There is no slavery, only 'occupational enjoyment of very cheap labor'.

Not to mention, ownership of humans hasn't been legal since the Recognized Sapients Proclamation was mandated 237 years ago.

So, from the OP I presume that humans are among the leading species of this Hegemony?

Yes, mainly since humans were among the first species integrated to the hegemony a three of four centuries back; the timeline is still highly subject to change. However, humans have been part of the hegemony for more than half of the time the hegemony as a political entity existed (which has been around 500 years by now- earth and the solar system being integrated 300-400 years ago)

> Yes, mainly since humans were among the first species integrated to the hegemony a three of four centuries back; the timeline is still highly subject to change. However, humans have been part of the hegemony for more than half of the time the hegemony as a political entity existed (which has been around 500 years by now- earth and the solar system being integrated 300-400 years ago) Alright, I'm planning on playing as a fleet or other military unit that recruits primarily from human worlds and while its commander is loyal to a fault to the Hegemony, some of the subordinate harbor some supremacist sympathies

I'd like to see the OOC before I decide to join but I am interested.

>There is no slavery, only 'occupational enjoyment of very cheap labor'. > >Not to mention, ownership of humans hasn't been legal since the Recognized Sapients Proclamation was mandated 237 years ago. Not that supremacists would care much about such technicalities.

My interest is had.

I would like to see an OOC as well

> I would like to see an OOC as well

It's nice to see how many people are showing interest. However I noticed that some people are going to wait until the OOC. I don't blame you guys- the interest check OP information wise is lacking in organized rules or the format of app sheets along with some lore. For now, here's the current design for the founding species:  Please tell me if this is a good species for the founding race. Specifically, is this a species you can see yourself making use of in this RP? It is important the founding species is something people want to use since being the founding species, chances are they'll be a common sight in the hegemony. Chances are i'll make more alien designs regardless. Maybe i'll have to make multiple species designs and have people who have interest in the RP elect their alien overlords. The general idea I was trying to do is make a alien that's alien enough to say 'certainly isn't a human' while not being something unrelatable. Consider this illustration more or less my attempt to visualize a Upsilion.

Looks cool

Looks fine to me, although a couple of questions. Firstly, the tentacles face feature (Couldn't think of a decent word), are they quite fluid like say an twiilek's head tentacles. Or are they quite solid, much like an Asari's? And also what sort of pigmentation do they have?

The flesh beards are normally wiggly, but stiffen when they're scared and get really wiggly when angry. So their flexibility-stiffness varies depending on their current state of mind. They do also express emotion with mouth like humans do. The skin Coloration of them can vary, for instance the back may have different coloration from the hide and the face tends to be of a lighter pigmentation. There's multiple ethnic palettes of them. I have thought of a few. There is pale pigmentation, a silvery grey pigmentation, a tan pigmentation, rusty/reddish pigmentation and charcoal pigmentation. The color of their compound eyes also can vary. You have pearl white, jet black and smoky grey along with cobalt blue.

> The flesh beards are normally wiggly, but stiffen when they're scared and get really wiggly when angry. So their flexibility-stiffness varies depending on their current state of mind. They do also express emotion with mouth like humans do. > > The skin Coloration of them can vary, for instance the back may have different coloration from the hide and the face tends to be of a lighter pigmentation. > > There's multiple ethnic palettes of them. I have thought of a few. There is pale pigmentation, a silvery grey pigmentation, a tan pigmentation, rusty/reddish pigmentation and charcoal pigmentation. > > The color of their compound eyes also can vary. You have pearl white, jet black and smoky grey along with cobalt blue. All sounds really interesting. If I were to create the faction I have planned then I would happily use them.

Nice to hear. I wonder what other people who have shown interest in the RP think of the design.

I certainly think it's a cool design. Well thought out.

So as per history, any ideas yet?

Well, i've done a couple notes on Jalilu history pre-contact so far. General idea with how contact went being that the Hegemony peacefully went through diplomatic processes that would lead to the integration of sol. One of the results would be the UN being propped up as the unifying entity to make earth into a world-state that while allowing relative law answers to absolute law, which seemed at first like a good idea to the ruling party at the time. It would be a several decades however, before the integration was official, consolidating a world with 100+ nation states never war going to be easy. Humans by the year 2070 would be a hegemony species. Between that time and now will remain to be seen. Jalilu history I've got outlined. I avoided specifics for the time being; I want to make sure people have players to expand lore which is also why I went vague on how each major country on earth reacted towards the UN being diplomatically propped up as a world government by the Hegemony. The Upsilion Andromadae star system is technically younger than sol, but not by that much. Complex life developed quicker in the transition from lower level bacteria to multicellular bacteria than on earth. Jalilu's modern evolutionary form comes from 195 thousand years ago. 13000-15000 years ago the first known Jalilu civilizations appeared. The first written records of Jalilu history appear little over 7000 years ago. A Jalilu civilization industrialized about 1000 years ago and would in the following centuries multiple civilizations would colonize the binary star system, spaceship technology being developed more rapidly than on earth due to more worlds within reach thanks to coming from a jovian moon system. In fact, their star system consists mostly of jovian moon systems. Lots of bitterness existed between Jalilu nations at the time. Around 600 years ago however, their civilizations nearly hit the breaking point as binary star systems lack much in asteroid mining outside of jovian planet rings. Lots of violence in these times, to say the least. 550 years ago, the Jalilu are claimed to have gambled their whole species on a interstellar project that involving the use of a worm hole gate set up by a unmanned probe that moved at near relativistic speeds. 530 years ago, the project- on perhaps a coin flip in history, was successful allowing for colonization of a neighboring star system, one humans unceremoniously named "HIP 7918", the name Vatilu Nex being the name given to it by the Jalilu. The opening of the worm hole was monumental, further projects would be initiated with faster engines. The Hegemony is five hundred years of age, and it formed at nearly the same time Jalilu colonization of HIP 7918 was underway. The Hegemony at first was actually a rather confederate entity that was founded on the following basic tenets: There is absolute law and relative law. Absolute law is universal, while relative law is imposed by local authorities. A stable order = progress. A unified civilization without instability means prosperity. Linking of the stars. Star systems being integrated into the hegemony's network of worm holes being of great importance. A governing entity without corruption with leaders by merit; The Hegemony would develop into a multi-party meritocracy. In the following hundred years, the hegemony's colonization efforts at first were rather slow due to the costs of setting up a worm hole link to another star system even with the power the Hegemony of the Stars had. By 400 years ago the Hegemony would make up the lost populations from bygone times and it would seem, that the ancient grudges, on the highest levels of society at least, have been put aside. 360 years ago came a invention that revolutionized the rate at which the hegemony would connect the stars. Fast As Light Travel would be invented, making interstellar travel more rapid of a prospect. In the following century, various star systems of interest would be connected to the Hegemony. In the travels of legendary Jalili explorers, intentionally blindly leaping to alien star systems, alien worlds of countless sorts were discovered in the first century alone. The Jalilu discovered alien life for the first time in this century, Vatilu Nex having a world much like their home world, but not any native alien life. Contact with an industrialized alien civilization would occur for the first time 300 years ago when the first worm hole was set up in the Solar System. By this time, the Hegemony had colonized dozens of star systems. The human question would end up leading to the development of the following tenets of the hegemony: The Integration of Sapient Beings to a Universal Civilization. This entails the following: A Universal Language. A Universal Economy. A Universal Governance that transcends species. A prospect that, was arguably a success with humans at least. Humans by current day being a major species of the Hegemony having colonies in many worlds and star systems by present day. However, the hegemony in due time would be exposed to aliens much different from them than humans are... Since the integration of humanity, 300 years to now the hegemony would spread across many more stars and integrated multiple species into the hegemony. However in those three hundred years the universal tenets have been undermined, local officials overstepping authority, constant need to put down rebellions and attempts to secede from the hegemony and even the occasional threat of a full-on civil and so, so much more has put the current state of the hegemony in deterioration. One might note how I am intentionally vague about a lot of things. This is mainly since I am worried I might limit options too much for other players. However, I did include the universal tenets in this blurb on history that also might have went a bit into the cultural mindset of the hegemony. Edit: Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck^7 I made massive astronomy mistake. Upsilion Andromadae's star system is fucking whack. Any alternatives within 25-35 ly of earth?

Sounds cool, really you could post sheets tomorrow and let other people use their own histories to help build a dynamic :) Just a suggestion.