Rather than just write an IC that's focused on my own nation and defeating the purpose of the RP, I'm happy to collaborate with anyone to get the ball rolling.
Alternatively, I think there needs to be a common event or goal linking all of the nations in the RP, at least initially. Here's some brief ideas:
-A terran based goal, perhaps focused on becoming the legitimate Empire successor by securing the capital planet, imperial family or some meaningful Macguffin (crown, throne, imperial seal, etc)
-Anti-terran goal, harder to land on something with so many disparate nations but possibly a meeting of alien nations to unify and define their goals against the terrans.
-A peace conference organised by neutral nations to cease the conflict between terran and non-terran nations (and of course something goes horribly wrong). Possibly the best idea as all nations can take part and it gives us an opportunity to establish the relationships between multiple nations at once.
Failing this, we at least need to establish canonical relationships between the accepted nations (i.e. of the accepted nations, who do we hate, why? who do we like, why?)
These all sound like pretty good ideas. What you said about establishing relations between the nations I think we should do first. I was looking at yours, the trade entente, and I think that the Awu Chiefdom would have pretty good relations with them, since we need foreign investment, and Awu is full of natural recources, as well as being a good area for tourism.
Name: Maxwell Parsons Age: 64 Species: Terran Place in Story: President of the Gaia Republic Appearance: At around 6'4, with slicked back white hair and a shaved face. Doesn't look as old as most his age, though that most likely has to do with his pampered lifestyle and lack of military experience. Wears suits and ties, and speaks in a commanding, almost condescending, tone. Personality: Gets what he wants, but will be polite while getting it. Though he seems to be very, very aware of the 'Gaian standards' that have been put out before him, he seems to live up to none of them, and yet is somewhat loved for it. Biography: Maxwell Parsons was born into the Parsons family, one of the wealthiest planter families on Gaia. While many young planter men become officers in the military, he decided to go into business, taking over management of his family's vast plantation, and then taking over his father's and his personal account, going into investing. Whereas many Gaians are absolute Luddites, Parsons simply took whatever direction would get him the most money, which oftentimes meant Gaia's dreaded technological advancement, and it's even rumored he did business with aliens. Eventually, after his father died, he would return home to manage his family estate, and he was elected to the Gaian Senate, and then President, but make no mistake, if miners had a vote, he would've never even been a senator. Under his Presidency, any restrictions on the planters and their business practices were completely removed, while control on the miners became much tighter. He also began the exportation of Mutant slaves. Other: As time goes on, his popularity is beginning to wane. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Cincinnatus B. Michaelson Age: 47 Species: Terran Place in Story: Diplomat from Gaia, former admiral Appearance: Grey hair that's balding on the top, and a long, scraggly beard. At public events, wears his military uniform, as well as the ceremonial saber of Gaian officers, which, despite no longer serving in the military, is not only still respected, but expected of him. Missing an eye, and, even though the technology exists to give him a robotic one, he chooses to wear an eyepatch. Around 6'2 Personality: Gruff, stern, but speaks to everyone like an equal, including slaves. Quite eloquent with his speech, and acts like a perfect gentleman, living up to every Gaian ideal. Biography: Born to a planter family which, while old and respected, didn't own as much land as many of the other ones. At age 16 graduated primary school early and went to the Washington Military Academy in Bethleham, where he graduated at the top of his class. He joined the navy, and rose through the ranks to become a captain by age 25, and at age 29 became captain of The Eagle, a prize carrier, known for its missions far off to the edges of the galaxy. When he was 32 he became famous on a mission escorting a group of trade ships from a far off mining colony. He realized that his ship's navigation system had been hacked, being driven of course by a group of pirates, but, rather than make them realize he's found this out, he quickly stuffed the trade ships inside his ship, before stopping to face the attackers. He didn't realize it was entire Xeno pirate armada. Still though, through his clever leadership, despite receiving no support, he managed to hold off the armada for an entire month, when he was rescued by a Gaian fleet sent searching for him. After this incident, he became a hero throughout not only the Gaian republic, but all Terran space. He was quickly premoted to a brigadier admiral, and commanded an entire fleet, and it seemed that he was on path to control the entire navy, and possibly even become President, but by now, his ambition was starting to fade, and soon, living up to his Christian name, returned to his farm. When Parsons was elected president, he requested for Cincinnatus to return to serve the Republic, and rather than go back to the military, for the past few years he's been a diplomat, representing Gaia around the galaxy. Other: He's a bit strange for a planter; though he owns Mutant slaves, he rarely has them whipped or beaten, and doesn't work them Sundays or on holidays. And if miners could vote, he'd be president, being well known for his respect for them, learing in depth about Miner culture and customs, and having made miners officers under his command. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Proxima the Mutant Age: 32 Species: Gaian Mutant Place in Story: Leader of the Legion de Liberte Appearance: Were it not for Gaian biases, she'd be considered beautiful, despite the spiteful wrinkles around her eyes and mouth. Stands at around 6'1, and is surprisingly lean for someone in her position. Personality: Speaks in short sentences on a personal level, and in long, drawn out metaphors when giving speeches. Can be either seen as kind or cruel, depending on who you ask. Biography: Was born just like any other slave on a plantation, when at age 13 one of her master's sons offered to teach her to read in exchange for sexual favors. He was 35, and he wasn't really offering so much as demanding. When she turned eighteen she killed him and stole his gun. She then joined an underground group that freed slaves, dropping the last name of the master, and simply taking the name that the Republic usually referred to her as-The Mutant-but her comrades, and especially the leaders of her group, kept getting killed, and she knew they would keep getting killed as long as they remained on Gaia, so she and her group stole one of the Gaian Navy's only Battleships-The Triumph-and has lived on it since then, conducting raids on trade ships going to and from the mining colonies, and retaining contacts on Gaia and other Gaian planets to free slaves, and smuggle them onto her small fleet. Other: When Parsons began exporting slaves, she began raiding slave ships to free them and find new recruits. This has made her a much larger target than before.
Ruler The Owantiso (High Chief) is T'ousa Chiknobani Mwene Tiso II. His personal name is Mwene, and his dynastic name is Chiknobani. The rest are just titles.
Species The T'ousa are an arboreal, monkey-like species, which, while bipedal, are extremely adept at navigating through the canopies of Awu. They have four insect like eyes, above a mouth somewhere between a terran's and a beak. THey are covered in fur, standing about 5 feet on average, with little sexual dimorphism between males and females, despite the obvious difference in genitalia. They have tails about as long as their bodies, and four arms with two legs, and not much more hair on their head than on the rest of their bodies. THey have muscular arms to navigate the brush, and, despite their size, are usually much stronger than terrans. Their fur is a mixture of light brown, sandy blonde, and black. Many tribal divisions exist based on fur color.
Allegiance Mainly themselves. Right now, rather than trying to influence the galactic stage, they simply want to put themselves on it, and want to develop to the capabiliites of the various empires, while at the same time maintaining their sovereignty.
Government A system of tribal feudalism. Under the Owantiso are chiefs who control large sectors of the planet, and under them are more chiefs, all the way down to small tribal units. The Owantiso is in direct control of the capital city of New Brazil, or in their language, A'wknabanadiwk'alo. Most foreigners say New Brazil. The Owantiso also controls the military as a whole, is in charge of foreign representation, and controls current and future colonization efforts.
Military Strategy While the Owantiso controls the military, it is provided by the chiefs, again down to the lowest level. Currently, the Awu military is extremely, extremely archaic. So archaic they fight with bows and arrows. Yeah. That archaic. They mostly act as a guerrilla defense force, and as an internal security force. The small spaceforce the Awu do currently have is a mercenary force, personally paid for out of the Owantiso's account. There is also a small force of fighters who fight in exosuits, with bows that fire energy beams. While they make up the Owantiso's guard right now, their style of combat is to take over the entire Awu military when the proper funding is allocated.
History
Awu is a jungle planet off on the fringes of the Milky Way. Because of its proximity to its sun, it is completely covered by large rainforest canopy, and the atmosphere is mostly made of oxygen, resulting in trees the height of which makes the old redwoods of Terra look like shrubs. Even the oceans of Awu are still covered with mangrove forest. T'ousa of Awu, not too long ago, barely knew of each other's existence, spoke various languages, and by terran definition, were completely uncivilized. It was during the late stages of the Empire that Awu was colonized, but, because of the vast canopy, the treacherous wildlife, and their inability to learn any sort of T'ousa language, the Terrans could barely explore the planet, and large swaths of it were left unchecked. Because of Awu's vast quantity of natural recources, they mostly just set up trading posts around the planet, with a centralized capital at New Brazil. Relations between terrans and T'ousa were mostly peaceful. But once the empire collapsed, other powers came to Awu, all setting up their own colonies. And destroying the other ones. And, in the midst of this warfare, and because of lack of laws regulating native relations that existed under the Empire, many T'ousa were enslaved and massacred. But, because of this colonial period, the T'ousa tribes began to know each other. And tribal wars that existed earlier ceased. Under T'ousa Chiknobani Mwene Tiso, the T'ousa united as one federated tribal government, and despite their lack of military technology, ousted the foreign governments in a guerrilla war that lasted about ten years. Under the rule of Mwene Tiso, the government of Awu became increasingly centralized, and the old colonial infrastructure was used to set up communication all over the planet. The independence of Awu became legitimized by establishing relations with many foreign governments, and Mwene Tiso even claimed the rest of Awu's system as Awu territory, and set up their first colony on Awu's moon, which is why the title of the High Chief, Owantiso, translates to 'Moon Chief'. Sadly, Mwene Tiso died about ten years ago, but his son, T'ousa Chiknobani Mwene Tiso II, has taken where he left off, seeking foreign investment into Awu, and trying to modernize the military. Other: Despite their relative weakness, any incursion into Awu itself will be met with a serious problem.
Government: Based on the Pre-Imperial United States of America, with a bicameral legislature, an elected President as executive, and a separate judicial system. Only terran, male, landowners native to Gaia over the age of 20 are allowed to vote for Senators and Presidents, and only terrestrial terran males over 35 may vote for representatives.
Military: Soldiers are mainly from the mining class, and commanders from the planter class. Only male terrans over age 15 are allowed to enlist, and service is compulsory for males from the mining class. Gaian commoners also make up a large portion of the military, though service is not compulsory for them. The right to bear arms in sacred, and most male terrans from any class are well aquainted with weapon use. The Gaian military is very mobile, with most of the large ships in the navy being carriers for the fighters which make up the main fighting force, which swarm enemy ships. The army is mainly comprised of infantry, supported by tanks and artillery, with little to no robots or mechs.
The Gaian Army Rangers are the elite special forces of the Gaian Army, being called in to the most dangerous terrestrial missions Gaia has to offer. Unlike much of the rest of the military, the Rangers are all volunteers, and are used in rapid deployment operations, hostage rescues, and to be placed directly into enemy territory. They are fast, light, and incredibly accurate marksmen as well.
Though unofficial and unorganized, with miners being veterans and all skilled with a weapon, miners have been known to create militias when threatened, or when called upon to do so. They're a surprising effective means of defense, and can usually hold out long enough for actual military reenforcements to arrive...unless they're on a mores distant mining colony.
The Centaur Model 12 is the backbone of the Gaian Navy. It is a fighter ship designed for extreme speed and maneuverability, while still maintaining a good resilience and endurance. Named for both the mythical creature and the Gaia home system, it does lack a decent long range attack, and is designed for short range fighting.
Despiting existing on practically every large ship, The Gaian Marines are still considered an elite force, existing due to the close range nature of the Gaian Navy. Gaian Marines are outfitted with heavy armor and weaponry, and are used for boarding action, as well as when being boarded. Marines are adept in melee combat, and one can be drafted into the marines, although due to the high standards, many draftees are then denied.
The primary tank of the Gaian army, the GATM27, better known as 'The Bullmoose', is used to support the main component of the Gaian army, the infantry. Light, fast moving, and powerful, it fires a concentrated ion blast from its cannon, and is designed to keep pace with the quickness of the infantry.
The backbone of the Gaian Army, Gaian infantry is a well disciplined machine, made up of Gaian commoners and miners. Though they are of course carried to the locations of their battles by ship, they hardly ever take place in any sort of boarding action, and only take place in space combat if boarded.
History: Before the empire existed, when humans first started to colonized space, a corporation from the United States of America was created, with the purpose of colonizing the nearest solar system to the Human solar system, Alpha Centauri, and the company became known as the Alpha Centauri system. After terraforming the only planet in the Alpha Centauri system, Proxima Centauri b, it was renamed Gaia, and colonies began to be set up.
The plan of the Alpha Centauri group was to use Gaia as a central base from which the main goal of the company could be achieved; to mine the large asteroid belt that existed around Alpha Centauri. Because of this, largescale farming operations started to be built on Gaia, so as to provide food for the miners, and a large spaceport was built in the capital of Gaia. Mining operations started to be set up in the asteroid, with most of the miners coming from the United States region of Appalachia. But what the corporation hadn't accounted for was the radiation of the stars of Alpha Centauri. While asteroid miners were unaffected, many new children born in Gaia were born with serious deformities, and over the generations these mutations became consolidated as one population; the Gaian mutants.
As the Alpha Centauri group lost funding, and the Terran Empire became more powerful, a local government in Gaia became more prominent, and the colonists unaffected by the radiation became to see themselves as superior to the mutants, and the mutants were enslaved to work on the plantations owned by the Gaian elite. The farms which couldn't afford mutant slaves were soon bought out by those who could, and soon, a planter class came to dominated local Gaian politics, while the nomadic asteroid miners were either self-governed or still completely obeyed the rule of the Alpha Centauri group.
Eventually, the Alpha Centauri group was bought out by the Terran Empire, and the Gaian government, which while still existant, now was forced to respect the Imperial power, which they hated. They were even more discontented by the pro-Alien reforms. The Gaia Republic was one of the first groups to declare independence from the Empire, and fought brutally in the civil war, renaming its capital city on Gaia as Bethlehem. Eventually, they came to own Gaia, all of Alpha Centauri, the asteroid miners, and a large number of neighboring systems, where the same political systems as Gaia were enforced, all non-planters living on the newly conquered planets being delegated as commoners (including aristocracy, who were stripped of their titles), and all Xenos being forced into exile.
Today, Gaian planters are interplanterally known for their extravagant wealth, and elaborate social customs. In many parties around the galaxy, one could find a planter, with pistol in belt, loudly recounting his tales to a group of enamored terran females. Meanwhile, if one went out to the asteroid mines, one would find unimagineable poverty, and a population of Terran luddites who seem to reject most advancement and technology, and still play musical instruments found in Pre-Imperial Terra, such as violins and acoustic guitars. Gaia itself is also a key provider of food to groups around the galaxy.
Religion: The whole of The Gaian Republic are devout Christians, and religion is very much connected to politics, dominated by a church known as the Church of the Celestial Israelite, which organizes pilgrimages to Earth.
Other: The Republic frequently sets up mining colonies in asteroid belts far away from Alpha Centauri, and has a deep hatred for Aliens, especially due to the piracy experienced in these far off mining colonies. Additionally, amongst the mutant slaves, a revolutionary group is starting to rise up.
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