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[SCI-FI] The Stars Above

@Durandal I said post it in the OOC, not the CHAR tab.

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Verbal communication would come in time. The wonders of digital computing accelerated the learning process for written dialog, but it was still slow going. In time, the Ophisians taught the xenos their script for greetings, basic directions, some objects, some pronouns, some proper nouns, and the basic procedure to follow if they receive particular transmissions in Ouroboros space. Likewise, the Ophisians learned some of the xenos own script. It was far from optimal communication, but the two parties learned enough from each other to avoid blowing each other up over slight miscommunication. In the hours after their first meeting, the Ophisians and the xenos laid the groundwork for understanding each other, and it would have to serve until proper linguists could be sat down across from each other.

At last, it came time for the two parties to bid farewell, at least for the moment. Al-Insun tapped quickly on her computer, the device translating her words into the known words of the xenos.

"We reverse-greetings. We go to Lord." After giving the admiral a moment to process her words, she continued.

"You go here. You here okay -- " the computer printed, as Al-Insun pointed at a basic map of the star system, marking the L4 anomaly, " -- All but here reverse-okay. Do not go. We speak again."

The image lingered as Al-Insun awaited the xeno's acceptance of the terms.

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@Keyguyperson I didn't see anything glaringly disruptive on my read-through, but your sheet is incredibly dense and simultaneously a bit scattered. Would you mind posting a more concise version of your nation-sheet here in the OOC so I can see a better rundown of your civilization?

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THE STARS ABOVE is now OPEN for applications. Please post applications in the OOC, not the CHAR tab. DO NOT POST works-in-progress or otherwise incomplete sheets. All nation applications will be judged as if they were complete.

@Icepick You are clear to start posting in the IC.

@Dragonruby will be assigned as my co-GM shortly. This is almost purely a matter of my years of experience with Dragonruby, during which he has displayed trustworthiness and level-headedness time and time again. In addition, his timezone is both far enough ahead of mine to manage the thread while I'm away, but our times of activity overlap enough that I can maintain reliable communication with him each day. I will still be respecting the opinions and considerations of the other players when it comes to arbitration, and I trust Dragonruby to do the same if a decision must be made in my absence.

@Keyguyperson I will be reviewing your sheet shortly.

Merry Christmas Eve, everyone.

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@Icepick You can go ahead and start typing up a post, but I would hold off on actually posting it until at least @Palamon or @ClocktowerEchos gives your sheet a look over.

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@Icepick "absorbs certain bandwidths of broadband waves" does not equal thermally invisible. Plasma itself is incredibly hot. If you look at the main article linked in that subheader, you'll see that plasma stealth is proposed to use to reduce the radar cross-section of a craft, not for use as blanket invisibility against all forms of sensors. You're welcome to use it to reduce your radar cross-section, but by no means does it work as visual or even thermal invisibility.

Regarding your neural network, if it's only working in the one star system, I have no issues with that.

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@Icepick Something in your sheet escaped my notice until just now. Other than the fact that it's pointless to have your ship hidden from visual and thermal scanners when using FTL (the scanners won't be able to pick you up while you're in FTL regardless of any cloaking tech), it sounds like your neural network functions at FTL speeds as well, allowing information to be transferred between star systems without any need for an FTL drive. The cloaking and ansible-like neural net are the only two things I have particular issues with, with the ansible network being my main hangup.

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@Dragonruby

Al-Insun flips a few switches on her computer, and it begins to awaken. As it whirs to life, she reaches up and begins to remove some of the plating on her helmet. Large worms begin to wriggle, now clearly in view of the Admiral. What appeared to be thick muscle fibers or fleshy cords wriggles free of the top segment of the helmet, revealing many nightmarish eel faces, with all their eyes and mouths pointing towards the xeno. The worms begin to gurgle and quietly shriek, but only for a few moments before they go silent. The admiral might realize now that the black circles dotted around the priest's and warriors' armor were camera lenses, microphones, and speakers, rather than decorative items.

Al-Insun's heads split their attention, with several turning towards the computer she's now operating one-handed, and the rest making eye contact with the xeno. A few minutes pass, and then a rod extends upwards from the crate. On it, a roughly spheroid device with a lens pointed toward the table the xeno stood at. It swivels a moment, and a blurry image projects onto the xeno's table, coming into focus slowly as the projection lens whirs softly. It is writing, accompanied by a rough silhouette of the Ophisian priest holding her palms together and baring her neck. Al-Insun mimics the image, all heads pointing upwards as she makes a guttural vocalization. In that stance, she waits.

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@ClocktowerEchos Just for the sake of being able to make edits myself instead of waiting for you to be online. If you can just PM me the layers individually, I can put them together.

@Palamon No worries. @REDSHEILD and @Riemann have been busy with the holidays as well, so I don't imagine the RP will make too much progress until a little after Christmas.

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@ClocktowerEchos Having the potential players PM their nation sheets is just to keep WIPs from flooding the OOC, and so I can give it a cursory look over and tentative approval before the peer review. Applications PM'd to me aren't going to be accepted outright.

Would you mind sending me a copy of that map with the layers un-merged?