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Frontier: The Void 2.0
Grif101:
This Thread is the Game Thread. To get to the OOC Thread Click HereChapter 1: Fear, Exploration and the Unknown
It is the dawn of the 23rd Century, and the Third Age of Mankind. After many centuries of growth and progress, the species of the Orion Arm of the Galaxy have left their cradles, and begun expanding among the stars. Already they have established colonies on other worlds, beginning their fledgling empires and expanding their knowledge of the stars. But the galaxy is a large place...and they have much to learn yet, for there is much about the void of space they do not yet know, many wonders and civilizations...and many dangers that lay in the void...
2200 C.E.
The Hague, European Union, Earth
The view from the window was spectacular...the nighttime metropolis of The Hague expanding out towards the sea, even a little beyond it. Alexander Reid, the Director of the Coalition Security Council, just simply stood in his office and enjoyed the view. It had been a long day, meetings with representatives from the New Central American Federation, Brazil, Argentina and the Union of Southeast Asia regarding their plans for colonial expeditions had been long and drawn out. Japan, Israel and Saudi Arabia were already vying for opportunities to expand outside Sol, and the UCNS would be stretched enough as it is with the Coalition's planned second wave of expansion with expeditions to nearby star systems. He would have to play this out carefully, otherwise the other states would just launch their expeditions anyways, with or without the Coalition's help or opinion. As the plan stood now, the Coalition would send out the Enterprise to chart out the nearby systems to assess them for habitability, launching from Epsilon Eridani. Once any habitable systems were discovered, then and only then would Reid greenlight their colonization projects, and even then only to a limited degree. Any human colony had to be within reach of the UCNS, it was the only way to not only keep them within Earth's control, but to protect or help them in case anything went wrong.
Reid yawned, deciding to call it a night. Tomorrow morning he would gather with the rest of the CSC and they would greenlight Enterprise's mission. After that...no doubt he would have further meetings with agitated representatives again. It would be another long day.
True Evangelion:
A man walked down the halls of the building he resided in. Clutched in his hands was a book. Behind him, a group of children followed him, all bombarding him with questions of curiosity and wonder. He simply laughed off each one, replying with the same 'you'll find out!' phrase to them. The book's title was "The Great Paladin: Kairos".
<<LOCATION: AREA B7R, MEDICAL LAB 1>>
"Sir, the subject! His readings are fluctuating wildly!" One of the bellalux officers said. A group of men, made up of doctors and military officers rushed to a room that had a single tube in it. In that tube, was a human being connected to various equipment suspended in fluid. Several of the doctors began to manipulate equipment and switches, all responding to the great change in his vitals.
"Activity at the being's top is rising! Reading electric waves from it! Pulses from center rising! He's waking up!"
The eyelids of the man slowly blinked
"Where am I?" he thought. The man who floated in the fluid looked around slowly, his body slowed. What he saw would of shocked him, were it not for the fact he felt slow and sedated. The alien creatures all stared in wonder, that the subject they had for years had finally woken up.
mikethor007:
Somewhere in the galaxy, in orbit around planet Ishanoth...
"T minus 5 minutes for jump." announces mission control.
The final countdown for the first jump towards uncharted space had started. This would be a fitting occasion for festivities back in the capital, but there was an ennormous sandstorm rolling through the reagion. All festivities would have to be postponed.
"Hope this goes as well as the jumps we made towards our other solar systems. Faster than light travel is sometimes so...finicky." said the commanding officer. There was another exploration vessel being service after its last jump, and it could be called back into active duty at a moment's notice, but it is always best not to lose ships, at all.
Spoiler for FTL & Event: Jump to Hex: 5, 8
This dice roll has been tampered with!
Rolled 2d100 : 8, 12, total 20
This dice roll has been tampered with!
Rolled 1d20 : 9, total 9
Grif101:
--- Quote from: Grif101 on September 23, 2015, 06:29:59 PM ---2200 C.E.
The Hague, European Union, Earth
The view from the window was spectacular...the nighttime metropolis of The Hague expanding out towards the sea, even a little beyond it. Alexander Reid, the Director of the Coalition Security Council, just simply stood in his office and enjoyed the view. It had been a long day, meetings with representatives from the New Central American Federation, Brazil, Argentina and the Union of Southeast Asia regarding their plans for colonial expeditions had been long and drawn out. Japan, Israel and Saudi Arabia were already vying for opportunities to expand outside Sol, and the UCNS would be stretched enough as it is with the Coalition's planned second wave of expansion with expeditions to nearby star systems. He would have to play this out carefully, otherwise the other states would just launch their expeditions anyways, with or without the Coalition's help or opinion. As the plan stood now, the Coalition would send out the Enterprise to chart out the nearby systems to assess them for habitability, launching from Epsilon Eridani. Once any habitable systems were discovered, then and only then would Reid greenlight their colonization projects, and even then only to a limited degree. Any human colony had to be within reach of the UCNS, it was the only way to not only keep them within Earth's control, but to protect or help them in case anything went wrong.
Reid yawned, deciding to call it a night. Tomorrow morning he would gather with the rest of the CSC and they would greenlight Enterprise's mission. After that...no doubt he would have further meetings with agitated representatives again. It would be another long day.
--- End quote ---
>>>The Hague, European Union, Earth
>>>The next day...
The Coalition Security Council along with the heads of the Departments of Global Defence, Space and Colonial Affairs, Foreign and Global Affairs and the Coalition Integrated Intelligence Service had met to discuss the upcoming second wave of colonial expansion. As it stood Japan, Brazil and Central America were close to launching their own colonial expeditions, prompting the Coalition to meet and discuss their options regarding this new development.
The Secretary of Foreign and Global Affairs said "There's no sidestepping the issue, the Japanese, Brazilians and Central Americans have the capability to chart and expand into other systems. They're getting impatient with negotiations and are getting poised to set off on their own, with or without our approval or support. The Treaty of Luna City prohibits independent colonization only within the Sol System and makes no mention of other star systems and they know it. If we let them go off on their own it'll encourage other powers to follow their lead, and then what will happen is you'll see a regression to the pre-Space War political and military climate. Unless we act to regulate interstellar expansion, we'll soon be surrounded by potential enemies, which will make the Space War look mild if hostilities ignite."
"The Secretary is of course correct" said the Director of the CIIS, an illusive and slightly intimidating presence in the room, with a deep Louisianan accent that commanded attention "Japan is the most capable, but also the least likely to turn on us. They currently have observer status and the current government is interested in possible membership in the Coalition. Right now we also know their military had to undergo difficult budget cuts to fund their colonization program, while the opposition party is pushing for greater austerity and caution, and is working to drum up support among the population. A confrontation with us would prove politically and economically disastrous for them right now. The Brazilians and Central Americans however...well, even after the Vox Populi's defeat their still remains considerable anti-Coalition sentiment amongst their populations. Even though both governments lean more towards pro-Coalition, they can't ignore the will of their own people, or another revolt might topple them completely, not to mention destroy their economy. However they are still financially and economically fragile and still recovering, we could use that. We also still have forces deployed in those countries, they should prove a useful leverage."
The Secretary of Space and Colonial Affairs then said "That will change if they successfully get a colonization project off the ground though. Asteroid mining is proving a significant boon to economic recovery, and interstellar colonization will ease the population burden on them, not to mention provide new sources of revenue and resources. If they play their cards right without antagonizing anyone and successfully colonize new systems, we could be seeing them become resurgent in a decade, and then become major economic and military powers in two decades."
General Preston then said "If it comes down to it, the current garrisons in both countries are capable of neutralizing the Brazilian and Central American security forces, so long as we provide them with support, which will be easy as we command complete aerospace supremacy. The hardest task for us will be the subsequent policing actions afterwards. We can count on a long and costly insurgency for years in both countries. We'll have deploy relatively large occupation forces just to maintain law and order and keep any new government in check. Alternatively we could take the less costly options of either preventing colony ships from leaving Earth orbit, or just follow them and occupy their colonies, there wouldn't be much they could do about it either way."
The Security Council deliberated for awhile, weighing all possible options before coming to a decision.
Director Reid said "Alright then, we will rule out the military option for now and focus on political and economic pressure to bring them to our side. The vote is unanimous, we will approach Japan and begin negotiations for their possible membership, while economic pressure will be brought to bear on Brazil and Central America until our second wave project is underway."
With that the meeting was brought to an end and the final clampdown on independent colonization was brought under way.
Spoiler for R&C: Research:
Military: Fusion Torpedo - 10% (-15RP) (+2 Attack Value for First/Second/Third Rates and Strike Fighters)
Civilian: Advanced Mining Techniques - 10% (-10RP) (+1RP from asteroids and moons/proto-planets)
Ship Construction:
Military:
New Gibraltar Fleet Shipyards:
Valiant-class Heavy Frigates (5) - 20% (-10RP) (+5% minor Warmonger base bonus)
Civilian: Nova Panamax-class Freighters - 10% (-10RP) (+1 to Trade Income)
Unit Training:
Military:
Civilian:
Construction:
Military: New Gibraltar Fleet Shipyards Upgrade - 10% (-13RP) (+5% naval build speed)
Civilian: Early Warning Systems - 10% (+5 Influence to colonies, allows early warning from incoming FTL) (-20RP)
Colonial Development:
Total RP: 150 (-78 from research and construction) (+24 from Sol System, +9 from Epsilon Eridani, +9 from Gliese 832) (+6 from colonial trade/imperialist bonus)
killer rin:
Hydros, Aquaris
4300 Hydrossi Calander
It was midday at the Imperial Capital. The Emperor Arcio Macello sat on his throne out on the balcony which overlooked the city. On one half, a shoreline which lead to the ocean. On the other a viewing spot on land.
Down below was Ki'Jan as far as the eye could see. Since earlier in the day the gathering had began for the Emperors great announcement. In the crowd below was excitement and anxiousness, but even more so, they were curious. This day had been on the calendar for many a week now and now that it had finally arrived, people by the millions had began to arrive at the castle. Current estimates had the current count at well over a billion, so many that those at the back would have to make due with the video screens around the empire which were set to be taken over for the message from the Emperor.
An hour passed with more and more people entering the area. The Emperor sitting in wait as a telepathic communication came in from his security personnel letting him know that the event is clear to proceed as planned. With the clearance obtained, the event planners jumped into motion telepathically briefing the emperor one last time on how things would be proceeding. Once the emperor was debriefed the event began.
Before anything, the Royal Drones were dispatched, filling the sky to catch the event from every angle possible. With the drones dispatched, every screens in the empire was taken over and a live feed of the royal castle began playing. When the feeds switched over, the Royal Ceremonial tune began to play and what was previously the sound of chatter was soon replaced with silence as all the Ki'Jan stood in attendance. Half way through the tune the Emperor stood to his feet, counted to three then began to walk towards the edge of the balcony where he stood with his hands behind his back. The Royal Ceremonial tune soon transitioned to the National Anthem as the Ki'Jan moved their hands to their hearts and began to sing proudly while the Emperor watched over his subjects.
When the anthem was over, it reverted back to silence.
"My Fellow Arcadonians of our Great Empire. Today is a grand day. For the past several decades we of the Arcadonian Empire have been hard at work growing our empire. Several centuries ago we began with the teraformation and colonization of Vargas by our forefathers, and several decades ago after breaking the key behind faster than light travel, began to explore the cosmos. In that time we had found Leticia, the planet of our dreams, one made entirely of water with a core of ice and not a spec of land nor alternative lifeforms to hold us back. After more time in our travels we then discovered the planet of Salacia which due to its unique climate by nature of being a Super-Hydros world, now handles 40% of our food production with its clean shallow seas and large flat landmasses.
Over the past decade we have expanded alot as a species, and today I am glad to announce that after all this time, our experiment is a success. We have figured out the logistics of handling an interstellar empire, and with our recent technological gains have finalized the logistics and structures needed to further our research into the cosmos. The Ki'Jan has succeeded as a species and now is the time for us to take advantage and prosper!"
Following this remark, the crowd began to cheer loudly, the ground shaking under its collective might and once it died down, the emperor made his final remarks before he would turn things over to the Lords of Leticia and Salacia who would carry the ceremony until he was needed again.
It was time to open a new page in the chapter of the Ki'Jan, and the people were ready for whatever came next.
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