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[b]Million Exploding Suns Spectacle[/b] ([b]MESS[/b]) is space combat oriented RPG detailing the war between the evil power-hungry Stellar Dominion and the brave optimistic Free Planets Alliance for the control of the Ares Sector.
Each player will be a civilization part of either of the two factions. Your job is to design this civilization and their ships, assemble your fleet and fight with your allies against the opposing players.
Intermissions between battles would detail the course of the war, which would depend on how well your faction performed in the RPs.
While this game is obviously competitive I really don't wish to enforce some gameplay mechanics and it'd be instead your typical play-by-post RP. It'll be on your own honor and the GMs' attention to see you keep doing this fair and avoid godmodding, no-sells or anything similar. Overall the purpose of this RP to have some fun.

Prior to joining the game you'd need to create your own race/civilization/faction, including your ships for the game.
So I give you a quick guide on what to post here:

[hider=Player Profile Guideline][center][h1]Name of Your Faction[/h1]
[h3] Allegiance of your faction[/h3]
picture/emblem of your faction (if you want to)[/center]
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[u][b]Faction Overview[/b][/u]
Describe your race/civ/faction here. You don't need to write much. Just enough that we can get a general idea about your player faction.

[u][b]Technology Overview[/b][/u]
Again, you don't need to detail everything. Just give us an overall picture so we can know what to expect. This section also saves space when describing technology all (or nearly all) of your ships have.

[u][b]Spacecraft Overview[/b][/u]
this is where you post your Spaceship profiles. Fighters and other small craft also need their own profiles but you can cut a few corners on those.

[hider=Ship Profile Guideline](put the picture of your ship here if you want)

[b]Name:[/b] (What's your ship called, likely the class name of this type of ship)
[b]Dimensions:[/b] (if it's the typical elongated design it's enough if you just write down the ship's length)
[b]Crew:[/b] (How many people operate this ship, ignore it for drones or one-man fighters)
[b]Battle Points:[/b] (how many battle points this spacecraft costs? Leave it blank until the GMs decide this value)
(You can share many other info with us here but these are the basics, mass of the ship is a common info, for example)

[u][b]Spacecraft Attributes[/b][/u]
[List][*][b]Hull:[/b] (How tough is your ship?)
[*][b]Powerplant:[/b] (How much energy your ship has?)
[*][b]Shields:[/b] (How good are your shields?)
[*][b]Speed:[/b] (How fast your ships can go?)
[*][b]Maneuverability:[/b] (How agile is your ship?)
[*][b]Sensors:[/b] (How good are your sensors and how far they reach?)
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(These stats range from 0 to 100 and their meaning are abstract. Somebody with 70 speed is faster than other ship with 50, that's all.)

[u][b]Weapons[/b][/u]
(You list the ship's weapons here, I'm giving you an example)

[u]Main Gun[/u] (Name of the weapon)
Count: 2 (how many of these you have on the ship)
Power: 40 (how strong is the cannon, can be directly compared to Hull and Shields attributes)
Description: (Tell us what kind of weapon is this and what can it do)


[u]Point-Defenses[/u]
Count: 12
Power: 10
Description: Low-energy pulse lasers to intercept missiles and unarmored ships.

(It isn't that hard, right?)

[u][b]Other/Special[/b][/u]

(You mention here whatever else you want to say. Special abilities or unique technology you wish to detail. FTL drives that can be used in combat are generally mentioned here, for example)

[u][b]General Description[/b][/u]
(Tell us about your ship. No need to write a novel but at least let us know how to imagine it.)
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[u][b]Known Fleets[/b][/u]
Leave this section blank for now. For each battle you'd be creating a fleet where you can use set number of "battle points" to buy your ships. This is a way to ensure balance.

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Post your faction profile in the OOC first or in PMs. Only submit accepted faction profiles to the Character Sheet.
Same for Fleet Profiles in the future.

That's all for now.
Are you ready for this MESS!?
Let the universe cry from the roar of our guns!