STGOD 2k8 background thread

[Nephtys]

http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic. ... highlight=

I made an OOB thread just so we can post our stuff there and organize it. Reserve yourself a thread (or two if you seriously, seriously think you need two) and post your crap there so we don't have to dig through this one.

[Dahak]

For the sake of brevity, could we have a "rule thread", where the current rules, numbers, techs for OOBs and stuff is deposited? Makes it easier if you're quickly looking for a reference...

[Darkevilme]

OOB draft one posted in OOB thread for the Chamaran Exodus, advice, comments and critcism welcome.

[SirNitram]

It's not like they demolish buildings for kicks. It is, if nothing else, a waste of ammunition. Just that sending infantry to clear every single building can be rather bloody, so the artillery is called in on occasion. If there are no troops in the city itself, and the civilian population doesn't start getting cute with home made bombs and back-alley ambushes, the city won't be touched at all.

Resistance will likely be minimal once the Enclave is pushed out; they're still viewed as dangerous outsider aliens who destroyed the Empire.

[Noble Ire]

I'm just seeing very sparse, if any, support for the Empire itself. I figured that there'd be a few sucessor states, a handful of barbarians, and an alien or two--but what we're seeing is that Ire's force is about as loyalist as it gets, with everyone else running the gamut between seperatist and outright assassination (and yes I think you may be the only one) or an outsider force entirely. It seems to stretch plausability that we've achieved a successful zero-approval-rating, with open attempts at rebellion simmering below the surface, despite the fact that no rebellion could ever possibly succeed outside of writer's fiat.

Well, the Empire as you've been describing it is pretty vast. Who's to say that the more... fractious factions that most people are playing aren't exceptions to the rule? We could always play with NPC states hanging around; the way I've written my faction is kind of predicated on the assumption that there are more than the dozen or so powers people have written up so far.

[brianeyci]

Part of the "problem" is to have huge support for the Empire people perceive you need the Empire's technology, so it's far better to have a successor state or a rogue or a renegade or aliens than suspend disbelief and think that very loyal members wouldn't have got some kind of benefits, at all. So you have to be... creative if you want to make Imperials, with the culture, religion and society but somehow with no technology, at least no military technology.

It is also a rather good thing in my opinion, because it seems like having former Imperial knowledge is a significant asset and is just asking for munchkins if there's too many and everybody is trying to be an Empire clone.

I had to think awhile to make up my former Empire denizens, the Crusaders. They should form an "Imperial Remnant" of sorts without the actual technology. I've got to figure out the culture of these guys, so if anybody else is playing an "Imperial Remnant" maybe they could message me some plans.

[Nephtys]

Rules thread up. Check the subforum and please post rules that we've agreed on, or proposals so I can toss them on the top two posts. Like have we agreed on what racial/planet points are for? Or what combat rule of thumb algorithm we'll use?

[Crossroads Inc.]

Ok guys... I need help

Really I WANT to include my guys in the grand schemes of the Imperium, but last time I tried I had the imperium comming off as a bloated, overly corrupt and almost useless instituition. This is obviouslly not the case. The othewr thing is I dont want my guys to be TOO silly. Sure, they have BusterMachines, sure they designs ships with a sense of drama, but in truth, I;d like to make my nation over all a bit more real as wel las fitting in with an Imperial "timeline"

The thing is Im great at silly, or aliens, and I thought I could pull this off, but really it hasn't come out the way I'd hopped, so, im giving an adress to those who are kickass at Lore and Background ((you know who you are guys and gals))

Just something to give me a little help before things REALLY get started

[Academia Nut]

Well, I can't exactly help you all that much, but one suggestion I have is to deconstruct your ideas. Yeah, yeah, post modernist buzzword, but the idea is sound in that you can take the sum whole of your idea and pick it apart, examining each individual piece individually, and looking at the logical consequences of having something like that. Often times when you take a close look at some of the whackier things we think of in our culture, if it weren't for the various bits of baggage we take with us, the things we laugh at can be pretty horrible at times.

Or, combine these two quotes:

"It's tragedy when I prick my finger, it's comedy when you fall down a sewer and die."

and

"One death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic."

So if you want to make your group more serious feeling, take a look at the silly bits and think about what kind of society would actually support such things.

[Academia Nut]

Deserves its own post:

Konige cultural piece discovered. Accusations of severe drug abuse considered redundant

[Crossroads Inc.]

Deserves its own post:

Konige cultural piece discovered. Accusations of severe drug abuse considered redundant

Holy crap on crap Aca! That very well, right down to the use of AWESOME™ was a glimpse into, perhaps the primative world of thw Koinge!!

Vikings: check
Heavy Metal: check
Guitars that shoot lasers: check
Giant Transforming Robots: check
Result?
AWESOME!

[Darkevilme]

Crossroads_inc, if i had the time to give the weird Exelion/Bentusi-harbour-ship hybrid another layer of texturing what colour scheme would you want?

[Crossroads Inc.]

Crossroads_inc, if i had the time to give the weird Exelion/Bentusi-harbour-ship hybrid another layer of texturing what colour scheme would you want?

Ocean Blue is the color of the military ships ((the new Exelion ones)) and molted orange is the color for the Bentusian Cargo ships.

However.... I have to admit, the Exelion Bentus hybrid was coool.. But im not sure im going to use it for the actually "Bentusion" And may go ahead with the orignal version of the ship... Now the new class of military shi[ps, your free to do more of those :3

[A-Wing_Slash]

Earlier Times:

• Early colonization: First colony ships launched from Earth. The colony fleet that would eventually land in the Nashtari star cluster is one of several sponsored by the United States and former British Commonwealth powers. Former Eastern Bloc nations and several influential Asian countries launch their own colonial expeditions at roughly the same time. Planet Luminaire in the Beta Aquilae system colonized by North American and Eastern Asian settlers.
• Worldwide Hegemony: Well after the departure of the colony ships, but while the fleets are still en route, the beginnings of the Empire begin to emerge. The catalyst for the formation of the Empire is the invention of a practical FTL drive by an ideologue scientist named Victor Prokofiev; Prokofiev envisions a grand destiny for the human race among the stars, one far beyond the scope of the original colonial expeditions. A coalition of nations join together to better exploit this new technology and carry humanity across the galaxy; they begin to fall under the sway of corruption and internal infighting on matters unrelated to their star-spanning ambitions.
• Empire Established: Military leaders stage a coup using the warships developed to conquer the cosmos; the Empire is born. Imperial vessels move out to colonize inhabitable worlds, starting with the ones targeted by the earlier colony ships. In many cases, the FTL-equipped Imperial ships arrive at their destinations before the massively slower colony fleets.
• Imperial Academy of Science founded, uniting many major universities and research institutions. The Academy provides the Empire with a stream of scientific advancement and a means of keeping tabs on (and punishing) heretical thoughts and ideas common among academics.
• The Haruhi and Sasaki Heresies.
• Khan Union civil war and reorganization as the "Humanist Union"; Father's ascendancy to Union leadership and rebirth as an advanced posthuman.
• The Golden Cloud Institute is founded. As it grows into a secret naval research outpost, it is lost by the authorities.
• The Grand Duchy of Malacaster is founded and incoporated into the Empire, becoming a loyal and prosperous vassal.

Pre Final War:

• Increasing numbers of Imperial Academy of Science members arrested for heresy.
• Increase in nationalism across Aquilae Sector as ancient reconstructed 'Gordon Who' and 'Buck Armstrong' recordings are discovered, depicting heroic historical figures achieving great deeds in local space.
• Surge in Humanist Union military buildup and increased xenophobia and isolationism from the rest of the Terran Empire.
• Death of the last high general from the Khan Union civil war, leaving Father as the sole surviving command figure from that period.
• Institute rediscovered by the Empire. Conflicts and/or problems are avoided by the Institute's seemingly positive reaction at being reintegrated into the Empire.
• Admiral Daggair Tarnok authorizes the refitting of the 5th Imperial Battle Fleet with advanced man-machine interfaces. Shortly after completing the upgrade cycle, Admiral Tarnok destroys the 6th and 7th Fleets.

Commencement of the Final War:

• Enclave Invades.
• Academy plot to overthrow Emperor fails due to Enclave invading.
• Humanist Union isolationism hits its peak, with the first traces of open anti-Imperialism appearing.
• Humanist Union openly offers to accept refugee humans and lends military assistance to the Empire.
• Loyal Imperial Sector Commands from Altair to Rasalhauge are unified under a single command for the duration of the war by Terran Authorities, as the Beta Aquilae Sector Defense Concordat (BETAC). Sector civil defense fleet drafted into Imperial Reserves.
• The Institute offers token military assistance to the Empire as planning begins for secession from the Empire at an opportune time.
• Grand Duchy of Malacaster offers open military support to the Empire. The body of the Grand Ducal Fleet joins the Imperial fight against the Enclave.

Early Final War:

• Academy becomes an enemy of the Empire, members captured/executed/exiled.
• Academy springs "heretics" from Imperial prison colony during Empire/Enclave battle.
• Academy Vanguard formed.
• BETAC begins conversion of scientific and industrial assets to military production. Actively begins supplying Imperial escort and light cruiser-type vessels.
• Haruhi's offer of open military assistance is rejected by the Empire.
• Open anti-Empire sentiment within the Humanist Union grows, resulting in the withdrawal of some formal military support from the Empire.
• The Enclave destroys a large force of Imperial and allied warships, including the majority of the Grand Ducal Fleet.

Mid Final War:

• Sasaki convinces the Canopy Domain to lend several battle fleets to openly assist Enclave operations.
• BETAC sector Imperial Battlefleet deploys to the front lines. Sector defense left entirely to local powers. Archeology-derived 'historical fiction' skyrocket in popularity from war fever.
• Haruhi authorizes the lending of covert military assistance to nearby Imperial worlds in need of it.
• The Humanist Union withdraws most of its military support from the Empire in favor of fortifying its home territories.
• Naval build-up and fortification of the Institute's home planets.
• The peasantry of Athenry, a planet in the Grand Duchy of Malacaster, erupts in open revolt against the Grand Duke's rule on news of the destruction of the Grand Ducal Fleet.

Late Final War:

• The Eighth Dictate reorganizes into the Consolidated Dominion of Gemude to combat the growing threat of organized marauders from the wilds of space, effectively declaring independence and triggering a wave of open separatist movements across the mid-range colonies.
• Aquilae-origin Battlefleet destroyed in deep space engagement. BETAC worlds begin developing independent sector government due to isolation from central Terran authorities. A fully fledged deep space command, Astro-Fleet formed at first as a mobile defense and response unit.
• Haruhi seizes several outer colonies under the cover of "peacekeeping and military assistance purposes," taking full advantage of the chaos provided by the Empire/Enclave conflict and the separatist movements in the middle colonies.
• The Academy Vanguard, after noting various powers attempting to carve out their own little empires, begins supplying random colonial militia with alien technology, including small arms and planetary guns. There's widespread confusion as various colonies resist seizure.
• Humanist Union Navy ships start attacking vulnerable Imperial vessels passing through Union space.
• Alien sapients are blocked from setting foot on Humanist Union territories without formal permission (ex. research populations).
• The Institute begins seizing assets around its former borders, believing that the time of the Empire is gone and that the Institute needs to be prepared for the aftermath. A battle breaks out when Institute troops try to take a nearby outpost, only to find local residents are armed to the teeth. Outpost deemed "not worth it."
• Athenry rebellion violently supressed by the Grand Duke's forces. Malacaster begins a massive naval build-up, to rebuild its fleet and guard against future insurrection.
• Earth Explodes.

Post Final War:

• The Humanist Union formally declares independence and starts a campaign to denounce the Empire, its works, and its remaining authority figures, vowing to free oppressed populations from the shackles of petty warlords.
• BETAC Officially declares itself an independant commonwealth. 'Manifest Ascendancy' party gains power in Governing Council. Astro-Fleet begins to annex nearby neighbors in the aftermath of Terra's destruction.
• The Institute formally breaks away from (what's left of) the Empire.
• The Grand Duchy of Malacaster annexes several of its neighbors in the aftermath of Terra's destruction, most peacefully. Due to politcal compromise, indendence is not explicitly declared.

[Darkevilme]

OOB requiring major fleshing out but updated to reflect the need for more systems.

Earlier Times:

• Early colonization: First colony ships launched from Earth. The colony fleet that would eventually land in the Nashtari star cluster is one of several sponsored by the United States and former British Commonwealth powers. Former Eastern Bloc nations and several influential Asian countries launch their own colonial expeditions at roughly the same time. Planet Luminaire in the Beta Aquilae system colonized by North American and Eastern Asian settlers.
• Worldwide Hegemony: Well after the departure of the colony ships, but while the fleets are still en route, the beginnings of the Empire begin to emerge. The catalyst for the formation of the Empire is the invention of a practical FTL drive by an ideologue scientist named Victor Prokofiev; Prokofiev envisions a grand destiny for the human race among the stars, one far beyond the scope of the original colonial expeditions. A coalition of nations join together to better exploit this new technology and carry humanity across the galaxy; they begin to fall under the sway of corruption and internal infighting on matters unrelated to their star-spanning ambitions.
• Empire Established: Military leaders stage a coup using the warships developed to conquer the cosmos; the Empire is born. Imperial vessels move out to colonize inhabitable worlds, starting with the ones targeted by the earlier colony ships. In many cases, the FTL-equipped Imperial ships arrive at their destinations before the massively slower colony fleets.
• Second colonization wave results in founding Makay province on fringe of empire.
• Imperial Academy of Science founded, uniting many major universities and research institutions. The Academy provides the Empire with a stream of scientific advancement and a means of keeping tabs on (and punishing) heretical thoughts and ideas common among academics.
• The Haruhi and Sasaki Heresies.
• Khan Union civil war and reorganization as the "Humanist Union"; Father's ascendancy to Union leadership and rebirth as an advanced posthuman.
• The Golden Cloud Institute is founded. As it grows into a secret naval research outpost, it is lost by the authorities.
• The Grand Duchy of Malacaster is founded and incoporated into the Empire, becoming a loyal and prosperous vassal.

Pre Final War:

• Increasing numbers of Imperial Academy of Science members arrested for heresy.
• Increase in nationalism across Aquilae Sector as ancient reconstructed 'Gordon Who' and 'Buck Armstrong' recordings are discovered, depicting heroic historical figures achieving great deeds in local space.
• Surge in Humanist Union military buildup and increased xenophobia and isolationism from the rest of the Terran Empire.
• Death of the last high general from the Khan Union civil war, leaving Father as the sole surviving command figure from that period.
• Institute rediscovered by the Empire. Conflicts and/or problems are avoided by the Institute's seemingly positive reaction at being reintegrated into the Empire.
• Admiral Daggair Tarnok authorizes the refitting of the 5th Imperial Battle Fleet with advanced man-machine interfaces. Shortly after completing the upgrade cycle, Admiral Tarnok destroys the 6th and 7th Fleets.

Commencement of the Final War:

• Enclave Invades.
• Academy plot to overthrow Emperor fails due to Enclave invading.
• Humanist Union isolationism hits its peak, with the first traces of open anti-Imperialism appearing.
• Humanist Union openly offers to accept refugee humans and lends military assistance to the Empire.
• Loyal Imperial Sector Commands from Altair to Rasalhauge are unified under a single command for the duration of the war by Terran Authorities, as the Beta Aquilae Sector Defense Concordat (BETAC). Sector civil defense fleet drafted into Imperial Reserves.
• The Institute offers token military assistance to the Empire as planning begins for secession from the Empire at an opportune time.
• Grand Duchy of Malacaster offers open military support to the Empire. The body of the Grand Ducal Fleet joins the Imperial fight against the Enclave.

Early Final War:

• Academy becomes an enemy of the Empire, members captured/executed/exiled.
• Academy springs "heretics" from Imperial prison colony during Empire/Enclave battle.
• Academy Vanguard formed.
• BETAC begins conversion of scientific and industrial assets to military production. Actively begins supplying Imperial escort and light cruiser-type vessels.
• Haruhi's offer of open military assistance is rejected by the Empire.
• Open anti-Empire sentiment within the Humanist Union grows, resulting in the withdrawal of some formal military support from the Empire.
• The Enclave destroys a large force of Imperial and allied warships, including the majority of the Grand Ducal Fleet.

Mid Final War:

• Sasaki convinces the Canopy Domain to lend several battle fleets to openly assist Enclave operations.
• BETAC sector Imperial Battlefleet deploys to the front lines. Sector defense left entirely to local powers. Archeology-derived 'historical fiction' skyrocket in popularity from war fever.
• Haruhi authorizes the lending of covert military assistance to nearby Imperial worlds in need of it.
• The Humanist Union withdraws most of its military support from the Empire in favor of fortifying its home territories.
• Naval build-up and fortification of the Institute's home planets.
• The peasantry of Athenry, a planet in the Grand Duchy of Malacaster, erupts in open revolt against the Grand Duke's rule on news of the destruction of the Grand Ducal Fleet.

Late Final War:

• The Eighth Dictate reorganizes into the Consolidated Dominion of Gemude to combat the growing threat of organized marauders from the wilds of space, effectively declaring independence and triggering a wave of open separatist movements across the mid-range colonies.
• Aquilae-origin Battlefleet destroyed in deep space engagement. BETAC worlds begin developing independent sector government due to isolation from central Terran authorities. A fully fledged deep space command, Astro-Fleet formed at first as a mobile defense and response unit.
• Haruhi seizes several outer colonies under the cover of "peacekeeping and military assistance purposes," taking full advantage of the chaos provided by the Empire/Enclave conflict and the separatist movements in the middle colonies.
• The Academy Vanguard, after noting various powers attempting to carve out their own little empires, begins supplying random colonial militia with alien technology, including small arms and planetary guns. There's widespread confusion as various colonies resist seizure.
• Humanist Union Navy ships start attacking vulnerable Imperial vessels passing through Union space.
• Alien sapients are blocked from setting foot on Humanist Union territories without formal permission (ex. research populations).
• The Institute begins seizing assets around its former borders, believing that the time of the Empire is gone and that the Institute needs to be prepared for the aftermath. A battle breaks out when Institute troops try to take a nearby outpost, only to find local residents are armed to the teeth. Outpost deemed "not worth it."
• Athenry rebellion violently supressed by the Grand Duke's forces. Malacaster begins a massive naval build-up, to rebuild its fleet and guard against future insurrection.
• Earth Explodes.

Post Final War:

• Chamaran exodus arrives at pyre, overwhelms neigbouring province of Makay, dominates and enslaves.
• The Humanist Union formally declares independence and starts a campaign to denounce the Empire, its works, and its remaining authority figures, vowing to free oppressed populations from the shackles of petty warlords.
• BETAC Officially declares itself an independant commonwealth. 'Manifest Ascendancy' party gains power in Governing Council. Astro-Fleet begins to annex nearby neighbors in the aftermath of Terra's destruction.
• The Institute formally breaks away from (what's left of) the Empire.
• The Grand Duchy of Malacaster annexes several of its neighbors in the aftermath of Terra's destruction, most peacefully. Due to politcal compromise, indendence is not explicitly declared.

[Crossroads Inc.]

Anything added in there on the Kushawni Province? I know I havn't fleshed out much, but there should be a note or two in there for the Offical time line.

[Academia Nut]

You just add in your own stuff where you think it fits, here, I'll show you.

Earlier Times:

• Early colonization: First colony ships launched from Earth. The colony fleet that would eventually land in the Nashtari star cluster is one of several sponsored by the United States and former British Commonwealth powers. Former Eastern Bloc nations and several influential Asian countries launch their own colonial expeditions at roughly the same time. Planet Luminaire in the Beta Aquilae system colonized by North American and Eastern Asian settlers.
• Discovery of the drug called Valkyr on one of the earliest colonies, one of the few to arrive at their destination before the invention of the FTL drives. Causes the unlocking of previously unknown human potential but at a significant physical and psychological cost
• Worldwide Hegemony: Well after the departure of the colony ships, but while the fleets are still en route, the beginnings of the Empire begin to emerge. The catalyst for the formation of the Empire is the invention of a practical FTL drive by an ideologue scientist named Victor Prokofiev; Prokofiev envisions a grand destiny for the human race among the stars, one far beyond the scope of the original colonial expeditions. A coalition of nations join together to better exploit this new technology and carry humanity across the galaxy; they begin to fall under the sway of corruption and internal infighting on matters unrelated to their star-spanning ambitions.
• Empire Established: Military leaders stage a coup using the warships developed to conquer the cosmos; the Empire is born. Imperial vessels move out to colonize inhabitable worlds, starting with the ones targeted by the earlier colony ships. In many cases, the FTL-equipped Imperial ships arrive at their destinations before the massively slower colony fleets.
• Empire discovers a pre-Konige civilization where the powers called The Awesome have been unlocked. War is waged, but the Empire is unprepared for these new abilities. Empire ultimately victorious but many colonists escape into the void with their own FTL equipped ships. Konige civilization founded, and frequently wages war with the Empire. Empire always victorious, but Konige never destroyed due to factions within the Empire wanting to preserve and study the Awesome. The Konige also make good boogeymen for maintaining military control.
• Second colonization wave results in founding Makay province on fringe of empire.
• Imperial Academy of Science founded, uniting many major universities and research institutions. The Academy provides the Empire with a stream of scientific advancement and a means of keeping tabs on (and punishing) heretical thoughts and ideas common among academics.
• The Haruhi and Sasaki Heresies.
• Khan Union civil war and reorganization as the "Humanist Union"; Father's ascendancy to Union leadership and rebirth as an advanced posthuman.
• The Golden Cloud Institute is founded. As it grows into a secret naval research outpost, it is lost by the authorities.
• The Grand Duchy of Malacaster is founded and incoporated into the Empire, becoming a loyal and prosperous vassal.

Pre Final War:

• Increasing numbers of Imperial Academy of Science members arrested for heresy.
• Increase in nationalism across Aquilae Sector as ancient reconstructed 'Gordon Who' and 'Buck Armstrong' recordings are discovered, depicting heroic historical figures achieving great deeds in local space.
• Surge in Humanist Union military buildup and increased xenophobia and isolationism from the rest of the Terran Empire.
• Death of the last high general from the Khan Union civil war, leaving Father as the sole surviving command figure from that period.
• Institute rediscovered by the Empire. Conflicts and/or problems are avoided by the Institute's seemingly positive reaction at being reintegrated into the Empire.
• Admiral Daggair Tarnok authorizes the refitting of the 5th Imperial Battle Fleet with advanced man-machine interfaces. Shortly after completing the upgrade cycle, Admiral Tarnok destroys the 6th and 7th Fleets.

Commencement of the Final War:

• Enclave Invades.
• Academy plot to overthrow Emperor fails due to Enclave invading.
• Humanist Union isolationism hits its peak, with the first traces of open anti-Imperialism appearing.
• Humanist Union openly offers to accept refugee humans and lends military assistance to the Empire.
• Loyal Imperial Sector Commands from Altair to Rasalhauge are unified under a single command for the duration of the war by Terran Authorities, as the Beta Aquilae Sector Defense Concordat (BETAC). Sector civil defense fleet drafted into Imperial Reserves.
• The Institute offers token military assistance to the Empire as planning begins for secession from the Empire at an opportune time.
• Grand Duchy of Malacaster offers open military support to the Empire. The body of the Grand Ducal Fleet joins the Imperial fight against the Enclave.

Early Final War:

• Academy becomes an enemy of the Empire, members captured/executed/exiled.
• Academy springs "heretics" from Imperial prison colony during Empire/Enclave battle.
• Academy Vanguard formed.
• BETAC begins conversion of scientific and industrial assets to military production. Actively begins supplying Imperial escort and light cruiser-type vessels.
• Haruhi's offer of open military assistance is rejected by the Empire.
• Open anti-Empire sentiment within the Humanist Union grows, resulting in the withdrawal of some formal military support from the Empire.
• The Enclave destroys a large force of Imperial and allied warships, including the majority of the Grand Ducal Fleet.

Mid Final War:

• Sasaki convinces the Canopy Domain to lend several battle fleets to openly assist Enclave operations.
• BETAC sector Imperial Battlefleet deploys to the front lines. Sector defense left entirely to local powers. Archeology-derived 'historical fiction' skyrocket in popularity from war fever.
• Haruhi authorizes the lending of covert military assistance to nearby Imperial worlds in need of it.
• The Humanist Union withdraws most of its military support from the Empire in favor of fortifying its home territories.
• Naval build-up and fortification of the Institute's home planets.
• The peasantry of Athenry, a planet in the Grand Duchy of Malacaster, erupts in open revolt against the Grand Duke's rule on news of the destruction of the Grand Ducal Fleet.

Late Final War:

• The Eighth Dictate reorganizes into the Consolidated Dominion of Gemude to combat the growing threat of organized marauders from the wilds of space, effectively declaring independence and triggering a wave of open separatist movements across the mid-range colonies.
• Aquilae-origin Battlefleet destroyed in deep space engagement. BETAC worlds begin developing independent sector government due to isolation from central Terran authorities. A fully fledged deep space command, Astro-Fleet formed at first as a mobile defense and response unit.
• Haruhi seizes several outer colonies under the cover of "peacekeeping and military assistance purposes," taking full advantage of the chaos provided by the Empire/Enclave conflict and the separatist movements in the middle colonies.
• The Academy Vanguard, after noting various powers attempting to carve out their own little empires, begins supplying random colonial militia with alien technology, including small arms and planetary guns. There's widespread confusion as various colonies resist seizure.
• Humanist Union Navy ships start attacking vulnerable Imperial vessels passing through Union space.
• Alien sapients are blocked from setting foot on Humanist Union territories without formal permission (ex. research populations).
• The Institute begins seizing assets around its former borders, believing that the time of the Empire is gone and that the Institute needs to be prepared for the aftermath. A battle breaks out when Institute troops try to take a nearby outpost, only to find local residents are armed to the teeth. Outpost deemed "not worth it."
• Athenry rebellion violently supressed by the Grand Duke's forces. Malacaster begins a massive naval build-up, to rebuild its fleet and guard against future insurrection.
• Earth Explodes.

Post Final War:

• Chamaran exodus arrives at pyre, overwhelms neigbouring province of Makay, dominates and enslaves.
• The Humanist Union formally declares independence and starts a campaign to denounce the Empire, its works, and its remaining authority figures, vowing to free oppressed populations from the shackles of petty warlords.
• BETAC Officially declares itself an independant commonwealth. 'Manifest Ascendancy' party gains power in Governing Council. Astro-Fleet begins to annex nearby neighbors in the aftermath of Terra's destruction.
• The Institute formally breaks away from (what's left of) the Empire.
• The Grand Duchy of Malacaster annexes several of its neighbors in the aftermath of Terra's destruction, most peacefully. Due to politcal compromise, indendence is not explicitly declared.
• Magnus Korblson comes to power by killing the previous Ruck Tsar in a formalized duel, promises to lead the Konige to a new age of glory by attacking the remnants of the Empire

[Crossroads Inc.]

Aha! I see now!

Earlier Times:

• Early colonization: First colony ships launched from Earth. The colony fleet that would eventually land in the Nashtari star cluster is one of several sponsored by the United States and former British Commonwealth powers. Former Eastern Bloc nations and several influential Asian countries launch their own colonial expeditions at roughly the same time. Planet Luminaire in the Beta Aquilae system colonized by North American and Eastern Asian settlers.
• Discovery of the drug called Valkyr on one of the earliest colonies, one of the few to arrive at their destination before the invention of the FTL drives. Causes the unlocking of previously unknown human potential but at a significant physical and psychological cost
• Worldwide Hegemony: Well after the departure of the colony ships, but while the fleets are still en route, the beginnings of the Empire begin to emerge. The catalyst for the formation of the Empire is the invention of a practical FTL drive by an ideologue scientist named Victor Prokofiev; Prokofiev envisions a grand destiny for the human race among the stars, one far beyond the scope of the original colonial expeditions. A coalition of nations join together to better exploit this new technology and carry humanity across the galaxy; they begin to fall under the sway of corruption and internal infighting on matters unrelated to their star-spanning ambitions.
• Empire Established: Military leaders stage a coup using the warships developed to conquer the cosmos; the Empire is born. Imperial vessels move out to colonize inhabitable worlds, starting with the ones targeted by the earlier colony ships. In many cases, the FTL-equipped Imperial ships arrive at their destinations before the massively slower colony fleets.
• Empire discovers a pre-Konige civilization where the powers called The Awesome have been unlocked. War is waged, but the Empire is unprepared for these new abilities. Empire ultimately victorious but many colonists escape into the void with their own FTL equipped ships. Konige civilization founded, and frequently wages war with the Empire. Empire always victorious, but Konige never destroyed due to factions within the Empire wanting to preserve and study the Awesome. The Konige also make good boogeymen for maintaining military control.
• Second colonization wave results in founding Makay province on fringe of empire.
• Imperial Academy of Science founded, uniting many major universities and research institutions. The Academy provides the Empire with a stream of scientific advancement and a means of keeping tabs on (and punishing) heretical thoughts and ideas common among academics.
• The Haruhi and Sasaki Heresies.
• Khan Union civil war and reorganization as the "Humanist Union"; Father's ascendancy to Union leadership and rebirth as an advanced posthuman.
• The Third Great Expansion of the Imperium Begins. Tekonotron-1 Launched
• The Golden Cloud Institute is founded. As it grows into a secret naval research outpost, it is lost by the authorities.
• The Grand Duchy of Malacaster is founded and incoporated into the Empire, becoming a loyal and prosperous vassal.

Pre Final War:

• Increasing numbers of Imperial Academy of Science members arrested for heresy.
• After a Virus ravages the new Kushawni Colonies, The Colony ships AI Takes control of much of the governing body when it produces a cure
• Increase in nationalism across Aquilae Sector as ancient reconstructed 'Gordon Who' and 'Buck Armstrong' recordings are discovered, depicting heroic historical figures achieving great deeds in local space.
• Surge in Humanist Union military buildup and increased xenophobia and isolationism from the rest of the Terran Empire.
• Kushawni Province expands as a Trading hub and Economic leader on the Fringe of several other Imperial colonies
• Death of the last high general from the Khan Union civil war, leaving Father as the sole surviving command figure from that period.
• Institute rediscovered by the Empire. Conflicts and/or problems are avoided by the Institute's seemingly positive reaction at being reintegrated into the Empire.
• Admiral Daggair Tarnok authorizes the refitting of the 5th Imperial Battle Fleet with advanced man-machine interfaces. Shortly after completing the upgrade cycle, Admiral Tarnok destroys the 6th and 7th Fleets.

Commencement of the Final War:

• Enclave Invades.
• Academy plot to overthrow Emperor fails due to Enclave invading.
• Humanist Union isolationism hits its peak, with the first traces of open anti-Imperialism appearing.
• Humanist Union openly offers to accept refugee humans and lends military assistance to the Empire.
• Loyal Imperial Sector Commands from Altair to Rasalhauge are unified under a single command for the duration of the war by Terran Authorities, as the Beta Aquilae Sector Defense Concordat (BETAC). Sector civil defense fleet drafted into Imperial Reserves.
• The Institute offers token military assistance to the Empire as planning begins for secession from the Empire at an opportune time.
• Kushawni expands Man/Machine interfaces into almost all aspects of civilian and military use
• Grand Duchy of Malacaster offers open military support to the Empire. The body of the Grand Ducal Fleet joins the Imperial fight against the Enclave.

Early Final War:

• Academy becomes an enemy of the Empire, members captured/executed/exiled.
• Academy springs "heretics" from Imperial prison colony during Empire/Enclave battle.
• Academy Vanguard formed.
• BETAC begins conversion of scientific and industrial assets to military production. Actively begins supplying Imperial escort and light cruiser-type vessels.
• The Kushawni Province begins to Militarize it's largest Cargo Liners, BusterMachines are put into standard production
• Haruhi's offer of open military assistance is rejected by the Empire.
• Open anti-Empire sentiment within the Humanist Union grows, resulting in the withdrawal of some formal military support from the Empire.
• The Enclave destroys a large force of Imperial and allied warships, including the majority of the Grand Ducal Fleet.

Mid Final War:

• Sasaki convinces the Canopy Domain to lend several battle fleets to openly assist Enclave operations.
• BETAC sector Imperial Battlefleet deploys to the front lines. Sector defense left entirely to local powers. Archeology-derived 'historical fiction' skyrocket in popularity from war fever.
• Haruhi authorizes the lending of covert military assistance to nearby Imperial worlds in need of it.
• The Humanist Union withdraws most of its military support from the Empire in favor of fortifying its home territories.
• Naval build-up and fortification of the Institute's home planets.
• The peasantry of Athenry, a planet in the Grand Duchy of Malacaster, erupts in open revolt against the Grand Duke's rule on news of the destruction of the Grand Ducal Fleet.

Late Final War:

• The Eighth Dictate reorganizes into the Consolidated Dominion of Gemude to combat the growing threat of organized marauders from the wilds of space, effectively declaring independence and triggering a wave of open separatist movements across the mid-range colonies.
• Aquilae-origin Battlefleet destroyed in deep space engagement. BETAC worlds begin developing independent sector government due to isolation from central Terran authorities. A fully fledged deep space command, Astro-Fleet formed at first as a mobile defense and response unit.
• Haruhi seizes several outer colonies under the cover of "peacekeeping and military assistance purposes," taking full advantage of the chaos provided by the Empire/Enclave conflict and the separatist movements in the middle colonies.
• The Academy Vanguard, after noting various powers attempting to carve out their own little empires, begins supplying random colonial militia with alien technology, including small arms and planetary guns. There's widespread confusion as various colonies resist seizure.
• Humanist Union Navy ships start attacking vulnerable Imperial vessels passing through Union space.
• Alien sapients are blocked from setting foot on Humanist Union territories without formal permission (ex. research populations).
• The Institute begins seizing assets around its former borders, believing that the time of the Empire is gone and that the Institute needs to be prepared for the aftermath. A battle breaks out when Institute troops try to take a nearby outpost, only to find local residents are armed to the teeth. Outpost deemed "not worth it."
• Athenry rebellion violently supressed by the Grand Duke's forces. Malacaster begins a massive naval build-up, to rebuild its fleet and guard against future insurrection.
• Earth Explodes.

Post Final War:

• Chamaran exodus arrives at pyre, overwhelms neigbouring province of Makay, dominates and enslaves.
• The Humanist Union formally declares independence and starts a campaign to denounce the Empire, its works, and its remaining authority figures, vowing to free oppressed populations from the shackles of petty warlords.
• BETAC Officially declares itself an independant commonwealth. 'Manifest Ascendancy' party gains power in Governing Council. Astro-Fleet begins to annex nearby neighbors in the aftermath of Terra's destruction.
• The Institute formally breaks away from (what's left of) the Empire.
• The CityMind vows to bring about a New Imperium and unify the Outer rim states
• The Grand Duchy of Malacaster annexes several of its neighbors in the aftermath of Terra's destruction, most peacefully. Due to politcal compromise, indendence is not explicitly declared.
• Magnus Korblson comes to power by killing the previous Ruck Tsar in a formalized duel, promises to lead the Konige to a new age of glory by attacking the remnants of the Empire

[Darkevilme]

Obey Obey Obey
Trust and obey your alien masters

Be happy and productive
For nothing is amiss

Question not your commands
Wonder not about the alien masters

Be content and work hard
For you serve your alien masters

Your alien masters are superior
You will strive to serve them

Everything is fine
Everythng is better this way

Citizens in district zone four and five have been chosen for relocation to better serve your alien masters, citizens living in district zone four and five report to spaceport for relocation.

Everything is fine
Everythng is better this way

Your alien masters are superior
You will strive to serve them

Be content and work hard
For you serve your alien masters

Question not your commands
Wonder not about the alien masters

Be happy and productive
For nothing is amiss

Trust and obey your alien masters
Obey Obey Obey

[A-Wing_Slash]

Question; did anyone ever formulize an official Imperial Cult? I'm writing my fluff, and I was thinking about making reference to religious ties between my people and the Empire, but then I realized I have no idea what the Empire's religion was. Any thoughts?

[Shinn Langley Soryu]

Question; did anyone ever formulize an official Imperial Cult? I'm writing my fluff, and I was thinking about making reference to religious ties between my people and the Empire, but then I realized I have no idea what the Empire's religion was. Any thoughts?

There was an Imperial cult formulated a while back, though it's still unofficial. Just give this a nice long read.

[Rawtooth]

Is there still room for one more in this? I have a handful of ideas bouncing around.

[A-Wing_Slash]

Is there still room for one more in this? I have a handful of ideas bouncing around.

Most certainly. Hopefully we'll be starting soon, so get you ideas together.

[Covenant]

I posted some fluff you guys may be interested in--but it's mixed in with my OOB. Check the OOB thread and look for my entry, you'll enjoy it, I bet. And the narrators (all of them) are so far unreliable, so don't leap to conclusions. When I finalize my ship list, I'll include a log entry that makes things clear. ;D

[Thirdfain]

Earlier Times:

• Early colonization: First colony ships launched from Earth. The colony fleet that would eventually land in the Nashtari star cluster is one of several sponsored by the United States and former British Commonwealth powers. Former Eastern Bloc nations and several influential Asian countries launch their own colonial expeditions at roughly the same time. Planet Luminaire in the Beta Aquilae system colonized by North American and Eastern Asian settlers.
• Discovery of the drug called Valkyr on one of the earliest colonies, one of the few to arrive at their destination before the invention of the FTL drives. Causes the unlocking of previously unknown human potential but at a significant physical and psychological cost
• Worldwide Hegemony: Well after the departure of the colony ships, but while the fleets are still en route, the beginnings of the Empire begin to emerge. The catalyst for the formation of the Empire is the invention of a practical FTL drive by an ideologue scientist named Victor Prokofiev; Prokofiev envisions a grand destiny for the human race among the stars, one far beyond the scope of the original colonial expeditions. A coalition of nations join together to better exploit this new technology and carry humanity across the galaxy; they begin to fall under the sway of corruption and internal infighting on matters unrelated to their star-spanning ambitions.
• Empire Established: Military leaders stage a coup using the warships developed to conquer the cosmos; the Empire is born. Imperial vessels move out to colonize inhabitable worlds, starting with the ones targeted by the earlier colony ships. In many cases, the FTL-equipped Imperial ships arrive at their destinations before the massively slower colony fleets.
• Empire discovers a pre-Konige civilization where the powers called The Awesome have been unlocked. War is waged, but the Empire is unprepared for these new abilities. Empire ultimately victorious but many colonists escape into the void with their own FTL equipped ships. Konige civilization founded, and frequently wages war with the Empire. Empire always victorious, but Konige never destroyed due to factions within the Empire wanting to preserve and study the Awesome. The Konige also make good boogeymen for maintaining military control.
• Second colonization wave results in founding Makay province on fringe of empire.
• Imperial Academy of Science founded, uniting many major universities and research institutions. The Academy provides the Empire with a stream of scientific advancement and a means of keeping tabs on (and punishing) heretical thoughts and ideas common among academics.
• The Haruhi and Sasaki Heresies.
• Khan Union civil war and reorganization as the "Humanist Union"; Father's ascendancy to Union leadership and rebirth as an advanced posthuman.
• The Golden Cloud Institute is founded. As it grows into a secret naval research outpost, it is lost by the authorities.
• The Grand Duchy of Malacaster is founded and incoporated into the Empire, becoming a loyal and prosperous vassal.
• Duke Saalwakter of Surkaldia puts down revolt of North Kaldic ethnics for the Empire; declared King Saalwakter I of the Kingdom of Nordkaldia, an Imperial tributary state.

Pre Final War:

• Increasing numbers of Imperial Academy of Science members arrested for heresy.
• Increase in nationalism across Aquilae Sector as ancient reconstructed 'Gordon Who' and 'Buck Armstrong' recordings are discovered, depicting heroic historical figures achieving great deeds in local space.
• Weston Vries, an economist at the Imperial Academy of Science, publishes "The Prophecies of Sorel" in secret. Though soon executed, his heretical economic/social theory, Syndicalism, is disseminated throughout Imperial space. Though generally ignored by the central Imperial government, Syndicalist actions which in any way impede the flow of taxs and tithes to Holy Terra are brutally put down.
• Surge in Humanist Union military buildup and increased xenophobia and isolationism from the rest of the Terran Empire.
• Death of the last high general from the Khan Union civil war, leaving Father as the sole surviving command figure from that period.
• Institute rediscovered by the Empire. Conflicts and/or problems are avoided by the Institute's seemingly positive reaction at being reintegrated into the Empire.
• Admiral Daggair Tarnok authorizes the refitting of the 5th Imperial Battle Fleet with advanced man-machine interfaces. Shortly after completing the upgrade cycle, Admiral Tarnok destroys the 6th and 7th Fleets.
• King Saalwakter IV ordered by Imperial Decree to provide a yearly tithe of 16 warships yearly to Holy Terra from the levies of his demesne. Imperial Shipyard 321G established at Kaldigrad at Nordkaldian expense to meet the need.

Commencement of the Final War:

• Enclave Invades.
• Academy plot to overthrow Emperor fails due to Enclave invading.
• Humanist Union isolationism hits its peak, with the first traces of open anti-Imperialism appearing.
• Humanist Union openly offers to accept refugee humans and lends military assistance to the Empire.
• Loyal Imperial Sector Commands from Altair to Rasalhauge are unified under a single command for the duration of the war by Terran Authorities, as the Beta Aquilae Sector Defense Concordat (BETAC). Sector civil defense fleet drafted into Imperial Reserves.
• The Institute offers token military assistance to the Empire as planning begins for secession from the Empire at an opportune time.
• Grand Duchy of Malacaster offers open military support to the Empire. The body of the Grand Ducal Fleet joins the Imperial fight against the Enclave.

Early Final War:

• Academy becomes an enemy of the Empire, members captured/executed/exiled.
• Academy springs "heretics" from Imperial prison colony during Empire/Enclave battle.
• Academy Vanguard formed.
• BETAC begins conversion of scientific and industrial assets to military production. Actively begins supplying Imperial escort and light cruiser-type vessels.
• Haruhi's offer of open military assistance is rejected by the Empire.
• Open anti-Empire sentiment within the Humanist Union grows, resulting in the withdrawal of some formal military support from the Empire.
• The Enclave destroys a large force of Imperial and allied warships, including the majority of the Grand Ducal Fleet.

Mid Final War:
[*]Imperial government levies war taxes in Nordkaldia, desperate to make up losses. In protest of worsening working conditions and lower wages, Nordkaldian shipyard workers launch the Strike of 9223. Royal Nordkaldian troops put down the strike; despite importance of Nordkaldian shipbuilding, no Imperial troops available to assist the strikebreakers. Losses for Royalists are heavy.

• Sasaki convinces the Canopy Domain to lend several battle fleets to openly assist Enclave operations.
• BETAC sector Imperial Battlefleet deploys to the front lines. Sector defense left entirely to local powers. Archeology-derived 'historical fiction' skyrocket in popularity from war fever.
• Haruhi authorizes the lending of covert military assistance to nearby Imperial worlds in need of it.
• The Humanist Union withdraws most of its military support from the Empire in favor of fortifying its home territories.
• Naval build-up and fortification of the Institute's home planets.
• The peasantry of Athenry, a planet in the Grand Duchy of Malacaster, erupts in open revolt against the Grand Duke's rule on news of the destruction of the Grand Ducal Fleet.

Late Final War:

• The Eighth Dictate reorganizes into the Consolidated Dominion of Gemude to combat the growing threat of organized marauders from the wilds of space, effectively declaring independence and triggering a wave of open separatist movements across the mid-range colonies.
• Aquilae-origin Battlefleet destroyed in deep space engagement. BETAC worlds begin developing independent sector government due to isolation from central Terran authorities. A fully fledged deep space command, Astro-Fleet formed at first as a mobile defense and response unit.
• Haruhi seizes several outer colonies under the cover of "peacekeeping and military assistance purposes," taking full advantage of the chaos provided by the Empire/Enclave conflict and the separatist movements in the middle colonies.
• The Academy Vanguard, after noting various powers attempting to carve out their own little empires, begins supplying random colonial militia with alien technology, including small arms and planetary guns. There's widespread confusion as various colonies resist seizure.
• Humanist Union Navy ships start attacking vulnerable Imperial vessels passing through Union space.
• Alien sapients are blocked from setting foot on Humanist Union territories without formal permission (ex. research populations).
• Syndicalist leaders launch the Great Strike. Royal troops ordered to march on the shipyards refuse to leave their barracks; others defect to the strikers rather than open fire. King Gespard-Lutzen appeals to Holy Terra for assistence, but never recieves a reply. Nordkaldian Civil War begins.
• The Institute begins seizing assets around its former borders, believing that the time of the Empire is gone and that the Institute needs to be prepared for the aftermath. A battle breaks out when Institute troops try to take a nearby outpost, only to find local residents are armed to the teeth. Outpost deemed "not worth it."
• Athenry rebellion violently supressed by the Grand Duke's forces. Malacaster begins a massive naval build-up, to rebuild its fleet and guard against future insurrection.
• Earth Explodes.

Post Final War:

• Chamaran exodus arrives at pyre, overwhelms neigbouring province of Makay, dominates and enslaves.
• King Gespard-Lutzen executed by revolutionary mob outside the Imperial compound on Kaldigrad. The next day, the Union of Kordkalidc Syndicates is established and declares independence from the Empire. Syndicalist strikes in neighboring Caliphon and Esperance erupt into violence; Nordkaldian support will lead to successful Syndicalist revolts in both nations. However, Syndicalist uprisings in other parts of the Empire are put down successfully by local forces; sometimes with great violence.
• The Humanist Union formally declares independence and starts a campaign to denounce the Empire, its works, and its remaining authority figures, vowing to free oppressed populations from the shackles of petty warlords.
• BETAC Officially declares itself an independant commonwealth. 'Manifest Ascendancy' party gains power in Governing Council. Astro-Fleet begins to annex nearby neighbors in the aftermath of Terra's destruction.
• The Institute formally breaks away from (what's left of) the Empire.
• The Grand Duchy of Malacaster annexes several of its neighbors in the aftermath of Terra's destruction, most peacefully. Due to politcal compromise, indendence is not explicitly declared.
• The First Syndicalist International convenes on Kaldigrad to discuss the international Syndicalist revolution.
• Magnus Korblson comes to power by killing the previous Ruck Tsar in a formalized duel, promises to lead the Konige to a new age of glory by attacking the remnants of the Empire