Tired Mercenary

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I find my recent explanation on 5-6 to sound illogical. I will now make revisions to the Classifications.

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I have no issue with any type of weapon, the problem would be in how powerful you make it out to be.

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gowia said
Okay I shall edit my sheet a bit later to reflect the rules.

Have to say sorry if I sounded rude. I looked over the original Nation Sheet and saw where I said to put hiders. Sadly, the sight does not have the function for hiders inside hiders yet, that was my bad.

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ASTA said
Before I show interest in this, there are a few points and/or concerns that I need to address:1) Having access to "higher" technology does not mean that you automatically have a sweeping advantage over your opponent. While true that possessing higher technology does benefit you greatly and hampers the effectiveness of your enemy, how and where you use those weapons ultimately determines how effective they are. Say, for example, that your foot soldiers possess high-powered combat infantry arms that fire neutralized particles in a tight beam. By law, these will wreck virtually all forms of armor (by simply causing it to explode), are direct-fire weapons, are unaffected by gravity and wind resistance, and will wrought untold havoc on electronics (due to the high levels of x-ray radiation that is released upon initial contact between the beam and the armor). Sounds like a weapon that's superior to modern ballistic weaponry, right?Wrong. In some cases, using a particle beam weapon be the preferred choice in a firefight, but once you add in advanced firearms that utilize computer-guided munitions that harbor armor-piercing and high explosive capability, your beam weapon is competing with a firearm that literally can curve its rounds around corners and "seek" out its intended target regardless of where they are. A laser or particle beam cannot do this, and god-forbid you're trying to fire one of these through a thick cloud of dust or a cloud of reflective material (this is especially true for laser weaponry). Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that even the out-dated and ancient can still be especially deadly if used correctly and/or in the right environment. 2) If the technology in this RP is advanced, why do some ships need to have 7,000+ crewmen? Wouldn't it be safe to assume that these spacecraft are heavily automated, increasing their overall effectiveness, toughness and reliability in turn? 3) Unsure if you decided to still stuck with this, but keeping warpdrives and hyperdrives out of the hands of lesser nations is, to me, a poor idea. Space is huge. If they don't have that technology, they can't interact with others. That, or they have to rely on higher nations for their entry into the far-reaching cosmos. A host of issues come with this possibility, most notably that of the real chance that higher nations can and will exploit smaller nations for their own monetary gain. Warpdrives and hyperdrives are game-changing technologies---much like how the firearm, the computer, the nuclear bomb, or the introduction of the automobile revolutionized mankind. Whoever inventes or controls them lays claim to a rather uncanny amount of power and influence.

This person is what I need for a Co-GM right here. This and all this.

On your points of 2 and 3, the technology is high, but I would not say thousands of years ahead of Earth Modern. Space travel is natural, Space Warfare is natural, but it isn't something to be deemed as the everyday norm (using the word 'normal,' harshly). I guess an example would be the difference between Star Wars the Old Republic Era, and Star Wars, Legacy Era. I do not condone "god-like technology." And I suppose I may have said that, or it sounded like I said Lesser Nations do not have warp/hyper. What I meant to say is that Lesser Nations are not as "fully settled" as higher Nations, so it would be more important to get a stable Nation than to just go gallivanting around the universe. So, to say... they have ships, they have the FTL, they just don't have the efficiency or amount (Yes they have ships, do they have hundreds upon thousands? No.)

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The Narrator said
It would be nice if you could make a Nation which we could use as a prime example.

I feel bad as the Nation Sheet could have been done better, but I'm not as one would say perfect at those things. I have created the NPC Nation that is highly feared. My Nation will be up shortly.

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The Nation has been commonly called as the Zill, otherwise, that-very-hostile-and-horrible-alien-species-that-likes-killing-people-which-is-only-spoken-in-whispers
The information listed here is all the information that has been discovered, and as majority of the Nations that have witnessed (because it is extremely rare to survive from it) it choose to share the information they discover so they can all bring an end to its terror, it is compiled here.

Part One

Nation Name: The Zill

Ruling Factor: Unknown

Description of Ruling Factor: There appears to be some intelligence, some taking commands, and others giving commands.

Nation Type: Lesser

Nation Option: Unknown

Government Structure: Unknown

Nation Population: Unknown, presumed to be in numbers that do not exist, as it has only been seen for them to stop

Part Two

Species: There are several different species in this grouping, but it seems as though they all come from the same hivemind.

Species Information: The several amount of species within the grouping is not an allied force, they are intelligent, but not very. Their intelligence level may be similar to that of a wolf pack. At first, they are very docile, but tend to avoid other creatures. It is known that they only appear in the small sparks of war, and only attack, once another nation has went on a full scale attack.

Average Lifespan: Unknown

Species Characteristics: Each ground force creature looks different, but several can look the same, something similar to a different gene pool for each type. When a war is sparking through small amounts of weapon fire, they start appearing all over, near the initial attack. However, they are only, what seems like, scouting. It is not recommended to provoke these scouts. Health wise, they are very weak, and very, very easy to kill. It only takes a couple of shots from the weakest weapon to take them down. But they come in horde's, and their melee tactics have their arms like scythes that can slice through almost anything. When armor can't be cut through, they have biological artillery, and larger, somewhat giant creatures that attack, that can range to 20 feet high. But they only seem to attack those they deem a death sentence to. If they sense another species, they act as docile towards it as the original scouts do. Once the species is eliminated, no more spawn, they just begin to die off. They appear to act as a curse, which is why no body has been taken for examining. The term "Marked for Death" is commonly used as an insult to other Nations if they produce threats to another.

Dominant Species/Society: It seems the most common, or most dominant species is the most common warrior type, but they could be mere drones

Moral Values: Unknown

Religion: Unknown

Culture: Unknown

Species Traits:
Excessive Breeding - The Zill can reproduce dozens at a time, millions at a time on planets, and it only takes weeks for eggs to hatch.
Extreme Biological Weaponry - The Zills weapons (scythe arms or biological artillery) are extremely strong against infantry and vehicles when grouped with many.
Zill Flesh - The Zill bodies are very, very weak. a simple punch to any part of the body can shutdown their brain.

Society/Species History: The first sightings were from when two original Nations were in a century long Cold War, until one Nation went on the attack. The other Nation did nothing but defend itself, but they were both still marked for death. The Cold war had lasted almost over a hundred years, but the Zill first appeared in the first 70 or so years. After that, small groupings saw the two as enemies, and made small attacks, like that of wolves or velociraptors attacking their prey, so they were treated as new animals by the Nations. The groups didn't grow any larger until the first Nation went to fullscale war. That is when the Zill ships began appearing.

Part Three

Power Technology: Anything they fight with seems to be alive, so to say... with a beating heart

Engine: Unknown

Weapon Type(s): The ground forces uses slicing melee moves, and the artillery units fire some sort of plasma.

Cybertronics: Unknown, presumed none

Biotech: Unknown, presumed none

Part Four

Space


Ship Name: Zill Carrier
Classification: 7
Ship Type: Carrier/Hive
Role: Transports and launches Zill creatures on planets or into ships like asteroids
Crew: Unknown
Weapons: Fires dozens of eggs or carapace molded pods, which do immense physical damage to shields until it wears them down and begins crashing into the ship, where Zill creatures infest, pods that did not break through a shield, simply hatch in space and seem to leave for a time, allowing them to grab onto ships and tear them up from the outside.
Countermeasures: Unknown, presumed none
Power Plant: Presumed to be a living organism
FTL Drive: Unknown
Additional Information: The ships can die almost similarly to the Zill creatures. Upon taking several hits, it will stop launching pods and merely drift, but these things fire barrages of pods, which can almost act as a shield towards weaponry. Once the pods start launching, there doesn't seem to be an end until all Zill Carriers are destroyed, or all enemy ships are destroyed.

Ground


Troop: Zill Warrior/Drone
Classification: 1
Role: Warrior/Drone
Weapons: Scyth Arms, Fangs
Additional Information: Has slight armor, can't withstand much more than what others can


Troop: Zill Infiltrator
Classification: .7
Role: Scout/Infiltrator, used to find passages passed bunkered defenses.
Weapons: Fangs/Horns, claws, devastating, bone breaking headbutt
Additional Information: No armor whatsoever, but can be very quiet. Seems to be blind, can only sense by smell, sound, or vibrations


Troop: Zill Artillery
Classification: .9
Role: Long range bombardment (single, slow firing)
Weapons: Plasma projectile
Additional Information: When the plasma hits an unshielded target, organic or metallic, it seems to cause an almost napalm effect, where it sticks to whatever it hits and burns or melts, and does not stop until the plasma itself has burned off. It is lightly armored, but only in specific areas. The armor is as strong as the Drones armor


Troop: Zill Controller/Leader/Commander
Classification: 1.4
Role: Has been seen interacting or "communicating" with other Zill, giving orders and appears strategic
Weapons: Can spew acid
Additional Information: Has been seen able to counter enemy defenses where Zill without commands can not break through. If seen, attack is recommended, if not encouraged. These Zill do not normally attack, usually run, but if cornered and alone, it can strike, harshly


(First and only sighting of the Terrdrone. Last Location: First Nation to be attacked, when in their last stand. The defending Nation)
Troop: Zill Terrordrone
Classification: 4.5
Role: Breaks Blockade, supports smaller units... TBD (To Be Discovered)
Weapons: Impaling Arms (Does blunt damage)
Additional Information: Can withstand almost anything thrown at it (Think the Cloverfield monster, but only slightly bigger than a semi truck). It is extremely rare, so rare, only a single sighting of it has ever been found. The Nation that had been attacked by it had manage to kill it, but when they focused fire, they allowed other Zill to infiltrate their defenses, leading to their demise.

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I felt really interested in your Nation, Gowia, however, there are quite a few problems. You have way too many Dreadnoughts. Also, we do not do crew sizes like that of Star Trek, if you had used that as a reference. Size 8 would require about 10,000 crew members, more than likely a minimum of 7,000 to work every system in the ship to functionality. Dreadnoughts in this universe are supposed to be the behemoths father, so to speak. But you can call your Battleships Dreadnoughts, if you want. Carriers require a minimum of 7,000 for all decks period, if you want to launch fighters, otherwise 5,000 would work for maintaining the ship (You need fighter mechanics, support crew, pilots, etc for a full Carrier). Battleships around 4-5,000 max, 3,500 minimum. Cruisers and Frigates can range from 1-3,000 crew size. Now, you may be thinking, you have 5+ billion people on your planet, and that's all fine and dandy. But if you have more military than civilians, you'll be out of food by the end of the week, if not the day. Nation is all about management, and it can get tricky.

If you cleaned your NS up, fixed any errors, and made Parts the actual Spoilers (Yes, there will be several big images in peoples faces, but that's only if they open parts with large images, like I may have. It just makes things cleaner.) And fix your ship issue, the rest I believe is acceptable. Oh and, do remember. I'm not limiting you on what you can have. You can make frigates and cruisers with fighter and hangar bays if you wanted.

Edit:

As things can vary, (and size 5 can vary to just the Stratofortress itself or outward to the wings) 5-6 can range from 5-700 and on up to 1,500.

I didn't want to make the roleplay seriously limiting or complicated, just reasonable.

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Nation Sheet Updated

- Military section added
- Character section added
- Weapon Types section edited

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Gonna get to work on the military today, then get my own Nation up.

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No one has posted a Nation Sheet, therefore there are no players yet, haha