Well its basically dependant on detection method. In space ships are detected largely by their heat signature, which is incredibly hard to get rid of.
In atmosphere though, atmospheric temperature is far easier to blend in with, so I believe Radar and to a lesser extent Ladar are the primary methods, though details on this are few. People can still always detect you by just looking at you though, as not even the Geth have implented active camo on a ship scale, and they are definitely the most advanced in that area.
There has been far more interest in this than I anticipated, and in the interests of my own sanity, I am going to place a limit on the upwards number of organisations. That number is ten (including myself). If you are already accepted, do not worry. If you are not already accepted, you have a week to get your sheets finished up and ready for me to select from.
At that time, I will select the four best sheets to be accepted. No-one loose hope however, as those who are not selected but still have good sheets will be kept on a list for me to contact when others drop out (and there are always a few. RL hates us all after all.).
During this time, I'll still be providing feedback and such as normal, just know that there is now a time limit.
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Ohai Pepperm1nts.
I'm happy for you to submit a sheet that doesn't get named until everything else is done. Hell I do it all the time.
As to stealth vessels, the simple answer would be no. Despite how long the Salarians have been at it, even they didn't invent steath craft until Normandy came along. In Novacannon, the Turian frigate Tyrus is a prototype stealth ship of a sort, but suffice to say, what very few stealth prototype ships exist are held onto very tightly by their respective governments.
As a side note, Corvettes are allowed, though they aren't hugely useful in combat, and making vessels that have stealth capability in atmosphere is perfectly feasible (and probably applies to all Salarian military craft everywhere....) but space stealth is a definite no.
I'm happy for you to submit a sheet that doesn't get named until everything else is done. Hell I do it all the time.
As to stealth vessels, the simple answer would be no. Despite how long the Salarians have been at it, even they didn't invent steath craft until Normandy came along. In Novacannon, the Turian frigate Tyrus is a prototype stealth ship of a sort, but suffice to say, what very few stealth prototype ships exist are held onto very tightly by their respective governments.
As a side note, Corvettes are allowed, though they aren't hugely useful in combat, and making vessels that have stealth capability in atmosphere is perfectly feasible (and probably applies to all Salarian military craft everywhere....) but space stealth is a definite no.
What matters, Rare, is that you gave it a shot before coming to me. I shall take a look at your present history and see what I can come up with shortly.
But first.
Sandman.
I cannot avoid saying that I had planned (before reading the latest on the page) to state that your organisation gives off a definite vibe of 'Halios but bigger.'
In the interests of impartiality however, I will do a full breakdown of my observations.
Firstly, what makes me believe you used Dervs sheet as a template, is the fact that in exactly the same place, you included a short quote about your companies ideal, where no other sheets have done so and it is not part of the sheet template as outlayed by myself. Many of the underlying concepts are also quite similar, only upsized, thus the vibe of 'Halios but bigger.'
On the other hand.
You expressed well before submitting the sheet proper that you wanted to heavily imply work on the basis of Project Lazarus, and in the pursuit of that idea, the similarities in research field - medical and cybernetic - as well as the inclusion of human testing, are justified in pursuit of this goal.
Let me first explain the idea of using accepted sheets as templates before I make a ruling. This is fine. I often look through at accepted sheets, especially those similar to mine, for what the GM wants, and if its in a layout and format that I like, I will often copy this layout and format for my own sheet. One could even say that this process is a very good thing in sheet building, as basing your presentation off an accepted one is a good way to get your own sheet accepted. The key thing to do when doing this, is to avoid copying the actual idea.
In this particular case, my ruling is that while the sheet is most likely templated off of Dervish, the idea is in fact original. It is however, unfortunately very similar to the idea behind Halios in its execution.
With that ruling known, the course of action is thus: In the interests of avoiding two incredibly similar organisations, Elysium Research Technologies should shift focus to its arms research (or another area entirely if that is preffered). All other aspects may remain the same (pending further unrelated criticism of course).
But first.
Sandman.
I cannot avoid saying that I had planned (before reading the latest on the page) to state that your organisation gives off a definite vibe of 'Halios but bigger.'
In the interests of impartiality however, I will do a full breakdown of my observations.
Firstly, what makes me believe you used Dervs sheet as a template, is the fact that in exactly the same place, you included a short quote about your companies ideal, where no other sheets have done so and it is not part of the sheet template as outlayed by myself. Many of the underlying concepts are also quite similar, only upsized, thus the vibe of 'Halios but bigger.'
On the other hand.
You expressed well before submitting the sheet proper that you wanted to heavily imply work on the basis of Project Lazarus, and in the pursuit of that idea, the similarities in research field - medical and cybernetic - as well as the inclusion of human testing, are justified in pursuit of this goal.
Let me first explain the idea of using accepted sheets as templates before I make a ruling. This is fine. I often look through at accepted sheets, especially those similar to mine, for what the GM wants, and if its in a layout and format that I like, I will often copy this layout and format for my own sheet. One could even say that this process is a very good thing in sheet building, as basing your presentation off an accepted one is a good way to get your own sheet accepted. The key thing to do when doing this, is to avoid copying the actual idea.
In this particular case, my ruling is that while the sheet is most likely templated off of Dervish, the idea is in fact original. It is however, unfortunately very similar to the idea behind Halios in its execution.
With that ruling known, the course of action is thus: In the interests of avoiding two incredibly similar organisations, Elysium Research Technologies should shift focus to its arms research (or another area entirely if that is preffered). All other aspects may remain the same (pending further unrelated criticism of course).
Added you to the accepted list now Gowia.
TiredEcho is Tired, and shall not review sheets until tomorrow for fear of losing his normal diplomatic touch...
TiredEcho is Tired, and shall not review sheets until tomorrow for fear of losing his normal diplomatic touch...
Many reviews equals large post....
Hiders for convenience.
Hiders for convenience.
I'm not barring anyone yet, the IC hasn't even started, though I probably will put a max number on sheets eventually.
The Valorous Intent is ready to get out of this mess, only waiting on the Hive...
“Our little display seems to have caught their attention captain.” Valerie’s physical avatar said as she walked into the Bridge. “One of their cruisers has switched fire from the Hive to target us.” As if to illustrate her point, the ship shook again from another shot finding them. “And they hurt” she continued as she took up station at one of the bridge consoles. It always amused Rhea that the android body the ships AI used as an Avatar would bother to manually enter input into a terminal her greater mind could control with a thought. sometimes she wondered if the android was actually doing anything or just miming to appear as though she was. The bridge shook again as another shot impacted.
“Is there anything we can do about that fire Valerie? I can’t stand just sitting here and waiting for them to figure out our ECM.” Rhea’s disposition had changed quite radically over the course of this battle, from almost disinterested nonchalance to considerable concern for the present and future. It was starting to look rather like instead of dodging a proverbial bullet by ending up in unknown space, she had ended up with a far bigger problem. “No, but we can do something about those incoming missiles.” Valerie said as she motioned at the display on the central viewscreen. “Then by all means do so. Switch to defensive missiles, keep us and the Hive safe. There’s no telling the kind of damage they could cause.”
“Captain, an incoming message!” One of the bridge crew exclaimed. “Do leave me in suspense.” Rhea said with a stern glance at the crewman. He must’ve been a new member on the bridge crew. Valerie’s hologram appeared on cue to answer. The crewmen might not always understand Rhea’s expectations and humour but at least her ship did. “It’s from a ship called the USS Aurora. They’re relaying coordinates to a meeting point at the edge of the system. We don’t know if the Hive will take us there, and if we want to make sure we’re there, we need to go right now. Orders captain.?” Before Rhea could reply the ship rocked again, Rhea barely keeping her footing and her temper. “Oh dear.” The voice from helm control said. Rhea turned to face the man who owned it, a Perseid who was prone to significantly under-reacting to terrible situations. “It seems the Slipstream drive is offline.”
Rhea sighed at that news. Now they definitely only had one option. “Recall drones and use the AG fields and bucky cables to secure us to the Hive. when its done, signal them that we’re ready to go.” A chorus of affirmative responses came from the bridge crew, though Rhea hardly listened to them. The majority of the crew knew that it was best to exhaust every alternative to solving a problem before bringing bad news to Rhea Shohashi of Kenja Pride.
“Is there anything we can do about that fire Valerie? I can’t stand just sitting here and waiting for them to figure out our ECM.” Rhea’s disposition had changed quite radically over the course of this battle, from almost disinterested nonchalance to considerable concern for the present and future. It was starting to look rather like instead of dodging a proverbial bullet by ending up in unknown space, she had ended up with a far bigger problem. “No, but we can do something about those incoming missiles.” Valerie said as she motioned at the display on the central viewscreen. “Then by all means do so. Switch to defensive missiles, keep us and the Hive safe. There’s no telling the kind of damage they could cause.”
“Captain, an incoming message!” One of the bridge crew exclaimed. “Do leave me in suspense.” Rhea said with a stern glance at the crewman. He must’ve been a new member on the bridge crew. Valerie’s hologram appeared on cue to answer. The crewmen might not always understand Rhea’s expectations and humour but at least her ship did. “It’s from a ship called the USS Aurora. They’re relaying coordinates to a meeting point at the edge of the system. We don’t know if the Hive will take us there, and if we want to make sure we’re there, we need to go right now. Orders captain.?” Before Rhea could reply the ship rocked again, Rhea barely keeping her footing and her temper. “Oh dear.” The voice from helm control said. Rhea turned to face the man who owned it, a Perseid who was prone to significantly under-reacting to terrible situations. “It seems the Slipstream drive is offline.”
Rhea sighed at that news. Now they definitely only had one option. “Recall drones and use the AG fields and bucky cables to secure us to the Hive. when its done, signal them that we’re ready to go.” A chorus of affirmative responses came from the bridge crew, though Rhea hardly listened to them. The majority of the crew knew that it was best to exhaust every alternative to solving a problem before bringing bad news to Rhea Shohashi of Kenja Pride.
Rare said
Sorry about the misspelling, guess I needed to sleep rather than type more. I will fix those error as soon as I can.
Haha, this I can relate too.
Here's hoping its something easily fixed.
As to your question, I've considered it, and presently I think I'll need to see what you've got before I can give a yea or nay. The short of it is, connections with Cerberus = bad.
As to your question, I've considered it, and presently I think I'll need to see what you've got before I can give a yea or nay. The short of it is, connections with Cerberus = bad.
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