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Interstellar ~ Ascension

( Sorry for the lack of pictures...they are coming :( but I am gathering them.)

General Info and Location
Name: Novumii Imperium Romanum ( Or Novrom to locals)
Capital System: Elysium ( 6 planets)
- Rome
-Britannia
-Gaul
-Macedonia
- Nubia
-Parthia
Secondary System: Illyria (4 planets)
- Hispania
-Dacia
-Galacia
-Petra

Dominant Species: Cathites
Sub-Factions/Species : Anyone who pledges allegiance to the Imperator, All races and people are welcome in the Novrom
Direction From Galactic Core: Somewhere in the Sagittarius Arm

Politics, Power & Economy
Head Of State: Imperator Faucius Gala Agrippa
Head Of Government: Imperator/ Consul
Government Type/Operation/Description: Republican Dictatorship
The Government is comprised of the Imperator who is the executive head of the state while the senators draft and pass laws. Pure democracy is strictly followed, social leaders report to governors and these governors report directly to the senators with the will of the people. If corruption is suspected then an internal investigation is launched immediately. Senators are chosen from the top generals in the military. If the Imperator is away, either on a campaign or unable to preform his duties, then the consul elect would sit in for the Imperator.

Economic System/Prosperity: Regulated Capitalism
- Private business is encouraged and even supported by the government but the state still regulates and controls all resources (Oil, Ore, Food) and ensures a monopoly is never achieved.

Currency: Romanum Denarius

Empire Size: (Population estimate)
3: 20-40 billion

Empire Power:
Interstellar Power – Branched into at least one other system and successfully settled
-The Novrom maintains comms bouys and small military stations between systems and farther planets. Maintaining communication is important for the Novrom due to their direct democracy approach. Having all the members of government in one place would be near impossible, so the Imperium has invested in sophisticated holographic communications technology to give the appearance of members being there in person.

Type Of Power:
Social
Political

History, Biology & Society
Race Name : Cathites
Race Info: The Cathites are a simply humanoid race evolved from the equivalent of reptiles. They still retain the vertical retinas and scaly skin, however some have developed a thick fleshy skin. There is nothing particularly remarkable about Cathites, they are simple creatures of meat and flesh. Cathites sport varying builds, but all hold physical fitness as a priority. Cathites are honorable people who take traditional Roman values to heart. Cathites are naturally very strong, due to their active lifestyles. The melee based tactics that the military uses requires them to be able to pierce armor and possibly shields with sword and spear strikes.

Language- Citizens of the Novrom speak a modified version of Latin, called Latinai

Average Lifespan: 150-200 Earth Years
Physical Characteristics: Colored Iris’s, Vertical Pupils, Thick to Scaly skin
Dominant Society: Cathite Aristocracy
- There are three classes of Cathites
• Highborn/Noble class- Mostly wiped out during the revolutions, some have remained sympathetic to the peoples cause are are wealthy social leaders. These are usually governors or large business owners that not only provide jobs for the lower classes but often use their wealth to help the society as a whole

• Soldiers/ Merchants/ Artisans - This makes up the majority of the work force of the Novrom. Made up of Merchants ( both state and private), artisans and soldiers. Most enjoy a good quality of life and most live in the urban areas of the planets. Unless Highborn, most soldiers (enlisted and officers) fit into this category. This middle class is very influential to the direct democracy system.

• Farmers/ Non-citizens- Although the lowest class , this class receives the most support from the state. Most farmers are stat employees and receive wide tracts of land, as a result farmers usually have many side business that allow them to make a lot of money. The farming class is the most varied financially. Some are extremely wealthy while others have the basic standard of life. Non-citizens receive little to no state support and usually work in the farming class as manual labor. This group can become citizens at any time but choose not to, thus receive no help from the state.

Moral Values: The people of the Novrom value their legal system and their honor over everything. They respect and strive to maintain order and discipline no matter the cost.
-Fides. The Latin word fides encompasses trust/trustworthiness, good faith/faithfulness, confidence, reliability, and credibility
-Pietas. The Roman attitude of dutiful respect towards the gods, homeland, parents and family was expressed by the word pietas, which required the maintenance of relationships in a moral and dutiful manner.
-Gravitas Gravitas was dignified self-control.
-Dignitas and auctoritas. Dignitas and auctoritas were the end result of displaying the values of the ideal Roman and the service of the state in the forms of priesthoods, military positions, and magistracies. Dignitas was reputation for worth, honour and esteem

Religion: Religion does not have a place of great importance in the Novrom but they do worship multiple gods
Ithica- God of War and victory
Havel- God of Industry and Technology
Helen- Goddess of Fertility and Harvest
Sif- Goddess of the night and subtlety
Junis- Goddess of Love

History- When Voyager found its way to the Sagittarius arm the Cathite people spent years trying to decode what was on the ‘Golden Disc”. After finally decoding the history of Earth, the nobles and intellectuals decided to adopt the culture and society of the Roman Empire. The Novrom opened their society to all races and beings who wanted asylum, along as they pledged their allegiance to the Imperator and Novumii Imperium Romanum. Thus making the Novrom the most diverse nation in the Sagittarius arm. What followed was a period of prosperity as the society grew until economic stratification between the rich and the poor was too great. A popular uprising of common people took place which was quelled after many years of conflict. The Imperator was overthrown and in his place the Aristocrats ruled, forming a senate. Another period of prosperity followed but the Aristocracy became corrupt and soon there was another social revolution. This time, the uprising was successful and the people set up their own senate, naming the leader of the revolution Imperator.
The empire that rose from the ashes was a far cry from what it started as. Citizens were finally equal and the aristocracy was all but decimated, save a loyal few. The senate was filled with the heroes of the revolution and after a century of the peoples rule, it has remained that way.

Technological Overview

Holographic communication- Usually housed in government buildings, it allows for one or a group of people to broadcast holographically in real time. It is used for political meetings when members cannot be physically present. It is also used in a military setting for communication between vessels but it is rarely used in the field due to the technology required. Affectionately called “Holonet” by locals

FTL Tech- The “Burst Drive” is the Imperium’s method of faster then light travel. It is fairly simple in its design and rather crude compared to other nations. It functions by creating ruptures, referred to in some sources as wormholes, between normal space and an alternate plane known as slipspace. The nonstandard physics of slipspace allow it to be used as a shortcut realm, Facilitating Interstellar travel between distant regions in reasonable time. The engine makes ruptures by using high-power cyclic particle accelerators to generate microscopic black holes. Because of their low mass, Hawking radiation gives them a lifetime of around a nanosecond. before they evaporate into useless thermal energy. In that nanosecond, the engine manipulates them into forming a coherent rupture between normal space and the slipstream. The downside to this is that these engines generate a huge thermal and radiation signature that can be picked up by any detector within range, making them easy to track.

Durasteel- A hard ore mined from the moons around Elysium, the ore is known for being extremely tough and nearly indestructible. Mining it requires heavy lasers and explosives.
Elementium- Found on most planets around Elysium, it is unusually flexible and when smelted with other ores can be extremely sturdy. Used for most purposes around the imperium.

Military-
The Imperium’s military is split into numbered Legions. All the legions are made up of 1000 centurions ( professional soldiers), two cohort regiments of 500 specialized soldiers ( Siege engineers, interrogation specialists, Mortars and Artillery engineers, Special Operations soldiers)
Scutum- Traditional shield of Romanum soldiers, usually used in a formation of interlocked shields to form walls. The Cathite legions have adopted the these shields for the Roman phalanx which is their primary battle formation. The shields are lined in Durasteel, encasing a ballistic gel substance, made to stop kinetic shells from penetrating. The shields are vacuum sealed and exposed gel hardens when it comes into contact with gas, preserving the integrity of the shield. These shields carry personal light shielding units to deflect energy based small arms fire.
Gladius- Standard Romanum short sword and primary weapon of soldiers, made from Durasteel and lined with a micro-tooth cutting edge.
Pilum- Throwing spear for soldiers, usually used while in a phalanx formation to begin an assault. The handle is made of a light alloy of aluminum and durasteel, sporting a hollow base to save weight. The tip is softened elementium, so that the weapon will bend and/or break upon hitting a body or shield.
Hasta- A spear made of hollow durasteel shaft with a solid tip, used for thrusting rather then throwing.
Type 1 pistol- Standard for all officers and those in “Special” roles, fires a kinetic bolt that is magnetically accelerated.
Scaled armor- The standard issue armor of the imperium military, it is made out of scaled durasteel with great resemblance to the Lorica segmentata and Lorica Squamata. Helmets are usually full head apparatuses with full heads up displays and environmental barriers. Armor underlay allows for users to survive in zero oxygen and zero-g environments.
Although Novrom soldiers like to rely on close combat they do posses advanced ranged weaponry. Most rifles are custom jobs and are usually only held by those in “special” positions.

Interstellar ~ Ascension

so I have an NS waiting for approval, should I post it here? or just wait

Tales from the Riverrealm [IC]

Im soooooooooo in. any room?

Orbitum 2 - SciFi Space Nation RP

You had one post and all you did was destroy drones and "wander" out into the galaxy to stop a war. You were nowhere close, have you discovered the temple on your planet? As for what to do, do what the rest of us are doing..

Orbitum 2 - SciFi Space Nation RP

Alright, I guess this is dead.....

Orbitum 2 - SciFi Space Nation RP

I had to make an executive decision and given that the GBF (now the GBE) was the galactic power, it was the obvious choice. You could have been close and started small conflicts with the GBE but I needed an NPC "evil empire" of sorts

Orbitum 2 - SciFi Space Nation RP

It is def in the plan, I want people to think about what side they want to be on.

Orbitum 2 - SciFi Space Nation RP

I wouldnt do that just yet, I want to play that out in IC.

Orbitum 2 - SciFi Space Nation RP

New plot twist and time skip, it would be in your best interest to read it. The time line was been moved up by 100 years and we have a new "evil empire". You can advance your nation by 100 years (ie. you can claim an additional few planets and one or two new technological advances. Also because NO ONE IS POSTING!!!!! we can just assume that some nations have met already, this can be settled in the OOC.

Oh yea sorry duck, im going to say yes to magic but in a limited sense for now. Until we have someone really researching and studying the use of magic I want to keep it somewhat weak.

Orbitum 2 - SciFi Space Nation RP

Galactic Center : Map Room
Brittanian research team

A long holographic bridge stretched from the entrance of the temple down to a large domed shaped room. Below the bridge was the galactic core itself, an immense supermassive black hole, glowing red and yellow as it sucked in the light around it. Inside the room, a large black cube sat suspended off the ground emitting a slight humming sound. Outside, an entire battlegroup sat in wait as the two scientists studied the structure.

Jameson was unable to speak as he studied the galactic map in front of him. Every planet, star and gas cloud was visible in the holographic display in front of him. “ This is……our galaxy, all of it.” he said as he looked at the various planets. Each planet had a different symbol over it and every planet was labeled, “ What do these symbols mean?” Jameson said, turning his body towards Oroca, who was silently studying the map himself.

“ They are labels, the ancients named all these planets” Oroca said while outstretching his hand towards the map and tapping on a random planet. As his finger touched the image the map quickly faded and was replaced by an enlarged image of the selected planet. Symbols surrounded the enlarged planet and continents and oceans could be seen on the image. Oroca was speechless as he read the symbols, his eyes were wide and his mouth hung open. “ I……I don’t believe it…” he finally said “ There is information on every planet in the galaxy…..” Oroca went back to the larger galactic view before tapping on another planet. “ Rare elements, metals and minerals, its all detailed here. Even other sentient species, this is…incredible.” Oroca, turned to face Jameson once again and cracked a rare smile. “ Imagine what this can do for the Federation, imagine what this can do for the galaxy! We can really make a difference”

Jameson nodded and sized up the map silently before turning to face Oroca, “This can make us the most powerful force in the galaxy, think Oroca….The Grand Brittanian Empire can be a reality.” Oroca shook his head and took a step back from Jameson “ We can’t let this information make us tyrants, we have a responsibility to use this correctly”. Jameson shook his head slightly, turning to face the map once again, he was clearly not happy with what Oroca said. “ We have a duty to the people of the federation, their safety is in our hands.” Jameson said as he looked down towards the ground for a moment “ I………I won’t let you stand in the way of doing my duty….”

Oroca looked shocked as the words left Jameson’s mouth and simply shook his head, slowly turning around to walk back towards the entrance. Before he could reach the door a loud snap caught his attention. Suddenly, his breathing became shallow and his vision extremely blurry, walking became impossible and Oroca soon feel to his knees. His breathing came in gasps as he reached up towards his chest, feeling the fresh smoldering hole. Desperation and panic set in as breathing also became impossible and Oroca began crawling towards the edge of the holographic bridge. “ I am sorry friend, Jameson said as he walked up behind Oroca “ This must be done”. without any more hesitation Jameson kicked him off the edge, watching his body fall through the abyss and into the black hole.

50 years later
- Popular uprising

The Kalel along with their allies the Kenris used the wealth and popular support of the royal family to overthrow the grey council. A bloody period of internal conflict followed and the Kalel and Kenris royal family succeeded in securing the Brittanian Federation. Renaming themselves the Grand Brittanian Empire, they began liquidating the unfriendly races and granting amnesty to those who pledged alliegence to the empire and royal family. As a result the Mogg race has been completely wiped out, making the Kalel, Kenris and Galfan the major races of the empire. The cooperation of the Galfan was completely unexpected, however; they were the first race outside of the royal family to join. The Levinti population has been severely impacted, those who remain are loyalist to the royal family and hold high positions in the church of Solus.

100 years later
- Expansion

Due to an increase in the amount of natural resources at the empire expense, they have begun expanding into the areas around them in all directions making them a galactic super power. The Empire of Brittania is now less the 10,000 LY from the borders of the Haracli imperium and have a clear at fortified route to the galactic center.

Can they be reasoned with?

Are they Hostile? Friendly?

Can you live with being conquered?