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Untold Empires: Legacy of the Old

The Captain said
I originally came into this expecting a very different game in many respects, and overall I can't say I'm bound to stick around. I expected a very different tone, harder sci-fi/geopoliticking. And now, with the loss of participants, I'm more than a little discouraged in regards to investing time and energy into further IC posts.So, that's my two cents. I'm not quite quitting, but I'm going to be extremely selfish and not be the man to keep the game going.

Yeah, this is kind of falling apart.

Void of the Stars II: Return to the Stars [Sci-Fi] [Always Accepting]

Sol
The Imperial flagship and its fleet was completely destroyed by the combined attack, causing the portal to fluctuate and close. Apparently, the flagship generated it. Meanwhile, the turrets abducting human and Abh citizens from Mars were allowed to continue, the inhabitants knowing what was happening. Every defense platform was pointed at the Chaos buildup, charging for a massive shot. Knowing the Triarians could handle Mars, the Starfire sent out a message across the system.

"When I said we would win that battle, it wasn't meant to encourage. I was being perfectly literal, there is no path in which we lost that battle. Another one begins over another world, and a victory at that battle will mean the end of this short war. All ships that are willing to comply! Chart a course for Equiis, as fast as your drives can take you!"

Equiis Orbit
Another portal opened above Equiis, and a relatively small fleet of ships exited it. However, their size made up for their numbers. There were a hundred heavy cruisers, escorting a gigantic, dagger-shaped starship bristling with weaponry. A single message was sent to the world below, showing only slightly more mercy than normal.

"This is Emperor Fergus McClain of the Earth Empire, you will surrender your nation and by extension this galaxy to us immediately or else it will be wiped from existence."

Contact - A First Contact Sci-Fi RP

Name: Fergus McClain
Appearance:
Personality: Fergus McClain, despite his fame, has continued to be somewhat quiet for his entire life. However, he has also shown himself to be an extremely capable captain, falling into a state of obsession when his crew is in danger. If he's in space and there's a window, you can almost always find him at that window. He refuses to speak of certain, seemingly random, parts of his past.
Role: Fergus McClain is the Captain of the vessel, but always refuses to stay on the ship when his crew is away exploring.
History: Fergus McClain was born on Earth in the late 2090's, and he always seemed too smart for his age. When everyone else was reading picture books, he was reading spaceflight encyclopedias. That was one of the more interesting things about him, he always liked space. He never went through the stereotypical phases of a young boy, he simply kept looking up at the sky and wishing he could leave the Earth. Unfortunately, neither of his parents liked space, nor were they willing to spend the money to send Fergus up.

Realizing the only way he could leave would be getting hired by a space development corporation, he started to work harder and harder. By 7th grade he had constructed a particle accelerator and a nuclear reactor to power it (the latter was harder, for some reason). Not surprisingly, he managed to land a scholarship to the Martian Planetary University (one of the best universities in the Solar system). All travel fees paid for. The ship he was brought in on was a passenger liner, it had all the facilities of home, even a 1g gravity ring instead of the normal .6g ones. Fergus tended to stay in the zero-g section, stargazing from the observation lounge.

He majored in Physics (Quantum and General physics are both included in the course at MPU), showing extreme devotion to it. It is odd that he was so interested in physics, especially since he became a starship commander. Nevertheless, he ended up with a PhD at only 28, and immediately applied for a job as a debris hauler with Technora Corporation. He was turned down, reportedly on a psychological basis. Instead, he ended up working for the Orbital Security Agency as an engineer. He moved up the ranks with surprising speed, and became a captain in no time. That was when he got the call from Galileo Development, inviting him to Captain the Centauri Expedition. Obviously, he jumped at the chance.

Ever since that expedition, he has become completely and absolutely obsessed with interstellar travel. He founded the Nova Terra Society, and funded it out of his own pocket while still working for the OSA. He suggested the Large Scale Targeted Scan (LSTS), a project involving every willing telescope in Sol to focus on one object. He was also the one who made it start with the Gliese 581 system, saying he thought there might be something there. Ever since Gliese 581g was confirmed, he has been far more outgoing, though he still keeps mostly to himself.
Other: Fergus McClain has abnormally high radiation and g tolerances.
Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUIyPRh-72Y&list=PLB309607AF996BA2D (From 0:33)

Untold Empires: Legacy of the Old

This is meant to be semi sci-fi. Like a nice, chewy cookie. Doesn't hurt your teeth or fall apart in your mouth, it's just right.

Cookies: Exactly the same as Sci-Fi

A First Contact Sci-Fi RP

MrFoxNews said
Sounds interesting. I want to know more though before I commit though.

Duck and I are currently debating on what the native species should be. He wants reptilians, I'm personally rooting for blue skinned mammals (of course) which are related to humans in accordance with the Panspermia Theory. We have, however, agreed that the aliens are atomic era and engaged in a conflict over multiple resource rich nations that produce the fuel needed to run their global infrastructure. We've mostly agreed on the idea that it is a new element, but I'm personally toying with the idea of it being oil, mainly because I like to drop anvils. We also came up with the idea of there being an ideological conflict akin to the Cold War, but we haven't decided if we want that or not.

To Explain Who I am..

Realizing who you are is an important step in anybody's development. The courage to tell others the truth and say you are not the person you have been labeled as your whole life, that takes courage. Telling everyone? More courage than I have.

Void of the Stars II: Return to the Stars [Sci-Fi] [Always Accepting]

Galactic Announcement
"The Lakfakalle Cooperative Federation suggests the halfway point between the Kalle and Nikolien systems as the location for this central construction. There is a large debris field there, so you wouldn't have to ship in any materials. Plus, there is a large, somewhat intact ship there that could be used as a station. Besides, don't you think the center of galactic civilization should have some character to it? This debris field was obviously the site of a major battle, to have it turned into the center of galactic peace is somewhat poetic, is it not? Plus, we can easily bring in defense platforms from Lakfakalle there. Our trade lanes do not intersect with it, as our drives operate in real space, so it is not within our self-claimed territory. Oh, there's a problem. We don't have a standard system for the recognition of territory, that should be discussed in the first meeting as well."

Sol System
The Imperials seemed surprised at the resistance, as they had assumed that there would be none at Sol. Warhead after warhead hit their shields, the entire barrage only managed to take out a few ships. They were instantly replaced by reserve vessels, so there was no telling how many casualties they took. The ships continued to advance, holding their fire for quite come time until they were almost at the defensive lines. having been pelted by long-range bombardment, their fleet had taken heavy losses (by Milky Way standards). However, every ship that they lost was just replaced with another one.

Finally, they opened fire. Positron bolts smashed into the defending vessels, ripping into their shields. The Destroyers proved to have good targeting systems, many taking out fighters in a single attempt. The EMPs had no effect on the weapons or engines of the enemy, but they did seem to disperse their shields somewhat, allowing even a fighter to take down one of them. Apparently, they relied heavily on all-purpose shields. Probably to cut back on weight, their interuniversal transportation system may require more energy to transport more mass.

"All equipped starships, the enemy fleet is now within streamer range!" The massage came from the Starfire. "Open fire immediately!"

The weapon ports of the LCF warships began to glow orange, before releasing the beam-like streams of antiprotons that had become so familiar to the citizens of the Federation. The streams cut the unshielded enemy warships straight in half with a single sweep, but simply pinged off the shields. Sensor probes transmitted shield frequency information back to the LCF warships, which then tuned their shield breakers to the corresponding frequency and fired. Green lines streaked out of the shield breaker turret housings, smashing into the enemy shields and breaking them like a glass on a concrete floor.

A First Contact Sci-Fi RP

Well, you know my answer.

Untold Empires: Legacy of the Old

MrFoxNews said
Uh??? My emotions are so mixed. Why you leaving duck? I mean don't get me wrong all dis new land is cool but that's not important.

He told me he just lost interest in the setting.

Void of the Stars II: Return to the Stars [Sci-Fi] [Always Accepting]

TehAlphaGamer said
EeeeeehI feel like we push Mass Effect enough into the RP as it is.Still, I love how it takes until one big enemy threatens everyone else that most of us unite to fight them off, even if we were literally about to set off a war in itself before.

That's nothing compared to the original. That one had the Mass Relays, and explicitly stated that the Reapers had a cycle like the one in the games. That being said, I think we shouldn't name the station the Citadel.

As for the unity due to extreme threat thing, that would be my two-hundredth anvil dropping for the third time. That's one of my favorite anvils.