[OOC] Innocence Lost: Space Western Science Fantasy (Temporarily Open Again!)

[Letter Bee]

The normal crew visits afterwards, no?

@Bartimaeus

True, but my thoughts are that they are less obligated to do so.

[Stern Algorithm]

The normal crew visits afterwards, no?

@Bartimaeus

Legion believes that the crew are all adults and know when they do or do not need maintenance, so a pre-mission medical checkup is entirely optional for the crew.

[Letter Bee]

@Stern Algorithm, Anyway, I'll post once you do? Also, we might have a new player soon; I made a special exception.

[Stern Algorithm]

@Stern Algorithm, Anyway, I'll post once you do? Also, we might have a new player soon; I made a special exception.

@Letter Bee

Ok, give me a bit to get a post up. Gotta reply to four munchkins.

[Letter Bee]

Anyone else want to post character development stuff?

[Crowvette]

I mean, it'd be fun, but I'm not sure how I'd fit it into the current situation.

[Letter Bee]

I mean, it'd be fun, but I'm not sure how I'd fit it into the current situation.

@Crowvette

That message was for Non-Child Soldiers.

[Stern Algorithm]

Whew, all munchkins have been scanned and medical data entered into the database.

[Letter Bee]

Whew, all munchkins have been scanned and medical data entered into the database.

@Stern Algorithm

Thanks! I'll post the GM Post now.

[Letter Bee]

@Gentlemanvaultboy@OrkytheOrc@Starlance@Bartimaeus@Stern Algorithm@Crowvette@KillamriX88:

Edited the IC post to include Kelan's plan!

[Stern Algorithm]

@Letter Bee

In your post you said, "which would deliver Legion to their hands," but I assume you meant Realist?

[Letter Bee]

@Letter Bee

In your post you said, "which would deliver Legion to their hands," but I assume you meant Realist?

@Stern Algorithm

Yes, I meant Realist.

[Letter Bee]

The Battle of Proxima Centauri

The Rau've/Kaisoken Alliance were lured to the Proxima System, only 4 light-years from Earth itself, and the Ascendancy immediately redeployed much of its remaining forces to crush the Nonhuman coalition once and for all. Their plan was to use the smaller ships of the Ascendancy (Cruisers and Frigates) to lure the Alliance as close to Proxima's Sun as possible. The Sun would then cut off the Alliance line of retreat as the Dreadnoughts hammer them with walls of fire; the Carriers would remain in reserve.

It was a viable strategy; not inherently stupid, but the Kaisoken contingents of the combined fleet caught on to it and sent their ships to envelop the Ascendancy's flotilla from above and below, snapping like a ferocious raptor's jaws. The Carriers under Kherol were unable to do anything (or unwilling, as Kherol saw the strategy as stupid and wanted to save as much of the Ascendancy Fleet as he could from said stupidity) as the Dreadnought Fleet of the Ascendancy was well-nigh destroyed.

Nevertheless, although Kherol's non-interference was controversial, none can dispute that it was the survival of the Ascendancy's Carriers that prevented the Rau've and Kaisoken from vassalizing or annexing the Ascendancy outright, and even allowed the Humans to retain most of their territory, albeit under heavy requirements for war reparations. And it was after the Ascendancy's defeat that Emmanuel Thoreau began to build and focus more on Carriers and Carrier-based space doctrine; the days of the Dreadnought were over.

@Gentlemanvaultboy@OrkytheOrc@Starlance@Bartimaeus@Stern Algorithm@Crowvette@KillamriX88

[The Jest]

@Starlance @Bartimaeus @Stern Algorithm @Crowvette @Conscripts @OrkytheOrc @Gentlemanvaultboy @Letter Bee

Hello there everybody, My name is The Jest, I am here at the invitation of our GM Letter.

Normally I would just drop the intro and just display my CSes, However, the GM requested I get involved with this current first mission immediately as Antagonists.....Antagonists other than Alexander. Seems I'll be bringing in plenty of them as well...and a couple Protagonists of course.

At Letter's Request, and Permission, For these particular antagonistic characters, I shall be skipping the CS accepting temporarily, so that I can step into this mission pronto, and makes things more... Interesting.



The details I'm keeping a secret for now. Just know that all the character I'm bringing out into this RP, were approved in advance by Letter.

Looking forward to have fun with you all. ...In more ways than one. ^_^

[Stern Algorithm]

@Letter Bee I assume Legion will be staying on the ship with the Captain?

[Letter Bee]

@Letter Bee I assume Legion will be staying on the ship with the Captain?

@Stern Algorithm

Yes.

Edit: Note that Natasha will be going off to fight later as well, so Legion babysits the ship.

[Letter Bee]

Added this to the OOC OP:

The Windsor Autonomous Trading Fleet

The first two centuries of the Ascendancy of Man were of construction, colonization, and exploration, as the 'Spacewarpers' of the Human Fleet opened up new horizons. Over time, autonomous trading companies grew in the fringes of Human Space, pushing the frontiers of expansion. But when the Rau've and Kaisoken were finally discovered, along with their equivalent or greater power to the Ascendancy, the first President-for-Life, Corrin Herbert, began to move towards centralization, nationalizing several trading companies and forcing those left to consolidate underneath Henry Windsor, one of the leading explorers and merchants of the fringe worlds.

Together, these trading companies formed a formidable fleet, well-armed against Space Pirates (mostly Aliens and renegade Humans) and enough to endanger the Ascendancy itself if it came to war. And so Corrin Herbert was forced to make concessions: The Windsor Autonomous Trading Fleet will be allowed to continue its operations, provided that it provide a large payment to the Ascendancy of Man and logistical support to its future wars. This was resented by Corrin's two successors, Elijah and Emmanuel Thoreau, but neither of them made any move to withdraw said concessions, being enmeshed with their own plans.

Even the coming of the Rau've/Kaisoken War did not endanger the Windsor Autonomous Trading Fleet, as the latter paid a large payment to the Ascendancy in order to avoid giving logistical support. This was a good thing, as the Cecils had already decided that the future lay in economic cooperation with Aliens (albeit with Humans on top) instead of making war with them. So they stood by, consolidating their power on the Southern Fringe of Human Space, well away from the Kaisoken and Rau've territory. And the war ended with the Cecil Autonomous Trading Fleet more powerful than ever, with only the Ascendancy's Carrier Fleet able to contest them.

Now, the Windsors cannot avoid a collision with the upper levels of the Ascendancy; money can no longer overcome fear that the Trading Fleet, made up of Xenophiles and immensely rich and powerful, would conduct a coup. And the Windsors knew it, so they decided to conduct a coup for real, contacting disaffected elements among the fringe worlds and other dissidents only to find they had already been contacted by a new organization, Moonstrike, an organization that seemed to have access to Ascendancy tech and military hardware. And so all activity from them stopped. Was it jealousy, or were they biding their time for something else?

@Gentlemanvaultboy@Starlance@Bartimaeus@Stern Algorithm@Crowvette@KillamriX88@The Jest

[Letter Bee]

@Gentlemanvaultboy@Starlance@Bartimaeus@Stern Algorithm@Crowvette@KillamriX88@The Jest@CriticalHit:

I nerfed John's 'Ignition of Liquid Light' power!

[Letter Bee]

@Stern Algorithm, Perhaps an answer from Legion to fill up the time?

[Letter Bee]

@KillamriX88@The Jest@CriticalHit:

Forgot to mention you guys!