Hael

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@Hael Yeeaaah I'm having a hard time using Paint to get anything useful done. Any recommendations on a better program?

@Ozerath

I have the artistic ability of a monkey who has lost all fine motor skills, so I have no idea

I hope you find something, though. You can take your time- the map isn't urgent.

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Mine will be

@Lauder

So, it'll be like everything you do?

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@Hael
My post will just be a remembrance day kind of thing. A fluff-ish post, nothing really important.

@Sigma

I understand. Just something to establish and all.

My next post will probably be Crushers devouring the bones of pathetic humans just some more stuff to elevate the tensions.

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Why thank you :) I shall get to work on that post.

@Sigma

Nice!

Feel free to take your time, though. I'm almost done with my NS, so it may be useful for you to wait a few more hours, until I've completed it.

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If what I did seems harsh to some of you, and it undeniably was harsh, I should point out that this isn't my first time talking to Willy. I have been in RPs with him before, and based off of those experiences, I've learned to avoid him wherever possible. Maybe its me, maybe its him, maybe our styles and personalities just conflict, but I can't stand the guy.

Now that all of that is out of the way...

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@Ozerath

I'm still waiting on you to update the map. Until you do it, others can't really add to it. No rush, but I do need it completed as soon as you have some time.

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@Sigma

Your entire N.S. is approved. You may post when ready. And can I just say, I really like your style.

*tips hat* You will make a worthy opponent...

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I'll take a more detailed read on the rest of the NS but as things are I see major faults in the sense of scale here. Same with the idea of "low tech".

@Willy Vereb

Sense of scale? If you mean how small the alpha quadrant seems, oh definetly, but I've already devised a system for dealing with that.

Also, I don't want this RP to be low tech at all, just low tech when it comes to replicators and teleporters. Everything else is rather high tech, actually. If you had read the OP, you might know that.

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I'm going to be blunt here, Willy. I don't want you in this RP. I've roleplayed with you twice before, and I know the kind of roleplayer you are, and I'm simply not prepared to spend this entire RP keeping you in check.

We're full as it is, and to be honest, I just don't like you. Hell, I avoid any RP I see you in. You're the kind of RPer that sucks all the fun and fairness out of any roleplay you touch.

Please go.

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I can't see any difficulty for an industry that can break down entire planets, though.

@Willy Vereb

I can. It's about fairness and keeping the RP the way I want I envisioned it to be.

Also, it takes years and years to break down planets, so that's hardly a fair argument. It's hardly an argument.

Anyways, the point of replicators is small-scale use. If you have enough energy to rely on replicators alone then we long have problems.

@Willy Vereb

And that's fine, but I don't want anyone starting off with it. You should need to develop it over time. If you have replicators and others do not, it would make things extraordinarily unbalanced- even if it's small-scale.

You can create replicators IC, and it should take some time to develop.

This and my idea of replicators are similar. The point is that while making stuff out of energy is nice, it's expensive. E=mc^2 is no joke and that's not even talking about other issues. Rather you use raw materials whenever you can because energy is not for free.
In general:
Traditional construction > Q-Fabs (so long you don't account for versatility thus the latter still dominates in many fields)
Raw materials > Transforming one material to another > creating metamaterials > creating matter out of energy
Replicators using up metastable matter are a kind of compromise. It works for a simple and not too energy consuming versatile creation kit but metastable matter is not cheap. Its benefits are in the simplification of logistics.
Just like how practically every vehicle from ships to airplanes or even tanks within the modern US military uses the same type of fuel. Might not be the most economical but it's an amazing accomplishment regardless.

@Willy Vereb

This is all okay, but I really don't like the idea of anyone starting off with this. It seems O.P. to me, and it's too technologically advanced for what I intend for the start of this RP. This is a lower technological level than even basic replicators.

You can have all of this. But it must be created in-game, and it will take many posts to do so.

I'm not bending on this at all, because it has nothing to do with the viability or realism of replicators, and everything to do with the evenness, style, and vision of this RP.

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EDIT: We do have once race with replicators, but there are only 10,000 of them, they have no homeplanet, they will stand there and let you shoot them without resistance, and they have no weaponry of any kind, so I allowed them to have replicators to balance things out, as they are the weakest race in this RP. For anyone else, it would be unfair.

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<Snipped quote by TheSovereignGrave>In such an industry I can't see how replicators are out of place. Not like energy is free and absolutely plentiful.
We technically can already create matter out of energy, that's what colliders are kinda for (or at least can be used as).

@Willy Vereb

I'm keeping the tech level a little lower than replicators. Please read the OP. You should not be attempting to join this RP when you haven't bothered reading the rules.

Replicators are allowed, but not at the start. You will have to develop them in time and they will have to be very limited.

I did this intentionally to keep things more difficult, more reliant on mining and harvesting and extraction, rather than just gathering enough energy to replicate something. It's too easy and it limits the competition for resources that I partially want in this RP.

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@HaelAny quick pointers on the tech level?
My White Corps is often a Star Trek expy in tech, or at least a rational take on it.
Shields, compact fusion reactors, metamaterials, replicators and artificial gravity are the things which is the most worthwhile to mention.

@Willy Vereb

Have you actually read the whole OP? You should really do that before applying for a roleplay.

Replicators (and by natural extension, teleporters) are banned, at least at the start of the RP. Go read the "Controversial Technology" section.

There are also no phasers. Plasma, lasers, particle weapons, antimatter, nuclear missiles, giant worms that eat the side of your ship, railguns, high-tech swords and the like all exist- but no phasers as of yet. We are less than Star Trek technology. More like Star Wars, without the force and nobody has lightsabers

Shields, reactors, artificial gravity, and the like are all allowed, of course. We couldn't have an intergalactic community without such technology.

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<Snipped quote by Hael>We'll see.
White Corps has more than one means to spread. Also not being part of a soon galaxy wide trade network is your loss, not mine.
Besides I imagined to make "first contact" with most player civs first for obvious reasons anyways. Unless some players are willing to discuss a shared history or something similar.

@Willy Vereb

@Queen Raidne will probably want to have some of your corporations in the Coalition. She wants a little bit of everything from every nation in her Coalition- it's just a big jumble of everything the rest of us are doing.