"The universe... is a dangerous one. Many races have been destroyed because of it. Even the greatest empires have crumbled, now. What remains is constantly attacking each other. Earlier today, the SS Stardust had a close encounter with an enemy fleet. Its engines are highly damaged, along with the front armor, so it is currently under repairs. In my 200 years of life, I cannot believe how hard life is now." -Captain Vahn, Captain of The SS Stardust-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello, this is my first space roleplay. In this RP, you take the role of someone who lives in a universe in constant turmoil. You are the captain of a spaceship, and the goal is to survive. The quote above pretty much should have given you an idea of what it's like but if that is not good enough, I'll get even deeper.
Warning:
The following story is quite long. You should have a lot of spare time on your hands before starting to read it.
It is the year 6085. About 400 years before, the sun has been going crazy for some reason and giving off way more hydrogen than it should, so due to the fear of the sun prematurely going into its Red Giant phase, the Terrans (Humans in this RP) have fled to the stars. They have abandoned earth and have founded their main base at Jupiter's moon Europa. There's one problem with them fleeing to the stars and other planets closer to the edge of the solar system, though. They aren't alone, and definitely not strong enough to take on some of the other empires.
The first empire they found was the Xithari Hive, which of course, was way more advanced than the Terrans. So, the Xithari took pity on the Terrans and decided to support them, by giving them more advanced colony technology, and supplying them with older Xithari weapons (which were still way better than the Terran weapons at the time). After this, the Terran Empire became an 'official' empire by claiming 10 solar systems. Of course, this angered the neighbouring empires due to the fact they couldn't expand in the Terran Empire's direction. So, they came to the Xithari again, asking for help. The Xithari's leader once again took pity upon the Terrans and gave them support. This all backfired upon the Xithari when the Terrans decided to invest in high-power weaponry. They had their own plans for the galaxy, that's for sure.
The Terrans, now having good ships capable of taking damage from the best weaponry the Xithari Hive had, and good enough weaponry to return the favor, went to war with them. The war lasted for two hundred years. It finally ended when the Terrans built the SS Stardust, which was the deciding factor for who won the war. It was classified as a whole new ship due to its size and power. It would continue to strike fear into the hearts of all the empires which knew of it for many more decades to come.
After a while, a new race came to be. It was called 'The New Xithari Hive'. It was quite small, and because of this, the Terrans never paid attention to it. This is what would bring their downfall. The New Xithari Hive got the support of many other empires who wanted the Terrans destroyed in order to get the shadow of the Terran power off their minds. So, they all agreed on creating an alliance against the Terrans, and attempt to take them down. For the next century, a horrible war would wage on until finally, the Terrans would surrender. What remained would constantly attack the other remnants of the once-great empire.
The alliance was abandoned after the participating races recovered from Terran assaults which sometimes would damage them heavily. Due to the alliance being abandoned, the races once again could attack each other. A conflict sparked in between the Magrathein Empire and the New Xithari Hive. The other empires also eventually got involved, and finally, five sixths of the empires in that sector of the universe had been wiped out.
Now, almost all that remains of the empires are remnants. The strongest of these are the Javions (Terran), The B33 (New Xithari Hive), the Tiberian Alliance (Magrathein remnants that have joined together) and the New Alkarian Empire (the only one to stay strong enough to keep its status as an Empire).
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Alright, I know you might hate these, but every RP must have them. These are... the rules.
Standard Rules:
1. No Godmodding
2. No Metagaming
3. No Autoing
4. No flaming
5. No making sweet passionate love in the IC. Please. Unless its just making out. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
6. Please keep your actions somewhat realistic. Like, for an example, you can't suddenly discover a super-powerful technology conveniently in the heat of battle.
7. You may NOT get upgrades by simply saying "I'm gonna get my ship upgraded!" This will be explained in a section below.
8. You may NOT own a big fleet of ships until you are allowed to.
9. You may NOT own multiple capital ships (the one you start with is a capital ship).
10. The only way to have your own custom race is to submit it to the GM, or a Moderator.
11. You must follow these rules. If you don't, then depending on how bad the offense was, you will be punished by a Mod or the GM.
Moderator Rules:
1. You too must follow all the standard rules.
2. You must be fair; that means no letting someone off the hook because he/she's your best friend.
3. You must report major offenses to the GM, or if he's away, then take action on your own.
4. You must be capable of running the RP along with other moderators if the GM's away.
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The major systems will be explained here. The upgrade system shall be explained first.
Upgrade system+Points System: Each battle you have will earn you points. Depending on how powerful the enemy is that you face, you will get points. The scale of the battle will also be a deciding factor on how many points you get. If the enemy is simply using one ship, you get 0 bonus points. If the enemy uses multiple ships and you have one ship, you will get 1 bonus point. If you have one ship and you face an enemy with a big fleet of ships, you get 5 bonus points. If you have multiple ships and are facing a big fleet of enemy ships, you get 3 bonus points. If you are on the same upgrade level as the enemy you face in battle, you get 0 bonus points. A battle with one ship gives you 1 point. A battle with multiple ships is 2 points. A battle with a big fleet is 3 points. You must win the battle to get any points. The upgrades are as listed:
Upgrade 1: Multiple Ships (1-5 Ships)
Cost: 5 Points
Upgrade 2: Spaceship Fleet (5 Large Ships, 7 Med. Ships, 10 Small Ships)
Cost: 15 Points
Upgrade 3: Extra Fighter Space (5 more Fighters available on a ship per Fighter Bay)
Cost: 10 Points
Ship-Buying System: Depending on how many points you have, you can buy another ship (as long as you have the proper upgrade and enough space in your armada/fleet for them). Please note that the small ships use Ion Engines, the medium ships use Jacketed Photon Engines (which are faster than the Ion Engines), and the large ships use Quantum Engines (the most powerful and fastest engines). The ships are listed from smallest to biggest:
Drone: Armed with 1 Mini Laser Cannon. It is about three fourths the size of a fighter and has one Ion Thruster for movement. It can be shot down with any weapon and is very weak against EMP-type weapons due to it being controlled by a Master Computer and having no shell. Requires a Drone Launcher to be used. Recommended for low-atmospheric combat and combat near the ship it is transported in, but capable of short space combats away from its transport ship. Costs 2 points for a Drone.
Fighter: Armed with 2 Mini Smart Plasma Missiles capable of harming small ships and destroying other fighters, and 2 Laser Cannons which require charging but enough of them can take down a force field or a medium ship. They have 2 Ion Thrusters for movement and can be shot down with any weapon. It is slightly bigger than a jet fighter. It has a small Anti-EMP shell which can take up to 5 hits from EMP-type weaponry. It is contained in a Fighter Bay and requires one in order to be launched. Recommended for atmospheric combat, but capable of space combat. It costs 3 points each for one.
Infiltrator: It is the smallest of all the real spaceships. It is armed with 1 Smart Plasma Missile capable of harming small to medium sized ships, and 1 Laser Cannon. It is a quite fast ship mainly for espionage and scouting so it is very small (half as big as a jumbo jet). It is also very weak and can be killed by 2 Smart Plasma Missiles but it makes up for that by its ability to dodge them. Along with its small size is the fact it only can have a maximum of 10 crew members.It also has cloaking technology but can only cloak for a few hours, AKA three posts. This makes it cost 7 points.
Frigate: It is the second smallest of all the real spaceships. It is armed with 4 Smart Plasma Missiles capable of harming small to medium sized ships, 2 Laser Cannons and 1 Automated Laser Turret which pops out of the top of the middle section of the ship that is capable of severely harming Fighters and damaging other Frigates, but is useless against stronger ships. It has a standard Anti-EMP shell which can take up to 5 hits from EMP-type weaponry. It is about three fourths the size of two jumbo jets. It has a crew quarters for up to 15 people. Recommended for medium to short range space battles. It costs 5 points for one.
Cargo/Transport Ship: It is the third smallest of all the real spaceships. It has only 4 Smart Plasma Missiles and 1 Laser Cannon which is mounted on its underside, as it is more for transporting cargo. It has barely any armor and has a Weak Anti-EMP shell which can take only 2 hits from EMP-type weaponry due to the need to be able to transport cargo to other locations as quick as possible. It can hold lots of cargo, and has a crew of 30 people. It is almost as big as 3 jumbo jets. It has 4 Drone Launchers and 2 Fighter Bays. A Fighter Bay holds up to 5 fighters at once. It costs 6 points for one.
Destroyer: This is the last of the small spaceships. It has 6 Smart Plasma Missiles, an EMP Wave Blaster, and 2 Uranium Cannons. It has a weak forcefield that can withstand 3 hits from small-ship type weaponry and an Anti-EMP shell that can take 7 hits from EMP-type weaponry.
[[REST WILL BE FINISHED WHEN MY BRAIN DOESN'T HURT FROM MY THINKING]]
Also, please, tell me about all the errors you find and give me feedback on my systems for upgrading, ship-buying, and the 'currency' system. It's my biggest RP and I'm tired so I probably made at least one error... zzzzzzzz
