Hael

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@Shorticus Please put your nationsheet in the Characters section. Even if it isn't complete- it makes things more organized and centralized, plus a lot easier for me and everyone else to find it. It's okay if it is just a WIP.

Same goes for @Queen Raidne and anyone else who has a half-done NS floating around somewhere xD.

I'm really starting to lose track

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Ah shit, I had a clone army in mind. Beat me to the punch!

I'm still trying to get a nation concept crystallized, but I do have in mind some kind of Dunesque internecine house conflicts.

Quick question @Hael, how possible/common is the notion of "mind uploading", cyborgs, etc. etc.? Another notion I had was a race whose "true form" is not really known due to the widespread of bodyswapping/body modification, kind of like the Changelings from Deep Space Nine.

@babbysama

That's totally possible and allowed, but I'm already doing the body-modification thing.

You see, the Xim are not one species, but many species which have changed their form and apperance and DNA so much that they no longer bare any resemblance to the original 3 species.

I don't mean to sound rude, but please don't use that concept, I'm already doing it.

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Well, let me double check this section to make sure it's fine. This is an excerpt from the Culture section.

Replication

Due to their scientific achievement, the Namilee are capable of doing things that would make other species awed. For one, their replication devices are able to reproduce most anything they need on a daily basis, even be used to regenerate wounds or create plants from a database of stored plant DNA. They are able to synthesize metals which other species cannot. This technology has allowed them to recreate some of their lost comforts from home while aboard the New Hope. Having seen the horrific results of what happens when other species possess advanced technology - such as the utilization of that technology to destroy other civilizations - the Namilee are incredibly wary of exchanging knowledge of this replicating power with anybody.

But perhaps more interesting than that is their ability to easily modify the genetic traits of an individual and modify the body non-intrusively at the same time. Though generally avoided, as natural diversity within the gene pool is treasured, this process is conducted in cases when someone's genetic code makes them at risk of dying an early or painful death, or simply when someone desires to modify themselves enough to request such a transformation. Chromosomes - including sex chromosomes - can be modified and their phenotypic implications made reality in the same instant. Moreover, the genetic material from one person can be used to create sexual product of another, meaning that a male's DNA can be used to synthesize eggs and that a female's DNA can be used to synthesize sperm. The societal ramifications of such technologies have utterly transformed the Namilee's perception of their mortal condition.

Despite their ability to modify life, however, the Namilee have no intention of creating more of their own species through replication techniques, nor do they know how to do so without creating an inherently flawed people. Regrowing a lost limb is one thing. Using pre-existing DNA structures to create plantlife or to modify an organism is one thing. But to create sentient life, to try and make that life an individual, to deny it any of the usual processes of growth associated with normal life: that is both questionable and, in some ways, just out of the Namilee's grasp. And if it weren't out of their grasp, the Namilee would still ponder the ethical ramifications of utilizing technology for that purpose. Genetic abnormalities would almost certainly be present - partly why chromosomal changes are so carefully considered before the gene modification procedure is conducted - and there may be problems unforeseen by modern science that could also arise from creating an entirely new member of one's species with replication technology.

Other societal questions have been posed by the development of replication technology. Can replication be used to restore life to the dead? The science seems to support that it one can, at least, use the DNA from dead tissue to recreate the lost individual, even if the individual knows nothing of themselves. Are there spiritual ramifications for doing so? Does this disrupt the energy of life? Could the technology be used to immortalize people, to effectively give them eternal life by rejuvenating or replacing their cells? The science there is muddled and unclear. If that is so, is it wrong to withhold the technology out of fear of other species destroying themselves?

It is a messy series of questions that have yet to be answered.

@Shorticus

I love it! But don't let the Xim find out you can change genes so easily, or that you disapprove of cloning. They'll flip the fuck out

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@Hael uh huh, because i might just go all star wars the clone wars on your asses. mabeyu not sure.

@boomlover

That's okay, but please just remember to keep it limited. You can't use clones to create infinite population.

The clones must take time to develop, that way you can't just pop out a whole army tomorrow. Kazzlehorf's clones actually grow up, I believe, and the Xim clones require so much energy to create that they cannot overpopulate.

If that weren't the case, the Xim and Kazzlehorf would have conquered the galaxy already.

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@Hael so i might have missed this but what about cloning?

@boomlover

I never mentioned cloning, so you can assume it's fine, as long as you won't be using it to create armies overnight.

We actually have two species who clone right now. My species, the Xim, and Arawak's species, the Kazzlehorf. Both are just a load of clones.

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Well, I'm just a little concerned because I now realize I spent three paragraphs discussing the societal ramifications of replication technology on the Namilee people.

@Shorticus

That's good!

Scare the others away from using it!

For all the new guys: only Shorticus has permission to use Replication Technology yet, like that seen in Star Trek. He is playing a group of only 10,000 people who's homeworld was destroyed, plus they don't have any weapons or powerful shields.

As a result, I allowed him to have the replication tech so that his people wouldn't be killed right at the beginning of the RP.

The rest of you can't have it

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@Hael oh and i might wanna ask you if this is ok but my faction is about to go to war with the human nation. Oh and there kinda like the imperium :).

@boomlover

Of course that's fine. You don't have to ask me to go to war xD

If I didn't specifically ban it in the OP, it's most likely okay. As I said, this is mainly sandbox.

Working on my sheet presently. I'm a bit worried about the length of the paragraphs in my culture section, actually. I want to hammer certain points home without drowning people in information.

@Shorticus

DROWN THEM. DROWN THEM ALL.

Seriously, I love ridiculous amounts of info, so just fucking go nuts and write a novella for us, if you feel the need

@Hael

Pfft. That's mainly my shitposts.

@Lauder

"BUT CAN I ENSLAVE THOSE SHITPOSTS"- Some voice in the back of Lauder's head, probably

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@Hael A military group that was lost in the void of space because they where fucked over by there own human nation the federation. They are mostly made out of humans and one sort of alien species that kinda saved there asses.

@boomlover

I'll need to see a character sheet before I can really decide, but that sounds good and unique.

@Hael

@Lauder

To be fair, that's because I thought you would suck at it and just perpetually tell everyone that you were going to enslave them.

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Now I feel the need to clarify something, only my 'critters' are intelligent, that is only one species that lives on the mat has evolved to use the mat symbiotically to gain an edge in smarts. The other life forms living on my planets and off the mats are not symbiotically influenced, but rather parasitically influenced. While this parasitic influence is largely harmless, it does instill in animal life an instinctual need to protect the mat.

@Isotope

You've clarified this at least 3 times

There still space? This sounds like great fun, already have a nation turning round in my head. xD

@darkandstar

As Lauder said, there is still space. I'm not some old fuddy duddy who needs thing in limited numbers.

@Lauder hey so real quick before i start writitng can i make some form of rebel like faction? or a really small one that was thought lost. It's human by the way.

@boomlover

@boomlover

Hmm, may have to consult @Hael on this one. We already have someone playing a Himan Federation, though I personally see no problem in an independent faction.

I would recommend waiting until Hael gets up

@Lauder

Hael is up!

So, I have no problem with a rebel faction. How big would it be, exactly?

Shit, posted in the characters tab instead of the OOC.

Would love to be a part of this!

@Lauder lmao, I'll just use that post as my NS!

@babbysama

Welcome! Unfortunately, displaying interest does not count as a character xD

Lauder is doing a better job as Co-GM than I thought she would

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Only one sort of 'critter' will gain enough to be intelligent (as in making ships) from consuming the mat, but yes theoretically everything that feeds off it would have some sort of aggressive reaction to it coming under attack.

@Isotope

So, what would happen if a sentient creature ate of it? Would it still gain intelligence, despite already being sapient, but also start to feel a desire to help the mat? Or would the microbes simply not infiltrate?