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Thinking of moving this to the Casual interest check, what is the general protocol for that?

Late 2019 astronomers discovered what was though first to be an asteroid traveling on an unusual course throughout the solar system, further investigation revealed the true nature of the Object, On February 5th, 2020, NASA made the official anouncement as to the nature of the Object, a clearly artificial structure of extraterrestrial Origin. Social media exploded across the globe, the motivations and level of technology possessed by this alien species is unknown, though presumed to be advanced due to the level of technology presumedly required to travel across the galaxy.

The nations of the U.N security council, with a speed unheard of for such an organization, Established the Planetary Defense Initiative to study the extraterrestrial phenomenon and determine if they threaten humanity, and find methods of protecting humanities interests in the case of hostile, or otherwise non-benevolent intent.

I have 4 proposals for how this roleplay will work.

1.Command Level: Players will not be field agents of the PDI, instead they will be leading members of the PDI, The world will rest in your shoulders.

2.Agent Level: Players will play the role of people sent out in the field by the PDI to deal with reported extraterrestrial activity, coming face to face with Alien phenomenon. The PDI counts on people like you.

3.Aftermath: Starting a little bit later in the timeline, 10 years has passed since the PDI was founded.

4.Nation level: Players will play as various organizations around the world, Such as the Red Cross, The United States of America, Corporations, and other large organizations who are dealing with the alien threat in whatever way they see fit. Might also be some roles for players wanting to play as groups of aliens...

In general, The PDI will start with access to Technology available today, a few advancements have been made in the last few years, and they have access to some sweet top secret stuff, but nothing too fancy. Nowhere near the level of tech possessed by the aliens. You have access to a great deal of funding but you were organized in a rush.

Inspirations Include: X-com, Arrival, Half Life, Blindsight, X-files, and district 9

The Dokkel:

The Dokkel are a mysterious folk to many, for most of them live underground, they have been compared to dwarves, and some say the Dokkel are primordial ancestors of the dwarves but nobody knows for sure. The form of the Dokkel frightens some, they have been compared to maggots or grubs in appearance.

Socially the oldest breeds of Dokkel are eusocial like bees or ants, with a queen, drones, warriors and workers. These changes seem to be brought about by chemical means and, with the intelligence of the Dokkel many dokkel hives have learned to control the developement and developed it further beyond what nature intended with "Chitinsculpting" they have domesticated other creatures of the deep and even creatures above to serve the hives as tools. some of the breeds of Dokkel have cast off the eusocial roots.

Due to shared mythological themes among most dokkel among other evidence, it is believed that all Dokkel once belonged to a single hive, archeological evidence shows that the Dokkel were once far more powerful than they are now with ancient ruins deep beneath the earth that New Dokkel hives plunder for ancient knowledge.

Common themes from Dokkel mythology are
-The existence of a primordial being a progenitor of all life (or in some cases, only Dokkel life)
-The Primordial was ill, or in some cases, injured after a battle with something or another
-Reincarnation being a thing, or having been a thing in the past, sometimes the death of a god leading to the ending of the cycle of rebirth
-a descent from heaven
-God is buried beneath the earth, or parts of god, god is not dead, not fully, god can be reconstructed. We can become one with god.
-Those who share dreams are special and can lead us to unification with god.

The Inspiration from the Dokkal comes from the Edda, based on the creation myth of Dwarfs, They were said to have grown from maggots within the flesh of Ymir (Norse Mythology being metal af like always). Other sources of inspiration include Eusocial Insects, The Falmer from Elder Scrolls, a hint of Grey Aliens from UFO folklore and a bit of hollow knight.
Anyone have any name ideas for the empire? making it chinese or roman sounding might be a bit too "on the nose"
I will try to get some cultures for you to look over tommorow but heres what I have so far

One is kinda a fusion of Rome (especially byzantine) and China, a multiethnic culture that has in the past covered a large portion of the world. they have had influences on religion, culture, and language. They are from fairly far east however and never really truly controlled the lands this is taking place in. For this nation, Religion and Government were intertwined with the Heavenly beurocracy. Rather than having a king, they had a Pontifex, which acquired the title through complicated political maneuvering. One of the greatest things they gave to the world is the Common Tongue spread by its missionaries. Teaching people the common tongue of "the civilized world" was seen as more important than teaching the preceps of religion. The Religion of this nation is somewhat pantheistic, Venerating countless spirits of both the natural and human world. Magic practiced by this nation often involves bargaining with these spirits. This is the one I have the most work done on as I have used varients of it before.

While the soldiers of this nation are "ok" and nowhere near the most elite warriors the world has to offers, the logistics of the military is legendary. They have skilled messengers (sometimes using arcane means to communicate tactical information) and use a mixture of mundane and arcane supply methods (such as having shamans bargain with the spirits of the land, the civilization will give the spirit a favor in return for food and protection for example.)

Women occupy high roles in society (Gender ratios of Pontifex are fairly even), possibly because of in the ancient history of the cultures of the area, women were often in charge of managing households while the men were engaged in physically demanding work.

I am still deciding on a name.
Geez, guys, we have all sorts of romances here. An immortal and a fairy being cute in a cafe, a shapeshifter and a necromancer flirting in an apartment, an elf delivering flowers to her vampire soulmate, and an angsty gorgon and demon beating people up in a bar.

We have just reached diversity. Bravo, my friends.


Considering playing as an Egregore of a Corporation who, fearing losing individuality from a change in company directions (kinda like having your brain forcibly rewired). has taken an action that put it in legal scrutiny and the public eye. something weird happened, like, if it was mccdonals, all employees came into work wearing clown suits and started speaking in tongues and performing strange occult rituals.

You hear talk about corporate personhood and people mocking the concept, but what happens when the corporation actually *IS* a person, with emotions, agency and all that.

Question is where does the ink appear on an egregore?
I am very interested in creating ideas, Races, Places, Cultures, Religions, Schools of Philosophy, Mystery Cults, you name it.
@Lucidnonsense No. Humans and the supernatural creatures live together side by side.


Oh ok, so they know about eachother? for how long has this been the case.
The robed being wondered why it bothered with descending to this hell, the place disgusted it. a corruption had been spreading throughout the tree of life, a cancer perhaps it could learn more of the plague that gripped the multiverse. 'Which crusade were you attacked in?" it said. It would start with small talk as these creatures seemed primarily concerned on trivial concerns as physical events.
Oh how does the masquerade or whatever work in this? how are supernatural things kept secret?
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