Aweirdgamer

Void of Novira: Scramble for Interplanetary Colonization (Now Open)

@Mihndar
Thank you. Feel free to use however fits. I find them very convenient.

Void of Novira: Scramble for Interplanetary Colonization (Now Open)

State of the Famsidian Union

Domestic Statistics

Population: 76.2 million

Relations

Cindorayi Empire : Undetermined
Grand Protectorate of Lithla : Undetermined
Vaspen Empire : Undetermined
Famsidian Union : Undetermined
Union of Kor : Undetermined
New Auslassia : Undetermined
The Gestalt : Undetermined
Dominion of Isalka : Undetermined
Rafinid Technocracy : Undetermined
Aldabetan Republic : Undetermined

January 1, 2057

The Head of the Famsidian microcountry of Umadin, Orns, was cleaning rotten fruit from their face as they stepped down the stairs. Orns had resigned less than two minutes ago. A new election was scheduled to take place over the coming week. Orns sighed, wishing that they weren't the top news story of the night. There had already been enough of a scandal. There didn't need the public shame. The anger circulated strong throughout the crowd. They wanted change, and it was coming, but not in the way they expected.

Elsewhere, "Boom go the sky.", a young child said, pointing upward. Large lines of fire shot in many directions. Another would soon come. Fireworks. Crude rockets launched for light in celebration. A traditional Famsidian song played in the restaurant. Famsidians danced and cheered. It was a marriage between two newly wed Famsidians, Lognu and Passine. They were both representatives of differing districts. Beyond the feelings, it was hoped by both districts this would help ease tensions and grow mutual understanding. Peace was a desire for many.

Lognu and Passine, you are going to stay to be. Let all the world shine upon you. From happiness to thee. Spread out your love far and wide. We expect a fine-

But things couldn't be simple. The broadcast cut into a cackling static. The cheer slowed, as another Famsidian, the restaurant host, went to the radio now broadcasting static. This was odd. The radio had just been printed recently. It was still new and checked for defects before the party started. A large television screen, previously broadcasting a slideshow of the families, altered its picture.

A news jouranlist, Larner, showed in front of their desk. The desk read "National News Network". It was the government's news reporting agency. Larner spoke, "We apologize for the interruption, but we have dire news. This is an urgent time for the rational and compassionate to ready themselves. There is potentially a new nation amongst us. We do not claim to support or be against them. They are calling themselves the People's Republic of Cindorya, and have declared independence from the Cindorayi Empire. Effects are growing quickly, including collateral damage. A Famsidian communications satellite was downed from collateral damage. It is unknown how far this revolution will escalate."

Lognu looked at Passine. Both were scared. But as both held each other with two of their arms, both whispered to each other in calmer relief, "We have each other to go through this."

Elsewhere, in a smaller town near the edge of the southern ocean, a prototype of a new Famsdamen rocket engine was being tested. The engine was the size of a cup, and held in place from strong steel clamps. It ran within a small house garage. The engine had been running for several hours. The engineer, Gonte, was watching it closely, though tired from not sleeping. Gonte said with a dry mouth, "No defects at all. This could be amazing for my level 3 schooling course. Maybe then... they'll take me seriously..."

Gonte lifted three of their hands. One to get a drink of water from a nearby table, which began to be drunk. One to reach for a camera to take a picture of the current engine's stability. One to pick up a bolt, just noticed on the ground. The last was the most firm grip. Gonte spoke to themselves more, "I am not naive..."

Void of Novira: Scramble for Interplanetary Colonization (Now Open)

Nation Sign-Up Sheet:


(clickable)

Name of Nation: Famsidian Union
Nation Characteristics: The Famsidian Union was founded in 1744 as a confederation of loosely connected Famsidian smaller countries. It was intended to be a way to provide common protections and resources while still providing each individual country's autonomy. A limited power republic based government was put in place to oversee things to mixed results. Since then, centralized power has grown under tense operations. The culture of the countries are very diverse which both adds to their ability to adapt, and growing disagreements. In the years since the forming of the confederation, it has gradually became a federation with increasing power. The autonomy of the smaller countries is not as great proportionally anymore which is just one of the many contentious issues circulating throughout the increasingly divided nation. In 1994, the country nearly went to civil war, but it was averted from peaceful negotiations and reworking of the law system to allow more Famsidian voices, and increasing the size of the Union Congress at the central government for more representation. This has worked... for now.

Nation Location: Nova Mondial, southwest continent, southwest block.
Nation Initial Population: 76.2 million
Species Name: Famsidian
Species Characteristics: Famsidians (as shown) have four arms, which has made them more coordinated for tool use and multitasking. However, they are not very good at defense without it, and are slow to move due to having to move a larger body.
Side Chosen in Void War: Most are neutral (65%), second most agree with the Cindorayi (23%), few with Aldabetan (12%) although those that agree with the Aldabetan tend to be more extreme. The disagreements have so far made the nation stay neutral.
Technological Level: In addition to the base technologies, there is a lot of general research, primarily into consumer products for commerce, and manufacturing. 3D printers are as standard as desks, and knowledge how to use them is like literacy (over 99.9%). This also includes a well tracked recycling program and resource management system. Computers are common, including networks, though not very advanced beyond Earth 2000 level. More nationally, the biggest industries are mining, agriculture, and architecture. More locally, it is very diverse but spread thin as well. For example, there is a monopoly on telephones and there hasn't been much innovation or developments beyond a national phone service. Space travel involves satellites and a fast growing space program. Interplanetary probes have been sent, but no crew-based missions have been attempted beyond orbit as of yet. Although plans to begin space colonization are on the way.
Special Resource: Famsdamen - not really valuable materials on their own, but a highly efficient fuel when processed correctly. It can be used for long-range travel at the cost of power. While it can allow travel for otherwise unheard of lengths without using much at all, it isn't going to make the journey fast. Analagously, if a barrel of oil would be two days, this would take a teaspoon and a week. Burning more also doesn't add much to speed either. On the plus side, it can allow a lot more room for larger spaceships or vehicles because the conventional fuel equation isn't as prohibiting. Of course, those also take a lot more build time and other resources.

Novira: An Interplanetary Colonization Roleplay

@Arawak
Sounds reasonable to me. I imagine also as both of our nations are strongly interested in manufacturing, even if by form is different, there are at least a few partnerships and trade deals regarding production and research. While the Famsidian are more modern on some aspects from what I can tell, the common cultural aspect of that suggests good relations to me. What do you think?

Novira: An Interplanetary Colonization Roleplay

@Aweirdgamer
@Dinh AaronMk
Hello neighbors.

Given are geographic proximities, shall we hash out some shared history?

@Arawak

Sounds good on creating shared history. How do you want to discuss this?

I'm considering setting up a Discord for this like there is for PoW. You guys like that idea?

@Mihndar

I like it.

Novira: An Interplanetary Colonization Roleplay

Nice idea for the roleplay.

Here's my tentative nation(s) sheet. Let me know if it seems reasonable. Although I'm putting one down, it is near the breaking point into civil war.

Nation Sign-Up Sheet:


(clickable)

Name of Nation: Famsidian Union
Nation Characteristics: The Famsidian Union was founded in 1744 as a confederation of loosely connected Famsidian smaller countries. It was intended to be a way to provide common protections and resources while still providing each individual country's autonomy. A limited power republic based government was put in place to oversee things to mixed results. Since then, centralized power has grown under tense operations. The culture of the countries are very diverse which both adds to their ability to adapt, and growing disagreements. In the years since the forming of the confederation, it has gradually became a federation with increasing power. The autonomy of the smaller countries is not as great proportionally anymore which is just one of the many contentious issues circulating throughout the increasingly divided nation. In 1994, the country nearly went to civil war, but it was averted from peaceful negotiations and reworking of the law system to allow more Famsidian voices, and increasing the size of the Union Congress at the central government for more representation. This has worked... for now.

Nation Location: Nova Mondial, southwest continent, southwest block.
Nation Initial Population: 76.2 million
Species Name: Famsidian
Species Characteristics: Famsidians (as shown) have four arms, which has made them more coordinated for tool use and multitasking. However, they are not very good at defense without it, and are slow to move due to having to move a larger body.
Side Chosen in Void War: Most are neutral (65%), second most agree with the Cindorayi (23%), few with Aldabetan (12%) although those that agree with the Aldabetan tend to be more extreme. The disagreements have so far made the nation stay neutral.
Technological Level: In addition to the base technologies, there is a lot of general research, primarily into consumer products for commerce, and manufacturing. 3D printers are as standard as desks, and knowledge how to use them is like literacy (over 99.9%). This also includes a well tracked recycling program and resource management system. Computers are common, including networks, though not very advanced beyond Earth 2000 level. More nationally, the biggest industries are mining, agriculture, and architecture. More locally, it is very diverse but spread thin as well. For example, there is a monopoly on telephones and there hasn't been much innovation or developments beyond a national phone service. Space travel involves satellites and a fast growing space program. Interplanetary probes have been sent, but no crew-based missions have been attempted beyond orbit as of yet. Although plans to begin space colonization are on the way.
Special Resource: Famsdamen - not really valuable materials on their own, but a highly efficient fuel when processed correctly. It can be used for long-range travel at the cost of power. While it can allow travel for otherwise unheard of lengths without using much at all, it isn't going to make the journey fast. Analagously, if a barrel of oil would be two days, this would take a teaspoon and a week. Burning more also doesn't add much to speed either. On the plus side, it can allow a lot more room for larger spaceships or vehicles because the conventional fuel equation isn't as prohibiting. Of course, those also take a lot more build time and other resources.

Civilization Roleplay: Rise of Races (The Tribes of Nova Mondial Want You!)

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This is just a thought, but you both could try makeing colonies, or something similar, that break away from the main group and start doing their own thing. This way you can keep going, but still be able to work on the interaction if the other person deicides to come back.

@Joegreenbeen

I'll explore that for my next post.

Civilization Roleplay: Rise of Races (The Tribes of Nova Mondial Want You!)

I think it can be safely said that people that haven't posted in a month don't exist anymore, and we can work forward from that.

@Mihndar

Based upon that, the questions that come to mind are:
- What should be done if the players were doing inter-species communication?
- What should be the plan for if the players come back?
- Should the eclipse that happens to be happening relate to it for an IC event?

Civilization Roleplay: Rise of Races (The Tribes of Nova Mondial Want You!)

It's been hard to make spare time here. I can try to make some for this, though. For IC posting, I am waiting for others, but if we are going to keep moving, I think we need to resolve what to do with the non-active races.

Civilization Roleplay: Rise of Races (The Tribes of Nova Mondial Want You!)

Hello? Where is everyone?

I'll try the defibrillator. BZZZT. We're losing it, er, them, er, this?

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What I did for Alvith is I figured out numbers of males and females. For Alvith population it is 52% male and 48% female. From that I then decided that 75% of that is adults and 25% would be children. With number of adults then for each male/female pair I counted that as a mated pair which can produce children. So I took that number then gave Alvith a 50% fertility so only half of pairs could produce children. Take the number I get for number of children and spread it out between 52% male and 48% female first. Go through distributing population increase between 75% adult and 25% child for both genders which accounts for children becoming adults. Then checked the percentage increase in population and it was 18%. Seeing this as a little big for Alvith I added a additional step which was a 5% population decline after each growth in population. The 5% accounts for deaths from lack of medical knowledge, wild animals, sickness and old age. Would keep track of posts with population and after three posts would have a growth in next post.

So that is how I figured out to do 13% population growth for Alvith. It works currently but would need to redo numbers and figure out new growth rate if Alvith ever were to suffer a great number of deaths. Technological advancement could also alter the growth rate to be higher by lowering death rate.

@Neruu

Clever method.