[OOC] The Last Laugh

[Sierra]

I say that if We do, it must be named Xe-135. Given my own experiences with its track record, the reference seems appropriate.

@Willy Vereb All those ideas sound great on paper but in practice I suspect it will do the same damage (while also cutting prospectives off from potential brainstorming). I gotta second Clocktower as well unfortunately.

[ClocktowerEchos]

Oz mentioned to distributing discord link to those who made sheets so I figure that's what is going to happen.
@ClocktowerEchosI also understand your concern and worded similar in the first page. The way I see it this can be worked out in some form through the following:

1.) Oz only handles out invites to those who already made a sheet. Not twiddling your tumbs here.
2.) We can mandate that important stuff have to be posted in the OOC so it won't lost
3.) Try enforcing a posting regimen so inactivity be averted.

How does it sound?

@Willy Vereb

Keeping an RP alive means keeping the thread alive and discord servers siphon away any activity in a thread to the chat. Even if we only let people with NSs in, then that means most of the active population is going to be on the discord. It will also be another gate for people who want to get in to come across since now they will just have to look at a dead OOC, wondering if there's anything going on in a discord. Plus this is an NRP, everyone knows that few NSs will truly be 100% complete with a sizable amount bare.

If you only post important stuff in the OOC but all the activity isn't on the OOC, then there is really no reason to be posting to the OOC. At that point you might as well just post announcements in the discord if everyone is over there. What could happen is that there is an @everyone post on the OOC and then the 0 post is updated with that.

Also posting schedules really don't work as well as people want to believe. They work for about 5 posts at most or something and then people just start going dark because having to reguarly post now feels like a chore they have to do or drop the RP. For people who already can barely find time to put up a post that isn't three lines and a picture, having yet another thing in the back of your mind telling you "oh don't forget to write for that RP" isn't going to help.

tl;dr - The use of discord will siphon activity away from the OOC and by extension the RP as people will no longer feel a need to regularly check the thread. With all the activity moving away from the OOC, the discord becomes the primary communication method which makes the OOC less viewed and useful thus putting more stuff into the discord feeding a loop.

[Aleranicus]

Hey all! I'm back from the weekend's shenanigans. I am now an uncle and have just finished buying a metric butt-ton of children's books.

I should be back to finish the Rolvius Republic tomorrow.

Re: The Discord, I've seen discords create great posts, but also siphon away posting. I vote against an official one, but would be fine with an unofficial one, and a strict banhammer enforcement for lack of posting. Just an official posting saying something like "The Rolvian Republic has not posted. The Republic's government has been toppled and their territory descends into chaos."

[DX3214]

@Aleranicus Congrats on that men and well is currently a debate here lasting two hours

[Sierra]

Just an official posting saying something like "The Rolvian Republic has not posted. The Republic's government has been toppled and their territory descends into chaos."

@Aleranicus

That's incredibly unceremonious ... borderlining on tyrannical. I approve.

[ClocktowerEchos]

Does anyone want to have the honor of being the Major Belligerent that gave Haradoni its ass whopping?

Also, the Virus which I'm renaming to the Varkak Virus has a trait which effectively restores a limited amount of youth and energy to someone meaning that if a crippled person was to be willingly infected, they would have their lives extended and the use of their limbs restored. I ask because I'm wondering if anyone's race would have some mad scientist go and run off to be infected as to prolong their own lives to continue their research or need some place where the ethics of said research aren't really considered.

[Crispy Octopus]

Lot of pseudo hiveminds lol.

Well, at least the Utopians are closer to the individual side then the one will side. I'll have an NS out soon Ozzy.

[Taeryn]

Considering this is the Milky Way Galaxy, its inevitable Earth would come up - and I see it does feature in the history of one sheet.

I'd like to make it part of - though not necessarily the centre of - a mid-level power, if there's no objections? I'd rather ask than assume and have to rewrite things!

[Nate1008]

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Okay, now I am curious as fuck is your virus a VIRUS or a bacteria or fungus? because how da fuck can something envolved to reproduce itself in living cells can also attach itself to metal and hijack it, you are dealing with robots not living organism

@DX3214

It is a virus/fungus mutation. It was first produced by a plant in the air pocket of witch it was found. It can gain intelligence and is able to override and grow over a machines parts, Arms, Legs, Neck e.g, and construct muscular tissue and overwhelm a machines motors and takes over its movements. As for a biological host, it can infect the brain, shut down its most important parts and take over those parts. It does not shut down the whole brain, but takes over most of it.

[Sigma]

Considering this is the Milky Way Galaxy, its inevitable Earth would come up - and I see it does feature in the history of one sheet.

I'd like to make it part of - though not necessarily the centre of - a mid-level power, if there's no objections? I'd rather ask than assume and have to rewrite things!

@Taeryn

You're all good my man! :) Earth is yours.

[Aleranicus]

Question: Does anyone want to be That Country which occupied parts of Rolvius during the Great War? About to start continuing my nation sheet.

[Legion02]

@Aleranicus I wouldn't mind being "That Country". The Asrians are already the reason why the Haradoni used the Luciferian virus. Might as well go all in. (From the backstory i'm typing for the Haradoni, my guys are not good guys during the Great War. They were drunk on Psionic power...)

[ClocktowerEchos]

@Nate1008 At the risk of sounding like "that guy", is there any sort of limitation to what your virus can actually do? Since it seems like it can just about do anything and things just kept getting pulled out of thin air? Like someone has previously said, you are tripping a lot of red flags for powergaming.

It is a virus/fungus mutation. It was first produced by a plant in the air pocket of witch it was found.

@Nate1008

I'm not a biology expert but I think you're confusing what is meant by a virus/fungus mutation. I think what you need is like cancerous/rapid growth of biomass. Also just from a writing stand point, just having it be something that was found in an air pocket in a mine that went ignored until the entire empire was infected because the entire military and government just decided to stand down and let it happen sounds really lazy and uninspired.

It can gain intelligence and is able to override and grow over a machines parts, Arms, Legs, Neck e.g, and construct muscular tissue and overwhelm a machines motors and takes over its movements. As for a biological host, it can infect the brain, shut down its most important parts and take over those parts. It does not shut down the whole brain, but takes over most of it.

@Nate1008

I honestly cannot decipher whats the meaning behind this. Does it "grow an arm" and use it to control machinery? Does it some how infect a very much non-living computer with a very much alive organism that realistically can't "infect/hack" it like it can with a brain? Also machine motors, especially larger ones, are not easy things to move. If you're trying to move like a starship turret for example that would take a huge amount of energy and effort.

As for biological hosts, why doesn't it shut down everything and basically drive the body around like a walking flesh robot? You don't even need the brain if you want to control a body, just have something to fire nerves and muscles and you get a function walking if not janky meat puppet.

[Aleranicus]

I wouldn't mind being "That Country". The Asrians are already the reason why the Haradoni used the Luciferian virus. Might as well go all in. (From the backstory i'm typing for the Haradoni, my guys are not good guys during the Great War. They were drunk on Psionic power...)

@Legion02

Sounds good. I'll review what you've got posted and go from there.

[Legion02]

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Sounds good. I'll review what you've got posted and go from there.

@Aleranicus

Aye, is good! If you got any more questions just PM me. I'll happily answer anything! (also mind you the sheet is very much WIP, and definitly needs some re-reading and rewriting but the big lines are there)

[Sigma]

@Aleranicus And on a small note, no need to worry on ship numbers, the section of the ships was a sort of a informative bit to tell us what ship classes/types are available to the nations of the galaxy.

[Nate1008]

The Infestation

General Information
The Infestation is a scar on the universe. It seeks to infest all, to steal all creatures will. The Infestation is an incurable virus. The only cure is putting a host down. The Infestation hates all that is not blighted by the virus and seeks nothing but to spread their plague. A cure is possible, but it will take extreme amounts of technology and time to develop. The Infestation is small now, and are thought of as rumors or myths. But soon, they will come out of the dark places of space to make their mark in history!

Nation type
Minor Belligerent

Overview
Population: 571
Queens: 10
Hives: 0
Infested colonies: 1
Infested space-stations: 1
Infested bases: 1
Military population: 172
Navy population: 9
Ships:
Infested Civilian Ships: 5
Hive Strike Craft: 2
Infested Strike Craft: 0
Hive Corvettes: 0
Infested Corvettes: 0
Hive Frigates: 1
Infested Frigates: 0
Hive Destroyers: 0
Infested Destroyers: 0
Hive Cruisers: 0
Infested Cruisers: 0
Hive Battlecrusiers: 0
Infested BattleCrusiers: 0
Hive Battleships: 0
Infested Battleships: 0
Hive Dreadnoughts: 0
Infested Dreadnoughts: 0
Hive HyperDreadnoughts: 1
Infested Hyperdreadnoughts: 0

History
When the virus developed, it was trapped inside an air pocket deep inside a cave-world known as Cyrus IV. A mining colony was there too. The colony mined into the air pocket and the virus infested the mining crew. From one person to an entire colony in mere weeks. The infestation was born. The Hive-Mind was born in that colony. It started small, a tiny spore. But grew to a massive size. It realized what it was capable of and gave itself a new purpose, to infest all life.

Major Holdings
Cyrus IV: Infested Mining colony.
Cyrus Mission Hub: Infested Space-Station.
116XE1: Infested Asteroid Colony.

Demographics
Infested: 90%
Other Races: 10%

Population
Infested: The Infested Make up the majority of the population. They are the backbone of the Infestation and keep prisoners and slaves.
Other Races: The Infested keep other races as slaves or prisoners. This population is any race they attack. The Infestation use these people as pretend escapees, making them carriers of the virus to spread elsewhere.

Society
The Infestation lets some of their prisoners walk the hives and bases. They selectively choose who to infest and who not to infest. The prisoners live in bad living conditions, but do not get infested. At least, not right away. The Infested on the other-hand, don't seem to live any kind of lifestyle. They patrol mindlessly, attack anything that is not supposed to be in the hive and attack if they are ordered to by the Hive-Mind. They don't care how they live. They only care about infesting, attacking and eating.

Economy
The Infested have no use for many resources besides food. They may pretend like they need or use resources to look more diplomatic, but they stay hidden and refuse to use face-to-face communication in any way.

Government
The Infestation is run by the Hive-Mind. It is on the top of its rule and has smaller (nodes) to extend its rule. Queens, Hive lords and Swarm Leaders act as these nodes of power and keep The Infestation under control and balanced.

Technological Information
The Infestation cannot create advanced tech and need to steal it from others.

Major Techs
Bio-FTL: A biological FTL that has a psionic ability to rip a hole in space to travel short distances around 100-1000 km in space.
Bio-Cannon: A biological cannon that spits a flurry of small flesh balls that have sharp bone spikes.
Heavy Bio-Cannon: A heavy biological cannon that spits a large flesh ball that has large poisoned bone spikes.
Flesh Ripper: A tentacle that has a blade like bone at its tip, allowing it to slash at other things from a short distance.
Bio-Spore: A spore-shaped cannon that spits a large spore that grows tentacles that wrap around things and crushes them. These tentacles live for a few minutes. After that time is up, or they die, they become dead husks with no strength and release their victims.

Military Information
The entire population of the Infested (other than the prisoners) are military. They each have random mutations to help them adapt.

Military Overview

Fleet/Navy

Civilian Ships
Infested Civilian Ship: Another races Civilian ship. Once used for mining, hulling or transportation, is now used for The Infestations military. Infested Civilian Ships are unarmed and the infestation on these ships is only found inside the cockpit of the shuttle. These ships are used for infiltrating other races bases, colonies or space-stations. These ships transport a single Hive Prisoner that is a contaminated carrier of the virus.

Dreadnoughts

Hive Dreadnought: A Hive Dreadnought is a floating mass of flesh and tentacles. It is massive in size, approximately 2 km long, 5281 m wide and 1782 m tall. It is armed with 59 bio-cannons, 802 flesh rippers and 172 bio-spores.

Infested Dreadnought: It is another races Dreadnought. It is infested and now belongs to The Infestation. Infestation on these ships is clearly visible and anyone who tries to talk to it through the com will get a response of screeching, roars and other animal-like noises.

Battleships

Hive Battleship: A Hive Battleship is a floating mass of flesh and tentacles. It is large in size, approximately 1 km long, 4717 m wide and 1272 m tall. It is armed with 28 bio-cannons, 10 heavy bio-cannons, 620 flesh rippers and 50 bio-spores.

Infested Battleship: It is another races battleship. It is infested and now belongs to the Infestation. Infestation on these ships is clearly visible. The Com is normally broken and will not work.

Battlecruisers

Hive Battlecruiser: A Hive Battlecruiser is a floating mass of flesh and tentacles. It is large in size, approximately 9716 m long, 4281 m wide and 1183 m tall. It is armed with 10 bio-cannons, 4 heavy bio-cannons, 582 flesh rippers and 22 bio-spores.

Infested Battlecruiser: It is another races battlecruiser. It is infested and now belongs to The Infestation. Infestation on these ships is clearly visible. The com is normally broken and will not work.

Cruisers

Hive Cruiser: A Hive Cruiser is a floating mass of flesh and tentacles. It is medium in size, approximately 8932 m long, 3721 m wide and 971 m tall. It is armed with 5 bio-cannons, 373 flesh rippers and 17 bio-spores.

Infested Cruiser: It is another races Cruiser. It is infested and now belongs to The Infestation. Infestation on these ships is clearly visible. The com is normally broken and will not work.

Destroyers

Hive Destroyer: A Hive Destroyer is a floating mass of flesh and tentacles. It is medium in size, approximately 5931 m long, 2721 m wide and 791 m tall. It is armed with 518 flesh rippers and 51 bio-spores.

Infested Destroyer: It is another races Destroyer. It is infested and now belongs to The Infestation. Infestation on these ships is clearly visible. The com is normally broken and will not work.

Frigates

Hive Frigate: A Hive Frigate is a floating mass of flesh and tentacles. It is small in size, approximately 1283 m long, 728 m wide and 282 m tall. It is armed with 4 bio-cannons, 52 flesh rippers and 5 bio-spores.

Infested Frigate: It is another races Frigate. It is infested and now belongs to The Infestation. Infestation on these ships is not always visible. The com is normally broken and will not work.

Corvettes

Hive Corvette: A Hive Corvette is a small flying mass of flesh and tentacles. It is tiny in size, approximately 16 m long, 5 m wide and 6 m tall. It is armed with 2 bio-cannons and 1 flesh ripper.

Infested Corvette: It is another races Corvette. It is infested and now belongs to The Infestation. Infestation on these ships is not always visible. The com is normally broken and will not work.

Strike Craft

Hive Strike Craft: A Hive Strike Craft is a small flying mass of flesh and tentacles. It is tiny in size, approximately 6 m long, 3 m wide and 3 m tall. It is armed with 1 bio-cannon.

Army/Planetary forces

Infested Civilian: A infested civilian. They are the main part of The Infestations army. They use any equipment that they used before they got infested.

Infested Soldier: A infested soldier. There aren't a lot of them but there is still a bit. They use any equipment that they used before they got infested and retain some of their knowledge they had to use their weapons.

Infested vehicle: A infested vehicle. Again, only small amounts of them. They are like the vehicles they once were, but infested. They are made of metal and have infested flesh here and there. Their weapons have a 37% chance of being operational after the infestation prossess.

Queen: The Queen of a hive or base. They stay inside their hive and only leave if necessary. They may act weak and helpless at first, but they are actually skilled fighters. They are intelligent and deadly. However, if the Queen does somehow die, the infested that she was controlling become rogue and start to kill everything, including each-other.

Hive Lord: Hive Lords act as royal guards in a way. They are brute-like and not so brutish. They protect the hive entrance and the queens chamber. When not guarding, they are ruthless commanders and excellent elite attack troops.

Swarm Leader: Swarm Leaders command The Infestations armies. The Swarm Leaders are well protected and help the army use tactics, though they still don't listen well and attack mindlessly, the commanders are major helpers in the battles that they are involved in.

Hyperdread

Hive Capital Ship: The Hive Capital Ship is a colossal mass of flesh, tentacles and bone. It is 15 km long, 5 km wide and 2 km tall. It has 500 heavy Bio-Cannons, 2893 Bio-Cannons, 8193 flesh rippers and 2814 Bio-Spores. The Hive Capital Ship can spawn 7124 Hive Strike Craft, 612 Hive Corvettes and 16 Hive Frigates every 5 days. The Hive-Mind is located inside this colossal ship, along with 8 Queens. The Hive Capital Ship only enters combat in war and keeps itself hidden beneath the surface of The Infestations home-world: Cyrus IV.

Infested Hyperdread: Another races Hyperdread. It is now The Infestations, and re-armed with new bio-weapons based on its size. It takes several months to fully infest one and must have 2 or more Queens inside to begin infestation. The Infestation can be stopped if the queens inside are killed and the infestation is burned out before time is up. If it is already infested, it will not work unless the other race possesses the cure to The Infestation.

[Taeryn]

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You're all good my man! :) Earth is yours.

@Sigma

Neat. I'll get something up later, or tomorrow.

[Taeryn]

Still very much a work in progress, and likely things that look done will get fleshed out even more, but I wanted to get a little something up. History is kept "brief" if only because I don't wanna lock any other person who goes human into anything.

(See Later Post)

[ASTA]

Turns out that I might not have time for this, unfortunately. Dropping out.