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Yo, I love it so far. Just a really cool vibe. I can't wait to see how it looks finished.

And yeah, Raylah is right: I've seen some great sheets go nowhere, because the writer never posts. And I've seen some mediocre sheets redefine roleplays. Personally, I think that the ECU sheet is way below my usual standard, and I wrote it in a rush, but I've still had so much fun with it. So don't worry about making it perfect. Just make it something you can play
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I'm still here. I just got a lot going on right now, new job and leaving the old job. I'm hoping to get something up on the weekend
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This looks neat, is it still open for new players?
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@VXGreen Yup, you're more than welcome to join in! What idea do you have in mind?
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Man, someone always beats me to the chase when new players show up

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Always open. Make sure you read over the OP, as it has most of the info you'll need. In fact, I just now added a new section, labeled "New Players" that should help you get started. It contains suggestions of what to do when your NS first gets accepted, and a brief run-down of game events so far called the "galactic history book." (The history book is still incomplete, but I plan on finishing it out when I get home from work. )

Finally, I recommend joining our discord server. It's where most of the planning, talking and worldbuilding for future posts happens, so it helps not to be left out-of-the-loop. Link: discord.gg/ZKcvNr2T4K
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@Tortoise are you cool with my activity being... low?

Due to the nature of my nation if anyone has anything they want to discuss I am down for it, but just due to my new job I'm not sure how often I'm going to appear with the drive to do solo posts.

I have half of one done but I don't know when it'll get finished.
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@Tortoise are you cool with my activity being... low?

Due to the nature of my nation if anyone has anything they want to discuss I am down for it, but just due to my new job I'm not sure how often I'm going to appear with the drive to do solo posts.

I have half of one done but I don't know when it'll get finished.


You're fired!

Jk, jk, of course it's fine. Your real life is more important. Besides, the posts you've done already have given us an absolute ton to reference and react to; the deals you have with different nations, the revelation of the Zetans true homeworld, and the whole megastructure theme. Even if you were to never post again, you'd have left an imprint. So I understand if you need to slow down your posting a little. You can just be the powerful corporation lurking in the background for now
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It's a short post but I just need to get some minor details out, working on a collab right now anyway.

If anyone wants to come chat with some mad production peeps just hmu.

Sad I missed the party.
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It's a short post but I just need to get some minor details out, working on a collab right now anyway.

If anyone wants to come chat with some mad production peeps just hmu.

Sad I missed the party.


Pfft, the party missed you.

Does your recent post signal that you're back in? Or should we still consider you in low activity for the time being?
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Pfft, the party missed you.

Does your recent post signal that you're back in? Or should we still consider you in low activity for the time being?


Post a week if I can manage it. Beyond that I won't appear much.
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Post a week if I can manage it. Beyond that I won't appear much.


Don't stress yourself about it. This is a game, after all, not a job.
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@Tortoise@Sep False, it's your job! If you don't post twice a day, we'll hunt you down and tickle you to death! Mwuahahaha!!!!!!
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Approved! You can drop them in the char tab and start posting whenever.

It'll be interesting to see how a more normal, science-focused nation reacts to all the weirdness of the other colonies. We've got clones, cyborgs, and... whatever the ECU counts as, I guess.
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Approved! You can drop them in the char tab and start posting whenever.

It'll be interesting to see how a more normal, science-focused nation reacts to all the weirdness of the other colonies. We've got clones, cyborgs, and... whatever the ECU counts as, I guess.


Would honestly be pretty interesting. Looking forward to making the first post. Any tips BTW on that first post like what I should see and such so I can start making the details? I'm thinking of doing the meeting place thing first.
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Sure! You might want to write first about the Gateway reopening, and your people's reaction to it. Here's some descriptions of what that looks like:

In the depths of space, ancient machines whir to life. A signal has been received, written in a language of code that only the Gateways know, that says: Come back. And they do. From one end of the Galaxy to the other, overlooking worlds of hostile deserts or sunken marshes, they come back. First with a spark, a wavering in space- and then a flash of blinding light and heat, a storm in the void, a celestial crescendo like a sun being born. And then only a steady light. Billions of lifeforms witness it. They wonder for a moment, perhaps, but then they go back to their lives, not knowing that over their heads now sits a portal to countless other worlds.


A spark started in the Collective's processing. It was lit on a small scientific space station, hanging in orbit above Zeta's sandy surface, gazing out at the universe around the small, yellow dot. The spark, once lit, blossomed immediately. It grew from an ember to a conflagration in only a few moments, a flame racing across the minds of the Consciousness. On the moons of Z and 3, workers moved to see through the translucent hab-domes, on the surface of Zeta, they stared upwards, organic and biomechanical eyes adjusting to the brightness, and deep beneath the planet's surface, those that could not afford to rapidly emerge instead stared through the eyes of their friends, out onto a second sun, burning bright in the sky.

The flames said only one thing- just one short sentence. The Gateways are back.


Those are written by me and Irr, who were both waxing poetic, but you could always go with something simpler. The agreed upon traits is that the Gateway is bright, and that it wavers and "sparks" before it opens.

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Now, with your Gate up and running, it's fully up to you where you go. The Gateway automatically "links up" to incoming ships (don't ask me how, it's a plot device ) and presents them with a list of star systems with active Gateways. In practice, that means your people can now reach any other nation. You could pop over to visit the One or the Undefeated or the Xandalians or whoever.

Buuuuut the Meeting Place is recommended because that's where all nations gather and conduct diplomacy. Going there allows your people to be seen and received by the whole galactic community, without us having to write our your meeting everyone individually. It's in orbit of Earth, so following are descriptions of what Earth and the Meeting Place have been said to look like:

But it's all ashes now, gray and still. Sorrowful.


Earth, that defeated lump of clay outside


Earth, the blue planet that was depicted in old pieces of art, in various media back home, and from tales passed down from generation after generation. It was...dead, a world covered in gray and muck, no life to be seen. "Oh no.." Julian uttered to himself. Small droplets of tears running down his cheek.


When he emerged, he wasn't entirely certain what he was going to find, but it certainly wasn't this. A swarm of vessels, of many and varied designs shuffled to and fro through the gateway, all heading towards a lump of steel...


You'll notice we haven't actually described the exterior of the Meeting Place a ton. But hey, maybe you'll be the one to fill in the gaps ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Either way, your colony can easily get started in the RP by going there and reaching out (with a message, or sending a diplomat, or whatevs) to the Meeting Place. Then we'll have our nations reach out back to them, starting the diplomacy and interaction and war and so on.
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Sure! You might want to write first about the Gateway reopening, and your people's reaction to it. Here's some descriptions of what that looks like:

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Those are written by me and Irr, who were both waxing poetic, but you could always go with something simpler. The agreed upon traits is that the Gateway is bright, and that it wavers and "sparks" before it opens.

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Now, with your Gate up and running, it's fully up to you where you go. The Gateway automatically "links up" to incoming ships (don't ask me how, it's a plot device ) and presents them with a list of star systems with active Gateways. In practice, that means your people can now reach any other nation. You could pop over to visit the One or the Undefeated or the Xandalians or whoever.

Buuuuut the Meeting Place is recommended because that's where all nations gather and conduct diplomacy. Going there allows your people to be seen and received by the whole galactic community, without us having to write our your meeting everyone individually. It's in orbit of Earth, so following are descriptions of what Earth and the Meeting Place have been said to look like:

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You'll notice we haven't actually described the exterior of the Meeting Place a ton. But hey, maybe you'll be the one to fill in the gaps ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


Thanks! Will probably pop in the discord and run some ideas by some peeps. Cause the whole describing the meeting place is intriguing to me.
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Approved! You can drop them in the char tab and start posting whenever.

It'll be interesting to see how a more normal, science-focused nation reacts to all the weirdness of the other colonies. We've got clones, cyborgs, and... whatever the ECU counts as, I guess.


And Gundams. Xandalians have a LOT of Gundams. XD
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And Gundams. Xandalians have a LOT of Gundams. XD


Gundams eh? Well another inspiration for all the robotics for me was Universe at War Earth Assault. The Novus was one of my primary inspirations and they're badass.
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@Liotrent I personally liked the aliens better in Universe at War. Those huge spaceships/command structures were awesome!
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