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[Ross Vernal]

Should be the Reaver. Let me know if you want to rename it.

Rolepgeek went on the assumption that you wanted the biggest and baddest possible ship with your money as opposed to simply "the biggest." Numbers checked out pretty well, and do not presently include any hypothetical Captain or XO bonus.

Spoiler: The Kai (click to show/hide)

The Kai - or specifically, the Tech Kai - are about what you get when you have something like this with longer antenna and this, from "small dog" to "large horse" and "small house" size, although their limbs are covered in what looks like fuzzy spikes. They are in a symbiotic relationship with a ridiculously adaptive (and quite possibly omnivorous) swamp flower that is possibly the greater power in the relationship, although the Kai themselves would probably disagree and offer complex theology to sufficiently advanced Drones, Nurses, and Junior Queens. They feed upon its leaves and flowers, and for every Queen, there's a Queen Flower that's bigger, stronger, and more psychically present. This tends to be the mother plant for all future Flowers in the colony. It's common practice to gather dozens of cultures of the plants for the Queen Flower and plant them in the same bed to compete for the spot.

The particular culture came about after the True Queen decided that the war with the galaxy was unproductive towards the Cause and decided to set out on Her own with the latest and most productive crop of the Flowers from the Prime Hiveworld. All of it - those of the new generations left behind died inexplicably and suddenly, and the Body Kai were never quite able to make the remaining Flowers work quite as well (not that the Tech Kai ever found out, or even bothered to ask.) After years of a very large fleet wandering around space, the Queen stumbled across Synthetic Civilization and was delighted to find that She had created a new race. After the initial alliance, the Queen further spoke with the then-current Prime Intelligence and, after spending a long time privately with the Queen Flower, decided that the other species in the Galaxy were presently bound to achieve victory, and that survival rested in going along with the movement and eventually regaining planets. From there, it wasn't far that the Queen decided that the other species were, if not exactly equals, possibly peers, and that something resembling adherence to the basic tenets of "galactic civilization" was advantageous for Her and "Us".

Nobody really knows if the Queen means "for now" or "for good" aside from possibly the Princess. Until that future time, the Queen is engaging in "trade" as an intellectual amusement and as a tool to acceptably manipulate others without "enslaving", but merely "directly expressing good-will psychically as We would to one of Our own, since You would possibly be alarmed or offended by Our dancing and pheromones". They don't use mind speak directly towards most races, instead using translator machines, and other species can "hear" intended feelings much like you can hear sounds. It's entirely within Kai capability to mind-slave someone, but they typically refrain from doing so on the grounds of "Our Queen's Law tells Us that We are not to do things that would cause the Second Great Xenocide."

Since the True Queen is, by definition, a victorious rebel, She has taken the precaution (possibly with the consent or by the imperative of the Flowers) of making sure that only the True Queen and the Princess can create Royal Jelly in significant amounts. It can't be eliminated from Junior Queens without sterilizing them (and possibly risking the Flowers) so the Queen simply allows them to create what they can to enhance their Hive, lay eggs, or perform bioscience. Despite attempts by the occasional False Queens (one of whom actually managed to take over for a short time), none have been able to overcome Her lock, and the Princess is demonstrably loyal as shown by her bringing down the Queen That Failed. There will only be one Rebel Queen who becomes the True Queen, whenever that moment may be, and the True Queen is doing her best to make sure that Her inevitable and proper replacement is fit to surpass Her.

So,as a Kai of sufficient Rank and Caste to command a ship (probably a L5 Junior Queen and a L5 Tech or Nurse Drone, or possibly a lower level Junior Queen), there'd be a lot of Royal We / Imperial Us sort of thing in addition to the regular Kai "Our." They move when awake and sleep when not, mostly, so they are animated speakers. There would absolutely be at least two Queen Flowers on board, possibly three, although far enough away from each other to not go into VIOLENT PSYCHIC DEATH COMBAT mode. As Higher Kai, you'd be able to directly possess lesser Kai and use their bodies with all of their mind's knowledge in addition to your own, so you could easily lead an Elite Marine. Death is pretty painful and leaves you mind blind for a week or two, unless the Flowers smile upon you, so be careful.

It's possible that you guys would have accepted a name that resembles what you see in the Flowers as Ourself, but not all Kai are willing to do so. Most of the Old Generation insist that individual scents and minor differences in color and features are enough for any true Kai, but there's a growing movement among some of the Current Generation and the New Generation to bring the Flowers to the Galaxy so they understand. The Queen has taken no stance whatsoever upon the issue, which can reasonably be interpreted as "yes" when "no" tends to leave bodies and is much more direct (and typically immediate.)

[Cheesecake]

Can I have the ship changed to Master? The Kai give me a vibe that They'd name Their ships like that. Of course, if Queencake's Sister disapproves, then We can keep it Reaver.

Btw, did you make all this? Or is this an existing setting? Because, damn dude o_0.

[Ross Vernal]

The Kai? First forum game I ran on here, actually. I grabbed some influences from the Buggers, Zerg, Vord, Invid, etc, but I mostly just invented everything else.

For this game? I picked good sci fi roots, decided on the handwavium for transportation, and improvised numbers from Galactic Civilizatons 2: Twilight of the Arnor. Rolepgeek gets a lot of credit for expanding the races past what I had come up with, and for coming up with a lot of insight as to relations, helping rebalance numbers, all of that. So does 10ebbor10, and a lot of the other players. I can't possibly go through and find everyone. xD

So, while there's a good bit of influences from everything from 1940's sci-fi on, I tried to make it into a new, original setting that fits in with some of what was implied from previous games.

I said something like this earlier, but I am trying to provide you players with bones and tendons upon which to develop and run with the universe. It makes for a better story when I establish just enough to build on, and we all cooperate to make it interesting and put our own spins on it.

[Ozarck]

waiting's haaaaard. Get over to the IC and VOTE, people. We're voting aye or nay on the Planetary CEO job as our first mission.

So far we have two "aye" (one enthusiastic, one with mild reservation) and two "nay," both in favor of milk runs as shakedown missions and for financial safety.

Only the ayes were expressed as actual votes. The other two seem to be in "discussion mode."

[~Neri]

I'm naying the CEO. Bad idea in my view.

Will write up rp post later.

[Rolepgeek]

Well, the vote will be what the vote will be. I just like free repairs and good deals on shit. Then again, I will both be the one who needs them least and the one who needs them most, depending how you look at it.

Also, I have a feeling we're going to have to be very careful on the Matter of Honor. And deceptive, especially. Coalition ships are slow, but they're tough, and there's no real such thing as 'crippling' a Coalition ship. It is either fighting, or it is not. (which is a simplificatin but you get the point )

And, uh...Romans already posted in the IC? Did we already integrate him into the starting fleet?

Edit:

Can I have the ship changed to Master? The Kai give me a vibe that They'd name Their ships like that. Of course, if Queencake's Sister disapproves, then We can keep it Reaver.

Btw, did you make all this? Or is this an existing setting? Because, damn dude o_0.

Reaver was actually the name of the class, originally, by the way. I figured you two should name it what you want. I went for something less than overwhelming since the ship isn't Huge or anything, just dangerous at short range and capable of getting there.

You guys still need to pick your Captain/XO bonuses, by the way.

[Ross Vernal]

Yeah, I went ahead and okayed it. He was pretty quick and typing in the additional information is fast. It'll be up soon.

[Rolepgeek]

Alright cool.

So what's the new distribution of voting power?

[Ross Vernal]

Some of the biggest members lost between .005 and .003 share to make it add up to 100% instead of over 100%. I also decided to calculate from the lowest price on the fighters instead of the differing costs, too.

Rolepgeek   13.4%
Romans 11.6%
Oz 10.5%
Kash   10.5%
Tyrel 9.8%
Ebbor    8.9%
Q 8.8%
Cheese 8.8%
Kev 8.8%
Knave 8.7%
Total   100.0%

Newcomers are going to have to accept Fleet Share as voting percentage without the 5% bonus. Y'all can figure out the "earn a Permanent Share" at some other point.

Spoiler: Fleet Sheet (click to show/hide)

Amendment: Cossack has 70lm - base 30 plus 40 from sensors. My num lock keeps turning itself off.

[Rolepgeek]

We should have a grand total of 9000 Marines, Ross. I think you forgot the Cossack's new Fighters. Speaking of which, their Accel is a bit off for the Rift Fighters, I believe, and the Space is off for the Alliance Fighters. I also believe their Missile To Hit should be 30% though I could be wrong about racial bonuses affecting base accuracy.

No need to post a new pic on the OOC though. We trust you.

So if we end up not saving the CEO and changing the Rift Conglomerate for the better/worse forever by accident and/or design(Ihave a feeling it'll be the people we'd prevent taking over being able to start steamrolling competition otherwise and end up taking over the whole bloody thing), then what do we want to do instead? Do we need a majority of ayes for what the mission will be, or just whichever mission has the most ayes? Because it seems everyone has a different reason for wanting or not wanting certain missions, many of which conflict. Ship Thief is dangerous and some people want something easier. Mining is boring and a slow start, and some people want a better payoff. Matter of Honor is something we can all mostly agree on (and is probably the one we should do if we aren't helping out a friend in need, helping him carry on, because we all need somebody to prevent us from being leeeeeaaned on), and if we don't do it fast they get bigger.

Edit: Sure like the word Deadly, don't ya Roman? And I do hope you meant if he was in a suit....to paraphrase Ross...actually, no. Direct.

To be fair, you can basically consider "Marine" as "Modern day battle tank that can hover in a package larger than a human." (And no, they don't presently have a workable microcompensator to allow a shipdrive module, much less anything remotely close to a hypersail.)

Plus I got a Marines bonus too. I just happen to prefer Grav Hammers. He sounds very much like he's from the League, though. And I doubt anyone there is gonna drop their guard. Maybe the Kai, in the 'haha stupid humies' sense, but even then. Cornered rats. I should stop poking at you.

[Ross Vernal]

Amendment #2:

9024 Marines counting fighters.

Warships: 3210.3 size, 578 / 298.4 cargo/free
Civilian Ships: 2313.6 size, 619 / 418.6 cargo/free
Total: 5523.9 1136 / 717 cargo/free

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If there's a deadlock, majority yes gets the vote, unless you guys care to come up with a different mechanism. Otherwise, simple in favor / opposed.

Formal Vote Takeover: 23.9% in favor, 20.3% opposed, 55.8% undecided Mining: 20.3% in favor, 79.7% undecided Honor: 100% undecided

I'm obviously counting from IC here as an initial roll call; next time I'll just go with the OOC votes and such. (So in theory, you can say the OOC resembles the arguments IC and maybe type it up if you feel motivated, but yeah. xD)

[~Neri]

How exactly do Cap/XO bonuses work?

[Rolepgeek]

Oh I didn't realize Captain bonuses applied to Fighters.

That's cool.

Captains get a +20% bonus to one thing, this might be a flat bonus for some things instead, like speed, though it might end up being like 60g or something so it can still be relevant since Ebbor broke the system(), and a +5% bonus to something else.

XOs give a +15% bonus to one thing. If they had been Captains, the one thing would be what their +20% would have been.

[~Neri]

Marine Capacity~?

[Romans]

Hmmm didn't notice I used deadly so many times lol

And you're right the mining is a bit of a slow start, lets say I change my mind based on new information on the people trying to take over the planet, and I'm all for the Honor mission. Ross would it be possible to sneak some of my marines onto the planet before we officially start invading?