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GWG's Psychic mindcrabs (Mindstealing crablike beings)

5 (12.5%)

Jbg97's Proelium Empire of Cassigans. (Warlike humanoids)

6 (15%)

GotdamnMiracles Ajacet (Warlike, semisuicidal Insectoid race)

6 (15%)

SoHowAreyou's Obin (Cybernetic Technocracy)

7 (17.5%)

I'manelfColaborator Harbringers (Anthrompomorphic semitribal internally divided crows)

1 (2.5%)

Ardas United Earth federation

4 (10%)

Ukranian Ranger's Order of life (Human space hippy elves)

7 (17.5%)

Rolepgeek Unified societies (Pascifistic aquatic beings)

4 (10%)

Option I

0 (0%)

Option J

0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 19

[10ebbor10]

For years, there has been a silence amongst the stars. They appeared to be empty, devoid of life. It was as if we were alone. But know it appears the spell has been broken. We found other races, bringing more opportunities, but also more dangers. All this new information has proven to be dangerous for the stability of the empire, and factions are springin up everywhere. A battle for power is just beginning.

Spoiler: What's this (click to show/hide)

It's something based on Yak, but has more in similair with this game. link*
Though the system focusses more on the players  than the empire itself, actually. Systems are in place, based on older games.

For those who don't know what I was babbling about. Players are representatives/ leaders of factions, and need to cooperate(or not) to lead a shared empire towards the Stars, to glory, and probably inevitable doom.

* I notice this seems similair, but I really don't intend on copying it. Not in a negative way anyway.

Spoiler: Taking control (click to show/hide)

There are multiple ways to procure power. Most of these depend on which type of nation we end up playing. In general, these 3 stats are important.
-Popularity (popularity with the people):   Which part of the people would vote for you
-Economical power:                                 How large a part of the economy you control
-Military power:                                       Same, but for the military
Note that these are not nessecairily legal actions. Ie, using military power might be looked on as a coup.

Positions: There will be positions that give you the formal authority to do stuff. If you/the governement lacks the nessecairy power however, it's unlikely that your orders will be followed.

Spoiler: Empire signup sheet (click to show/hide)

Name race:
Name Empire:
Capital name: Name of the capital planet.
Description Race:
Description empire/society: (Society, culture, history , current state, and... Most important, since I'll have to make up the starting situation based on this. You can even describe the likes of the army and navy, and the general level of technology)
Power structure: Dictature, senate, republic, ... (Which institute controls the country)
Power: Meritocracy, plutocracy, oligarchy, democracy, cybrocracy ... (What is the true basis for power)
Fluff is always encouraged, and makes it easier, and considerably more fun, to run turns.

Spoiler: Traits (click to show/hide)

These can be added for extra gameplay. Each positive trait needs to be negated by a negative one. No silly minmaxing

Positive
    - Interventionist (Governement has more control of the economy)
    - Standing army (Governement has more control of the militia)
    - Unpopular governement (Duh)
    - Fast growth (Large population growth)
    - Agricultaralist : (More population can be sustained on each planet)
    - Industrialists (Industry produces more)
    - Traders (Larger starting commerce)
    - Explorers (More support for new colonies and scouting)
    - High tech (New settlements start with better tech)
    - Militaristic (Larger standing army)
    - Naval (Better fleets)
    - ...

Negative
    - Unionized society (Governement has less controll of the economy )
    - Civil militias (Governement has less control of military)
    - Traditionalist (Governement is very popular)
    - Slow growth (Small population growth)
    - Non-argicultural (Less population per planet)
    - Wastefull industry (Industry produces less)
    - Independent (Less commerce)
    - Low tech (New settlement start with worse tech)
    - Pacifistic (Smaller standing armu)
    - Unexperienced sailors (worse fleets)
    -....

Spoiler: Characters (click to show/hide)

There are multiple types of character. Broadly spoken, they can be divided in 2 groups. Mayor and Minor characters. Mayor are those who lead their own political movement. Minor is everyone else.

Now don't think that Minor characters will be mostly ignored(they might be), but they are still very important. A minor can decide to be independent, or join a faction. This is, however, not a game of chess. In this game, even the smallest piece can have their own thoughts and ideas. (Though, seriously, PM me first before you go of betraying people. I will be impartial*, and it saves both you and me a lot of trouble.)

There'll be a limited amount of major pieces. This doesn't mean that only they get to govern. Non players can post to, and their suggestions will be treated as in a traditionall suggestion game.

*I'll aim to be

Spoiler: Signupsheets (character) (click to show/hide)

Major character
Name:
Description: (You don't need to come up with a full body description. Just things that stand out. Like missing limbs. Not stopping you from doing so though)
Biography:

Organisation name:
Description:
     -Economical power:
     -Military power:
     -Popularity


Minor character
Name:
Description:
Biography:
Type: Either Economical/Military/or Popular. This is the area your minor character will have the most influence in. Examples are merchant for economical, general/admiral/captain for military and journalist/detective for popular

[GreatWyrmGold]

Against my better judgement...

Spoiler: Mind Crabs (click to show/hide)

Empire Name: The Realm of Knowledge
Racial Description: A dark-shelled race vaguely resembling Terran crustaceans, with six legs and a pair of tentacle-like manipulators. They can distort mental patterns of others while duplicating them, causing an effect which in layman's terms is basically absorbing the victim's mind.
Societal Description: Mind Crabs tend towards the scheming. They can learn quite quickly; it's not uncommon for a dying Mind Crab to have his/her friends or family absorb its mind to preserve its knowledge. A feat of genetic engineering managed around the time they colonized their moon created Mindslimes, creatures vaguely reminiscent of Terran slugs or cephalopods, were created, absorbing a hundred and some dying Mind Crabs' minds, then each others' (which were resilient enough to be "absorbed" up to a dozen times or so with proper management, as opposed to two or three for most creatures), which lead to a massive "bank" of information being created, from which every Mind Crab learns and to which each dying Mind Crab is sent before its death. Its government is a technocracy, albeit a dysfunctional one. A surprisingly high number of Mind Crabs are thieves, which has lead to tensions between them and other societies.
Power Structure: Most closely resembles a Senate.
Power: Most closely resembles a Meritocracy.
High Tech, Independant

And "min-maxing" is just maximising what you want high at the cost of what you don't.

[Jbg97]

Name race: Cassians
Name Empire: Proelium Empire
Description Race: Average of 6 feet tall, dense muscular structure due to evolving on a very large planet with little water. No body hair, skin tone can be any colors, but tends toward a muddy green. Very strong, and very loyal. Cannot swim, but through constant war on their home planet they evolved slightly larger brains focused on emotional response, and tactical reasoning.
Description empire/society: Medium sized, 1 arm of the spiral galaxy actually identifies as under our power but really more than 2/3 is fairly autonomous.
Power structure: Republic
Power: Elective Oligarchy
Traits: Positive: Standing Army, Militaristic, Naval, High Tech
          Negative: Slow growth, Unionized society, Traditionalist, Independent

[Digital Hellhound]

Hehe, I didn't really see that coming when I clicked that link. Feel free to use anything you find interesting - you probably have better mechanics than MotBV already, though.

Watching for now.

[10ebbor10]

Hehe, I didn't really see that coming when I clicked that link. Feel free to use anything you find interesting - you probably have better mechanics than MotBV already, though.

Watching for now.

Better, I doubt. More complex, probably.  Besides, that game was promising.

Anyway: Added some more things to all the sheets, and gave a basic idea of character sheets. Poll coming up too. (It will include some to be filled in Option's. Feel free to claim any, but make sure you reserve in advance, so that they follow logically.)

[mesor]

Reserving for minor character.

[10ebbor10]

Reserving for minor character.

Going to be quite hard writing one up, as you don't even know which race(s) he's gonna be, and in what surroundings he'll end up.

[mesor]

Thats why I'm just reserving the place now, I'll write it up once I know.

[Jbg97]

Just a clarification, we're voting on 1 empire in which all the player characters are either a part of the main empire or part of a faction within the empire?

[Gotdamnmiracle]

Name race: Ajaicaet
Name empire: The Grand Houses
 Description race: Eight feet tall with two legs, two arms meant for manipulation and fine tuning, and two arms meant for heavy lifting and fighting, this insect race is covered in a thin shell and constantly wears decorative armor, battle scents, and war paint, with thick, black hairs pointing out of the joints and along certain body structures to detect movement and even smell. That have a weak sense if sight so they often rely on technology to fill the gap. Coloring and stature is dependent in role filled in society.
Description empire: Small, a cluster of swamp planets in neighboring systems. A large war has just ended on Yoeterakt allowing for a more industrial rebuild to take place and new generations shells to harden as they feel the moderate sun and extreme humidity for the first time. Some of the other imperial planets are still in the wars grip. The society of the ajaicaet is one based solely on ceremony, tradition, and a religious belief in science, each ship just as much a temple as a war vessel. Despite being insects these creatures are NOT hiveminds and not lone wolfves, The closest earth equivalent would be a very social mantis. Armor is worn commonly along with pheromones and incense beside warpaint, mixing old world tradition with modern technology. Often sight enhancers and binoculared optics are common and worn with pride over the four large black eyes. All are female unless they are a specific caste of nursery tender, which can only be male. Often larger, stronger, and better fit for combat, stress, and rigor, females fill most roles. Males have never taken a role in government, or as a warrior, or engineer. Can only survive in swampy planets with lot of humidity which has lead to a good deal of success in the terraforming industry. Terraforming has been the most recent scientific craze. Favored weapon is the suicide cannon, making these creatures absolutely cutthroat ship to ship fighters, relying on ambush and takeover.
Capital name: Yoeterakt, large swamp planet with a number of moons, space stations, and Shipyards in the surrounding space.
power structure: House based senate
Power: Dependent on  guild of house rules. Often tribal, resulting in original ruler being killed and eaten, ceremonially if course.
Traits: Positive: scientific zeal, rapid population, excellent ship stealth, suicide cannon.
Negative: rapid population, specific environment requirements, overcrowding causes infighting which will eventually control population (considered a cycle), language barrier.

[10ebbor10]

Just a clarification, we're voting on 1 empire in which all the player characters are either a part of the main empire or part of a faction within the empire?

Yes

Oh, and just a general note. You're not limited to a single sentence per description part.

[Dariush]

I don't think it's fair  to allow voting before the empire proposals are closed. This way the earliest proposals will get a ton of votes.

[10ebbor10]

I don't think it's fair  to allow voting before the empire proposals are closed. This way the earliest proposals will get a ton of votes.

You can change your vote. Should be able too anyway. If not, I'll probably reset the votes.

EDIT: Apparently, you can't. Stupid forum. So yeah, I'll reset the poll when voting starts.

[Jbg97]

Name race: Ajaicaet
Name empire: The Grand Houses
 Description race: Eight feet tall with two legs, two arms meant for manipulation and fine tuning, and two arms meant for heavy lifting and fighting, this insect race is covered in a thin shell and constantly wears decorative armor, battle scents, and war paint, with thick, black hairs pointing out of the joints and along certain body structures to detect movement and even smell. That have a weak sense if sight so they often rely on technology to fill the gap. Coloring and stature is dependent in role filled in society.
Description empire: Small, a cluster of swamp planets in neighboring systems.
power structure: Guild based republic
Power: Dependent on  guild of house rules. Often tribal, resulting in original ruler being killed and eaten, ceremonially if course.
Traits: Positive: Moderate tech, scientific zeal, rapid population, excellent ship stealth, suicide cannon.
Negative: rapid population, specific environment requirements, overcrowding causes infighting which will eventually control population (considered a cycle), language barrier.

...Can i have some of those drugs you're using?

[Gotdamnmiracle]

/\ Only a little.