[h3]Dear everyone: it might be useful to have some sense of scale on these ships, so what are our thoughts on including a length section on the character sheet?[/h3]
I didn't originally include it because I didn't want to have too many technical fiddly bits getting in the way of, you know, actually RP'ing. :P

[h3]Announcement #2: We've got some powerful ships out here. More powerful than I had originally envisioned.[/h3] I like powerful ships, but I fear if we keep them as-is, we'll render the smaller ships (such as the [i]Intrepid[/i] (Mr Rage) or [i]Pale Quiver[/i] (Spybuster)) irrelevant. Therefore, I've asked some of you to tone down your ships somewhat.

On a completely unrelated note, I was having the damnedest time trying to decide which ship to go with (that's why the example sheet took so long, fyi). Part of me wanted to go with something from Stargate; another part of me wanted to do something based on the Red Alert 2 universe, and the rest of me was pulled in so many directions - a homebrewed ship of appearance-obsessed greenskinned aliens, Space Station 13, something from Pulsar, BSG -! There are so many fun options!

Anyway.

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[@Silentsniper211]
I started watching Red vs. Blue and loved it, actually. I always thought it would be stupid with the kind of humor I don't appreciate, but it wasn't! I was so pleasantly surprised! Then classes started up again, and I had to stop. I'll add it to my list of things to watch after or between Stargate episodes - which I'm re-watching for the third time (in in-universe chronological order). 

God, I love Stargate.

I digress.

Sooo many people on that ship. Trim it down by a factor of ten or so, and that will probably be reasonable, simply by average ship crew complement for this RP.

Also, I'd recommend going back over your Universe Background section. The first few sentences didn't quite make sense, especially "The Human race was interested in the rapid expansion of the . as more planets were colonised". 

Side note: have you been watching [i]Firefly[/i] recently? I, like, [b]totally[/b] got a [i]Firefly[/i] vibe from your universe description. 

I also like the dualism inherent in the military ship converted to science cruiser concept. That'll be fun for us to play with.
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[@Ryker Rohrer]
"Ghost Hunter". ...what! That sounds wicked fun! How did - I have so many questions - how did you start!? Are you terrified of ghosts? Where do you usually operate? Also, hello! Welcome to the forums!

[color=gray]Starcraft! Squee!
...I know it's not Starcraft, but you used a Starcraft picture for your ship and that made me inordinately happy![/color]

That [i]is[/i] large. Now my poor Soviets feel inadequate, too. No biggie, every RP needs power adjustments as character sheets come in. I recommend toning the ship down slightly - I get that it's the flagship of a galaxy, but as it is, there doesn't seem to be any way to challenge the ship or the crew. And without challenge, we've got no story.

[hider=Specific things I noticed]First, note that I'm pointing these out with the purpose of [i]increasing fun[/i]. I'm aiming for constructive criticism, not to tear apart your idea.

• maximum crew of 70000: Just to keep ships on an approximately even level, I recommend cutting this by a factor of ten, although I understand you don't have the full 70,000 on board.
• [ship capabilities]: It's got great defense, normal weapons and a special weapon, it's fast, and it's got full crew facilities. What's its downside? The ship is made for battle, so perhaps it's terrible for keeping up crew morale? I can see some interesting psychological angles here, actually, especially if the crew has to undergo the pressures of constant battle for 300 years. There's gotta be some PTSD-like things cropping up, and people changing and cracking under pressure. And it's the [i]Flagship[/i], so I have to imagine that it's also used for the Galactic Empire-Equivalent of ribbon-cutting ceremonies, which means everything has to be spotless most of the time, which means hours and hours of a warship's crew... cleaning. Yaaayyy military.
• "said to be unbeatable by any": I get the difference between reputation and actual fact, but I wonder how that will stack up in an RP setting. Obviously the Dilonian [i]isn't[/i] unbeatable, but does her crew know that? Have they become cocky? And don't be afraid to let your crew lose, even if they've had to only take a tactical retreat before returning fully-repaired and ready to rip the Killians a new one. Flavor and variety is the spice of life, or at least RP characters.
• Characters - They all seem perfect at their jobs. Again, that makes some sense; it's the flagship, so they'd want the best of the best. But, the thing that [i]makes[/i] the best the best is their talents despite their flaws; certainly, flaws are a major part of what makes a character interesting to interact with in an RP. I guess I'm just not getting a great sense of personality, but then again, personality is often one of those things that comes through far more readily within the RP itself.

...drat. Doing this is making me want to go back and edit [i]my[/i] sheet now. It's the curse of analyzing writing![/hider]
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[@Mr Rage]
Nooooooo your store that's so sad! Good luck! What'd you think of the new Star Trek movie - or have you watched the new movies at all? I personally liked it. I really appreciated the love interest for Scotty, and I also adore how the actors have made the characters their own.

[color=gray]heehee... Albert Pegg, perhaps in reference to Simon Pegg? I don't care; it's canon in my head now.[/color]

Accepted! Go post your sheet in the characters tab.
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[@Lucidnonsense] Sure! A habitat would be fine. Part of me wanted to throw DS9 or Babylon 5 into the mix, but I refrained. Crazy soviets seem more entertaining to me.

*googles "Eclipse Phase"*
[quote = Eclipse Phase Homepage]Players take part in a cross-faction secret network dubbed Firewall that is dedicated to counteracting "existential risks" — threats to the existence of transhumanity, whether they be biowar plagues, self-replicating nanoswarms, nuclear proliferation, terrorists with WMDs, net-breaking computer attacks, rogue AIs, alien encounters, or anything else that could drive an already decimated transhumanity to extinction.[/quote]
WHAT. That sounds DELIGHTFUL. [b]Where has this been my whole tabletop career?![/b]
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[@Hostile]
Gaming? Computer or tabletop? If computer, do you have thoughts on No Man's Sky? If tabletop, have you ever played Paranoia? And what reading genre - sci-fi, I presume? Ever read the Commonwealth series by Peter F. Hamilton? It's my favorite series. I love how he takes 12 different characters with unrelated plotlines and then suddenly relates them all in a brilliant conclusion - except, wait, no, you've still got 300 pages to go, and how could it possibly get better and bigger and more climactic [i]and then it does and [b]squee~[/b][/i]

Ahem.

[color=gray]Yay, you went for Titan! I like how much more sense Titan makes than even Mars to a degree. I mean, at least Titan's got an atmosphere. sidenote: screw you, cosmic radiation. Screw. You.[/color]

Like I've mentioned to Silentsniper211 and Ryker Rohrer, please decrease your crew complent by a factor of 10. That way Mr Rage's [i]Intrepid[/i] isn't totally overwhelmed by the sheer volume of people. I [i]think[/i] you're probably fine beyond that? It's very hard to tell what's OP and what's not before a game actually starts, especially when it comes to military ships. If you want to be safe, you could tone down the ships armament slightly, but I'll leave it up to you. 

[color=gray]Nikolai and my entire ship are going to get along swimmingly. Or they'll hate each other. I don't think there's anything in between the two possibilities.[/color]
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[@Spybuster] Ooh! What's your major? Have you had any horrible death classes yet? I have! Dynamics was hard. And before that, so was Differential Equations. I picked a hard major. I mostly don't regret it, though. Have you used Yik Yak? Are you annoyed at its destruction of anonymity features as I am with its latest update? It's so silly! The app was [i]based[/i] on anonymity! Why would they get rid of it? Also do you do theater? I do theater. Or did. I'm trying to get back into it. I'm rambling; sorry, it's 4am.

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8i7uMmDxuE]Aww, your ship is tiny and adorable![/url] Seriously, though, you may want to consider upping your crew complement. By no means feel obligated to! Just something to consider. 

Accepted! Go post your sheet in the characters tab.