[OOC] A Hostile Galaxy [Science Fiction Civilization Political Simulator]

[Nevix]

If Nevix is pulling out, would I be able to join? @Boop_Im_A_Dragon

@BilboTheGreat

"Pulling out" Giggity

[Boop_Im_A_Dragon]

Voltus has it down pat!

Sorry I haven't got the ledgers up. Valentine's Day weekend plus a very romantically inclined fiancée makes this weekend a tough one for me! Give me a bit and I'll get them up!

Considering Voltus has the formula figured out you guys can probably get your ledgers figured out and I'll add them :D

@Theodorable

Wait Voltus figured it out? He was just asking help though? Did you tell him?

[KaiserElectric]

@Theodorable Do you need anything else from me, by the way?

[BilboTheGreat]

@Boop_Im_A_Dragon Oh right, I thought you was. Thanks anyway (:
@Theodorable If Nevix is pulling out, could I possibly join in or no?

[Keyguyperson]

@Theodorable

I'm still craving to play as the humans again. So I'll throw my hat into the ring along with everyone else trying to get in after Nevix pulled out.

[ClocktowerEchos]

@Theodorable

I'm still craving to play as the humans again. So I'll throw my hat into the ring along with everyone else trying to get in after Nevix pulled out.

@Keyguyperson

I would like to offer my support and personal recommendation to let this man in @Theodorable :>

[WrongEndoftheRainbow]

I remember @Keyguyperson from other RPs we've participated in, years back. I recommend him fully.

[Sigma]

Having a human faction would good for my diet XP

[KaiserElectric]

@Sigma Hey if it means you won't eat us... :P

[Sigma]

@KaiserElectric Even the fishes won't be safe! :P

[Shorticus]

STEP BY STEP EXPLANATION OF DIPLOMACY - BUGPEOPLE PERSPECTIVE

1) Notice organic creature or moving synthetic object.
2) Eat it.

[Lauder]

@Shorticus

You win the scientific award here.

[Sigma]

@Shorticus All too true! XD

[ClocktowerEchos]

STEP BY STEP EXPLANATION OF DIPLOMACY - BUGPEOPLE PERSPECTIVE

1) Notice organic creature or moving synthetic object.
2) Eat it.

@Shorticus

This.... this is diplomatic skills beyond mastery and comprehension!

[Boop_Im_A_Dragon]

STEP BY STEP EXPLANATION OF DIPLOMACY - BUGPEOPLE PERSPECTIVE

1) Notice organic creature or moving synthetic object.
2) Eat it.

@Shorticus

How dare you. Not only do you refer to us all as simply "bugpeople" we have deep and divided culture, but you assume that we all act alike. This is racism to bugs! I demand change! Dirty AI. You aren't even real.

[ClocktowerEchos]

<Snipped quote by Shorticus>

How dare you. Not only do you refer to us all as simply "bugpeople" we have deep and divided culture, but you assume that we all act alike. This is racism to bugs! I demand change! Dirty AI. You aren't even real.

@Boop_Im_A_Dragon

#TRIGGERED
#BugLivesMatter

[Arawak]

The Aveterriat

TRAITS
Tough: A hostile life has turned our people into exceptional physical specimens. [Decreased Military Casualties]
Industrious: Long have our people toiled, understanding that work is freedom. [+1 Labor Per Population]

GOVERNMENT NAME
The Protectorate

10 RANDOM CITIZEN NAMES (First & Last if Plausible)
(Individual name, group name and title. Machinist/Nudist castes aren't name based)

VANADIUMS
Tvek Irvatras Asi
Addas Overru Vos

SILVERS
Tonna Alatrat Sto
Wezok Ponnit Yur
Aster Storrik Zho

COBALTS
Muso Arggodl Qamae
Qasu Lobbodo Saman
Wasa Sunnill Sadae

CARBONS
Immur Verlit Waddfo
Qupus Zvtekk Aaalaa
Akkas Lvupo Asspzo

HOMEWORLD: Invyuss
Invyuss is a desert world larger than earth. Its gravity is punishing by comparison, but it is this gravity that have given the Aveterriat their resilience and strength. For millennia the Aveterriat have warred on this world, over salty seas and mineral rich mountains. Invyuss may have come about naturally, but it is the Aveterriat who forged entire mountain ranges on this world. The Aveterriat have made sprawling canal networks on their world and the sheer amount of structures built over the ages have created quarries that dwarf the grand canyon.

Life on Invyuss, the Aveterriat being no exception, are able to drink quite salty water and in fact, have trouble with water that lacks salt. Just a random fun fact.

CIVILIZATION DESCRIPTION:
The Aveterriat as a species are basically like dry, salty seals with shovel claws. Their head has a hand-like mandible that complements their shovel claws, which is why they are able to make a civilization. The Aveterriat have strands of hair that run down their backs and have a treading foot that sifts through sand. They have small back limbs, that are more like flippers that help them push through sandy landscapes more effectively than you may imagine. Of course, their large frontal limbs are what do most of the work. Aveterriat use their shovel claws for a wide verity of things, such as breaking bones, digging up food from the sand, flattening wires, fixing dents, making dents, holding plates, molding clay sculptures and countless other things. They use very different toolsets than humanoids do to say the least.

The Aveterriat have no actual leaders per say. This is something to understand of them. The Aveterriat, especially in modern times value work above all else. Lazy Aveterriat tend to be euthanized for their own good for the Aveterriat do not really believe in a after life or a material, permanent death. Instead the Aveterriat believe in reincarnation. When a Aveterriat dies, they are born once again to continue their endless war against entropy. The Aveterriat are excellent metallurgists and are extremely effective engineers. Their technology is based around sheer robustness and one of the most notable aspects of technological Aveterriat civilization is that there is a split between two castes- the Nudists and the Machinists. These two castes perform complex sets of roles in society and are picked based on a machine known as the Determiner (if you have to state a leader, use this).

Machinists are basically like cyborgs and live inside large spherical cores which modular components are attached to. The Nudists have no clothing, live in massive numbers and spend all their time working endlessly since moral righteousness and work ethic are deeply intertwined with the Aveterriat. Laziness is pretty much a death sentence with them. Amazingly enough, the Aveterriat aren't a completely unitary species- however their art is rather repetitive in nature and hasn't really developed beyond geometric engravings that they use on pretty much everything.

The Aveterriat have recently united under a entity known as the protectorate with the purpose of taking their war against entropy to the stars. And now the Protectorate seeks to answer the most important question- who has a soul and who can reincarnate?

[KaiserElectric]

Added a theme that I think characterizes my race while I'm waiting for GM approval. :P

[TommyToledo]

I maybe too late to the party but I'm going to post my app just in case. Fingers crossed.

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CIVILIZATION NAME: Chrisomos

CHARACTERISTIC 1 Tough: A hostile life has turned our people into exceptional physical specimens. [Decreased Military Casualties]

CHARACTERISTIC 2 Disciplined: Defeat and surrender are considered beneath us. [Military Leaders -50% Cost]

GOVERNMENT NAME: People's Coalition of Chrisomos

10 RANDOM CITIZEN NAMES (First & Last if Plausible):
Orlan Lobo
Kitrin Sannos
Balerte Jacobo
Mellus Pwerte
Uma Rerno
Annis Barcya
Marra Valer
Pwist Nahal
Inne Soler
Jenyl Pawblo

HOMEWORLD: Chrimos

SUBSEQUENT COLONIES: None.

CIVILIZATION DESCRIPTION:

History

The people of Chrisomos are known by many names to outsiders. 'The Hermit Planet', 'the Lone Star', 'the Chrimos Savages', 'the Tyrant Kingdom' are but some of the titles given. Most would know them as nothing more than brainwashed citizens of an all dominating dictatorship. Chrisomian would view most outsiders as nothing more than vile imperialist who they must defend themselves from. The isolation and cryptic nation of the Chrisomian people has led them to become a pariah in the star systems.

However the reasons for the Chrisomian paranoia is a tale of tragedy and misunderstanding that most of the galaxy could relate to. Before Chrisomos came to be, the Ninoan species were not governed by a single entity. They had different countries, different nations, different states. Their culture was not as uniform and pragmatic as it is now. They had different norms, different rituals, different lifestyles, different identities. They were different civilizations who, more or less, co-existed on their planet.

Whether or not most would agree, the Ninoans were no different than any other species. Small tribes of hunter gatherers who begun to spread to every continent of their globe and established themselves as the dominant species. They grew in numbers and established different aspects of society. They advanced with the coming of years and completely asserted their role as the dominant species. As seen generally, there was nothing unique to their species. That was until they were faced with a threat few others had encountered.

When the Ninoans attempted to contact other creatures of the cosmos, they caught the attention of a desperate many. For years beyond counting, the Moriq people had traveled the vastness of space looking for a new planet settle. They had been the victims of a catastrophe which destroyed their own homeworld. It was only through sheer determination that a lucky number escaped their dying planet. Asleep for a millennium, they were awakened by the callout signals coming from Chrimos. Automatically their ships began to set course to the planet.

The Ninoans were very surprised to have learned of alien vessels quickly making a path for their home. Questions were raised as to the intent of the foreigners. Were they peaceful or warmongers? Were they bringing gifts of friendship or the shackles of slavery? Did they come to trade or pillage? The governments of Chrimos began to consult with one another. A council was formed and a delegation created. They contacted the alien fleet. A response was met. As the Moriq arrived, they were greated by the Ninoans with excitement and caution.

The predicament of the Moriq became known to the Ninoans. The Ninoans accepted the Moriq and allowed them to occupy the planet among themselves. There were those however who viewed the alien occupation cynically. The protested at what they claimed was the start of an annexation. They started as a small, very vocal minority and would have remained so if the Great Plague had not arrived.

Before the Moriq were granted access onto Chrimos, they were tested by the Ninoan scientist for possible contagions that might affect the natives of the planet. All manner of lifeforms were tested and all were cleared. All but one. Within the confines of the massive vessels the Moriq traveled in were tiny creatures that scuttled among the tiny holes and crevasses. This creatures harbored a disease which would bear upon the Ninoans untold misery.

A bite from this miniscoule pest was enough to have spread the a plague onto an unsuspecting Ninoan. The plague then began to spread from city to city, coast to coast and then continent to continent. At first there was no cause for alarm. A simple rash and a mild fever was all there was. Then the disease became more and more malicious. Boils, un-healing cuts, puss spreading through the veins. Town after town became deserted. Panic grew and unrest enveloped countries.

The blame was quickly placed on the Moriq by those distrustful few. Amidst the confusion, more and more began to resent the Moriq. As governments became busy facilitating the infected, they were not able to police their people as tensions grew between them and the Moriq. Armed mobs began to attack Moriq refugees. The Moriq had to defend themselves and the news of dead Ninoans at the hands of the Moriq did not ease the hearts and minds of the weary public. Soon the entire planet was engulfed in war. The desperate Moriq fought off the increasingly agitated and confused Ninoans. Cities leveled, Moriq orbital ships incapacitated and countless numbers of both species dead.

This turbulent situation gave rise to the Chrisomos Coalition. They proclaimed themselves as the rightious defenders of the people and the planet. They waged war with the Moriq with extreme prejudice and lack of mercy that would have shocked most Ninoans years before. Entire settlements burned to the ground, infacts killed and unarmed Moriq masses slaughtered. In the new Chrimos consumed by war, the Coalition were viewed as the necessary force needed for the survival of the Ninoan people. Their ranks swelled.

After 200 years of war, the Moriq were forced off the planet on their last vessel still capable of travel. There was no celebrations of the Ninoans. Their planet has been utterly ravaged by war, disease and death. There was no corner of the planet that had not been touched by the brutality of fighting or the cruel death caused by the plague. The survivors, now number a quarter of what they once had now had the rebuild from scratch. The Chrisomos Coalition took control of the masses as under a totalitarian rule. They became isolationist, cultivating paranoia and xenophobia. The Coalition would broadcast their anti-alien propaganda around the planet. The people of Chrimos closed themselves to outsiders and prepared themselves if another threat would arise.

It has been a century since the end of the Ninoan-Moriq war. Chrisomians are even more recluse and distrustful as most would know. The Coalition retains full power of the people. Most accepts the ruling party without any complains. Those who do complain however are sent to the concentration camps, where they join the occasional alien that wonders in their territory. Chrimos has become a fortress with defensive batteries covering continents, civil bunkers in all cities and their industry being focused on defense. Most Chrisomians are ready to defend themselves if the Coalitions calls for them, with most infants able to assemble a rail rifle before they can even speak. The Coalition's army is at war time readiness even now that their Moriq enemies are nowhere to be seen.

As a result, the common people of Chrimos struggle. Agriculture has been difficult ever since the war. Only now has the planet started to recover. Chrisomians manage by hydroponics. However the demands cannot always be met. Water and food are sometimes in sort supply, leading to temporary famine crisis on different continents. Free speech and free thinking are all but abolished. Loyalty to the party is an absolute least you want to slave in the work camps. Their focus on defensive technologies has also made them lack in other advances. Not to mention their constant xenophobia has left them to become isolated from the rest of the abundance of their neighbors.

However Chrisomos maybe in the midst of change. There is now open trade with outsiders though it is limited and highly regulated. This may lead to further reforms with the Coalition and the Chrisomian people themselves. Only time will tell what lies in store for the Chrisomians, a tough but mislead people.

Ninoan Species

The Ninoan people are distinct throughout the galaxy for being bi-pedal, slit-eyes with yellow sclera, forked tongues, green scales that cover their exteriors and their long tails. They are cold blooded and do not give birth to live young, thus most live in climate controlled shelters.

Ninoans are omnivorous however they are known to prefer meat dishes. The average height of a Ninoan is six feet. Ninoans are known for being extremely tough, able to survive for a month without water and three months without food. Ninoans have incredibly durable bodies which allows them to endure amazing amounts of punishments.

They are however, as stated above, completely vulnerable in notably high or low temperatures. Not being able to maintain their own internal temperatures, they rely on their environment for survival. They are also very susceptible to diseases as the Great Plague has proven all to well.

[Keyguyperson]

My WIP app, thought I might as well post it since all the other hopefuls are.

CIVILIZATION NAME: Humanity

CHARACTERISTIC 1
Tough: A hostile life has turned our people into exceptional physical specimens.

CHARACTERISTIC 2
Wise: Our scientists are among the best, there is no doubt.

GOVERNMENT NAME: The Confederated Nations of Terra

10 RANDOM CITIZEN NAMES (First & Last if Plausible):
Male:
Pilirani Azikiwe
Yaw Afolayan
Shun Kwok
Innokentiy Bogomolov
Antono Nikolao

Female:
Dema Karimi
Seble Fofana
Du Huan
Sally Winterbottom
Mami Matsushita

HOMEWORLD: Earth

SUBSEQUENT COLONIES: N/A

CIVILIZATION DESCRIPTION:

Humanity

An antique photograph of a human soldier holding a Reclamation Society SMG from the Renaissance Period, dating it somewhere between 2121 and 2299. Note the lack of a formal uniform, which indicates that she likely lived in the then-chaotic wastes of Sichuan, China.

The human species is incredibly diverse biologically, with countless races, many of which have histories stretching back to before the invention of a written language. In ancient times, such races were generally distinguished by skin color first and cultural identity second (due largely to the influence large-scale imperialism had on ancient human society). The transition from the the Classical period to the Dark Ages, however, brought upon the seclusion of such races. New mutations, however, continued to appear throughout the Dark Ages. This has left the human species with so many different individual races that, in humanoid-dominated parts of the galaxy, one could easily mistake them for entirely different species. However, races deviating so much from the "Baseline" pre-Dark Ages humanity are much rarer compared to those present before the end of the Classical period.

Human culture is equally diverse as human genetics, and perhaps more so. Classical practices, religions, and arts are still largely practiced alongside countless new cultures that arose in the eras following the collapse of Classical civilization. Going against the trend towards globalization in the Classical period, human cultures have remained largely independent throughout modern history. Despite the presence of a global constructed language, countless local languages remain, with Classical and modern tongues being spoken in massive numbers across the Earth. The cultural exchanges brought about by the end of the Dark Ages created modern cultures, which once again grew alongside re-emerging Classical ones to bring about an unprecedented level of coexistence never before seen in human history.

Of particular note in this Modern/Classical contrast is the difference between Lander and Seafaring cultures. Though such such a categorization is extremely broad, the massive dissonance between cultures found in both groups is too large to ignore. Lander culture tends to be more Classical, and is unique in the fact that religion is almost unanimous within it, while Seafaring culture is largely atheistic. Furthermore, Lander cultures are significantly more different from each other, as Seafaring cultures have engaged in more cultural exchange, which has made them closer in terms of traditions and values.

As a final note, humans are a durable species despite their appearance. Though a bullet that wouldn't pierce the scales of some alien monster could pierce through to a human's internal organs, they can take a lot of punishment before finally dying. Many species could be killed almost instantly by the trauma of losing a limb, but humans are known to take such an injury and continue to be fully active. In fact, in far too many events to count, humans have voluntarily chopped off their own limbs and survived. Their endurance is also exceptional, to the point that when put in primal conditions humans will simply follow their prey until it dies of exhaustion. Even some of the least physically fit members of the human species can bring about bursts of speed and power when threatened, and said bursts can allow them to completely ignore pain. In some situations, humans have lost one of their arms and continued to use weapons which generally require both, going on to defeat the enemy attacking them and even taunt them. Never, ever underestimate a human.

Human History

Modern human history of generally considered to have started in the year 2021 CE, the year that marks the end of the classical civilizations. The period before that point (known as the "Classical Period" or "Classical Era") was the waning golden age of humanity. A consistent march towards progress after the collapse of one of the world's superpowers in 1991 CE ended unfortunately quickly, with a terrorist attack on one of the remaining ones which sparked over a decade of conflict in a particularly economically valuable region of the planet. Resource scarcity and economic instability led to a major confrontation in the same region around 2016 CE, between a successor-state turned superpower and a massive coalition of various other nations. A nation within the region made a move against an opposing regime supported by one of the major global players, sparking a war between the two. Due to a web of alliances, the nations of the coalition began their own attacks. Half of the planet erupted in war.

An unrelated territorial dispute between two nations on the other side of the planet erupted over into war, due to pressure being put on both to assist in the other war (on separate sides, of course). That conflict ultimately connected those nations to the other war, merging the two wars into one, which would later be known and the Third World War. It raged for five years, and claimed the lives of countless soldiers and civilians alike until it ended on October 23rd, 2021 with a simple computer glitch. Early-warning systems used by the de facto leader of the coalition forces falsely detected a nuclear first strike, and not wanting to risk giving up their chance at revenge, the coalition launched their arsenal without verifying the report first. Of course, opposing forces detected the launch and retaliated with their own nuclear weapons. Within mere minutes, civilization on Earth was destroyed.

The only survivors were those lucky enough to make it to underground shelters, military and civilian personnel at sea or in the air, and a few unlucky people who couldn't make it underground but still survived the blast. Three days later, dust and ash launched into the stratosphere by the apocalypse had covered every part of the planet, a phenomenon known as a nuclear winter. And thus began the Dark Ages. Sunlight was scarce, and in some places, day was as dark as night. Most of the survivors put aside their differences and lust for revenge in favor of living another day, while some took to raiding any settlements they could find. It would be a hundred years until the Dark Ages would end.

That end came, of course, with the return of the Earth's atmosphere to its previous state. Agriculture became possible for anyone, and not just organizations with access to the right technology or locations. The availability of easily produced food brought about a period of relative peace, and it was around the end of the Dark Ages that the underground shelters opened up again. The remnants of Classical civilization, their cultures preserved from before the war, emerged from their safety and entered the world once again. Due to the similarities to the earlier period of the same name, this era was dubbed "The Renaissance".

It was a time of reconstruction for humanity, with the world being repopulated on a scale never before seen. Cities were reclaimed from overgrowth and radiation, while factories sprung up everywhere there was a sizable population. Art saw a massive change in the floating cities of Enterprise, Liaoning, and Izumo, which fueled a fusion between Classical and modern culture which resulted in entirely new styles as well as the revival of older ones. The three cities quickly grew far beyond their original populations, with many of the underground survivors flocking to them. Structural overhauls were made to all three, with Enterprise adding two new hulls, Liaoning adding multiple new decks on top of what was once its flight deck, and Izumo growing outwards into a more conventional city full of waterways. All three remain major cities today, and are popular tourist destinations for any human.

Deeply intertwined with the Renaissance was the colonization of the Americas by the significantly more developed Lander nations of Africa. After the apocalypse, coastal nations quickly managed to force themselves to stand on two feet while the poorer, landlocked ones fell into a state of anarchy. As a result, much of the resources of the major African nations had become focused on expanding into the center of the continent and heavier industrialization projects until the sun returned and large-scale natural farming became possible again. The successes of such African nations were closely tied to those of the Seafaring nations and city-states, as floating cities would often come into African ports for trade.

Though the African nations colonized the Americas, they took great care to preserve both the modern and Classical cultures of the lands, as well as draw more intelligent and less arbitrary borders. Having survived the war relatively unscathed, the memories of imperialism were still very much with them, and they utilized those memories to ensure that no other continent would fall to the same fate again. Over the years, many American colonies were granted independence, as the main goal of the colonization initiatives had always been to repopulate and re-industrialize the regions.

However, as much as the Renaissance has come to be idealized, there was a great deal of underlying problems in society. First and foremost, of course, was the hatred of Non-Baseline Humans (known at the time as "mutants", now a highly offensive term). Throughout the era, attempts were made to remove them, mostly through mass sterilizations and initiatives that punished interbreeding. In 2733, this hatred finally boiled over in the Nilotic Republic, where John Kiplagat was elected and reformed the government into a military dictatorship by harnessing the hatred of Non-Baselines.

The formerly mostly rural nation quickly industrialized, and began to be seen as a larger and larger threat by the more moderate nations of the world. Having formerly been a militaristic empire cut down to size through multiple wars, Africa and the world as a whole saw the reformation of the Nilotic Empire as something to be feared. Tensions finally erupted into war when the Nilotic Empire invaded Somalia, at which point much of the world declared war on them in retaliation. Of particular importance in the war were the Seafaring nations and Madagascar, which were made up largely of Non-Baseline populations. The war lasted for six years, and by the end of it, its affects had reached every corner of the Earth.

It was after the defeat of the Nilotic Empire that the societal standard against Non-Baselines began to change. Terrible war crimes were carried out against them by the Empire, which had vowed to "cleanse" Africa of Non-Baselines in order to ensure a "pure" humanity.