over the clans, who like it just fine that way.
Description of military:
The Cassadrian military is highly advanced but disjointed, not unified under a single power. Clan rivalries occur all too often and bloodshed happens without a common enemy to combat presenting the planet as a whole vulnerable to sudden invasion due to backstabbing and general chaos. The other side of the coin is the mercenary armies funded by large corporations, usually bought out by the confederacy or smaller clans who have no armed forces of their own.
That being said the Cassadrian Clan warriors who make up the bulk of the military forces present on Cassadria are skilled and well-armed and consider themselves honorable. Their mercenary counterparts are equally equipped and trained but instead of being run by clan leaders, they are provided by capitalistic cassids seeking to exploit clan tensions.
When called upon the largest of the clans can field massive, powerful armies of clan warriors, spacecraft, and ground assault vehicles, and specialized missile systems. The confederacy itself (depending on how generous the backing clans are feeling) can unify several of these armies towards a single purpose. These forces have been called upon several time to put down rebellion or terrorism, but this is only possible when the clans feel there is a common enemy.
Technological Overview:
Cassadrians are quite proud of themselves and their achievements when it comes to technology. Demand has risen the speed of fresh tech at an ever increasing rate. Military technology, driven by frequent conflicts, kept the stockpiles of new and deadlier weapons in good supply. Meanwhile a consumer market has kept the need for helpful technologies to continuously be created to improve the lives of the average Cassadrian
The main source of power for the Cassadrians is solar and nuclear, and while other forms are available they have gained little popularity amongst the clans. Cassadrians are masters at collecting and storing solar energy and heat from deep in space or buried underground. The power is kept in large heating pads that act like batteries and are common in Cassadrian homes and public spaces to provide warmth.
Individual soldiers are usually outfitted by their clan our company, resulting in imbalances in equipment. The body armor and personal shielding varies from cassid to cassid with some of the wealthier clans arming their troops with cybernetic enhancements and tactical shielding. The most commonly used weaponry is plasmatic in nature, while the most dangerous of their capabilities is controlled explosives and long range laser blasters. Cassadrians are quite proficient with missile tech as well, having weapon systems that can knock opposing missiles out of the air.
Medicine is a largely unexplored field of science on Cassadria, as cassids can regenerate entire limbs naturally, and they are immune to most diseases and viruses. Greater focus was placed in nano-tech and chemical manipulation.
Space is a new frontier for the Cassadrians, and large scale warships is a thing of the future. Instead they created vast quantities of fast, space to atmospheric frigates and one cassid fighters. Some companies have released a new large transport for purchase and the clans have leapt on the chance to own a fleet and many are in the process of being created. When it comes to spacecraft propulsion is the cassids most limiting issue as their fastest speeds don’t reach that of light.
Subterranean technology such as air sweeping and tunnel drilling and heat resistant alloys was a must for the hot planet of Cassadria. The productive cassids drilled all the way to the center of their planet, and some of the stronger ones can handle the extreme temperatures for a short while without protective gear. This same tech is used for their spacecraft and as a result the cassids can fly almost directly up to their homeworld’s star and remain safely there for extend periods of time.
Cultural Overview:
The average Cassadrian is proud to a fault, far more willing to grow as an individual then unify for the common purpose of society. Vanity is the name of the game in Cassadria and the people present themselves and their endowments with unfettered pride, meaning honor and honorable life styles has developed differently for the cassids. Fighting without mercy and putting each other down without care they struggle to be the best of the best in all things. Their culture demands that they be in charge of their own lives leading to little desire for dictators or religions.
Their lust for being the best, but not acquiring power is unique to their kind, but can be damaging to their fragile societal system. Cassadrians will willingly push themselves beyond their limits to obtain besthood, ruining their own lives to obtain some unreachable standard. This standard for greatness isn’t universal, but it is quite common.
The less petty part of their culture however is their extreme loyalty to family groups. The clans are vast and numerous and intermingled, but they exact tremendous amounts of devotion from their constituents. Typically the mother clan is the chosen clan to be loyal to, should two family clans engage in hostility, but Cassadrians do break that mold on occasion. These occurrences are quickly forgiven however as cassids rarely hold a grudge for long, unless the slight was serious enough. It isn’t uncommon for clans to be viciously battling one day, and doing business the next. The Cassadrian anger at the smallest of offenses burns hot, but extinguishes quickly.
Cassadrians live their lives in a constant struggle to outdo their neighbors in whatever they are passionate about, being the best pilot, chef, or scientist, owning the best stuff or running the farthest distance. But while they aren’t competing they live mostly underground in vast subterranean cities, coming onto the planet surface to soak up the sun’s rays, or build their many factories. Most lead lives of entertainment and pleasure on heated pads, while the adults work whatever career they might like to pursue, though some clans stress different jobs than others. They feast upon farmed insect populations, though many still like to hunt their prey naturally. While they do like their pleasure, cassids are hardworking, and as before mentioned, loyal.
Cassadrians will have lifelong mates, sticking with an average of five or six until death. There are no marital contacts or agreements but it is very, very rare for a Cassadrian to take on any other partners then the original chosen ones. This oddity leads to very complex family trees and often confusion on who the father actually was. Which is why the mother clan is typically the chosen clan to be faithful to.
History:
Cassadrians believe that one day for no reason in particular the first cassids appeared, and began to live. Scurrying from rock to rock hiding from the large predators that patrol the desert and jungle planet. As they cassids continued to populate the land they grew rapidly in number, eventually becoming the masters of Cassadria, forming their clans and starting the foundation for their underground cities.
Surprisingly, at the start Cassadrians were not very warlike, but true to their nature they were competitive. Clans rivaled each other to have the most members, the greatest fighters, and the best lifestyles and the most money. cassids developed a system of currency very quickly, adopting a free trade system between the clans. Individual Cassadrians taking on their favorite tasks and making a living out of it.
Over the decades the Cassadrians continued to populate and compete, engaging occasionally in a short bloody wars, but never anything overtly serious until the Bloodied Tongue War. For the first time since the technology developed a war that covered the planet occurred. The slaughter of entire clans, the destruction of great cities, and the brutal bloodbaths that transpired above and below ground shook the Cassadrians to their core. The war lasted less than a year but in that short time span nearly fifteen percent of the population was slain or died from starvation or disease. Desperate to make sure such a conflict never arose again the confederacy was created and functioned much to its original purpose. Making sure never more than two clans fight each other at once, disallowing military alliances to form anywhere except under the direct control of the confederacy.
In recent times cassids have started developing an interest in their local planets and asteroids knowing they could profit from such things. Expeditions and colonization soon followed and new clans sprouted in the far reaches of space, making the confederacy ever more fractured and spread out. Mining colonies appeared and space stations began orbiting all the nearest planets as the cassids began spreading out towards the stars.
Other: Cassids are unaware of any intelligent life other than their own. They reside on their homeworld and the few other worlds the clans have claimed. Their reach doesn’t extend far, and only nineteen celestial bodies and one star is claimed by them, with only three of those planets being inhabited by large populations of cassids and all of them residing in the same solar system. They also breathe a different gas than oxygen.
I'm still editing for grammar and stuff, but nothing big should change.
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I'm working on mine hope to be up tomorrow.
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I'll have an app done within the next few days, hopefully.
Until then, allow me to distract you.
LOOK AT THE EARS AND NOT AT THE FACT I HAVEN'T WRITTEN ANYTHING
Until then, allow me to distract you.
LOOK AT THE EARS AND NOT AT THE FACT I HAVEN'T WRITTEN ANYTHING
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Well, this here is my WIP app. It's 4 AM now and that's why it's not done.
Mo'emro'l Ifa'ef esh Wusdafu
(People's Union of Wusdafu)
(People's Union of Wusdafu)
Species
The Niduf are a humanoid species, generally of slightly shorter stature than humanity due to the high gravity of their homeworld of Wusdafu. It is tidally locked to its sun, a red dwarf star dubbed Shav'nefo (which unsurprisingly translates to "sun"), and as a result only has a thin strip of land that would be human-habitable. At it's Solward and Antisol poles it is completely uninhabitable, and winds constantly blow from one side of the world to the other. The Shav'nefo system itself is approximately 20 light years from Sol.
Ironically, the hells on either side of the world give way to a near paradise at the Solar equator in the middle. A lush rainforest covers the landscape, with most plants having massive leaves to soak up as much of the rare sunlight as possible. The constant, planetary-scale hurricane caused by the nature of the planet gives rise to an almost constant rain within the so-called twilight rainforest. The impact of this environment upon Niduf evolution is obvious.
First of all, it is seen in their most prominent feature that sets them apart from other humanoids. The Niduf have giant, pointed ears that rigidly stick out from either side of their head (the closest comparison in shape and size would be the ears of a Terran Fennec fox). They have impressive control over said ears, with countless muscles being dedicated to rotating and turning them to track a sound. Furthermore, their ears have the most nerve endings out of any place on their bodies. This gives them an uncanny ability to hear in their generally rather soundproof native habitat. They also function as heat radiators for Solward inhabitants (the Niduf developed better heat dissipation techniques since the Antisol side of the planet is devoid of conventional plant life, and thus only very sparsely populated). It is worth noting that there is a Niduf race with smaller, more human (though still pointed) ears that originated on the Antisol side of the planet. The large ears of the majority of the Niduf, after all, would have been a liability in an environment which demands maximum heat retention.
Second is their eyesight, which has evolved similar to that of a Terran cat's. Their eyes contain a tapetum lucidum-a reflective layer that allows them to see easily at night and in dark areas, with the side effect of making their eyes seem to glow in the dark. This is an adaptation to the heavily wooded rainforests of Wusdafu, as most trees have gigantic leaves in order to soak up as much sunlight as possible, making the ground extremely dark closer to the Antisol side (since less sunlight can reach it). This combined with their hearing has made the Niduf excellent hunters, and later on excellent warriors.
The most obvious difference between the Niduf and most other species is that they do not sleep. Having evolved on a planet without day or night, only constant twilight, the species of Wusdafu did not need to go inactive in the dangerous night. As a result of this slack of sleep the Niduf have an incredible memory, as their brains must process and memorize information without a period of inactivity. An entire extra lobe of the Niduf brain is dedicated to, more or less, daydreaming that allows them to commit things to memory while awake with the same effectiveness (and perhaps more) as humans do while sleeping. These "daydreams" are closer to the dreams humans have but don't remember during sleep, rather than a human daydream, as the individual isn't aware of them at any point.
Within their body, they have a variety of different adaptations to their homeworld that aren't immediately noticeable. First of all are their bones, which are notably larger than those of a human due to the high gravity of Wusdafu. Their muscles, too, are of a higher density but not physically larger (which tends to make the Niduf seem to be impossibly strong on lower gravity planets). Their lungs are also larger than their human counterparts, as is their heart, in order to allow their bodies to more effectively circulate air and blood in high gravity.
Description of government
The PUW's government is split into two distinct parts in order to ensure functionality and liberty. One part is the so-called Military Sector, which is governed by a council of military leaders and elected (military) industry representatives in tandem with a single individual hand-picked by both the council and the last person to hold the position. The Military Sector handles, as the name implies, all military activities. Beyond that, however, it manages military industry (with a stricter hand than the Civilian Sector handles civilian industry) as well as diplomatic relations. As such, it was considered the "true government" by most other powers on Wusdafu before unification.
However, to the citizens of the PUW, the Civilian Sector is the true government. It handles the bulk of the work a single government would, seeing to both domestic policy and all industry not directly connected to the military. Using the Union's (notably primitive in design for its capabilities) computer network, all civilians are able to vote directly on issues in their local area. All Union territory is broken up into regional areas, generally based on former state and ethnic borders. Each region has laws set by direct vote from the citizens, and any citizen can propose a new law (which would then be reviewed by a small team of regional "Directors" to ensure it is both realistic and incapable of undermining the Union's core values. Each individual workplace can organize itself as it sees fit, but is given a strict monthly production quota based upon the needs of the Union as a whole. These quotas are set by a series of supercomputers, all connected to each other and a central computer that calculates the necessary resource requirements of the entire Union and doles them out to the most fit regions. This system of supercomputers, dubbed the Cybernetic Gestalt, is the closest thing to a governing body the Civilian Sector has beyond its own people.
Description of military
The Union military is split up into three separate main forces: the Army, the Air Force, and the Space Force. Wusdafu's lack of any large bodies of water beyond a few lakes has prevented a true Navy from being organized at any point in history, and vessels that patrol rivers and lakes are organized under the Army.
The Union Army had the distinction of being the first military force to be created by the Union during the Sillan Revolution in 100 YBU. Beginning as a simple guerilla force, the Union Army became the victors of the Twilight War (84-88 YBU). Since then, it has acted as the fist of the Union's people in wars across the entire Shav'nefo system.
It is organized in numerous different units, all of which are uniform in number. With the exception of a fireteam (five men) and a section (25 men), all Union units are sized in multiples of ten. After fireteam comes a squad of two fireteams (ten men), a section of two squads plus five specialists (25 men), a platoon of two sections (50 men), a company of two platoons (100 men), a cohort of five companies (500 men), a battalion of two cohorts (1,000 men), a brigade of five battalions (5,000 men), a division of two brigades (10,000 men), a corps of five divisions (50,000 men).
A corps is generally the standard deployment of the Union Army, and was the standard response of the Union to any small nation that was deemed either a threat or an opportunity. In larger scale, symmetrical wars, corps are organized into fronts that can be anywhere from two to ten corps large.
The workhorse of the Union's infantry is the Type 33 Modular Pattern Infantry Rifle (DMAS-33). As the name implies, it is a modular rifle designed to be capable of being modified for use in any environment or situation on the fly. It features full auto, semi auto, and burst fire modes and accepts both a short magazine (as pictured) a longer, curved magazine, and even a drum magazine. Between missions, it is possible to extend the barrel, easily attach or detach a scope, modify the stock (for rural vs. urban combat purposes), and even switch out the receiver entirely to allow for a more or less powerful bullet to be used. It is, essentially, various different rifles that all go by the same name. A rarely used bullpup version also exists.
The Union's Type 51 Anti-Material Phased Plasma Rail Rifle (UDMMSS-51) is a type of weapon first deployed in the Second Unification War (31-23 YBU), an anti-material rifle designed to be used against power armor. Unlike previous electromagnetic rail rifle designs (which were designed to pierce armored vehicles), the UDMMS-51 was designed to have semi-automatic fire capacity and an almost nonexistent charge time. It fires shells filled with an argon/hydrogen/nitrogen gas mixture that is ionized into plasma when fired. Upon impact, the plasma and the shell punch through the targeted power armor and into the person inside. A higher powered version (the UDMMSS-51-A) exists, and is used against vehicles that are better protected than power armor suits.
The pride and joy of the Army's infantry is the Type 49 Armored Mobility Enhancement Suit (UDOL-49). It is truly a behemoth, being a massive hulk of metal armor designed to protect the wearer from small arms fire, shrapnel, and even some explosives. Many parts of its design are simply for intimidation, as the "eyes" are not actually in the same location as the pilot's eyes. The head, and entire suit itself, is significantly larger so as to allow the pilot's head and hears to fit within the helmet without restricting movement (thus why there are not earholes as seen in normal helmets). The UDOL-49 uses a special modification of the UDMMSS-51 (the UDMMSS-51-B) that is capable of semi-auto, full-auto, and burst fire along with more or less just being an upscaled version of the original weapon. UDOL suits are as a result often deployed against enemy armored vehicles, as the UDMMSS-51-B is more than capable of piercing even the armor of a main battle tank.
As the lightest of the Union's armored vehicles, the DKRGB-21 (Type 21 Multi-Shot Light Tank Destroyer) is one of the fastest vehicles at the Union's disposal. Though it won't block anything more than light small arms fire, it's six coilguns can pack a heavy punch against an enemy tank. Ironically, they are also extremely effective against infantry forces, as their coilguns can easily pierce most walls and their quick-firing nature allows any building full of enemy troops to be peppered with HE shells. As a result, the DKRGB-21 is still deployed in battle against infantry forces despite the extreme age of the design.
The FMDKG-55 (Type 55 Nuclear Powered Main Battle Tank) is the workhorse of the Union's armored forces. Powered by a nuclear reactor, the gigantic tank rarely requires refueling and produces a truly massive amount of power for its weapons systems. The excess is used to power its twin defensive systems: the Shockwave Dissipation System (KBL) and the Plasma Arc Projector (MUM). The former creates a shell of ionized air around the tank to dissipate shockwaves from nearby explosions before they reach the tank itself, and the latter creates arcs of high-energy plasma across the hull of the tank to zap incoming shrapnel and projectiles out of the air. The main gun is a high-velocity railgun that, in some cases, can be used as light artillery against faraway troop formations. Secondary weapons include two automatic coilgun turrets and a top-mounted UDMMSS-51-B turret.
The Gisgro Tank is named after a snail-like animal native to Wusdafu that forms an extremely thick protective shell that was highly sought after in ancient times due to its total immunity to arrows. The Gisgro Tank has good reason to be named after such a creature. It is a slow, lumbering beast that is designed for the sole purpose of surviving a strategic nuclear attack. It's sloped armor allows it to survive just about anything short of an artillery strike, and even then said strike must be capable of penetrating it's heavy armor. It's main weapon is a significantly downsized (for space reasons) version of the railgun used on the FMDKG-55, and as a result has reduced effectiveness against most heavier vehicles. It also lacks anti-infantry capabilities. The only way for any force to defeat the Gisgro without calling in some form of vertical strike is to either take out its treads (best done with mines or a well-placed rocket shot) or use a directed energy weapon which ignores the sloping of its armor entirely. The Gisgro exists, however, not to dominate the battlefield but to act as the last arm of the Union were it to be obliterated in a nuclear attack. It is rarely deployed due to its expense, but some of the more unconventional generals like to make heavy use of it.
The Kurralagu SPG is a self-propelled artillery piece designed to be used to attack enemy troop formations, encampments, and command posts from well out of range. It's a simple vehicle: very big engine, very big railgun. It is notably capable of firing two specialized shells, a heavy armor-piercing shell that can pierce the armor of an Air Force destroyer and a cluster munition shell that can devastate a large clump of troops with ease.
Finally, there is the Konodej Strategic Railgun. This truly massive "vehicle" is only kept moving through the usage of negative mass ballast which prevents it from sinking into unstable ground. It is the slowest vehicle built by the Union, and as a result is transported by rail whenever possible. Once it has set up to fire, however, it is the most powerful weapon on the battlefield. It fires the same shells used in the cannons of Air Force battleships, and generally carries nuclear shells. Since it cannot track anything that moves faster than a slug, it is used exclusively as a siege weapon. In some cases, it is even deployed in lieu of a strategic bombing run.
The Air Force of the Union is the descendant of air forces that have fought in the skies of Wusdafu since the invention of the sail. Kept aloft by negative mass ballast, Union airships do battle in much the same way as warships did on earth during the Second World War. Big guns and lots of armor are the Union doctrine. Technological advancements have led to massive upgrades being doled out to the Union Air Force, the two most important of which are the railgun and plasma arc system. Railguns have allowed vessels to engage in traditional artillery battles at missile range, which greatly increases the effectiveness of battleship classes against modern destroyers. Plasma arc systems like those seen on the FMDKG-55 provide Union airships with protection previously unimaginable, stopping no trivial percentage of even the largest shells from hitting their target.
In modern times, the Union Air Force functions as a planetary guard. Were a Union world to be invaded, enemy spacecraft would be forced to contend with warships specifically designed with the purpose of atmospheric combat against heavily armored opponents. They also commonly serve to support ground troops in assaults, lending their heavy artillery (and sometimes nuclear shells) to suppress and kill enemy forces.
Finally, the pride of the entire Union, the Space Force.
The O'upro fighter craft has an unconventional appearance compared to other Union spacecraft. As a small parasite vessel, it wasn't built in orbital docks like the majority of Union ships and as a result its designers chose to give an almost artistic quality to it. In creating it, the design team made every effort to make it as beautiful as it is effective. Its four wings each carry a coilgun that uses depleted uranium rounds, similar to those used by ground attack aircraft by the air force. In addition, each wing also has a point at which a conventional missile can be mounted. The nosecone of the craft (which provides extra armor for the otherwise exposed cockpit) can also be removed to mount a heavy torch missile for the purpose of hitting capital ships. The O'upro, though an odd design, has won the hearts of many a Union pilot.
Next in line is the Dwerfas-Class Kinetistar, a fragile vessel (as evidence by a large part of it literally being trusses), but in no way a pushover ship. It is the embodiment of the glass cannon, and carries the single largest railgun manufactured by the Union. It's fragile design, only slightly remedied by its plasma arc system, makes for a fast ship that can easily reposition itself on the outskirts of battle to fire inwards with one of the most powerful weapons used by the Union. Aside from simple kinetic kill vehicles, its main gun can also load nuclear shells in order to tear apart even the largest capital ships if they aren't careful.
The Tfapng-class Lancer is an oddity. It, like the Dwerfas, is fairly fragile (though it has a significantly better plasma arc system), but it delivers its payload in a much less conventional way. It accelerates directly towards the enemy, fires its nuclear tipped shells, and then turns around for another pass. Approximately half of each shell's velocity comes from the vessel's speed itself, giving it the designation of Lancer.
The Glus-class Mothership is yet another primary damage dealer of the Space Force, but is also it's greatest defense. It carries a great number of kirklin mines (pictured below), the primary purpose of which is to intercept incoming missiles by ramming them. Their secondary purpose, however, is to ram enemy spacecraft using numerous explosive payloads attached to poles. Though a line mine won't do much damage to another vessel at all, a swarm can be fairly effective. In addition, it is the carrier of "torch missiles": gigantic missiles (with only four or so being loaded on any Glus-class) that ram enemy ships at near-relativistic speeds and detonate a nuclear payload. They are designed to be able to chase an enemy vessel between multiple planetary orbits, meaning that the only way to truly be safe from one is to shoot it down or outrun it across the entire system. As a result of their extreme expense, these missiles are only deployed against the most formidable of enemy ships.
Finally, there is the Presch-class Parasite Carrier. This ship is the largest, most heavily armored vessel in the entirety of the Space Force. It carries countless O'upro parasite fighters into battle, and even packs a punch all of its own with twelve Air Force railgun turrets. This class is the true backbone of the Union space fleet, being more of a Battlestar than a simple carrier. Dispatching one to planetary orbit is a clear sign of the Union's dedication to any given issue, and with it's impressive armament of its own it can truly wreak havoc on a strategic scale. It is, at its core, a vessel that can do whatever is asked of it. The designers provided it with a sturdy enough structure and enough negative mass ballast that it can enter a planetary atmosphere and do battle with aerial forces within. Were the Union to undertake an interstellar expedition to uncharted territory, this would be the first ship to make landfall.
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The Niduf are a humanoid species, generally of slightly shorter stature than humanity due to the high gravity of their homeworld of Wusdafu. It is tidally locked to its sun, a red dwarf star dubbed Shav'nefo (which unsurprisingly translates to "sun"), and as a result only has a thin strip of land that would be human-habitable. At it's Solward and Antisol poles it is completely uninhabitable, and winds constantly blow from one side of the world to the other. The Shav'nefo system itself is approximately 20 light years from Sol.
Ironically, the hells on either side of the world give way to a near paradise at the Solar equator in the middle. A lush rainforest covers the landscape, with most plants having massive leaves to soak up as much of the rare sunlight as possible. The constant, planetary-scale hurricane caused by the nature of the planet gives rise to an almost constant rain within the so-called twilight rainforest. The impact of this environment upon Niduf evolution is obvious.
First of all, it is seen in their most prominent feature that sets them apart from other humanoids. The Niduf have giant, pointed ears that rigidly stick out from either side of their head (the closest comparison in shape and size would be the ears of a Terran Fennec fox). They have impressive control over said ears, with countless muscles being dedicated to rotating and turning them to track a sound. Furthermore, their ears have the most nerve endings out of any place on their bodies. This gives them an uncanny ability to hear in their generally rather soundproof native habitat. They also function as heat radiators for Solward inhabitants (the Niduf developed better heat dissipation techniques since the Antisol side of the planet is devoid of conventional plant life, and thus only very sparsely populated). It is worth noting that there is a Niduf race with smaller, more human (though still pointed) ears that originated on the Antisol side of the planet. The large ears of the majority of the Niduf, after all, would have been a liability in an environment which demands maximum heat retention.
Second is their eyesight, which has evolved similar to that of a Terran cat's. Their eyes contain a tapetum lucidum-a reflective layer that allows them to see easily at night and in dark areas, with the side effect of making their eyes seem to glow in the dark. This is an adaptation to the heavily wooded rainforests of Wusdafu, as most trees have gigantic leaves in order to soak up as much sunlight as possible, making the ground extremely dark closer to the Antisol side (since less sunlight can reach it). This combined with their hearing has made the Niduf excellent hunters, and later on excellent warriors.
The most obvious difference between the Niduf and most other species is that they do not sleep. Having evolved on a planet without day or night, only constant twilight, the species of Wusdafu did not need to go inactive in the dangerous night. As a result of this slack of sleep the Niduf have an incredible memory, as their brains must process and memorize information without a period of inactivity. An entire extra lobe of the Niduf brain is dedicated to, more or less, daydreaming that allows them to commit things to memory while awake with the same effectiveness (and perhaps more) as humans do while sleeping. These "daydreams" are closer to the dreams humans have but don't remember during sleep, rather than a human daydream, as the individual isn't aware of them at any point.
Within their body, they have a variety of different adaptations to their homeworld that aren't immediately noticeable. First of all are their bones, which are notably larger than those of a human due to the high gravity of Wusdafu. Their muscles, too, are of a higher density but not physically larger (which tends to make the Niduf seem to be impossibly strong on lower gravity planets). Their lungs are also larger than their human counterparts, as is their heart, in order to allow their bodies to more effectively circulate air and blood in high gravity.
Description of government
The PUW's government is split into two distinct parts in order to ensure functionality and liberty. One part is the so-called Military Sector, which is governed by a council of military leaders and elected (military) industry representatives in tandem with a single individual hand-picked by both the council and the last person to hold the position. The Military Sector handles, as the name implies, all military activities. Beyond that, however, it manages military industry (with a stricter hand than the Civilian Sector handles civilian industry) as well as diplomatic relations. As such, it was considered the "true government" by most other powers on Wusdafu before unification.
However, to the citizens of the PUW, the Civilian Sector is the true government. It handles the bulk of the work a single government would, seeing to both domestic policy and all industry not directly connected to the military. Using the Union's (notably primitive in design for its capabilities) computer network, all civilians are able to vote directly on issues in their local area. All Union territory is broken up into regional areas, generally based on former state and ethnic borders. Each region has laws set by direct vote from the citizens, and any citizen can propose a new law (which would then be reviewed by a small team of regional "Directors" to ensure it is both realistic and incapable of undermining the Union's core values. Each individual workplace can organize itself as it sees fit, but is given a strict monthly production quota based upon the needs of the Union as a whole. These quotas are set by a series of supercomputers, all connected to each other and a central computer that calculates the necessary resource requirements of the entire Union and doles them out to the most fit regions. This system of supercomputers, dubbed the Cybernetic Gestalt, is the closest thing to a governing body the Civilian Sector has beyond its own people.
Description of military
The Union military is split up into three separate main forces: the Army, the Air Force, and the Space Force. Wusdafu's lack of any large bodies of water beyond a few lakes has prevented a true Navy from being organized at any point in history, and vessels that patrol rivers and lakes are organized under the Army.
The Union Army had the distinction of being the first military force to be created by the Union during the Sillan Revolution in 100 YBU. Beginning as a simple guerilla force, the Union Army became the victors of the Twilight War (84-88 YBU). Since then, it has acted as the fist of the Union's people in wars across the entire Shav'nefo system.
It is organized in numerous different units, all of which are uniform in number. With the exception of a fireteam (five men) and a section (25 men), all Union units are sized in multiples of ten. After fireteam comes a squad of two fireteams (ten men), a section of two squads plus five specialists (25 men), a platoon of two sections (50 men), a company of two platoons (100 men), a cohort of five companies (500 men), a battalion of two cohorts (1,000 men), a brigade of five battalions (5,000 men), a division of two brigades (10,000 men), a corps of five divisions (50,000 men).
A corps is generally the standard deployment of the Union Army, and was the standard response of the Union to any small nation that was deemed either a threat or an opportunity. In larger scale, symmetrical wars, corps are organized into fronts that can be anywhere from two to ten corps large.
The workhorse of the Union's infantry is the Type 33 Modular Pattern Infantry Rifle (DMAS-33). As the name implies, it is a modular rifle designed to be capable of being modified for use in any environment or situation on the fly. It features full auto, semi auto, and burst fire modes and accepts both a short magazine (as pictured) a longer, curved magazine, and even a drum magazine. Between missions, it is possible to extend the barrel, easily attach or detach a scope, modify the stock (for rural vs. urban combat purposes), and even switch out the receiver entirely to allow for a more or less powerful bullet to be used. It is, essentially, various different rifles that all go by the same name. A rarely used bullpup version also exists.
The Union's Type 51 Anti-Material Phased Plasma Rail Rifle (UDMMSS-51) is a type of weapon first deployed in the Second Unification War (31-23 YBU), an anti-material rifle designed to be used against power armor. Unlike previous electromagnetic rail rifle designs (which were designed to pierce armored vehicles), the UDMMS-51 was designed to have semi-automatic fire capacity and an almost nonexistent charge time. It fires shells filled with an argon/hydrogen/nitrogen gas mixture that is ionized into plasma when fired. Upon impact, the plasma and the shell punch through the targeted power armor and into the person inside. A higher powered version (the UDMMSS-51-A) exists, and is used against vehicles that are better protected than power armor suits.
The pride and joy of the Army's infantry is the Type 49 Armored Mobility Enhancement Suit (UDOL-49). It is truly a behemoth, being a massive hulk of metal armor designed to protect the wearer from small arms fire, shrapnel, and even some explosives. Many parts of its design are simply for intimidation, as the "eyes" are not actually in the same location as the pilot's eyes. The head, and entire suit itself, is significantly larger so as to allow the pilot's head and hears to fit within the helmet without restricting movement (thus why there are not earholes as seen in normal helmets). The UDOL-49 uses a special modification of the UDMMSS-51 (the UDMMSS-51-B) that is capable of semi-auto, full-auto, and burst fire along with more or less just being an upscaled version of the original weapon. UDOL suits are as a result often deployed against enemy armored vehicles, as the UDMMSS-51-B is more than capable of piercing even the armor of a main battle tank.
As the lightest of the Union's armored vehicles, the DKRGB-21 (Type 21 Multi-Shot Light Tank Destroyer) is one of the fastest vehicles at the Union's disposal. Though it won't block anything more than light small arms fire, it's six coilguns can pack a heavy punch against an enemy tank. Ironically, they are also extremely effective against infantry forces, as their coilguns can easily pierce most walls and their quick-firing nature allows any building full of enemy troops to be peppered with HE shells. As a result, the DKRGB-21 is still deployed in battle against infantry forces despite the extreme age of the design.
The FMDKG-55 (Type 55 Nuclear Powered Main Battle Tank) is the workhorse of the Union's armored forces. Powered by a nuclear reactor, the gigantic tank rarely requires refueling and produces a truly massive amount of power for its weapons systems. The excess is used to power its twin defensive systems: the Shockwave Dissipation System (KBL) and the Plasma Arc Projector (MUM). The former creates a shell of ionized air around the tank to dissipate shockwaves from nearby explosions before they reach the tank itself, and the latter creates arcs of high-energy plasma across the hull of the tank to zap incoming shrapnel and projectiles out of the air. The main gun is a high-velocity railgun that, in some cases, can be used as light artillery against faraway troop formations. Secondary weapons include two automatic coilgun turrets and a top-mounted UDMMSS-51-B turret.
The Gisgro Tank is named after a snail-like animal native to Wusdafu that forms an extremely thick protective shell that was highly sought after in ancient times due to its total immunity to arrows. The Gisgro Tank has good reason to be named after such a creature. It is a slow, lumbering beast that is designed for the sole purpose of surviving a strategic nuclear attack. It's sloped armor allows it to survive just about anything short of an artillery strike, and even then said strike must be capable of penetrating it's heavy armor. It's main weapon is a significantly downsized (for space reasons) version of the railgun used on the FMDKG-55, and as a result has reduced effectiveness against most heavier vehicles. It also lacks anti-infantry capabilities. The only way for any force to defeat the Gisgro without calling in some form of vertical strike is to either take out its treads (best done with mines or a well-placed rocket shot) or use a directed energy weapon which ignores the sloping of its armor entirely. The Gisgro exists, however, not to dominate the battlefield but to act as the last arm of the Union were it to be obliterated in a nuclear attack. It is rarely deployed due to its expense, but some of the more unconventional generals like to make heavy use of it.
The Kurralagu SPG is a self-propelled artillery piece designed to be used to attack enemy troop formations, encampments, and command posts from well out of range. It's a simple vehicle: very big engine, very big railgun. It is notably capable of firing two specialized shells, a heavy armor-piercing shell that can pierce the armor of an Air Force destroyer and a cluster munition shell that can devastate a large clump of troops with ease.
Finally, there is the Konodej Strategic Railgun. This truly massive "vehicle" is only kept moving through the usage of negative mass ballast which prevents it from sinking into unstable ground. It is the slowest vehicle built by the Union, and as a result is transported by rail whenever possible. Once it has set up to fire, however, it is the most powerful weapon on the battlefield. It fires the same shells used in the cannons of Air Force battleships, and generally carries nuclear shells. Since it cannot track anything that moves faster than a slug, it is used exclusively as a siege weapon. In some cases, it is even deployed in lieu of a strategic bombing run.
The Air Force of the Union is the descendant of air forces that have fought in the skies of Wusdafu since the invention of the sail. Kept aloft by negative mass ballast, Union airships do battle in much the same way as warships did on earth during the Second World War. Big guns and lots of armor are the Union doctrine. Technological advancements have led to massive upgrades being doled out to the Union Air Force, the two most important of which are the railgun and plasma arc system. Railguns have allowed vessels to engage in traditional artillery battles at missile range, which greatly increases the effectiveness of battleship classes against modern destroyers. Plasma arc systems like those seen on the FMDKG-55 provide Union airships with protection previously unimaginable, stopping no trivial percentage of even the largest shells from hitting their target.
In modern times, the Union Air Force functions as a planetary guard. Were a Union world to be invaded, enemy spacecraft would be forced to contend with warships specifically designed with the purpose of atmospheric combat against heavily armored opponents. They also commonly serve to support ground troops in assaults, lending their heavy artillery (and sometimes nuclear shells) to suppress and kill enemy forces.
Finally, the pride of the entire Union, the Space Force.
The O'upro fighter craft has an unconventional appearance compared to other Union spacecraft. As a small parasite vessel, it wasn't built in orbital docks like the majority of Union ships and as a result its designers chose to give an almost artistic quality to it. In creating it, the design team made every effort to make it as beautiful as it is effective. Its four wings each carry a coilgun that uses depleted uranium rounds, similar to those used by ground attack aircraft by the air force. In addition, each wing also has a point at which a conventional missile can be mounted. The nosecone of the craft (which provides extra armor for the otherwise exposed cockpit) can also be removed to mount a heavy torch missile for the purpose of hitting capital ships. The O'upro, though an odd design, has won the hearts of many a Union pilot.
Next in line is the Dwerfas-Class Kinetistar, a fragile vessel (as evidence by a large part of it literally being trusses), but in no way a pushover ship. It is the embodiment of the glass cannon, and carries the single largest railgun manufactured by the Union. It's fragile design, only slightly remedied by its plasma arc system, makes for a fast ship that can easily reposition itself on the outskirts of battle to fire inwards with one of the most powerful weapons used by the Union. Aside from simple kinetic kill vehicles, its main gun can also load nuclear shells in order to tear apart even the largest capital ships if they aren't careful.
The Tfapng-class Lancer is an oddity. It, like the Dwerfas, is fairly fragile (though it has a significantly better plasma arc system), but it delivers its payload in a much less conventional way. It accelerates directly towards the enemy, fires its nuclear tipped shells, and then turns around for another pass. Approximately half of each shell's velocity comes from the vessel's speed itself, giving it the designation of Lancer.
The Glus-class Mothership is yet another primary damage dealer of the Space Force, but is also it's greatest defense. It carries a great number of kirklin mines (pictured below), the primary purpose of which is to intercept incoming missiles by ramming them. Their secondary purpose, however, is to ram enemy spacecraft using numerous explosive payloads attached to poles. Though a line mine won't do much damage to another vessel at all, a swarm can be fairly effective. In addition, it is the carrier of "torch missiles": gigantic missiles (with only four or so being loaded on any Glus-class) that ram enemy ships at near-relativistic speeds and detonate a nuclear payload. They are designed to be able to chase an enemy vessel between multiple planetary orbits, meaning that the only way to truly be safe from one is to shoot it down or outrun it across the entire system. As a result of their extreme expense, these missiles are only deployed against the most formidable of enemy ships.
Finally, there is the Presch-class Parasite Carrier. This ship is the largest, most heavily armored vessel in the entirety of the Space Force. It carries countless O'upro parasite fighters into battle, and even packs a punch all of its own with twelve Air Force railgun turrets. This class is the true backbone of the Union space fleet, being more of a Battlestar than a simple carrier. Dispatching one to planetary orbit is a clear sign of the Union's dedication to any given issue, and with it's impressive armament of its own it can truly wreak havoc on a strategic scale. It is, at its core, a vessel that can do whatever is asked of it. The designers provided it with a sturdy enough structure and enough negative mass ballast that it can enter a planetary atmosphere and do battle with aerial forces within. Were the Union to undertake an interstellar expedition to uncharted territory, this would be the first ship to make landfall.
Technological Overview
Cultural Overview:
History:
Other:
Dinh AaronMk my beloved (french coded)
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Name of Nation:
The Free Fairers
Species:
Mixed
Description of government:
Democratic Confederalism/Anarcho-Communism
With the material constraints of authoritarian government considered to have been met and overachieved with the invention of portable and effective means of automated production, mining, refining, and so on the members of the Free Fairers have rejected in many forms government as its known. What remains to keep the collective of the whole in some fashion of unity is that of their own collective, referred to either as just that - The Collective - or as the Confederation of Free Voyagers. The charter that comprises this lays down the following rights in its constitution:
- That among its members, all means of production, of mining, of agriculture, etc are commonly owned by all individuals within the whole.
- That of the whole, all have ownership of the whole through the practice of open and flat democracy.
- That no threat to an individual's life within the collective shall be made, nor against his personal property, his friends, or his family, or his commune by another individual or his or her own commune.
The sum total of their moral code is expressed in an internalization of a quote by Mahavira: "Do not injure, abuse, oppress, enslave, insult, torment, torture, or kill any creature or living being"
It is not to say that any such individually-threatening behavior is uncommon and principles of justice within the commune it was committed or the Collective as a whole is carried out by the very democratic means the Confederation is operated on.
Likewise, no single person is made an appointee by the Confederation itself, and all appointments and law is ordained only by the voters from a commune as a whole or a delegate in that commune's place.
The rather decentralized nature of the whole too means that for the most part there is no functioning home world. There may be worlds that have come under the Confederation's sway in part from its members colonizing and adapting the world for settlement or by some other means. But for the most part the entire Confederation is comprised of autonomous space ships voyaging in the great space between and around stars seeking their own adventure and expanding the range of liberty.
Description of military:
Given the decentralized nature of the Free Fairers, there is no single standing army to speak of. Instead, each band or 'commune' composing the collective often serves as its own military using their own unique weapons manufactured or acquired in their own way. In times of distress the various communes are committed to join forces to create a single Defense Force to protect and defend their collective independence and freedoms.
Technological Overview:
The Free Fairers own no claim to any significant technological uniqueness and often apply existing technology to their own use as brought in to them, or produced and manufactured by any one of the communes comprising it.
Cultural Overview:
The Free Fairers serve as a union of groups of any and all races who have adapted into their life-style. Through predominately they are comprised as humans who went to space on the word of Bookchin and Kropotkin.
History:
Following the closure of the Third World War and Earth's development of interplanetary technology individuals and groups fearing the overbearing pressures of tyrannical government and over-saturating corporate prominence fled Earth for the furthest reaches of the Sol system they could navigate to. Often stealing not just entire space ships but pieces of technology they were regarded by Earth's government as being thieves and pirates and not the freedom-seeking libertines that they considered themselves as. Throughout the Sol system the prototype groups of the Free Fairers were chased and pursued by the government seeking its stolen property back, property that the Free Fairers had come to recognized as being communally owned, believing the liquidation of material ownership and its mass democratization was key to avoid catastrophic meltdown as was the Third World War.
Needless to say, the cat and mouse game drew no conclusive end and the initial problem sewed in effect permission among small groups on Earth and its extraterrestrial colonies to pick up stakes and join the egalitarian pirates at high space. Their image to many poor, under-privileged and disenfranchised were like that of the old Native American and communities of the old tribal persuasion, those who did not believe in class structure and rules, little to no strict gender or social rules, and that which accepted all comes as they were; everything would be provided.
Come the development of the warp-drive these anarchist groups were next to follow in the steps of mainstream human research and with the warp drive their last chains tethering them to their antagonistic relationship with Earth were broken. And while short-range and slow the enormous freedom granted to them to visit new worlds and extend the range of freedom gave them boundless avenues and so many infinite places to hide or settle their fight with the Federation to maintain their freedom and independence was considered forgotten and for the most part well in the past.
Over time the growing scale of the experiment sprang to its members' minds that they would need to defend it and its concepts from intrusion and likely attack. Though space is infinite they may not have to run for long as they encountered many hundreds of new things and continued to bring in new acolytes on their flight to freedom.
While it was a complicated and surreal struggle, the self-proclaimed independent communes managed to draft, approve, and sign onto a charter that enshrined their principles of common ownership, democratic rule, and freedom in its most absolute - and balanced - form under the Free Constitution of the Free Voyage. Showcasing the philosophical notions of their libertarianism, it bound it in as broad an institution as could be created for the sake and benefit of all.
Other:
The Free Fairers
Species:
Mixed
Description of government:
Democratic Confederalism/Anarcho-Communism
With the material constraints of authoritarian government considered to have been met and overachieved with the invention of portable and effective means of automated production, mining, refining, and so on the members of the Free Fairers have rejected in many forms government as its known. What remains to keep the collective of the whole in some fashion of unity is that of their own collective, referred to either as just that - The Collective - or as the Confederation of Free Voyagers. The charter that comprises this lays down the following rights in its constitution:
- That among its members, all means of production, of mining, of agriculture, etc are commonly owned by all individuals within the whole.
- That of the whole, all have ownership of the whole through the practice of open and flat democracy.
- That no threat to an individual's life within the collective shall be made, nor against his personal property, his friends, or his family, or his commune by another individual or his or her own commune.
The sum total of their moral code is expressed in an internalization of a quote by Mahavira: "Do not injure, abuse, oppress, enslave, insult, torment, torture, or kill any creature or living being"
It is not to say that any such individually-threatening behavior is uncommon and principles of justice within the commune it was committed or the Collective as a whole is carried out by the very democratic means the Confederation is operated on.
Likewise, no single person is made an appointee by the Confederation itself, and all appointments and law is ordained only by the voters from a commune as a whole or a delegate in that commune's place.
The rather decentralized nature of the whole too means that for the most part there is no functioning home world. There may be worlds that have come under the Confederation's sway in part from its members colonizing and adapting the world for settlement or by some other means. But for the most part the entire Confederation is comprised of autonomous space ships voyaging in the great space between and around stars seeking their own adventure and expanding the range of liberty.
Description of military:
Given the decentralized nature of the Free Fairers, there is no single standing army to speak of. Instead, each band or 'commune' composing the collective often serves as its own military using their own unique weapons manufactured or acquired in their own way. In times of distress the various communes are committed to join forces to create a single Defense Force to protect and defend their collective independence and freedoms.
Technological Overview:
The Free Fairers own no claim to any significant technological uniqueness and often apply existing technology to their own use as brought in to them, or produced and manufactured by any one of the communes comprising it.
Cultural Overview:
The Free Fairers serve as a union of groups of any and all races who have adapted into their life-style. Through predominately they are comprised as humans who went to space on the word of Bookchin and Kropotkin.
History:
Following the closure of the Third World War and Earth's development of interplanetary technology individuals and groups fearing the overbearing pressures of tyrannical government and over-saturating corporate prominence fled Earth for the furthest reaches of the Sol system they could navigate to. Often stealing not just entire space ships but pieces of technology they were regarded by Earth's government as being thieves and pirates and not the freedom-seeking libertines that they considered themselves as. Throughout the Sol system the prototype groups of the Free Fairers were chased and pursued by the government seeking its stolen property back, property that the Free Fairers had come to recognized as being communally owned, believing the liquidation of material ownership and its mass democratization was key to avoid catastrophic meltdown as was the Third World War.
Needless to say, the cat and mouse game drew no conclusive end and the initial problem sewed in effect permission among small groups on Earth and its extraterrestrial colonies to pick up stakes and join the egalitarian pirates at high space. Their image to many poor, under-privileged and disenfranchised were like that of the old Native American and communities of the old tribal persuasion, those who did not believe in class structure and rules, little to no strict gender or social rules, and that which accepted all comes as they were; everything would be provided.
Come the development of the warp-drive these anarchist groups were next to follow in the steps of mainstream human research and with the warp drive their last chains tethering them to their antagonistic relationship with Earth were broken. And while short-range and slow the enormous freedom granted to them to visit new worlds and extend the range of freedom gave them boundless avenues and so many infinite places to hide or settle their fight with the Federation to maintain their freedom and independence was considered forgotten and for the most part well in the past.
Over time the growing scale of the experiment sprang to its members' minds that they would need to defend it and its concepts from intrusion and likely attack. Though space is infinite they may not have to run for long as they encountered many hundreds of new things and continued to bring in new acolytes on their flight to freedom.
While it was a complicated and surreal struggle, the self-proclaimed independent communes managed to draft, approve, and sign onto a charter that enshrined their principles of common ownership, democratic rule, and freedom in its most absolute - and balanced - form under the Free Constitution of the Free Voyage. Showcasing the philosophical notions of their libertarianism, it bound it in as broad an institution as could be created for the sake and benefit of all.
Other:
coGM
Heh.
The left just couldn't stop winning in this verse huh?
The left just couldn't stop winning in this verse huh?
GM
Reviews and other notes so far in-coming.
@Dusty
Overall a well-done app and pretty acceptable. 19 planets is a bit much however for a young civ even if they are are all in one system. Something along the lines of 4-5 may be more acceptable. Once that small edit is made you may move your app to the char tab.
@Dinh AaronMk
By mixed I assume you mean the Free Fairers just picks up whoever wants to get away from their respective nations, and I am also assuming that they have mostly fled Federation space at this point. Otherwise your good and you may move your app to the char tab.
@keyguyperson
Your app is fine so far, but as always final judgement is reserved until it is completed.
@Dusty
Overall a well-done app and pretty acceptable. 19 planets is a bit much however for a young civ even if they are are all in one system. Something along the lines of 4-5 may be more acceptable. Once that small edit is made you may move your app to the char tab.
@Dinh AaronMk
By mixed I assume you mean the Free Fairers just picks up whoever wants to get away from their respective nations, and I am also assuming that they have mostly fled Federation space at this point. Otherwise your good and you may move your app to the char tab.
@keyguyperson
Your app is fine so far, but as always final judgement is reserved until it is completed.
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