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 Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:48 pm
Based off of the RP Galaxy Battle by Safari_Sam
Its about 1500 years in the future. Humanity has made contact with alien races through the invention of hyperdrive, which allows for faster-than-light travel. While there are occasional wars, the majority of the galaxy's citizens work together through an organization called the United Stars (US), an organization similar to the UN of today. Member worlds have representatives and they vote on various issues, and the US has a military that is often dispatched to settle intersteller disputes.
However, one week ago, Earth (where the US headquarters is located) was attacked by an unknown alien race from another galaxy. These insectile creatures are called the "Outsiders", and their technology seems radically different from our own.
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:51 pm
Technology
The denizens of the Milky Way have pretty well standerdized tech. Weapons and defenses, while slightly different based on who makes them, all operate on similar principles. A brief rundown of some of the stuff you'll likely have is below.
Ships
Ships come in all makes and models. While appearances and stats can drasticaly vary, a description of each catagory is below. Remember that even if a catagory isn't below, you can still use it. This list is not meant to be limiting.
Fighters = Small, one man ships that can operate either in atmosphere or vacume. They usually don't have a hyperdrive, but can have slower models installed. They have typically have light armament and defenses, but again this can vary. An example would be those little ships in Battlestar Galactica.
Frigate = Medium size vessels that always have hyperdrive. Frigates ususally have several gun turrets and layers of armor and shielding. Frigates can sometimes carry fighters into battle. A (bad) example would probably be the starship Enterprise.
Carriers = Ususally without heavy weapon or armor, carriers hold several dozen fighters and many other small craft. They cannot hold thier own in many fights, typically relying on other ships for protection.
Battleships = The largest ships in space fleets, battleships are huge and are armed with several dozen guns. They are also fantastically defended and usually hold at least 2 fighter squadrons for support. An example of a battleship would be a Star Destroyer.
Weapons
Unlike ships, the list of weapons is somewhat limited. If the Death Star superlaser isn't on the list, you cannot use it. All ships in the galaxy are armed with some variation of the following weapons.
F Cannon = Found almost exclusivly on fighters. Typically weak, their only real purpose is to take out other fighters or weaken an unshielded enemy.
AF Cannon = Similar to F Cannon, but larger. Stands for "Anti-Fighter". Found on all ship sizes, cause everything can be attacked by a fighter.
H Cannon = These go on medium to large ships. They use more power than the other two and take longer between each shot. However, they are used to take out enemy capital ships and deal incredible damage. Due to their low rate of fire, they aren't very effective against fighters.
MAG = Stands for "Magnetic Accelerator Gun". Only found on the largest ships. Uses electro-magnets to propel a dense, grooved metal projectile across great distances and speeds. Only large ships have any hope of surviving a single shot.
Missile = A staple of warfare for centuries, missiles haven't changed much. Small ships typically hold about four, while larger ships have entire "missile bays" that launch around ten missiles at a time. Missile work best against un shielded enemies.
Fusion Missile - RESTRICTED = A highly dangerous weapon, fusion missiles force two cores of pure tritium (an isotope of hydrogen) together with tremendous energy. The resulting detonition creates a (very) miniature star that eats up all matter surrounding it. The star usually burns itself out within a few seconds, but in that time devestating damage can occur. There are no known defenses agaist fusion missiles. Because of this, only top-ranked ships carry them, and are only allowed to use them in the most dire of circumstances.
Miscellaneous
Lots of other technology is used. Some of it is describe here.
Shields = Defenses found on every ship in the galaxy. They range from weak shields that are used only to deflect micrometeors and other space junk, to massive, powerful things that can keep a crew alive after a MAG attack. Shield power relates to the size of the power core and projectors (and, in turn, to the size of the ship).
Hyperdrive = The staple of all long distance craft. Large ones found on military vessels can pull almost 200 lightyears per hour. Smaller hyperdrives can pull around 150.
HyperNet = Communications that are transmitted through hyperspace. Because transmissions are not physical matter, they can go through higher levels of hyperspace and reach their destinations even faster. The fastest HyperNet devices can travel almost 1000 lightyears per hour, giving the galaxy the closest thing it can get to instantaneous communication.
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:52 pm
The Outsiders
The first extra-galactic organisims discovered, the Outsiders unfortunatly turned out to be hostile. It is believed that they are looking for resources, but since noone has managed to talk to them, we don't know for sure. They seem to be a "hive-mind", with all individual aliens under the control of one distant "queen" or "king". In battle, Outsiders typically throw themselves at their enemies at full force, leaving no room for subtlety. Their fighters are especially dangerous: their attacks are called "swarms", and the fighters themselves are called "Wasps".
Outsider technology is similar to our own. They posses hyperdrive, and probably some form of HperNet. Their ships are almost the opposite of US ships: Their ships have very little shielding compared to our own, but their ships are typically faster than ours. Also, their weapon technology seems to be better than ours. While many of our fighters need two or more guns to get a rapid fire effect, Wasps can get the same rate of fire from a single gun. Their guns also appear to be stronger, doing more damage than a comparitivly sized gun from our own arsenel. Thankfully, they do not seem to use either MAG or fusion missile technology.
Battles with the Outsiders are most dangerous in the first couple of hours, when they attack with full force. If a battle takes longer than six hours, however, the odds tend to tip in our favor. Outsiders seem uninterested in capturing or eating us. Indeed, after one lost battle, Outsider ships were spotted hunting for escape pods and destroying them. Conversly, Outsiders seem incapable of surrender, instead always fighting to the last. Escape pods have never been observed to eject from an Outsider vessel.
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:54 pm
Profile Outline
PM these to me
Username:
Name:
Race: (can be almost any race from anywhere, except demons, angels, vampires, and werewolves.)
Appearance: (if your character is not human, it is strongly recommended that you place a picture here so people know what you look like)
Age: (if not human, put both their years and human years)
Profession: (Are you in the military? If so do you command a ship?)
Describe Ship: (even if you only serve on it. multiple players can work on the same ship)
Bio:
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:55 pm
Accepted Profiles Gaia Name : Eowuclya RP Name : Lilyanna Marie Darkwood Nickname: Crimson Race : Human Appearance : LilyAge : 23 Profession : Wonderer Describe Ship : A new version of a fighter. It's small, but has very strong defenses and weapontry. All weapons were created by Lily and took several years to make them flawless, though they have their weaknesses like all things do. There are a few missles, but only like two. She has small guns on her ship, but they are concealed and hidden. They are similar to AF cannons. She calls it Blood. Bio : Several years ago, 23 to be exact, a small ship landed on Earth. The ship was a little larger than a fighter ship. Inside were two distrought creatures. Flying low over a city, they tossed a child out of the ship. Thankfully, it landed in the brushes. The ship took off and was never seen again. Baby Lily layed in that bush for some hours before a peasant woman found her. This woman raised Lily with the rest of her family. Lilyanna was treated as one of them, but something was always different about her. For some reason, she could learn faster than her other children. Lily was able to run faster and soon grew strong. Lily worked in the households that her mother worked under; cleaning and doing housekeeping. In her free time, Lily played with metal, creating swords of all different kinds, and tried with them. When her 'mother' died, it affected Lily deeply. She ran away from the city she was staying in and took off to find a new life, to find out why she was different than most of the people on this planet. When she was 20, Lily started expiriementing with metals and transportation. When she tuned 23, Lily perfected the new ship that she now piolets. Over the years, people had told Lily that she should have joined the military, but she never responded to that. From what she heard around, Lilyanna was very knowledgeable about the Outsiders and the US Malitia. Username: Helljumper026 Name: Fleet Admiral (Lysander) Azyrneth Race: Human Appearance: Azyrneth (minus wings) Age: 26 Profession: Fleet Admiral. has reign over a rather large fleet. Commands the Dawn of Winter, a highly customized Battleship. Describe Ship: Dawn of Winter Bio: he was born into the US (United Stars) by a military family. his mother was a fleet commander, and was aboard one of the most renowned ships in the Navy. he grew up, learning all he needed to know about the politics, the wars, and about the ships. he became a fighter pilot at 16 Other: was engaged at 22, but she was killed in the first encounters with the 'Outsiders'. Azyrneth swore to destroy every last 'outsider' himself, or join his to-be wife in death trying. Username: Dragonic Savior
Name: Kira
Race: Human
Appearance: Out of flight suit:
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In flight suit:
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Age:20
Profession: Renegade
Describe Ship: The first of what was to be called the Defiant class vessals. Was created to be a high manuvarable ship. For it's size it holds storage ffor a earth years worth of food. It carries ten Af cannons, and five H cannons along its hull. It has one missle bay allowing it to fire two missles at a time if needed. Along with space for two fighters. However while one is an ordinary fighter the other is a meck built for kira himself.
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Bio: Kira was what some from old earth would call a test tube baby. Except for one major factor his genes and dna were manipulated as an embrio. While most scientist made him the perfect killer. One showed him compation and shared that gift with him, as well as, a a will of his own when he was instructed to make him a mental slave. Once Kira's rigorous battle training was completed he was sent out on mission where he destroyed a battleship with his meck alone. Yet this made him sick and he waited for his chance through the missions as he herd of the commitioning of the first Defiant he broke into the shipping yards using his meck and stole the ship along with all of its blueprints. The scientist who showed him kindness was killed that day for treason.
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:11 pm
Lilyanna was leaning up against the left wing of Blood. The sun was pounding overhead, but she didn't mind. Lily always loved the weather here on Earth, it was so unpredictable, just like her moods. The sun made her black-as-night hair gleam. As well as the bright sun, there was also a slight breeze in the air. Today was perfect; there were white puffy clouds in the sky, a bright sun, a nice breeze, what could go wrong? That thought of perfectness soon vanished as she saw a woman run past her. Why was she in such a hurry? "Hey." Lily called out to her. The woman stopped running and turned to look at Lily. Lily's appearance made her look like a juvinile delinquent. "What's going on?" Lily asked and the woman raised her eyebrows. "Didn't you hear?" The woman said. "There was another attack. It's all over the news." Another attack? On the US? Lilyanna nodded, standing up stright. The woman took off at a run again. She knew exactly where she was headed, to the locan tavern where there was the only television in the small, delapitated town. Lilyanna followed the woman, but at a walking pace. The tavern was fairly good sized, considering the small size of the town. The shutters seemed to be pratically falling off the windows. Lily walked inside to see almost all of the towns people cramed inside around the television. The news cast was going off the air as soon as she entered, but the buzz of the people told everything that was in there. Apparently the Outsiders had attacked again, and this time our side took major loss. Lily sighed as people looked up at her as she was walked past, on her way to the bar. Many times the people of the town at told her she should register for the military. She had extrodinary strength for a girl her age, she was highly intelligent, and she could piolet ships. Lily had always shrugged it off in front of the, but she had seriously thought about registering with them. The only problem she saw with them was the fact that she would start off as the lowest of the low. She was affraid that the upper officials wouldn't take her seriously and treat her as if she was just a pathetic, lowlife soldier who just inlisted to get away from home. Lilyanna could hear the whispers as she walked past. She wanted to fight, to help protect her homeland, but she just couldn't find herself able to do sign up. She ordered a drink, then left the tavern. She couldn't take the stares and whispers anymore. It took almost twice as long to reach Blood for she was lost in thought. What would happen if she signed up for the military.... this thought always seemed to cross her mind. No, she would join when things got too terrible that the military was in desperate need of help, then she would join. Lilyanna squinted her piercing green eyes as the the light reflected off her ship. Maybe a nice flight would help her relieve her thoughts. When creating Blood, Lily went off the model of a normal military fighter jet. It had its similarities, but it was totally different. Lily didn't know how many times people have asked her if she stole the ship from the aliens. This thought made her laugh but also made her worry. When she flew it, she always worried that someone is going to mistake her as the enemy. She would take her chances, she wanted to clear her mind. Lilyanna's black coat blew around her as she lept into her ship as the top closed around her. She flicked on a few switches as the engine roared to life. Dust kicked up around the ship as it began to rise in the air. This is were Lily loved to be, in this seat, in the air, with the wind and clouds rushing around her. She accelerated and shot off into the sky at a fast speed. The feeling was amazing and got her every single time. A smile spread across her face as she did a few rolls in the air. Lily flew for a while, not paying attention to where she was going. After a while, a small beeping noise filled her ears. "s**t." She muttered as she looked down at her pannel. Apparently she was flying over a military base. They had picked up her ship on the radar.
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 7:35 pm
"For those of you that want to fight for those precious things you love, rise, and join me and my fleet in the first assault upon those 'Outsiders' !" Fleet Admiral Azyrneth was wrapping up his testimonial on his plans for the first attacks on 'Outsider' space. of the 2000 representitives, only about 500 stood up. he was expecting more, but 500 hundred willing ships, was still good enough. "Lets give these bug bastards a taste of there own medicine!" he got some applause, then steeped down from the podium from where he was speaking. he left the large conferece room, and was heading to his ship, the Dawn of Winter. he had a few plans before he went ahead with his proposition. there was one place he needed to go first. Earth.
((big edit))
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:55 pm
A message flashed across the front pannel. "Land enemy vessel? I'm not an enemy." Lily laughed as she did a barrol roll in the air. "The US can be aragant sometimes." She didn't understand this. Yes her ship did not look like any other ship that the US had ever seen, but that did not mean she was an Outsider. "HEY!!!" Lily called out as she felt her ship shudder. They had begun firing at her. They were right on her tail. She tried to shake them off but wasn't able too. After several minutes of trying to get away, they managed to get a tractor beam on her and pull her down to the ground. "Hey!" She yelled at them as they pulled her out of the ship, cuffing her hands behind her back.
((My mind is lazy right now so I'm shortening this down ~lol~))
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:10 pm
Azyrneth was going over last minute checks, and came across something of interest. a message came up, telling of an aprehension of a rouge pilot, flying over a military base. he looked further into the message, seeing that the ship she had was a customized fighter. he turned to his bridge crew. "All systems are in check?"
one of them spoke up. "Yes sir. We are ready for departure. All additional units are aboard, and awaiting further instructions."
"Excellent. Carry on." Azyrneth wanted to meet this pilot. someone with a ship like the one she was using, had be be worth a visit.
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:21 pm
"Ugh, get off of me." Lily snarled at the two guys who were holding her tightly by her uppper arms. They pratically had her lifted up in the air as they dragged her off down the hallway. She kicked her feet, not giving them an easy job.
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:25 pm
Azyrneth got clearence to launch his batteship, and immediatly gave the orders to do so. when the Dawn of Winter was clear of any possible collision problems, the ship moved forward, leaving behind the grand station he called home. he had never been to Earth, but always heard about it from his mother. he was glad to see the support from fellow commanders and captains. "Prepare the ship for hyperdrive jump to these co-ordinates." he had a sheet of paper in his hand, and on it were the co-ordinates to Earth.
"Sir? I thought we were going to an 'Outsider' colony?" the navigational officer spoke up, before putting in the numbers
"We will be. We are making a slight detour first. I have heard of Earth's beauty, and want to see it for myself. This could easily be my last chance to do so." he looked to the stars, not expecting anymore sounds other than the hyperdrive kicking on, and sending them into Earth's orbit. his real reason for going was to commemorate his late fiance, and meet this rouge pilot
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:47 pm
"Get your hands off of me you scruffy-lookie, pig-smelling, fowl excuse for breathing creatures!" Lily called and they tossed her into a cell. She flew to the back of the wall, hitting it roughly. She fell to the ground with a thump. "...ugh..." Her long black hair was sprawled all around her. She could taste blood in her mouth.
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 7:14 pm
one of the bridge officers went over the loudspeakers. "All crew prepare for hyderdrive jump. Repeat, prepare for hyperdrive jump in T-minus 10 seconds. Counting...." a woman's voice ttok over, counting down. Azyrneth sat down in his chair, and watched the moniters at the front of the bridge. the voice got to 3, then things started to dim down. the Dawn of Winter zipped away from the Space Station. there was a few moments of complete silence, then the ship came out of the jump. it was near Mars, with Earth in plain site. Azyrneth stood up, and was about to leave the bridge. "Prepare a landing craft and a fighter carrier. Also prep a security detachment. Someone of importance has come up, and is present here on Earth."
the officers in the bridge got straight to work, setting things up. they had no idea he was leaving ship with the landing party.
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 7:18 pm
"Hmph." Lily narrowed her eyes, pushing herself up onto her knees. She pulled her legs up underneath her and crossed her legs. She sat indian-style on the floor, her arms laying on her knees. Her long black cloak lay behind her. She bowed her head, looking at the floor, waiting. "...this is rediculus...I was just flying...." She muttered to herself.
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 3:31 am
Azyrneth made his way down to the hanger bay that was preparing the ships and the soldiers. when he entered the massive room, everyone stopped what they were doing, and saluted. he saluted back, then continued towards a landing craft. there were a few soldiers standing near it. "Soldiers of the United Stars. You have been assigned to security duty, and are being sent down to Earth. You get me?"
the soldiers saluted. "We get you Sir!" they stood with the salute.
"At ease. Get aboard the ship, we are heading down in 2 minutes." he turned away. he now had to see about the fighter carrier. When he became the leading officer on the Dawn of Winter, he had specially made ships done up, so they could carry up to ten men, an assault fighter, or a tank if need be. in this case, they were retrieving a fighter
((black = Azyrneth, red = deck officers, green = soldiers))
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