The Captain

Galaxian Alliances - The Interstellar Chronicles

Willy Vereb said
How's that any less believable than any other technology you see in Sci-Fi?But yes, administration and bureaucracy are both considerable issues in the Empire. It's another thing which makes them "slow" in general.As for the numbers that's just what you get if you populate every single habitable planet in a territory as large as the Empire.There are 60 billion habitable planets in the Milky Way and the Empire owns 1/6th of them.At average each planet has the population of circa 2.5 billion people. Then you have the people living in colonies and artificial environments to make up the full number of 27 quintillion.Yes, they're pretty overpopulated and this is the main driving force behind the Empire's attempts to expand.As for how did humanity grew from billions to quintillions of people under about 5000 years... there's a dark secret behind it.

It's not a question of technology, it's a question of communication and coordination. Mankind, on Earth, is barely able to effectively govern itself. To send a request from one of the trillion colonies to some manner of regional authority would be like playing the grandest game of telephone in the history of universe. The fact that sixty billion worlds all consistently fly the same flag is a miracle in itself, let alone the fact that the Imperium isn't, to put it bluntly, in perpetual war with itself in order to maintain itself. The fact that they all use the same warships, armor, and weaponry despite being limited to cheekily named Warhammer 40k STCs would imply that they have a logistics system beyond even the scope of high sci-fi AI.

Now, I already punched the numbers into a calculator. I'm not concerned with how we reached said numbers, despite my opinion that they're simply ludicrous, but that said numbers are simply unsustainable from a sociopolitical standpoint. That's sixty billion worlds that a central authority has to keep track of. Sixty billion worlds and twenty seven quintillion people, all somehow not neglected or interested in divorcing themselves from a monolithic, supposedly backwards superstate.

Galaxian Alliances - The Interstellar Chronicles

What really gets me and ruins my suspension of disbelief, more than the unusually high standard of military technology, is the standard for scale. It boggles my mind to consider how a nation of 10 billion worlds, with 27 quintillion citizens, might ever be effectively administrated. Are there whole planets devoted to bureaucracy or something?

Of Steam and Ambition -

I didn't have anything in particular in mind regarding propulsion/power just yet, but I'll PM you the pertinents if I come up with something, and do the same regarding my questions about MONSTERS and other such SCIENCE.

One more question though. Does the northern cutoff on the map lead to 'parts unknown' or is that just the end of the world?

Of Steam and Ambition -

Hi folks, still interested despite all the int. check craziness. Are the isles of 84, 85, and 86 available? And, also, I've got a few questions as I commence with putting my sheet together.

As far as I can tell the map wraps around, right? Is this map representative of the entire world, or is there more going on up north past the gray cut-off line? Given the inclusion of fantastic races such as elves am I right to assume there's some fantastic beasts along the lines of hydras and gryphons as well? I'm aware some people have their own explanations, but is there any solid answer as to how all the steampunk technology is powered?

Untold Empires: Legacy of the Old

Let all the fine creativity that this game spawned be remembered fondly.

Warhammer 40K: Imperium Broken

Lemme just put my foot in the door here in case someone happens to, you know, disappear, and you just happen to, you know, need a replacement.

I've got a rockin' feral world I wanna play.

Dark Souls - A Hollowing Land

I may have a character in the works. Consider me interested.

Untold Empires: Legacy of the Old

MrFoxNews said
I have had about enough of your comments Herp.Have I offended you in some way because your being sort of an asshole to me for no good reason?I never said I'm not evil, I said you can't prove that I am. And IC you can't prove it without sending spies into my territory.

But your flag! The popular perception of your country's morality is more important than it's actual morality, in truth. You look evil to the layman, your speculated political system and iron curtain-esque interaction with the outside world only serve to reinforce that image. You're inviting IC statesmen and activists to demonize your country.

Someone dressing up in a Nazi uniform could be the nicest guy on earth, but you'll certainly have some preconceived notions regarding him and his fashion sense.

Untold Empires: Legacy of the Old

MrFoxNews said
No one can legitimately prove that I'm evil :PAnd what people want is besides the point. You're still invading the Reich.

Well you basically have a swastika. And you're called the reich. And you're a repressive regime.

By western standards you're extremely evil.

Just about the most evil.

Untold Empires: Legacy of the Old

I originally came into this expecting a very different game in many respects, and overall I can't say I'm bound to stick around. I expected a very different tone, harder sci-fi/geopoliticking. And now, with the loss of participants, I'm more than a little discouraged in regards to investing time and energy into further IC posts.

So, that's my two cents. I'm not quite quitting, but I'm going to be extremely selfish and not be the man to keep the game going.