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Aboard the I.S.S. Prize

Our continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations... and to finally get paid




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Welcome aboard, crewmen #1120193! You are standing on the deck of the I.S.S. Prize, the finest ship the ISA Fleet has to offer. The building of which has, unfortunately, tripled our national deficit- so we'll expect a hefty turnout for your wages.

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Concept:


With this RP, we will each be taking on the role of a crew member working aboard an exploratory starship. Instead of an overarching plot or a single idea, I'm looking to do a series of episodic, "planet of the day" style adventures. Our fine ship will be assigned to explore a new sector or planet regularly, where we will encounter new problems and new villains to be dealt with. Then on to the next!

After each adventure, there will be a small break before the next. That way, we can have some time to make more relaxed posts about life on the Prize: talking to other characters, forming romances, killing redshirts for sport, or whatever. Free time!

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Setting:


The year is 2400. Earth is a founding member of the Intergalactic Star Alliance (ISA), an organization with over 50 member planets and citizens from well over a dozen humanoid species. As it turns out, however, that's only a drop in the bucket compared to the vastness of the Galaxy and the smallness of humanity.

For this reason, the Terran Stafleet has tasked the I.S.S. Prize with exploring the Milky Way and all the cultures that live within it. Which is a great slogan, but a vague objective. More specifically, the Prize is tasked with investigating an area on the other end of Kepler's Passage, a stable wormhole at the edge of ISA Space. Where does it lead? It's your job to find out.

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General Info:


As in Star Trek, the big inspiration here, our characters are all members of the "Away Team." This means that when we explore a new planet or visit an alien ship or so on, our characters are the ones who make the trip.

Writing-wise, I'm looking for a "High Casual" style. That means at least a few paragraphs per post, strong character consistency and decent-ish grammar/spelling. Try to add or do something interesting with each post. I don't plan on any posting requirements (no "post once a day" type stuff), or posting rotations, but if someone stops replying then I'll probably drop you a message about it to see if you're still in.

Your character can be any position and rank (other than Captain), with any amount of experience in the Fleet. Human characters are encouraged, but humanoid aliens are also allowed.

Some suggestions for your character's position on the ship:
Diplomat
First Officer
Tactical Officer
Security Guard
Anthropologist
Pilot
Programmer/Hacker
Ship Counselor/Therapist
Field Medic
...or any kind of scientist, soldier or explorer

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How to Join:


Of course, some of those example positions have been filled already. But, no worries. You can make up virtually any role, and I'll take it. Plus, you can see an up-to-date list of all the current characters at the top of the "Characters" tab. I'm always accepting new players. When you have a CS, just drop it in the OOC or PM me.

Now, when I first started this RP, I left things intentionally very vague. That way, players would have a chance to worldbuild with their CS and first few posts. But now that a lot of people have added their own species, technology and words to the world, I wanted to stop things from getting too confused.

So, I started a hider called "Notes for Consistency" down at the bottom of this post. It has notes on the different ideas that players have added to the world. That way, nobody accidentally contradicts anybody else. I've tried to keep it very brief, so I recommend reading it.

That said, don't feel like you have to read every single post so far before you can join. Since this RP is a series of adventures, you don't really need to know everything that happened before you came in. Every new adventure is a new plot. But, if you do want to feel caught up: at the top of the IC page is a one-paragraph summary of every adventure so far. I've kept that as brief as possible, too.

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Rules, CS, and Consistency:






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Checking in, sheet to follow soon.
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Never really looked that much into Star Trek, but seen as it's an inspiration of it rather than an actual fandom RP, I'm definitely going to be throwing in a character soon. I've been looking for some good Sci-Fi in a while!
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Never really looked that much into Star Trek, but seen as it's an inspiration of it rather than an actual fandom RP, I'm definitely going to be throwing in a character soon. I've been looking for some good Sci-Fi in a while!


Glad to have you!

Yeah, you don't gotta worry about knowing Star Trek, that's just where I get the idea from. I wanted to leave us more open to do any general sci-fi influence we want, and let us worldbuild on our own without feeling like we need to stick to fandom.
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This looks like fun. Let me come up with something, and I'll get back to you.
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Aaand sheet as promised.

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Hey! Alright then. I'll be dropping off an app soon-ish
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@Starlance

I was so worried I was going to have to do critique and hate myself for it, but your gal is actually really strong right off the bat. Approved. You can drop her in the Characters tab.
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Alright. Here is my app (stole some formatting from @Starlance thanks!).

Thanks and yeah Moved!!
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If you are still accepting new participants, I'd like to jump in on this. I can have an OC ready later today.
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@This Girlie

About to head to work, so I'll have to review your CS after. Excited to see our first alien, though!




[@Everyone]

So, when I started this, I left the world very vague intentionally. That way, everyone gets a chance to worldbuild with their characters and early posts. But so that we don't get confused and start contradicting eachother, I'm going to keep a running list of major additions to the world called "Notes for Consistency" in the original post.

So, as per Starlance's CS, our segment of the fleet is called the Terran Starfleet. And as per mine, there's an academy on Earth that trains for this Terran Starfleet called the Star Academy.

I'll add This Girlie's worldbuilding to it after I've approved her character.
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This looks like fun. Let me come up with something, and I'll get back to you.


If you are still accepting new participants, I'd like to jump in on this. I can have an OC ready later today.


Yep yep, I'm always accepting!
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Just thought I'd clarify, because misunderstandings over meanings of words have happened in the past, I have a habit of referring to Humans in Sci-Fi settings with alien species as "Terrans", as in originating from Terra (Earth).
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Not quite sure how far medical technology has come, but here is my character.
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Not quite sure how far medical technology has come


That's totally up to you, as our resident demented doctor

Like I said, things are left open intentionally so everyone can participate in the worldbuilding. Like, for example, your character sheet just established for the first time that Christianity and the Bible Belt are still around.

So go with the medical technology however you want, as long as it doesn't make you ridiculously OP

Speaking of your C.S.: it's accepted. Go ahead and place our dear sadistic surgeon in the Characters tab.




@This Girlie

You're accepted too. I'm already smiling at how her superiority complex is going to clash with Carabello's laid back style
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Still perfecting some of formatting but this is the overall final product.

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@ShiningSector

Wow, that's a lot of worldbuilding, and it's giving me ideas. I think I'm gonna have to work some of the Auval'Kotor into our adventures.

Accepted, of course. Now we've got two "hunter" themed aliens on the ship. I wonder if Geu'rach and Rizky more respect eachother or more compete with eachother?
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@Jeyma

Thank you, though I feel my OC's race is more "soldier" and/or "warrior" themed. Admittedly they probably held hunter-like traditions previously but accepted a more doctrinal approach to their culture.

I can see Gue'rach and Rizky maybe discussing different philosophies, such as how should you kill someone? Be devious and stab 'em in the back or be honest and stab 'em in the face?
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I can see Gue'rach and Rizky maybe discussing different philosophies, such as how should you kill someone? Be devious and stab 'em in the back or be honest and stab 'em in the face?


Both, of course. Gotta be thorough.
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Both, of course. Gotta be thorough.


Good answer.
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