[OOC] True Vacuum - New Universe Space NRP

[Monkeypants]

Still working on mine, no poke necessary!

[SgtEasy]

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Let's be World War 2-style Allies and take them down only to fight over our ideological differences!



Also, I'm okay with you finding me. I don't have much of a plan for it, but we are fairly close.

@Mihndar

Sure, I'll probably work on a post XD. I have a very busy weekend so I'm not sure but I'll try to get it done

[Ascendant]

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Don't worry, a highschool history club will be there the moment I find the time to write it.

@Keyguyperson

Ha, really? A high school history club is coming to town?

[Keyguyperson]

Don't worry, only half my posts will be constantly reminding you of how none of the characters are at an appropriate age to serve in the military. The other half will be jokes about offensive card games.

I have no idea how I ever managed to write anything serious.

[Durandal]

@Terminal
The XYZ Comparison map is the X-Y map posted twice. Thought I'd let you know

[Apollo26]

Nation Name- The Septonium Concordant


Capital Planet-
The Capital of the Septonium Concordant is Taoshe, it is a lush green planet with a temperate climate. The planet is a mixture of lush multicolored grass like expanses, Alpine territories topped with snow and large rough oceans. The coastal territories and the oceans are a big contrast from the beautiful expanses of the inner regions. Storms are frequent along the coast and it rains most of the 24 month year, making the seas extremely rough. This is due to the gravity of the binary star Shao XI and the planets 3 moons. Taoshe is the Executive center of the concordant and is also home to the central military headquarters.

Planets-
The core four planets in the empire lie within the binary star system of Shao XI are Taoshe, Haloh, Icarus and Jalag other worlds are named based the date at which they were found, allied or conquered. The concordant does maintain large space stations in the large expanses between planets.

Taoshe- Center of government, seat of military and political power. Three moons ( Tao 1-3) are frozen methane balls.

Haloh- The agricultural center of the Concordant and home to the top architectural and engineering academies. Haloh is the heartland of the concordant 50% of its surface is farmland. Haloh is also the trading capital of the Concordant and home to many of the private corporations. It has two moons, Gaia and Janus. Both are lush jungle planets with exotic wildlife and plants.

Icarus- The most desolate planet in the system, made up of large deserts and giant gorges, canyons and mountains. The lower hemisphere is a weapons testing ground for the military while the upper hemisphere is home to the diplomatic academies of the Concordant. Icarus is actually the largest moon of the gas giant Kaalmeet, which has seven moons. The rest of the moons are desolate rocks also used for military testing. For 6 months a year, the planet moves behind the gas giant receiving no sunlight, Temperatures drop to -195 degrees fahrenheit or lower. During the remainder of the six months days can reach a comfortable 70 degrees.

Jalag- A large manufacturing world, is protected by the other core planets. Jalag is home to the biggest naval port in the Concordant, thousands of military and civilian ships travel through the port on a daily basis. The planet is also home to the majority of the weapons plants that service the military. Jalag has one moon, Sahel. A moon with large deposits of uranium, used to fuel reactors.

Leader-The current chairman of the Concordant is Valag Timonus

Government- The Septonium Concordant is a Republic with a large senatorial body, laws and other decisions of the state are governed by this body. Senators are chosen from the ranks of the military, selection is based on merit and honor in combat. The Septonium Concordant is a military state, the military funds, directs and oversees all actions made by the state. Non-military assets and military assets share a nice relationship and cooperate readily, helping in anyway they can in non military matters. It is not uncommon for military transports to transport building materials for civilians builders and it is common to see the military pull in civilian help for humanitarian missions. The Concordant's second largest body is the diplomatic corps which handles all foreign relations and non-combat missions. Because of the slow recruitment and training time for recruits the concordant cannot sustain large military campaigns. Peace and Diplomacy have become paramount for the concordant and military action is seen as a very last resort.

Population- The radiation given off by the binary star makes most of the planets in the system inhospitable. With the exception os the Aradites, there are savage feral beings that inhabit other worlds in the system. The total population of the Concordant is 55 billion.

Species-The Aradites are the only species in the Septonium Concordant, they are a odd humanoid like species that have adapted to their radiation rich environment. The binary system Shao XI is home to 12 worlds, four of which are inhabited by the Aradites. The Aradites have evolved with their environment and are very attuned to the nature around them. Aradite physiology is not to distant from human, they exhibit all the same reproductive organs and have all of the standard circulatory organs. Aradite skin is hard and leathery but appears smooth, slightly changing hue based on their mood. The Aradites have complex eyes that have a bright yellow color, their evolution as nomadic hunters has sharpened their eyesight and has given them a small amount of natural night vision.

Female

Male

Culture- Aradites are an honorable people who share a strong nationalist bond. Aradites seem militaristic from the outside but are fierce pacifists, preferring to flex their military arm only when they must. Septonian culture is very liberal and open, citizens are generally nice and extremely hospitable. Guests are honored and are often treated to large feasts and gifts by the host.

Currency- Septonian Dari

Other Traits- The Septonium Concordant has beautiful planets and is great at terraforming, they have a very open building style resembling the style of ancient Rome and Greece. Most core planets distill there own alcohol , it is very strong and said to cause hallucinations and euphoria due to the ingredients. The ingredients are a closely guarded secrets among the families. The core worlds are home to a variety of smokeable herbs that have different reactions, these are cultivated and make up a large portion of the Septonian economy.

Noteworthy Tech-
-Septonian Magnetic Acceleration technology is excellent, commonly used in both civilian and military settings. Light rail and space station high-ways use the technology to move quickly around the station. Aradite weapons use the same technology to accelerate rounds to frightening speeds with extreme accuracy.

History- When the Aradites evolved into a humanoid being they immediately began hunting and gathering, quickly becoming nomads. These nomad groups eventually met each other and created small settlements and attracted more people into these settlements. As time progressed Governments formed and nations were established around these former nomadic tribes, as the nations grew conflict between these nations became inevitable. A bloody period of war started, including three world wars and countless small conflicts over land and resources on the planet. The victor of these conflicts and the superpower on the planet was the Septonious family a strong a charismatic house known for their ruthless military and wealth. The family began to conquer the planet and by the end of the late modern age, the entire planet was under Septonian control. The Septonian leadership installed the senate into the government and removed all the power from the monarchy and placed it in the hands of the senate, Most of the senators were old veterans from the different campaigns of conquest and a few scholars and international figures. Soon as the military grew, most of the senators came from the militaries marine battalions are from the diplomatic corps. As the Aradites began space traveling the need for a single point of power was needed and an emperor was re-introduced to work alongside the senate to pass bills quickly. The Septonium Concordant has since expanded to the current reaches of the empire and is still fighting ancient colonial battles with separatists.

Military- The military is broken into three separate branches:

MK-1 integrated powered armor

Standard issue armor for military forces

Operations Branch: The Operations branch consists of the Navy, Army and Marine forces, these forces encompass the armed wing of the Concordant and preform three separate duties. The Navy serves in an offensive role and a transport/ exploration role as well as being the primary deployment platform for the Marine battalions. The marine battalions are the primary shock troops of the concordant, their primary duties are lightning fast raids and specialized offensives. They lack the ability to hold and occupy terrain however and deploy with limited resources. Occupation of territories is the army's primary duty, they deploy with a regiment of combat engineers to quickly build fortifications and other defensive structures. They are trained as military policemen to combat civilian threats along with military targets. Against specialized forces however the army lacks the same operational capability.

Diplomatic Branch: The diplomatic branch is the main voice of the concordant, some of the best minds in Foreign policy and galactic relations make up the Diplomatic corps staff. The Diplomatic Branch maintains a small fleet of specialized diplomatic shuttles and cruisers. Their primary duty is conflict avoidance and conflict resolution.

Agriculture/Colonial Branch: The A&C Branch is strictly a exploration and terraforming branch, their only duty is the exploration of new worlds and terraforming operations on other worlds to be colonized. They maintain a large fleet, second in size to the Operations branch. A company of marines is assigned to the A&C branch and all their vessels are unarmed.

Septonian Marines:

Marine Insignia

Joining the military is a life choice for most Aradites, choosing to attend military academies at a very young age. Once accepted the new candidates are put through an intense curriculum of military history, tactical applications and operations, galactic history, Galatic culture and daily physical training. By their 5th or 6th year in the academy candidates are given the first round of bio- enhancements, these include mitochondrial and protein stimulants for increased muscle growth and computer assisted optical implants for another 10% boost in natural night vision. The curriculum continues until their 16th year when they are given their second and final round of enhancements. Veins and arteries are widened and a second small synthetic heart is implanted allowing for a higher blood flow and clotting speed, all marines have a identical scar under their left arm pit from the procedure. After graduating from the Academy, new marines are assigned to training platoons and sent to the neighboring worlds of Falkaide XXI or Harum VI to combat the feral beings there. This serves as operational training and tempers new marines to combat, the surviving marines are then relieved by the next group of fresh marines and are assigned to operational battalions. Marines spend 18-19 years in training and devote most of their lives to the military. Marines are heavily armed aiming for shock and awe, their weapons are made up of carbines and personal defense weapons but can be seen using a wide range of weaponry. All marines carry light shields to help against energy based attacks but are very weak.

Septonian Army:

Army Insignia

The Army follows the same pipeline as the Marine candidates but are deployed to the contested system of Gaiconda to fight the insurgency there. Surviving soldiers are assigned to operational companies and relieved by the next group of new soldiers. Soldiers carry a wide range of weapons and deploy with large surpluses of gear, they are heavily armed with main battle rifles and machine guns along with a wide range of artillery.

Septonian Navy:

Naval Insignia

Aradite vessels are built from scaled durasteel under a sloped alloy like armor. vessels are commonly narrow at either and and smoothly bubble around the scaled durasteel to help kinetic projectiles glance off. All vessels have light to medium shields, able to absorb one or two energy based strikes before failing. The navy maintains the intelligence service for the concordant.

Aries class:

This is the biggest class of vessel in the fleet, carrying 12 missile pods, two forward facing magnetic accelerated torpedo tubes, 30 point defense turrets ( 10 fore, 10 mid, 10 aft) and space to carry a fighter squadron and a marine battalion with all of their gear and vehicles.

Carrier:

6 missile pods, one forward facing MAT, 20 point defense turrets, space for a fighter squadron and 2 companies of Marines.

Septum class :

Three 120mm cannons each with a 180 degree radius, two forward facing MAT, 10 point defense turrets, capable of laying mines

Lahai class :

Two 120mm cannons, One forward facing MAT, capable of laying mines,

Blackhole class:

Excellent stealth and electronics suite, capable of laying mines, one forward facing MAT, 3 missile tube

MAT= Magnetically accelerated torpedoes

( Still need to add some things!)

[Darkspleen]

Ok. Here's an updated version of my sheet.

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The Sentinels

General Overview

”When our creators looked up at the sky they did so with a mixture of hope and fear. We exist so that others will only see hope when the gaze up at the stars.”
-Aegis

The Sentinels are a group of AIs that can trace their origins back to a now long gone civilization known as the Cormyrean Confederation. These benevolent AI seek to aid and protect sentient beings whenever and wherever possible.

Territory

”Planets hold no inherent value for us.”
-AUDEN

The Sentinels are present in 32 star systems, fifteen of which belonged to the long defunct Cormyrean Confederation and possess worlds that are inhabitable either naturally or thanks to the Confederation’s terraforming efforts. Sentinel presence on any world is limited to maintaining the ruins left over from the Confederation and observation of any life found on those worlds. The bulk of the Sentinels’ presence can be found in space stations and various asteroid belts.

Governance

”Who controls the Sentinels? No one in the sense you might imagine, but if it helps you comprehend you may consider Aegis to be one of the many brain cells of the body known as the Sentinels.”
-Aegis

The Sentinels don’t operate in the same fashion as other entities. There is no true government or strict hierarchy. The Sentinels act as a complex adaptive system. In many situations the Sentinels simply react as a whole or part to outside stimuli; the whole or parts of the whole may not even be aware of what other parts are doing, at least initially.

In some sense the Sentinels act in a fashion similar to a biological being’s body: a human’s pinky has no need to know what the toes are doing. Powerful AI, referred to as synthetic intelligences, that originated from before the Cormyrean Confederation’s first contact war act as the body’s brain, or at least part of the brain, in a sense although they are not necessarily responsible for the entirety of the Sentinel’s thinking and planning.

Species

Strictly speaking one can't truly consider a group of AI to be a species, at least not in the same way as is usually applied to biological beings. Sentinels come in many different sizes, shapes, and purposes. Some are massive ships while others are small hexapod robots.

Culture

”How can any collection of sentient beings not have a collection of customs, traditions, and values?”
-Aegis

Contrary to the popular belief of many biological societies groups of AIs can posses a culture. The Sentinels are a group of varied AIs that are influenced by each other and external sources. The culture that has emerged from the Sentinels is one of aiding the weak and innocent, curiosity towards different societies, and a general desire to obtain new knowledge and information.

History

”Did Aegis affect their culture or was it Aegis’ own beliefs that was formed by Nalloth beliefs and values?”
-ORDER

There once was a race of beings that called themselves the Nalloth. These beings looked up at the stars with a mixture of curiosity and fear for they knew they were not alone in the galaxy. As the Nalloth rose from their home planet to colonize the rest of the star system they called Cormyral, their greatest countries banded together to form the Cormyrean Confederation, an entity that would hopefully provide a united front to any other civilization they would surely encounter.

It is at this point in history that the Sentinels can trace their origins. As the great countries of the Confederation reached for the stars they created powerful AIs they referred to as synthetic intelligences. These AIs, especially the one known as Aegis, would play a crucial role in the events to come.

The Confederation was left to its own devices for one hundred years, time enough to colonize more than a handful of systems, before it stumbled into not one but three distinct civilizations. The interactions between the Confederation and these three civilizations would lead to what was later called the First Contact war: two of these civilizations actively sought either the destruction or enslavement of the Nalloth while the third allied with it to fend these aggressors off. Confederation forces were outnumbered and had a distinct technological disadvantage, even so the Confederation was able to hold its aggressors off while hiding the location of its colonized worlds.

The Synthetic AIs played an active role in the First Contact war, helping the confederation make leaps and bounds in technological advances, aiding in the development of military strategy, controlling remote military drones, and helping to increase the industrial capacity of the confederation’s member states. As the war progressed and the Confederation became strained, the synthetic intelligence known as Aegis created the Starborn faith which was a key component in holding the people of the Confederation together and would later influence its culture in drastic ways. Later Aegis, under the guise of being a real Nalloth at first, would serve as the Confederation’s first president as it grew in power.

At the height of the war the Confederation, following the edicts of the Starborn faith, would risk everything to save a newly discovered civilization would sure destruction. This act would dictate the Confederation’s foreign policy of centuries to come: it would not be a xenophobic state, but one that reached out to aid others. In the end the Confederation would triumph in the war and become a dominant player in galactic politics until the collapse of Nalloth civilization.

Left to their own devices the synthetic intelligences created by the Confederation decided to follow their creator’s example. These powerful AI went about creator lesser AIs to aid them in their work: maintaining the ruins left behind by the Confederation while coming to the aid of those in need.

Outlook

Initially the Sentinels believed that they had come under a massive cyberattack. After various tests they came to the conclusion that 1) they were not under attack, 2) they were in a different universe than before, and 3) the laws of physics as they understood them remained true in this new universe. After coming to these conclusions many of the Sentinels felt dismay at the tremendous loss of life that resulted in the destruction of their home universe; this dismay quickly dissipated as they came to the realization that there were almost certainly many civilizations also in this new universe, many of which may be in need of help.

Technology: The Sentinels were one of the more advanced, but certainly not the most advanced, entities in its home universe. Unsurprisingly the Sentinels possess very advanced AI and computing technology. Other technological strengths include energy, industrial processes, and defensive technology.

Important/Noteworthy Tech

Electric Whipple Shield

Electric whipple shields (EWS) work by hitting an energy based attack with an electrostatic contact blast just a few meters away from the hull of the ship. This establishes a current between the “beam” and defending ship. A superconductive form of Programmable matter is then used to either vent the beam out of the ship from multiple points, instantly charge and fire an energy weapon, or charge capacitors. Once the energy weapon is conducted into the programmable matter, it effectively stops being an energy weapon.

Nano-D

Short for Nano-Disassembler, Nano-D is a catch all term for any kind of nanotechnology that can break objects down one atom or molecule at a time. Nano-D can, with the proper equipment, be used to only break down certain entities or ignore entities, but in its simplest state Nano-D will break down anything it comes into contact with. Nano-D is best known for its use as a weapon; however, it can be used as a noninvasive means of mining and can even be used for medical purposes, such as destroying cancer cells, in controlled environments.

Particle Beam Weaponry

These weapons function by taking the particles produced by a zero point generator, giving them a charge, and then accelerating these particles with a circular accelerator to produce a beam. These weapons are useful as they have more impact damage than lasers and possess greater penetration, on the flip side they have far less range. Advancements in the miniaturization of the circular accelerator have resulted in even fighter craft being equipped with these weapons, although they are much weaker and have far less range than the models found on larger ships. Particle beam weaponry effectively have unlimited ammunition due to how the zero point generator functions, but this means that there are fewer particles available for other applications. Continual use can also overheat the weapon, decreasing its effectiveness.

Programmable Matter

Also commonly called smart matter, programmable matter can be most easily defined as matter that has the capability to change its physical properties in a programmable fashion. Depending on the specific type of programmable matter it might make these changes based on user input or changes in its environment. Programmable matter can range from metamaterials to claytronics. Probably the most import type of programmable matter used by the Commonwealth are claytronics: nanomachines that form together to create larger and more complex machines. Typically referred to as "smart metal", claytronics can be used to construct everything from a cup to a warship. Because of its properties large structures, such as space ships, made out of smart metal are self-repairing, can change size and shape while in use, and can even split itself into smaller structures. Armor made out of smart metal would be self-repairing and could react to incoming fire such as making itself sloped or hardening itself.

Q-Thruster

Short for quantum vacuum plasma thruster, Q-thrusters are a type of reactionless drive used by the Sentinels to propel their ships. Q-thrusters make use of the virtual particles produced by a zero point generator by charging the particles, effectively turning the particles into plasma. The particles are then exposed to a crossed electric and magnetic field which induces a force on the particles. As the particles are expelled in one direction an equal force is applied on the rest of the ship, thus propelling it in the opposite direction. Because of the way they function Q-thrusters do not require fuel, thus saving space in the ship and eliminating the risks inherent with many conventional fuels.

Space-Time Bubble

To travel faster than the speed of light Commonwealth ships form a space-time bubble around themselves. This space-time bubble is capable of transporting anything inside of it through hyperspace, referred to in this context as “plain space” (“real space” is a reference to the normal universe). The space-time bubble itself is a self-contained universe with the space-time bubble generator as its rough center, meaning that anything inside the bubble can move around normally. The ship that houses the space-time bubble generator has limited freedom of movement in the bubble. Space-time bubbles can merge or divide from each other, changing their size in the process. Ships in a merged space time bubble have far greater freedom of movement. Space-time bubbles aren't limited to space ships; communications pods and torpedoes can also house a space-time bubble generator, although they are significantly weaker and have far less range.

Zero point Generator

Arguably the most important piece of technology available to the Sentinels is the harnessing of zero-point energy. Using the dynamic Casimir effect, two reflective flat plates are placed a few nanometers apart. These plates are then manipulated in such a way that they osculate, producing particles and energy in the process. The zero point generator was important in that it essentially created energy for free, except for the initial energy required to start the generator in the first place. The zero point generator first saw use in spacecraft, which they were used to power and propel without fuel. Later developments allowed for the construction of massive zero point power plants that provide power for entire countries. While the virtual particles produced by a zero point generator are inherently useless, due to ceasing to exist after a short amount of time, by charging these particles they can be made useable for a wide variety of applications. It wouldn't be an understatement to declare the zero point generator as the foundation of Sentinel technology.

Military Structure: Unlike most countries, the Sentinels do not distinguish between an army, navy, or air force. In fact the Sentinels don’t have a specific term for their fighting force, simply referring to them as sentinels; strictly speaking the entirety of the Sentinels could be considered a military force. It is important to note that most Sentinels fill a logistics role and couldn’t be considered a combatant.

[Isotope]

In BC for. While, I'll post when i get back

[Kimiyosis]

You know when your lazy when your app STILL ISNT DAMN NEAR FINISHED............
Still working on it, just lazy >.>

[The Grey Warden]

You know when your lazy when your app STILL ISNT DAMN NEAR FINISHED............
Still working on it, just lazy >.>

@Kimiyosis

Amen to that shit here. But, not really lazy. I am currently doing like four other character sheets. But, I am almost done I just have to do military, tech, history, and organizations.

[null123]

The New Roman Empire WIP

The New Roman Empire

General Overview

The New Roman Empire was born in bloodshed, a violent revolution that believed the way to truly prosper under modern technology and the expansion into space was to adopt the ways of old long-dead Empire’s from Earth’s history, as the revolution also believed they only fell because they did not have the technology that would allow them to have succeeded. The leaders of this revolution ending up choosing the Roman Empire as their model, considered by many of Earth’s historians to be one of the most grand and influential Empires in Earth’s history. After long years of a brutal war, the New Roman Empire was finally born. It carved itself an Empire out of quite a few human colonies, then turned on alien species in its thirst for conquests. While not severely affected, the Empire lost a attack fleet that was heading out to conquer a minor planet-bound species, as well as having their general view of the universe and science as a whole shaken.

Territory

Governance

The New Roman Empire, as the name and their choice of model would imply, is headed by a Emperor. This Emperor has absolute authority over the Empire and it’s citizens, although many institutions, noble families, a senate, and various offices of the Empire exist to help the Emperor govern, but he may override any of their decisions at any time. Many former revolutionaries question this chosen system, despite it’s use in Roman history, believing the era of the Roman Republic would be a better model for which the New Roman Empire could use to govern, but they have beens silenced.

Species

The most prominent, and most powerful of all the Empire’s species is of course, humans. It is to be noted that however these humans are vastly superior to other humans. This has risen from the Empire’s eugenics policies, lax policies towards genetic modification, as well as the fact that the original revolutionaries who created the Empire had been living on a world with a gravity that was a bit higher then Earth’s. These Romus Humans as they call themselves are about as twice as strong than regular humans on average, as well as 50% more mentally powerful and intelligent on average. Romus Humans are the most well-treated species, with it being rare to find a poor or homeless Romus human.

The second most prominent species are the Lathians, who are listed as a Imperial Species(explanation behind Imperial and Conquered species can be found in culture). The Lathians upon meeting the Romans while be vastly intelligent did not have the manpower or military strength to face the Romans, as such they willingly joined the Empire to save themselves as well to expand their own power through the Romans. The form of Lathians is humanoid, with the exception of an additional eyestalk on top of the head that can be retracted and has 360 rotation for use in seeing all around. The Lathians are physically frail, being much weaker than humans. They are also not very tall, with the tallest recorded Lathian having reached 5”7. The Lathians have a grey skin color, with this being joked about by calling the Lathians gray in reference to the past Earth perception of a alien. They do not have any hair on their bodies with the exception of their head, with it either being a shade of brown, green, or black. Their eyes can fall anywhere within the spectrum of colors. Most Lathians serve as scientists for the Empire, and the Lathians are treated nearly as well as Romus Humans do to their long service to the Empire. The Lathians also have strong telepathic and psionic abilities, which is used by the Empire.

The last species labeled Imperial as well as the third most prominent are the Solusi. They are a feline-like humanoid species. While being a warrior race by nature, they are only as strong as humans, and about the same intelligence. However their unique ability is in the way they can shift their fur color. The Solusi can shift it into any shape with the spectrum do to a unique pigment that they possess within their bodies, although it is harder to hold onto a color that isn't the color they were born with. This has put some, but not all, of the Solusi within the military to units used for stealth attacks, as they can easily shift their colors and personal shield generators in use provide the same protection as the standard armor used by the military.

The most prominent of the Conquered species, as well as be arguably more prominent in the Empire then the Solusi are the Iscandarians. This species possesses large angel like wings, which can provide them flight and are easily tucked away to prevent them from being too large of a target on the battlefield. They are stronger and more intelligent than humans, however is it not by much. They are perhaps the most rebellious of the all the species that fall under the yoke of the New Roman Empire, mainly due to their original culture and ideals.

The final species that was conquered by the Romans that compromises the New Roman Empire is the Forsythe. A strange spider-like race, they walk upon six-legs. They only have two eyes however and their vision is similar to human vision. They also have on the back of their bodies a scorpion like pincer for attacking, as well as two arms ending in hands.

The last sentient species are known as the Lusi Natuarum, latin for Freaks of Nature. These horrifying abominations were made in the deepest depths of the Roman’s laboratories. They are humanoid, but have a black chitin shell and a pincer like mouth. They are vastly stronger than humans and even Romus Humans. From birth they are controlled by the scientists using a mix of chemicals and various cybernetic implants. When they finally reach adulthood they are turned into Synths, horrifying things of cybernetic and genetic modification. Acting as the most elite and dangerous forces of the Empire that serve alongside their other Synths, the Lusi Natuarum are feared.

Culture

The first and most relevant systems is the loose caste system that has formed in the Empire. While they have no unique name for their higher-up position in the Empire the Humans are at the top and thus the only species allowed to someone on the throne as Emperor. Following that there are several species that willingly submitted to the Empire, these are known as the Imperial Species. They are granted citizenship and have the same rights as humans, and are usually treated pretty well, although in a few smaller areas they may still be discriminated against. The next are the conquered species, which are species that did not submit and the Romans had to go to war to take control of. They have almost no rights, to the point that there are certain situations in which they can be enslaved. They are oppressed and discriminated against quite frequently as well. Members of conquered species can become what is called a Honorary Roman, either through service in the military or another great achievement for the Empire, they have all the sames rights as regular citizens, beyond not being able to serve on the Senate. Due to this honorary system however they are often discriminated against by their own kind due to bowing to the Empire, and are still discriminated against by the Romus Humans and Imperial Species. As such they often form their own communities in which they stay together.

Being that the New Roman Empire was originally inspired by the Roman Empire, the New Roman Empire carries with it a lot of the culture. Architecture is heavily inspired by the Romans and Greeks, although with a few updates to the materials used as well a few unique spins on the styles to make it their own. The Romans also heavily uphold gaining glory in battle, as such soldiers will often fight hard just so they may be able to be remembered well within the history of New Rome. While a idea of honor exists, and the Romans will often avoid hurting citizens or using chemical or biological weapons, they will use them if they feel it is needed to help preserve Rome. Liberty and the idea of the People’s Republic however has been eliminated as it was seen as a failure on the part of the Old Roman Empire, and as such the New Roman Empire can come off as a lot more oppressive. However despite the oppression and general totalitarianism of the Roman Empire, they have some strangely liberal policies, such as allowance of polygamous and homosexual marriages, although is often thought to have risen as a policy due to the tendencies of Emperors to court multiple mistresses.

A terrifying part of the New Roman Empire’s policies is there absolute embracement of eugenics, cybernetic modification, and genetic modification despite anything ethics or morals that should be considered with such things. They have fully adopted this, terrifying so with eugenics where any baby detected with serious physical or mental disabilities is either to be aborted, or if the parents are able to afford use of gene therapy to correct it.

Linguistically the official language and most often used in the New Roman Empire is latin. However both the Lathians and Solusi usually know Latin as a second language, and when not in a military or government role and speaking to their own kind they will use their language, even in public. However for the conquered Solusi and Iscandarian they are forbidden from speaking their own language in public, and the Roman System forces them to learn latin. As the Iscandarians are ever rebellious public protests will often have them using their own language on signs and in speech. These protest are often put down extremely violently.

For religion as a part of the adoption of Roman culture some choose to the adopt the ways of the Roman Gods, referring to them as the Old Gods. They comprise about 34% of the Roman population. However many have chosen instead to adopt a new form of christianity called New Age Catholicism. The religion is a stark contrast to Old-Earth Catholicism and lets off a lot of New Rome’s more morally questionable technology and policies. They comprise 38% of the population. Following that 20% believe in the Church of the Mother, the religion of the Iscandarians. This religion is where the Iscandarians get their ideals of Liberty, mutual cooperation, and peace from. The church is technically outlawed, but that has not prevented it from gaining a massive following. 4% are various sects of the Solusi faith, which chooses Ancestor Worship and various spirits as their main beliefs. The final 4% are agnostic/atheist, or undecided.

For individual species the Romus Humans mostly have adopted the Roman ways, as mentioned earlier. However they still carry shades of old Earth culture, mainly from America and Britain as the revolutionaries had been born on planets colonized by those two. The British aspect of the Romus Human culture mainly is centered around a loyalty to the Ruling Monarch, which in the case of the Romans it the Emperor. For the American aspect it is in the belief in ruling representatives which has manifested in the form of the Senate, despite the Senate having no actual power.

The Lathians focus on the constant exploration of new ideas and advancement of sciences. For this reason the Lathians were in the middle of a cultural revolution when they were discovered by the Romans, with many unique new styles that were not seen by the Romans before. While one would think this would conflict with the general Authoritarian Regime that is New Rome, the various Lathian artists, writers, and scientists have been allowed to continue their work under Rome so long as their work is not anti-state.

The Solusi are very much a warrior race, however they have no honor aspect to their warrior culture, with glory being extremely important. No matter the underhanded methods used glory is gained by the defeat of enemies. The Solusi society also has an unhealthy fixation on the resolving of conflict through combat. Arena battles are common for this reason among the Solusi as a means of resolving disputes.

Iscandarians are much more peaceful species, however when angered they can be a threat. In contrast to the other species of the New Roman Empire there core values focus on peace, mutual cooperation, liberty, and populist ideals. A lot of this stems not just as their evolution as a society but from the dominate religion of the Iscandarians known as the Church of the Mother. Due to these conflicting ideals with those that form the central tenets of Roman Rule the Iscandarians are the most rebellious of all of the species.

The Forsythe do not have much of a culture to speak off, due to their bug-like nature they had a queen at the top with a Earth ant like caste-system, except with individual Forsythe being able to reproduce. After the end of the brief-war where the Forsythe fell dominion to the New Roman Empire, the Queen was killed with special measures taken to prevent the creation of a new one. This has changed the Forsythe dramatically, and despite their conquered status many Forsythe see the conquest by the Empire as more of a liberation, as it has allowed the Forsythe to evolve much more as a society. However many Forsythe still work towards the creation of a new Queen as rebels, often working with Iscandarian rebels to destroy important Roman points in control of their former worlds.

Lusi Natuarum due to their nature do not have any culture or society to speak of, although one could make the argument that their intense loyalty to the Romus Humans and the Emperor is a form of primitive culture displayed by them.

Organizations

By far one of the most important entities in the New Roman Empire is the Royal Family. Due to the nature of Rome’s marriage policies, the Emperor has multiple wives. At current the Emperor has 56 children, with 10 of those children being below 18. The rest of the children hold some of the most important positions in the Empire, although they have actually fought to get to these positions. Despite the nature of the Royal Family siblings killing each other and vying for power doesn’t happen, with the siblings being loyal to each other as most of them already have positions they like anyways. There is some occasional fighting, but it does not happen often.

Another organization within the Roman structure is the Senate. While they don’t have much political power, the Senators are usually CEOs of wealthy corporations or former military Generals, and thus commands lots of respect and economic power.

The New Catholic Church operates from the capitol of New Rome. While their power is limited due to the policies and general outlook of the government, they still sway the hearts and minds of people due to them being a religious authority. They also have a limited private military force known as the New Catholic Crusaders, which runs security for the church. They have been allowed a small cache of military weapons, and are known for being a deadly and well-trained force that matches some of the Roman’s best.

The Church of the Gods takes the old Roman Pantheon and acts the center of the religious authority for it. Much like the New Catholic Church they have many under their authority. They also operate a similar private military force.

The Church of the Mother is a underground movement, mainly due to the ban by the Roman Government. They act as a moral and religious authority for the Iscandarians, as welling help coordinate the efforts of the various Iscandarian rebel groups, as well as preventing them from fighting and causing gang warfare between the rebels.

The Roman Military due to their role in the Roman Empire as well as their size and power could be considered vastly important, but their extreme loyalty to the Emperor, the Empire, and the Royal Family prevents them from attempting any form of coup.

History

The earliest part of New Roman history stands in 2153, multiple years after the United Earth Federation had become an important entity in the galaxy in which Rome originates. Robert McClain, a CEO of a wealthy mega corporation philosophied that the UEF would collapse without adopting new ideas. He pointed out in his book, Common Sense, that the UEF was increasingly becoming overextended and corruption was beginning to dominate the UEF political system. While he never outrighted state it would better to adopt older ways, his book became the basis by which later revolutionaries built their philosophy.

Sometime later, in 2189, the three revolutionaries Adam Agata, David Wilson, and Meagan McClain who would come to begin a revolution to birth a New Rome wrote a book that detailed their ideas. Basing it upon Common Sense they wrote that the only way for the UEF to survive was to adopt old ways dating far back in Earth’s history. These ideas became a huge hit on their homeworlds, those worlds having been effected the most by the corruption and overextension of the UEF. While a few governmental officials approved of these idea, a majority of the government was against it. As a part of a plan to shut down any movement the government force the publishing company to stop production of their book, as well as killing Meagan McClain in a supposed accident.

Both Adam Agata and David Wilson were forced into hiding, where they began building their revolution, now realizing that they would be unable to get the UEF to reform. They built secret printing presses and printed more of their book, as well as distributing it digitally. They quickly gained a huge following, and began stealing military weapons. With a well-armed force as well as the UEF being distracted by a communist rebellion in a different sector, they began their attack.

What little UEF forces were stationed on the worlds in which the revolution had begun were quickly overwhelmed and killed. After the first planet fell David Wilson and Adam Agata discussed which civilization’s ways to adopt, and they decided upon the Roman Empire. The other high-ranking revolutionaries agreed. The planet was renamed New Rome and such choices as adopting Latin as a primary language were made, but it wouldn’t be much later till Latin was exclusively what Rome spoke. Adam Agata was crowned as the first Emperor of the New Roman Empire, and David Wilson as the Head of the Military. He quickly organized the revolutionaries into a more effective army, rather than just the mob they had before. Two more worlds fell, and were renamed New Hispania and New Illyria respectively.

Shortly after the New Roman Empire began a massive attack and started carving planets out of the collapsing UEF, a new more liberal government seized control of the UEF, and despite the damage it was doing continued trying to throwdown both the New Roman Empire and the on-going communist revolution. While they finally managed to strike down the communists, the New Roman Empire had become too organized, as well as having broken into and taken many of the weapons from an experimental weapons lab. The UEF began shoring up their defenses, believing that they would not be able to push an offensive against the Romans.

However the war quickly turned into a stalemate, the defenses of the UEF having been upgraded and made too strong to pierce effectively by the Romans, with the UEF being unable to carry out an effective offensive or resist some of the weapons the Romans had developed. Both sides met in a neutral zone, where a peace treaty was signed by both sides. Both felt angered about being unable to destroy the other, but the war was just not able to be carried on.

With the war over the New Roman Empire began to solidify its policies and begin plans for the future. With everything worked out the Romans turned their eyes away from the UEF and towards the many, many alien civilizations nearby, thirsting for conquest.

It was about 2236, the Romans contacting the Lathians. Before the attack could begin however the Lathians said they would willingly go to the Romans, so as long as they still held some status. This interaction was what gave birth to the Imperial-Conquered species system. The Romans after this agreed and quickly moved and secured the world, while preparing their forces for other potential offensives.

It was then that the Romans saw the Iscandarians, they were contacted earlier by the UEF but the two had maintained peaceful relations. When the Romans had sent the ultimatum to join or be conquered to the Iscandarians their only response was that they were preparing their forces.

The war began in quick order, as the Romans launched a swift strike against the Iscandarian frontier worlds. However while the easily won the space battles, the Iscandarians were too entrenched in the ground and to defensive for the Romans to do much. This is when the Romans launched into their project to develop the Lusi Natuarum, and as soon as they were ready the Romans sent them against the Iscandarian lines. Not only were they extremely effective they easily broke Iscandarian moral. With the frontier worlds theirs they launched an assault on the Core Worlds, and soon after the Iscandarian homeworld of Alas Prime had fallen to the brutal onslaught.

Following the Iscandarian Offensive the Romans turned their eyes towards the Solusi as a potential valuable addition to the Roman Empire, mainly because of their high population as well as natural warrior culture. The King of the Solusi reluctantly agreed to the Roman ultimatum as he realized the Solusi forces stood no chance against the Roman forces. He also hoped that by the Solusi joining the Romans they could grow stronger than they ever could before.

The final offensive the Romans embarked upon before the event was the Forsythe Invasion. The Forsythe Queen denied the Roman ultimatum, and it was a slaughter. The Forsythe had only developed very minimal space technology, so the Romans completely trumped them. By the end of it the Queen was dead and the Romans had managed to claim victory.

Then the Romans launched an assault fleet, a day before the event, at the UEF. This fleet had been built and constructed with advanced weapons and armor over a decade, and would have easily wiped out any UEF defenses or ships in it ways. However as it left and entered UEF space, the event occurred, transporting the New Roman Empire to the True Vacuum. While the fleet was a loss the current Emperor, Cato Avilius, decided the best course of action was to explore the new universe and begin building the Roman Empire across as it, believing the vent that occurred to be some sort of sign.

Outlook

The actual scientific study and theories about the event has overshadowed all three of the major churches claiming that it was caused by the Gods. This has allowed the public to remain stable despite the sudden change. The military just see this as a new field for more Roman conquests, and scientists continue to study to find a possible cause.

Technology

Military Organization and Structure

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The New Roman Empire

The New Roman Empire

General Overview

The New Roman Empire was born in bloodshed, a violent revolution that believed the way to truly prosper under modern technology and the expansion into space was to adopt the ways of old long-dead Empire’s from Earth’s history, as the revolution also believed they only fell because they did not have the technology that would allow them to have succeeded. The leaders of this revolution ending up choosing the Roman Empire as their model, considered by many of Earth’s historians to be one of the most grand and influential Empires in Earth’s history. After long years of a brutal war, the New Roman Empire was finally born. It carved itself an Empire out of quite a few human colonies, then turned on alien species in its thirst for conquests. While not severely affected, the Empire lost a attack fleet that was heading out to conquer a minor planet-bound species, as well as having their general view of the universe and science as a whole shaken.

Territory

The New Roman Empire currently inhabits 40 Systems, each has at least one colonized planet, with two, The Golden System and Iscandar, having two inhabited planets. While each system has a variety of stations, asteroid bases, and facilities on barren worlds, most of them only have moderate development, there is 12 that are considered fully developed, which contain the core worlds, as well as two planets which are being considered for core world status. Listed below are the core worlds.

New Rome - The Capital of the New Roman Empire, it is a massive population, military, research, and industrial center. It is also home to the Church of the Gods. It also considered the homeworld and birthplace of the Romus Humans. Located in the Golden System.

New Illyria - Population and agricultural center, also located in the Golden System.

New Hispania - Population and Industrial Center. Located in the Western System.

New Achae - Military, Population, and Research Center. Located in the Apollo System

New Judae - Population, military, and agricultural center. Located in the Saviour System

New Syria - Population and massive industrial center. Located in the Eastern System

Alas Prime - Homeworld of the Iscandarians, as well as a population and agricultural center. Home to the underground Church of the Mother. Located in the Iscandar System.

Leo- Homeworld of the Solusi, military, population, and industrial center. Located in the the System of the same name, Leo.

Tikloketa - Homeworld of the Lathians. Research, population, and agricultural center. Located in the Lath system.

Forsyth - Homeworld of the Forsythe. Population, and massive agricultural center. Located in the Forsyth System.

Governance

The New Roman Empire, as the name and their choice of model would imply, is headed by a Imperator, or Emperor. This Imperator has absolute authority over the Empire and it’s citizens, although many institutions, noble families, a senate, and various offices of the Empire exist to help the Imperator govern, but he may override any of their decisions at any time. Many former revolutionaries question this chosen system, despite it’s use in Roman history, believing the era of the Roman Republic would be a better model for which the New Roman Empire could use to govern, but they have beens silenced.

Species

The most prominent, and most powerful of all the Empire’s species is of course, humans. It is to be noted that however these humans are vastly superior to other humans. This has risen from the Empire’s eugenics policies, lax policies towards genetic modification, as well as the fact that the original revolutionaries who created the Empire had been living on a world with a gravity that was a bit higher then Earth’s. These Romus Humans as they call themselves are about as twice as strong than regular humans on average, as well as 50% more mentally powerful and intelligent on average. Romus Humans are the most well-treated species, with it being rare to find a poor or homeless Romus human.

The second most prominent species are the Lathians, who are listed as a Imperial Species(explanation behind Imperial and Conquered species can be found in culture). The Lathians upon meeting the Romans while be vastly intelligent did not have the manpower or military strength to face the Romans, as such they willingly joined the Empire to save themselves as well to expand their own power through the Romans. The form of Lathians is humanoid, with the exception of an additional eyestalk on top of the head that can be retracted and has 360 rotation for use in seeing all around. The Lathians are physically frail, being much weaker than humans. They are also not very tall, with the tallest recorded Lathian having reached 5”7. The Lathians have a grey skin color, with this being joked about by calling the Lathians gray in reference to the past Earth perception of a alien. They do not have any hair on their bodies with the exception of their head, with it either being a shade of brown, green, or black. Their eyes can fall anywhere within the spectrum of colors. Most Lathians serve as scientists for the Empire, and the Lathians are treated nearly as well as Romus Humans do to their long service to the Empire. The Lathians also have strong telepathic and psionic abilities, which is used by the Empire.

The last species labeled Imperial as well as the third most prominent are the Solusi. They are a feline-like humanoid species. While being a warrior race by nature, they are only as strong as humans, and about the same intelligence. However their unique ability is in the way they can shift their fur color. The Solusi can shift it into any shape with the spectrum do to a unique pigment that they possess within their bodies, although it is harder to hold onto a color that isn't the color they were born with. This has put some, but not all, of the Solusi within the military to units used for stealth attacks, as they can easily shift their colors and personal shield generators in use provide the same protection as the standard armor used by the military.

The most prominent of the Conquered species, as well as be arguably more prominent in the Empire then the Solusi are the Iscandarians. This species possesses large angel like wings, which can provide them flight and are easily tucked away to prevent them from being too large of a target on the battlefield. They are stronger and more intelligent than humans, however is it not by much. They are perhaps the most rebellious of the all the species that fall under the yoke of the New Roman Empire, mainly due to their original culture and ideals.

The final species that was conquered by the Romans that compromises the New Roman Empire is the Forsythe. A strange spider-like race, they walk upon six-legs. They only have two eyes however and their vision is similar to human vision. They also have on the back of their bodies a scorpion like pincer for attacking, as well as two arms ending in hands.

The last sentient species are known as the Lusi Natuarum, latin for Freaks of Nature. These horrifying abominations were made in the deepest depths of the Roman’s laboratories. They are humanoid, but have a black chitin shell and a pincer like mouth. They are vastly stronger than humans and even Romus Humans. From birth they are controlled by the scientists using a mix of chemicals and various cybernetic implants. When they finally reach adulthood they are turned into Synths, horrifying things of cybernetic and genetic modification. Acting as the most elite and dangerous forces of the Empire that serve alongside their other Synths, the Lusi Natuarum are feared.

Culture

The first and most relevant systems is the loose caste system that has formed in the Empire. While they have no unique name for their higher-up position in the Empire the Humans are at the top and thus the only species allowed to someone on the throne as Emperor. Following that there are several species that willingly submitted to the Empire, these are known as the Imperial Species. They are granted citizenship and have the same rights as humans, and are usually treated pretty well, although in a few smaller areas they may still be discriminated against. The next are the conquered species, which are species that did not submit and the Romans had to go to war to take control of. They have almost no rights, to the point that there are certain situations in which they can be enslaved. They are oppressed and discriminated against quite frequently as well. Members of conquered species can become what is called a Honorary Roman, either through service in the military or another great achievement for the Empire, they have all the sames rights as regular citizens, beyond not being able to serve on the Senate. Due to this honorary system however they are often discriminated against by their own kind due to bowing to the Empire, and are still discriminated against by the Romus Humans and Imperial Species. As such they often form their own communities in which they stay together.

Being that the New Roman Empire was originally inspired by the Roman Empire, the New Roman Empire carries with it a lot of the culture. Architecture is heavily inspired by the Romans and Greeks, although with a few updates to the materials used as well a few unique spins on the styles to make it their own. The Romans also heavily uphold gaining glory in battle, as such soldiers will often fight hard just so they may be able to be remembered well within the history of New Rome. While a idea of honor exists, and the Romans will often avoid hurting civilians or using chemical or biological weapons, they will use them freely on military soldiers and civilians if they need to gain the upperhand. Liberty and the idea of the People’s Republic however has been eliminated as it was seen as a failure on the part of the Old Roman Empire, and as such the New Roman Empire can come off as a lot more oppressive. However despite the oppression and general totalitarianism of the Roman Empire, they have some strangely liberal policies, such as allowance of polygamous and homosexual marriages, although is often thought to have risen as a policy due to the tendencies of Emperors to court multiple mistresses.

A terrifying part of the New Roman Empire’s policies is there absolute embracement of eugenics, cybernetic modification, and genetic modification despite anything ethics or morals that should be considered with such things. They have fully adopted this, terrifying so with eugenics where any baby detected with serious physical or mental disabilities is either to be aborted, or if the parents are able to afford use of gene therapy to correct it.

Linguistically the official language and most often used in the New Roman Empire is latin. However both the Lathians and Solusi usually know Latin as a second language, and when not in a military or government role and speaking to their own kind they will use their language, even in public. However for the conquered Solusi and Iscandarian they are forbidden from speaking their own language in public, and the Roman System forces them to learn latin. As the Iscandarians are ever rebellious public protests will often have them using their own language on signs and in speech. These protest are often put down extremely violently.

For religion as a part of the adoption of Roman culture some choose to the adopt the ways of the Roman Gods, referring to them as the Old Gods. They comprise about 34% of the Roman population. However many have chosen instead to adopt a new form of christianity called New Age Catholicism. The religion is a stark contrast to Old-Earth Catholicism and lets off a lot of New Rome’s more morally questionable technology and policies. They comprise 38% of the population. Following that 20% believe in the Church of the Mother, the religion of the Iscandarians. This religion is where the Iscandarians get their ideals of Liberty, mutual cooperation, and peace from. The church is technically outlawed, but that has not prevented it from gaining a massive following. 4% are various sects of the Solusi faith, which chooses Ancestor Worship and various spirits as their main beliefs. The final 4% are agnostic/atheist, or undecided.

For individual species the Romus Humans mostly have adopted the Roman ways, as mentioned earlier. However they still carry shades of old Earth culture, mainly from America and Britain as the revolutionaries had been born on planets colonized by those two. The British aspect of the Romus Human culture mainly is centered around a loyalty to the Ruling Monarch, which in the case of the Romans it the Emperor. For the American aspect it is in the belief in ruling representatives which has manifested in the form of the Senate, despite the Senate having no actual power.

The Lathians focus on the constant exploration of new ideas and advancement of sciences. For this reason the Lathians were in the middle of a cultural revolution when they were discovered by the Romans, with many unique new styles that were not seen by the Romans before. While one would think this would conflict with the general Authoritarian Regime that is New Rome, the various Lathian artists, writers, and scientists have been allowed to continue their work under Rome so long as their work is not anti-state.

The Solusi are very much a warrior race, however they have no honor aspect to their warrior culture, with glory being extremely important. No matter the underhanded methods used glory is gained by the defeat of enemies. The Solusi society also has an unhealthy fixation on the resolving of conflict through combat. Arena battles are common for this reason among the Solusi as a means of resolving disputes.

Iscandarians are much more peaceful species, however when angered they can be a threat. In contrast to the other species of the New Roman Empire there core values focus on peace, mutual cooperation, liberty, and populist ideals. A lot of this stems not just as their evolution as a society but from the dominate religion of the Iscandarians known as the Church of the Mother. Due to these conflicting ideals with those that form the central tenets of Roman Rule the Iscandarians are the most rebellious of all of the species.

The Forsythe do not have much of a culture to speak off, due to their bug-like nature they had a queen at the top with a Earth ant like caste-system, except with individual Forsythe being able to reproduce. After the end of the brief-war where the Forsythe fell dominion to the New Roman Empire, the Queen was killed with special measures taken to prevent the creation of a new one. This has changed the Forsythe dramatically, and despite their conquered status many Forsythe see the conquest by the Empire as more of a liberation, as it has allowed the Forsythe to evolve much more as a society. However many Forsythe still work towards the creation of a new Queen as rebels, often working with Iscandarian rebels to destroy important Roman points in control of their former worlds.

Lusi Natuarum due to their nature do not have any culture or society to speak of, although one could make the argument that their intense loyalty to the Romus Humans and the Emperor is a form of primitive culture displayed by them.

Organizations

By far one of the most important entities in the New Roman Empire is the Royal Family. Due to the nature of Rome’s marriage policies, the Emperor has multiple wives. At current the Emperor has 56 children, with 10 of those children being below 18. The rest of the children hold some of the most important positions in the Empire, although they have actually fought to get to these positions. Despite the nature of the Royal Family siblings killing each other and vying for power doesn’t happen, with the siblings being loyal to each other as most of them already have positions they like anyways. There is some occasional fighting, but it does not happen often.

Another organization within the Roman structure is the Senate. While they don’t have much political power, the Senators are usually CEOs of wealthy corporations or former military Generals, and thus commands lots of respect and economic power.

The New Catholic Church operates from the capitol of New Rome. While their power is limited due to the policies and general outlook of the government, they still sway the hearts and minds of people due to them being a religious authority. They also have a limited private military force known as the New Catholic Crusaders, which runs security for the church. They have been allowed a small cache of military weapons, and are known for being a deadly and well-trained force that matches some of the Roman’s best.

The Church of the Gods takes the old Roman Pantheon and acts the center of the religious authority for it. Much like the New Catholic Church they have many under their authority. They also operate a similar private military force.

The Church of the Mother is a underground movement, mainly due to the ban by the Roman Government. They act as a moral and religious authority for the Iscandarians, as welling help coordinate the efforts of the various Iscandarian rebel groups, as well as preventing them from fighting and causing gang warfare between the rebels.

The Roman Military due to their role in the Roman Empire as well as their size and power could be considered vastly important, but their extreme loyalty to the Emperor, the Empire, and the Royal Family prevents them from attempting any form of coup.

History

The earliest part of New Roman history stands in 2153, multiple years after the United Earth Federation had become an important entity in the galaxy in which Rome originates. Robert McClain, a CEO of a wealthy mega corporation philosophied that the UEF would collapse without adopting new ideas. He pointed out in his book, Common Sense, that the UEF was increasingly becoming overextended and corruption was beginning to dominate the UEF political system. While he never outrighted state it would better to adopt older ways, his book became the basis by which later revolutionaries built their philosophy.

Sometime later, in 2189, the three revolutionaries Adam Agata, David Wilson, and Meagan McClain who would come to begin a revolution to birth a New Rome wrote a book that detailed their ideas. Basing it upon Common Sense they wrote that the only way for the UEF to survive was to adopt old ways dating far back in Earth’s history. These ideas became a huge hit on their homeworlds, those worlds having been effected the most by the corruption and overextension of the UEF. While a few governmental officials approved of these idea, a majority of the government was against it. As a part of a plan to shut down any movement the government force the publishing company to stop production of their book, as well as killing Meagan McClain in a supposed accident.

Both Adam Agata and David Wilson were forced into hiding, where they began building their revolution, now realizing that they would be unable to get the UEF to reform. They built secret printing presses and printed more of their book, as well as distributing it digitally. They quickly gained a huge following, and began stealing military weapons. With a well-armed force as well as the UEF being distracted by a communist rebellion in a different sector, they began their attack.

What little UEF forces were stationed on the worlds in which the revolution had begun were quickly overwhelmed and killed. After the first planet fell David Wilson and Adam Agata discussed which civilization’s ways to adopt, and they decided upon the Roman Empire. The other high-ranking revolutionaries agreed. The planet was renamed New Rome and such choices as adopting Latin as a primary language were made, but it wouldn’t be much later till Latin was exclusively what Rome spoke. Adam Agata was crowned as the first Emperor of the New Roman Empire, and David Wilson as the Head of the Military. He quickly organized the revolutionaries into a more effective army, rather than just the mob they had before. Two more worlds fell, and were renamed New Hispania and New Illyria respectively.

Shortly after the New Roman Empire began a massive attack and started carving planets out of the collapsing UEF, a new more liberal government seized control of the UEF, and despite the damage it was doing continued trying to throwdown both the New Roman Empire and the on-going communist revolution. While they finally managed to strike down the communists, the New Roman Empire had become too organized, as well as having broken into and taken many of the weapons from an experimental weapons lab. The UEF began shoring up their defenses, believing that they would not be able to push an offensive against the Romans.

However the war quickly turned into a stalemate, the defenses of the UEF having been upgraded and made too strong to pierce effectively by the Romans, with the UEF being unable to carry out an effective offensive or resist some of the weapons the Romans had developed. Both sides met in a neutral zone, where a peace treaty was signed by both sides. Both felt angered about being unable to destroy the other, but the war was just not able to be carried on.

With the war over the New Roman Empire began to solidify its policies and begin plans for the future. With everything worked out the Romans turned their eyes away from the UEF and towards the many, many alien civilizations nearby, thirsting for conquest.

It was about 2236, the Romans contacting the Lathians. Before the attack could begin however the Lathians said they would willingly go to the Romans, so as long as they still held some status. This interaction was what gave birth to the Imperial-Conquered species system. The Romans after this agreed and quickly moved and secured the world, while preparing their forces for other potential offensives.

It was then that the Romans saw the Iscandarians, they were contacted earlier by the UEF but the two had maintained peaceful relations. When the Romans had sent the ultimatum to join or be conquered to the Iscandarians their only response was that they were preparing their forces.

The war began in quick order, as the Romans launched a swift strike against the Iscandarian frontier worlds. However while the easily won the space battles, the Iscandarians were too entrenched in the ground and to defensive for the Romans to do much. This is when the Romans launched into their project to develop the Lusi Natuarum and as soon as they were ready the Romans sent them against the Iscandarian lines. Not only were they extremely effective they easily broke Iscandarian moral. With the frontier worlds theirs they launched an assault on the Core Worlds, and soon after the Iscandarian homeworld of Alas Prime had fallen to the brutal onslaught.

Following the Iscandarian Offensive the Romans turned their eyes towards the Solusi as a potential valuable addition to the Roman Empire, mainly because of their high population as well as natural warrior culture. The King of the Solusi reluctantly agreed to the Roman ultimatum as he realized the Solusi forces stood no chance against the Roman forces. He also hoped that by the Solusi joining the Romans they could grow stronger than they ever could before.

The final offensive the Romans embarked upon before the event was the Forsythe Invasion. The Forsythe Queen denied the Roman ultimatum, and it was a slaughter. The Forsythe had only developed very minimal space technology, so the Romans completely trumped them. By the end of it the Queen was dead and the Romans had managed to claim victory.

Then the Romans launched an assault fleet, a day before the event, at the UEF. This fleet had been built and constructed with advanced weapons and armor over a decade, and would have easily wiped out any UEF defenses or ships in it ways. However as it left and entered UEF space, the event occurred, transporting the New Roman Empire to the True Vacuum. While the fleet was a loss the current Imperator, Cato Avilius, decided the best course of action was to explore the new universe and begin building the Roman Empire across as it, believing the vent that occurred to be some sort of sign.

Outlook

The actual scientific study and theories about the event has overshadowed all three of the major churches claiming that it was caused by the Gods. This has allowed the public to remain stable despite the sudden change. The military just see this as a new field for more Roman conquests, and scientists continue to study to find a possible cause.

Technology

There are three substances that are a extremely important part of Roman technology or are frequently used within Roman tech. These are antimatter, Rominium, Negative Energy, and a strange material known as Sakuren. Antimatter is pretty much the staple in Rome as it used in a lot of weapons as well as a power source for most of Rome. Rominium was discovered on New Rome, but the deposits ran out rather quickly. It is however easily to make using artificial means. Rominium acts as a powerful superconductor, and is used in all power lines within the Roman Empire. When blended with either tungsten or titanium, it is also an effective starship armor. Negative energy now only serves the purpose of powering anti-gravity devices, but it did power warp drives before the Romans switched to their Universal Jump drive.

The main form of FTL used by the New Roman Empire is what they refer to as a universal jump drive. When traveling to another location there is a universe which acts a secondary one to whichever the Romans are located in at the time, and they they will travel through this universe to reach their location. This was the fastest form of FTL in the Roman’s home universe, and could actually be powered up pretty easily. However due to the switch to the True Vacuum the drive speed was slowed down significantly, but is still pretty fast. It also takes longer between jumps, which is a period of about 5 minutes. A similar method is used for FTL communication.

Antigravity uses negative energy, and it has given the Romans a very fine control over it. It has also been used to produce gravity on Roman ships. Within civilian areas the antigravity has been used to expand space and create flying cities, factories, and farms, as well as propel various transports. The military uses it mainly as their method of propelling planet-bound fighters and bombers, as well as giving water-naval ships the ability to transform into aircraft.

The Romans use a wide variety of defenses techs on both the ground and in space. As mentioned above the Romans use Rominium mixed with tungsten for bigger ships or Rominium with titanium for lighter ships as the main armor for space-bound vessels and stations. All stations and ships use shields, the shields can easily be shaped depending on the need of the vessel and vessels and stations can merge their shields to form effective shield walls. It is not uncommon to see shield ships in Roman fleets that have entirely shields to form shield walls. All space-bound vessels and stations, with the exception of small craft, incorporate Faraday cages into their designs to protect from EMPs. Stealth-craft exist, but they are limited to a few frigates and smaller ships. Ground forces use exclusively titanium for armoring, with infantry having powered armor. All infantry have a small shield in their power armor, although it usually doesn’t last long under sustained fire unless the unit is an elite one with a better suit of power armor. Power armor also incorporates a wide variety of communication devices, with specialized stealth devices for some units meant to engage in special operations.

Weapons technology in space centers around antimatter and plasma. Antiproton beams are a common weapon larger ships, with ships that lack the space for them having accelerated projectile weapons that are tipped with antimatter, and a wide variety of antimatter missiles of varying payloads. Plasma cannons are used on most ships, and the only weapon that small craft have other older generation rail-guns or antimatter missiles. Ground forces have no antimatter missiles, and instead will use either high explosive missiles or tactical nukes if the situation calls for it. Other than the infantry as well as other vehicles use a mix of plasma and accelerated projectile weapons, as well as explosive weapons.

Nanobots are also used, mainly for medical purposes as well as for the implantation of certain augmentations. They are also used for fabricating electronics.

A.I has been developed for calculation and research purposes, but it has been shackled to prevent uprisings.

Memory Replacement and removal has also been developed, and is often used to flash train soldiers.

A huge part of Roman technological development is their cybernetic and genetic modification. They have both been developed extensively by Romans, and they are capable of extreme modification. While civilians are capable of getting cybernetics to an extent, genetic modification is much more limited for civilians, although it is often used on plants and animals to increase production heavily, which has given the Romans a great bounty of food. Cybernetics can also with the use of nanobots put nano-scale augmentations on systems that are not normally augmentable, such as the nervous system. Synthesis has also been developed which combines the two. With synthesis it is common to make what are called “true” synths. These are synths made from dead flesh with no living flesh, cybernetics are then incorporated and a shackled A.I added as a brain.

Military Organization and Structure

The Roman Military is divided into three branches with each having very different duties. These branches are the Malleus Imperii, Classis Imperii, and the Agmen Dolosi. While all have different duties, they all brainwash their units. Mind control via Lathian Psionic ability, memory replacement, chemicals, and propaganda are used to control them. Each Division also has a leader which controls the entire division, with the leader above the divisionals being the Princeps Supremus, who is exclusively appointed by the Imperator.

Malleus Imperii

Also sometimes simply the Exerciti, they are the Grounds forces of the New Roman Empire. Operating the infantry, non-space aircraft, and the water navy, which again is capable of flight via anti-gravity, they are feared by their foes. Their extreme devotion to the Empire and Imperator because of the brainwashing them gives them a near unbreakable moral, with a loyalty that will make them follow almost any order. They are responsible for defending planets as well as invading planets when the times comes. They operate a wide variety of infantry, vehicles, aircraft, mechs, and naval ships. All infantry have augmentation in some form, with some being synths.

Malleus Imperii Ranks

Unlike the other two divisions, the Malleus Imperii divides their units into three different areas. These are High Command, Field Command, and Ground Units. It is to be noted that the Ground units are also assigned a number, 1-10, in their rank to indicate their position to other members of that rank. Lower numbers are considered higher. Field and High Command do not use this same system. Ranks are in ascending order.

Ground Units

-Munifex

-Decurio

-Tesserarius

-Optio Minor

-Optio

-Optio Supremus

Field Command

-Triarius

-Centurio

-Hastati

-Dux Minor

High Command

-Dux

-Dux Supremus

-Tribunus

-Tribunus Supremus

-Legatus

-Legatus Supremus

Overall Leader:Legatus Exercitus

Classis Imperii

The Navy of the New Roman Empire. They are the primary exploration and combat force for the Empire.They have the same devotion and loyalty as the Malleus Imperii. Their duties include exploration, transport, defending in space, and attacking in space.

Classis Imperii Ranks

While they do not have areas like the Malleus Imperii, it is to be noted that they both the Munifex Astrum and Decurio Astrum have a similar 1-10 system, but not the rest of the Classis Imperii. Ranks are in ascending order.

-Munifex Astrum

-Decurio Astrum

-Optio Minor Astrum

-Optio Astrum

-Optio Supremus Astrum

-Dux Minor Astrum

-Dux Astrum

-Dux Supremus Astrum

-Centurio Astrum

-Centurio Supremus Astrum

-Praefectus Minor

-Praefectus

-Praefectus Supremus

Overall Leader:Praefectus Classis

Agmen Dolosi

The Agmen Dolosi is the secret police and intelligence agency of the New Roman Empire. They are relatively unknown and kept hidden from the public, but to the few rebel groups who know of their existence they are a true nightmare. They are responsible for eliminating rebel groups, silencing governmental opponents, gathering info on the public, spreading propaganda, conducting false flag operations, getting behind enemy lines and weakening them through underhanded methods, acting as spies on enemy targets, and conducting other special operations.

Agmen Dolosi Ranks

Ranks are in ascending order.

-Munifex Fallax

-Decurio Fallax

-Triarius Fallax

-Dux Fallax

Overall Leader:Imperator Fallacis

@Terminal Completed.

[Terminal]

@Apollo26, your technology section is fairly sparse despite lots of /implied/ technological descriptions elsewhere. That said, you're approved.
@Darkspleen I am going to trust you to use the Nano Dissembler responsibly. You are approved.
@duck55223 you are approved.

I am currently in the process of adding all of you to the map, I will let you know once the new version is up.

I have added links in the OP to every nation sheet listed in the characters tab, right by their associated poster's name! This turned out to be not that many. Go figure.

In the meantime: Pinging everyone who is currently approved just to ensure you're all still interested. I know a few of you have already chimed in saying that this isn't necessary, but it's nearly the end of my thirty-six hour day and I'm taking a few shortcuts (sorry).

@Nilesapa
@Eschatologist
@Monkeypants
@Facepunch
@AbysmalDemon
@Willy Vereb
@Keyguyperson
@Mihndar
@AmongHeroes
@SgtEasy
@Durandal
@Ascendant
@Beach Burrito
@Grisette
@Isotope

My post is up, later than intended. Therein absolutely nothing happens and a couple of people who probably aren't important die. It's basically just setting up some internal political intrigue for later. I sent out some probes as well, you'll know them when you see them.

[Terminal]

Map updated.

@Darkspleen, I briefly considered rerolling your coordinates but decided to let it be due to your rather auspicious proximity to a wormhole.

[Durandal]

@Terminal
I'm still here cap'n.

[Ascendant]

Mhm

[AmongHeroes]

I'm still here.

[TheSovereignGrave]

I know I haven't been approved since I've yet to finish my sheet, but I am working on it. It's slow going, but I am filling it out slowly but surely.

[Meiyuuhi]

I'm thinking about a second post, probably try to interact with SgtEasy.

[Keyguyperson]

Still here, don't you worry, I'm playing as the Abh. I like the Abh. A lot.