[OOC] Galaxian Alliances - The Interstellar Chronicles

[TehChron]

KabenSaal said
Ahh, makes sense. Evac ship for when things go really south.But yea, Kabal Empire is very much with the british mentality, small groups of highly advanced things. While the Galaxian Empire seems very American. 'If at first you don't suceed, throw more men at it'

We don't throw more men

We throw more bullets

It's significantly more effective

[KabenSaal]

TehChron said
We don't throw more menWe throw more bulletsIt's significantly more effective

So your guns can fire by themselves now? Amazing.

[TehChron]

KabenSaal said
So your guns can fire by themselves now? Amazing.

Technology marches ever onward, you know

[KabenSaal]

TehChron said
Technology marches ever onward, you know

Indeed. Armies can now be dropped by a simple EMP rather than bothering with the actual fighting. This Galaxian Empire is sounding easier to raze every second.

[Willy Vereb]

EMP is practically useless against anything which was deigned to have a remotely decent but all-around protection against energy weapons.
Then you have the inverse square law which makes it massively inefficient against anything that isn't right next to the pulse.
By far EMP is one of the worst choices to take down a considerably advanced robotic civilization.

[KabenSaal]

Willy Vereb said
EMP is practically useless against anything which was deigned to have a remotely decent but all-around protection against energy weapons.Then you have the inverse square law which makes it massively inefficient against anything that isn't right next to the pulse.By far EMP is one of the worst choices to take down a considerably advanced robotic civilization.

And robots are a much less effective way of waging war. A battalion of robots may not be as taxing on food, but the metal and circuitry required to create them far outways that gain, especially when they get blown apart just the same as a human. So, a considerably advanced robotic Civilization is it's only worse enemy in anything more than a one-sided war.

[TehChron]

Not when you consider absurb industrial capacity it isnt

[KabenSaal]

A hundred robots, solid robots with EMP shielding, sufficent AI to fight and a power-pack that lasts more than half an hour, would cost an insane amount of high-tensile alloy, so they don't get blown apart by the first bullet. And you need millions. Plus, piracy and fleet's ambushing convoys takes about 20-40% of the income from other worlds, import prices will go though the roof because your at war and the exporter will bleed you for that very reason, and then you need to create air units, mechanical divisions, Space-ships, and the weaponry. The demand would be astronomical, and so even if you won, you'd have to strip-mine half your empire just to have forces to meet the enemy.

So yea, the greatest enemy would be your own army.

[ASTA]

KabenSaal said
A hundred robots, solid robots with EMP shielding, sufficent AI to fight and a power-pack that lasts more than half an hour, would cost an insane amount of high-tensile alloy, so they don't get blown apart by the first bullet. And you need millions. Plus, piracy and fleet's ambushing convoys takes about 20-40% of the income from other worlds, import prices will go though the roof because your at war and the exporter will bleed you for that very reason, and then you need to create air units, mechanical divisions, Space-ships, and the weaponry. The demand would be astronomical, and so even if you won, you'd have to strip-mine half your empire just to have forces to meet the enemy. So yea, the greatest enemy would be your own army.

>Implying an organic army is any cheaper.

[KabenSaal]

ASTA said
>Implying an organic army is any cheaper.

A grain farm can make grain again and again as long as it is cared for. A iron mine is worse than useless once depleted, it's a giant fuckin' hole in the ground that you can't do anything with. Plus, unless you entire army is tricked out like the Kabal Exodus, the metal cost is much, much lower.

[ASTA]

I've been in a few science fiction NRPs; every so often, you get one or two roleplayers who seem adamant on believing that a synthetic fighting force is dramatically more expensive than an organic force.

This is wholly incorrect.

People seem to assume that humans are free and cost nothing. This is wrong. Let's use a real-life example. On average, it costs about 277,000 USD to raise a child from birth to adulthood in the United States; this cost does not factor in college or other expenses that are not required for a healthy upbringing. If the child opts to enroll within college, the cost for them to actually reach adulthood and obtain an enhanced education dramatically increases. You could easily be looking at a 330,000+ price tag for a single kid.

So let's say that our child wants to serve their country by shooting brown people in Afghanistan. Someone has to preserve the freedom of US citizens! Our child has opted to enroll within the US military, which means that their training, food, and equipment is not free. We shouldn't forget the medical bills either, because our child is bound to get hurt at some point doing PT, firing range exercises or hand-to-hand sparring drills. When they are finally done being trained in the art of warfare and killing, and after having racked up a training bill of several thousand dollars, they're finally deployed to Afghanistan, and will now proceed to be a logistical and financial burden on the US budget. 815,000 dollars or so per year, actually.

But that's real life. This is a roleplay. Realistically, and with advancements in robotics and manufacturing techniques, there's no reason why a synthetic soldier should be more expensive than a human soldier--especially if you're equipping your human soldier with powered armor which is really nothing more than a wearable robot to begin with.

EDIT: And if we look at this from a cost-effective standpoint, a robotic soldier beats out an organic simply because it isn't bound by the much stricter limitations imposed on the organic body. And no, powered armor does not mitigate these limitations. PA just gives you a strength boost and, to some extent, a protection boost as well, but run too fast in it, and your legs will still pull muscles and break bones.

[KabenSaal]

So, War sucks either way? You got a financial nightmare or a inhospitable planet of pot-holes? I wonder why people are all so eager to start one.

[ASTA]

KabenSaal said
So, War sucks either way? You got a financial nightmare or a inhospitable planet of pot-holes? I wonder why people are all so eager to start one.

Because Rule of Cool.

[KabenSaal]

Robots spawn from nowhere and guys have cloning machines? Meh.

[TehChron]

Clearly youve never heard of Aliens or Dead Space

[GingerBoi123]

Sorry guys, haven't got enough time for this one. I'm dropping out

[KabenSaal]

Horror was never my thing.

[NarcissisticPotato]

Is this dead? Any point writing a CS for it?

[KabenSaal]

I really just copied a CS from an old galactic rp that died.

[Willy Vereb]

NarcissisticPotato said
Is this dead? Any point writing a CS for it?

This RP is very much active.
I'm only waiting for people to make their civilization profiles.
After that we can craft a more comprehensive history for the game an I can start with the first post.
There's already a bit of info regarding the game's background.
Date is Star Calendar 5233.
More than a thousand years ago the Galaxian Empire controlled the whole Milk Way.
They were technologically at their peak but due to a certain series of events they quickly fell from power.
As such you can find human colonies in almost any corner of the galaxy and ancient relics of the old Galaxian Empire are quite valuable.
There are also roughly a billion Giant Galaxian Gates that connect the entire Milky Way.
Thee can transfer large number of ships to any other gate under an instant and star systems that hold these can have high strategic value.
Unfortunately not all gates are operable and most races lock these via complex codes to prevent unauthorized travelers.
That's about it for now.
I'll add more once we have most civs in here.
Anyways, you're welcome to participate.