Letter Bee

Innocence Lost: Space Western Science Fantasy (Temporarily Open Again!)

The Battle of Proxima Centauri

The Rau've/Kaisoken Alliance were lured to the Proxima System, only 4 light-years from Earth itself, and the Ascendancy immediately redeployed much of its remaining forces to crush the Nonhuman coalition once and for all. Their plan was to use the smaller ships of the Ascendancy (Cruisers and Frigates) to lure the Alliance as close to Proxima's Sun as possible. The Sun would then cut off the Alliance line of retreat as the Dreadnoughts hammer them with walls of fire; the Carriers would remain in reserve.

It was a viable strategy; not inherently stupid, but the Kaisoken contingents of the combined fleet caught on to it and sent their ships to envelop the Ascendancy's flotilla from above and below, snapping like a ferocious raptor's jaws. The Carriers under Kherol were unable to do anything (or unwilling, as Kherol saw the strategy as stupid and wanted to save as much of the Ascendancy Fleet as he could from said stupidity) as the Dreadnought Fleet of the Ascendancy was well-nigh destroyed.

Nevertheless, although Kherol's non-interference was controversial, none can dispute that it was the survival of the Ascendancy's Carriers that prevented the Rau've and Kaisoken from vassalizing or annexing the Ascendancy outright, and even allowed the Humans to retain most of their territory, albeit under heavy requirements for war reparations. And it was after the Ascendancy's defeat that Emmanuel Thoreau began to build and focus more on Carriers and Carrier-based space doctrine; the days of the Dreadnought were over.

@Gentlemanvaultboy@OrkytheOrc@Starlance@Bartimaeus@Stern Algorithm@Crowvette@KillamriX88

Set in a Silver Sea (Alternate History Fantasy)

@Jinxer, I like this idea; note that I might not actually have the time and energy to take on another RP, but I am still watching this, and might change my mind if it gets enough players.

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@Letter Bee

In your post you said, "which would deliver Legion to their hands," but I assume you meant Realist?

@Stern Algorithm

Yes, I meant Realist.

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@Gentlemanvaultboy@OrkytheOrc@Starlance@Bartimaeus@Stern Algorithm@Crowvette@KillamriX88:

Edited the IC post to include Kelan's plan!

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Innocence Lost

<Snipped quote by Letter Bee>

"Of course," Legion replied, directing Jon to the biometric scanner, a shower stall-shaped installment in the corner of the infirmary. "This is just a basic checkup so I can have some data on your overall health, so no invasive procedures will be performed. As for Mr. Kherol, I do not know the man and can therefore not form an opinion on him one way or another. All I can say is this: Good is not merely the absence of Evil. And being part of a corrupt system while doing nothing to change it would be considered complicity, and, if one thought in absolutes, collective guilt. However, I am not a legislator, nor are the thoughts and opinions expressed necessarily my own. I simply enjoy positing philosophical 'what-ifs'." Legion went on as data was collected from the scanner. "If you have any specific personal health concerns, physical or emotional, please feel free to bring them up with me now or at a later time. As it is, the check-up is complete, and please fill out this medical datapad at your leisure."

@Stern Algorithm

John filled out his datapad, glad that Legion had a genuinely affable bedside manner.

Plenty 0-35; Entrance and Planning Phase

One thing about the Xunanxang was that it was a Spacewarper; instead of going through the wormhole system other ships used to go between star systems, it can just warp space to arrive at wherever it wanted to go. That also made it less vulnerable to being intercepted by a blockade. Thus, it had arrived at the planet Plenty 0-35 in record time, far away from where the space blockade was situated. This must also be how Moonstrike smuggles weapons and such to the farmers here, Natasha thought. But how have they acquired such advanced hardware? Are there traitors in the Ascendancy Military?

Another example of Moonstrike's advancement was the fact that the ship had a stealth system; a system of heat sinks that trapped excess energy inside the craft itself and prevented said energy from being detected by censors. This idea was taken from an Old Earth Videogame from back when Humanity was confined on, well, Earth. This stealth system would allow the Xuanxang to approach the area of the planet where Realist had crashed with little chance of detection; said area was the peanut-growing hills of Ariesland. There, the wreck of the Circle of Hell waited.

The plan was simple, almost stupid; the Xuanxang would land behind a set of hills a dozen or so miles from the wreck, then trek towards the ship into two teams; one to actually reach the ship, another to act as a decoy. The ones that were planned to actually reach the ship were to carry out Kelan's secret plan, which would deliver Realist to their hands. Both would walk on foot or fly via jetpacks (or both at different times), keeping themselves as stealthy as possible so as not to alert the Ascendancy forces. The only grumble was that Natasha won't be fighting; she'll stay with the ship to pilot it, as that was one of the requirements of Kelan's plan.

In the confines of the ship, Natasha had looked at John as the latter nodded and said, "I'll fight beside you, then. And Eldrid is with me. I also think he should enchant your weapons before the battle comes, and also give your armor a Flight spell just in case the jetpacks don't work."

The Captain nodded at the eighteen-year old's thoughtfulness, although she knew it already. As the Xuanxang moved on, approaching the planet's atmostphere and the verdant lands below, she would say, "First step to Revenge, then."

And yes, Rachel had been told that the crew had a few Anti-Tank Coilguns stashed in the arsenal; the equivalent of bazookas back on Old Earth.

@Gentlemanvaultboy@OrkytheOrc@Starlance@Bartimaeus@Stern Algorithm@Crowvette@KillamriX88

Innocence Lost: Space Western Science Fantasy (Temporarily Open Again!)

Whew, all munchkins have been scanned and medical data entered into the database.

@Stern Algorithm

Thanks! I'll post the GM Post now.

Innocence Lost: Space Western Science Fantasy (Temporarily Open Again!)

I mean, it'd be fun, but I'm not sure how I'd fit it into the current situation.

@Crowvette

That message was for Non-Child Soldiers.

Innocence Lost: Space Western Science Fantasy (Temporarily Open Again!)

Anyone else want to post character development stuff?

Innocence Lost: Space Western Science Fantasy (Temporarily Open Again!)

@Stern Algorithm, Anyway, I'll post once you do? Also, we might have a new player soon; I made a special exception.

Innocence Lost: Space Western Science Fantasy (Temporarily Open Again!)

NPC Character Sheet

Name: Snow Cecil

Age: 14

Physical Description:


Important items: Normal Clothes, Ballistics Vest, Coilgun Pistol, Monomolecular Knife, Omnitool, Holographic Camera, Recorder, and Player. Also, a large amount of Galactic Credits.

Short Bio: A child, wandering the Galactic Frontier. A child, who seems to know everything. A child, whose allegiance is unknown, but certainly not with Moonstrike.

[Anything else is REDACTED due to Spoilers]

Spell List: 6 Spells overall.

Exceptional Skill List:

Supernal Vision (High) - The Mage can see all Magic, identify what School it is, and the strength of the spell.

Enchantment (High) - Snow can give an object magical powers; said powers are any of his spells or a spell lent by a willing partner.

Project Senses (Timespace) - Snow Cecil can project his senses in a six-meter (twelve-foot) sphere radiating from his body. He can hear, see, smell and otherwise sense anything in this radius, including enemies behind, above, or under him. This spell can be enchanted into objects.

Bullet Time (Timespace) - Snow can slow down time long enough to dodge bullets and other fast-moving objects.

Learn Faster (Mind) - Snow Cecil can watch someone do something (fencing, shooting, even gardening) through his eyes or a holotape, and gain that ability as an Exceptional Skill for one Posting Round. Note that the Ex. Skill must be something his body can endure; he can't use the spell to gain Exceptional Endurance or Exceptional Heavy Weapons without damaging his body.

Detect Emotion (Mind) - Snow Cecil can see various emotions as colors that light up one's body in an aura. Red means anger, Pink means romantic affection, and Black is despair. This can be coupled with Project Senses and/or enchanted into objects.