[OOC] Interference from the Higher Dimensions - SciFi Spaceship RP

[Sep]

"All of this has happened before, and all of this will happen again...

That is the usual way things go. Known to all, the Time Lords, Celestials, Ancients, Progenitors, Forerunners and all the most powerful races throughout space and time. There is a pattern to things that never changes. The Universe runs itself dry and then begins again, in parallel to all the variations imaginable. However something has changed, somewhere something has decided not to play out the way it has time and time again. This is a change that everyone across the multiverse have felt, something they have convened on and have decided to Interfere with.

Ships, from all over. Battlestars, Freighters, Carriers and more have been more or less scooped up and displaced into the Star Wars Galaxy during the fall of the old Republic Order in the replacement of Emperor Palpatines new Imperial Order. The members of these ships do not know why they have moved, or where they are. It is up to them to find their own way.

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In this Roleplay you will be playing one of the displaced ships. I'll throw plot at you however it really is your own choice whether or not you form a fleet with other players, though it will make things significantly easier. For reasons off my Sanity and the prevention of arguments I will accept cannon ship designs only e.g. Mercury Class Battlestar, BC-304, Firefly Class the list goes on. You cannot modify these ships either, the reason I have made this decision is so that someone doesn't augment the one weakness of their ship and and makes it stronger when it shouldn't be. I will also not be accepting races that form under the "Ancient" class. E.G. Those races who paved the way for their respective multiverses, as in the Ancients from Stargate or Forerunners from Halo. These races and their ships are unplayable.

I will also try to balance the ships and their technology in order that those from higher tech sci-fi genres do not have a complete advantage over lower techs. For this I'll use the example that you cannot have a Star Trek ship the same size as a Battlestar as that removes the Battlestars main advantage and just adds to your own.

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Rules. Pretty simple.

1. I'm the boss.
2. Play nice.
3. Don't be an asshat.

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Ship Size Comparisons

^Above link cannot be entirely trusted however most sizes are close^

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Sheet

Maximum two ships per player. Second ships will come into play later

The Pre-Departure scene is basically in replacement off a history. Write what your ship was doing, from the views of whatever crew members you are using, prior to the blinding flash which transported them to the Star Wars Galaxy. Alternatively you can write the history off your ships Captain/Commander.

Ship Name:
Ship Class:
Ship Wikia Link:
Notable Crew:
Pre-Departure Scene:

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Accepted Chars

EDFS Andromeda - FlameLord
NTRS Exodus - QueenRaidne
Harbringer - Sep
USS Saliant Aurora - RogerD
Culling of Prospero - Mattmanganon
UNSC Icraus - Noble
USS Illustrions - ClickThis
Valorous Intent - Sundered Echo
UFBS-AE1 Jotunheim - Penultimate Pi
NSEA Protector II - Queen Raidne
BSG-14 Battlestar Columbia - Sep

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Destroyed Ships

The Osprey - Penultimate_Pi


Thanks to the Lovely QueenRaidne we have a comic.

Scene 1

Scene 2

Scene 3

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I realize that this isn't my best OOC ever. However this attracts a very small crowd so I do not feel it will matter.

[Flamelord]

Well there goes that idea. The Destroyer I wanted to use isn't a canon ship by any means. Oh well, I'll find something else.

[Sep]

It is safer to go with canon vessels where we know their specifications and can research them to at least some degree.

[Flamelord]

What, you don't trust me to make my ship not horribly OP? Nah, I get it. So, something else.

Ship Name: EDFS Andromeda
Ship Class: Andromeda Class Battleship
Ship Wikia Link: http://yamato.wikia.com/wiki/Andromeda
Notable Crew: Ryu Hijikata, Captain
Philippe Roche - XO
Flynn Hart - Sensors
Simon Cabrera - Tactical officer
Youssef Toma - Engineering
Brandon Richards - Helm
Dmitri Pavlovich - Communications
Heinz Stoffman - Security
Vince Mortini - CAG
Alex Sarkoza - Chief of Engineering
Pre-Departure Scene:

Pre Departure Scene

In the later half of the 22nd Century, Earth was at war, and losing. Though the men of the earth Defense Forces fought valiantly, their ships were outclassed by those of the Gamilon Empire, who drove them back further and further, until Earth itself was under siege, suffering the impact of numerous Meteor Bombs, the fulfillment of Desslok's evil plan to turn Earth into a radiation wasteland. The entire population had been driven underground, and it seemed all hope was lost.

Then a godsend. An alien probe crashed and was recovered on Mars, bearing a message from a planet known as Iskandar, which gave them Wave motion technology and urged them to come and get a device that would allow them to cleanse the radiation from Earth. They developed an Engine, and a cannon off this new technology, and with the best and brightest at their call, set off on a retrofitted Battleship, the Yamato. It was a harrowing journey, but they made it to Iskandar in a year, got the device, and returned, while destroying Gamilon along the way.

Fast forward two years. The war is over, Earth's surface has been cleansed of radiation, and people have begun returning above ground. But the EDF is still wary, and are rebuilding their fleet so nothing can again threaten Earth. The EDFS Andromeda is launched in 2201, to replace the aging Yamato as the flagship of the fleet, and is given over to Admiral Ryu Hijikata. afterwards it led the defense of Earth against the forces of the White Comet, skirmishing in the outer system, it also tried to prevent the Yamato from deserting Earth, but in the end Admiral Hijikata lets them escape.

Forward still, the main battle fleet of the Comet Empire has entered the solar system, with the asteroid fortress Galantis not far behind. Admiral Hijikata has the main EDF battle fleet under his command as they go to confront the enemy near the planet Saturn. Yet that changes as they are swept away in a blinding flash of light and exotic particles.

Now they are in a strange galaxy, far, far away from home (So far as astrometrics can tell), and they have one objective. They must return home to defend Earth agains tthe forces of the Comet Empire, and if Earth has already fallen, then to liberate or avenge it. If return home is not possible, then they will carve out a new life here, and make sure that Earth is never forgotten.

[Sep]

Flamelord said I'm not gonna write a full scene in the OOC, but the Andromeda, under the command of Admiral Ryu Hijikata, is moving with the Earth Defense Forces fleet to confront the Comet Empire main battle fleet around Saturn, when they are hit by an exotic particle storm while in warp, that interferes with the Wave Motion Engine and throws them into the Star wars galaxy

You'd write the history off a char. History of a ship doesn't give enough detail on the crew and how you mean to play them.

[Flamelord]

Alright then. Edited.

[Penultimate_Pi]

Do you mind if I end up putting a semi-full list of specifications for my ship, FTL's Federation Cruiser?
What I'm going to do for this is play a round of FTL up to the final boss, and then list all of my crew, weapons and ship stats from that run, so as to keep my personal construction of the otherwise barebones ship still as purist as possible.

[Penultimate_Pi]

Ship Name: The Osprey
Ship Class: Federation Osprey-Class Artillery Crusier
Ship Wikia Link: http://ftl.wikia.com/wiki/Ship#Federation_Cruiser (See Layout A)

Image:

Specifications:

Systems:

• Shield Projector: Lv. 6 [Tier 3]


• Engine Core: Lv. 6


• Weapons Bay: Lv. 7


• Artillery: Lv. 3


• Medical Bay: Lv. 2


• Life Support: Lv. 1


• Teleporter: Lv. 2

Subsystems:

• -Piloting: Lv. 2


• -Sensor Array: Lv. 2


• -Door Control: Lv. 2


• -Auxillary Power: Lv. 1

Reactor: 25 power units

Weapon Loadout:

Starboard Bow - Burst Laser MK. II
Port Bow - Heavy Laser MK. II
Starboard Stern - Hermes Missile Launcher
Port Stern - Hermes Missile Launcher
Forward Center - 'Vindicator' Artillery Beam

Supplies:

• Scrap - 160


• FTL Fuel Cells - 17


• Ballistics - 26


• Drone Frames - 19

Crew:

• Bradley, Human Male [Pilot / Director]


• Sam, Human Female [Weapons Operator]


• Michiel, Engi [Engineer]


• Zhan, Rockman [Shielding / Defense Soldier A]


• Sturm, Rockman [Defense Soldier B]


• Klehhi, Mantis [Assault Soldier A / Ex-Weapons Operator]


• Thrikaah, Mantis [Assault Soldier B]

Augmentations:

- Distraction Buoys
- Repair Arm
- Reconstructive Teleportation

Pre-Departure Scene:

The galaxy is at its climax. A war between the Galactic Federation and the Rebellion has long shaken humankind and its neighbors with violence. The Federation is losing, and the Rebels, xenophobic and eager to instill their own brand of human rulership, hold the larger army. The Rebellion's last hope of destroying the Federation for good, however, lies in a powerful flagship using the most cutting-edge technology the galaxy has to offer.

With the knowledge of this secret information, the Osprey departed from a hidden hangar on the edge of Rebel territory. Forced to outrun the Rebel fleet in order to deliver this information to the Federation's last stand, the Osprey has taken measures to upgrade itself and obtain new equipment. To blast through any obsticle, the Osprey became the prime combat cruiser it was built to be.

Finally, through, despite the few close calls, the Osprey and her crew jumped into the remnants of the Federation fleet. A direct message to Admiral Tully revealed the prospect of the Rebel Flagship. But without any other high-power cruisers to spare, Tully entrusted the Osprey to destroy the Flagship, one-on-one, while the Federation and Rebel fleets squared off against each other.

If the Osprey won, then the Federation would be able to hold itself in a powerful defense of their base. But if the Flagship won, then there would be no hope left for the Federation's survival. The crew of the Osprey, having suffered through much challenge at the hands of the Rebels, were firm and determined to destroy the Flagship, even at the cost of themselves, if need be. Activating the FTL Drive to waylay the Flagship, the Osprey was enveloped in a surge of light.

Unlike any other jump, though, it ended as soon as it began. And there was no Flagship, not a single Rebel ship in sight. What now?

[Sep]

Flamelord said
Alright then. Edited.

See Penultimates scene. That is all I am looking for. Like the history of a character it is really just a test to see how apt you are to join the roleplay. I mean what you have given me has given me no indication how you will play out your ships crew or anything. If you wish you can write the Captains history. Though there has to be something to give me indication to your writing.

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Penultimate the only thing is we will need to find out what dimensions your ship will be, from my FTL time they don't seem excessively large. If it is as small as I think it might be I have no quarrel with anything else.

[Penultimate_Pi]

If you check the wiki page for the ship's internal layout, you should see that the scale that FTL presents it as in comparison to its personnel. The size I'm going for will end up being just a bit larger: about the size of a real-life tanker ship, give or take.

Also regarding living quarters, cargo rooms, etc., I'll write them in as being on one or two additional decks, if that is necessary.

[Sep]

That is all right. You're good to go. Will get my ship up today about lunch time.

[Flamelord]

Wow. Okay then. That was not what I got from your description either time. I got "write what the ship was doing from the PoV of the people in it immediately prior to getting transported" and then "Write the history of the notable characters". Not "Write the history of the ship in flowery RP language so I can tell how you'll RP them. But fine. I'll edit it. Again.

[Sep]

Flamelord said
Wow. Okay then. That was not what I got from your description either time. I got "write what the ship was doing from the PoV of the people in it immediately prior to getting transported" and then "Write the history of the notable characters". Not "Write the history of the ship in flowery RP language so I can tell how you'll RP them. But fine. I'll edit it. Again.

Misunderstandings happen.

[RogerD]

I'll likely go something Federation -esque, not sure whether to go TNG Trek, or nuTrek.

TNG ship is not totally canon, but near enough to an Excelsior, Ingram class, and is actually a carrier, so it has fighters. Or Constitution from nuTrek, although that would mean totally ridiculous FTL speeds.

[Sep]

Oh, look who it is. The original creator.

[RogerD]

Sep said Oh, look who it is. The original creator.

You honour me good sir.

I look forward to your rebooting and improving on my original

EDIT: How canon does the ship need to be prime timeline? Or one from one of the RPG's as I have about half a dozen I can choose from.

I have the following ideas: Ingram, Indomitable, Kolm-An, Discovery.

Now if they are not allowed I'd go with an Excelsior so as not to overpower Star Wars with a Sovereign.

[Lucian]

I'm interested. Deciding on a ship now.

[Sep]

RogerD said
You honour me good sir. I look forward to your rebooting and improving on my originalEDIT: How canon does the ship need to be prime timeline? Or one from one of the RPG's as I have about half a dozen I can choose from.I have the following ideas: Ingram, Indomitable, Kolm-An, Discovery.Now if they are not allowed I'd go with an Excelsior so as not to overpower Star Wars with a Sovereign.

I have no ideas what they are. If they are from the actual universe I have no quarrel. My main reservation is to stop people from making their own ships, so if it is from a RP and you designed it I'll have to go no. Wikia pages need to exist just so me or anyone else can call you up on it if things go tits up.

[RogerD]

Sep said I have no ideas what they are. If they are from the actual universe I have no quarrel. My main reservation is to stop people from making their own ships, so if it is from a RP and you designed it I'll have to go no. Wikia pages need to exist just so me or anyone else can call you up on it if things go tits up.

Well they do have have stats for them, but are not 'official' designs.

http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/excelsior-revised.php = Ingram
http://home.comcast.net/~ststcsolda/federation/indomitable/indomitable.html = Indomitable
http://home.comcast.net/~ststcsolda/federation/kolm-an/kolm-an.html = Kolm-An
http://www.asdb.net/asdb/docs/sfp/sfp.pdf = Discovery - this is a fan pdf document for use with FASA RPG.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJIVbNwp7os = Discovery youtube fly-by.

These have all been used in RP's so you may disallow, and I would understand that, totally so.

Then it would be a toss up between an Excelsior or Connie from nuTrek

EDIT: And I would certainly ban STO stuff after last time.

[RogerD]

On second thoughts I'm having nuTrek Constitution class just to make it easier for you, and less technobabble.

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Constitution_class_(alternate_reality)