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Stars at War (Galactic-scale Military Nation RP)

CIC of the JSBF Silent Sentinel
In a brief ripple of time and space, a single Overwatcher-class Corvette, set on an exploration mission out past the Fringe Line- the edge of Joran settled space- warped into the system. It took a moment for the entire ship to recalibrate to its new environment, and activate its active and passive sensor equipment. At the same time, it launched two surveillance drones, high-stealth, quantum-linked drones that glided through space as if they were debris from a faraway comet or moon, very passively gathering information with the best sensors known to Jura.

A dark reddish, unstriped Jura stood in the pit of the CIC. His central position was where the ship was; all around him, space debris and objects began appearing on the holographic display. Because they warped into the very edge of the system- standard procedure- the only objects appearing were generally directly in front of him.

Shipmaster Su'Talra of the Sentinel Clan purred to himself, the graveling rumblings of it making a deep, throaty hum of contentment.

<Another successful jump. Communications, send word to Central Command that we have reached our destination, and are scouting it now,> Su'Talra said, voice heavy and deep, in their native language. <Thirty-second system to be scouted in as many solar days. Not even Su'Vakra can keep up with me.>

Seven other Jura manned their consoles in a semicircle around him, an officer at their station: Communications, Helm, Navigation, Weapons, Utility, Executive, and Analyst. Each had their role, and having served with all of them for years- he knew they'd do it well.

His contented purring and inner musings caught in his throat, however, when the first two moons appeared on the display. The farthest planet in the system was at its orbit closest to their position, and it took a full twenty minutes for them to get the data from it. The worst thing about warping in at the edge of the system was that you were ten light-minutes or more from the nearest planetary body, and this one was occupied.

<Inform Central Command that we have made contact with a foreign entity in the system. Pass on all data with it.> The Communications officer obediently relayed the message, transmitting it through the ship's instantaneous internal quantum communicator.

Shipmaster Su'Talra stared at the slowly-updating, slowly-expanding field. The unknown contact had covered the moons and planet in something- the computer couldn't identify whatever it was, based on preliminary analysis. Which was odd, because there should be a hell of a lot more natural items in the way- more random atmospheres and gases, and the like. Here, it was all... weird.

The Jura growled, while his underlings remained silent. They knew they could offer up suggestions or ideas, but if they didn't work out or offered something to the problem... Su'Talra would then be Su'Angry.

Finally, the Navigation Jura barked at his Shipmaster, who turned his contemplative, mildly aggravated eyes on the officer.

<It could be that they grew on the planet and moon. The active sensors are reading very notable heat sources from what must be space-worthy power plants, but the readings are showing organically designed ships. Why not have ships that were grown? Rich Jura can grow gold on a plant, why not something like steel or titanium?>

Su'Talra stared for a long moment, before muttering, <A meal in your name, Ni'Jioran.> The officer perked up, pleased that his contribution earned him a meal dining like a king, and everyone shouting a toast to his name. It was an excellent time to preen and enjoy oneself.

The Shipmaster had already turned his gaze back to the slightly shimmering figures spread in front of him. Reaching out, he stretched three clawed digits to surround the planet and its two moons, all occupied, and extended the fingers, quite quickly. The computer obediently zoomed in on the area, slowly providing higher and higher resolution and greater model accuracy as the active sensors swept them over and over.

Growing all over a planet... he had a terrible gut feeling.

<Cu'Ylleri, send word that a Fleet might be required. This Shipmaster thinks our new contacts may not be interested in peace.>

Unbeknownst to the Jura, the Zerg that he had just stumbled across were already beginning to react to his presence, and how obvious he was, scanning them with radar.

It took several long minutes before he began seeing movement, and he snapped his digits at Utility.

<Order the ship to run silent. Cut the exhaust, the turrets, everything. We will be nothing more than another rock floating through space. We will wait for the fleet, or for orders.>

Technology used

PASSIVE SENSORS
Passive sensors are receptors- they record light, sound, etc.- and use that information to detect various things. Generally terrible at long-long ranges, but can be useful to continue 'seeing' without actually being spotted or detected.

ACTIVE SENSORS
Active sensors are very straightforward ways to detect other things. Active sensors are like sonar, radar, or something otherwise similar. They ping with a burst of energy or the like, and wait. It sends out a wave all around it, or in a specific direction, and waits for it to hit something- in which it's bounced back. And so active sensors are an obvious way of gaining information, but also very easily detected.

WHY SENSORS MATTER
Active sensors could be used to scan space around a ship, and it'd fine a great many objects around it- but a ship with passive sensors, running silent, might be misidentified (extremely more likely at longer ranges, and even more so the less and less advanced they are) and labelled as space debris.

When a silent-running, passive-scanning ship is swept by active sensors, two things will happen, with one thing in common:
Applies to both: The passive ship IMMEDIATELY knows the location of the active sensor. When someone shines a laser light at you, you'll know.
A) The passive running ship is detected, probably because it's close enough for it to be made out to be NOT natural, or because it's leaking radiation, heat, or something else somewhere else. Thus, it's obvious.
B) The passive running ship remains undetected, and it can monitor the scanning ship's position without having to do anything but keep an ear out.

QUANTUM COMMUNICATION
Using the theory of quantum entanglement, the Jura have designed super secure, instantaneous communication. By constructing two microchips that are intricately and inexplicably linked to other- various particles in them are Part 1 of 2 parts. The Part 2 is in the opposite chip. When one chip sends a message, it's essentially poking those particles over and over, switching them. Because quantum entanglement is the theory that describes the effect between two linked particles that ALWAYS remain at opposite states- and change instantly across any distant, without any known signal across any distance- the Jura have used these to create impossible to hack, impossible to detect, and instantaneous communication.

Every Jura ship has a direct link to Central Command, so it can keep track of them while in hyperspace, realspace, or anything else.

SILENT RUNNING
The art of moving quietly, essentially.

If Active Sensors is something like echolocation- making a sound and letting it bounce back to tell you where things are- and Passive Sensors is like listening and seeing, then Silent Running is like remaining far enough away that your echolocation can't reach me and get back to you, without making a single noise and staying out of sight.

Stars at War (Galactic-scale Military Nation RP)

@AbysmalDemon
Mayhaps, instead, they're stumbling across the JAF? A merchant fleet warping into a system so they can meet up with another merchant fleet to travel together to another destination (protection in numbers: pirates don't attack big parties), when they find themselves being faced with an unknown patrol ship?

I'm writing up one of those patrol ships stumbling onto one of @Luna_Maria Zergs, after all.

Stars at War (Galactic-scale Military Nation RP)

@Luna_Maria
its not even finished ;-;

Stars at War (Galactic-scale Military Nation RP)

What their space-proof battlearmor looks like

_{Nation Name:}
The Juran Ark Federation

Species's Appearance:
As seen above.

In-depth descripe of the Jura

These creatures- the Jura- are roughly 8 feet tall on average, though the smallest can be 6 foot, and the tallest around 9 foot. They generally weigh anywhere between 200 and 450 pounds, and are strictly carnivores- as noted when you take a look at their razor-sharp double-row of teeth. Eye colors range across yellow, grey, green, red, and purple- and these eyes are small, and sharp. While naturally hunched over, they can extend their bodies to be anywhere from 10 to 14 feet tall, when stretched fully. Skin colors are darker greys, greens, blues, and browns. Some Jura have stripes of the same color, if only lighter.

Jura are an apex of physical and mental prowess. Having grown up on a Gardenworld that hosts an oxygen level twice that of Earth and slightly less than Earth’s gravity, they were capable of growing larger and stronger- just as everything else on the planet was able to. For the vast majority of their lives, evolution honed them to be just as intelligent as they were powerful.

Verbally, they are mimics. While they cannot move their lips, they have a series of muscles located around their throat, just beyond their sizable voice box, that allow them their mimicry. By default, however, they hiss, snarl, growl, purr, and speak softly with course, but gentle voices- unless they’re angry.

They have acute hearing and sight, but have a sense of smell as good as human beings, with an ability to taste that’s far worse. Plus, their skin is thick and leathery- they cannot feel things very well, and thus rely more on machines for fine tuning and such.

Males and females are virtually identical in biology and societal standing beyond sexual organs and the way their bodies accomdate them- males are slightly narrower, females are slightly wider. The only notable difference that they use to distinguish between the two are their torso’s width, pheromones that they give off (very strong, so that they can actually smell it), and their stripes. Males have stripes that start lower on the front of their bodies, and go upwards around their sides and to the back, while females are opposite.

Egg-laying, usually in batches of 3 or 4. Eggs can be laid every 3 months, and it takes about 12 human months for them to hatch. Thirteen years pass before a Jura reaches maturity, and their prime lasts for about 20 years. After that, they slowly delcine in health until they die.

General Description and history:

A lengthy description of the Juran evolution

The Jura have been around, cosmically, for far longer than most sentient species, and took advantage of that time. In a tight solar cluster, the Jura have long since been used to darker, redder light of their aging star, and their sky is filled with hundreds of stars from other, very nearby, solar systems, most of those being almost as old as the Jura’s home system’s star.

For three million years, the Jura evolved from their ancestors. Unlike Earth, there was no catastrophe that wiped out and reset the entire planet’s surface ecosystems- those creatures that came about ten millions prior to the founding of civilization remained, and only evolved to the new conditions. The Jura came from a massively long line of evolution in a four-legged ape-ish lizard, one that slowly grew in size from chicken-sized to the great beasts they are now- because throughout it all, they were slowly becoming smarter and smarter than everything else. They were able to eat more, protect their own, pass on the best traits, and then some. The variety in their small family clans allowed the naturally group-based Jura to bring newer and newer thoughts to the table- until it got to the point where it wasn’t simply monkey-see monkey-do, with one occasionally doing something new, but they were actually communicating and discussing options.

Eight thousand years after the first Jura family-clan founded a language and the first settlement- the clan being known as Jura, and naming the entire species after themselves- found the Jura among the stars for the first time. Three hundred years later saw them finally expanding outside of the cluster, and finding new alien species- sometimes they conquered, sometimes they left them alone, and sometimes they integrated them into sections of their civilization.

Throughout this time, the clans of families warred with each other, or made peace. In comparison to humans, their wars happened more often, and easily bloodier, but each and every result was progressive- never once has a Juran war accomplished little to nothing. Each war brought a burst of inventions and ingenuity, each time becoming a bright point in the progression of the Juran people. Jura went from primitive beasts, finally carving out a settlement from extremely hostile landscapes, to dominating entire sections of land, and taming the monsters of the world to either run away, or serve as steeds or livestock.

Because of a clan’s inclination towards specific support towards the clan leader, it made sense that clans coming together would refuse to acknowledge the ruling of another clan’s leader. Promoting one clan leader over all others failed six times before a clan elected for a different path- all clan leaders gathered together in a council, and cooperatively made decisions. Cooperation had been widely regarded as something that was necessary, but no one knew how to do it.

Shortly afterwards, the first nations began to rise. Better weapons were already being developed, but the official uprise of primitive nations saw steel swords and crossbows, trebuchets and scorpions. Warbeasts were being phased out as calvary took prominence; shortly thereafter, cannons and guns followed.

Two hundred years was all it took to reach one of the Jura Homeworld’s two moons, and after that, the stars that Jura saw so prominently above them suddenly seemed well within reach.

Throughout it all, the council system worked. Every time there was need for another level, another level was voted on and added. Overall, Jura have been satisfied with their form of government, because internally, they saw two types of Jura- followers and leaders. Anyone can be a follower, anyone can be a leader, but because there’s such a small demand for leaders, followers are perfectly fine with casting a couple votes and going about their lives.

As Jura spread out across the star, several splinter groups began to emerge- until the beginnings of what is now 1st Fleet annhilated them. Their ideas were partially integrated into society, but overall- there was no splitting away from the JAF.

There is two ideals that are consistent and prominent throughout Juran history: Clans, and Committment.

Government type and societal organization:

Democratic Councils

The JAF utilizes a series of councils for all decisions outside of military operations. They are listed below, in order from most supreme, to the least.

Hierarchy of Councils

-- Supreme Council - All major decisions concerning the nation as a whole
-- Interplanetary Council - All major decisions concerning a single solar system’s functions
-- Planetary Council - All major decisions concerning a single planet’s functions
-- Continental Council - All major decisions concerning a single landmass’s on a planet’s functions.
-- Local Council - All major decisions concering individual facilities or cities.

Each lower council has one or two representatives in the council above. If a single planet has three continents, with a dozen settlements/colonies/facilities each, then each Local Council of the seven most popularly-elected leaders will elect one of their own to participate in the Continental Council. Of the dozen Council members of the Continental Councils, one from each is elected to participate in the Planetary Council. If a system has four settled planets, then two representatives from each planet will be elected for a Interplanetary Council of eight. Two more Councilmen will be elected to serve in the Federal Council.

Population:

Population total & specifics

Roughly about 130 billion Juran have been recorded in the last census.

Number of Planets and Systems:
-- 75 Solar Systems within the Hydian Star Cluster (Home to about 300 solar systems, all of them tightly clustered in comparison to other clusters of stars)
-- -- 4 Developed Solar Systems
-- -- -- Jura Origin System: 5 colonized planets: 1 homeworld, 4 fully developed and terraformed planets. Homeworld population is 30 billion; the 4 other planets have about 5 billion each. (50 billion so far)
-- -- -- Jura Star System Alyntra: 3 colonized planets: 2 Industry Nodes, 1 Gardenworld. The Industry Nodes have about 1 billion pop. each, the Gardenworld has 4 billion. (56 billion so far)
-- -- -- Jura Star System Benta: 4 colonized planets: 2 Industry Nodes, 1 Gardenworld, 1 Developed planet. Industry Nodes have about 1 billion, Gardenworld has 4 billion, the Developed has 5 billion. (67 billion so far)
-- -- -- Jura Star System Celira: 2 colonized planets: 1 Industry Node, 1 Gardenworld. Industry Node has about 2 billion people; Gardenworld has about 7 billion. (75 billion so far)
-- -- 70 Colonized Solar Systems
-- -- -- Each colonized solar system has 2-4 colonized planets, with only the newest having 1 planet. Each system has roughly 700 to 850 million Jura, in the form of military, industry, etc.

Gardenworld: A planet terraformed or naturally abundant with life, sometimes more than usual. These are planets with water on the surface without terraforming, and are generally lusher, and more vibrant, than other planets. These planets generally have higher populations and feature more commercial/residential properties.

Industry Node: These are planets that are generally barren in some form- too hot, cold, icy, etc.- but are settled anyways for their resources. Generally speaking, they have the biggest and best shipyards, produce and manufacture many of the goods of the JAF, and source many of the resources that are sent farther into the system.

Note on solar systems of the JAF: about 1/3rd of the solar systems in the Hydian Star Cluster have a gas giant, which are VITAL. Gas giants always have stations in low orbit called ‘cloudscoops’- these trail giant hoses down to the gas clouds and suck it up, to filter it for He-3 (Helium-3), which is a vital part of the majority of the JAF’s spaceships. Only a few military ships run on something other than He-3, those two types being Antimatter Lightdrive and Thorium Reactors.

Spacebourne Navy:

Total Fleet Composition

12 Total Fleets:
-- 1st through 7th

-- 2 Auxilliary-Support fleets

-- 3 Reserve fleets.

-- 180 patrol-type ships outside of any fleet (Light Destroyers and Patrol Cruisers)

-- 1st, 3nd, and 5rd Fleets each have 60 ships: (list in order from largest tonnage to smallest)
-- -- 3x Carriers
-- -- 7x Battlecruisers
-- -- 10x Heavy Cruisers
-- -- 20x Missile Cruisers
-- -- 20x Missile Destroyers

-- 2nd, 4th, and 6th Fleets each have 88 ships: (list in order from largest tonnage to smallest)
-- -- 6x Carriers
-- -- 14x Battlecruisers
-- -- 10x Drone-Carriers
-- -- 18x Heavy Cruisers
-- -- 30x Light Cruisers
-- -- 10x Missile Destroyers

-- 7th Fleet has 140 ships: (list in order from largest tonnage to smallest)
-- -- 10x Carriers
-- -- 20x Battlecruisers
-- -- 40x Drone-Carriers
-- -- 30x Heavy Cruisers
-- -- 40x Strike Cruisers

-- Auxilliary Fleets have 36 ships:
-- -- 2x Carriers
-- -- 4x Battlecruisers
-- -- 4x Heavy Cruisers
-- -- 5x Strike Cruisers
-- -- 15x Missile Destroyers
-- -- 6x Orbital Combat Ships

Modern Ship Types and Classes

(MS) Carrier - Regal Hydian-Class

Regal-class Carrier

1.2km long
.4km wide
Roughly 800,000 tonnes of displacement

-- x6 Fighter Launcher Tubes
-- -- x100 Fighters, x20 Bombers per Launch Tube + Surveillance/Decoy/Electronic Warfare drones

-- x4 Small Capital Ship Berths
-- -- x1 OCS ship per berth by default

-- Armed with:
-- -- Heavy Point-Defense (Railguns, Nuclear Swarm-Missiles)
-- -- Moderate SRTs (Strike Railgun Turrets) (Moderate anti-ship capability)
-- -- Moderate Utility: Moderate shielding, light armor, utility drone launch bays
-- -- Heavy (ASPC) Anti-Ship Particle Cannon: A long-charge, single-shot particle beam that fries electronics, instantly kills organic matter with a massive onslaught of radiation, and melts material. Low physical damage, extremely high personnel damage- powerful enough to defeat most of the JAF’s ships.

Desc:
The Regal Carrier came into service about ten years from the start of the RP, and have since served exceedingly well. Being one of the few ships armed with an antimatter reactors, it’s that special sort of ship that the JAF absolutely loves because of its usability, and hates because of its cost.

(BC) Battlecruiser - Guardian-Class

Guardian-class Battlecruiser

1km long
.4km wide
Roughly 750,000 tonnes of displacement

-- x60 Missile Launcher Tubes
-- -- Loadout: Antimatter warheads, Sublight Nuclear warheads

-- x8 Drone launch tubes
-- -- Loadout: Surveillance platforms, Stealth-minelayers, Decoy, Electronic Warfare

-- Armed with:
-- -- Heavy Point-Defense (Railguns, Nuclear Swarm-Missiles)
-- -- Super-Heavy SRTs (Strike Railgun Turrets) (Heavy anti-ship capability)
-- -- Super-Heavy Utility: Superheavy shielding, heavy armor, many utility drone launch bays
-- -- Medium (ASPC) Anti-Ship Particle Cannon: A long-charge, single-shot particle beam that fries electronics, instantly kills organic matter with a massive onslaught of radiation, and melts material. Low physical damage, extremely high personnel damage- powerful enough to defeat many of the JAF’s ships.

(CD) Drone-Carrier - Proper-Class

Proper-Class Drone-Carrer

900km long
.3km wide
Roughly 600,000 tonnes of displacement

-- x60 Missile Launcher Tubes
-- -- Loadout: Antimatter warheads, Sublight Nuclear warheads

-- x32 Drone Bays
-- -- Drone Loadoust: Intercepter, Bomber, Heavy Fighter
-- -- Numbers (Respectively): 1024, 256, 256
-- -- Drones are hive-minded AI-controlled unmanned remote fighters that are employed via swarm tactics. Individually, each drone is inferior to any fighter, but collectively, they are one of the most deadly fleet units.

-- Armed with:
-- -- Medium Point-Defense (Railguns, Nuclear Swarm-Missiles)
-- -- Light SRTs (Strike Railgun Turrets) (Ineffective anti-ship capability)
-- -- Moderate Utility: Heavy shielding, ultralight armor, many utility drone launch bays

(CH) Heavy Cruiser - Righteous-Class

BASIC CRUISER SCHEMATIC:
750 meters long, 350 meters wide

Heavy Point Defense
Moderate Missile capability
Heavy SRTs
Moderate Utility (Heavy shields, moderate armor)

(CS) Strike Cruiser - Fury-Class

BASIC CRUISER SCHEMATIC:
750 meters long, 350 meters wide

Heavy Point Defense
Moderate SRTs
Heavy Missile capability (Antimatter-sublight missiles armed; only ship with them)
Moderate Utility (Superheavy shields, light armor)

(CM) Missile Cruiser - Griever-Class

BASIC CRUISER SCHEMATIC:
750 meters long, 350 meters wide

Medium Point Defense
Light SRTs
Super-Heavy Missile capability (Antimatter missiles, Nuclear-sublight missiles)
Moderate Utility (Heavy shields, moderate armor)

(CL) Light Cruiser - Envious-Class

BASIC CRUISER SCHEMATIC:
750 meters long, 350 meters wide

Moderate Point Defense
Moderate SRTs
Light Missile capability
Light Utility (Medium shields, light armor)

(DM) Missile Destroyer - Crossman-Class

560 meters long, 250 meters wide

Moderate Point Defense
No SRT
Medium-Heavy Missile capability (Nuclear-sublight missiles)
Moderate Utility (Medium-Heavy shields, ultralight armor)

(OCS) Orbital Combat Ship - Titanfall-Class

600 meters long, 100 meters wide

Light Point Defense
Light SRT
Light Missile capability (Small number of nuclear-sublight warheads)
Heavy Utility (Medium shields, ultralight armor, active stealth systems, extremely advanced sensor and electronic warfare suite)

-- x1 Heavy Kinetic Energy Weapon (mass accelerator)
Superheavy Orbit-to-Ground superweapon
Clumsy but effective anti-ship superweapon

(DL) Light Destroyer - Archer-Class

450 meters long, 200 meters wide

Light Point Defense
Light SRT
No Missile capability
Light Utility (Medium shields, ultralight armor)

(EC) Corvette - Overwatcher-Class

300 meters long, 100 meters wide
Ultralight Point Defense
Ultralight SRT
No Missile capability
Moderate Utility (Light shields, ultra light armor, advanced sensor suite)

-- Auxilliary Fleets are designed to bolster a damaged fleet unit’s numbers, or to provide tactical strikes.
-- Reserve Fleets are made up of retired ships. No fleet units exist until assembled out of ships that have been phased out of active duty, but not yet scrapped or repurposed. The current three Reserve Fleets only have their flagships, which are trainee vessels that are combat-ready, but on standby- 3x modern Battlecruisers for each of the three Reserve fleets.
-- At any point in time, there are about 10-30 of each class used as trainee vessels around the Juran Homeworld.

Alignment: Grey

The Grey Alignment

The Juran Ark Federation, or JAF, serves its own interests. Sometimes, that means conquering, and sometimes, that means making peace or coming to the aid of allies. They do not abide by any sort of code; they do not immediately attack, or make peace, but rather assess a situation for the best possible course of action.

Primary Characters:

Councillor Au'Taureth

Name: Taureth of the Hydian Maximillus Clan
Age: 67 (really old damn old), appears to be more like 33
Position: Au', a Great Clan Leader of one of the largest and most prominent clans in the JAF. More than that, he's also been voted up the ranks and is one of the few Supreme Councillors. He's been elected to head all diplomacy with foreign nations, on behalf of the Supreme Council.
Physicality: One of the more augmented Jura, Taureth has the build of one of the most prime fighters. While of average height, he's stronger and more powerfully built, and features dark grey skin with dozens of thin ashy stripes. His spines are jet-black, as is average among Jura, and his eyes glow violet, with his natural eye color and the nanobiotechnology that keeps him both young, unaging, and in near-perfect health.

Technology level:
-- Tier 2 Civilization, and here's why:
-- -- Advanced, having spent a great deal of time among the stars. They've got antimatter reactors, warheads, etc. Translocation Gates between major systems for instantaneous transportation, advanced warp drives that create an area of effect- a single carrier could bring its entire fleet with it, and faster than Tier-3 civilizations because of the antimatter reactor powering it.
-- -- Ambitious, having done more than most in the time they've had since they began learning about the universe.
-- -- Intelligent, having forged ahead in most areas of science without stopping. Why have an entire fleet individually warp to a system, when a flagship could simply bring the entire group, while still in formation?
-- -- Culturally dull, because while there is a great many traditions and honors and such, they do not have fine arts like humans. The only notable thing about their culture, beyond their clans and history and such, is the fact that they are magnificent, magnificent cooks. Because of their dull tastebuds, they make up for it by making strong, almost powerful tasting foods.

Stars at War (Galactic-scale Military Nation RP)

@Luna_Maria

Stars at War (Galactic-scale Military Nation RP)

@Luna_Maria
I mean, I suppose.

The JAF are a Tier-2 civilization- they have a population way higher than the Zerg, and are more advanced besides. The Zerg might want to rethink all-out war with this older civilization.

Stars at War (Galactic-scale Military Nation RP)

@Luna_Maria
I think I'm spending too much time on my nations' spaceborne navy.

But whatevs.

Stars at War (Galactic-scale Military Nation RP)

Alright, just a note for everyone.

I'm currently in the process of writing up the Juran Ark Federation, a Tier-2 civilization with a more grey allegiance- they aren't deadset on killing anyone, nor on helping everyone. They act in their own interests, always.

Interstellar Concordance (Scifi 4x NRP)

@CowboyCommando
Kudos on the OP, it's quite thorough. I don't think I'll be joining- turnbased dicebased roleplaying isn't my thing, I'll play X-Com if I want that- but a tip for ya, if you don't mind a bit of friendly criticism: Distinguish between the need for a comma or a period, and always make sure you don't have sentence fragments. I don't know about others, but it's very... almost disruptive when reading a bunch of your stuff, and you have something like this:

Description of Civilization:Many rumors surround the nature of the Curators, and who their creators might've been. As the Vartauri had found them alone on the planet of Aspiron. A metropolis spanning the the surface and bellow. Tended by the Curators in the hopes that one day, the “Clients” would come. The clients defined as the sentient species of the galaxy. The guidelines, procedures, and actions they took to convince the Vartauri to bring about the first Interstellar Concordance hard coded eons ago.

Several of the sentences in here are written as if they belong to the sentence before them, but they're standalone- and so it doesn't flow very well and kinda messes me up when I read it. It may not be a problem for anyone else, but that's how it is for me.

You might instead want to write it similar to this:

Description of Civilization: Many rumors surround the nature of the Curators, and who their creators might've been. As The Vartauri had found them alone on the planet of Aspiron- a metropolis spanning the the surface and below. Tended by the Curators in the hopes that one day, the “Clients” (as defined as any sentient and intelligent species) would come. The clients defined as the sentient species of the galaxy. The guidelines, procedures, and actions they took to convince the Vartauri to bring about the first Interstellar Concordance hard coded eons ago.

Countries as people: World War One

@Wernher
I didn't write my posts just thinking "MURICA YEEAAAH, WE NUMBER JUAN." I actually did quite a bit of research, though I can't say for certain that all my sources were concrete.

My rebuttal

Most of the websites I looked up- just from simple google searches- agreed that America was surpassing everyone in Europe in terms of production before WWI even started. America also became a world power in the 1870s or so- something that most every one of my sources agreed upon.

Pre-WW1 USA was certainly 'getting there,' but it was also already fairly high up there. You also have to think of size- the US simply had more resources at their disposal than pretty much any European country, period, since the US is easily three times as big as Germany. And even pre-WWI, they were the ones that first invented armored ships, proved that they were very, very willing to go to war if needbe (our very bloody Civil War), televisions and cars, we made the first planes and first commercial versions.

The US might not be able to invade and take over other countries as easily as Germany would, but the US has far more potential there than other nations, and in this case, my character in this roleplay knows that. If push comes to shove, the US would spit out forces that may not be top notch- but they'd get the job done, and make up for their experience and skill in numbers and tactics.

I was reading accounts of German soldiers after world war I and II, and both times, they described American officers to be criminally lax, their men frighteningly casual with them, etc. etc., but that they feared America the most, because they took the battles more seriously than all the others. They made up for their informal demeanor and the like by being very much closer,
and more determined to win and fight for the troops next to them.

I've simply done research, and written accordingly. As @bluetommy2 said, if you actually have a problem, PM me and let's talk it out.

Not everything I've found is accurate, I'll admit that, but I'm also not as worried about it because- we're just here to have fun. If I were going to be picky, I'd be asking why Germany was legitimately laughing- "MWAHAHAHA" and such. But we just here to write a bit and chill, yeah?