[center][i]The universe is ending.

It had always been mere speculation, but in the end, reality proved to be a [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_vacuum#Vacuum_metastability_event]False Vacuum[/url]. Either by chance or due to the machinations of some unknown force, multiple nucleating wavefronts of true vacuum were generated within the Virgo Supercluster. 

These bubbles of spacetime, after expanding to swallow entire galaxies, began to expand faster than light as the rest of the universe began to implode upon the new expansive regions. As a result, the entirety of your civilization was engulfed in the true vacuum in an instant, without warning.

By some unforeseen miracle, all life and reality as it is known fail to cease. You have found yourself displaced in an entirely new universe. Theories abound as to how such is possible, but no firm answers are forthcoming.

Of more immediate concern is that the ultimate ecological disaster did not affect you alone. Other nations, other sovereign powers and forces, were displaced as well. Your nation, regardless of its previous existence, now finds itself isolated in an entirely unfamiliar geopolitical landscape.

New alliances will be forged. New hatreds will be kindled. The great minds were wrong. In this new universe, the capacity for a joyous existence remains. The paradigm of life, intelligence, and impetus go on.[/i]

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So hey, since everyone has declared Stellevia to be dead, I figured I would try and nab the next Space NRP slot.

The premise is simple. Every nation in play has been displaced from the false vacuum universe and finds themselves in an entirely new universe at a random coordinate location. This involves a bit of weirdness, since every civilization has been displaced in a cookie-cutter fashion - every planet and star that was a part of each respective power remained in the same place respective to each other, but every other star and celestial body in the universe was thrown to a new spot. Amongst other things, this means there are no galaxies or star clusters in the new universe - everything is just floating around in an unorganized jumble right now. The True Vacuum universe is therefore rife with rogue planets, surprise singularities, supernova remnants, massive gamma bubble fields, and more. Lots of room for esoteric space adventures in other words.

This is soft science fiction, incidentally. No hard science required (although if you want it feel free to indulge).

A gamut of basic rulings in advance since these things always inevitably crop up:
[hider=Rulings]-There is a speed limit on FTL travel. It takes a full week to travel 10,000 lightyears (for reference, the Milky Way is approximately 80-100,000 lightyears in diameter, so this is fairly high for a speed cap).

-Local Area FTL Jamming will exist as a defensive measure to prevent Alpha Strikes on Homeworlds and similar nonsense. Blitz can still be run since the range for Jammers will be limited to (relatively) small areas of space, and will be severely limited in number. It's mostly intended to give strategic planets time to brace themselves.

-Tactical FTL Jumps will be permitted as an additional layer of tactics for naval warfare, but tactical FTL Jumps must have sufficient power consumption/recharge/detriment so as to prevent its frequent abuse. No ship should be able to pull off two consecutive FTL jumps without some kind of downtime, drawback, or limitation.

-FTL Weaponry is also permitted, although such weapons are subject to the same limitations as regular ships. This means no multi-drive FTL missiles that can perform multiple consecutive jumps.

-No dyson spheres or similar megastructures. Space elevators are ok.

-In order to keep things consistent, everybody will stick to starships and space structures that are less than ten kilometers in diameter.[/hider]
As a special feature, as everyone submits nations I will create a map of Anomalies throughout surrounding space (in the manner mentioned above).

This is just an basic overview to see if there's any interest. If I can get at least five interested parties to participate, I'll immediately begin work on an official OOC, nation sheets, an introduction, and a more formalized listing of setting descriptions/rules.

Thoughts, comments, interest?