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[Chiefwaffles]

This is titled "Galaxy Rise II" because of the exact same setting, and relatively similar gameplay as the first one. Not because it's a continuation.

A space suggestion game. Mostly strategy-based, but in 2nd person, with dialog and characters. Your main goal is to liberate your civilization from an invading species; starting with nothing but your ship, crew, and an occupied planet.
The U.E.F. used to be a grand intergalactic civilization. The elected representatives of the many worlds that comprised U.E.F. frequently met at Earth to discuss and vote on the many issues and topics relevant to their federation. Near the end of its lifespan, the representatives met to discuss a specific issue.
The invasion of the previously unknown human-like species, the Uarks.
The specific events leading up to this meeting and following it are not well documented due to the chaos and pandemonium that was occurring at the time. The U.E.F. fleets were fighting their mysterious invaders at every turn, but ultimately were failing. In a last-ditch attempt to save their federation, the leaders of the U.E.F. withdrew their primary combat fleets to Earth, to await the Uark invasion fleet. This proved to be a fruitless effort, and Earth fell to the Uarks, ending the war.

Not all is lost, however. You are the Captain of a small corvette, which was assigned to a battle group of a fleet tasked with a covert mission in what used to be U.E.F. territory. While your mission failed, and Earth was lost, your ship survived. While recovering from a botched retreat over the planet Terthern, your ship received a single message from Grand-Com.
"Save Earth."
It may seem like a daunting task, but you were never known to give up in times like these.

First, you'll need to remember some details about who you are, your ship, and your crew.
Ship/Character/Crew Creation
Ship Name: F.S. ________
Ship Class (pick one) -
"Telemachus" Class Mini-Carrier: An agile ship equipped with a single basic weapon, and three spaces for fighters.
"Predator" Class Stealth Corvette: A small yet sleek ship with a prototype stealth system, and one basic weapon.
"Barrage" Class Destroyer: A combat-oriented ship equipped with missiles, and three basic weapons.
"Liberator" Class Assault Ship: A troop-carrier ship with two basic weapon systems and [1 Small Shuttle Slot OR 6 2-person Boarding Pod Slots]

Crew Priority (pick one):
Fully staffed Engineering (start with more engineers)
Fully staffed Marine Contingent (start with more marines)
Extra Crew (start with many more basic crew)

Captain (you) -
Name:

Security Officer -
Name:
Background: (super optional)
Skill (pick one):
Advanced Training - Your security officer is highly skilled in training others in combat-related fields.
Marine Tactics - Your security officer is greatly gifted in tactics revolving around actual soldiers
Naval Tactics - Your security officer is greatly gifted in tactics revolving around ship combat.

Engineering Officer -
Name:
Background: (super optional)
Skill (pick one):
Field Repairing - Your engineering officer is great at making repairs with basic materials and tools outside of a repairing facility.
Field Construction - Your engineering officer is great at creating structures/items/etc. with only basic tools and materials.
Advanced Console Manipulation - Your engineering officer is very highly skilled in manipulating the various consoles around the ship, and is therefore much better at running a ship's systems.

Intelligence Officer -
Name:
Background: (super optional)
Skill (pick one):
Espionage -  Your intelligence officer is trained in matters relating to espionage.
Diplomacy - Your intelligence officer is skilled in the art of diplomacy with others.
General Knowledge - Your intelligence officer is trained well in all matters, and is therefore knows much more about certain things than others

Spoiler: Other OOC Stuff (click to show/hide)

I would like to mention that if you don't seem something mentioned that you think should be there, or you want to be there, doesn't mean you can't ask about.
For example, if you're in a city and want to find generic assault rifles in the black market when I've only ever mentioned pistols? Sure!
etc.

Basically "be creative and don't assume that only what I say can be done" please.
If it isn't super absurd ("Ask the Uarks to give us this planet in exchange for 1 penny!") then please do mention it.

[Andres]

Ship Class (pick one) -
"Barrage" Class Destroyer: A combat-oriented ship equipped with missiles, and three basic weapons
Crew Priority (pick one):
Extra Crew (start with many more basic crew)
Security Officer -
Advanced Training - Your security officer is highly skilled in training others in combat-related fields
Engineering Officer -
Field Repairing - Your engineering officer is great at making repairs with basic materials and tools outside of a repairing facility
Intelligence Officer -
General Knowledge - Your intelligence officer is trained well in all matters, and is therefore knows much more about certain things than others

I don't know about names. I'll leave that to other people.

[Pencil_Art]

Hey, that's cool. A new galaxy rise game.

[Ross Vernal]

Ship Class (pick one) -
"Barrage" Class Destroyer: A combat-oriented ship equipped with missiles, and three basic weapons
Crew Priority (pick one):
Extra Crew (start with many more basic crew)
Security Officer -
Advanced Training - Your security officer is highly skilled in training others in combat-related fields
Engineering Officer -
Field Repairing - Your engineering officer is great at making repairs with basic materials and tools outside of a repairing facility
Intelligence Officer -
General Knowledge - Your intelligence officer is trained well in all matters, and is therefore knows much more about certain things than others

I don't know about names. I'll leave that to other people.

This, but Engineering instead of Crew. Security Officer can have a background of "was a smuggler" maybe?

[Cheesecake]

PTW.

[Vivalas]

PTW.

[sirboomalot]

PTW.

[High tyrol]

Ship Class (pick one) -
"Barrage" Class Destroyer: A combat-oriented ship equipped with missiles, and three basic weapons
Crew Priority (pick one):
Extra Crew (start with many more basic crew)
Security Officer -
Advanced Training - Your security officer is highly skilled in training others in combat-related fields
Engineering Officer -
Field Repairing - Your engineering officer is great at making repairs with basic materials and tools outside of a repairing facility
Intelligence Officer -
General Knowledge - Your intelligence officer is trained well in all matters, and is therefore knows much more about certain things than others

I don't know about names. I'll leave that to other people.

This, but Engineering instead of Crew. Security Officer can have a background of "was a smuggler" maybe?

1+

[origamiscienceguy]

Ship Name: F.S. Phoenix
Ship Class: "Predator" Class Stealth Corvette: A small yet sleek ship with a prototype stealth system, and one basic weapon.
Crew Priority: Fully staffed Engineering (start with more engineers)

Captain:
Name: Done Ander
Background: Originally a freelancer selling lucrative trade goods from the new colonies back to the developed ones. There was little competition to the new colonies due to the danger, but the profit was worth it. Once the war started, the trade colonies were taken over and business was bad. Entered the U.E.F and was assigned this position.

Head Crew
Security Officer: George Gonzal
Background: Originally a scientist, he joined the war late. The U.E.F. decided that his know-how of many of the ships would help greatly in ship fights.
Skill: Naval Tactics - Your security officer is greatly gifted in tactics revolving around ship combat.

Engineering Officer: Paulie Smarte
Background: Lived on an unindustrialized colony and learned quickly how to put pieces of metal together. Can build anything she has schematics for.
Skill: Field Construction - Your engineering officer is great at creating structures/items/etc. with only basic tools and materials.


Intelligence Officer: Roge Rodra
Background: taken hostage by the Uarks and escaped on a small mining ship. Knows more about the Uarks than most people
Skill: Espionage -  Your intelligence officer is trained in matters relating to espionage.


Tactics:
This ship will mainly focus on guerrilla warfare; coming out of cloak to pick off individual ships before retreating.

[Chiefwaffles]

Alright. I combined the (compatible) background+names from scienceguy's post and added them to the modified version (Staffed engineering, smuggler background for security officer) of Andre's post.
Feel free to still change anything/submit new things, but unless the consensus changes, the following information will be official in the first update.

Ship Name: F.S. Phoenix
Ship Class: Barrage Class
Crew Priority: Fully Staffed Engineering


Captain:
Name: Done Ander
Background: Originally a freelancer selling lucrative trade goods from the new colonies back to the developed ones. There was little competition to the new colonies due to the danger, but the profit was worth it. Once the war started, the trade colonies were taken over and business was bad. Entered the U.E.F and was assigned this position.

Head Crew
Security Officer: George Gonzal (male)
Background: George was a smuggler, bypassing U.E.F. trade laws before the war. After the initial invasion, he signed up to join the army, and given his skills as well as the desperation of the recruiters, he was assigned a position on board the Phoenix.
Skill: Advanced Training

Engineering Officer: Paulie Smarte (female)
Background: None (GM Choice) Lived on an unindustrialized colony and learned quickly how to put pieces of metal together. Can repair anything she has schematics for.
Skill: Field Repairing

Intelligence Officer: Roge Rodra ()
Background: taken hostage by the Uarks and escaped on a small mining ship. Knows more about the Uarks than most people
Skill: General Espionage Knowledge

[origamiscienceguy]

For paulie Smarte, just put the same background but put good at fixing things instead of building things.

Nobody knows Rodge's gender. Rodge wears a helmet with a black visor all the time, even in bed.

[Andres]

Nobody knows Rodge's gender. Rodge wears a helmet with a black visor all the time, even in bed.

-1. Roge should be [Heads] male.

[origamiscienceguy]

Nobody knows Rodge's gender. Rodge wears a helmet with a black visor all the time, even in bed.

-1. Roge should be [Heads] male.

That's sexist.

[Chiefwaffles]

F.S. Phoenix, Orbiting the habitable colony world, Kynth.

You stand in the sole observation deck of the Phoenix, observing the occupied planet below. A solitary voice comes in through your headset.
"Captain, my team has completed the damage report. I'd suggest you come to the bridge to look at it."
With a sigh, you pass through the unpowered door leading to the observation deck and make your way to the bridge. As you walk through the halls, the working engineers and patrolling marines acknowledge your presence with a salute as they continue their work in your damaged ship.
Finally, you arrive at the bridge.

"Ah, Captain. I'm assuming you had a lovely time staring into space?" quips Security Officer Gonzal. You simply ignore him as the others stare horrified at him. As you bring up the damage report on the primary holographic viewer in the bridge, Engineering Officer Smarte turns to you and starts walking you through the damage.
"Our main issue right now is the hyperdrive chamber," she says as she points to the location of engineering on the large hologram of the Phoenix. "They were able to fry our power regulation systems in that skirmish, and the hyperdrive was overcharged. Luckily it only jumped us here, and didn't strand us in hyperspace. While the power regulation systems are back online, the hyperdrive will probably have to be replaced."
"Any other major damage?" you ask.
"None that we know of at the moment. The rest is just minor hull and wiring damage that's being fixed as we speak."

You switch the holotable to a globe representation of Kynth, and Officer Rodra addresses you.
"Sir, after doing some digging in the database, I've compiled a basic report for the notable parts of this planet." he states.
"However, I'll give you a basic summary right now." He pulls up a file on his omnipad and starts talking. "Kynth is one of the rare earth-like worlds, and colonization started about 70 years ago. As I'm sure you know, it also acted as a military stationing point for most U.E.F. forces in the area. The last data that was uploaded to the database indicates that it's currently under complete Uark occupation. The last reported population was around 34 million citizens, and supposedly most of the registered citizens lived in the rather idealistic cities--" Rodra is cut off by Gonzal, who starts retelling what appears to be a 'fun fact' about the world.
"I've actually been to the capital city once, Captain. 'Idealistic' is an understatement - the capital buildings are so high, you can't even see the ground when walking through it!"
"...As I was saying, most of the civilians live in the cities located across the planet, but more than half the population lives at the capital city, Expanse."
"Anyways," continues Rodra, "I've sent the full report to your omnipad, Captain."

Spoiler: Officer Rodra's Report: Kynth (click to show/hide)

Kynth
One of the rare earth-like planets. Due to how recently it was found, it still has a relatively low population. Most of the population is located in urban cities.
For convenience, I've only outlined the major cities and towns here. If you want any in-depth information about any aspect of any city or town, or want to find a much smaller town, you can simply ask.

Also, unless said otherwise, it's safe to assume that each city has a communications station, some local base for Uark patrols, and some kind of transit hub (air/water/land/space).

Expanse
Population: 21,301,000

Expanse is the relatively huge capital city of Kynth. It's not that large in radius, but it's composed of extremely tall buildings, walkways, public transit, and hover-vehicles. Before the occupation, it was the center of commerce, and chances are that if a good was produced on the planet, you'd find it here. Even if it wasn't produced on Kynth, finding it here was still likely. Based on this, it's probably safe to assume that it's still going strong. Just not as strong.

Hillfield
Population:595,930

This city is a sprawling farming and hydroponics center. Just about all the food consumed on Kynth is produced here then shipped to the rest of the planet with their seaport.

Sork
Population: 3,228,000

Sork is where most of the mining companies on Kynth had their planetary headquarters. Home to about 3.2 million people, it was where plenty of miners, traders, executives, and relatives of the aforementioned lived. Mining towns from across the continent had their goods shipped here for processing and exporting across the planet (mainly Kilerth) and space.

It's fairly easy to guess that the Uarks are going to be sending the materials to assist Uark forces elsewhere with the local spaceport.

Dunport
Population: 2,458,000

Dunport was more or less the stationing area for the U.E.F. Army in this region of space. Marines and the occasional engineer, officer, or generic crewmember, were sent here between assignments. Dunport is also where most of the supplies for any efforts in this region were sent to, then distributed from. As for buildings, the city's home to barracks, armories, spaceports, training grounds, warehouses, command centers, and more.

Based on scattered comms signals we can receive from space and the rare post-occupation database entry, it seems that the Uark occupation is having some trouble here. As it happens, soldiers of a conquered republic don't take it to well when their home is occupied. The Uark soldiers supposedly have to put down constant minor uprisings and rebellions.
A rather obvious comms signal that was sent recently tells us that full martial law was just declared here. I'd be willing to bet that there is a heavy Uark presence here.

Kilerth
Population: 4,152,000

Kilerth is home to most of the industries at Kynth. Things ranging from childrens' toys to holotables to military-grade armor was made here. Though according to the export/import forms from before the occupation, it seems that mostly civilian-grade stuff is produced here. Any military-grade goods would be rare, and probably well guarded by the Occupation force.

Aston
Author's Note: I can't really find anything about Aston. I've included it because I know that it definitely exists. All I know is that it's on this planet, and is classified.

You hear a familiar ding and see that a file has been transferred to your omnipad. You should probably look at that later.
Rodra says one more thing before he finishes speaking: "Oh, and Captain - if you can get me some better way of gathering information, like scouts, wiretapping, anything, I can compile some possible events that can be acted upon every once in a while."

"Captain," Gonzal announces. "I'd recommend we land in a covert spot near a preferable location and start from there. We should be able to land anywhere on the planet as long as we keep power output low, and stay out of city limits."

Spoiler: Status (click to show/hide)

F.S. Phoenix, "Barrage" Class Destroyer
Hyperdrive offline - requires replacing.
Minor hull/wiring damage - will be repaired in 2 cycles.

Weapon Systems
2 Duel Energy Cannon Arrays
1 Miniature Spinal Energy Accumulation Ray
1 Medium-Class Missile Array (5 pods)
Crew (50 max)
15 Engineers
-15 Energy Light Pistols
6 Trained Marines (1 squad)
-6 AP Marine Armor
-6 Energy Assault Rifles
10 Generic Crew. Equipped
-10 Energy Light Pistols

Engineering Officer Smarte
-1 Energy Light Pistol
Security Officer Gonzal
-1 Energy Light Pistol
Intelligence Officer Rodra
-1 Energy Light Pistol

Cargo Hold
6 U.E.F. All-Purpose Marine Armor - An EVA suit that's standard issue for all regular marines. Worn by a marine in all combat situations.6 ER-160e-A(H) Assault Rifles - A basic energy-based assault rifle. Does not require ammunition, but heat has to be watched in combat.
35 EP-10e (H) Light Pistols - A light pistol designed for personal defense. Does not require ammunition, but heat has to be watched in combat.
20 "Pinpoint" Missiles - A light missile with robust tracking and flight systems. Best used on weakpoints, or light targets.

Spoiler: GM Notes (click to show/hide)

I just found out my ship combat system that I made for the original GR had the file it was on deleted.
This may just be the worst day ever.

[origamiscienceguy]

Ask Roge, "In which cities will we be likely to find whatever we need to repair our hyperdrive?"