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Era of Succession(Closed)

Thx @Sigma

I make my own flags too...

Era of Succession(Closed)

Just a teaser, but the flag of the Sovereign Star Confederation:

Era of Succession(Closed)

I might try out a fledgling confederation of nearby planets trying to revive democracy after centuries of it being repressed.

Era of Succession(Closed)

Interesting.

God and Country - A low-fantasy renaissance NRP of religion and discovery

My Interest

The Grand Kingdom Sevanne

Nation Overview

Give us a concise summary of your nation: what is is known for? What is it all about? This should set the tone for other sections and how others will perceive your state. Also, tell us what form of government you have. Most will be kingdoms, but duchies, principalities, even small republics are fair game. Also name important characters and the current head of state.

Geography

Map Claim

Choose a color and draw your borders on the map. You are also at liberty to describe the geography, weather, flora and fauna of your nation here. Also to be mentioned are important cities or locations within your nation.

History

Self-explanatory. This doesn't need to be long; just informative. I encourage players to collaborate and create shared history.

Society

What are the people in your nation like? How closely do they adhere to the Church? What is notable about their culture and how they do things? Feel free to elaborate, but keep it reasonable. History may play a large role in this section, and vice-versa.

Economy/Industry

What resources do you import and export? How is your industrial capacity? Are you more agricultural? Do you make anything especially coveted or unique? Geography will play a role here. No Fiorentian state is wholly self-sufficient.

Military

I do not require numbers or pinpoint-accurate troop demographics, but give us an overview of your military. What does your nation do well? Has it embraced gunpowder and tercio, or does it cling to the past and field vast ranks of mounted ment-at-arms? What kind of equipment do you use? Many Fiorentian militaries will be similar, in appearance and/or equipment, but you don't have to be identical. You are free to embellish this section with famous regiments or historical commanders. How is your army organized? Do you have a color scheme? Have fun, but be sensible.

Literally 100% wip, but I have ideas and work tomorrow.

New Dawn Rising

RPG is hilariously fast to declare things dead, clam down Inkie.

There will be posts, monkey said hes working on it and i'm half done one.

Fade: Space NRP-RPG fusion

<Snipped quote by ClocktowerEchos>

The "long ass NS" was actually made that absurdly long intentionally. That way, I can be sure that anyone who actually finished it was truly committed to the roleplay, and those who were not would never complete the N.S. In essence, it was a "flirty RPer" filter.

Apparently, it worked

Regardless, I encourage you to keep going with us, as I do find your people very interesting and your writing style very enjoyable to read. I think if you stick with the RP for a little while, you'll find it very rewarding compared to simply phasing in-and-out of other RPs.

@Hael

I'm going to have to disagree vehemently on that. RP'S with inflexible rules concerning their sheets (which are often long) fail the majority of the time. While the rules were looser a good example of this is Interstellar Ascension, an RP that launched with most users having 5-10k sheets and one that had so much cooperative lore that I've yet to see anything similar.

It died 7 posts in.

Fade: Space NRP-RPG fusion

In ancient days, absolutely. Now the technology exists for the mats to assemble direct orders via computation and sensor arrays. It took time for the creatures to accept those orders, but the mats wanted them to after all.

So the mats can issue commands, bur more like a dictator than a hive mind. ThE subtle effect mostly serves to make the creatures ideologally homogenous and subservient.

As for the ecosystem thing, generally the Mats have a hard time competing, so scorching the planet and introducing familiar life is a must. Once entrenched the mats are able to properly grow and stifle any native life that managed to endure the cleansing.

Fade: Space NRP-RPG fusion

It's a very subtle process, the creatures are not under direct command but rather influenced slowly every time they eat.

Fade: Space NRP-RPG fusion

Stuff came up, but here's a VERY VERY WIP sheet.

As a side note, i should probably get this approved early, the Gahalsetect will form the whole of my offensive military. They are essentially normal Gahalse but they live in gigantic 'world ships' (not planet sized just the name). That are necessary in that without them expansion would be logistically impossible.

The Collective

Size:

78 Systems, 26 Worlds

Population and Demographics:

Gahalse: 127 (100%)
Subspecies:
Gahalsekesh: 104 (~82%)
Gahalsetect: 23 (~18%)

Species:

Of all species that reside within the Milky Way, few are as peculiar as the Gahalse. In their arcane tongue the name means world mind, and few descriptions could be more apt. This is because unlike nearly all life known to exist, the Gahalse are less a single organism and more a complex interaction among trillions of discrete microbes. Taking the form of vast microbial mats that can grow to encompass entire worlds, the Gahalse do not possess distributed and specialized functions and thus every inch of an ‘individual’ is both a segment of its mind and all other organs. With such a distributed neural structure the Gahalse are slow compared to most organisms, but due to their sheer scale a single Gahalse can interpret unprecedented amounts of information at once. So while it may take a Gahalse time to assemble a response to stimuli, that response is likely to be heavily refined and with untold numbers of contingencies and fallbacks behind it.

However, this unique intelligence would be for nothing if the Gahalse were unable to interact with their environments. Whether by explicit intent or ancient coincidence this is a pitfall the world minds circumvent in a manner no less strange than themselves. Linked in strange symbiosis there exists a species that feed upon the microbial mats, a species which the Gahalse do not differentiate from themselves. Known by no name these creatures could best be called appendages for the Gahalse, though that in itself would be disingenuous. Once ancient burrowers these creatures have evolved into nimble herbivories. In modern times they appear worm like with articulated bodies of varied length, though most fall around six to eight feet. Each creature possesses six limbs, all of which are capable of manipulating the environment by means of the three dextrous clawed fingers each limb terminates with. Still capable of burrowing the creatures are notable for their large circular and tooth laden maws, designed to tunnel and eat concurrently.

Yet the most interesting aspect of these creatures is by feeding on the microbial mats they invite the neural tissues of their food into their own minds. Not explicitly controlled, but hardly independent, these creatures gain intelligence comparable to a rather slow human by consuming the mat. This however, is not without cost. The creatures in question rely upon the mat to survive, yet so long as they consume it they take in the personality and ego of their food. As a result they are both extensions of one mind, and singular.

These creatures and the mats they feed upon are inextricably linked, and as such not even the most critical Gahalse scholar has thought to question their singularity in identity. While identifiable apart, only together can the two be Gahalse. Commanding the creature-selves that reside atop them is a natural thing for the Gahalse, as what they think inevitably becomes what is done. By working to control this natural phenomenon and direct it to specific areas the Gahalse create classes of creature-selves, and the creation of these classes is what has allowed the Gahalse to accelerate into the space age.

System of Government:

Spend at least 4 paragraphs explaining what form of government you use and how it works. You may include any details you feel needed. Be creative!

History:

Spend at least 4 paragraphs telling us the general history of your nation. Important wars, how it came to be what it is today, and so on.

Culture:

This is super-important. At least 6 paragraphs on culture. This includes religion and the such.

Important people, places, and organizations:

This is self-explanatory.

Military size:

For the typical species, a military cannot be larger than 7% of the total population. But if you have some special reason that it should be higher, I'll most likely allow it.

Military details:

Describe the strength, organization, command-structure, and any other necessary details of your military. 3 paragraphs minimum.

Weapons tech:

Go nuts!

General Technology:

Really go nuts! For at least 3 paragraphs!

Economy:

Are your people poor and starving? Rich and fat? Are you economically powerful enough to control other nations through wealth? Can you be controlled through wealth?

Spaceships:

Please describe, in as much detail as possible, the sort of space vessel you use and how they operate. Don't forget to include the general size of these vessels, how many people they can carry, and what sort of weapons they use. This should be at least 4 paragraphs long.