Rhymer

Faction:Martian Front (The Luna Wars Were a Thing)

Jump in guys. Let's just get this rolling. @Chenzor@Inlaa@Elitestpotato@Skylar@Legion02@ArenaSnow

Faction:Martian Front (The Luna Wars Were a Thing)

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Skyguard/Elysium Defense Contract

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SKYGUARD Capital Ship, Defender II...

THE inky void of space dwindled in the viewport of the Admirals quarters. Vane Vonn sat at his console staring down the endless eternity of space. Within moments a glowing red sphere began to dip into view. Despite centuries of terraforming, Mars retained a distinctive red tint-owing to the still hundreds of thousands of kilometers of red desert choking the planet. The cities and civilizations of man spread like black veins across the planets surface in a sea of red. Vonn stood as the computers voice chirped to life. "Entering orbit Admiral Vonn," said a synthesized female voice. "Downloading communications and protocols."

Vonn shook himself from his reverie as communications began sounding and the reports started appearing on his console. The protocol was automatic-triggered as the ship slipped into orbit. His console lit up with streams of data-weather, news, ship and troop movements-Vonn skimmed the major points;faction details and weather reports. The old warrior sighed and flicked the console off. He turned his attention to a six inch thick folio on his desk. The angular insignia of Skyguard was embossed on the front alongside the seal of the Jupiter Alliance. The Terran symbol was conspicuously absent; a decision that twenty representatives of Skyguard (including himself) had made even before landing on Jupiter to decide the fate of Mars. The Terran Government was finished after the assassinations of the Air Marshals-the highest ranking officials in the regime. Earths fate would be civil war. Vonn and the Jupiter Alliance had hoped Mars would not share the same fate and quickly drafted the treaty now sitting on his desk-a treaty that placed Mars under direct Skyguard control. Now all Vane had to do was convince the natives.

Vonn knew what the treaty really was after all-a stack of papers some beauracrats and lawyers drafted. The real power would come from Jupiters economic power and the might of Skyguards armada. Vonn smiled at that. He would be at the helm when Skyguard became a legitimate government. His name would be in the books as first chairman of a unified Martian Nation, and all it had taken was the assassination of two Terran Air Marshals. The order to kill them hardly even bothered Vonn anymore.

Sector 43, Utopia Coast, Elysium City...

The city squares usually serene atmosphere was in discord. Crowds of protestors, rioters and anarchists had flooded into the city center for the forty-third day in a row since the fall of the Terran Government. The workers quit first, as soon as they realized the United Terran Government backed Martian Dollar was worth nil. The wage riots gave way to looters and increased terrorist activity, especially the Bloody Brothers-a faction that seemed only interested in destruction and murder. The city was on the brink of total anarchy and the city-square was the epicenter.

Inspector Leo Grimes of the Elysium Defense Contract private police force stood on the rooftop of EDC-1, the headquarters for the faction in Elysium. Heavily armed ornithopters circled overhead, flashing spotlights randomly at the crowd. The sun had dipped behind the city skyline and dark was closing in. A sargeant in black fatigues holding an automatic weapon approached the Inspector.

I think we need to evacuate you sir," said the sergeant.

"Any word from the other base sergeant? Do we have reinforcements coming?" said Grimes.

"Negative. Protestors have set up outside EDC-2 and 3 sir. Theres a shit-load of them. Bloody Brothers spotted with them too sir. Set off a bomb in subway station 34. Could be the BB or any number of terrorist groups that popped up last week." the sargeant looked over the edge of the building at the mob below. "Good god." A sea of miners, workers, ex-military and government workers shouted and screamed and shoved.

"This could break any minute sergeant. Order your Armored Division to move in to break up this crowd. You have authority to open fire if need be. I'm getting on that chopper,"said Grimes pointing at one of the circling aircraft that had begun to descend."I'll be back with reinforcements from EDC-3 and 2. You stay and make sure those rioters know who this city belongs to." Grimes turned and ran for the landing pad. The ornithopter touched down lightly, just long enough for the Inspector to board, and took off just as quick. The sergeant opened up a communications channel to his Amrored units on the ground floor."Move in boys. Lethal force authorized."

The sergeant watched the ornithopter accelerate and disappear behind a skyscraper and out to sea. "Son of a bit-" An explosion rocked the bottom of EDC-1 and the sergeant was thrown to the ground. A fireball lit up the night sky as dark camo-colored aircraft whizzed over head. Plumes of smoke and fire leapt from the city square where rioters scattered. Hundreds lay dead in piles of fire and smoke. The aircraft crept in again, hovering and opened fire with machine guns. The sergeant, both horrified and elated stood up and took in the scene. Another aircraft loomed into view and lit up the rooftop with a searchlight. The sergeant gave a half-wave. The aircraft opened fire.

Faction:Martian Front (The Luna Wars Were a Thing)

By the way, what's the accepted form of currency on Mars?

@Inlaa

Credits, cash, silver/gold. People barter, trade and deal. It's a mixed economy. There is a United Terran Government backed Martian Dollar, but it's basically worthless since the government collapsed.

Worldbuilding/Setting Thread

sometimes concepts fail, other times they succeed. You have to time them right, which unfortunately requires either innate understanding of practical use of chaos theory, or luck.

@Ellri

So black magic? I've come to realize that. Works IRL like that too.

Talk about your favorite original settings on the site. Talk about your own setting or ask for help with an aspect of your setting.

@Rhymer

So what are your favorite settings on the site? Is anyone building a world for RPing right now? Maps? Charts? Diagrams?

Faction:Martian Front (The Luna Wars Were a Thing)

@Inlaa Accepted! Anywhere on the map is fine for your holdings.

Worldbuilding/Setting Thread

I've always wanted to world-build with other players who similarly create regions, histories, races, and cultures and then role play in said world once we're finished.

@TJByrum

I tried that on these forums but nobody really went for it.

Faction:Martian Front (The Luna Wars Were a Thing)

Is this still open? I'd like to express interest. The concept I have in mind is a faction of rioters, demonstrators and cultists that believe the ancient Marshans are speaking to them and want them to either make the people of Mars more at harmony with the planet or else remove them from the planet. They'd be purposely digging for old Marshan artifacts, believing they hold some sort of power that can be used against everyone else. (I'm assuming such a power doesn't exist, and that works.)

If that's a bit too oddball, I'm also interested in making a newly-freed (thanks to the fall of Earth's central government) penal colony of miners and metalworkers that would be 100% happy to bargain with thieves, pirates and the black market. They'd be a colony with the potential to become pirates or mercenaries. The base would probably be an underground mining complex that's been turned into home.

@Inlaa

I like both your ideas. Although I haven't written anything into the setting concerning ancient Martians. But its something to consider. I would say probably go with idea #2 and make a character based off of idea #1. Maybe the miners discover something...

Faction:Martian Front (The Luna Wars Were a Thing)

@Rhymer A ping to check up on ya, I cleaned up my list of interest checks that went nowhere and I am itching to RP somewhere... very slow week for me...

@ArenaSnow

I hear ya. The holiday is a killer for me man I've got a lot going on. Mon-Tue is more likely for me to get a first post up. If you want to start building OOC relationships with other players go for it. Probably make the game a lot more interesting too...

Worldbuilding/Setting Thread

If you want to world build, read a lot of history.

@Vilageidiotx

Absolutely. You need something real for the player/reader to latch onto to ground it in reality-especially in a fantasy setting otherwise it becomes too abstract.

Mish-mash cultures are fun. Both ones mixed from existing ones (or extinct) and those mixed with fictional ones. Sometimes, historic cultures lack that single element you need to make the fictional culture "yours". That is when the fictional cultures built by other authors can come in handy. Unless your imagination fixes it for ya, of course.

@Ellri

They are the ones that really appeal to me. I don't know how many 'original' cookie cutter settings of fantasy medieval Europe I've skipped over on the web (all with tolkien-esque elvish names). There are so many more interesting cultures to source inspiration from.

For example... You have a classic culture of mounted warriors. Nothing special about that. What happens when you replace their horses with carnivores? How does that change your culture?
Stereotypes are also fun to play with. Like the russian bear cavalry. You don't want to mess with them.

@Ellri

Right. That's worldbuilding when you ask those questions. You have to think about food for the dino-calvary, trainers and boarding. All of a sudden you have a whole class of specialists devoted to that line of work. When you start asking those questions you can get a really interesting and detailed setting going. Some cultures I have always wanted to use in a setting : Mayan,Maori Sub-saharan African

Asgeir is a cold region, with chilly Springs and Summers, snowy Falls, and terrible wintry weather during the Winter. The natives here are known as Varan, tall and stout warrior-folk who value honor and tradition.

The capital is Stormhold, a great walled city which has never ...

@TJByrum

Sounds like you put a lot of work into your setting TJbyrum. I got the heavy viking vibe right away.

Worldbuilding/Setting Thread

Talk about your favorite original settings on the site. Talk about your own setting or ask for help with an aspect of your setting. I like world building a lot-it's probably the most enjoyable aspect of roleplaying for me. Ok Go!