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So, this a restart, with minor addition's, of Ghazkull's game, House of the Rising Suns III. Modifications have been made primarily in the espionage sector, but also in other places.

As should be obvious, thematically and lorewise the game is fully independent from the game it was based upon, or other games.

This is a 4X/Strategy/Diplomacy Game where players take the Roles of various Races, Empires or Factions vying for Power in the Galaxy.
Each of the 5 Players takes the Helm of a Major Faction in the Galaxy with several minor ones being about which can be integrated, ignored or destroyed.

Spoiler:  Planets and Sectors (click to show/hide)

The Map will be divided in Sectors, each Sector may contain up to five Worlds.
Each Player starts with 5 Worlds with a specialization of choice. However during the game one may specialize his Worlds further:
A Planet has several important Stats and Resources:

Population Bonus: Each Planet has obviously a Population. Population Bonus determines the Growth Factor. The planet will automatically grow if more food is available to it than it needs to sustain it's population. A maximum of 2 food can thus be consumed per planet. The Population Bonus determines the amount of population that is added per unit of food devoted to growth.
Example: Narn has a Pop of 3 and Pop Bonus of 2. This turn 4 Food are available to it. Narns population grows by 2 to 5.

Food Modifier: Determines the Effectiveness of Growing Food on a Planet. The Modifier is multiplied with the Population assigned to the Agricultural Sector. Food can be stored (to a limit).
Example: Narn has a Food Modifier of 2. With 3 Population all working in the Agri Sector, 6 Food per turn are produced.

Production Modifier: Determines the Industry of the Planet. The Modifier is multiplied with the Population assigned to the Industrial Sector. Production cannot be stored. However surplus Production may be turned into Trade Goods. Production is used to produce Ships, Buildings, Troops and Warheads.
Example: Narn has a Production Modifier of 5. With 3 Population all working in the Influence Sector, 15 Industry per turn are produced.

Influence Modifier: Determines the Effectiveness of Culture, Espionage, Religion and similiar Things. Influence is a catch all Term refering to the Players capability to Influence other Players or Minor Factions without resorting to Military Means. It will be explained further in another section. The Modifier works as Production and cannot be saved, nor can it be turned into something else.
Example: Narn has a Influence Modifier of 2. With 3 Population all working in the Influence Sector, 6 Influence per turn are produced.

Taxation Modifier: Regardless of which Sector Population is assigned to, it will always pay Taxes, the Taxation Modifier determines how much exactly it pays.
Example: Narn has a 3 Population and a tax modifier of 2. It produces 6 credits in taxes.
There are several different kinds of Worlds:

Frontier Worlds Pop Bonus: 1, Production Modifier: 0.5 , Food Modifier: 2, Tax Modifier: 0.5, Influence Modifier: 0.5
Freshly established Colonies. Frontier Worlds will grow until they reach their Population Limit and will then turn into General Worlds.

General Worlds Pop Bonus: 2, Production Modifier: 2, Food Modifier: 2, Tax Modifier: 1, Influence Modifier: 2
Worlds who have not been specialized. They may be turned into Specialist Worlds. However a Specialist World takes 5 turns to be turned back into a General World.

Forgeworlds Pop Bonus: 1, Production Modifier: 5, Food Modifier: 0, Tax Modifier: 2, Influence Modifier: 1
Worlds covered in Industrial Complexes, Forgeworlds can produce entire Fleets at a mere Handwave. They rely however heavily on imported Food.
It costs 10 Production and 10 Credits to turn a General World into a Forgeworld. The process takes 3 turns.

Agri Worlds Pop Bonus: 1, Production Modifier: 0,5, Food Modifier: 5, Tax Modifier: 0,5, Influence Modifier: 2
Breadbaskets of the Galaxy, Agri Worlds are covered in farms, hydroponic gardens and similiar things, producing incredible amounts of food, but little else of value.
It costs 10 Credits and 10 Food to turn a World into a Agri-World. The process takes 3 turns.

Administrative World Pop Bonus: 1, Production Modifier: 1, Food Modifier: 1, Tax Modifier: 3, Influence Modifier: 3
There are two things no one can avoid, Death and Taxes. As Races hit the Galactic Stage and everything Grows so does the Bureaucracy. Bringing in Tax Payers money through Legal Cases, DUI, FUI and Speeding they produce good amounts of Money not to mention the Propaganda Centers and Intelligence Services do a splendid Job at keeping a Regime in place. It costs 20 Credits to turn a General World into an Administrative World. The process takes 3 turns.

Hive Worlds Pop Bonus: 5, Production Modifier 2, Food Modifier: 0, Tax Modifier: 2, Influence Modifier: 0
Cities that defy any and all mortal comprehension of size, Hiveworlds are Planets covered in one massive (or several) City. Totally reliant on Food Imports, these absolute detestable uncontrollable Eyesores are nonetheless useful in cultivating the Resource Man(or Alien). General Worlds who reach their Population Limit and grow beyond it automatically turn into Hive Worlds.

Hub Worlds Pop Bonus: 2, Production Modifier 0, Food Modifier:0, Tax Modifier 2, Influence Modifier 5
Ah Hub Worlds. Tourist Planets, Noble Pleasure Worlds, or Trade Hubs all fall into this Category. They all have one in common, they produce money and are shining beacons of pleasure shown to the low masses just out of grasp. Here you can find anything and hire anyone. Although nobody contributes anything useful at all...Through the Appliance of 10 Influence and 10 Credits a Hub World may be created.

Spoiler:  Trade and Transport (click to show/hide)

Trade Fleets and their uses
Trade Fleets are basically flotillas of ships which carry all kinds of resources either to trade or to transport. Once you created a Trade Fleet (3 Production, 3 Money, No Upkeep), you can assign it to a Route on which it transports things: Food, Trade Goods or Strategic and Luxury Resources.
Each trade Fleet can move 1 unit of resource from 1 planet to another. Trade fleets can be interrupted by piracy, or blockades, which often results in their destruction.

Trade Goods
Trade Goods are produced with Spare Production and can be used both domestically and internationally. If sold to a foreign Planet they will double the amount of resources one population unit produces for one turn. If it is used domestically it will increase production of one population by 1 point. This can be used to create resources with 0 modifiers.
Example: On Narn 1 Pop produces 2 Influence. They get sent one Trade Good which is then used on the Populace producing Influence. For one turn the Populace produces 4 Influence. If they get a continual Supply of Trade Goods they will of course continue to produce 4 instead of 2 Influence.
It is entirely possible to sent one another Trade Goods back and Forth to Produce more Trade Goods, to produce more Trade Goods to produce.....

Population Growth, Food Transport, Migration
The Population of a Planet cannot grow by more than two times it's Pop modifier per turn, however it is entirely possible to transfer Population from one Planet to another. Migration costs 1 Money and allows the Transportation of One Unit of Populace to another Planet. Of course one can transport as many units of populace as one wants. However one needs to use Trade Fleets to transport people and of course they can be ambushed by pirates.

Migration occurs before growth, and migrating pop units can't produce anything.

 Luxury and Strategic Resources
Special Resources may be found throughout the Galaxy. A Strategic or Luxury Resource is infinitely available and is only restricted by the amount of Populace that tries to extract it. Thus a Planet with 10 Population can produce up to 10 Units of that Resource. Luxury Resources may have various different effects but always work for the populace of an entire planet.

Spoiler:  Research (click to show/hide)

Research works quite simple: Players choose a Tech Tree and a Research Project ( don't worry there is a formalized Tech Tree) and if they don't invest anything they have a standard 1 in 1000 chance to discover something every round. Every Credit invested will increase the Chance by one (so: 1 in 1000, 2 in 1000, 3 in 1000, 4 in 1000 etc.).

Tech Trees are as follows:

Naval Research (Naval Tactics(Special Abilities for Ships), Ship Construction(unlocking of Ship Classes))
Ground Research (Weapons Research (New Types of Military Units), Defense Doctrines (unlocks Ground Defenses))
Civic Research (Bio-Engineering (Population Growth and Limits), Resource Management (Handling Of Trade and Resources))
Special Division( Intelligence Services (Espionage and Counterintelligence), Weapons of Mass Destruction, Unique Faction Techs))

Spoiler:  Ships, Boarding Battles and Ground Combat (click to show/hide)

Military
Generally there are two Types of Units which can be created:
Space Ships
Ground Troops

How they look what class they are and whether they are Tanks,Infantry or War-Titans i leave open to your interpretation.

Each Unit has a Strength Value, which not only represents its Value in a Battle but also works as it's Health Meter.
Ship and Ground Strength useually range from 1 to 10.
If we talk Ships, 1 would represent either a Small Corvette or a Fighter Wing, While 10 represents Battleship or Carrier with Planet-Levelling Capabilities

Generally you pay ships for Strength:
A Strength 1 Ship costs you 1 Credit and has 1 Credit Upkeep.
A Strength 10 Ship costs you 10 Credits and has 10 Credits Upkeep.
A Strength 1 Ground Unit costs you 0.1 Credits and has 0.1 Credits Upkeep
A Strength 10 Ground Unit costs you 1 Credit and has 1 Credit Upkeep

Production cost is identical to credit cost.

Military Infrastructure

Through certain Civic and Military Researches Military Infrastructure is unlocked which can drastically change Ground Assaults and Orbital Bombardment.
I will only give a short summary of them to give you an idea what they do.

Fortresses protect your Regiments. In case of an Enemy Assault  all incoming damage will be carried by the Fortress which will be reduced by one level for each Assault borne by the Fortifications. They also protect your troops from Orbital Bombardment.

Planetary Defense Networks will attack enemy Fleets in Orbit. They will damage them for each Action they perform in our Orbit, be it bombardements or the landing of troops.

Automatic Defenses will attack enemy Landing troops. They will damage each incoming Assault Wave when they try to land.

Space Battles
Space Battles function vastly different from Ground Battles.

Each Ship Battle has Three Phases, after which one Fleet either Stands Down or Flees.

Usually a battle is handled the following way.

The summed up Fleet Strengths of Both Fleets are compared. The Difference in Strength is then added as damage to the weaker fleet. thus ends the Phase.

This would be a bland System, however Players also pm Battle Actions for their fleets before a Battle. battle Actions all have a certain Type and block another Type of Action. Battle Actions can vastly influence any battle and allow weaker fleets to obliterate vastly superior enemies if properly played.

At the beginning there are only three battle Actions available, however with Research and Stronger Ships more Actions become available:

Magnetic Field, is a Defense Type Action, which blocks Offense Type Actions. If it is successfully played the usual Strength vs. Strength goes on, however should your Fleet prove weaker you will receive no damage.

Weapon Overclock is an Offensive Type Action, which blocks Tactical Actions, If it is successfully played you may add +1d10 to your Total Fleet Strength. If you have a Strength 2 Ship in your fleet you may add +2d10 and so on up to a maximum of +10d10 in case of a Strength 10 Ship.

Retreat, is an unblockable Action,  it allows you to retreat out of the System or hide your fleet in it however the Enemy gain to SvS comparisons in which only you may receive Damage.

TO make things clearer an Example battle:

Ardas and Azthors Fleets clash in the Orbit over Terra. Ardas has a Fleet Strength of 23 with 1 Strength 3 Ship and 20 Strength 1 Ships. Azthor only has a Fleet Strength of 10 with 7 Strength 1 Ships and 1 Strength 3 Ship.

For the First Phase Ardas had chosen the Level 3  Ability "Adaptive Strategy". Azthor chooses the Offensive Action "Weapon Overclock". Since Weapon Overclock blocks Tactic Actions, Ardas Fleet may not fire at all, instead his fleet recieves one volley of Azthors Fleet (10 Damage) plus the damage of 1d10. Azthor rolls a 1, thus Ardas Fleet recieves 11 Damage. His level 3 Ship absorbs two damage and 8 of his Level One Ships are Destroyed.

In the Second Phase Ardas Fleet Strength is dramatically lower with 13 containing 12 Level One Ships and one (1/3) Level 3 Ship. Azthor still has his 10 Strength. For the second phase Ardas had chosen Magnetic Field, while Azthor has chosen the same. Both Actions are played out. Since for both enemy Damage is ignored, nobody harms anyone.

In the Third Phase Ardas uses Adaptive Strategy again same as Azthor. this time Ardas does 3 Damage all of which hit the Level 3 Ship of Azthor and destroy it, thanks to the Adaptive Strategy Bonus.

The Battle is over and Azthor could now either flee the Sector, stand down and hope for Ardas to not attack again or attack himself. Now however since his only Strength 3 Ship is gone his fleet can only use the two level one abilities of magnetic Field and Weapon Overclock.

Ground and Boarding Battles.

Azthors fleet is on the run, and Ardas Fleet is now in Orbit. He Decides to plop down his troops immediately to take Terra. Ground Troops attack in Waves. Each Wave is compromised of 5 Units.
Similiar to Space Battles Defenders and Attackers will compare Strength Values, however both sides get an additional +1d10 roll to their attacks.

Generally once you Invade a Planet you first have to deal with any Defenders not squatting in a Fortress in an even Field Battle. Both players openly post(or pm) their Retreat Thresholds.
A Retreat Threshold determines at which point your troops turn around and go running. The Winner has One Extra Firing Turn on the retreating enemies (of course SvS not a full strength attack).
Defenders can only retreat from Open Field Battles if there are still Fortresses defended by your own men.

Once Ardas has beaten Azthors Defenders on the Field, he moves on to the Fortresses. He can freely decide which Fortresses he wants to take. Since Planetary and Automatic Defenses are Build upon Fortresses it may be prudent to attack those first to allow your Ships easier Space Support.
Defenders defending a Fortress are in a far more superior Position. All Damage they would recieve is instead absorbed by the Fortress, which loses a Level in doing so. This may cause defenders to suddenly find themselves without any fortifications to hide behind anymore. If those troops are not currently busy fighting for their dear lives they may choose to retreat.

Inbetween Assault Waves a Defender as well as an Attacker may cycle The Order in which His troops defend or attack. Troops may however not be cycled in or out of fortresses.
So Things start to look bleak and Azthor wants to rescue his Ground Troops before they all get themselves killed. If he still has a fleet in Orbit (which Ardas didn't attack, concentrating on taking Terra instead) he can send it down to evacuate his Troops. Evacuating a Planet is a long task and a Defender may only evacuate Units which count as Retreated. Units in Fortresses will hold out regardless.

For Each Assault Wave won or lost or for each level a fortress is reduced, Azthor may evacuate five of his Units. This makes Fortresses invaluable for last Stands. They buy you the time you need to evacuate your men. So what happens if he has no more Fortresses? A d6 is rolled for each retreated Unit and it is decided whether that Unit still has the will to fight to the end (4+) or whether it surrenders. However as long as a Fortress Stands he may retreat his units and send them back to the front as often as he wishes.

However to evacuate the Troops, Azthors fleet is getting far too close to the enemy fleet and has to sustain heavy Fire during the Evacuation process. For Every 5 Units evacuated the fleet sustains 1D5 Damage, if the invading Player wishes to engage the Evacuating Fleet.

Captured Units are turned into POWs, which can be released for a one time Influence Bonus or be sold into Slavery on the Black Market.

Finally, Boarding Battles. Since in the Game Ships double as Troop transports, starting at a certain size, it is possible to board enemy Ships as a Battle Action. Boarding Actions work similar to Ground Battles, except that its One Unit against One Unit. If no Ground Units are on-board of a Ship, The Crew defends itself at a -2 Malus. If the Boarder is successful the Ship is captured.

Spoiler:  Achieving Control (click to show/hide)

Once you control the Space or Ground of a planet you have a wide Range of Options to do as you please with your Victims

Controlling the Space of a Planet

Embargo allows you to Block any Luxury Resources, Migrants and Military Units from entering or leaving the Planet.

Raid Initiates a One Phase Combat Turn. Each of your Raiding Units engage one Random Enemy Unit, Strengths are compared and 1d5 added. If the Raider wins the exchange he can Plunder for one Turn, not necessarily destroying the Defending Unit. Look at Plunder for further Information.

Drop Invasion Troops see Ground Battle

Orbital Bombardement if you have High Enough Tech and a big enough Ship you can initiate this. Depending on what Kind of OB-weapons you carry with you, you can target Military Units, Civilians, Fortresses, Garrisons and even the Planet itself.

Controlling the Ground

Plunder Depending on the Wishes of the Raider, he may either Enslave one Population, steal one Unit of Stocked Trade Goods and/or Food or loot the Planet, taking one Credit (or Food or Trade Good) and reduces a random (or chosen) Statistic of the Planet by One.
Example: Ghazkull raids Narn with his troops. He has 2 Strength 5 Units and all successfully broke through the enemies defenses he decides to Loot Narns Agricultural Sector. the First unit will reduce the Food Modifier to 1, the second reduces it to 0.
A Planet can in this way be turned into a burning useless Ashland. It takes One Imported Trade Good and/or one Imported Food(in case of Agricultural) to restore the Statistic by one again.
Enslaving of the Population or Stealing stocked Trade Good or Food do not lower the Planets Statistics.

Occupy Militarily Occupy the Planet for whatever reason. Unit Production cannot happen without your permission on that Planet. Colony Income still goes to the Original Owner.

Protectorate Occupy the Planet. All Colony Income goes to the Original Owner. Military only happens with your permission. Trade Goods and Luxury Resources aswell as any surplus Food Stocks or Trade Stocks go to you.

Vassalize Occupy the Planet. All Influence, Trade Goods and Resources aswell as any Stocks go to you. Military only happens with your permission. Colony Income (Taxes) still go to the Owning Player.

Annexation Take Control of the Planet Completely.

Spoiler:  Espionage (click to show/hide)

Influence is a perishable Resource, it means that if you assign 10 Populace to it  permanently you will get each turn 10 Influence. It will not rise above that. You can use the 10 Influence and next turn you will have the same amount.

Influence is used for Espionage and to Influence other Nations.

Espionage
Espionage has, once again, been completely overhauled.

Espionage occurs through the use of agents, each of which costs 5 credits to recruit. Agent can be utilized to infiltrate one nation at a time. Each turn agent can attempt an unlimited amount of actions, and must be assigned one (no more, no less) operation.

For each action and operation, a 1d(10+X) is rolled, where X is the amount of influence the other player invests in counterespionage.  The action is considered to succeed if the roll remains under the target Y, which is the amount of influence invested by the attacking player.

The various actions and operations have different results on failure and success, but in general one thing is consistent. If the operation fails, the difference between the target and the roll is added to the agent’s total evidence, which will permanently increase the size of the die that needs to be rolled for that agent’s actions.

If your agent is discovered, there’s a 33% chance he’s killed, a 33% chance he’s killed and reveals your identity, a 16% chance he escapes but reveals your identity, and a 16% chance he joins your enemies (causing several bad results depending on what you were planning against them).

Note that Espionage Research will increase chances at success...or decrease it for your opponents.

Operations

- Hiding
Just laying low and not doing anything at all.
Effect: Even without influence investement, roll succeeds on 10 or lower
On failure: 16% chance of agent discovery

- Preparation
Preparing for a major action. This essentially stores influence, though it can only be used on the target player.
Effect: Requires the investment of 2 separate amounts of influence. The amount of influence you wish to store is added to the roll, making it harder to succeed.
On failure: 16% chance of agent discovery, 16% chance of identification

- Infiltration
Attempts to infiltrate the enemy espionage agency, to find whatever actions they have been planning against you.
Effect: For every agent you wish to track, your agent will make his roll at a -15 penalty.
On failure: 33% chance of agent discovery

- Assist Piracy
Capture records of enemy trading routes, patrols and others, allowing your privateers to engage his traders with impunity..
Effect: Allows your privateer vessels to capture unescorted trade vessels.
Mod: Taken at a penalty equal to the strength of the participating vessels.
On failure: 33% chance of agent discovery , 33% of the attempt being foiled (pirating force will be attacked by sector defense and escorts)


- Obfuscation
Description : Deliberately misleading the enemy to make him believe that this is, in fact, a spy from another nation.
Effect: Roll taken at -10 penalty
Failure: 16% chance of spy loss,  33% chance that your identity and obfuscation attempt is revealed.

- Counter-Counter Intelligence
Description: Throw of enemy counter-espionage, leave them guessing to the where-abouts of your spies.
Effect: Reduces enemy counterespionage by an amount Y, roll is with a penalty equivalent to Y.
Failure: 50% chance of agent capture

Actions


- Insertion
The first action always taken, getting an agent inside the enemy empire.
Effect: Agent can now undertake operations and actions.
Mod: No roll modifiers
Failure: 16% chance of agent capture

- Evac
Usually the last action taken, getting the agent back out.
Effect: Return agent to agent pool, removing all evidence
Mod: No roll modifiers
Failure: 16% chance of agent capture

- Kill Agent
Your agents are disposable, and sometimes, even they need to dissappear.
Effect: Kills one of your own agents.
Mod: Ignores accumulated "evidence" on the agent
Failure: 50% chance of agent capture, 16% chance of Agent betrayal, 33% chance of revealing identity and killing agent.

- Probe
Investigate how much the enemy knows about your agent, and how strong their defenses are.
Effect: Reveals the roll your agent needed to make.
Mod: None
Failure: No "evidence" added. 16% chance of identity reveal.

- Sabotage
Sometimes, "accidents" happen. Targets Ships, troops, fortresses, ...
Effect: Destroys or damages targets.
Mod: Taking at a penalty equal to the production cost of the facilities targeted.
Failure: 33% Chance of Agent capture., 50% chance of partial succes, 16% chance of Agent death
Note : High Profile action : Half the invested influence is added as evidence.


- Terrorism

Sometimes collateral damage is unavoidable. Targets planet modifiers.
Effect: A Succeeded Terrorist Action will (opposed to the raid Action, which adds the looted tag) destroy a modifier, costing 5 resources (Trade Goods, Food, Production, Money) in any combination per point, to repair it.
Mod: Taking at a penalty equal to 5 times the value of the modifier.
Failure: 33% Chance of Agent capture., 50% chance of partial succes, 16% chance of Agent death
Note : High Profile action : Half the invested influence is added as evidence to the used agent.

- Theft
Appropriation of resources without consent of the other party.
Effect: Steals money or research progress from the enemy.
Mod: Taking at a penalty equal to the amount of money you want to steal, or 1/10 of the amount of research progress you want to steal.
Failure: 16% Chance of Agent capture., 50% chance of partial succes

- Trigger rebellion
When the governement is not cooperative, change is needed.
Effect: Raise 1d10-10+X regiments in revolt against the main empire.
Mod: Taking at a penalty equal to X.
Failure: 33% Chance of Agent capture., 33% chance of partial succes.
Note : High Profile action : Half the invested influence is added as evidence to the used agent

- Assasinate Leadership
Take out the enemy leadership.
Effect: Varies
Mod: Taking at a penalty equal to enemy counterintelligence.
Failure: 33% Chance of Agent capture., 33% chance of agent death
Note : High Profile action : Half the invested influence is added as evidence to the used agent

Diplomacy
Influence can also be used in a more legal and obvious manner.

Influence Minor Government
Cost: 10 Influence per Planet per Stage ( so 10, then 20, 30 etc.)
Increases the Opinion of a Minor Government for Alliance and Assimiliation purposes. All invested Influence will be saved towards the next stage. So if you cant invest 10 Influence at once you can invest 5 and then next turn another 5.

Declaration of Friendship
Cost: Needs Friendly Minor Government, 10 Influence per Planet
The Minor Government officially declares you a friend of the State and you both sign a Defensive Pact, in case one of you are attacked you will declare on the aggressor.

Alliance
Cost: Needs Cordial Minor government+DoF, 20 Influence per Planet
The Minor Government signs an Alliance with you and will support you in Aggressive and Defensive Wars. Both your Intelligence Services will cooperate.

Federation
Cost: Needs Close Minor Government+DoF+Alliance, 30 Influence per Planet
The Minor government grants you control over their military and Influence.

Decrease Relationship between Nations
Cost: You need more Influence than the other Player over the Minor Government, Half the Cost of Increasing the Relationship.
You tell vile lies (or hard truths) about another government thus reducing their relationship with another nation.

Spoiler:  Piracy and the Black Market (click to show/hide)

Since Trade can become so lucrative Piracy can become even more so.

To become a Pirate you have to invest Influence to conceal your ships. Your ships can potentially pirate across the entire sector since they can freely pillage along the way. If the Operation assigned to protecting your Privateers is succesfull, they can freely take any unescorted trading vessels on a trade route of your choice. (1 Trading vessel per Pirate)

If you failed, or decide to attack escorted vessels, any ships assigned to Escort Duty will engage your Pirate Fleet. If you win you are lucky and can take the Spoils of War: Whatever the Trade Fleet carried and One Unit of Slaves for ever Ship you boarded and captured, maybe even Ship itself which you can sell on the black market (if you keep it, people might find out quite quickly who is taking their ships). If you fail the Battle, there is a 50/50 Chance that your Identity will become known.

On the other hand you can go in just like that without any Influence and Intelligence Preparation and just go ahead raiding. The Downsides are twofold: the Player will be warned ahead of your arrival that this Trade Lane will be raided by someone and if you fail there is again the 50/50 Chance that you will become known. However if you should succeed, you will escape with the Spoils and unknown to the Victim.

Defending those Trade Routes

Of course it isn't simply done with having a fleet in a sector, without prior notice they will arrive to late or just at the right moment to chase them Pirates off the already burning carcass of a trade ship. Thus you need to Assign Ships actively to Escort Duty.  These Ships will not be able to do anything else for the turn except to hunt for Pirates. Same as the Pirates since they are not fleet bound anymore they do not need to move in the regular way anymore (one sector per turn). Each escort vessel can escort 1 trade vessel.

Alternatively you can hire Mercenary Trade Escorts. Those Cost 1 Credit per (Strength 1) Ship and work the same way as your own fleets assigned to it. Additionally they will not produce slaves when captured.

The Black Market

So you have captured Slaves, Trade Goods and a Gazillion other Things from your venture into the Dark Depths of Piracy...but where do you get it all sold off without anyone noticing? At the Black Market of course. Since Espionage Actions will (except for the really big ones) stay mostly secret, aswell as Piracy Actions and your Government Bank Account (you get that one sent with your Intel Report). You can sell off all your stuff at the Black Market without fear of retribution.

The Black Market Offerings will be sent with the Intel Report. Bids will also be handled via Pm and the Highest Bidder automatically gets the Goods.

Spoiler: Victory Conditions (click to show/hide)

Federation Victoy:
Bring all Minor Governments into a Federation with you and at least 4/5 (or 3/4 or 2/3) of the Players. Once such an Federation is achieved there will be a vote every turn on who will become President of the Federation. Everybody gets as many votes as he has planets. Minor Governments will vote for the Player who has the most Influence/the best Relationship with them.

Conquest Victory
Subjugate all other Players and minor governments. You may have however up to two allied subservient players. (you need to annihilate 5 players at least to achieve this victory)

Resistances is Futile Victory
Purge the Galaxy, leave only slaves behind.

Spoiler: Planetary Control (click to show/hide)

So you successfully landed on the planet and the enemy is hiding in the next Fortress? Well then you may make a pause and actually conquer the Planet. Planetary Control is possible once Fortresses Exist. Instead of a all or nothing war Fortresses defend the Infrastructure of the Planet on the Defenders side and allow the Aggressor to prepare for longer sieges.

Each Fortress Increases the amount of Resources Defended. So If Player Taricus has 1 Indomitable Fortress ( or one Guard Post, it doesn't matter) on the planet you need to defeat it first before disabling all usefulness of the planet. That is like it was before. However if Taricus has two fortresses things get more interesting. Once Fortress A is destroyed (and if Taricus decides he wants to retreat) Half of the Planets resources go over to the control of the Agressor (lets say in this case adwarf), the rest is still under control of Taricus. The more Fortresses you build the less Resources fall under control of the enemy if he manages to rout you or destroys your fortresses. This allows prolonged sieges and at some point bringing in food for the starving populace may become increasingly important.

Spoiler:  Sign-Ups (click to show/hide)

Remember the more descriptive the better. Since this is not first come first serve(well, except for some), the best Applications will be taken. 5 Players will be taken, please also note that unless you really manage to convince me, anything that doesn't function within the existing ruleset has little chance.
Name of Government Body:
Style Of Government:
Name of the Current Head of State:
History of the Government:
Name(s) of the Race(s) within the Nation:
Description, Physiology and Culture:
Initial planet choices :
 - You get 5 planets with specialization of choice.

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Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name of Government Body: The Azure Empire
Style Of Government: Monarchy
Name of the Current Head of State: Empress Misty
History of the Government: The Azure Nation first appeared in historic text in the aqua era(their dark ages). They had a fairly standed history of a pre-industrial race, civil wars, plagues, etc. It was in the Desteel era, some 500 years later, where the nation grew into the start of an empire. With a mixture of Alliances, Sabotages and sheer military force, the Azure empire span the whole watery globe that was the Merpeoples' homeworld some 300 years later. A mere 150 years later, the Empire would become star-faring, having tripped over FTL travel in communication research.
Name(s) of the Race(s) within the Nation: Merpeople
Description, Physiology and Culture: The physique of Merpeople seem like an oxymoron. The upper half of a mammal and the bottom half of an aquatic, reproduce like fishes, yet suckle their kids, etc. To the causal onlooking, a merperson seem like they are equally capable of breathing in and out of water, but it is because of a combination of one of the greatest ability to hold one's breath seen to of naturally evolve(30 minutes, which while beaten by the sperm whale, is good for a barely two meter long being) and a seemingly useless and redundant respirator system that allow the merpeople to vocalize above water. Mermen(the males) and mermaids(the females) differ with breast size(females being larger) and beards(the females and the very young males lacking them). Males also tend to be bulkier then the females, but this isn't a good tell since the difference is much less then most sexual dimorphism of this nature. This is due to much higher birth rate of females to males, merpeople's armies are made of mermaids. The weight toward mermen being bulkier is most likely leftover from the pre-civilization days when Merpeople were herds of mermaids protected by a single merman each.
Merpeople are surprisingly good at robotics, a necessity develop by the need to overcome their problems on dry land. Their ground units are less troops and more walking tanks with an aquarium in it holding the crew. They overcome living on dry planets in the same way, their cities are aquarium-like if the planet lack large enough bodies of water.
Their overall design is elegant structures made of mostly gold-coloured metals and clear glass.
Initial planet choices :
 - Aqua(homeworld)-Hub World. The Azure empire have gone to great length to clean up their homeworld. It probable the only place in the known universe where littering is a capital offense.
 - Mew-Hive World. The first world the merpeople have colonized out side of Aqua and it shows. Crime is rampart here and the peacekeepers are corrupt.
 - Takken-Forgeworld. The engine of the empire. There not a solider in the Azure that hasn't trained here at some point and rode on warships made here.
 - Yaich-Agri World. This place is thought boring and to be stationed here is often a punishment.
 - Haze-Agri World. The latest world colonized by the Azure. Notable for the Janets, a race of giant worms that can be milked and is.

[Ardas]

Question - will this game also be subject to the rampant and unchecked population growth that can turn your pristine worlds into hives if you have good agriculture? all agri-worlds are hypothetically doomed to that unless resource transport is made bit more flexible between planets., also, returning with my guys, if possible.

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Name of Government Body: Remilian Republic

Style Of Government: Aristorcratic/Timocratic Republic

Name of the Current Head of State: President Cornelius Daal

History of the Government: Remilian Republic has its origins in the old noble house of Tarin, from the world of Remilius. Their supreme rule of the planet and ever extending reach to neighboring worlds brought them great power and wealth,  but at a cost of satisfaction of its population. Last of Tarin lords, whose name is abhorred in the Republic has committed the worst excesses of all before him, with depravity spilling from the palace to the streets. Subsequent invasions and losses of some worlds pushed the populace over the edge and forced the remaining nobility to cast off the rule of the last Tarin and institution of a Republic, with an aristocratic Senate. The aristocrats had to bear quite a lot of burden throughout the early years, when the fearful populace forced them to adopt more democratic model. In the early wars of the Republic, when pirate and slaver incursions have threatened to strip Remilius of its outlying colonies, Republic-wide conscription and the subsequent culture of civic duty were forged. More recently, commerce and industry became increasingly important, which gave rise to the culture of civic foundations, which became an expression of one's wealth for political and public reasons.

Name(s) of the Race(s) within the Nation: Humans, with alien ghettos. All Aliens are officially considered threats, kept in isolation and on distance. Among lower classes and in poorer environment aliens are considered somewhat of a necessary evil, but general xenophobia keeps them from achieving any status in the Republic.

Description, Physiology and Culture: Remilian humans are of a standard stock, with mixture of various phenotypes and characteristics, encompassing the entire range of human races. Culture revolves around land ownership and civil engineering, with heavy elements of civic and social engagement by the middle classes and higher, reinforcing the spirit of superiority and republicanism. Its not uncommon for citizens to fund public buildings through various societies and to gather public support during elections. Military service forms the second pillar of civic culture, strengthening and safeguarding the Republic against potential tyrants. Or so goes the tradition, which serves to support conscription in necessary times. At the same time, military service became a rite of passage and a necessary step in a political career.
Blood sports are quite popular too, which are televised affairs of men fighting with both beast and alien in mock battles and hunting grounds, as well as more spectacle-like arena fights. Whole championships and various leagues and teams are arranged, with non-lethal combat for human opponents and live ammo-weapons for fights with aliens and beasts. While gathering an outcry of civil and human rights protesters, the blood sports are a giant, multi-billion entertainment enjoyed throughout the Republic and are broadcast beyond its borders.

Planets:
Remilius - Capital. Admin World
Thraxes - Forgeworld
Paralis - Agriworld
Auris - General World
Platea - General World

[4maskwolf]

I'll probably just port my Children of the stars race over here for this game. Gimme a sec.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name of Government Body: the council of the stars
Style of Government: theocracy
Name of current head of state: the cowled watcher
History of the government: the current cowled watcher is the tenth to take the title, the title that all must take when ascending to the position. They lead the council of the stars in determining the best course of action for the race as a whole. Before the age of space travel, the Draevians believed that their God was somewhere, hidden amongst the stars, ever beyond their reach. Now that they have space travel, every generation a group of the best Draevians are sent on a mission to find their God, to speak with him. None have returned, but they do not give up hope that some say they will find their true king. In the meantime, the council, a group of the high priests of the five worlds, rules in the God's stead, patiently awaiting his coming.

Name of race within the nation: Draevians
Description/Physiology of race: The Draevians are a physically imposing race of six-armed, four-legged mammals. Despite their massive physical size and strength, they do not believe in physical combat unless first attacked, for they believe that Na-Draiothe (their God) will take displeasure from their actions. They are highly adaptable, and the breeds of Draevians found on each planet vary. The Draevians who still inhabit their home planet of Drae are the largest, growing to 10 meters in height due to the low gravity of the world. However, they are also the smallest in number. The Draevians of Na, the first colonized world, are adapted to the extreme temperatures found on that world. The Draevians of Ur, the second colonized world, can breathe in extremely oxygen-poor atmospheres. The Draevians of Nox are the smallest, but also the quickest. They tend to be more nomadic, moving around their world to avoid the monstrosities that live their. Finally, the Draevians of Draxa are the most intellectual, capable of grassy feats of insight and creativity, for they had to be to develop defenses against their wolrd's many meteor storms.  All Draevians are capable of tremendous feats of strength and endurance, but they lack the agility of smaller races, with even the Draevians of Nox lacking the agility of a human.
Culture: Draevian society divides itself into five castes, each of which is highly regarded by the other castes. Draevians freely choose their caste when they come of age around the age of 20 (measured by the Drae year). The first caste is The Providers, the farming and food-working caste. The second is The Tinkerers, the caste dedicated to engineering and science. Tinkerers also act as construction crews, designing and building structures of great beauty and structural integrity. The third caste is The Wanderers, those who's minds always seek out new knowledge. Philosophers, artists, mathematicians, and doctors make up this caste. The fourth caste is The Protectors, the warrior caste, whose job it is to keep the peace and defend the borders from other civilizations. The final caste, The Annointed, are the priests, who eh the government. This is the only caste that cannot be selected: you must be appointed to the caste by another member, usually from The Wanderers, but all castes are represented.  There are only 200 Annointed at any time, 40 from each world, and the council is made up of 20 of them, 4 from each world.
Draevian society is not perfectly peaceful, but the council of the stars prevents most major conflicts through compromise. The streets of the cities are home to some amount of crime, and those apprehended for a crime are sent to talk to a member The Annointed in private. This Draevian, and him/her alone, determines the punishment for the crime after hearing the reasons for the crime and what led up to it. Most punishments involve doing work for the betterment of the society, with some criminals being briefly sent to the hospital to check their mental states. Those with mental illness are treated respectfully, but are kept within special hospitals where they can be cared for individually. They are rarely, if ever, released, but Draevians believe that this is best both for the one who is mentally ill and the society as a whole. Only in the case of repeat offenses are harsher punishments invoked, or in serious cases like cold-blooded murder.
Draevian children are raised by members of The Providers, for it is believed that all should grow up working for the greater good of the society.  Draevians mate for life, but do not live together or interact any more often than any other, for they believe that all Draevians must be connected to all others equally.  Like most mammalian species, there are two genders of Draevians, both of which are found in equal proportions.  Draevian children do not have a large amount of contact with their parents, even if their parents are Providers, instead being raised by the community as a whole.

Drae (Capital): administrative world
Na: agri world
Ur: forge world
Nox: general world
Drax: general world

When I have more time, I'll take a look at the ruleset and provide my feedback, I know it's probably similar to the last game but beyond that I don't know.

[10ebbor10]

Question - will this game also be subject to the rampant and unchecked population growth that can turn your pristine worlds into hives if you have good agriculture? all agri-worlds are hypothetically doomed to that unless resource transport is made bit more flexible between planets., also, returning with my guys, if possible.

At the moment, that part of the rules is unchanged. Protecting trade units against piracy is just a bit easier though, so you should be able to get food of the planet.

[RulerOfNothing]

Posting to watch.

[4maskwolf]

I approve of the espionage changes, it makes the whole thing much more balanced.  Still probably going to be some issues there, but those can be worked on when things happen.

How many trade fleets are we going to start with?  Last game we started with as many trade fleets as was needed to support our worlds, which were then replaced out as the game progressed, but my suggestion would be to have every player start out with 15 so that everyone starts on equal footing in that regard.  Then we can either use the "replace out as we go" or just keep them around, as you choose.

I chose 15 because that's how many scapheap will need in order to keep all of his planets alive.

[Ghazkull]

Two questions: Nomadic Empires allowed and will there be Unique tech or did you abandon that?

for each case an app:

Spoiler:  In case of Nomadic Yes - The Korpr Fleet (click to show/hide)

Name of Government Body: The Korpr
Style Of Government: A mix between Syndicalist Councils in the various Fleets and Autocratic Leadership by Quôth
Name of the Current Head of State: Quôth
History of the Government: Where the Korpr Fleet originally came from is unknown, what is known however is who created it, an engimatic being called Quôth. Seemingly able to materialized and dematerialize on any of the various Wombships he is known as a portent for grand things to come by the various Unblemished Councils, and each follows the command of their creator without question. The Unblemished themselves are at the top of the Fleet Hierarchy. Worshipped by the lesser Korpr they live in the center of the wombship that is the beating heart of every Korpr fleet.
The Korpr Fleets are feared throughout the galaxy, for all they bring is death to their victims. While known to occasionally form treaties or diplomacy these incidents are far and inbetween a large history made of brutal merciless wars. An exact timeline of the areas of their appearances and time of their appearances is impossible to date but many assume that they are not of this galaxy and some even dare to consider them not of this universe.

Race(s) and Culture:
The Korpr are per se not a single race but myriads of them. How they became such a conglomerate? War. Or more specifically what they consider a religious pilgrimage.
Once the Korpr Fleet finds an inhabited system it starts destroying every ship in orbit and all defenses. Then weeks-long virus bombardements begin, killing large parts of the population. Various sample have been taken of the content of such virus-bombs, to no great effect. It appears they contain myriads of different viral strains which (apparently completely impossible) are subservient to a dominant mutagen interspersed among the various highly infective cocktails.

However more interesting is what happens after such a bombardement. Korpr troops land on the surface of the planet during and after the bombardement and like an intergalactic Davy Johnes offers the survivors of the bombardements death or what seems like salvation. if the Prospective Convert chooses Salvation he is injected with a mutagenic which has a profound effect on the biology of a convert. One of two effects may come to pass.

The first: The Victim turns into a Korpr. The mutagen leaves him heavily mutated enduring pain that would kill under normal circumstances and mutations which would be no less deadly. The result is a mutated hulk of flesh, immune to pain, somehow resistant to ageing and immune against almost all known diseases at the cost of fertility. The Korpr form the lower rung of the Fleet Society and serve in almost every capacity possible, from soldiers over engineers, they keep the fleet going, fed and ensure a constant influx of "immigrants".

The second result is the Unblemished. While still suffering pain beyond imagining the Unblemished somehow stave off mutation and even retain fertility, thus suffering none of the drawbacks and all of the advantages of joining the "flock". However only a very low percentage of people are thus lucky. Arduous and dangerous surveys of Korpr attacks lead to the conclusion that the mutagen somehow differentiates and keeps count of Unblemished to Korpr Quota and generally leaves only a breeding population to turn into the first.
The Unblemished generally never leave the vast worldships of the Fleet and live at its secure centre where they live as scientists and politicians in paradisic environments.

But what happens after the Korpr purged such a planet? It is consumed. All biomatter is turned into a universal brown sludge which serves as building material, food, fuel, basically everything the Korpr need to survive.

Finally the cold, dead rock is mined, broken apart and used as building material for the fleets. In the end nothing remains of a system that has been invaded by them.

Initial planet choices :
5 Womb/Worldships

Spoiler:  In Case of Nomadic No - The Murr Confederacy (click to show/hide)

Name of Government Body: The Murr Confederacy
Style Of Government: Kleptocracy
Name of the Current Head of State: None - there are a dozen different Clanlords, Hivelords, Queens, Kings and whatever idiot proclaimed himself jarl
History of the Government:
Born from a single subterranean civilization the Murr Confederacy is now a several world spanning...Kleptocracy to put it mildly.
Not really a unified government it is rulled by thieves, mercenaries, pirates, smugglers and scavengers. A Conglomerate of The Riff-Raff of the Universe.

Race and Culture:
While the Murr Confederacy has many inhabitants of various races only the Murr are of note. A race very closely related to terrestial mole rats, they come in a hairless, brown-furred, black-furred and very seldomly in a grey-furred sub-species. They range between 50 centimeters and 1 meter in size and live in huge subterranean hives.

Murr are mostly known for their aptitude in crime. In fact there is propably not a single world in the omicron sector where not at least some Murr have settled in the criminal underworld. If there is crime there is Murr. Like Rats in a Sewer. Or Flies on Shit.

The Confederacy itself is a loose alliance of Criminal Syndicates operating from a central System from which they do their business. Be it smuggling, mercenary business, piracy or a myriad of other crimes.

Initial planet choices :

3 Administrative Worlds - Yatha, Scorn and Spalax
1 Forge World - The Warren
1 Agricultural World - Heap

[10ebbor10]

Two questions: Nomadic Empires allowed and will there be Unique tech or did you abandon that?

I intend to keep the Unique tech.

As for the Nomadic Empires, I'm torn. It seems very interesting, but it adds complexity, especially in balancing stuff.

I approve of the espionage changes, it makes the whole thing much more balanced.  Still probably going to be some issues there, but those can be worked on when things happen.

How many trade fleets are we going to start with?  Last game we started with as many trade fleets as was needed to support our worlds, which were then replaced out as the game progressed, but my suggestion would be to have every player start out with 15 so that everyone starts on equal footing in that regard.  Then we can either use the "replace out as we go" or just keep them around, as you choose.

I chose 15 because that's how many scapheap will need in order to keep all of his planets alive.

Considering, at the moment, 3 different options.

- Starting with sufficient trade fleets, perhaps with a constant decay.
- Giving everyone some free trade fleets.
- No one gets fleets, have large Mercenary trade fleets available for hire, at a price

[4maskwolf]

I'm going to stand opposed to the Nomadic empires because it adds unnecessary complexity, requires special rules, and was incredibly broken in the last game (at least at the beginning).  It also adds to the enjoyment of only one or a few players, rather than every player.

[Dwarmin]

I usually have trouble finding fun in these sorts of game-mostly because of lack of world building and deficient RP-but I like there is a Federation victory, at least.

Spoiler: Dwarmin's Submission (click to show/hide)

Name of Government Body: Yeonam Electorate Body (Y.E.B)

Style Of Government: Futarchy

Name of the Current Head of State: Galactic Electorate President Sai'oda Freelander

History of the Government: The YEB is actually merely a small 'seed' colony of a much larger multi-galactic Empire, the 'Grand Democratic Complex'. This is invariably confusing to those not familiar with pan-galactic strategy, which involves strategies that take millennia to execute. The GDC does not lightly expand it's power, tending to look far into the future-the Yeonam Colony ships that arrived did so far in advance of the GDC's massive 'Freedom Fleet'-which will arrive and pacify the known universe in...a really long time, probably not very soon. The Yeonam Colonists-made up of a seed population of Complex Humans-has been given the dubious honor of 'pre-pacifying' the local galactic node to ease the eventual transition of power to the Grand Democratic Complex. So far, they've done a bit-the YEB has a 'make nice' military and economic strategy with most of their neighbors, while gradually absorbing their population belief systems through widespread appeal to the Democratic Complex.

Name(s) of the Race(s) within the Nation: The YEB is more of a belief system than a racial makeup-you can find nearly any number of congregated species within it's confines, though those races that tend to pack and herd mentality make up a greater ration than those who have a predator mentality. The majority (at least half) are made of Complex-Humans, Avian Kirku and energy based Solara.

Description, Physiology and Culture: There are so many races making up the YEB that it is impossible to quantify them-this is both a weakness and a strength, as if amplifies their diversity, at the cost of compounded racial strengths. That being said, there are three races which make up about a half of it's population.

Complex-Humans (sometimes called Complexians) make up the population of Democras and Liberias, being the most common race that actually joins the GDC-Human proclivity to abandon existing power structures to latch on to whatevers fashionable being most useful. They're called 'complex' because GDC humans tend to come from much stronger, varied genetic stock-the average C-Human is much stronger and faster than one who was born merely into a mundane world. Of course, they are not very numerous-genetic lines have to be carefully maintained, lest they lose these advantages. They are , in fact, the first troops of a galaxy wide invasion force-though they don't exactly let that show.

Kirku are bipedal avian humanoids that occupy Nesthome, and tend to be agrarian and isolationist-they joined the YEB after being cured of a violent plague by the Complexians (which stellar-conspiracy theorists claim they seeded themselves, but was probably released by another galactic power as a weapons test). The Kirku had never been overly interested in galactic affairs, but when offered they decided the 'Great Nest' (their term for civilization) could use some new eggs. If only to keep them safe from plagues.

Solara are sentient-energy constructs that feed from emotions of sentient beings-they resemble balls of light in their natural state, and can manipulate data and energy in most of it's forms. They were drawn to the YEB by it's combined ideals, which tended toward positive feelings rather then negative. Whether through grand delusion or good intentions, they lent their spherical energy bodies to the construction of the world of Solara (they are not very creative).

All the races recently underwent a mass migration of the new world of Saintboot, a verdant world populated by masses of sentient, boot-shaped beings-it was named in their honor. They are currently being welcomed in the complex, with ballots-and very few instances of laz-guns and atomic burners.

Culturally, the YEB offers a view of complete rule by the people, for the people, whoever the people-with a number of liberal ideals, as most people will (almost) never vote to harm themselves or their interests. Freedoms are treasured and nurtured in all forms. The threat of Tyranny has an amusing safeguard-all laws enforced by the YEB are pan-universal. One cannot ban Batarians from eating at lunch counters unless you want to ban everyone from them, and good luck getting votes for that. The Government itself is transitory, with elections being the largest events-gradually, as one rises, it is seen that every decision is made by vote. Every year planetary senators are chosen, and every four years a Galactic Electorate President is chosen...every thousand years, a galactic sector ruler is voted on-every five thousand years, a pan-galactic overseer is voted on. Every ten-thousand years, a trans-dimensional overlord is chosen by popular vote...from all the members of that body. Politics in the YEB is inevitably the path to any true power. Even generals and admirals are chosen by popular vote. As such, most members of the YEB go out of their way to appear modern, charming, and gregarious-even the lowest laborer tries to appeal to his fellows out a sense of communal duty. They tend not to use force unless they have to...at which point they prefer overwhelming, terrible force. A frightened herd is a dangerous thing.

Community is the defining trait of the YEB-all members are equal. All members value the rights of the others. All members unite against those who are not members. This complex is called "Yeonam", or "All People".

So far, it seems to be working.

Initial planet choices :
Democras - Capital, Hub World
Liberias- Hub World
Nesthome-Agriworld
Solara- Administrative World
Saintboot-Agriworld

[Sheb]

PTW

[10ebbor10]

So, we have 5 people. Will try to set up everything in the next 2 days, but submissions are still open.

[Ardas]

Despite overt strategy and number crunching, i'd like to do some RP and flesh out things during the game. It seems less dry in the end. I remember a game of Clout that despite being  pretty strategic and ruthless about tactics, It had some of its own flavour to go with it. At least I will try.

[micelus]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

]Name of Government Body: The Most Esteemed Federation of Tendri
Style Of Government: Noble Republic
Name of the Current Head of State: The High Excellency of Leaves
History of the Government: The Federation of Tendri is an alliance born in the backrooms of senates and courts. The First Hands, a group dedicated to a unified world order, began the task of creating the Federation. After centuries of work, Tendri was united and the Hands made obsolete. Rather than continuing to influence from the shadows, the Hands disbanded and many now rule in the open. Unified under one rule, the nations of Tendri were made to reach out into the stars for other worlds to exploit and colonise. Those who had been in the Hands also had another goal; to find life beyond Tendri. In their founding texts, they read, a time when Tendri had been part of a greater galactic community, one which had been a golden age for all. It would be time for Tendri to rejoin it.

The Executive Council leads the Federation and its members are selected by experience and skills useful in their portfolio. All members, once appointed to their position, are always referred by their title and a name chosen to symbolically from First Hand custom.
Name(s) of the Race(s) within the Nation:

Utcari: the Utcari are a species of reptile-like quadrupeds with four heavily specialised prehensile 'tongues'. Utcari can grow to a maximum length of 2 metres and the tallest are 4 metres.  Making up 50% of the Federation, the Utcari cultures are varied. The most well-known Utcari nations however are oligarchic in nature, with Lords and Ladies controlling their subjects in one way or another. Below the ruling Nobility are the Artisans and Intellectuals, who 'create' and 'think' for their noble patrons. The Serfs are those who 'feed'. Despite their low caste, the Serfs are offered a great deal of respect due to the high metabolism of the Utcari and the Federation's Anti-Discrimination programmes. In the modern era, the caste system has been largely abolished. This said, Utcari often work in the castes of their ancestors. It is not uncommon however for a Noble to work as an accountant or a Serf to be a general.

Humans: the Humans of Tendri are defined by a similar phenotype: bronzed skin, brown hair, lavender eyes and epicanthic folds. Most also have a sixth toe on each foot. Making up roughly 30% of the Federation, human culture of the Federation are community-centric, often revolving around agricultural communes. The few human-majority cities are dreary places built to manufacture goods, which are quickly distributed to the smaller communes. Before the Federation, humans were organised into a loose alliance called the 'Baoz' which oversaw foreign affairs and species-wide regulations. In the modern era, Humans are stereotyped as dutiful and industrious, often surrounded by yet more humans. Those involved outside agriculture and industry are often used in soldiery. This is not to say more liberal-minded humans do not exist, but that human culture is overwhelmingly duty-based. The popularity of chemical-altering devices used by human communities does enough to preserve human culture.

Intefes: Intefes are sapient robots that rose up against the Federation, before coming into accordance with it. Waging a war of rebellion against their creators, the Intefes eventually forced the signing of the 'Rights of Sapient Species', giving them a place in the Federation. Of many shapes and sizes, Intefes are more defined by their software than currently chosen hardware. Intefe make up 20% of the Federation population, a rule strictly obeyed by the 'species'. Intefe culture is constantly changing due to its relative youth. Most however are quick to show their individuality, as shown by the disapproval of backups or copies.

Initial planet choices :
Tendri: Hub World
Olav: Forgeworld
The March of Austav: Agri World (
Lorfier: Agri World
Porsper: Administrative World

Nevermind, I don't have the time for this.