Captain Uni,
ASDAValueMilk,
Scrawl Banditta,
Quest Abandoner,
Lunamaria Hawke,
Sep,
Sir Lurksalot,
Not a Sayan,
Neziul,
Smike
Just to avoid confusion later on, Am I accepted?
(Do they worship the sun?)
<Snipped quote by Arawak>eah, Human Republic, Free Republic of Mankind, Earth Republic, Solarian League, there are lots of names.
That's why I am so appalled at it.
But yeah, that's a fairly minor issue which shouldn't be a detriment for the RP-ing experience (much).
The problem is how to reconcile a civilization which up until recently firmly beleived they're the sole sentient species with the Glorph's extensive history with humans dating back to first as far as the 19th century.
Forgotten history? Incidents were covered up by the government?
It's quite difficult to manage both of these concepts together.
<Snipped quote by Alfhedil>Appealing to authority is not a solution, either.
Unless we settle this you relying on authorative argument would only serve to alienate players.
Just an advice.
<Snipped quote by Dinh AaronMk>Um, you don't make much sense here. Avars is a national identity and they certainly didn't just call their empire as that.
People leaving in England may call themselves British but their nation is called United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
People may commonly refer to you as "Humanity" but that's not what your civilization should be officially called but something along the lines of "The Star Republic of Sol and Alpha Centaury" or something.
You may try to invent an abbreviated version and don't even care about the long and convoluted name which is the truly official form.
But that's still not "Humanity".
Players are free to discuss pre-estiblished contact and relations, or leave first contact to the IC. If a majority of players want a Galactic UN, that's fine and shit that I totally get into[...]