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

[Flagg]

Hm, I've been wanting to do an RP of this style for a while now (Controlling fleets instead of warships, but hey, I'll take what I can get). I'll write up a character sheet, if you guys still have room for one more.

@Vahir

Absolutely!

[Flagg]

Chatzy here: http://us19.chatzy.com/71454494321136

[Vahir]

While I'm writing my sheet, I diverged on a tangent involving the world on which my character grew up. Here's what I came up which, heavily ripped from Constantinople:

Note on Havendall

[Havendall] was a military world, founded by Emperor Oren II as a base from which the Imperial Fleet could launch raids into barbarian lands, and subsequently heavily fortified as the empire's priorities shifted from agression to defense. By the sack of Almata, it had become the single most heavily fortified planet in the known galaxy, with a reputation for being impregnable. Thanks to the extensive fortifications, Havendall had survived- through a constant, desperate struggle- in the chaos that ensued the collapse of the Empire. It became a focal point for the remnants of the Imperial Fleet to regroup to early on, and was ruled thereafter by a council of High Admirals, who nevertheless refused to name one among them emperor, awaiting the return of the old Empire. It became clear, however, that the safety of Havendall wouldn't last as it caught the attention of petty kings, and in the year 2913, two thirds of the fleets departed for the kingdom of Valyrius after a long and ugly conflict between those who saw the hopeless situation of the continually-besieged citadel, and those who clung steadfast to the old traditions. This schism weakened the already feeble remnants of the fleets, and over the centuries Havendall gradually saw its control over the surrounding space errode, as barbarian autocrats encroached ever deeper in its lands. By the 33rd century, Havendall- which was still officially called the Arcturian Empire- was reduced to the planet itself, now in a ruined world now in a perpetual state of war. It was finally extinguished by Arius in the year 3479, after a long and bloody siege in which the defenders fought for every inch of soil, and which forced the would-be emperor to send in wave after wave of his men to dislodge the remainder of the Imperial Army from the expansive underground bunker system which covered the planet. But fall it did, and by the battle's end, none of the imperials who had stayed survived. The shock following the destruction of Havendall played no small part in the fervor in which the Kingdom of Valyrius rallied and defeated Arius in the Battle of Archangel. Today, Havendall is a dead world on the fringe of Valyrian space, its ruins a reminder of the glory that was lost.

Also, I realize while writing this that every time I see the kingdom's name, I'm going to imagine wizards riding space dragons. To be fair, that's pretty bitchin'.

[Flagg]

@all: The IC is up! It's sortve a prequely scene to set the mood. I will be following it up with more directly relevant posts to the actual war we'll be fighting later today or tomorrow. People are welcome to begin posting. Here are a few things to keep in mind: All of our characters will begin the RP at a strategy briefing in the Orbital Fortress Invincible in orbit over the fortress planet of Odros in the Valyrian System. Some things your characters would know: - the King has just declared the Reconquest, to much fanfare. He himself will be leading the first royal expeditionary force into the relatively lightly defended Ur System. - Your character has been assigned to the second royal exp. fleet, under the command of Admiral Rutherford and the overall command of the Grand Duke von Ravenstein. This force is bigger fleet wise and ground force wise than the first royal exp. force, but it is tasked with taking the Maalik System, which is known to be a strategic nightmare and home to the most powerful remnants of the Arian Jihad. Of the ships mentioned in the first IC post, only the Indoril-class cruiser Count van Fesselvingen made it back to Valyrian space (barely) alive. - the Kingdom just barely survived ten years of intense warfare, and not everyone is eager for more. - in the interests of keeping things moving, the talking part of the strategic briefing will be minimal. Have your characters show up and I will take it from there. The Grand Duke will not be inviting questions. Don't worry if you don't introduce your character in this way, it's not required that your character attend the briefing or have an IC post describing attending. - the Second Royal Exp. Fleet will be large, with plenty of NPCs. It's composition and command structure will be detailed at the strategic briefing. - please work with your fellow players to work out pre-existing relationships among our characters, and keep in mind that everyone has been fighting together already for ten years. People have been doing a great job already of this, so keep up the good work. - the RP is still open, no immediate pressure for people to finsh CSes before the IC starts. New characters will be able to enter the role-play at any time. Most probably we are in Eden still, it is only our eyes that have cha

[Pepperm1nts]

@Vahir: Sounds like my character's home planet. Like, almost exactly.

Admiral Rutherford was born on the frontier moon of Plentiful Dawn in the Horizon system. A once prosperous agricultural world on the Acturian Empire's frontier, it was cut off from the rest of the Empire during the war against the Rival Claimants and was, overtime, transformed into a fortress-world on the brink of former imperial territory. It was reclaimed about 40 years ago (in the Valyrian Calender) by the Kingdom of Far Valyrius. As such, Rutherford was born and raised in gargantuan underground, military installations linked together by breathtaking tunnel-highways, under what was effectively martial law. Having been the target of Rival Claimant forces, and later barbarians and petty kingdoms, Plentiful Dawn's once fertile surface was, overtime, transformed into a crater-scarred land of ash and ruin. Constant bombardment forced its citizens to live underground, and only the moon's innumerable anti-orbital-ship railguns - operated out of huge bunkers where only the gun's barrel peered out from underground - kept the numerous invasion-attempts at bay.

A member of the ruling family, Rutherford was groomed for leadership from an early age. He was expected to one day command an entire moon on what was expected to be an eternal struggle against an onslaught of barbarians and expansionist states looking to plunder the ruins of the Arcturian Empire. He was nineteen when a fleet of warships from the Kingdom of Far Valyrius entered Plentiful Dawn's orbit in the midst of what had been, at the time, a two-year-long, devastating siege by a unified coalition-fleet of scavenging aliens. Far Valyrius' ships devastated the invading force and broke the siege, later incorporating Plentiful Dawn into what was to become the new Arcturian Empire at the signing of the Concord of Dawn - an agreement that peacefully integrated the moon into the Kingdom of Far Valyrius, and guaranteed certain rights and freedoms -- thus becoming the Protectorate of Plentiful Dawn.

If it isn't absolutely necessary for it to be its own planet, you may just want to say your character is from Plentiful Dawn. Or do your own thing, I don't mind. Just saying, it's very, very close to the same thing. I was even thinking Plentiful Dawn would be ruled by an Admiralty, but didn't mention it.

[Vahir]

@Vahir: Sounds like my character's home planet. Like, almost exactly.

Admiral Rutherford was born on the frontier moon of Plentiful Dawn in the Horizon system. A once prosperous agricultural world on the Acturian Empire's frontier, it was cut off from the rest of the Empire during the war against the Rival Claimants and was, overtime, transformed into a fortress-world on the brink of former imperial territory. It was reclaimed about 40 years ago (in the Valyrian Calender) by the Kingdom of Far Valyrius. As such, Rutherford was born and raised in gargantuan underground, military installations linked together by breathtaking tunnel-highways, under what was effectively martial law. Having been the target of Rival Claimant forces, and later barbarians and petty kingdoms, Plentiful Dawn's once fertile surface was, overtime, transformed into a crater-scarred land of ash and ruin. Constant bombardment forced its citizens to live underground, and only the moon's innumerable anti-orbital-ship railguns - operated out of huge bunkers where only the gun's barrel peered out from underground - kept the numerous invasion-attempts at bay.

A member of the ruling family, Rutherford was groomed for leadership from an early age. He was expected to one day command an entire moon on what was expected to be an eternal struggle against an onslaught of barbarians and expansionist states looking to plunder the ruins of the Arcturian Empire. He was nineteen when a fleet of warships from the Kingdom of Far Valyrius entered Plentiful Dawn's orbit in the midst of what had been, at the time, a two-year-long, devastating siege by a unified coalition-fleet of scavenging aliens. Far Valyrius' ships devastated the invading force and broke the siege, later incorporating Plentiful Dawn into what was to become the new Arcturian Empire at the signing of the Concord of Dawn - an agreement that peacefully integrated the moon into the Kingdom of Far Valyrius, and guaranteed certain rights and freedoms -- thus becoming the Protectorate of Plentiful Dawn.

If it isn't absolutely necessary for it to be its own planet, you may just want to say your character is from Plentiful Dawn. Or do your own thing, I don't mind. Just saying, it's very, very close to the same thing.

@Pepperm1nts

Yeah, I can just merge them together.

[Pepperm1nts]

I wouldn't mind working with you to accommodate your character. I'd even be willing to add or change some things if needed.

[Vahir]

I wouldn't mind working with you to accommodate your character. I'd even be willing to add or change some things if needed.

@Pepperm1nts

Well, you had the idea before me, so I won't presume to push it, but here's a few suggestions: 1. That Plentiful Dawn was at least heavily fortified prior to the fall, if not founded for the purpose of being a military base. I think the high-tech fortifications that implies makes the thousand year survival of the bastion make a lot more sense. 2. That it also has several surrounding planets under its sphere of influence, maybe not populated, but covered in imperial ruins as well. The regime would have waxed and waned in power over a thousand years, so you'd expect to see planets with outposts and colonies set up during good years, and abandoned when the bad times came again.

[Pepperm1nts]

I can do that. I added a bit about being headed by an Admiralty to this line:

As such, Rutherford was born and raised in gargantuan underground, military installations linked together by breathtaking tunnel-highways, under what was effectively martial law headed by an Admiralty.

Feel free to say your character belonged/belongs to the Admiralty if that was your plan, or that his family held seats in it at some points. And I added this about them controlling other worlds on and off:

Several pushes were made to reclaim the surface, as well as other surrounding moons and planets, with some success. Over the centuries, worlds came under control of the Admiralty, only to be lost later, and sometimes reclaimed again not long after. In the later years, however, the Admiralty was forced to make the defense of Plentiful Dawn its top priority, leaving other worlds to be picked clean by barbarians.

I wasn't really sure where to fit that Plentiful Dawn was fortified from the start, but we can assume it was, and if you want to mention in your sheet that it was at least partly fortified (since it was a frontier world), go ahead. PS: All hail the rightful ruler of the Seven Kingdoms, Stannis The Mannis.

[Ollumhammersong]

I still need to fluff out my homeworld. But I am feeling really lazy today.

[Vahir]

How is it that we haven't been told of this wiki? I had to go make my own to find out we had one already.

[Flagg]

The wiki you're referring to is from an earlier RP attempt by the same name by me and a few other players here. For right now, I'd rather not start a wiki until the IC is well underway, when I'll have time to act as a moderator of a full wiki. Then I will revisit the idea. But for right now, let's stick to the RPG thread.

[Flagg]

@all: Ok folks- please begin posting. If your character was at the briefing, feel free to have your intro either be a flashback of some kind, your character attending the briefing, or your character in the immediate aftermath of the briefing. I will assign folks to squadrons if they have not already indicated a preference, but unless you say otherwise, I'll be assigning you to one of the squadrons attacking Celestine V. The three folks who are in Rho squadron- Enalais, CommodoreRobot, and InkBlood- you're good to go. Also, Vahir has begun a history of the old Empire here: http://piratepad.net/v2eDAbGKgg Feel free to jump in and contribute! And of course, find me in the main ppad, the chatzy, or most reliably by PM here with any questions you may have.

[Pepperm1nts]

It might take me a little bit to get a post in. I haven't gotten much sleep lately.

[Ollumhammersong]

No excuse! don't make me get the whip dam it!

[Flagg]

It might take me a little bit to get a post in. I haven't gotten much sleep lately.

@Pepperm1nts

Well, take it easy and keep me posted. No need to rush, we've got plenty of people who'll be making intro posts.

[Nib]

I'll read the IC posts up so far and try to post either tonight or tomorrow.

[Rare]

I am still sick, but able to finish my CS.

[Pepperm1nts]

Just so everyone knows, I don't mind introducing my character after the meeting, or even at the start of the assault, so don't wait up on me. Gorgenmast and I may make a collab post in the coming days.

[Nib]

Working on my post now. Sorry for the delay.