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[Naturegirl1999]

Glass's Plan: (1) Glass
Kilojoule Proton's Plan: (2) Kilojoule Proton, Shadowclaw777
MetalSlimeHunt's Plan: (1) MetalSlimeHunt
Nirur Torir's 1st Plan: (1) King Zultan
Naturegirl1999's Plan: (0)
mightymushroom's 1st Plan: (0)
Powder Miner's Plan: (4) Power Miner, andrea, Kashyyk, Madman198237
Tyrant Leviathan's Plan: (1) Tyrant Leviathan
Nirur Torir's 2nd Plan: (0)
IncompetentForteessMaker's Plan: (1) IncompetentFortressMaker
piratejoe's 1st Plan: (0)
Nirur Torir's 2.1st Plan: (Super Soldiers): (2) Nirur Torir, NG
mightymushroom's 2nd Plan: (1) mightymushroom
piratejoe's 2nd Plan: (1) piratejoe

[Shadowclaw777]

Glass's Plan: (1) Glass
Kilojoule Proton's Plan: (1) Kilojoule Proton
MetalSlimeHunt's Plan: (1) MetalSlimeHunt
Nirur Torir's 1st Plan: (1) King Zultan
Naturegirl1999's Plan: (0)
mightymushroom's 1st Plan: (0)
Powder Miner's Plan: (4) Power Miner, andrea, Kashyyk, Madman198237
Tyrant Leviathan's Plan: (1) Tyrant Leviathan
Nirur Torir's 2nd Plan: (0)
IncompetentForteessMaker's Plan: (1) IncompetentFortressMaker
piratejoe's 1st Plan: (0)
Nirur Torir's 2.1st Plan: (Super Soldiers): (3) Nirur Torir, NG, Shadowclaw777
mightymushroom's 2nd Plan: (1) mightymushroom
piratejoe's 2nd Plan: (1) piratejoe

[Puppyguard]

Glass's Plan: (1) Glass
Kilojoule Proton's Plan: (1) Kilojoule Proton
MetalSlimeHunt's Plan: (1) MetalSlimeHunt
Nirur Torir's 1st Plan: (1) King Zultan
Naturegirl1999's Plan: (0)
mightymushroom's 1st Plan: (0)
Powder Miner's Plan: (4) Power Miner, andrea, Kashyyk, Madman198237
Tyrant Leviathan's Plan: (1) Tyrant Leviathan
Nirur Torir's 2nd Plan: (0)
IncompetentForteessMaker's Plan: (1) IncompetentFortressMaker
piratejoe's 1st Plan: (0)
Nirur Torir's 2.1st Plan: (Super Soldiers): (4) Nirur Torir, NG, Shadowclaw777, Puppyguard
mightymushroom's 2nd Plan: (1) mightymushroom
piratejoe's 2nd Plan: (1) piratejoe

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Glass's Plan: (1) Glass
Kilojoule Proton's Plan: (1) Kilojoule Proton
MetalSlimeHunt's Plan: (0)
Nirur Torir's 1st Plan: (1) King Zultan
Naturegirl1999's Plan: (0)
mightymushroom's 1st Plan: (0)
Powder Miner's Plan: (5) Power Miner, andrea, Kashyyk, Madman198237, MetalSlimeHunt
Tyrant Leviathan's Plan: (1) Tyrant Leviathan
Nirur Torir's 2nd Plan: (0)
IncompetentForteessMaker's Plan: (1) IncompetentFortressMaker
piratejoe's 1st Plan: (0)
Nirur Torir's 2.1st Plan: (Super Soldiers): (4) Nirur Torir, NG, Shadowclaw777, Puppyguard
mightymushroom's 2nd Plan: (1) mightymushroom
piratejoe's 2nd Plan: (1) piratejoe

[Ardent Debater]

Glass's Plan: (1) Glass
Kilojoule Proton's Plan: (1) Kilojoule Proton
MetalSlimeHunt's Plan: (0)
Nirur Torir's 1st Plan: (1) King Zultan
Naturegirl1999's Plan: (0)
mightymushroom's 1st Plan: (0)
Powder Miner's Plan: (5) Power Miner, andrea, Kashyyk, Madman198237, MetalSlimeHunt
Tyrant Leviathan's Plan: (1) Tyrant Leviathan
Nirur Torir's 2nd Plan: (0)
IncompetentForteessMaker's Plan: (1) IncompetentFortressMaker
piratejoe's 1st Plan: (0)
Nirur Torir's 2.1st Plan: (Super Soldiers): (4) Nirur Torir, NG, Shadowclaw777, Puppyguard
mightymushroom's 2nd Plan: (1) mightymushroom
piratejoe's 2nd Plan: (1) piratejoe

Advantages:

Isolated Star System
Thick Immaterial Veil
Cavern Networks
Mineral Abundance

Disadvantages:

Frequent Meteorites
Ideal Atmosphere
Lack of Warp Routes

Star System:
Barren Planet (close to sun)
2 Rocky Planets (neighbor planets to ours, in terms of orbital distance)
Gas Giant (a gargantuan body, far away, looming)

Ken to Terra in Sol, the planet is the third to orbit its star and boasts a singular moon at no less than one-fourth its size. All else is alien, four satellites share in its embrace, a ball of ashen sand and glass hurtling in a precarious balance, two spheres rough in texture, bereft of moisture, no less misshapen than their neighbor, one at the forefront, one behind, and one titanic mass of yawning intensity and churning fog scraping the frigid outskirts. The system, with five satellites in its totality, is distinct in its isolation. Not only in the southern region of the Galaxy, it's even further from any semblance of companionship, nearing the bottomless void, almost on the barrier between an infinitude glittering pinpricks and the yawning maw of endless dark. More than that, the Immaterium holds no sway here, nestled in a pocket of lasting normalcy, neither the turmoil of the Warp nor psychic phenomena, at once miraculous and profane, will manifest within its bounds. Only the constants flickering of wandering comets and the tapestry of stars out of reach stir thoughts of what lies beyond. For the safety of isolation and dangers of opportunities lost, the system is as well and truly alone as any can be in the spiteful vastness of an uncaring Galaxy.

Between the cracked and chipped pair, so similar as to be twins save for the differing shape of the shattered rock jutting out and sweltering heat or gnawing cold clinging to their surface, the planet plies its course as it has countless millions of times before. Like the others, its surface is cracked and splintered though far from shattered, and its tectonic activity has slowed to a glacial pace, leaving the crust static but replete with a mineral bounty outstripping man's site of origin thrice over and then again, when the sheer measure of its sprawling bulk is taken.

Unlike either, it lies in the perfect position for liquid water to manifest en-masse and so it has, coalescing into pools set apart by leagues of blasted waste and dancing to a cyclic tune beneath the weight of the moon. Once liquid, the millennia have seen its steady motion carve the stone asunder, and the peculiarities of the crust have led its winding course to chisel a tremendous and intricate network of caverns, tunnels, and chasms nary a fathom below the surface. Some are submerged but most are dry, baring stagnant lakes and gentle flow; almost all have a tenuous connection to the conventional caves and outcroppings of the mountainous surface. There, the planet's second unusual aspect is readily apparent.

An anomaly among its peers, a combination of pressing gravity and the random gasps in an epoch gone by have seen the atmosphere become thick but not cloying, and clear but not permeable. Were living organisms to evolve amid these conditions, for all the radiation scouring their nascent frames, they would find breath in abundance and so, as if snatching an opportunity, deep in the shallow depths of the planet's easternmost ocean, arbitrary chance or divine providence has seen the process begin. Even now, microcellular life takes shape, strange and alien, but no abomination, for there are no judgemental eyes to see and appraise what takes place.

What material is this infantile existence wrought from?

Carbon: Often considered to be the default among spacefaring species, and for good reason, carbon-based lifeforms boast a versatility unmatched and such is the simplicity of their internal chemistry, can find the farthest ranges of the cosmos to be accommodating, given a nudge here or there.
Silicon: An extreme rarity even among the varied and multidinous life-forms of the galaxy, silicon-based lifeforms seem near-hewn from stone and bear a strength and durability that belies their mass, but unusual micro-reactions necessitate exacting conditions, ones rarely fulfilled without great effort.
Something Exotic: Preposterous in a system subsumed by the material, what evolves here will count itself among the oddities of the stygian Umbra and Immaterial-dwelling Enslavers. (Incompatible with System Conditions)

Spoiler:  The Home System (click to show/hide)

Location: The Galactic South
Sun's Radiation: Harsh
Home-World's distance from Sun: Middling
Home-World's Size: Large
Home-World's Topology: Jagged
Home-World's Number of Moons: One
Home-System Traits:
- Isolated Star System
- Thick Immaterial Veil
- Frequent Meteorites
- Lack of Warp Routes
Home-World Traits:
- Cavern Networks
- Mineral Abundance
- Ideal Atmosphere

[Naturegirl1999]

Silicon

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Code: (Biochemistry Vote) [Select]

Carbon (1): MetalSlimeHunt
Silicon (1): NG
Something Exotic (0):

[IncompetentFortressMaker]

Code: (Biochemistry Vote) [Select]

Carbon (1): MetalSlimeHunt
Silicon (2): NG, IncompetentFortressMaker
Something Exotic (0):I also vote silicon, just because I personally think carbon-based lifeforms are so common that if we are carbon-based lifeforms, we'll probably never be of note - after all, what with the number of species in the galaxy, there's probably a carbon-based lifeform to fill every nook, niche, and cranny imaginable. The same may not be true of silicon. No, this is not a speech.

[Madman198237]

Code: (Biochemistry Vote) [Select]

Carbon (1): MetalSlimeHunt
Silicon (3): NG, IncompetentFortressMaker, Madman
Something Exotic (0):

I mean, I kind of want to suggest that multiple forms of life somehow arose on our planet so we could have carbon competing with silicon or whatnot. Also, I'm now regretful we didn't have exotic materials or whatever it was that would've allowed us to be made of something exotic.

[Nirur Torir]

Carbon.
We're isolated so we don't need the combat strength, and difficult FTL means our colonies are going to be hard enough to start without the great effort terraforming for silicon life would need need.

Code: (Biochemistry Vote) [Select]

Carbon (2): MetalSlimeHunt, Nirur
Silicon (3): NG, IncompetentFortressMaker, Madman
Something Exotic (0):

[Superdorf]

Code: (Biochemistry Vote) [Select]

Carbon (3): MetalSlimeHunt, Nirur, Superdorf
Silicon (3): NG, IncompetentFortressMaker, Madman
Something Exotic (0):[/quote]

[Tyrant Leviathan]

Code: (Biochemistry Vote) [Select]

Carbon (3): MetalSlimeHunt, Nirur
Silicon (4): NG, IncompetentFortressMaker, Madman, TL
Something Exotic (0):

[/quote]

Let’s stand out.

[Shadowclaw777]

Code: (Biochemistry Vote) [Select]

Carbon (3): MetalSlimeHunt, Nirur, Superdorf?
Silicon (5): NG, IncompetentFortressMaker, Madman, TL, SC777
Something Exotic (0):
I mean what other silicon life form can be that isn’t just rock-“something”?

[Powder Miner]

Code: (Biochemistry Vote) [Select]

Carbon (3): MetalSlimeHunt, Nirur, Superdorf?
Silicon (6): NG, IncompetentFortressMaker, Madman, TL, SC777, Powder Miner
Something Exotic (0):
become... rokk
(but ideally not rok)

[mightymushroom]

Code: (Biochemistry Vote) [Select]

Carbon (4): MetalSlimeHunt, Nirur, Superdorf?, mightymushroom
Silicon (6): NG, IncompetentFortressMaker, Madman, TL, SC777, Powder Miner
Something Exotic (0):