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STATUS: Nation RP set during an Interplanetary dark age across hundreds of tiny worlds- roleplayerguild.com/topics/… 7 yrs ago
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Nation RP set during an Interplanetary dark age across hundreds of tiny worlds- roleplayerguild.com/topics/…
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Got my RP rebooted. Make a civilization human or alien and uncover the enigma roleplayerguild.com/topics/…
8 yrs ago
Why not a sci-fi NRP that doesn't waste space? Interest check here: roleplayerguild.com/topics/1..
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The Grand Enigma
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As the last men and women of Earth, it is our duty to make one last ditch effort to reach paradise... however long the journey.
Millennia ago the human species was rendered extinct.
A thousand years ago, our kind was born again.
From the wombs of machines born to live on a humid tropical world.
From the few thousand raised by machines came the future.
From the first tribe would develop every civilization that exists today.
Having to struggle in a humid environment filled with alien beings.
Worse still, some of them were smart and genuinely a danger to us.
As they would be monitored by custodians and attacks by the natives.
Still, our ancestors persisted despite the constant struggle.
And went on to build the foundations for billions to thrive once more.
And from those foundations we launched yet again into space.
To colonize other worlds and understand this strange place.
It was known the other worlds also had life.
Still, it was a massive shock to find intelligence still.
It became a fact of life, how common civilization is.
As even Solomon proves not as secure as it was initially assumed.
For we have been just scratching the crust when there is far more.
Layers upon layers of underground jungles on Solomon and sprawling ghost cities.
Some still maintained by mindless and mad custodians.
Overwhelming it all can become, the more you take it in.
The whole star system being touched in some way by the degenerative descendants.
Of the true creators of the worlds we live upon.
And every time we look we see swarms of activity.
Be it from the numerous ecosystems of wildlife across multiple worlds.
Giving rise alien civilizations primitive and advanced.
Or how every day a citizen sees specks of light drifting.
That weld the means to oblivion at the push of a button.
The flux and traffic of activity between the orbital cities we have set up.
Has created endless traffic around and between the worlds of Gabriel.
The scariest part is knowing how so few people can affect the lives of billions.
Across multiple civilizations, worlds and species.
Making the only certainty we have now being uncertainty.
May the first tribe save us all!
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Out of Character
The Grand Enigma or "The Grand Enigma of 82 Eridani" is a fusion of near-future technothriller and planetary romance and is the product of a desire to make a sci-fi NRP that is neither sol or has a galaxy to worry about. For here there is only one star system, near future technology in the far future and lots of exotic locales to work with across multiple worlds.
In terms of applying for Grand Enigma, all you need to do is PM me your first IC post as a trial after making some lore and promise to work with other players in regards to collaborative world building while not doing the things on the list of NO. For ideas, check the list of YES which you can also add to by saying what you as a player want to have someone else take on the role of.
But first you must understand the Eridani 82 system and the worlds you are to inhabit and figure out where you want to set up.
Please stick to the Gabriel system for now! It has the only human habitable worlds and Solomon is the world humans colonized.
As well, it has the most interesting worlds as all of them have complex life, ruins and are places intelligent natives to develop.
Now dedicate to one of three perspectives and put your work within said perspective. You can make individuals from another perspective, but you cannot make civilizations or species from other perspectives once you make a civilization for one of the three perspectives.
There are also hybrid perspectives and guidelines regarding any potential mixture of the above three perspectives.
Finally, use the following form to make your app-
Name:
Perspective:
Information:
And PM me an introductory IC post to start playing!
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Imagery made in the following programs:
Universe Sandbox 2 (where I modeled the star system used in this RP)
Space Engine (Used for the splash picture)
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In regards to the Eridani system as a whole I want people to keep things centered in the Gabriel Planetary system (which is also the only area you find world sin the habitable zone).
However, I will state that there's also these worlds in theory that I haven't talked about but have the state's drafted for-
Inwards
[Vulcan Belt
[Paradise
[Purgatory E
-Virgil
[Hell
-Midas
-Plato
Outwards
[Asteroid Belt
[Leviathan
-Kraken
-Charbydis E
-Scylla
-Loch
[Chroma
-Tangerine
-Verde
-Amarillo
[Mirage & Visage
[Ice Belt
E = Exotic Biosphere
Most of these worlds don't have complex biospheres and the two that do are biospheres have much stranger conditions (mainly in that they don't have water as a solvent, instead using Nitric Acid in Purgatory and Ammonnia in Charbydis).
However a fair amount may have all sorts of weird stuff that can be figured out as things go along. Ezra is really the tip of the iceberg in regards to what is out there. But are the other worlds aren't nearly as friendly as the Gabriel worlds are even if habitable pockets are sprinkled about the place.
@Liotrent
Civ perspective is preferred, as you have should have other players for the other perspectives.
However, I will state that there's also these worlds in theory that I haven't talked about but have the state's drafted for-
Inwards
[Vulcan Belt
[Paradise
[Purgatory E
-Virgil
[Hell
-Midas
-Plato
Outwards
[Asteroid Belt
[Leviathan
-Kraken
-Charbydis E
-Scylla
-Loch
[Chroma
-Tangerine
-Verde
-Amarillo
[Mirage & Visage
[Ice Belt
E = Exotic Biosphere
Most of these worlds don't have complex biospheres and the two that do are biospheres have much stranger conditions (mainly in that they don't have water as a solvent, instead using Nitric Acid in Purgatory and Ammonnia in Charbydis).
However a fair amount may have all sorts of weird stuff that can be figured out as things go along. Ezra is really the tip of the iceberg in regards to what is out there. But are the other worlds aren't nearly as friendly as the Gabriel worlds are even if habitable pockets are sprinkled about the place.
@Liotrent
Civ perspective is preferred, as you have should have other players for the other perspectives.
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@Oraculum
Ezra does indeed have such artificial ecosystems within.
As for drones you can define them regionally as you wish.
Around the system you have the common drones that have easily definable purposes (mining, monitoring the natives and interlopers, repairing ancient structures, carrying other drones, defending sealed habitats and the 'depths' etc.) while the custodian players can make more unique and/or esoteric drones.
IC-wise i'd expect most peoples to be used to the common drones, it'd be no more weird than seeing a bird fly overhead and they're remarkably quite and docile. Even shooting them yields no response (and if damaged enough, they just disintegrate into paste).
Ezra does indeed have such artificial ecosystems within.
As for drones you can define them regionally as you wish.
Around the system you have the common drones that have easily definable purposes (mining, monitoring the natives and interlopers, repairing ancient structures, carrying other drones, defending sealed habitats and the 'depths' etc.) while the custodian players can make more unique and/or esoteric drones.
IC-wise i'd expect most peoples to be used to the common drones, it'd be no more weird than seeing a bird fly overhead and they're remarkably quite and docile. Even shooting them yields no response (and if damaged enough, they just disintegrate into paste).
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Here's a to-scale image of the moon system we are centered around.
Not shown are the other tiny worlds I have not added yet since they'd either be Ezra without the "dead city world" trait or just asteroids.
Since even in this star system where there are five or more advanced biosphere hosting worlds (there is four in the Gabriel system... Which is where I want most people to center themselves as the other biospheres are not in the human habitable zone and require much more exotic natives), the majority of worlds are still dead rocks. Admittedly, many of the worlds have some form of activity on them in the world of mining from the ever present drones (be it the native ancient drones or the mining machines of humans) and you never know what is hiding underground...
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@Nytefall
They're a species, remember that. No need to have one way of life for them.
As a way to think about this, think of them as a species and what species universal traits they have and than make a focus Civ for them. That's why I get bothered when you call them a race as that implies they are more homogenous than a species.
This is important as all species are public domain, so it is important to know what they are like as a species. It is assumed that you have NPC cultures alongside your focus Civ that are less developed in every case as they're a species strewn around the world you have them inhabit.
They're a species, remember that. No need to have one way of life for them.
As a way to think about this, think of them as a species and what species universal traits they have and than make a focus Civ for them. That's why I get bothered when you call them a race as that implies they are more homogenous than a species.
This is important as all species are public domain, so it is important to know what they are like as a species. It is assumed that you have NPC cultures alongside your focus Civ that are less developed in every case as they're a species strewn around the world you have them inhabit.
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@ClocktowerEchos
Try to mix the inspirations up more and play around with subtraction editing. This isn't a fanon RP.
Try to mix the inspirations up more and play around with subtraction editing. This isn't a fanon RP.
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Compared to FTL comms I suppose.
No need for FTL when it's just one star system.
All the tech you listed is fine since some example of it exists in the real world, including the rods from God and mechs.
And North Korea already shows you can have fuedalism with modern tech.
No need for FTL when it's just one star system.
All the tech you listed is fine since some example of it exists in the real world, including the rods from God and mechs.
And North Korea already shows you can have fuedalism with modern tech.
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@ClocktowerEchos
In terms of sci-fi try not to be that soft with it, i'd say it's sort of like clay in terms of hardness. I allow for some molding, but I still expect it to be internally consistent and have some grounding in reality. For instance if you must choose between fancy floaty hovercraft and wheeled vehicles, go with the wheeled vehicles. That's why near-future tech is what I prefer as I don't really feel like you need to be that advanced in a RP centered around a moon system, or should.
I am one who would rather see people make interesting societies and story arcs instead of spend two thousand words in their app describing every weapon in the armory.
In short the general tech level is near-future type stuff. Custodians even are really just advanced in different but still explainable ways. I'm just not a fan of magic in general and see it as pointless when you can have rail guns and power suits.
In terms of sci-fi try not to be that soft with it, i'd say it's sort of like clay in terms of hardness. I allow for some molding, but I still expect it to be internally consistent and have some grounding in reality. For instance if you must choose between fancy floaty hovercraft and wheeled vehicles, go with the wheeled vehicles. That's why near-future tech is what I prefer as I don't really feel like you need to be that advanced in a RP centered around a moon system, or should.
I am one who would rather see people make interesting societies and story arcs instead of spend two thousand words in their app describing every weapon in the armory.
In short the general tech level is near-future type stuff. Custodians even are really just advanced in different but still explainable ways. I'm just not a fan of magic in general and see it as pointless when you can have rail guns and power suits.
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@Liotrent
Seen you soon.
@Nytefall
Tell me if I have this right about your species (please call them a species unless you are referring to a race of Baridi);
Do they have a psychology that is more prone to ritualistic, stereotyped behavior and strongly centered the tribal unit which is stronger than the exogamy filled human tribes. The Baridi being a species where the lines between culture, technology and instinct are more blurred?
Since that actually is a pretty cool concept, a species that organizes in geothermal powered city states with modern tech linked around the cold regions of Ezekiel.
It'll be interesting to see how you expand upon them.
Seen you soon.
@Nytefall
Tell me if I have this right about your species (please call them a species unless you are referring to a race of Baridi);
Do they have a psychology that is more prone to ritualistic, stereotyped behavior and strongly centered the tribal unit which is stronger than the exogamy filled human tribes. The Baridi being a species where the lines between culture, technology and instinct are more blurred?
Since that actually is a pretty cool concept, a species that organizes in geothermal powered city states with modern tech linked around the cold regions of Ezekiel.
It'll be interesting to see how you expand upon them.
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