I assumed that there would be a high ratio of essentially new space-faring races rather than like almost everyone being old? I mean, we had a point of trying to start this RP off at a lower tech-level, so it was surprising to me to see a bunch of old races playing with sticks and stones essentially.
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@Icepick
Uh... Like I said... There isn't an issue? It's just a trend I saw. Galaxy's populated by essentially a bunch of old fogies and that's all I'm pointing out and saying that it's a little weird from my perspective. I never made any issue with you or your roleplaying skills. It's fine.
Uh... Like I said... There isn't an issue? It's just a trend I saw. Galaxy's populated by essentially a bunch of old fogies and that's all I'm pointing out and saying that it's a little weird from my perspective. I never made any issue with you or your roleplaying skills. It's fine.
@Icepick
It's nothing against your sheet in particular, just a trend I'm starting to see. Each one that came in just started to go older and older. Not a big deal, honestly, just a minor gripe from me.
It's nothing against your sheet in particular, just a trend I'm starting to see. Each one that came in just started to go older and older. Not a big deal, honestly, just a minor gripe from me.
@Lauder
Just saying, everyone's going for some sort of pretty ancient history behind them. Honestly, I kinda like the tone of it since it does give the galaxy bit of a more 'lived in' feel, but I do feel like there's a point where it gets a little ridiculous.
Just saying, everyone's going for some sort of pretty ancient history behind them. Honestly, I kinda like the tone of it since it does give the galaxy bit of a more 'lived in' feel, but I do feel like there's a point where it gets a little ridiculous.
I'm starting to feel like everyone's just trying to outdo each other with how ancient their predecessors are. We have the Ouroboros who've nuked each other into the middle ages over and over in 'cycles of destruction', humanity who's apparently at least thousands of years old (which I did not coordinate with Palamon at all, it was just a detail I'd always planned to use so that other people could play humans if they wanted to), a race genetically modified by their god predecessors in a process that's at least gone over three times, and a bunch of sentient AI with a god-AI that was made by scientists that nuked themselves to death apparently billions of years ago.
Also Icepick, the main reason for ClocktowerEchos asking about the Vol, is likely to try and get some story thread started with that. It's probably better to talk a bit about it between the two of you and see if you can come up with something interesting to work with it rather than mostly write it off as they'd only have had minimum contact or none at all. If in the end you two decide to not have had any contact between the two, then that's fine, but I feel like you ought to at least give it a shot before saying they'd absolutely not done anything with each other.
Also Icepick, the main reason for ClocktowerEchos asking about the Vol, is likely to try and get some story thread started with that. It's probably better to talk a bit about it between the two of you and see if you can come up with something interesting to work with it rather than mostly write it off as they'd only have had minimum contact or none at all. If in the end you two decide to not have had any contact between the two, then that's fine, but I feel like you ought to at least give it a shot before saying they'd absolutely not done anything with each other.
@Keyguyperson
If you want to use the nation sheets already posted, then MissingAxis' Ouroboros would on the lower end of techs, while IcePick's is most definitely higher tier. We're not starting as sprawling space empires, so we're not looking at world ending Deathstar lasers or anything. Honestly? I'd recommend maybe pulling inspiration from genres like cyberpunk or maybe looking at technologies that we are estimated to have in the near future and taking those maybe a step up.
@ClocktowerEchos
I feel it's a little unfair to IcePick to deny their sheet that would likely be otherwise accepted (at least that's how it seems to me at the moment), just because of a few new plot ideas that hit you all of a sudden. I do admit, sentient AI is for sure the kind of tech that's pushing the boundaries of the lower level starts we're having, but their sheet seems otherwise largely reasonable aside from the things I've mentioned earlier in the thread, both of which have been addressed/fixed.
If you want to use the nation sheets already posted, then MissingAxis' Ouroboros would on the lower end of techs, while IcePick's is most definitely higher tier. We're not starting as sprawling space empires, so we're not looking at world ending Deathstar lasers or anything. Honestly? I'd recommend maybe pulling inspiration from genres like cyberpunk or maybe looking at technologies that we are estimated to have in the near future and taking those maybe a step up.
@ClocktowerEchos
I feel it's a little unfair to IcePick to deny their sheet that would likely be otherwise accepted (at least that's how it seems to me at the moment), just because of a few new plot ideas that hit you all of a sudden. I do admit, sentient AI is for sure the kind of tech that's pushing the boundaries of the lower level starts we're having, but their sheet seems otherwise largely reasonable aside from the things I've mentioned earlier in the thread, both of which have been addressed/fixed.
@MissingAxis
Admiral Erling very nearly recoiled at the sight of the alien's "head", if it could really be called that. It was something out of a nightmare. A compilation of hundreds of writhing worms and eels, beady eyes and razor teeth. The gurgling and shrieking was slightly more expected due to their earlier, brief, communication between their ships, but it was still no less disconcerting. To his credit, though, it only takes a moment before Erling composed himself again, giving the alien a bit of a strained smile at their appearance.
The alien's ability to apparently both focus on him and work the device with a single... limb, was a bit on the unnerving side as well, but all that was driven from his mind, at least for a moment, as the machine began to emit an image. He studies it for a long moment, attempting to piece out exactly what the alien was trying to signal to him. In the end, Erling decides to match its stance, pressing palm against palm as he turns his head up towards the ceiling, his eyes glancing back down towards the creature in question of what exactly he was doing.
Admiral Erling very nearly recoiled at the sight of the alien's "head", if it could really be called that. It was something out of a nightmare. A compilation of hundreds of writhing worms and eels, beady eyes and razor teeth. The gurgling and shrieking was slightly more expected due to their earlier, brief, communication between their ships, but it was still no less disconcerting. To his credit, though, it only takes a moment before Erling composed himself again, giving the alien a bit of a strained smile at their appearance.
The alien's ability to apparently both focus on him and work the device with a single... limb, was a bit on the unnerving side as well, but all that was driven from his mind, at least for a moment, as the machine began to emit an image. He studies it for a long moment, attempting to piece out exactly what the alien was trying to signal to him. In the end, Erling decides to match its stance, pressing palm against palm as he turns his head up towards the ceiling, his eyes glancing back down towards the creature in question of what exactly he was doing.
No objections from me for the new modified sheet.
@Icepick
Two big questions from me. First is, I'm not exactly sure how plasma is supposed to help hide ships from visual and thermal scans. I also wonder how useful it'll be when using fusion like that would likely leave a bunch of other emissions that can be tracked as well.
The other big thing is the question of how the Vort Nexus basically spans several star systems? Wifi doesn't really work too well across light years of space, so how does the Nexus stay as one whole constantly updated entity connecting every robot?
Two big questions from me. First is, I'm not exactly sure how plasma is supposed to help hide ships from visual and thermal scans. I also wonder how useful it'll be when using fusion like that would likely leave a bunch of other emissions that can be tracked as well.
The other big thing is the question of how the Vort Nexus basically spans several star systems? Wifi doesn't really work too well across light years of space, so how does the Nexus stay as one whole constantly updated entity connecting every robot?
@ClocktowerEchos
Exactly how far do Ivrah stations/observatories and all that extend from their core 4 tiles?
Exactly how far do Ivrah stations/observatories and all that extend from their core 4 tiles?
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