WilsonTurner

Earth: 2036 A.D

Earth: 2036 A.D

Since no one besides me and you seem to be on, I don't think there'd be an objection.

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Saying it's naive for the Prometheans to be outclassed or for the big alliance of Slave Empires and self-centered nations against the FPA is like saying that no one can beat me in stealthy combat, because I made the Cirruses.

A) Prometheans are not likely to be the first to do manipulation, nor the last.
B) There may be others that are specifically skilled in manipulation
C) Manipulation is not as dire for the Prometheans, and likely not to be taken as seriously since they'd consider everyone else below them, unable to match them, while everyone else will be trying very hard to do so. The members would have much more cause and desperation to manipulate, while you do not.
That is why the idea of the Prometheans being 'outclassed in their own game' is NOT naive.

A) The Dominion is made up of power-hungry nations being blocked by the FPA. Not of a bunch of bad people saying "let's be bad together." Maybe on the surface, but they'll all be waiting to attack on anyone.
B) The Dominion is focused around the Prometheans, as you so say, and so many of the nations will not like that. Many will want to be the top dog, and many will make alliances- regardless if they crumble or not- to ensure the weakening of your power. Ambition and distrust will hinder a true alliance
C) The Dominion is ripe with internal conflicts- it wouldn't be surprising for skirmishes between Dominion members to be on the news at least once a week. One person says this area's mine, and the other says no, it's mine, and then it gets heated and they have a small clash before withdrawing and ceding their claim, or promising to return to secure it, etc. I would most likely have some skirmishes with the Hive over there if they end up close to me. I might run if I lose a Dreadnought- they might run if their swarm was torn apart before they could reach me. It depends.
And that's why the idea of the Dominion falling without the war- the opposition- is not naive.

The Dominon is a bunch of power-hungry, ambitious nations who want everyone around them to be slaves, if they are not their own. Put them together and you have a pot boiling with oil, slowly rising, just waiting to start spilling into the fire and ignite.

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It's just- agh! But Team Badguy will have politics!

It's like a league of villians. We're all more likely to try to kill each other than to work together, had we/they had not been in the Dominion.

Put everyone together into a meeting room and there would be a great deal of back-deal negotiation, secret alliances and all that. It'd be very likely if a group of them rose up to attack the Prometheans, and the others might not be inclined to side with either one, because if the rebellious group fails, that's more power for them and territory that can be grabbed, and less opposition later, but if the Prometheans fall, then that means that there would be a great deal of territory being divided up and taken, and a galactic power out of the way for everyone else to rise.

It's already been pointed out that the Queens of Kelki or whoever are already plotting for future domination of the Dominion, and the Hocklyns are a Slaver Empire- anyone not under their influence is a bit of an insult. They'd eventually get around to betrayal, as well. Anyone who believed in equal rights wouldn't be likely to join the Dominion, either, so the ones calling for peace and permanent alliances are not likely to be common.

Come on, even the Prometheans would likely be trying to raise tensions among their little underlings, because the weaker they are, fighting against each other all the time, the easier it will be to bring them down and set them up as little slaves later, though they'll try to get it just right, so that they're slowly wearing each other away, without trust, but they're also busy helping to fight against the FPA. When the FPA falls, then the Prometheans would be able to completely take over, because everyone'd be too divided and untrusting to ever band together against you. You pretty much said that your people see everyone to be too inferior and all that, so it'd make sense.

Btw, this is why I don't often get along with people. I get excited/convinced by something and I don't let it go.

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Aye, same.

Not like Mr. Shelton liked my app anyways

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This tank is better than any warface anyways

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I don't have the best track record with RPs I GM, either.
Let's hope for the best.
As for your request, the Dominion would have a hard time trusting a faction that doesn't at least tell their home planet. They need to be contact with the leadership and set up an embassy, afterall. Being in the Dominion is a privelige they grant, as they express. You can have territories you hide, though but if the Dominion gets wind of it that won't make them too happy. Otherwise the rest is acceptable.
Also keep in mind that the game is just a bunch of battles. Rest is done by intermission like narration. Nobody really going to attack yor homeworld unless you allow it (and that still requires the Dominion doing badly in war). Generally successful attacks on homeworlds would often mean the faction's gradual collapse. of corse there are ways to save but generally only do this if you want a chance to exit the game. Alternatively just do it for excitement. But yeah, generally it's up to you to allow attacks on yor faction's worlds. If you don't want that we can try finding somebody else.
So you shouldn't worry about this.

@Willy Vereb

The Stellar Dominion is made up of nations that have less-than-honorable intentions for everyone but them, and they're simply teamed up because the do-gooder democratic and happy nations bound together to stand in our path. The Dominion won't be a permanent alliance, and it never will be- it'd be very, very likely that embassies would be set up, but only that nation's ships would be allowed to ferry foreigners in and out of those systems. It's very, very likely that every member of the Stellar Dominion is spying as much as on each other as they are on the enemy. At this point, it'd be very likely that the ones who sit up top on the Dominion are commonly known to think everyone below them, but no one would argue- yet- for favor of getting assistance against enemies.