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Starting a near future mystery RP, any takers?

Masaki Haruna said
I'm in!How will be the government and religion system be like?

The government is largely what it is today, though with more corporate influence. As for religion, people are free to worship whomever or whatever they wish.

The Stars Themselves || Sci-Fi Nation Roleplay

Post is up, sorry if it's cliched as all hell XD

The Stars Themselves || Sci-Fi Nation Roleplay

There is a lot expected of a Chieftain, especially one so illustrious as the one in command of the First Expeditionary Fleet. The lives of nearly five hundred thousand Elok depend on her orders, each life capable of being extinguished in a moment's notice. For space is cruel and unforgiving: There are rarely do-overs after a mistake, and even then. too many lives are lost in the process. Threats come from many sources - Unstable pulsars, asteroid belts, even first contact, should that ever happen, can be disastrous. And trying to scrape an existence together from the void of infinity means that there can be no disasters. There simply isn't enough people to start again, should you fail.

The Elok, however, had done fairly well. Their population had stopped dropping, and had been stable now for at least two hundred years. Once survival had been (somewhat) assured, the tribal elders of the four great clans began to discuss what exactly should be done next. While the most obvious line of action, the discovery of a new world to call home, was the most sensible, other more profound ideas were shared: Perhaps they should seek assistance, and befriend another race, should they exist? Maybe the Elok's salvation could be found in the searching for the legendary Star Forge, a device that could build stars and planets? The representative for tribe Miluf’Tseu had been particular fond of that one.

After much debate, there was no definitive answer - Such matters must be thoroughly explored and argued, for a poor decision could end the Elok once and for all. One thing they agreed on, though, is that a specialized exploration fleet must be gathered, one that could be sacrificed and lost without too much pain, yet able to handle almost any situation. This was the origin of the Expeditionary Fleet - A smaller version of a Life Ship, a Reactor Ship, three heavy cruisers and some escort frigates and civilian ships. It was tiny, but it was enough. Once the fleet had been fully manned, and four Champions loaded (a precautionary measure). there was one final issue. Who should lead these ships, which carry the precious cargo of the Elok future? Who is fit enough for such an important task?

Warlord Gyuis'Naapto, of course. A seasoned commander, who quelled the Fwinzondi uprising in 1894 A.E. and lead the Mining Flotilla out of a particularly nasty singularity gravity well in1921. She was the last of the warriors, a dying breed in a society where harming your fellows is never acceptable, a hunter with no prey. Gyuis was the best choice for this mission. And she needed this, more than anything. So, she was promoted to Chieftain, and made commander of the First. Now, the hopes of an entire people was in her hands. She would either lead the Elok to a bright tomorrow, or cast them into the darkness of oblivion.

Only time would tell.

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1935 A.E., unknown space, First Expeditionary Fleet, bridge of the life ship Partis' Wisdom

"Preparing to leave hyperspace. Cycling down Mass Entropy Emitters, Plane Realignment in two minutes. Destination, unknown. What are your orders, Chieftain?"

Gyuis'Naapto stood, unwavering, hands behind her back and in deep contemplation. There had been worrying signs during this jump. While Elok technology today pales in comparison to their forefather's legacy, it was still quite advanced. They could know what was at the other end of jumps, to a degree at least. And what they had detected three days into the jump was indeed unnerving: An unusual abundance of solar radiation, and thousands of various, smallish objects. Most likely, an asteroid field, though there seemed to be no stars. At least, that's what the Chieftain was hoping for. Anything else... She didn't wish to think of what, or who, else.

"We are going into an asteroid field, most likely. Once we are in, I want the shield frigates to be overclocked, and extend the barrier over the civilian ships. The larger ships should be able to handle i- Wait, bring up that data stream, now!" Worriedly, the navigation technician keyed in various commands, and a hologram filled the front of the deck. The chieftain's eyes darted around the board, until she found what she was looking for: The gravitational forces were massive. Her mouth gaped, as realization flooded over her: The First was about to enter the remnants of a supernova, a very dangerous place indeed.

While the scientists on the Research Fleet had anticipated that there was a high amount of such a thing in this region of the galaxy, this particular jump had been deemed safe. Why, then, were they flying into what was essentially a giant cosmic furnace? Was this dead star new? Why was their no warning prior? All these questions would have to wait, as something needed to be done now, lest the Fleet becoming charred hulks in the gravity well of a dead star. "Sound the alarm, notify the rest of the fleet immediately! I need those shield frigates warped in faster, prepare for our arrival!"

Starting a near future mystery RP, any takers?

Awesome. We need some more interest to start, but the story is nearly set (or the start, at least). Just a little more time guys.

The Stars Themselves || Sci-Fi Nation Roleplay

Alfhedil said
I'm still hanging around, though without anyone interested in interacting with the Synch my interest in this thread in general has slackened significantly. I am not the kind of person who enjoys having a one-man story in a group RP.On that note, if has interest in interacting with the Synch, or doesn't have anyone else willing to put up an arc with you, then you know where I am. Anything can be made to happen in order for an RP to be had, don't let something as simple as isolationism stop you from interacting with someone :D

I'd be happy to make first contact, if you so desire.

Starting a near future mystery RP, any takers?

@Skythikon
The technology is quite advanced, yet revolves around what we have today: Robotic drones perform most menial labor, medical science is leaps and bounds ahead of today (Near perfect prosthetic limbs and organs, genetic enhancement and such), as well as a sort of 'virtual reality' internet. Think of Deus Ex, or Psycho Pass for reference :3

@Master Crim
You might get left behind a bit to begin with, but this RP will be quite free roam, so you can make your own way and engage with the world how you want. Most of the real plot moving events will be on weekends anyway, when most people should be able to respond. Just let me know if you have to drop out, I know life can be pretty hectic atm. I'm pretty game myself starting a huge RP project like this with my schedule XD

@UnseenShade
Well, characters will come from all walks of life (law enforcement, criminals, high school kids, etc.), and won't have to engage with the others if they wish. There will be a class system of sorts, where certain characters will be given certain events that happen to them, and their own mysteries to solve, all tying into the main story arc, as well as access to certain skill and equipment. Like I said, this RP prokect will be in development for a short while, while I work everything out. I don't want to rush this, is all.

@DarkHuntress
Awesome, good to have you onboard!

Starting a near future mystery RP, any takers?

Hello, one and all, just seeing if anyone would be up for a near future RP revolving around a murder case. This RP will be structured somewhat differently from the usual RP style, and is more of an experiment than anything else. I can't say too much now, as I have only written up about 30% of the lore now, but feel free to ask questions and let me know if you're interested ^^

The Stars Themselves || Sci-Fi Nation Roleplay

I have been pretty slack tbh, and am now writing something up, looking to make first contact with anyone interested. Can be a good or bad meeting, I'm not fussed ^^

The Stars Themselves || Sci-Fi Nation Roleplay

Okies, cool, I'll contribute tomorrow. Anyone have any ideas how? I don't know the lay of the galaxy, per se :L

The Stars Themselves || Sci-Fi Nation Roleplay

Faction Name: The Ordered Governments of Elok (O.G.E)

Faction Type: Technocratic Tribal Federation

Species: Elok - Standing at 6’5” on average, the Elok are a curious race, which have many features shared with most bipedal species. There are three major differences. however: A highly interconnected and complex maze of vocal cords and resonance chambers that allow for an astonishing array of clicks, whistles and cries that echo and reverberate through the air (making their language near impossible to lear or even attempt to mimic), a shunt based interconnected organ structure (opposed to highly specialized organ systems) and extended brain lobes into their frills and spines on the backs of their heads and necks, allowing for an unnatural situational awareness due to heightened sensory processing. They have digitigrade lower limbs, stubbed vestigial tails and are sleek and slim, with tanned to brown to whitish fur. They have large, dark eyes with poor eyesight and three sets of large, pointed ears for stereoscopic hearing.

Scale and Territory: Advanced Interstellar. They have no home world to speak of, and have established only two colonies, due to limited resources and unwillingness to expand after the disastrous Optera incident. Instead, they live their lives mostly in space, aboard massive life ships, in various un-colonized areas of space.

Culture

Due to the sudden evacuation of their home world, martial law has largely been enforced as a result of the need to survive with next to no resources. As such, they are a resourceful and cunning species, quite capable tinkerers and adept at reverse engineering salvaged machinery. The Elok are mostly peaceful, and have built their new society around the last great tribes of Topka, Miluf’Tseu, Haras’Dain and Fwinzondi. Each tribe controls a certain aspect of the Fleets, such as salvaging and mineral gathering or military offensives. Elok are nomadic, and do not wish to remain in one place for too long, and enjoy co-operating with most other races. Elok leadership is largely matriarchal, with the females often leading fleets and in charge of important affairs.

History

Before the loss of their home world Tyo’Pa, the Elok were a highly technologically advanced species, having developed the FTL Tunneler and several other crucial space faring technologies. With these advances, the Elok had established several colonies, including the biological research station on Optera 4. It was here that the greatest threat to Elok kind arose, The Raw Materials and Compounds Assimilator.

Originally designed as a bio-organic large scale materials fabricator, the experimental Assimilator somehow went haywire, and began to absorb and repurpose all matter (inorganic and organic) it came into contact with. Devouring everything around it, it quickly created hybrid synthetic/biological monstrosities to expand off world, and spread to the other colonies. This enemy had one crucial advantage over the Elok: It only had to make contact with their ships, and it became unstoppable.

After thirty years of losses and failed attempts at containment, the Elok found their home world over run, and faced a harsh reality: Force their home star into super nova, sterilizing and destroying their colonies and home world, or risk the Assimilator spreading to other planets and across the galaxy. And with great sorrow and despair, the remaining clean Elok ships abandoned their world, as it was consumed in cosmic radiation and vaporized to dust.

With the Assimilator threat eliminated, the ships were forced into martial law, to help prevent starvation and maintain coherence among the various tribal leaders. It was this emergency council that founded the Ordered Governments of Elok, which continue to be their people’s best chance at survival and prosperity, no matter the gulf between them.

Technology

Before the evacuation of Tyo’Pa, the Elok were highly advanced, and masters of both quantum energy creation and manipulation, as well as advanced polymer synthesis and genetic manipulation, as well as the ability to tamper and tinker with the very fusion reactions of stars and other celestial super structures. Much of this knowledge has been lost in the 2000 years since the death of their home planet, but some of it still survives in the Miluf’Tseu Archive Fleet.
FTL Tunneler – An unusual solution to the problem of light speed travel, the FTL Tunneler uses the refractive properties of large celestial bodies (such as gas giants) to create a dense hyper static photon veil, which creates a rip in space time. This rip enters hyperspace, which is then used to travel to, theoretically, any point in the universe. There are, however, some major drawbacks to this design:
1: To activate, the Tunneler requires a large surface to ‘mirror’ the ship against (anything smaller than a planet’s atmosphere will not be sufficient to create the hyper energetics needed to create a mass entropy field).
2: All ships entering this veil must divert ALL energy to shields, to prevent vaporization.
3: The coordinates must be known, or the ships fail safes will activate, preventing travel. This restricts movement to within the galaxy, for the foreseeable future.
Wireless Thermal Beam Transfer – These methods of energy transfer allow for a single reactor ship or many smaller ships to power and overclock an entire fleet’s or individual ship’s weapon systems, shields or engines. While individual ships are quite weak, a networked fleet can present quite a formidable force, firing a single beam of terrifying destructive power. This advance was coined as a solution to the limited number of ships possessed by the Elok, as a way to remain competitive with the other factions.

Military Forces

The Elok lack numbers in their military and naval forces, but more for make up for this with specialized units and fleets, that maximize the use of the WTBT energy system. These systems include:

“Kur’Stal” Lifeship - The Kur’Stal is often at the heart of any fleet, protected by all other ships, and for good reason: Up to 80% of the population dwells there, and are flown out to areas of the fleet where personnel are needed. Often, crippling or destroying the Kur’Stal will lead to a full retreat from the rest of the fleet. This ship also acts as a short range reactor ship in times of danger.

“Guyoi” Heavy Cruiser - Basically a huge gun in space, the Guyoi is lightly armed in normal engagements, but can be overclocked by adjacent ships to activate the Neutrino Deterioration Main Cannon, a devastating particle projection weapon that can be used effectively as heavy assault or capital ship killers, when gathered in small groups.

“Tri’pol” Shield Frigate – Tri’Pols are a support class of ship, which can be networked to produce a large scale energy shield around friendly ships, at the cost of the Frigate’s own defenses. To compensate, the frigate is small and extremely maneuverable, a difficult target to hit.

“Arids” Destroyer – One of the few Elok ships that cannot be networked at all, the Arids is a standard destroyer, firing high density plasma charges at enemy vessels and covering more soft, vulnerable targets.

“Soklo’Pisa” Fighter –A standard fighter/bomber used by Elok forces.

“Fugyt’Nasa” Champion Battle Suit – Only 80 of these are in service, due to their extremely high manufacturing costs and expertise requirements, and are flown by only the highest ranking and expert Elok pilots. These suits are nothing special individually, but when networked with a fleet, are quite devastating opponents, with enough firepower to cripple or even destroy anything cruiser class or lower. There weapons, however, are designed to engage the Assimilator, should it ever be encountered again, and as such, are rarely seen in battle.

In addition, there are standard frigates and cruisers for civilian use, as well as standard assault frigates for light offensives.
Ground forces are few, with less of an emphasis on large scale tank and mass troop warfare. Instead, the Elok employ highly specialized inter-species strike teams, occasionally with vehicle support, to eliminate targets of opportunity or assassinate enemy leaders. These teams are some of the best trained in the galaxy, with cutting edge technology that allow for such things as active camo or extreme demolition.