[OOC] War of the Seven Suns (Sci Fi Naval RP)

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Introduction.... It is Imperial Year 3,506, exactly one millennium after the Sacking of Almata by the Rival Claimants and the final destruction of the Arcturian Empire. The galaxy has known a millennium of chaos and darkness as astro-goths, pirate bands and slaver-kings have ravaged the systems of the dead Empire, carving out petty fiefdoms for themselves. Outposts of the old order have struggled to survive amid the general anarchy, fending off barbarian threats or bribing their would-be assailants in exchange for protection. Alien peoples, made vengeful by centuries of humano-centric oppression in the old Empire, have risen up against their former masters and founded space-faring nations of their own amid the general chaos. The Dark Ages, however, are coming to an end. The Kingdom of Far Valyrius, once a minor Arcturian client state spanning three systems in a backwater sector, weathered the collapse of the old order uniquely well, thanks in large part to the far sighted strategy of King Odyssius II, who welcomed the remnants of the Loyalist Imperial fleet into his system after the death of the final Emperor at the hands of the Rival Claimants. Well protected by its isolated location and powerful Imperial fleet, huge ships-of-the-line carefully husbanded over the centuries, the Kingdom managed to prosper even as the galaxy burned around it. One year ago, the Kingdom emerged victorious from a decades-long struggle against the barbarian-emperor Arius, whose fleet was crushed by King Odyssius XVII at the Battle of Archangel. Freed for the first time in centuries from impending external threats, His Grace the King declared a Reconquest of four neighboring systems, inaugurating the War of Seven Suns. You are a captain in His Majesty's Navy, the commander of a cruiser in the Second Royal Expeditionary Force tasked with securing the subspace lanes and orbits of the Maalik system so that the Royal Armies can take the planets in the name of the King. Your ship is millenia old. A veteran of hundreds of battles. Between 1-7 km in length, it is home to thousands of sailors, marines, soldiers and officers. It hosts to a powerful and ancient AI known as a Semi-Sentience, and is armed with an array of weaponry capable of leveling cities and turning entire armies to cinders. The RP.... Welcome! Above is a basic overview of the universe in which this RP will be set. This RP will be a bit of a mix btwn a sci-fi military RP and a game of political intrigue. The setting is inspired by Dune and 40K, the European dark ages, Napoleonic naval battles. Your primary character will be a captain of a huge naval ship taking part in King Odyssius' Reconquest. Other character types (politicians, military personnel, mercenaries...basically, whatever you can think of) are absolutely, 100% allowed and RPers are free to create as many characters as they think they can handle. As hinted at above, each ship has its own unique AI and personality. Most players will basically be RPing as an entire ship, a society of thousands (or more) taking part in the larger drama of this sci-fi war. See below for more details about ship sizes, classes, and weaponry, but each ship is highly customizable and will be created as part of your character creation. General Notes and Rules: 1. A major objective of this RP will be worldbuilding. I've set the ground work of the society we'll be operating in, but fleshing it out with everyone's ideas on galactic history, geography and detail will, I hope, be a fun collaborative endeavor. The Kingdom of Far Valyrius is a highly complex feudal society, by no means a unified highly centralized state, so there is plenty of room for internal divisions. I invite people not only to create characters, but to contribute to the lore and history of the universe in which we are operating. You'll see below that I've left room for some player-created worldbuilding in the Setting section. 2. I am a fairly lax GM and am always open to new ideas, suggestions and criticism, but ultimately I am the GM, and my rules are the rules, period. I don't anticipate having to put my foot down on anything, but if I do, please respect my decision. 3. In what follows you'll find a great deal of names, implied events, unexplained terms, etc etc. Please do not feel as though I expect you to ask me what everything means, most of the stuff I've jotted down is merely meant as a starting point for you to run with- so run with it! Make up cool stuff! If anything drastically requires alteration I will let you know- but I hope everyone feels free to expand on the bones of the world that I've given. Additionally, this OOC is a little all over the place and incomplete. Please don't feel overwhelmed or like you need to memorize everything (or anything) here in order to participate. And please dont hesitate to make constructive criticisms or ask questions! Main PiratePad w/ universe info: http://piratepad.net/v2eDAbGKgg Old Ppad for WIP projects: http://piratepad.net/9uLk85XlvJ Official Chat: http://us19.chatzy.com/71454494321136

Factions, Setting and History

Location: Leopon Sector Systems: Valyrius (Kingdom of Far Valyrius- capital) Vos (Kingdom of Far Valyrius) Aryon (Kingdom of Far Valyrius) Maalik (Childer of Arius, other?) The Dolorous Shoals, aka "The Doldroms" (various pirate factions, other?) Archenar (TBD) St. Pellos (TBD) Factions: The Kingdom of Far Valyrius Government Type: Constitutional Monarchy Ruler: His Unapproachable Grace Odyssius XVII of House Kesselbrood, Monarch of Far Valyrius and Protector of Leopon, Sole Rightful Claimant and Heir to the Imperial Titles Prime Minister: Alexia Hooke, Duchess of New Olms Legislative Body: The Valyrian Diet, divided into the House of Wisdom, representatives elected by humans of noble lineage, and the House of Noise, representatives elected by all non-indentured, property owning human subjects. While the different xenos subject to the Crown enjoy some legal protections, none have the right to vote. Constitution: The Diverse Covenants Systems Ruled: Valyrius (capital) Vos Aryon Planets:

Planets of the Kingdom of Far Valyrius

Capital Planet: Throne System: Valyrius Local govt: Direct rule by the King. Desc: A roughly earth-sized moon in orbit of the gas giant Far Valyrius, noted for its ancient cities and dense fungus-jungles. The capital city of the Kingdom is High Sepulchrave. Planet: Far Valyrius System: Valyrius Local govt: Feudal holdings by various Noble Houses, most notably House Ravenstein and House Hooke. Desc: A huge gas giant orbited by Throne, Far Valyrius is home to many Imperial era gas-mining installations and cloud-cities. Planet: Odros System: Valyrius Local govt: Formerly republican, currently direct military rule by Royal Navy. Desc: Once a fertile agri-world, Odros was subjected to several invasions and counter invasions during the Arian Wars between the Kingdom of Valyrius and the barbarian Emperor Arius. It is now an irradiated wasteland in the early stages of environmental reclamation by the Kingdom. In orbit of Odros are innumerable fortresses and the Royal Navy Yards, and it is the primary base of His Grace's Navy. Planet: Zanxi System: Aryon Local govt: Dictatorship, colonial administration Desc: Nyrkin Hiveworld. Zanxi hosts an immense Nyrkin population and a growing contingent of human, Introgg, and Gn'Mok colonists from the Kingdom. Zanxi is governed by Overbaron van Vaw, a cultured and humane xenos-lover who was named Baron of the planet after his highly successful suppression of the Swarm Revolts. Under him is a puppet government formed of the Nyrkin priestly castes. Planet: Adriatus System: Vos Local govt: Feudal rule, majority of world divided between the Barony of Ingram, the Grand Duchy of Kans, and various vassal states. Desc: Adriatus is a temperate world of roughly earth size and temperament dominated by four large continents. Unlike the Earth that it seemingly resembles (thanks to the miracles of terraforming) Adriatus has far less surface water than earth with the small oceans dividing the continents covering only about 40% of the surface. Most continents are covered by forests of gigantic iron-maple trees. The trees are known for more than their titanic proportions, the iron-maple is so named because of its incredible strength which makes it a popular supplementary building material especially for the homes and furniture of the wealthy and well to do. A native race of arborial sophonts known as the Podrotha live deep inside the iron-maple forests. A paleolithic society the Podrotha have shunned human contact as best as they can, fleeing deeper and deeper into the forests when humans encroach on their territory. Some contact has been established among their scattered tribes and Poldrotha are not too uncommonly found as manual laborers or servants of the wealthy in any large city. Planet: Plentiful Dawn System: Horizon Desc: A protectorate of the Kingdom of Far Valyrius in the outlying Horizon System, Plentiful Dawn is a formidable fortress world that has withstood centuries of barbarian attacks, preserving much of the old Imperial culture. It swore fealty to the Valyrian kingdom shortly before the start of the Arian Jihad. Planet: (players are encouraged to make up their own planets in the Vos and Aryon Systems, including system capitals. Two more planets can also be added to the Valyrian system)

Xenos Species of the Kingdom of Far Valyrius Nyrkin: Hive-based insectiod race with innumerable bio-forms. Fast breeding, generally less intelligent than humans and extremely susceptible to collectivist politics and religious messianism thanks to the traumatic destruction of their Hive Mind by the Arcturus Empire centuries ago. Most populous on their native Zanxi, they are very common throughout the Kingdom, usually as an industrial underclass, and are used on some planets as slave labor or slave soldiers. They are heavily represented in the Royal Army as auxiliary light infantry. Gn'Mok: Hulking humanoid reptilians who serve as elite mercenaries in the Royal Marines. They are a proud, martial race who utilize energy shields and close quarter weaponry to great effect. They excel as special forces units and boarding parties. Some say they are the result of attempts by the old empire to breed a race of loyal super soldiers. They have served the Kingdom as mercenaries for centuries, after King Alessio welcomed their space hulks into the Kingdom and offered them safe harbor and protection in exchange for military service. [think Halo elites + Greek Hoplites + Protoss] The Poldratha: The Poldratha are tree-dwelling pseudomammals native to the forests of Adriatus. The Poldratha have a relatively standard arrangement of two arms and two legs however their arms are bifurcated at the elbow with two forearms and hands on each arm. Males of the species are a full head shorter on average and possess a webbed membrane stretching from one of their forearms down to the leg, this allows them the ability to glide from tree to tree to a limited degree (Adriatus's gravity is only slightly lower than earth's so it really just slows the fall) whereas females posses much greater strength. They are a paleolithic culture, capable of making tools out of stone, bone, and other natural materials. Their race has a massive gender imbalance with most attempts at estimating their population putting it at three females to one male. Because of this their societies tend to be matriarchal with males considered prized and rare commodities and even a reason to go to war with another tribe. - players are encouraged to make up their own xenos races Notable Factions, Houses, Guilds and Political Parties: The Office Unspoken: Royal secret police. The One Voice: monohumanist authoritarian political party calling for the enslavement of xenos, the abolition of the aristocracy and the Valyrian Diet, and the replacement of the monarch with an autocratic Emperor. Shouters: monohumanist terrorist group, outlawed, some affiliation with One Voice politicians. Selfless Tendencies: political party advocating for full xenos political emancipation. Great House Ravenstein of Lynz: great house ruling large, populous holdings within the breathable zones of the Far Valyrian atmosphere. Extremely wealthy and historic rivals of the Royal House. Led by Grand Duke Konrad von Ravenstein. Great House Hooke of New Olms: rules large holdings with the Far Valyrian atmosphere, less wealthy and powerful than House Ravenstein, whom they view as rivals. Strong allies of the Royal House. Led by Grand Duchess Alexia Hooke. The Venerable Path: decentralized religion of much of the aristocracy which includes the veneration of ancestors, historic Imperial heroes and saints, and the Numinous Legislation, a code of honor taken to be part of the fabric of the universe. The cult has temples for sacrifices to the ancestors and lawgivers, but no official clerisy apart from the aristocracy themselves. Faction: (players are encouraged to make up their own factions w/in the Kingdom) The Childer of Arius Government Type: Quasi-religious slave-empire ruled by transhumanist barbarians, remnant of Arius' transhumanist, messianic jihad. System: Maalik System Desc: TBD Astrogothic Tribes Desc: TBD Doldrums Pirates Desc: TBD

Doldrums Planets

Captial Planet: Duliv System:The Dolorous Shoals Local Govt:Pure dictatorship formerly controlled by the Lords of Ruin, but now controlled by the Black Knights pirate fleet Desc:The whole planet is heavily urbanized and suffering from overpopulation. Crime and pollution are common, but the draconian rule of the Knights make it somewhat less lawless than other planets in the system, and as a result it has become a center of trade and business within the entire Leopon Sector. Planet Name: Skokiri System:The Dolorous Shoals Local Govt: Triumvirate based with three leaders known as "The Trident" serve as a puppet govt to The Hanged Men pirate fleet. Desc: One of the only planets in the system that is not heavily urbanized, used as an Agri-world that produces crops and fish shipped all over the system. Planet Name: Olgroth System: The Dolorous Shoals Local Govt:The Hanged Men Pirate fleet Desc: Shokiri's moon, it is a breaker yard. In other words a junk planet home to many of the sector's refugees and castaways. Planet Name: Drepa System: The Dolorous Shoals Local Govt: Ruled over by the Devotees on Kine pirate fleet, an entirely Nyrkin pirate cartel. Desc:75% of the planets surface is a hiveworld for the Nyrkin, the rest of the planets surface is covered in the urban sprawl common among the shoals. A haven of mercenary armies and captains-for-hire. Planet Name: Ascore System:The Dolorous Shoals Local Govt: Corporatocracy by the Goliath Trade Conglomerate supported by the Sons of The Blue Moon pirate fleet Desc:Covered with corporate buildings and skyscrapers. Ascore is a world of industry and modernization, it's here where companies that have Goliath's permission can operate freely without restrictive regulation. Goliath Trade rules with it own private military forces as well as mercenaries and assassins from across the system. Planet Name:Corvus System:The Dolorous Shoals Local Govt:Controlled entirely by the Sons of the Blue moon. Desc:A shipyard and a base, Corvus is one of Ascore's five moons. It boasts the largest shipyard in the system, so large that i can be seen from Ascore's surface at night as an ugly scar. From Ascore the moon gives off a blue glow hence it's nickname as "The Blue Moon." Planet Name: Artemon System:The Dolorous Shoals Local Govt:tbd Desc: gas giant, tbd Planet: (players are encouraged to make up their own planets in the Dolorous Shoals)

Royal Navy Starship Classifications

[credit to Alfhedil for the ship size classifications and descriptions] Note: Players can select or create ships from classes strikecraft-HSR3. Also Note: I will add visuals and descriptions to the below if the group really finds them necessary or helpful. Most ship models are based off of sketches of the Chaos vessels from 40K...but without all the, you know, chaosy 40K stuff. Strikecraft Archangel Fighter-Bomber: The pinnacle of Valyrian engineering, it's a durable craft that is capable of taking and dealing damage greater than most strikecraft. An agile attack craft, the Archangel sacrifices some speed in exchange for it heavy armor. It is equipped with two twin cannon systems that fire heavy shredder rounds containing flechettes, which act like flak rounds to fighter craft- shredding wings and equipment with ease. The Archangel is also fit with a missile rack under it's wings. It can either fit a rack of 8 scorpion anti-fighter missiles under each wing or 4 torpedoes under each wing that are capable of dealing with larger craft and causing substantial damage to hulls. It can also be outfitted with 3 "Mole" torpedoes that dig through ship hulls and detonate either upon pilot/AI command or when it chews through an significant amount of hull. The archangel can be fitted with two low yield tactical warheads for gemajor dama, but this is only used as a last resort because the attack craft generally can't escape the emp yield of the warhead in time. - (player-developed ship classes) HSR1 Small ships designed for a number of roles, HSR1 ships tend to be fast, lightly armored, and moderately armed. These ships are best suited for harrying undefended positions or for approach maneuvers in actual engagements. HSR1 ships are largely used supporting HSR2 and 3 vessels, as they straddle the line between being too small and insignificant a target relative to larger ships. HSR1 ships can have dimensions of about 100 to 200 meters and can be expected to be capable of carrying dozens of human-sized passengers. Hoarfrost Class Corvette The Hoarfrost is an incredibly numerous vessel used for system defense and light screening work. Coming in at 200 meters in length it is on the larger end of ships in its tier yet still not particularly large by Galactic standards. The Hoarfrost is armed with a battery of heavy (for its size) laser cannons as well as two anti-ship torpedo tubes in the bow. Their lasers are effective against strike craft and other HSR1 ships and at close range can even batter larger ships, though being that close often spells the end for these fragile ships. In order to power their high performance drives as well as the shield arrays that make the vessel surprisingly durable for its size, the strategic range of the Hoarfrost is incredibly small, often times they are launched from cruiser scale tender vessels who ferry them to and from the battlefield. HSR2 These ships are largely considered the standard escort or "screening" ships. They are effective at countering various types of hostile units and tactics, capable of shooting down missiles, strikecraft, torpedoes, and smaller ships. Large enough to be able to leverage higher levels of firepower against enemies, HSR2 ships can engage and destroy HSR1 through HSR3 ships when utilized properly. A squadron of HSR2 ships must be engaged with care by ships of all classes. The strength of an HSR2 is its relatively cheap cost to produce and combat versatility. A HSR2 ship can be expected to have a dimension ranging from 500 to 900 meters and the capacity to carry hundreds of human sized passengers. Carcharadon Class Fleet Destroyer: a stable workhorse of the Royal navy. At 600 meters in length they err on the smaller side of HSR 2 tier ships. Nevertheless the Carcharadon class are vicious hunter killers and powerful screeners. The drives of the ship are proportionally massive, giving them truly outlandish acceleration with an impressive maneuverability to boot. A battery of heavy Gauss cannons on the dorsal and ventral sections serve as the primary armament of the Carcharadon class, the heavy coil guns are capable of causing serious harm to enemy ships in all arcs and are especially effective against other HSR 2 class ships. Half a dozen torpedo tubes in the prow round out its firepower and give squadrons the ability to threaten much larger vessels than themselves. The broadsides of the Carcharadon are dedicated entirely to bank upon bank of missile launchers which make them potent fly swatters for strike craft. The launchers can also fire nuclear missiles, though the short range of the smaller missiles limits them normally to use in surface pacification operations or acts of total desperation. Capping off the vessel is an advanced ECM and ECCM suite, similar to the kind used in the larger Sotha class cruisers. Archduke Uthol Class Frigate: At 900 m in length, the Uthol class is a large frigate bristling with light weaponry and point defense systems. The Archduke Uthol trades speed for firepower and shielding. It is designed to keep pace with cruiser and capital class ships as an anti-strike craft, anti-destroyer flak ship. It's weapons make it a threat to massed strike craft and HSR1-2 class ships, and variants are often deployed in an anti-destroyer role. It is atmosphere capable, and used to support planetary invasions with precision bombardments. Thanks to superior shielding, Uthol-Class can take hits from ships above its size class, but its damage potential against larger targets is minimal. Gothren Class Artillery Vessel: Variants can measure between 1 and 1.5 km in length, and different models are armed with gauss, plasma, solid torpedo or laser munitions. Fast, and well sheilded the Gothren-Class is used in kill teams of three to six designed to concentrate fire on enemy capital vessels and fortifications. They are exceptionally dangerous vessels to ships of their own size designation and greater, and can be used to great effect against orbital defenses and planetary targets. A lack of secondary weapons systems, however, leaves them vulnerable to strike craft and to enemy ships who manage to close with them. Neloth Class Escort Cruiser: A 1km long light cruiser of ancient design, the Neloth Class is a well rounded escort vessel that doubles as a light carrier. The Neloth's lack of specialization is its strength and weakness, since its twenty heavy laser batteries lack the punch capable of threatening the shields of heavier ships, and the Neloth's hangar capacity is limited. Large and heavily shielded, the Neloth-Class' size is disproportional to its damage potential and strike craft capacity, but it is useful as a troop carrier and command ship for small task forces. - (player-developed ship classes) HSR3 The backbone of the navy. They are a legitimate threat to HSR4 and 5 ships. Their strength lies in their massive projection capabilities, relative maneuverability, and ease of deployment; however, their relatively light durability and inability to handle HSR0 and 1 squadrons offsets their strengths. A HSR3's dimensions can be expected to range from 2700 to 3600 meters and it can typically carry up to a few thousand human sized passengers. Sotha Class Support Cruiser: At 2 km long, the Sotha-Class is relatively small for a cruiser. It is, however, an important part of any fleet since it is equipped with advanced computer systems which allow it to serve the fleet in a command-and-control capacity, providing crucial targetting coordination, long range intelligence, ECM, ECCM, and anti-missle, anti-strike craft, anti-frigate and anti-destroyer support. The Sotha Class is heavily armored and shielded, meant to accompany its heavier brethren into the thick of combat, but trades in heavy weapon systems for point defenses suited to taking out enemy strikecraft swarms, frigates, destroyers, and missiles. The Sotha-Class comes with modest hangar capacity and so provides its own fighter screen. It is an ideal support ship for planetary invasions. Aryon Class Cruiser: a 3.5 km battlecruiser built around its four, flank mounted back-breaker cannon batteries which- though designed to serve as precision, long range artillery- are useful at all ranges. The Aryon Class is relatively small (as royal battlecruisers go), and is usually used by commanders to engage the enemy at range and to follow the more heavily shielded and armored Dratha and Demnevanni-class cruisers in the line of battle, finishing off distracted, engaged or wounded enemy ships with its powerful guns. The Aryon Class lacks significant hanger space, and depends on escorts to provide a strike craft screen, but is otherwise a well rounded battlecruiser, with plenty of point defense and secondary weapons systems and a shield array that compares favorably with other ships of its size. The Aryon Class is the ship of choice to serve as the flagship of small to medium sized task forces and is a workhorse of the Royal Navy. Indoril Class Strike Cruiser: a heavy modification of the existing Aryon design. The first Indorils were made from Aryons pulled from front line service due to damage too extreme to be simply repaired. Instead of being broken up, some of the vessels were heavily refit into a class of super-heavy raiders. Two of the Aryon's back-breaker batteries are replaced with larger hangar bays and more reaction mass allowing for greater strategic range and a worthwhile strike craft compliment. The removal of the massive guns also frees up reactor energy for an additional battery of plasma artillery along each broadside. Demnevanni Class Heavy Carrier: a heavy archeo-model carrier-cruiser. 4 km in length, the Demnevanni-Class can hold swarms of strike craft and launch them into battle with great rapidity. Notwithstanding its role as a carrier, the Demnevanni class is built to act as a ship of the line, and boasts a formidable armor, shielding arrays and batteries of cannon, and it is more than capable of holding its own in direct-fire engagements against other ships of its class. Thanks the enormous bulkiness of a carrier designed to trade punches with enemy ships, the Demnevanni Class is a big target, and has famously inadequate engine systems. It is a tremendously clumsy ship to maneuver properly, depending wholly on escorts and its strike craft screen to defend it from artillery, strike craft swarms and destroyers. Fisher-class Battlecruiser a ship that straddles the line between HRS3 and HRS4 (though is often considered HRS3 for convenience.) The Fisher-class were intended to be close-quarters brawlers and have most of their armament situated in broadside mounts. A balance of suitable protection and speed was aimed for in order to help it close in on the enemy and outlast them. Similar to the Dratha-class, which is in some respects its big brother, the Fisher-class has next to no hangar capacity. Beneath its three decks of broadside batteries are port and starboard facing torpedo tubes, as opposed to the more commonly encountered forward facing ones. Additionally, it has several center-line mounted turrets for medium range combat - (player-developed ship classes) HSR4 Big, tough, and mean, HSR4 ships are the heavy hitters of any navy. They boast unparalleled projection capabilities and can obliterate smaller ships with ease. They tend to be less maneuverable than smaller ships, but a single strikecraft isn't going to make a miracle torpedo shot through an exhaust port. The fact that these ships bristle with with a considerable amount of secondary weapons and defenses tend to deter half-hearted attacks on a HSR4 ship. Forming the core of any navy, these ships are true capital ships that can be expected to take out a significant portion of any attacking force. The strength of any HSR4 ship lies in its nearly unrivaled firepower and defenses. They must be properly supported by other ships, however, as large swarms of smaller ships can destroy a HSR4 ship. A HSR4 ship's dimensions can be expected to range from 5500 to 10000 meters and it can carry human sized passengers in the high thousands. Dratha Class Battlecruiser: A true ship of the line, the Dratha class is a 5.5 km man o' war built to close with the enemy and eviscerate them with crippling firepower. Though dangerous at range, the Dratha class is the king of medium to close range combat, fielding an array of heavy laser and solid ordinance cannons and six forward mounted heavy torpedo launchers, along with innummerable smaller weapons batteries. In addition to formidable shields and armor, the Dratha class is equipped with powerful engine systems which allow it to maneuver with precision, at speed. The Dratha class lacks practically any hangar capacity, and depends on carriers to provide it with a fighter screen. Dagoth Class Battleship: he ultimate ship-of-the-line, the Dagoth-Class is a fearsome, 10 km long heavy battleship designed to engage the enemy at all ranges with its powerful array of solid, plasma, laser and torpedo munitions. Heavily armored and shielded, sporting innumerable point defense and anti-strike craft batteries, the Dagoth-Class' only weakness is its slow speed and relatively limited hangar capacity. It can operate as a one-ship fleet, but excels as the flagship of a battlegroup. The Royal Navy fields only one Dagoth-Class, the mighty Archduke Leopold, a veteran of innumerable battles. Ordinator Class Battlecarrier: is a 10km long fusion of a battleship and a heavy carrier, meant to serve as the flagship of a major taskforce. An excellent design, the Ordinator-Class is capable of launching hordes of strike craft directly into combat while dealing major damage. While it lacks the sheer broadside power and armor rating of the Dagoth-Class, the Ordinator is a ship of many strengths without any real weaknesses. The Royal Navy currently fields one Ordinator Class, the legendary battleship Ancestral Right, which serves as the King's flagship. - (player-developed ship classes) HSR5 Classified.

Weapons SystemsWIP

Strikecraft ordinance- WIP Backbreaker Cannons- WIP Plasma Batteries [rare]- WIP Anti-Capital Ship Torpedoes- WIP Point-Defenses- WIP Guass Artillery- WIP Plasma Artillery- WIP (Player Developed Systems)

Character Sheets: Note: Keep in mind- the Royal Navy is preparing for a new war, and just ended a major war one year ago against the Arian Jihad. You can make up w/e you like about the Jihad- it was a ten year war btwn the Valyrians and transhumanist religious fanatics following the messianic warlord Arius. Planets were sacked, many ships were lost, etc. Your character was likely involved in this war in some way, and if she or he wasnt, then that calls for some explanation. Character and Ship Sheets: Name: Race: [only humans can be naval officers. exceptions are rare and would have human officer under them, unless they are on a xenos ship] Augmentics: (Cybernetic enhancements. All officers have a neuro-uplink capable of integrating with a ship's semi-sentience) Rank: (if applicable) Alias: Physical Description: (written, pics optional) Personality: (optional) Personal History: (brief as you like, bullet points fine) IC Sample: (show me a scene featuring your character. this is more impt to me than the history or personality section) Ship Name: Ship Type: (give a class provided above. Please stick to ships HSR3 or below. HSR2 if playing a Kingdom allied xenos. Original classes are welcomed but need to be approved. Note: each ship is very old and has been repaired/modified many many times over the centuries, so no two ships of the same class are alike. Feel free to give your ship its own personal loadout in the details section below. ) Semi-Sentience Profile: (what is your ship's AI like?) Escort Ships: One to five HSR 1 and HSR 2 ships permitted as escorts for HSR 3 ships. Give escort class, escort names, and escort captain names (and brief desc if you feel like it) Ship Details/History: - Officers - population - primary weapons/fleet function (be creative. I will be giving some detail on general weapons systems, etc, but I am open to players developing ideas too, as long as folks are flexible and willing to modify their ideas so that they fit with the general setting) - marine contingent details - strikecraft contingent details

[Rare]

The link goes to the interested check, not to here. Just going to give you a heads up.

[Flagg]

Fixed- thanks!

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i'll work on a character and the shoals tomorrow.

[Commodore Robot]

This sounds super rad, mind if I make a CS?

[Flagg]

This sounds super rad, mind if I make a CS?

@Commodore Robot

Go for it- looking forward to seeing it! @Enelais: good stuff!

[ErsatzEmperor]

Right. I'll attempt to get a CS up within the next two days. Looking great.

[Commodore Robot]

Yekaterina

Name: Yekaterina Tsukishima Alexandrovna Von Ingram Race: Human Augmentics: Nothing beyond the basic interface augments required of officers, she finds the concept of human augmentation repugnant. Rank: Commodore in His Unapproachable Majesty's Royal Navy; Commander of Special Task Squadron Rho; Baroness, by succession, of the Barony of Ingram Alias: His Majesty's Switchblade (earned during the Jihad for her unconventional, and some would say illegal, raids on barbarian forces) Physical Description: Yekaterina is a buxom human female in her early thirties. Her features are a mixture of her ancient Terran ancestors who hailed from Eastern Europe and East Asia. She has chin length black hair and light brown eyes. She is of slightly above average height for women. Personality: Yekaterina is a bit of a contradictory character when it comes to the accepted image of aristocracy. She shares the haughtiness and sense of superiority towards all around her that comes with being highborn, but that is where the image begins to fall apart. She has all of the tact as a sledgehammer and is very forward about her opinions whether they were asked for or not. She respects her superiors though finds it difficult to hide her disdain for orders or individuals whom she finds incompetent or faulty. While many of her peers find her aggravating or crude, what they can all agree on is that she holds herself less like a woman and more like a force of nature. The cult of personality she has cultivated amongst her crew and the fleet at large through her exploits and laid back demeanor seem to have gone to her head, she has adopted the larger than life persona of a pirate queen(not that she would ever call herself a queen as if she were equal to His Majesty) that follows her wherever she goes. She considers herself to be one of the only members of the fleet who is willing to do anything it takes to see the Kingdom of Far Valyrius and His Grace Odyssius XVII reach their rightful place in the sun. Personal History: To make an exceedingly long story short, Yekaterina made her name as a raider captain deep in Arian territory during the Jihad. After the Techno-barbarians began to christen her and her crew vile pirates she decided to embrace the persona, adopting a piratical costume and flying a jolly roger. (not an actual flag, but it shows up on most transmissions between ships or exchanges of data) After the Jihad's end she had racked up enough commendations and kills as to see her be given the rank of Commodore (being nobility also helped) and given the new task of commanding an entire squadron of raider vessels for the Reconquest campaign.

Personal History The long version

Yekaterina's young life was by and large what one would expect of the heir to a noble family. Groomed to take over rule of the Barony of Ingram located on the Kingdom world of Adriatus in the Vos system, she was pampered as a little girl and taught by the best tutors money could buy. Her story did not come into its own until she enrolled in the Royal Naval Academy at the onset of the Arian Jihad. There she was found to be gifted in the arts of tactics and command. She was quickly chosen as her class's group leader through her electric personality and keen mind. It was here that her rebellious streak began to show itself. During wargames and tactical exercises she gained the ire of her instructors for bending and exploiting the rules instead of following established doctrines. She was nearly expelled from the academy for an act of insubordination, though the heavy pleas of her family ensured she was heavily reprimanded instead. Once she graduated (barely despite such a strong start) she was first assigned as third officer aboard the Gothren Class ship Volcano. Her rise through the ranks could only be described as meteoric, a stray shot from a transhumanist vessel managed to pierce through the bridge of the vessel killing the Captain as well as a majority of the bridge staff. Yekaterina suddenly found herself in command of the crippled artillery ship from the auxiliary bridge. Her heroic command of the Volcano for the duration of the battle saw her awarded the Navy Cross and promoted to the rank of Commander. From there she would be given her first command, the Neloth class escort cruiser Rosenkreuz. The Rosenkreuz was given a mission to destabilize the actions of the Transhumanist menace. Striking deep into territory held by the Techno-barbarian warlord Arius their goal was to simply keep the Jihad fleets' hands full. Striking quickly from subspace on unprotected supply barges and troop ships that thought they were safe so far behind the front. The lighter weapons of the Rosenkreuz suited these lightning raids on enemy infrastructure. Soon the Techno-barbarian communications networks were filled with talk of the damnable Valyrian pirate who was raising hell all over the domain of Arius. The event that brought the name Yekaterina Tsukishima Alexandrovna Von Ingram (quite the mouthful) to the attention of even the royal family itself was the destruction of the mobile shipyard Guildenstern. The massive vessel was an ancient relic predating the fall of the Arcturian Empire was little more than a massive automated factory complex slaved to equally massive drives. Constantly moving from place to place leaving an endless stream of war materiel in its wake, Guildenstern was one of the most hotly sought after targets for Fleet command because of how elusive it was. There is little to say about the attack on Guildenstern itself, it was more of a happy accident that brought it and the Rosenkreuz into the same region of space at the same time. Intending to attack what she thought was a just another convoy, she dropped out of subpspace only to be greeted by the battleship sized mass of machinery that had eluded her and the rest of the Royal Navy for so long. While it may have been massive, few people think to armor factories, and the Guildenstern was no exception. In classic form she was in and out before the local forces even noticed. A promotion to full captain and a new command were in order for the returning Yekaterina, not to mention a host of medals and commendations to add to her growing collection. Her gift for her glorious victory was the command of the Indoril class Strike Cruiser John P. Decatur. A proper capital ship to call her own, now Captain Alexandrovna was once again given orders to raise havoc deep behind enemy lines. The bigger guns and greater range of the Indoril class over her previous charges meant that the escort ships that once turned her away from her prey were just as vulnerable as their defenseless charges. The Decatur would be the ship she would command for the remainder of the Jihad as she continued to launch deadly raids on the soft underbelly of the enemy, every ship her actions forced into convoy escort work bringing the war that much closer to a close. When the dust finally settled Yekaterina was promoted once more to the rank of Commodore and assigned to the Second Royal Expeditionary Force whose mission was the reconquest of territory that rightfully belonged to the Crown of Far Valyrius. the John P. Decatur would become her flagship as commander of Special Task Squadron Rho, a squadron whose mission was what Yekaterina did best: sow chaos. A mixed force built for asymmetric strikes against the areas the enemy is weakest, Special Task Squadron Rho is not meant to take part in proper fleet conflicts, in fact if it does its job properly those conflicts may not even occur.

IC Sample: WIP, shall finish in the morning.

I may have gone crazy on the personal history part. Yeah, think I totally did. Ship Name: John P. Decatur Ship Type: Indoril class strike cruiser (Aryon class variant) Semi-Sentience Profile: WIP Ship Details/History: The Indoril class are not a unique class of ship but are instead a heavy modification of the existing Aryon design. The first Indorils were made from Aryons pulled from front line service due to damage too extreme to be simply repaired. Instead of being broken up, some of the more better off vessels were heavily refit into a class of super-heavy raiders - population: 23,000 (slightly higher than an Aryon) -

Escort Ships

1xNeloth Class Escort cruiser: Rosenkreuz. Captained by Yekaterina's former first mate, Commander Wolfram De Ruger. The venerable ship serves as the nervous center of the Decatur's escort compliment. Captained by her former first mate the Rosenkreuz is a ship that Commodore Alexandrovna knows she can count on at all times. Its most recent refit saw the removal of of the troop bays in favor of keel mounted torpedo tubes. DesRon 43: 4x Carcharodon Class fleet destroyers (Valorous, Victorious, Vicious, and Vainglorious). The four ships of DesRon 43 make up the remainder of the Decatur's escort vessels. The incredibly fast vessels provide a much needed PD screen with their laser batteries and together can threaten ships of HSR3 or above with their Gauss batteries and torpedoes.

- primary weapons/fleet function: The Decatur was one of the first Indoril class ships 'built' during the Jihad and therefore is less standardized than later additions to the line. Two of the Back-breaker cannons were removed entirely from the ship, and were instead replaced with larger hangar bays and more reaction mass allowing for greater strategic range and a worthwhile strike craft compliment. The removal of the massive guns also freed up reactor energy for an additional battery of plasma artillery along each broadside. - marine contingent details: Much of the marine compliment of the John P. Decatur are fearsome Gn'Mok shock troopers in order to further the Shock and Awe value of the ship. With several thousand marines at its disposal the Decatur can even launch raids onto terrestrial targets if simple orbital bombardment is out of the question. - strikecraft contingent details: The John P. Decatur carries a compliment of fifty Archangel fighter bombers, a dozen Impi assault shuttles, and a trio of cutters. Wasn't sure if these ships are full 40k tier huge populations so I just cut the population of an Imperial cruiser of this size in half as a solid guestimate then dropped it some more.

[Flagg]

@CommodoreRobot: Excellent! Welcome aboard. I've added the planet Adriatus to the planet section in the main post- if you give me more details on what you had in mind for it, I will add that as well. and I will link the Commodore to the character sheet section once I think a bit on how best to structure it. She's likely to have a fun relationship with the shirty and proper Commodore Morning! But I'm sure the Grand Duke will appreciate her piratical talents. He's always on the look out for talented underlings who'll help him win wars.

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Name:Logan Noctura (formerly Havarr) Race: Human Augmentics: N/a Rank: LT Commander Alias:Child Warrior (Formerly), The Pirate Prince (Also Formerly), Blackbird (his current nickname and Callsign) Physical Description:

Logan out of flight suit

Logans formerly dark hair has been colored a light blond to further distance him from his past, but his hazel-green eyes remain, and normally he is always wearing his jacket even over his flight suit

Logan's Flightsuit

Personality:Logan can be described as a firm believer of always doing the right thing no matter what this sometimes pains him when it draws between orders or doing what he knows is right, Logan can also be described as a bit of a joker who is always laughing and telling jokes with this said he is a little bit of a pervert and he enjoys flirting with the many women around the ship, he is generally also very kind treating everybody equally including xenos.

History Warning:Super Long

Personal History: The Dolorous Shoals have always been a rough place, a stain on a otherwise bright galaxy. On top of the usual pirate groups, it was a place of mercenaries, a place where Assassins could be found and bought easily, a place where a smuggler would offer their ship and their services to the highest bidder. The Shoals are a small part of the galaxy where most of the planets in the system are so heavily urbanized that surplus populations have to live in orbiting space stations, giant floating cities in space where the laws are as loose as the women, pirates controlled these space stations and planets with an iron fist, acting more like crime families than pirates. Often times smuggling things such as slaves,narcotics,and weapons to anyone who would pay for them, extorting businesses and trade conglomerates either by threats of force or taking hostages, and of course stealing ships to add to their groups, these were common things among the pirate way of life in the Shoals. One man dared to change that, he pulled himself from the gutter of one of these planets and worked his way up until he was the leader of a pirate group known as the Lords of Ruin. This man was Kain Havarr, Kain was a highly intelligent man who relied on daring he dared to question why the other groups weren't doing more, he saw that combined they would be a nigh unstoppable and that's what he did. He gathered his men and turned on a few pirate groups taking them over and replacing them with his own leaders, other pirate groups joined willingly and so thus their leaders weren't replaced. His dream was a group of pirates that could rival the techno-barbarians in way of technology, and the Valyrians in ways of strength. Eventually Kain had a group of pirates ready to follow him into the gates of hell comprised of over six different human and non human pirate groups, an empire ready to take over the rest of the Shoals and conquer the rest of the galaxy. But Kain at this time set his eyes on conquering someone else, his eyes fell on the wife of another pirate captain and the two began a affair in secret. Every moment he had alone was spent with the woman, eventually the result of said affair was Kain's first son Logan, born in the med-bay of Kain's flagship. As soon as the boy was old enough Kain had the boy taught things he would need, training with weapons and hand to hand combat, the use of ships and how to properly command them, tactics, and basic politics so eventually the boy could take over as Kain's heir to the empire that would span the stars. As years went on Kain spent more time with Logan's mother and sired 4 more childeren from her, and six more from various other women bringing Logan's family up to Eleven. And as they grew older all of them were ready to fight for their father even if it meant their deaths. At age 14 Logan was put in charge of his first ship a frigate, Logan hated it he craved speed and adrenaline. He spoke to his father about this and his father introduced him to a old man named Red, a fighter ace and small craft pilot who was considered the best fighter pilot in the entire Shoals system. Red agreed to teach the boy and so they started with heavier small craft Logan first learned to fly bombers and shuttle craft which bored him to tears but helped prepare him for what he really wanted to fly. The starfighter. The speed, the power, all in one little craft gave Logan the adventure and rush he was looking for and he quickly mastered the craft in time for his first battle against a group of pirates who resisted Kain's rule. It was at this battle that Logan proved his skills to the group and most of all his father, he gained Ace status in his first battle shooting down seven enemy star fighters and destroying an enemy cruiser. This earned him the nickname "Child Warrior" among the other pilots and the name stuck for sometime. Years went by and eventually Kain managed to reunite the Shoals under his banner. The way he did it and the way he treated the population made Kain a hero to most of the system, but he was more-so a hero to his children who revered him like he was a god. And just like Logan as they grew older they were given ships of their own to command while the younger ones stayed with Kain on his flagship. With his children at his side and a massive systems worth of pirates at his back Kain set his sights on the Valyrians. He waited for the perfect oppertunity and it came in the form of the Arcturian Jihad taking advantage of this Kain and his fleet set out and took both sides by surprise attacking planets with a minimal fleet presence and plundering their resources and taking slaves. Neither side were prepared for the Dolorians, so they won many victories even though they were small victories and were barely worth noticing to both of the bigger groups, during one raid on the Arcturian's Logan lost one of his siblings their ship being destroyed and this drove Kain into grief and fury, he turned his fleet on the Arcturians and began to attack just them taking out small fleets and planets which in many ways managed to help the Valyrians turn the war around with the Arcturians unable to call on these small fleets for reinforcements. As the war calmed and stuck with a battered fleet ready to go home, Kain was ready to go home so as they were about to turn and head home the Valyrians showed up and turned their attention on the pirates who had been plundering them for so long, and to top it all off the husband of Logan's mother betrayed the group and started attacking the Lords of Ruin and their ships. With his betrayal the battle of Novgorod begun, Novgorod was a worthless hunk of frozen rock in the furthest reaches of Valyrian space, a tundra planet with a population of 15,000 at it's peak, and now it was experiencing a battle in it's orbit. Logan and a fighter wing placed in his command tried their hardest to turn the tides but eventually they were worn down until it was just Logan, who was being chased by a group of fighters towards the surface of Novgorod he twisted and turned trying to escape them but eventually the Valyrian fighters took him down and he crash landed on the surface. It was here where all he could do for the battle was watch, watch as his brothers and sisters went down around their father, watch as some of the pirate ships fled the battle returning back to the shoals, watch as his father stood his ground and ultimately watch the Flagship turn into a fireball. Eventually as the battle of Novgorod wore down to a close the Valyrian's sent down marines to hunt down any pirates who had landed on the planet to fleet their justice, there they found Logan and took him prisoner. Back in the Shoals Kain became a legend and hero to many, others saw him as the devil who ruined years of work. But it was due to Kain's power over the Shoals that caused many within the Valyrian chain of command to debate his sentence, this led to public discussions on the net and eventually it was decided that having a son of Kain help them if they ever decided to lay claim to the Shoals would be beneficial to them. So they would fake Logan's execution so he could fade away from the public's mind who at this point were calling him "the Prince of Pirates" They took the traitor and every pirate under his command and executed them first, then they let Logan rot in prison while there they assessed if he would be a threat to them or not, and if he could be loyal to the monarchy. They also rehearsed how he would act on his execution and with all of that information they made Logan wait. It wasn't until shortly after his 25th birthday that they withdrew him from prison for a public "execution" they gave the firing squad blanks and all he had to do was fall over when they fired and remain still, so that's exactly what he did they fired and he fell over faking his death, after his death they changed his last name and turned his hair a light blonde so he wouldn't be as easily recognized, there they tested his loyalty further and when he proved himself to be absolutely loyal they transferred him into the Battlegroup Eplison where only the Commodore and the captain of the vessel he's stationed on know his true identity, it was here where the Valyrians gave him a new starfighter and watched him just in case he did turn on them they would be ready to kill him. Knowing this and wanting to stay alive Logan serves dutifully as much as it pains him to do it.

IC Sample

IC Sample:Logan took a look at the small naval battle going on around him, these pirates were trying their hardest to stall the fleet. Before he could ask why they would be stalling them the face of his AI appeared in the HUD of his helmet, "It appears you are accelerating incredibly quickly, if you keep up this pace you will be out of the range of the fleet i suggest you slow down so you can have support." She said, Logan just scoffed. "We'll be fine we got the torpedoes to back us up." "The odds of survival are thirty-two point th-" "Shut up, blasted machine." Logan chuckled and applied more thrust to his afterburners managing to catch up with one of the pirate cruisers who opened up on him as soon as they sighted his fighter-bomber, but with great skill he managed to weave through the bulk of the anti-fighter craft fire and drop his ordinance which connected with the bridge knocking out the entire command bridge. His Ai showed him a feed from the rear cameras of his hit on his helmet HUD. The blast had impacted the bridge and destroyed the view port sucking a few who weren't buckled down properly out into the void of space, the AI showed him the steel shutters slamming into place before cutting the feed. "I suggest you return back to the fleet now." The Ai said, her tone of voice having bits of anger and concern directed at her pilot. "Alright, alright." Logan said and turned the craft around. As Logan flew over the the damaged cruiser they opened up once again heavily damaging one of his wings. "Left wing integrity at 34 percent." His AI said, but Logan ignored her instead focusing on flying his craft straight. As he kept going his craft kept shaking and bucking as the right wing tried to pick up the slack of the left one but failed in doing so, the landing was going to be rough so Logan got on the radio with the hangar. "Ladies and gentlemen i am coming in hot, might want to clear me a little bit of space just in case." A reply came over the radio. "Roger that Blackbird, we got yah." Was all it said. Logan adjusted his speed and his pitch so he could land better as he entered the hangar but all the shaking threw him off and his landing sent him skidding across the hangar, fighting with the controls Logan managed to regain control of his craft just short of hitting the far wall. "Very well done Logan." His Ai said, and sent a image of a smiling face to that of his HUD. "Thanks." Was all he said as he lifted the canopy and exited the craft.

Other:

The Shoals System

Captial Planet:Duliv System:The Dolorous Shoals Local Govt:Pure dictatorship formerly controlled by the Lords of Ruin, but now controlled by the Black Knights pirate group Desc:The whole planet is heavily urbanized and even then it is suffering from overpopulation problems, it has a major pollution problem as well but it's still one of the calmer planets in the system with a crime rate of only 45% in small crimes, and 65% in major crimes. It has two space stations orbiting it and those are the Diamond in the Rough. A space station that was the former home of the Lords of Ruin that has now fallen into disarray in their absence so petty gangs are now openly fighting on the station. The diamond boasts over 60 bars and brothels the most of any other space station in the system. The Other space station is known as the Crown and it's ruled over by both the Black Knights and a narcotics kingpin and his gang known simply as "The Order" it's one of the most populated space stations in the system with most of it being living domiciles and things needed for them to live. Planet Name:Skokiri System:The Dolorous Shoals Local Govt:Triumvirate based with three leaders known as "The Trident" In reality though they are but puppets to The Hanged Men pirate group. Desc:It is one of the only planets in the system that is not heavily urbanized, instead it's used as an Agri-world that produces crops and meat shipped all over the system. The planet is known for it's breweries and fisheries both of which are notorious for shipping out the best ale and fish in the entire galaxy. Planet Name:Olgroth System:The Dolorous Shoals Local Govt:Ruled over by The Hanged Men Pirate group. Desc:Shokiri's moon, it is a breaker yard. In other words a junk planet where ships that are no longer needed are retired, there are hulks of entire ships scattered around the moon, or broken down parts of others. This little moon is a rough place full of squatters and people who are trying to escape retribution from various pirate groups. Out of these people a small settlement has formed simple known as The Keel. It's built entirely from ship junk and it's bar/inn is made entirely out of an old cruiser. Planet Name:Drepa System:The Dolorous Shoals Local Govt:Ruled over by Yarg's Sons pirate group, an entirely Nyrkin based pirate group Desc:75% of the planets surface is a hiveworld for the Nyrkin, the rest of the planets surface is covered in the urban sprawl common among the shoals. It is here where most of the galaxy's undesirables come to play. One can find mercenaries,smugglers, or assassins here offering their services. This planet is also hefty in the brothel department with an average of 2 brothels per a square mile in the urban sprawl where humans make their homes. In orbit there is a space station known as the Derelict that is anything but. Heavily overpopulated, it's encouraged for people to kill each other within the space station. Planet Name:Ascore System:The Dolorous Shoals Local Govt: Corporatocracy by the Goliath trade conglomerate supported by the Sons of The Blue Moon Desc:Covered with corporate buildings and skyscrapers. Ascore is a world of industry and modernization, it's here where companies that have Goliath's permission can operate freely without laws and ethics to tear them down. And many corporations do have a R&D lab here or an off shore account where they can store their money. Goliath is the big guy here with it's own private military forces made up of mercenaries and assassins from across the system. They are heavily backed by the pirate group known as The Sons of the Blue Moon, where they give them support in orbit and they give them money. Planet Name:Corvus System:The Dolorous Shoals Local Govt:Controlled entirely by the Sons of the Blue moon. Desc:A shipyard and a base, Corvus is one of Ascore's five other moons, but it is the only one of note. It boasts the largest shipyard in the system that not only cranks out ships but repairs them. On the surface of the moon is where the Sons make their base and it's so large that i can be seen from Ascore's surface during the night as an ugly scar on half of the planets surface. From Ascore the moon gives off a blue glow hence it's nickname as "The Blue Moon."

Ship Name:The Archangel Fighter-Bomber Ship Type:Fighter-Bomber Semi-Sentience Profile:The Ship has an AI that helps with things like an extra set of hands on the controls or taking over the rear cannons when it's being chased. Logan's AI is simply known as the silver lady, due to her taking the appearance of a pale skinned woman with Silver Hair and clothing. She does not act like most of the larger ship AI instead being confined to the systems of the fighter and Logan's helmet hud. As for behavior, she cares for Logan which is an odd behavior for an AI which has caused some to question if she is defective or not, but she also gives the usual advice, tactical data, and all around pushiness of most AI who know what they are talking about. Escort Ships:N/a Ship Details/History: - The Archangel Fighter-Bomber is the ultimate pinnacle of Valyrian engineering, it's a durable craft that is capable of taking hits and dealing them as well, the fuselage is in the belly of the beast and reinforced heavily so it won't endanger the pilot. It's a heavily armored fighter all around which sacrifices some of it's speed but it's still an agile attack craft. It is equipped with two twin cannon systems one is under the nose of the craft, the other one is in the rear underneath the pilots canopy that is either controlled by a co-pilot in the older versions or the fighters AI in the newer versions. The cannons fire heavy shredder rounds that contain miniature flechettes that act like flak rounds to fighter craft shredding wings and equipment with precision. The Archangel is also fit with a missile rack under it's wings. It can either fit a rack of 8 scorpion anti-fighter missiles under each wing, that are capable of laser guidance or lock on capabilities, it can also fit 4 torpedoes under each wing that are capable of dealing with larger craft and causing substantial damage to the hull, it can fit 3 "Mole" torpedoes that dig through ship hulls and detonate either upon pilot/AI command or detonate when it chews through an significant amount of hull, or in the case of last resort the archangel can be fitted with two low yield tactical warheads for that extra bang, but it's only used as a last resort because most of the time the attack craft can't escape the emp yield of the warhead in time.

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So i got it up, it's a little bit of a read.

[Nib]

Are you accepting new players?

[Pepperm1nts]

The RP is still in the 'post your sheets' phase, so yes, I believe so.

[ASTA]

#lurk

[Flagg]

Are you accepting new players?

@Ink Blood

Yep! Absolutely. @Enelais: Looking good. I have a few somewhat minor edits/additions to some of the stuff on the Shoals, but that's it. Nice work. I'll send you my edits via pm before posting the Doldrums stuff in the Setting section.

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Are you accepting new players?

@Ink Blood

Yep! Absolutely. @Enelais: Looking good. I have a few somewhat minor edits/additions to some of the stuff on the Shoals, but that's it. Nice work. I'll send you my edits via pm before posting the Doldrums stuff in the Setting section.

@Flagg

Alright I'll get on it.

[Samebito]

Hey there. This looks like something I can get behind. However, I have my heart set on playing an alien captain, and it says there they generally cannot be officers. However, I can always be a privateer serving His Unapproachable Grace, yeah? If so, what scale and type of ship would you envision a privateer crew most commonly possessing in this setting? To provide further context for the character in mind, given the political chaos, I was thinking that they could be of a military vessel that defected from their race's/nation's navy. Said nation/race was getting whittled away in a downward spiral of perpetual, internecine war with its neighbor, so the captain and his crew broke away and decided to do what they want 'cuz a pirate is free work independently.

[Pepperm1nts]

What would a Duke rule over? A large region of a planet/moon, or a whole planet/moon?

[Commodore Robot]

Well I've got a Baroness who rules a a continent sized chunk of a world (which I still need to send to Flagg btw)

[Pepperm1nts]

Not to seem imposing or anything, but isn't a continent a bit much for a Baron? Barons are low nobles. It would seem more fitting for Barons to rule over country-sized regions within continents, and for Counts to rule continents, while Dukes rule planets/moons. Obviously not up to me, though.