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THE STARS FELL TO THEE - BORROWED FROM ANOTHER SITE WITH PERMISSION




IC: N/A yet.

THE STORY

In the year 2135, Earth, and by extension its colony's in the solar system, fall due to massive climate change, resource shortages, and nuclear war. All seems to be at an end for humanity. For all intents and purposes, it appears that the reign of humans has come to a close. However, despite the collapse of our home world and our fledgling interplanetary empire, we as a species were saved by an enigmatic, powerful, and mysterious alien race. Calling themselves the Shvii Hegemony, the humans saved by them learned quickly that we were not alone in the galaxy. Far from it in fact, we were just one of many, most of which lived and worked under the Hegemony. The Shvii helped the rescued humans get back on their feet, proving them with the resources and technologies required for them to become an equal player in the Hegemony, just another addition to the mass of intelligent species who made it up.

However, as the newest and least experienced race to be uplifted, as well as for our violent history as a species, Humans were looked down upon. It didn't help that humans began to find their place in this new society as mercenary's and fighters, eventually becoming the go to when there was a morally ambiguous problem that had to be eliminated. Many other species began to view humans as simultaneously a threat to the galactic power structure and dirty bottom feeders, surviving by doing the dirty work for cash.

For 800 years this was the state of things, with the aliens we had met attempting to halt the rise in human influence, and humans taking it wherever they could. For saving our species however, the Shvii were treated as almost gods, and humans were as a result beholden to them in many ways. But that is not to say that there was no push back. A large portion of humanity resented the amount of Shvii influence in human affairs, believing that they were using us to fight there wars for them, and manipulating our way of life to their advantage.

Then one day, in the year 876 in the Post Terran Era, when a young student at a university discovered a book. It was paper, something that was more of a status symbol than the norm, and was clearly very old, which was just what he was looking for as he was studying old earth cultures. The book was Moby Dick, and inside was the handwritten message, "find the Pequod, find home," and a series of star coordinates. Believing that he was on the verge of a major find in the study of Old Earth, the young man tried to get a grant from his university to find what was on the other end of those coordinates, and when he couldn't get one, he organised an expedition of his own. But once they were there, they discovered that there was a lot more at play in those star coordinates and that cryptic message than there appeared to be.

This RP will follow that expedition, with the RPers taking on the roles of various scientists, mercenary's, pilots and so on who are duped into helping on this adventure. Eventually they will discover a series of conspiracy's and cover ups perpetrated by the Shvii concerning humanity, how we came to be, the location of Old Earth, and the true nature of why so much space has gone unexplored.

HELLO AND WELCOME

Hello, and welcome to And All The Stars Fell to Thee. This is a personal project Ive been working on for a few months now, and ive been really looking forward to trying it out as an RP. The basic premise is as the THE STORY section details. Humans have survived the end of the earth because we were saved by a seemingly friendly alien race called the Shvii, who help us get back on our feet and begin operating as a part of the interstellar community called the Shvii Hegemony, which as the name suggests, is a society where the Shvii reign on top and are treated as almost godlike by the races below them.

Humans in this new environment form a society that operates as a confederacy, with many separate Houses, Guilds, Corporations and Country's that make it up and have agreed to work together, but who all have a significant degree of autonomy from one another. In practice, it works similarly to the UN, but interstellar, and any faction of group of factions can choose to leave whenever they please. There are many different environs present in this society, and culture can shift greatly depending on where you are, from the greatly lawless and dangerous Outer Systems, to the bureaucratic and political Core Systems, and even beyond human space in other areas of the Hegemony. There is the Central Station, where member races gather to discuss affairs, trade and communicate, and the territory's, both claimed and unclaimed, of many other factions and species and governments.

The characters will be initially regulated to being just scientists, navigators, and mercenary's hired for the initial expedition, but as the story progresses and more NPC characters and events are introduced, different character roles will be introduced for the players to have, depending on the NPC's and cultures we pass through.

So, sit back, relax, grab some snacks, and strap yourselves in for a wild ride of conspiracy, crime, adventure, and most importantly, the study of Old Earth Cultures.
[b][u]Character App[/u][/b]
(Do not alter the app, beyond removing things in parenthesis, please)
[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Appearance:[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b](Give a brief description, can be divided into likes and dislikes, or a more in depth description. Whichever you prefer.)
[b]Species/Race:[/b]
[b]Occupation/Position to be filled:[/b] (What is your characters role or position on the expedition. What can they offer?)
[b]Skills/Abilities:[/b] (What skills do they have, are there any naturally abilities they were gifted with, are they psionic? etc. Skills would be something like, easy to talk to, skilled with repairs, Abilities would be things that are natural to who they are, such as strengths, intelligence or so on.)
[b]Equipment:[/b] (List any weapons or such they carry on themselves, mostly this is for any soldiers or such.)
[b]History:[/b] (at least 3 paragraphs, 5 sentences each please. Pretend like your in 6th grade again.)
[b]RP Sample:[/b] (Link to the specific post is preferred, but if you cant just writing an example for your character in this RP will be acceptable.)

[b]EXTRA'S[/b]
(These are not required for you to fill out, but are things that I like to think about for my characters because I feel it helps me flesh them out.)
[b]Worst Thing Ever Done:[/b]
[b]Best Thing Ever Done:[/b]
[b]What Do They Care About:[/b]
[b]Greatest Fear:[/b]
[b]A Dark Secret They Have:[/b]
[b]Them Song, Of Course:[/b]
[b][u]Dont delete this #THESTARSFELLTOTHE[/u][/b]






RULES

1. The most obvious of all, no metagaming, godmodding, etc.
2. OP's word is law. My Co-OP's are the enforcers. Im choosing to operate on a 3 strike system, as in 3 strikes and you are out. Some leeway can be given if you give me a good enough argument.
3. Im going to set a max on 4 characters for each player.
4. If its in the OC, don't be an asshole. Arguments and disagreements are acceptable, but keep them civil and respectful.
5. Please try and make your characters fleshed out. I can help with this if you ask, but otherwise its on you do the work for yourself.
6. No one liners. If you are posting, try and make it 5 sentences at least, and preferably more. If its dialogue I will look the other way, but otherwise try and make your posts a bit meatier.
7. Unless your character is picked up on a joint colony world or a space station, they should be human. After all, at its core this RP is about humans leaning the true fate of humanity.
8. Speaking of other races, if you have an idea for characters from another race, you must fill out the Alien Race App before you can post anything about said character.
9. Ive already said so on the app itself, but please do not alter the app in any way. If you feel like it could help in some way, please ask me first.

OP -
Co-OP -
Let me know if I've confused anything also, tried to keep it short but may have missed important details.


I love your post!
@Chi, @Smike, @MagusDream:

Sorry to ping you over and over, but I need Disabler action now. Smike, if no one is responding to your PMs on RPGuild and Discord, you can run the Disablers as NPCs.
@Smike@MagusDream@Argonaut@rawkhawk64@Bob the Grunt@Nimbus@Chi@o0V0o@Masakado1:

I am starting to think of just ending this RP...

Edit: But then again, I might not.
@Letter Bee That is alright, I had to edit my post because I misspelled Rote's name. Since that was a mistake, everyone makes mistakes sometimes. The Goreflame Staff has a 31 year old Soul (Mother), a Teenage Daughter Soul (15), and a 9 to 10 year old soul all in one.


Ah, so that's where the confusion came from.
City Event - Mostly for the Main Party

Mergoux, Louise, Rote, Jehenne, Tamlorn and perhaps Franziska

Kaspar said to Mergoux, <The Main Exit or whichever exit the girl uses.>

The Auction Master says, "Five Million it is - But be warned, you could have been disqualified for that show of intimidation! Now, do you have proof of credit? A banknote or the actual sum to be delivered by people from your company?"

Should such be delievered, he then gave Louise some papers to sign, and then took out a branding iron that glowed with High Magic that would burn Rote and Jehenne's flesh with a brand that would not be healed by Magic. At the sight of the iron, Rote Kaufmann steps back, knowing full well that this added to the feeling of vulnerability that his nudity had already brought him.

Then he throws caution to the winds and says, "Existence bless me and let me say my piece! Does anyone not see or know how we've all been manipulated?! The entire Rebellion, the death of Prince Otto which provoked the Iron Decree, I was there when the man in the black hood provoked them both! It's all wheels within wheels, a plan by the worshippers of the Old Gods!"

The Auction Master's reaction was shout, "Slave Kaufmann, be quiet!" But when it was clear Rote planned to defy him, the silk-clad man said, to several men and women who wore transparent breasplates, cloth and leather underneath, and steel leggings, "Guards, seize him for the branding iron!"

Rough hands grabbed the young man, and Rote struggled to say more even as the Auction Master advanced towards him, branding iron in hand. "The man in the black hood and robes! He was behind all this, trying to destabilize the Reich - Whether the Nobles' Rebellion lost or not, something was going to happen in Venedig itself!"

He kept trying to wrench himself out of the guards' grip even as the Auction Master pressed the branding iron to his left shoulder and caused him to scream loudly, shouting in pain he had not known in his life. Then the Auction Master turned to Jehanne, saying, "Now your right shoulder, miss. "

Then he turns to Louise and explains the purpose of the brand, "The branding is a spell of High Magic that allows someone with a magic stone with the corresponding magical sign to control when the slave can use Magic. Don't lose said stones when I give them to you."

City Event - The Dragon in the Slums

((Rune Handles this from now on.))

@Smike@Stern Algorithm@Overlord Thraka@Aqutanama@Rune_Alchemist@Zoey White@Landaus Five-One@Solaris@jdh97:
@Landaus Five-One, Might be my fault, I was pretty sure I saw Louise listed as a 15-year old.
@Solaris, @Rune_Alchemist will take up your plotline.
@Letter Bee

I know I already said I didn't have a whole lot of time too co-GM on discord

But if you can't find anyone else, I'll do what I can.


Taking you up on your offer - Can you run the Central Bank of Venedig Robbery while I run the slave auction? I'll give you the needed secret plot details.
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