Keyguyperson

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Sorry for being somewhat out of touch, there's a lot of stuff going on IRL. I hope to get a post out soon, don't expect much though.

Nationbuilding Roleplay?

TheUnknowable said
Why can't there be a habitable planet around it? Isn't it a G type star?At 10c we could get there in 6 months, but with cryostasis, we could bring folks with us. I didn't think that the Alcubierre drive (or more accurately, NASAs new version of it) had a max speed of 10c, but that that was just a reference speed. Even if it does, maybe they could be stacked, or some later improvement or field shape could make it 5x faster.I never read Escape from Terra. I'm going to bookmark it so I can read it (the webcomic, right?). The only webcomic I normally read grrlpower.

(Yeah, the webcomic.)

It's totally possible to make an Alcubierre drive go "faster", it'll just use more negative energy. 10c would require the negative energy equivalent of the Voyager space probe, which is roughly the yearly output of all US power plants converted to negative energy. So, it would be extremely hard to create enough negative energy to give it a "speed" of 50c. Obviously, anything is possible, for all we know there will be a breakthrough that allows 1000c travel. Of course, you could always go with an antimatter drive. Not that I wouldn't join, I like semi-realistic sci-fi, but hey, look at my profile pic. Realism is nice, but not required.

As for the planet, it is totally possible for a habitable planet to be around Alpha Centauri. However, we probably would have detected it by now if it was there. That's probably why Avatar was set on a moon (aside from the fact that you get to put a gas giant in the sky), it's just more believable.

Again, realism is not all that needed. I write a lot of stories about Gliese 581g, and that planet doesn't actually exist according to the scientific community. In fact, I go out of my way to explain that it is Gliese 581g. There are closer ones to write about, I guess I just kind of like that one. Might have something to do with a song lyric (Pushing the Speed of Light, personal favorite of mine), "20 years on your homeworld's track". The Gliese 581 system is about 20-21 light years away, and I like to explore the idea of STL interstellar society. That could be it.

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WilsonTurner said
Such as the fact if they eat everyone else, they will die because they have no one else to eat. Which is why I will strike a bargain!Eat other people, save us for later.

"Hey, hey buddy, wanna buy some clones?"

Nationbuilding Roleplay?

TheUnknowable said
I completely forgot about Banished. We could do something like that, with each of our groups negotiating trades using the leaders (us).A few hundred years in the future the groups would have changed enough that we don't need to know a lot about them. Just read a wikipedia article on them, and we'll have the basics.Or we could be new groups, completely made up.Edit: Ok, plot idea so far:It's 2157. Only Mars and the moon are colonized, because the government couldn't control anything in the outer system given current technology.I own a ship-building and research facility in the asteroid belt that is trying to design ships for deep space exploration. I detect a signal from an old NASA probe in the Centari system. It detected a planet in orbit of Alpha Centauri that has liquid water, is in a decent orbit, has 22% atmospheric oxygen, but at less than half Earth pressure, and Chlorophyll using lifeforms. 59% probability it can support human life, given the much worse technology of when the probe was launched. I only detected the signal because I built equipment to pick up signals from all of the old satellites and probes, something only the government is likely to still do.I design a ship, using my prototype warp drive (50c, so just over a month to get there), and build it, while contacting various oppressed groups on the planet and asking them if they want to join us. Some (you guys) agree. I build a ship for each group (overextending my corporation's resources in the process, but who cares, I'm abandoning it) and we leave. For groups like the Amish, I merely take you there, as you reject the idea of owning something as advanced as a starship. My group is made up of 1000 or so asteroid miners and other "spacer" types who already don't need a government.Some time after we leave, the UN (now a planet-wide oppressive government) realizes where we went, recovers what they can of my research, and launches ships to go after us.

Ehh... I'm a sucker for sci-fi, and totally obsessed with the Alcubierre Drive. however, even that has a maximum speed of 10c. Of course, I would honestly go with an antimatter rocket for this, maybe even an Orion Drive. Even then I certainly wouldn't say there's a habitable planet around Alpha Centauri, I would say it's a moon of a gas giant or something. Of course, I would choose something in the solar system if we've only got to Mars. Speaking of the setting, it's actually quite similar to an absolutely ancient short story I wrote. Kind of nice to be reminded of it.

Also, have you ever read Escape from Terra? I think you would like it, might even give you an idea for this (The history of the universe, especially places like the belt and Mars, is pretty close to what you;re going for here.)

Democracy in Action: A Political RP

Definitely interested.

Democracy in Action: A Political RP

Definitely interested.

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ASTA said
I think it's less about mod powers being abused and more about several individuals in this roleplay having a very poor sense of scale when it comes to weapon yields, weapon performance and the capabilities of military forces and production. For example, I don't know why people are fretting over the cost of things. Once you get into space and start mining asteroids, planets and moons using sophisticated automation technology, generic Earth-like economies (capitalism specifically) cease to be relevant. Everything basically becomes free and fielding truly massive space fleets is possible. The only thing that isn't free is time, I suppose.Additionally, a starship that can fire solid projectiles at .50 percent of c makes me seriously wonder why the Terrans haven't conquered the entire galaxy yet with their version of the SDF-1 or Space Battleship Yamato, because firepower of that magnitude makes several things come to mind:1) The material sciences of the Terrans. A barrel (or a twin-rail system) exposed to the tremendous forces of a projectile flying through it at 0.50 percent of c would have to be forged out of near-godlike materials. 2) The power generation of the Terrans. Accelerating a projectile to 0.50 percent of c is indeed possible using standard starship engines, but this process would demand many years of accelerating to work. To get a shell up to that speed in an instant would require hyper-advanced power generating systems (no, antimatter won't cut it; you're going to need exotic matter for this, or a massive reactor that would spend an ungodly amount of time charging the power-banks for this weapon ), some sort of capacitor that can safely store that amount of energy and discharge it immediately without exploding and some way to deal with the absurd amount of waste heat generated by this thing.3) Some tachyon weapon that can destroy Australia with one shot.4) And a 'cruising' speed that's ten times the speed of light.Basically you've made a ship that can solo every nation in the roleplay with impunity; the engineering and scientific capabilities of the human species makes that of every other nation's in this roleplay literally look like chimps banging two rocks together. I'd hate to see what the FTL speeds of this thing are.Also, worms that can eat through body armor. Alright. Now all we need is Wilson to come in with an impenetrable PD field that makes all missile technology obsolete.EDIT: I'm not asking for people to adhere to Hard Science, but the shit I'm seeing is flat-out ridiculous.

I admit, that 50% lightspeed figure should be toned down, and will be toned down. Drastically. Also, that 10c cruising speed? Yeah... we have that technology already. Nobody's broken the lightspeed barrier, but the mechanism for doing so has existed since the late 90's. Thing is, we have absolutely no idea how to create the negative energy (yes, real thing) fuel that it would need. Plus, by the original design, it would need multiple universes of that. Using modern designs created by Edward White and his team at NASA, that figure can be reduced to the mass of the Voyager space probe. We still don't know how to create a single particle of this stuff though, but it probably exists according to quantum physics. Besides, that's a really, really slow ship to the rest of the galaxy. A few weeks to Alpha Centauri for humans, and the Eternal union just pops in at Mars from somewhere outside Sol in seconds.

My idea for the humans in the long run, however, is that they use "primitive" science to great effect. A high-power railgun could one-shot an alien ship, despite being "primitive" in comparison to "generic DEW".

I like harder (Not that hard, but harder) sci-fi (hence why I chose the Alcubierre Drive instead of a "Hyperdrive" or "Warp Drive"), but I've always been bad with research. In fact, I was going to make those cannons less "whoops I forgot a projectile at that speed would destroy a planet" and more "Cutting beams, but, like, molten metal". Think Sovereign's main gun from Mass Effect. Instead, I was lazy and picked a number less than 90, said "eh, it'll work", and threw it in.

Also, I'm kind of surprised that nobody complained about the fact that a sublight vessel (a fighter, no less) made it to Mars in 20 minutes. That's another thing to fix.

TAPnRACKit said
Hello everyone,I have been reading some of the IC and OOC along with the Wiki. The universe seems to be quite hostile at the moment. I am curious as to if I could participate and add to the Universe. I have done nation Roleplays on other forums but I was thinking that instead of starting off with a nation I would start off with a character who is apart of a nation that has just recently been overpowered and enslaved. My character would crash land on a planet (whichever one of you who would like to have me :) ) and have no real memories of how he got there (side effects of emergency deep space travel for a long period of time.) he would start off as a complete mystery and a good story for your nation, along with some technology the ship would have when recovering my character. Eventually I want my character to find his way back home and free his people with help or without help and then from there I would transition into controlling an entire nation. Would this work in this universe and would anyone be interested? If this is something the GM's would consider, I think it could prove to be a good collaboration and addition to the story telling and universe building. Thank you

Sure! I've always loved roleplay story arcs, which usually end up being character-driven. I'd be happy to allow this, and even happier to get involved!

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ASTA said
>Darkwolf>Mod

Hey, mod picking is not a strong point for me. Neither is having a backbone in general.

That's why I'll probably go with elections if this doesn't work out.

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Cale Tucker said
This duck person really seems to be abusing power.

Yeah.

Cale Tucker said
Is the OP still around?

Also yeah. Been sick, but I don't really like what I;m seeing here with Duck. Until further notice his mod powers are suspended, to fill this gap, I will do something I should have done long ago.

Darkwolf, you're a mod now. Congrats, prove that I can choose mods well.

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Saturn's Orbit, Sol System
The Admiral kept himself collected, despite looking right down the (technically metaphorical) barrel of a pistol. His guards, however, drew their weapons. The bullets would probably bounce right off the Mandalorian armor.

"I had no intention of-" He paused, realizing that what he was about to say would likely anger the Mandalorian further. The last thing Terra needed was a war, clearly, Terran weaponry was completely inadequate for any sort of actual conflict. "My superiors are on Luna, likely engaged in peace talks with the aliens from what I know. I have a quantum entanglement transmitter implanted in my brain. These things can't be jammed and can't be intercepted. If you pull that trigger, the pain signals will be picked up by that transmitter, causing it to send a distress call straight to my cousin, leader of the Wings of Gliese. They've got a ship, the weapons on that thing makes the kilometer-long electromagnetic cannon on the dreadnoughts look like a pop gun. Do you really want to return home in a ship half ripped apart, carrying a declaration of war with you?"