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@Williwiw - Looks solid to me, so unless Traveler says otherwise, I think you're pretty good to go.

The Stars Themselves || Sci-Fi Nation Roleplay

Check out the OOC in the main sub-forum, I'm pretty sure there's still plenty of room for new players.

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As far as I'm aware, this is still going, what did you have in mind?

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Well, there are a few factions within the Synch that may be interested in interacting with the more organic elements of the galaxy. The Celestials are always curious about what the meatbags are doing, and Adrasteia is pretty level-headed for one of the older constructs. Other than that, there really isn't an actual government to the Synch, much less corporations, they function very closely to a hive-mind collective. As for things like black-ops and such... The Synch kind of doesn't have an infantry force to speak of... :E That actually could be something that a faction like the Celestials, or even Thanatos of the Monastics may contact other nations about, the observance of their war doctrine.

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Interesting, the Synch have their own highly religious secretive order as well, though they are more or less regarding as complete nutters. I don't exactly see why it /has/ to be a hostile meeting, but it is what it is. If you got ideas for a plot-line between the Synch and the Empire, then go ahead and run them by me. I'm all ears.

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Sauron The Dark Lord said
Anyone willing to interact with my nation?

What did you have in mind?

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The Dead Stars Nebula, though it may be in some respects similar to the one surrounding Asphodel, does not mask emissions as much as theirs upon reading their NS. It is fully possible to see the extent of civilization within the Dead Stars, though what would be found from scans would be a large region of very inhospitable space with few planets inhabited by organic life. I'll also throw my own hat in the ring of "FTL probably won't work there" by siding with the creative decision behind Asphodel's nebula and saying that the Synch's own drives probably wouldn't be able to achieve a lock with the system. This is more because the Synch's systems relies heavily on achieving a point of syzygy with the opposing planet/star, and their dark nebula would make things very difficult.

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Theodorable said
As a chemist, I'd go as far to say as you don't know the exact specifications of beyond it's physical composition and the addendum of whatever hi-fi you added to isolate your nation. Nebulae, even dense nebulae that are so inappropriately named (), are not immune to radio waves or waves that are beyond the standard spectrum: X-Rays, Gamma, Infrared.The Graal would have no trouble identifying the presence of thermonuclear heat signatures planetside or the abundance of low frequency radio waves on the planet, this is technology Humanity in the 21st century possess. I won't press the issue however. LOL.

Actually, chemistry has little to do with it. Dark Nebula obscure both thermal energy waves and visible light due to the density of the stellar dust of the clouds, and as such only infrared and radio waves are able to discern what is on the other side of them. The Graal would be able to discern that there is a star and planets within Asphodel's nebula, but they would not be able to discern whether or not there is actually life on the worlds unless they scouted directly.

Further reading: Dark Nebula

Edit: Though I suppose really it would all be a matter of "We've picked up radio transmission from the cloud, kind of odd, eh?"

Also, I'm going to say that from personal RP experience with Terminal, he likely knows exactly what he's talking about, and has proven to be a knowledgeable source in the fields of physics, whether standard, quantum or astro.

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Alright, sounds fair enough. Just thought I would ask for clarification and all.

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Ah, so it is a highly unstable isotope then, that makes a bit more sense. As for the radiation, I assume that it emits radioactive waves on a different wavelength than say, X-Rays or Gamma-Rays? What would the range of these rays be? Also, what kind of half-life are we talking for Xalium, as I would assume it would decay outside it's native environment to something more stable.