>>33765380
>Megacorp: You are backed by or from a megacorp. As such you have high supply, low population, high manufacturing capacity, average research capability, and low war capacity.
>HQs: Mega Installation, Private Bunker, Colonial Prefab

>Government: you are backed or from some sort of government entity or ideology. as such you have a average population, average supplies, average manufacturing capacity, average research capability, and average war capability.
>HQs: Garrisoned Complex, Government Bunker, Sponsored Township

>Paramilitary: You are from or backed by military elements whether private or could even be a mix. As such you have low population, Above Average supplies, poor manufacturing capacity, poor research capability, and excellent war capability.
>Sensor Tower: Military Bunker, Military Base

>Think Tank: You are from or backed by either Corporate or Government research elements, possibly both. You have poor population, average supplies, average manufacturing capacity, amazing research capability, and poor war capacity.
>HQs: Tanked Tower, Private Bunker, Research Facility

>New Colonists: You are just a bunch of ordinary folks who pooled their resources together to not only start out fresh but to accomplish the extraordinary. You have high population, Good supplies, poor manufacturing, average research capacity, and poor war capacity to start.
>HQs: Packaged Township, Civil Complex, Nomad

>>33765443
>>Think Tank: You are from or backed by either Corporate or Government research elements, possibly both. You have poor population, average supplies, average manufacturing capacity, amazing research capability, and poor war capacity.
>>HQs: Tanked Tower, Private Bunker, Research Facility

Research bonus ftw

>>33765380
>Paramilitary: You are from or backed by military elements whether private or could even be a mix. As such you have low population, Above Average supplies, poor manufacturing capacity, poor research capability, and excellent war capability.
>Sensor Tower: Military Bunker, Military Base

>>33765443
>>Think Tank: You are from or backed by either Corporate or Government research elements, possibly both. You have poor population, average supplies, average manufacturing capacity, amazing research capability, and poor war capacity.
>>HQs: Tanked Tower, Private Bunker, Research Facility

>>33765443
>Bandits: Fuck the law you bad and possibly down right evil. Good population, low supplies, average manufacturing, low research, Very Good war capacity.
>HQs: Mega Prison, Bandit Base, Spire

>Zealots: Your beliefs have backed you and your believers put things together to get here. Average Population. Poor Supply. Good Manufacturing. Poor Research. Good War Capacity
>HQs: Holy Township. Believers Base. Cathedral.

>Cultists: You had delved into forbidden lore problem is that is rather frowned upon so its not too surprising you struck out on your own. Below Average Population. Poor Supply. Below Average Manufacturing. Good Research. Good War Capacity.
>HQs: Cult Compound. Corrupted Base. Forbidden Ruins.

>Old Colonists: Unlike the new bloods you been doing this for a long time... High population. Poor supply. Below Average manufacturing. Below Average Research. Good War capacity.
>HQs: Nomad. Compounded Complex. Trusty Township

>Mutants: You are of more then humanity problem is its gone a bit too far for most tastes so why not create a home for yourselves. low population, Average supplies, below average manufacturing, Below average research, Great war capacity.
>HQs: Packaged Base, Research Complex, Lair

>Robots: You have not of living flesh but alive regardless of what others might say. Low Population. Poor supply. Good manufacturing. Average Research. good war capacity.
>HQs: Constructive Core, Research Complex, Ancient Grounds

>>33765497
>Cultists: You had delved into forbidden lore problem is that is rather frowned upon so its not too surprising you struck out on your own. Below Average Population. Poor Supply. Below Average Manufacturing. Good Research. Good War Capacity.
>HQs: Cult Compound. Corrupted Base. Forbidden Ruins.
Cthulu?

>>33765497
>Cultists: You had delved into forbidden lore problem is that is rather frowned upon so its not too surprising you struck out on your own. Below Average Population. Poor Supply. Below Average Manufacturing. Good Research. Good War Capacity.
>HQs: Cult Compound. Corrupted Base. Forbidden Ruins

>>33765443
>Think Tank: You are from or backed by either Corporate or Government research elements, possibly both. You have poor population, average supplies, average manufacturing capacity, amazing research capability, and poor war capacity.
>HQs: Tanked Tower, Private Bunker, Research Facility

>>33765497
Think tank/ paramilitary

>>33765497
>Cultists: You had delved into forbidden lore problem is that is rather frowned upon so its not too surprising you struck out on your own. Below Average Population. Poor Supply. Below Average Manufacturing. Good Research. Good War Capacity.
>HQs: Cult Compound. Corrupted Base. Forbidden Ruins.

>>33765380
>Government / Frozen

After saving the world from an alien attack. The planet X-C 0 3 study the alien tech and adapted it to fit their needs. Knowing that this would be unlikely the last attack. They from groups of highly train and diversified people to take the fight to them. With the governments of the world fully backing every was set and they headed out to a cold planet. luckily for them they had the tech to build a bunker and stock it with the tech they will need to fight the enemy head on. Some say they are like good bandits able to loot the enemy's tech and make it their own. But in turn is a mix of things. A good team of researchers, Engineers, and solders working as one unit. They fight the enemy take their tech, Study it, adapt and keep going. With hopes after the war is over they can use this to build on new worlds.

Rolled 31, 52, 85, 9, 94 = 271

>>33765497
First to five wins.

Those who don't choose nomad need to vote for the following

Nomad(nomad HQs offer a special bonus as well)

or homeworld
Terraformed + pop + resources - expensive
Temperate + pop + supply - war
Marsh +research + supply - manufacturing
Desert +resources + war - supply
Water + supply + research - manufacturing
Ice + war + manufacturing - research
Volcanic +war +resources -research
Dead + research + manufacturing - pop

Your new home

Will provide data for heroic options and special sponsor later.

Fluff is encouraged and offers bonuses. Sponsor may be fluffed out however you choose otherwise i have options

>Civilians get a salvage/adapt bonus and boost to survival actions.

>Natives get bonuses to magic and special warfare.

>Corporation whenever you profit well you gain a one time limited bonus.

>Researcher start with a Tech specialty and gain a special unit because of this.

>Paramilitary forces are automatically trained but you still have to pay.

>Government may mimic another civs special or have another possibly even create their own with GM permission.

>mutants may include more 'meta' groups as well get access to 1 special trait(like being highly mutative, gene modded to hell, borged out, hivemind, ect) Unfortunately they suffer from a severe rep penalty and suffer some kind of potentially breeding issue.

>bandits have the special ability to auto upgrade their forces thanks to their life style(other factions have to spend resources AND a action to do so bandits just do resources) however they are unable to make their own supply(must raid or something) and suffer a reputation penalty. *WARNING* white knight choices will be vetoed you are EVIL, but that doesn't mean you can't be smart/clever about it *WARNING*.

>robots cannot produce without resources as they do not breed. Suffer rep penalty but do not suffer the weaknesses of the flesh.

>Zealots morale cannot be broken.

>Cultists have access to specific secret knowledge

>>33765443
>>Think Tank: You are from or backed by either Corporate or Government research elements, possibly both. You have poor population, average supplies, average manufacturing capacity, amazing research capability, and poor war capacity.
>>HQs: Tanked Tower, Private Bunker, Research Facility

we psilon now

>>33765497
>Cultists: You had delved into forbidden lore problem is that is rather frowned upon so its not too surprising you struck out on your own. Below Average Population. Poor Supply. Below Average Manufacturing Good Research. Good War Capacity.
>HQs: Cult Compound. Corrupted Base. Forbidden Ruins.

>Cultists: You had delved into forbidden lore problem is that is rather frowned upon so its not too surprising you struck out on your own. Below Average Population. Poor Supply. Below Average Manufacturing. Good Research. Good War Capacity.
>HQs: Cult Compound. Corrupted Base. Forbidden Ruins.
Secret knowledge time.

Rolled 53, 22, 88, 22, 57 = 242

>>33765590
Need
HQ and Homeworld votes too btw.

>>33765590
Water world cultists.

>>33765590
What's the nomad HQ's bonus?

Otherwise water world or marsh world

>>33765652
Nomad. Let home world it up and move place to place upgrading our ship.

>>33765590
Yeah, Nomad sounds cool

Rolled 22, 71, 44, 63, 10 = 210

>>33765680
Nomad HQ bonus ONLY happens if you choose one of the colonist types who has the option.

As in they especially thrive in it.

>>33765732
So I guess we'll go with some forbidden water world ruins then, and awaken Cthulu.

>>33765607
This

>>33765652
HQ: Nomad

Fluff: Quantum Data Solutions is a small, private corporation specializing in finding solutions to both technological and engineering challenges. They've taken contracts from both governments and megacorps, and have a reputation for providing results without worrying too much about things like morality.

Their home base is a massive starship named Contemplation of Infinity, filled to the brim with the most advanced research tools available.

Recently, Argyle has started shifting from simply fulfulling contracts to pursuing goals of their own.

>>33765774
Er, Argyle should be QDS in that last paragraph.

And wait, which colonist types have access to nomad, then?

Rolled 89, 66, 66, 50, 13 = 284

>>33765774
Nomad HQ is only available to originally two civ types.

So many votes flowing in here making things tricky. Not used to this gonna have to change things around compared to the usual.

Anyway for you cultist voters what forbidden lore do you want?

>>33765825
What forbidden lore IS there?

Rolled 32, 97, 49, 2, 74 = 254

>>33765825
While other civs may choose nomad as well they don't get the HQ bonus.

Surprised over the interest of think tank and cultist.

Ah that reminds me think tankers need to choose their tech specialty as well.

Sorta of required.

>>33765774
I love it all

>>33765774
I will back this.

Wait how many Civs are going on in this thread? God this is a clusterfuck

>>33765845
What tech specialties are available?

>>33765845
If cultist technomancy. If think tank AI fighters the work as ship raid units and can drill thru hauls.

But I hope nomads wins.

>>33765825
Which two civs can use Nomad HQ, then?

>>33765869
One it's right now a vote for which we will be playing.

>>33765942
If that's the case, think tank already won a while ago.

Rolled 26, 56, 97, 14, 41 = 234

>>33765840
Too much to easily list.

Anywhere from alien tech, to monster manipulation to stuff regarding souls.

>>33765881
Whatever you choose.

>>33765928
New and Old colonists.

>>33765869
It is which kinda ruined how i normally do it.

>>33765942
I await eagerly for people to make up their minds and reconsider their votes.

>>33765955
its been a close tie which draws things out.

>>33765825
Blessed by a strange being, the former researchers had their minds opened by the glory of his light. They follow him now, to this water world. Utilising the power of the mind that was given to them.

Calling forth divine powers that are unequalled, each cultist was a weapon in itself. Although each and individual one could not by itself cause anything great, once they had gathered together, many great things can become possible.

Many continue to attempt to enlighten themselves further to his light, broadening their minds and psionic powers. Utilising this method, one may become extremely powerful, but some whisper of the humanity lost from it.

Each day the cultists are blessed by the world's sun, and each day they give thanks to him, singing with their minds for the first hours of dawn. Calling to him, praising him, yearning for him.

Although small and weak now, they have foreseen futures of great cities covering the entire world, each member of this great civilisation works towards that future. Together, as one.

>>33766001
Fuck no psionics.

Can't we pick something basic and survivable ONCE

>>33766044
No.

Psionics? No, this is divine magic, sent down from him!

Rolled 19, 53, 21, 22, 70 = 185

>>33766044
tfw no one wants simple colonists with big dreams but instead want to be tied down.

>>33766044
We have nomads and xcom, Otherwise it the deep or think-tank.

>>33765971
Ok, so I guess that QDS fluff is worthless then.

Lets try again

>Think Tank
>Dead World
>Speciality: Man Machine Interfaces

>Fluff
Singular Solutions was created for one purpose by a rather eccentric megacorp CEO: find a way to create immortals.
They failed in their initial mission.
However, the work they did led to numerous breakthroughs in Man/Machine interfaces, allowing for entire new sectors of the economy to form. Almost overnight, people gained the capability of directly accessing the quantum internet binding civilization together. Machines could be controlled as if they were an extension of the pilot's body. Massive systems could be wired into a single coordinators brain, allowing for incredible leaps of efficiency.

Now SS, flush with resources, begins to move towards new, grander goals.

Rolled 87, 66, 66, 72, 60 = 351

>>33766108
xcom makes me sweat my system isn't nearly on such a detailed level yet.

so there are a bunch of votes...but not the required details.

Oh come on the details aren't even that much.

I keep things simple.

>>33766199
Is my think tank writeup missing something?

Rolled 60, 29, 77, 89, 8 = 263

>>33766216
Yours no.

just everything else.

bah. Votes rush in but don't stick around.

>>33766199
Well it can be xcom mass combat. Just want to keep the team work, commander and Especially the studying of alien tech.

>>33766140
I'm good with this. Though the other think tank writeup sounded more fun.

>>33766140
Let's do it man machine, unless we can fly away on a ship.

>>33766140
Our first task with these guys should be to build a mothership and wire it through a single person's head. Yeah, I just want to play homeworld, sue me.

Rolled 14, 86, 10, 72, 93 = 275

>>33766199
ah so many votes for think tanks and cultists but no votes for their specialty.


what is even the point in that case...should i change the specialties so you don't get a choice or something?

Would that make it easier? I figured that would be the entire point the ability to choose your specialty effect. Others are just automatic or background after all.

is somehow voting for a homeworld or HQ too difficult?

I hadn't even gotten to the damned hero options yet or adviser in this case.


Fine just make up your minds already. From what i can tell cultist and think tanks were winning well more like tied anyway but they lack votes in other key areas. A third runner up could potentially come to snap it up if it has the support.

>>33766382
Would this be possible, QM? Starting as a planet-based civ but eventually creating our own homeworld-esque mothership?

Rolled 27, 86, 33, 95, 47 = 288

>>33766502
certainly.

Surprised no one went classic colonist especially for the nomad lovers who changed their minds when they realized they couldn't get the special HQ for it.

A lot of the other stuff has ties.

>>33766539
In that case, I'll vote for >>33766140 just to get us started.

>>33766500
Maybe it was same faging or they are just very indecisive. But if it's not to late we got man machines or nomads.

>>33766539
it looks like we have three civ writeups, though the first one doesn't work with your rules about nomads. Maybe just give a simple voteoff between the two others?

Rolled 12, 69, 62, 46, 8 = 197

>>33766571
I suspected samefagging votes don't normally come in such rapidly and in the case of the extra stuff the ideas would of flowed in instead of halting.

hence samefaggotry.

>>33766606
which three are those?

And the one with nomads just means you DON'T get nomad HQ. You still have to choose another though as it will be stored within your ship.

Rolled 38, 12, 67, 20, 85 = 222

>>33766634
Everything else will work though just enjoy not having your HQ bonus until you settle.

>>33766634
I see
>>33765774
>>33766001
>>33766140
As the three writeups.

>>33766655
I like the idea of us doing the think tank and building a home world-esk ship.

But it's late for me I hope it works out.

Rolled 59, 19, 10, 65, 97 = 250

>>33766659
hm...i like fluff but its a pain when their exact specs are not offered makes me have to guess.

So much shit is fucking tied i hate it when that happens. Could force hybrid but then that nullify certain things and bring up other problems.

Argh.

>>33766719
same here i know this can take awhile will probably peak in later on to see how determination is going.

>>33766777
I'm really not sure what you're looking for. The MMI writeup there has at least 4 votes in support.

Rolled 68, 41, 78, 87, 32 = 306

>>33766777
Is stuff tied...could force hybrid, but problems.

Alas strong suspicions of samefagging.

Could also try that make basic with single sponsor...

while limiting certain options could also grant many possibilities.

basically...sponsor in combat vessel guarding colonial vessel. Is unaligned.

problem is stats would be off and when aligning don't gain beginning personnnel.

unless...

That could work.

Would give time to make up minds.

hm basically sponsor in personnel ship able to make alliances and purchase people/things from colonial ship. thus allowing you to pick and choose.

Would require sponsor(avatar) being fleshed out, but would allow picking and choosing.

Sadly HQ options would be Nomad, Packaged Base, Sponsored Township

Best of all worlds yes?

Only need sponsor which I could provide options for or write in.

here you go additional choice

Sponsored: Solo character who may make certain 'purchases' acquiring items. Default is equivalent to government but beware for every point you choose to increase it you must decrease something else or multiples by an equivalent amount.

Initial purchase represents sponsors initial investments.


sponsor base choices

>Torn Veteran
>Wretched Rogue
>Twisted Genius
>Rich Kid
>Write in

Feel free to modify or fluff out the above templates as well as write in serves basically to make it entirely up form the ground up. Be ware that it must be somewhat reasonable or have quality enough fluff that i am willing to allow it.

Would still need homeworld or ship based chosen.

Will also need to determine special...which will be bonus avatar hero.


This is something I normally wouldn't allow so consider it carefully.

>>33767023
Yeah, you completely lost me here. Good luck with your quest.

Rolled 30, 45, 78, 93, 11 = 257

>>33767023
have a feeling I may regret this...tampering modification for base stat btw is 5 points max up or down.

Or you could just leave it as default would be easier.

>>33767053
its only another option.

I am all about options.

>>33767023
>Rich kid
>Terraformed world

I don't understand the avatar thing but we want to specialize In making badass toys out of alien tech I suppose. So our avatar would need to be a

>fixer
Fixes what needs fixing...by any means.

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>>33767111
Notes on
>fixer
He doesn't have a mechanical background or a military one...
He just knows a little bit about everything, but more importantly, he knows everybody.

What ever you need, he's got a guy. He was one of the first colonists on the planet, and he claims to have met everybody on world.

Literally every last person, and maintained contacts!

Any groups that come on world to pick up resources, he knows at least the ones that have been around.

He is beloved by 99% of everybody out there

Unfortunately he is old old man blam syndrome

>>33767437
Bump up the volume! Dance! Dance!

>>33767053
This is an incredibly difficult game to get the hang of for newbies especially.

>>33766500
>>33767023
I don't know, it was only me and one other guy last night was just me saying how great magic was against technology (stopping tanks shells and the tanks insantly and melting them to ash with your fingers) but I think those guys were newbies who just voted cultists but didn't realize there was a lore specialty they had to choose or that they had to.

As for votes not normally coming in rapdily, it's probably because of the sudden influx of newfags who thought this was a new quest but didn't realize it's the same one that's been going on for ages.

>>33769154
As for me, I like the think tank ideas that are being thrown around here but am tired of chipping in fluff for civs that don't really go so well anyway nor does fluff seem to really help a civ. I'll back think tank but will need time to come up with anything good.

>>33769154
On that note, I wonder if one of the things that makes it hard for new people to join is to recognize that this isn't like a normal quest and isn't continually run and then stops running after a few consecutive hours of activity and then quitting after the day.

This quest while on average slower than others allows for prolonged gaming, you can throw in an idea, go do something else for an hour or so and come back and see if that idea made it through or someone else thought of something smart. Likewise a thread can last for a whole week even after OP goes to bed we keep it bumped and continue tomorrow.

>>33769290
Basically if an anon throws in an idea and after an hour or more it doesn't happen and the thread doesn't begin they give up and leave, when if they just stayed and kept pushing and fluffing out their civ it would eventually happen.

So it depends if you really have the perseverance and interest to dedicate time and effort into this civ, which might be fine for old players but for people who never seen this game before it's like "hm, why should I suddenly write a long paragraph or two about a neat civ Idea I'm not sure I care to flesh out other than play, and then spend time pushing for it in a game I haven't played yet or don't really know much about."

On top of the other unwritten rules about civ choices that aren't evident for new guys either (Such as Cultists requiring a fluffed up and chosen lore, or this new Sponsor idea).

Another thing Genie is that the way you structure your words might appear to be cryptic and infathomable to people who don't have the context to realize something like >>33767023 "oh he's debating whether the hybrdization of the civ choices would be a good idea or a bad idea, and now he's proposing we get a sponsor who can provide funding to our cause"

>>33769290
>>33769395
I think that sums it up nicely.

>>33765443
It also doesn't help Genie sometimes you need to cater to new players. For example saying something basic like "Choose a civ to play and pick a single HQ from their possible list" how would someone know you're only supposed to pick on HQ and these aren't all part of the package?

Okay, so that big thing I'm working on I want to post but I have to be away till at least the end of the day because work which sucks.

It's a moderately fluffed out civilization with branched out civ choices for all the civ options and reasons I think we should play in these planets.

>>33773015
I would say that sounds good. But got to see it first.

I still like a nomad style(Homeworld) or XCOM, taking the fight to the enemy.

Bump it.

>>33769154

Genie's quests are pretty under the radar for those who are long time devotees, i think it's less that newbies 'realize it's the same one that's been going on for ages' and more that they come in expecting a bullshittingly simple creation process, and then are unwilling/unable to be creative about civ creation in the way Genie likes.

Rolled 52

>>33778627
I think we got use to each other's ways and built up to this. Maybe once they go threw a few rounds they will pick up on it and grow into it.

Rolled 42

>>33767023
Should we let this die or do you have plans for this Civ QM?

>>33779817
Thread survival bonus doesn't help when we keep on picking civs with little to no potential to survive.

Let's look at our last 3 civs

>Bandits from the future in fantasy land
ANY choice would have been stronger than this. Any modern faction other than bandits would have some reason to go into fantasy land, except bandits.

>dryad/undead fantasy dudes
Dryads and undead? Really? How did genie even let an inconsistency that fuckhuge through?

>cultist/zealots
They were awesome and survivable! So what did we do? Fucking abandon them.

Seriously, can we have one group without an off the wall gimmick that survives and we play for a while?

>>33780173
Guanyin man, guanyin.

We can always go back to cultists.

Rolled 13

>>33780173
Yeah the bandit were a odd one. But their raiding skills did and could of payed off more.

It a different world/lore and they worked together. Hell even the Dryad helped heal the death knight.

We are trying new things for a bit. We can still go back to them. Genie just wanted to test things and it a good break from the same old.

Yeah, V101 and the Psi farmers. For this one I think the think tank has a chance, Nomads can if we learn to fall back when we need to and I really believe the XCOM style one can with our tactics.

>>33780404
I just want some god damned paramilitary/think tank, making fun toys for our dudes to kill with.

Is that so much to ask?

>>33780894
Nope, But I think government would be better for over all effect. We would just need to make use of training pods and officer schools.

>>33781002
For some reason I don't think the training pods are going to be like
"Woah, I know Kung foo" but sure it's an avenue we need to explore

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>>33781083
They're for the tactics on the battle field and team work building. Probably with new tech they could help master martial arts. ...! Or mecha training.

Nearly done with the civs, just need to finish up Megacorp idea.

>>33781811
Nice.

Rolled 98, 4, 81, 43, 8 = 234

hm yes I thought the creation was simple enough but apparently I need to reconsider and redo some things.

>>33782872
Well, i'm almost done with my big Civ thingy so I'll post it and see how it goes. Even if it doesn't have anything playworthy, hopefully at least it fluffs up the universe a bit more.

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Brood, In Space!

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“For Emperor and Dominion.”

These words reverberated throughout the collective psyche of all citizens of the , though perhaps in a more literal sense than at first glance. Ruling from their capital planet of Acerbus, their interstellar empire stretches vast distances with many, many colonies among the limitless stars.

Once the old Acerbus Kingdom, and then the Republic, the Dominion was formed through the cuthroat, and unstoppable political machinations of one Supreme Minister Valkemeen, who not only rose to an astonishing height of power rapidly but completely remade the Republic into starflung Empire in his image. Perhaps one such explanation for how one man could attain such power are the rumors of him being a powerful master of the Dark-Psi, and stories spread about him shooting death from his fingertips. To no small degree of credit must also be given to Valkemen's right hand man, the Viscount Dareth, himself also an acolyte of the Dark-Psi and a cyborg, who has thwarted every single assasination attempt and brutally taken out all the enemies of the Emperor. His reign has been one forged in blood and fire, but nonetheless, under Valkemeen's rule Acerbus has seen unprecedented expansion and advancement the likes of which has not been seen, and public faith in the Empire has never been higher. The ruthlessness of their methods of assimilation and domination, taking the new races and technology they find and bending to their will, are a contributing factor to their ever growing size. It should be said though, that their reach tends to escape their grasp, for they have many far flung colonies and operations across this galaxy, and these are but a brief list of those:

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>>33784284

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Name: Governorship of Planet Elum I
Type: Government Remnant
Base Type: Garrisoned Complex
Planet: Terraformed – Planet Elum I
Sponsor: Write in -Viceroy Alexandran
Government Remnant Speciality: Paramilitary – All forces are automatically, or at least eventually, trained as per Dominion mandatory military service

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Fluff: Planet Elum I, closer to the edge of Dominion home regions, was chosen for Terraformation due to it's ideal location as both in proximity to its sun and its planetary location as central hub for intersterllar travel and resupply. Now that the terraformation process is complete, the colonization and securing of the planet is in order, as such, Viceroy Alexandran of the Dominion has been personally charged with overseeing the logistic and infrastructural support of a budding colony on the new planet, who's expense costs are rather extravagant.

This colony is constantly being flooded to the brim with new settlers and population growth due to the hospitableness of the planet, all ready to farm, build, and if need be, fight to expand the Dominion as any loyal citizen serving Emperor Valkemeen ought to do. Per Dominion standards, all able bodied citizens are to undergo mandatory training for military service. With patience and perserverance, it was hoped Elum would become yet another Hiveworld in the Dominion supplying the ever growing needs and soldiers.

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>>33784346

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Name: Hyrelian Free Corps
Type: Paramilitary
Base Type: Military Base
Planet: Dead – Onyx VI
Sponsor: Torn Veteran – Commander Uriah

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Fluff: The Planet Hyrelia is a harsh inhospitable world, some say worse than dead, who's hardened citizens churns out some of the Dominions most elite and fanatically loyal soldiers. Once but long ago, the Dominion waged terrible war to conquer the fledgling hypermilitarized nation, the Hyrelians inflicting horrible horrible losses on the Dominion , until at last both sides near the brink of exhaustion the Dominion so impressed by their vigor and skill granted them complete autonomy and full reparations in exchange for their undue loyalties. Threatened with total annihilation, and in thought of the future of their people, they agree. They now serve as some of the Dominions best forces.

In fact, they now serve as one of the Dominions most fanatically loyal forces. An explanation might be found in Hyrelian quote, who once said “it was the Dominion who bathed us in blood and fire and brought out our military finesse to perfection. And for that, we thank them.”

Their society who was even more so engrossed in martial honor than the Dominion was, the terrible war on them only enhanced it, and military pride embedded into their cultural psyche is unmatched. Hyrelians learn how to strip and repair a beam-rifle and pass the trial to hunt a thorlax before they learn to read and write, and even their women undergo military training that would be the equivalent of what the average male Dominion trooper elsewhere would experience. On the dead planet of Onyx VI, the Dominion has set up a military research and training facility. On the harsh dead world of Onyx VI, Hyrelians continue their intense training with suit combat in inhabitable locations and production and integration of both old and new technologies at their disposal.

>Con't

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>>33784373
The Hyrelians distinctive feature is their constant wear of breathing masks and glowing sight boosting visors that were vital to their survival on their homeworld. That being said Hyrelians traditions of being a small elite and coordinated force, combined with the extreme inhospitableness of a dead planet, would normally mean a critically low population. However, the Dominions ever present need for more highly trained and coordinated forces and the general makeup of their culture provides for a few measures to boost their numbers. Hyrelian's are consider themselves all children of the war god, as such it is not uncommon for them to bring their families to central bases on tours of duties. Normally this would be a sign of soldierly unprofessionalism however for them this is different, instead it only serves to boost them and their progeny by having their children grow up in a militaristic background. In addition, from across the dominion soldiers who prove themselves on the field of battle and show a degree for combat and leadership are brought to bases such as this one for further training into more elite forces as well as incentives to spread their genes and raise further soldiers.

They are sponsored by Veteran Commander Uriah, a Hyrelian himself, who sees this as an opportunity to expand Hyrelia in the name of the Dominion.

>Suggest possible Hybridization with Think Tank weapons developers

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>>33784388
Name: Dominion Research Facility #478
Type: Think Tank
Base Type: Research Facility
Planet: Dead – Onyx VI
Sponsor: Twisted Genius – Minister of Infantry Weapons Technologies Dr. Krout Hoffman
Tech Speciality: Weapons and Infantry offensive technology
Fluff: This think tank specializes in advanced weapons technologies for the purpose of arming and aiding military forces. Everything from new types of energy guns, stealth or strength enhancements embedded into suits, to jetpacks and extreme thermal survivability suits, you will often see it and such other similar Dominion think tanks attached to Paramilitary or standard Army forces to provide both research on current weapons and potential improvements.

When soldiers encounter a thick acidic goo that stops them in their tracts, it's up to them to develop a suit strong enough to withstand it. When troops are faced with heavily armored foes that rip right through them, their job is to see about suit mechanical enhancements to boost infantry strength to resist and overcome, as well as special ammunition and tactics to pierce their thick hides. This degree of flexibility and ideal adaptability to whichever military force aquires them makes them both an excellent producer of new weapons designs for Megacorporations or Paramilitary to produce and use.

Their other speciality is the assimilation of xenos technology and strange new elements and energies and applying it in potential military usage.

In particular, the one on Onyx VI is sponsored by Dr. Krout Hoffman, Minister of Infantry Weapons Technologies, a prominent member of the Hoffman dynasty which is a leading weapons developer for the Dominion, and heavily works in tandem with the military.

>Note, this is a suggested and preferable Think Tank for possibly Hybridization with above Paramilitary. Standalone Think Tank incoming.

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Name: Dominion Research Facility #227
Type: Think Tank
Base Type: Research Facility
Planet: Volcanic – Wroth IX
Sponsor: Twisted Genius – Minister of Colony Supplemental Technologies Dr. Azarius Ulka
Tech Speciality: Base Defense

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Fluff: This Think Tank is devoted to the continuing development of a wide array of new weapons and tools to ensure the survivability of Dominion holdings in even the most hostile places. In particular, this Research Facility was placed in a Volcanic planet, which though provides a boon to warfare and manufacturing, would hinder the research of any other race. But not this Think Tank.

Their goal is to develop countermeasures and tools to prevent the destruction that often befalls so many other colonies. The lack of available water and food in such molten conditions is solved via Water Manufacturing via water synthesis of hydrogen and oxygen found in natural gas. Advanced Hydroponics with use the light and heat found in lava pools. Hyper cooling devices which function via entropic acceleration to turn even a deep pool of lava into a sturdy stone foundation. Special undergroud detectors, sensors, shields, and turrets. Everything that could cause ultimate disaster for a base in extreme conditions, from lack of life support to danger, it's up to them to develop countermeasures and weapons.

They are sponsored by the Minister Azarius, a fellow man of thought and ingenuity, some even call Genius, who firmly believes the success of such research as carried out by these Think Tanks are vital to the survival of the Dominion across the stars, as well as his own personal reputation.

>Suggest possible Hybridization with Paramilitary

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Name: Dominion Colony Nyelaek VII
Type: New Colonists
Base Type: Packaged Township
Planet: Ice – Ischa
Sponsor: Rich Kid – Prince Kassan

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Fluff: Sometimes enough is never enough. Someitmes it's not enough for a Prince to just own his own nation or inherit one of the largest family fortunes. And for the ultra wealthy elite of the Dominion, ruling over the lower classes like gods, sometimes, they want to own their own planet.

Prince Kassan has just “purchased” his own Ice Planet of Ischa all to himself. The only problem is he doesn't even control it. So rather than go through the trouble of dominating it himself, he spread some money here and there and got together a ragtag group of colonists itching for a new life and a second chance. Promising them to cater to their needs when he can, their only job is to set the place up for him. The Planet Ischa is less rarely known for it's various hot springs and mountains, but that truly is all Kassan cares for. His goal is to one day relax sipping coconut milk in a hot spring under a glass dome while blizzards rage all around, but to do that it's up to these colonists to simply survive, much less relax.

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Name: Pirates of Penal Colony Xyla
Type: Bandits
Base Type: Bandit Base (preferably Mobile ala Battleship)
Planet: Water - Aurorus
Sponsor: Wretched Rogue - “Captain” Zack Barrow

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Fluff: What do you do when you encounter a technologically superior race of beings who dwell in advanced floating cities who despite all your continued assaults and attempts to conquer continue to trump your military invasions at every turn? And what do you do when you have far too many criminals, thieves, military traitors, deserters, and above all, pirates, threatening to boil over your prison systems?

You solve both problems at once.

The idea was that bandits, being be far more capable of looting and using captured technology and surviving independent of military supply, would perform excellent here to disrupt the enemy and take over their facilities. The Dominion is known to have thrown entire Penal Colonies and Mega Prison populations here, promising free amnesty to all once the planet has been taken over. Now these once idyllic oceans where utopian floating cities dwelled are plagued by some of the most vicious pirates and brigands ever seen, and their numbers only keep growing. Using the technology and resources stolen against them they've done what entire fleets of Dominion ships could not.

To this effect, notorious pirate lord and “Captain” Zack Barrow has like so many other bandit lords and thieving kings, not passed up this great opportunity and has invested in his own personal penal colony all to himself. Now it's up these freed prisoners to see if his investments will pay off.

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Name: Dark-Psyker Training Facility Tersius
Type: Zealots
Base Type: Believers Base
Planet: Marsh
Sponsor: Inquisitor Lorn

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Fluff: As per command of Emperor Valkemeen, all psykers and psionic sensitive individuals are to be gathered and trained in the arts of the Dark-Psi under special Dominion facilities. Here they are trained in the ways of the Will, the invisible presence and mover that all Dominion psionics attribute themselves to. This particular training trains in Telekenesis, using the Dark-Psi to lift massive objects or stop bullets and energy in their tracts with great shields either as single servants or even greater power as a group effort. In addition, the traditional arts of Laserblade combat are revived and exemplified in all those who manage to survive the training here. The express purpose of this is to train out more Knights of the Dominion.

They are, like other Psyker training facilities, sponsored by their own respective member of Dark Church, this one has Inquisitor Lorn. It's up to him to handle the ongoing continuation and proliferation of this facility as it takes in more and more Psykers brought from the farthest regions of the Dominion.

Such facilities are noted to often work closely with the Acolytes of the Dark-Psi, the branch who deals directly with the cult of the Dark-Psi and delving into its secrets, and it isn't unknown for hybrid facilities to be formed in addition to pure psyker training facilities.

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>>33784572

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Name: Acolytes of the Dark-Psi
Type: Cultists
Base Type: Forbidden Ruins
Planet: Temperate
Sponsor: Write In - Cardinal Jaxyl of the Dark Church
Lore: Will of the Dark-Psi – The Will of the Dark-Psi calls to us, whispering counsel and direction, leading us to the course of action we need to take to survive and propagate the Dark-Psi Will.

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Fluff: These cultist, ordained by Emperor Valkemeen himself, seek to find out more about the nature of the Dark-Psi and all the secrets the Will could speak to them. Delving through ancient ruins and forgotten text they see what darkness the eyes of lesser men are not meant to view.

These are personally funded by the Church and such cult colonies have their respective Cardinal, this one has Cardinal Jaxyl to provide from his own personal coffers.

Such cults are noted to often work closely with Psyker Training Facilities, who deals in training members in the offensive usage of the Dark-Psi and delving turning out more Knights of the Dark Church, and it isn't unknown for hybrid facilities to be formed in addition to pure cult groups.

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>>33784595

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Name: Dominion Colony Hawthorn IV
Type: Old Colonists
Base Type: Trusty Township
Planet: Temperate – Juliet III
Sponsor: Torn Veteran – Retired Commander Galleghan

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Fluff: These colonists have been here for ages and continue the expansion of their aged colony, ripening till one day a full fledged city may come. Often a popular place for retired soldiers and servants of the Empire to call home, they know their shit and though they aren't always the best supplied the Temperate region of Juliet III often provides. Most have been born here and they are practically natives to the region.

These people now find themselves Sponsored by Retired Commander Galleghan, who considers it a nice light hobby after such long and arduous service in the Dominion Army and retiring with full honors.

But such continued existence is not fraught without danger at every turn. They still must guard themselves with care, lest all their works be for naught.

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Name: Evolutionary Deviacy and Xenos research facility #14
Type: Mutants
Base Type: Research Complex
Planet: Ice – Tallorn IV
Sponsor: Write In – Dr. Dor'van, Sanctioned Mutant and former (defunct) Brood Father

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Fluff: These facilities are where the undesirables, mutants, and xenos end up in the grand scheme of the Dominions plans for Galactic Domination. Here, instead of simply being purged and killed when found on their homeworlds, these mutants are given the chance to serve the Dominion and make something more of themselves. One the Icy World of Tallorn IV, these mutants must band together to both use their abilities towards their survival in both this planet and beyond, as their success could mean salvation for their misbegotten race. Indeed, should the mutants impress the Dominion with their abilities, their genes and children may be spared, even given their own home. Such tales of how a particularly rare brand of mutant who secreted juices that aided in human fertility ended up gaining their own terraformed and completely secured paradise world, drive these forgotten forward into making themselves greater than the sum of their parts.

The population of such facilities, though always slow to increase, is always bolstered by the seemingly never ending flow of mutants and xenos as part of the Ethnic and Genetic purity programs of the Empire. Perhaps it is their luck that Dor'van, a former “Brood Father” and one of the beings who were so blessed by Dominion interest in boosting population, took sympathy upon them. He and his few kind had been granted near limitless resource to where they managed to mutate themselves to a point where they for all intents looked 100% human, and is a decently respected individual in the Dominion eschelon even for a mutant. He seeks to give to those other mutants the same chance that were given to him and his kind.

>>33782872

Don't take us the wrong way, Civ Creation has a reasonable level of complexity for a tabletop game, it's just too much for the average /tg/ quest player who's used to doing some bullshit off of one of those fantasy "Civ Quest" pics.

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Name: Rathos III Automated Planetary Security System
Type: Robots
Base Type: Constructive Core
Planet: Terraformed – Ordon VII
Sponsor: Twisted Genius – Minister of Robotics and Borg Research Klyne

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Fluff: Due to the nature of Terraformed Worlds still not being safe to invasion or unseen danger, the idea was proposed that directly after Terraformation a series of self-automated and regulating robots, capable of manufacturing more of their kind and expanding their jurisdiction, should precede colonization efforts by fully securing the planet.

Several of these experiements are out there, including this one here on Ordon VII. The Rathos III Automated Planetary Security system is designed to allow robots the mining, manufacturing, and fighting abity to both expand and use natural resources to produce more robots in a self-sustained perpetual growth and development. These robots are charged with the complete domination and control of the Planet in the name of the Dominion. Once that has been achieved, colonization can begin now with the added benefit of a fully armed and automated protection force to bolster the normal Dominion Army and Local Planetary Defense. With a wide array of tools and technology and supplies of the planet at their disposal, it is hoped that the investement put into such units would not be in vain. The Minister of Robots and Borg Research Klyne himself is invested in this colony, although if it fails there are others to be looked to, so it is in the interest of these drones not to fail for their sake.

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AAAAND done. Well, almost. Need to work on some kinda megacorp.

>>33784747
Shit nice work.

Rolled 71

Shit anon do you expect me to be able to choose from these civs?

>>33784747
I like robots

Goddamn, Anon. Good job.

>>33784928

I like the bots too...

>>33784747
>tfw I fucked up
All of that should be Rathos III
Ordon VII is for another planet

>>33784712
It really doesn't help that there are plenty of rules and tables we're supposed to know about that aren't referenced in the initial posts.

>>33785082
As well as a lot of side jokes and references to precedence that only oldguys would remember.

>>33784928
>>33785039
>I still think robots are weak as balls
I'll be willing to give them a second shot though

>>33785329

I'm with you, on both counts. Perhaps this fluff will help make up for their weaksauceness.

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Rolled 56, 24, 78, 13, 25 = 196

>>33784284
>>33784346
>>33784373
>>33784388
>>33784416
>>33784481
>>33784516
>>33784549
>>33784572
>>33784595
>>33784690
>>33784625

uhh...

>>33784690
Wait...how did you... HOW THE HELL DID YOU KNOW ABOUT..FUCK.

Son of a bitch...I ain't even hardly mentioned about them much less their name. FUCK YOU ALL.

YOU IS SMARTANON AIN'T YOU. ONLY SMART ANON COULD OF FIGURED THAT OUT.

Rolled 18, 26, 31, 12, 40 = 127

>>33786224
AND ALL THAT DELICIOUS FLUFF.

WHY YOU SO CRUEL ANON.

TO CREATE ALL OF THAT AND THEN FIGURE OUT THAT.

ITS TOO MUCH.

WAY TOO MUCH.

FUCKING HELL.


welp shit.

This is just too cruel...

lets see the megacorp and the other option I gave.

gotta remember to keep it simple.

Now I is gonna cry in my pillow like little bitch.

Shit is just too much for me to handle...such delicious fluff then only to get sucker punched like that.

I need to wrap my head around it and avoid another damned mental break.

Rolled 5, 52, 57, 71, 82 = 267

>>33786313
Well for each of those posts I am gonna offer a bit of fluff in return.

For sucker punch...well I shall reveal the ancestors of the Brood.

What came before...what they were like. How it all went wrong...so very wrong.

>>33786313
>>33786224
FOR THE DOMINION! FOR THE EMPEROR!

As for the Xenos don't be silly Genie of course there are aliens, there's no way there wouldn't be.

Or did you mean the Brood Fathers?

I like being incorrectly mislabled as smartanon

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>>33786386
Yes! I called space broods. >>33782962

Rolled 64, 24, 79, 70, 30 = 267

>>33786386
too much was considering just redoing it over and changing things around.

System is apparently not simple enough.

now though all of this...

makes my life harder.

Anyway.

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The setting

First and foremost all of my creations...are connected. They all share the same setting but just different parts of it different dimensions if you will.

This means exactly what it means.

Crossovers can and do happen. Its downright expected in some cases but there tends to be certain stuff holding it back.

This current sci fi setting...or i should say. Well for this specific one I was planning to avoid the pre fall climate. Meaning there are several stuff I could use a bits and pieces of setting I never quite unleashed. Now what to use...well I'll tell you.

This galaxy was the milky way. Once upon a time long ago a certain human arose on earth and managed to take over founding the now infamous and long dead Terran Empire. Upon his supposed death the Empire became a republic and it grew.

One day certain foes were encountered and by this time the Republic had grown fat and lazy. With opposition arising all over. However all were swept aside. The empire collapsed and humanity was on the run. It seemed humanity was doomed facing extinction.

That was when the impossible happened.
>>33786462
>Not smart anon

FUCK THERE'S ANOTHER ONE.

TIMEZ TO TAKE DA EMERGENCY CODE BLUE CODE BLUE.

Rolled 37, 15, 82, 55, 92 = 281

>>33786595
The Terran Empire arose you see by the leader of mankind using the first super soldiers and robotic assistance including something...more.

That one conquered the Earth before rapidly expanding into the Stars. The Empire grew strong under the leader but then one day it decayed. Suddenly the leader died and as it turned out that one had plans for it to exist long past death.

The goal was simple become the necessary evil and forcefully kick start humanity. By whatever means necessary this as first done by making himself the enemy then after death encountering a nonhuman enemy.

The military might the republic was quickly decaying as many of the old military forces were hated for being suppressors and thrown on to the edges...not to mention the best military tech was built in a such a manner as to only be availble to throne and due to ethical concerns were strictly gotten rid of by the now 'freed' peoples. the remnants of which and old guard were cast aside. Far in the fringes in wretched garrisons seemingly overlooking an enemy that never came.

Inside meanwhile the Republic began to collapse due to infighting colonies were separating. That was when THEY came.

From outside a force blasted through an inhuman force. The reckoning as many liked to call it. Somehow however against all odds those garrisons held for just long enough for a message to get sent out...along with proof.

Suddenly humanity had an outside foe and so during the greatest times of humanity faced off against the enemy.

Rolled 94, 16, 79, 87, 5 = 281

>>33786724
And what a fight that was alas it did not seem enough. They poured in from everywhere overwhelming humanity. So a last ditch effort was prepared as men, women, and children bled.

Alas they did not have enough time.

That was when the impossible happened.

The might and glory of the Empire arose once more. The last remnants of humanity's forces and those long forgotten. The leader of mankind itself reappeared after being 'dead' for so long. So there they committed their last stand before the eyes of those final ditch. Their last views was of the ragged scattered survivors and the forgotten holding off the tide while they finished up then escaping.

or so the stories go.


somehow humanity lived on due to failsafe of the long forgotten Empire. Though much was lost. The scattered survivors did however eventually pick themselves up.
Or so that is one sci fi setting to explain it all.

The other one is a bit more fanciful but still gritty.

That one however seems to be what your after with your psionics and brood.

Meaning...well enjoy heheh.

Welcome to Pre Fall.

Where super geniuses make the impossible possible, where artificial Intelligences aren't always out to get you, while Umbra was still a deadly threat, megacorps fighting bitterly over profits, governments fail to govern, and more.

Welcome where the specials were being figured out and where being super was brought down to the common man. Here psi was believed to be magic and supers were being brought down to everyone's supposed level.

Where death and greatness is optional.

Here earth as you know it may have existed if it wasn't for certain...problems.

or perhaps this is entirely alien?

Maybe this is the same setting? Maybe this is but a piece of the bigger picture.

>>33786897
>Maybe this is the same setting? Maybe this is but a piece of the bigger picture.
Something like that, if I weren't so tired I could come up with a reasonable compromise.

Rolled 64, 82, 51, 75, 93 = 365

>>33786897
In this world or should i say galaxy...no perhaps universe?

Here the fanciful is reality. Here mankind had far less qualms with biotech and with the help of supers made it to the stars far sooner then they should have(super geniuses AHOY). While certain problems weren't quite figured out and the singular fall has yet to occur.

I shall now offer some examples of each of the forces.

First with megacorps

Umbra: Legendary for their stealth tech and having connections everywhere also stealing everyone's shit their working on. You think what you got is special? Hope you enjoy an Umbra rip off. Hence allowing them to be competitive not by specializing or good invests oh no but reathe...by less their savory means even by Megacorp standards. these bastards are amazing with their damned shadowplays.

Logibo: Legendary for their logistics of whom even other megacorps often use despite having their own...of course they never admit such things. People in this corp hate their lives due to LOGISTICS but everyone not loves them for being bros. To bad they can't seem to do that for each other.

Morok: A company that rose to prominence for the sheer fact they were the first to realize and exploit how stinking rich you can get mining/harvesting in space. Even now their industrial tools and expansions are still legendary especially due to their fondness of small family businesses and prospectors. Of whom they sell to and create some of their prized Morok Busters capable of chowing through entire worlds or even sucking gas giants to death.

Terko: A small company of lowly researchers and investors who began working on their objective long before it was even remotely thought possible. Because they had a dream. It took a long time slowly ever so slowly working their way up getting what they needed. when they made their reveal around the time others finally caught on they were called crazy and not possible. They were proven wrong as a world was terraformed.

>>33787102
Adero too took to the stars right? Please? I made the fluff for you!

Adero: Legendary for their energy based technologies and turning energy into materials, they outclassed the competition in terms of shielding, energy weapons, and fuel efficiency allowing their ships to reach places and reach them first where no other could.

>>33787186
*their ability to start manufacturing simply by orbiting stars and absorbing solar radiation gave them an edge that, while nowhere close as productive as the resources of Morok or others, gave them a significant edge as others needed to set up and securing mining operations first.

Rolled 1, 24, 90, 64, 74 = 253

>>33787102
Governments

the Torpid Combine the first of the colonies to separate. They unlike all those who tried before them succeeded together. Even now those lowly planets having long since each become powerhouses are very close as time wore on instead of distancing they became closer.

Federal Union
An odd federation where each of the smaller parts are free to govern themselves however they please. However they must all bow before the Federation as a whole. Noted for despite being incredibly different but still at least loosely united as a whole despite appearances. Worlds however are not granted freedom but instead must 'prove' themselves or are tied to another part.

>>33787186
There are limits. Umbra is so powerful due to be a bunch of thieving cheating sneaky assholes. corps hate the sons of bitches due to them constantly getting ripped off by them even from their 'specialties' as umbra is barely if ever only a few steps behind due to obvious reasons.

Adero is known for their light related work in particular their fucking lasers. An Adero Laser Lance is fucking a big stick of pure fuck you and their laser batteries are like trying to dodge a searing light show coming from all directions.

Some of their most 'infamous' weapons is the 'fireworks' codename light rocket.

Basically a torpedo which upon detonation unleashes an entire lightshow of lasers hence quite like a fireworks display.

No one thought such a thing could work so well until its sudden reveal. Not even Umbra saw it coming and had thought such a thing was doomed for failure hence never bothered ripping it off.

Boy did they regret it especially considering how long adero maintained a monopoly making an utter killing.

Thanks to those 'rockets' the usual problem of wasted torpedo was no longer a issue which alone was huge deal...plus it was just so damned pretty and awesome looking.

They are also quite good at manipulating energy and in particular their specialty of light of course.

Rolled 84, 75, 82, 33, 51 = 325

>>33787303
bah got distracted.

Governments continued

Imperial League
a bunch of 'noble' houses who worked together realizing that they alone with their families were in a bad spot alone and they could always deal with others by a much safer means. however politics are rife same with modification among the upper echelons due to them needing to maintain their 'nobility'. The royal house as in current top dog of the insane clusterfuck of politics is the only house that can really force them to play 'nice'(getting along is too much even for them to make happen) and deal with outside threats.

United Peoples Worlds
Originally a legit democracy but anyone with half a brain will realize that they are in fact mob ruled and governed by the rich. An oligarchy in all but name. The people unfortunately tend not to realize this fact and those that do have the habit of ending up as settlers to escape it.

Freed Empire
Led by the Empress or better known as a so called dictator. No one knows how such a mighty empire could arise in such a wartorn fucked up part of space but it did. Somehow got a bunch of military types and even pirates together who took entire worlds and actually viciously fought back against the countless Foes. Unbelievably started off on a lost nigh overrun backwater world deep in the core fringes.

Rolled 82, 49, 57, 32, 54 = 274

>>33787527
still waiting for those last two ideas anon.

and feel free to rip off any of these as their just examples.

Paramilitary

2 public and 3 private.

Public First

United Federation Forces

Made up of the required offerings of forces to the federation as a whole they are an utter hot podge of forces...do not underestimate them. Having such a varying supply secures a disturbing amount of adaptability they literally have the perfect force for any problem. Now getting them there and supplied on the other hand may be problematic. To counter this the basic forces are offered a Federal standardized kitting hence ignoring what they may have been using specialized gear they may have been using before. This is only however true unless they are the elite in which case they are given with what they are most familiar and more.

A federation individual member forces are expected to do at least one tour with the Union forces. The benefits besides partnership is possible special training that they may decide to take home with them creating the elite of their homes or if they stay gain the chance of becoming an elite of the whole Union. Many elites actually find themselves home before missing the Union gigs and thus reenlisting for that chance.

Knight Houses
In the league military valor can earn one becoming a noble and thus a warrior caste was eventually formed. These members of both those proven or even raised up among them have become the elite of the Imperial League. Here these so called houses thrive in war and offer their elite services to whoever.

While other houses are use to politicking thus often referred as cunningly brutal the knights have instead been referred to as brutally cunning for the sheer fact of their 'elaborate' bluntness of stabbing you in the face instead of the back. Often in open battle instead of poisoned drink.

>>33787716
Oh the megacorporation? that's the only one left undone.

Tired, will work on it in the morning. Will also throw in a vote for robots since that seems to be the general trend. At least right now.

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>>33787780
There fun in a way. Plus it would be cool to try them again.

Rolled 17

>>33787716
The brood! The Brood! Tell us about the brood!

Rolled 5, 36, 32, 76, 27 = 176

>>33787303
ah you no like rockets anon for aduro? I thought it so fitting.

Yazko Company
A private army known for their snazzy as in having the newest and often flashiest toys. Often their services are expensive and only the megarich can afford their flashy services but the rich can't help be tickled by just how 'proper' these fellows are and such a sign of status their services require. Often enough made up of bored rich kids specially got themselves prepped and old veterans who simply want to make a lot of money with top quality armaments.

Neshalog Incorporated Army
What happens when you not only have a bunch of soldiers be connected to each other mentally? Not only that but also that their 'fodder' forces are using a bunch of cheap bots and clones controlled from afar?

Not fun that is what this unholy combo never seen before quickly proved utterly devastating. First comes the tide of 'gamer drones' which alone causes problems then you have a bunch of hive minded badasses slipping in through the chaos for that final fuck you.

Merc Hive

Sometimes you don't just want to hire so many guys or sometimes you like some variety. Sometimes you don't have enough guys to go out on your own or perhaps you like picking an choosing contracts.

Merc Hive allows options and choices. Put out a request and see who bites variety is the spice of life as they say. So why not enjoy some variety of serves for a single request with details?

Merc hive while being highly mixed and not quite solid forces offers a way to allow both the contractors of both sides to meet their expectations by their own choice. While other 'proper' companies like to retort their lack of policy and non homogenous nature. Its a cold hard fact that each and everyone of them has suffered at least one loss in both battle and bid to them.

Rolled 89

>>33765380
Hey just wondering, is this group run or individuals?

Rolled 38, 89, 89, 55, 37 = 308

>>33788149
group run.

At the moment its now hotly contested between

Think Tank, Cultist, and now Bots.

A fourth runner up I expect to show up eventually considering current rate

If this keeps up though I am gonna have to put my foot down with a different option. As in enjoy being a sponsor forging your own group with whatever you choose.

should of used the other sci fi civ format from the beginning...

Rolled 2

>>33788212
>Think tank, cultists and now Bots

Please explainerino

Rolled 49

>>33788230
Numerous votes throughout the thread, tied at Think Tank, Cultists, and Bots. Voting will still continue tommorow probably.

>>33788212
>As in enjoy being a sponsor forging your own group with whatever you choose.
We don't like group controlled PC's or protagonists though, that's hard. We like them as heroes who can act on their own and give us advice!

Rolled 61, 87, 6, 7, 20 = 181

>>33788275
Sponsor allows for picking and choosing.

At this rate I am gonna have to really rip it off.

As for who said he was player controlled?

Only special traits allow that.

>>33788212
You have an incredibly bizarre vote system.

>>33788336
Aye, but it does allow for interesting results. When two civs are tied without contention they might be hybridized.

Rolled 5, 30, 6, 64, 86 = 191

>>33788336
It causes me much pain but in the end it always results in an interesting civ the players like.

Meanwhile i sit there and weep.

>>33788275
i kind of agree. But really all we have to do is word our actions in a way that our hero's skills can help us or guide us in the right path.

>>33788390
>It causes me much pain but in the end it always results in an interesting civ the players like.
Usually

Sometimes we feel really pressured and just vote on sometihng quick to start playing, and then later regret the lack of detail on choices we made

Rolled 83

>>33765497
>>33765443
hmm, I guess if the choices are only Robots, Cultists and Think Tank that I'll go with Cultists. They are all in the end fairly similar, but cultists would probably have good roleplay potential.

>>33788426
Kind of.

Robots don't have to deal with flesh problems and need to build more to grow pop, Cultists get knowledge of special kind and Think tank get the use of higher level of tech and a special unit.

Rolled 90, 81, 79, 55, 55 = 360

>>33788426
>Not going for the fourth option

>>33788471
ignore the debating of different civs can go for ages over their merits and problems.

so really choose whatever you want to play or sounds interesting.

Rolled 53

>>33788503
Theres a fourth option?

Rolled 59, 74, 75, 71, 91 = 370

>>33788523
The above starter lists

also a special sponsor one that would allow you to pick and choose a bit.

Rolled 34

>>33788573
Well in that case I'd rather pick bandits.

Rolled 56

>>33788606
mindless bump i guess.

>>33788606

>Well in that case I'd rather pick bandits
Ew. Disgusting.

>>33788573

See, every time we try to pick and choose it ends up blowing up in our faces with internal tensions.

>>33792501
Anon gave us a nice list for the Dominion, if we do bandits we'll be doing Pirates on a hijacked sci-fi ship!

We did do bandits last time though, so I'd prefer robots since we haven't done that in forever.

>>33792501

Sometimes when we don't pick and choose and instead decide to be simple psionic farmers internal tensions still blow up in our faces!

>>33792575
Need another hivemind one day.
One the bright side, Bots should have less internal tensions, and bandits are fine as long as we getta da loot and women.

Zealots have that nice unbreakable morale and zeal

Badump

>>33792611

Yeah, but to counteract that (and we'll need to watch out for this with the Jungle Cultists) zealots are much more willing to fight and less willing to listen to reason over doctrinal differences.

>>33795499
I think we're all on the same level concerning doctrine though

BLOOD FOR THE PLANT GOD

>>33795845

Given our proclivity towards sacrificing our own members (who we've sacrificed more of than anyone else up to this point) a rebellion isn't too far out of the question. If we actually invoke our power amplification for sacrificing our own though then that ought to serve to quieten any potential for a time ay least.

>>33795992
I'd say we've sacrificed far more zombies than anything else, though we still have a ways to go.

I am hoping that our unbreakable faith in the gods (I mean it IS the Prophet and very real will of the gods via cast lots that we select members for the sacrifice) will reduce the chance of rebellion.

Certainly, making it a religious festival in addition to the survivors becoming chosen warriors of the gods while the fallen feed us all. My hope is our people celebrate the sacrifices as necessary and invoking the blessing and favor of our gods.

>>33796122
In addition our many accomplishments more than just the zombie killing but also the death of the Corruption and establishment of the Stomach of the Jungle which shows we are favored by our gods.

Bump

I hope we will get to start today. I'm still down for the robots >>33784747. But I still hope for Nomads or Government (XCOM) >>33765589.

But I guess we will see what happens.

>>33798607
Same, I'll be up for robots but XCOM sounds interestng.

Rolled 31, 15, 93, 36, 61 = 236

mfw xcom and nomad has caught up...

i hate you all so much.

for fucks sake its now all about think tank, cultists, robots, and now nomad along with xcom.

FUUCK YOOUUU ALL.

Not only did one not yet come out on top you EVEN caught the other two up.


Which just so happens to reach my cap...what the hell I didn't even think that was possible just put in there for the hell of it and nows i have to use it.

I don't even...

Fine fuck you all this ain't over.


Here we GO!

Rolled 83, 10, 77, 74, 29 = 273

>>33799911
Special type locked

Nomad homeground chosen.

Nomad HQ acquired.

Population stats are the following 2k thinkers, 2k cultists, 2k bots, 2k Ripped Xcom personnel(will come up with new name later), and 2k old/new.

Vote for the following

heroic options

>Researcher
>Seeker
>Complex Cored AI
>Commander
>Engineer

Vote for the following sponsor
>Torn Veteran
>Wretched Rogue
>Rich Kiddie
>Twisted Genius
>Write in

Each have their own pros and cons.

Special Bonus
Adapted Synchrony: Able to synchronize much more effectively.

>>33800142
Aw, the Dominion will rise another day I suppose. I like this space setting so I plan to stick to it for a while.

I vote commander. and sponsored by Twisted Genius

>>33800142
How about HOLD for xcom.

>Commander

... Yeah Genius will work.

Rolled 64

>>33800142
Commander

Twisted Genius

>Capcha Richard Ktiesti
So that's what his last name is

>>33800142

>Complex Cored AI
>Twisted Genius

Hey Genie, the machine civ is up.

>>33801888
A machine civ is up it's different than the other one.

>>33801931

My mistake, never played in the other one but noticed that it's the same tripfag.

>>33802006
I just wish there were more popularity for the other machine civ

>>33802035
I can run it again later if people wantt. I needed a warm up to get going again. It seems to have payed off so far with the amount of new people.

Rolled 27

Heroic Unit Commander Richard Ktiesti

Sponsor Twisted Genius Alcem Mizar.

Your ship at the moment is hovering near a gas giant to acquire refueling after the sponsor somehow acquired her then picked everyone up before having it pointed it the ship desperately need refueling.

A twisted genius as you like to think of yourself...others claim your just insanely 'smart' sadly you are no super genius now wouldn't that have been grand? Instead your a wee bit crazy especially after a certain incident involving a universal cross dimensional relay device, a broken surgeon bot, and an unfortunate case of neural relapse.

>Turn 1
>>>>>>A. Scavenge for food.
>>>>>>B. Try to improve the base
>>>>>>C. Try to improve weapons.
>>>>>>D. Research technology.
>>>>>>E. Pursue new mutations.
>>>>>>F. Explore in a direction/something.
>>>>>>G. Scavenge for raw materials.
>>>>>>H. Your choice
>Resource Points: 0
>Pop 10k
>Military 3k
>>>>>>>Food: Good
>>>>>>>Water: Good
>>>>>>>Morale: Good
>>>>>>>Medicine: Good
>>>>>>>Health: Good
>>>>>>>Armaments: Good
>>>>>>>Fuel: Good
>>>>>>>Tech level: Basic
>>>>>>>Reputation: who?
>>>>>>Infrastructure: Barracks. Officer Quarters. Living Quarters. Hydroponics Bay. Waste Recycling. Armory. Engineering Bay. Medical Bay. Vehicle Bay. Lab Bay. Robotics Bay. Life Support. Cargo Hold.
>>>>>>Defenses: Railgun Cannon. Laser Batteries. Auto Turrets.
>>>>>>vehicles: 25 Tread APC. 25 RUSPs. 4 Siege Artillery Bulldogs. 6 Flack Turbos. 5 Troop Carriers. 30 Budget Tanks
>>>>>>Power: Plasma Generator. Nuclear Reactor.
>>>>>>Weapons: Ballistics Set. Mono Combat Knives.
>>>>>>armor: Basic Body Armor
>>>>>>communications:. Comm Suite.

>>33802178
Awww, I was hoping the "Twisted Genius" who's sponsoring us name is "Richard"

>>33802178
"Commander, how soon can the ship be ready to depart?"

Think to ourselves, do we have a particular goal in mind?

>Pop 10k
>Military 3k
YES

ALL OF MY YESS

Rolled 100

>>33802178
Hm if we can get gas from it lets keep doing so and scout around a bit see if there is anything else we can collect.

>Basic
Gather gas and scout the area for other things of note.

>>33802312
Heh, for once you actually get lucky Delim.

This is a good omen.

Rolled 89

>>33802312
Hell yeah Delim

Rolled 4

>>33802178
"So let me get this straight Mizar you not only recruited a bunch of odd fellows. But you include bots with NO AI not even a bloody node, civilians with NO signed papers, AND fucking crazy cultists?"

"what is WRONG with you?"

"Well Richard you did a lovely job acquiring those soldiers and i DID handle the required support including tech."

"I know I got those guys by claiming we were gonna kick some alien ass and take some worlds and you PROMISED to get us the stuff needed for reverse engineering. Tired as shit relying upon 'acquired' xeno and Super tech. About time we figured out to make our own damn toys and turn theirs against themselves."

"Of which I did acquire the needed researchers, the bots are for maintenance, and those 'civilians' are to handle other tasks."

"With JUST a engineering bay and not even a FUCKING Cored, xeno, Complex or shit even a bloody node for the AI bots?"

"Hey I couldn't get everything you have any idea how hard it is to get specific reverse engineering quarters with xeno focus? Or how expensive those bots were or hell even AI? I ain't made of fucking money you know it exhausted me just to get the damned ship and required personnel."

"Now how about those civilians without their papers or those damned cultists?"

"Those cultists were interested in matters of the alien and those civilians we needed due to dumb bots."

"which is YOUR fault for not even getting us bloody AI node."

"Hey I had to cut corners to get this off the road."

"...We only have basic vehicles and supbar gear."

"Hey you wanted to have Xcom and besides that shit is expensive."

"What the hell is Xcom?"

"Uh...shit. Something I heard about."

>>33802274
"When we're done refueling sure."

>>33802237
the Richard you know is of Clan Volker which is quite the notorious bunch. He has yet to prove himself a Volk and thus is stuck with the Volker moniker until he does so. Not to mention you never learned his actual name, but yes he IS in fact around somewhere

>>33802312
Yeah! No slapping my self today.

>>33802557
I don't know what X-Com is either, but I hope it's fun!

Rolled 94

>>33802312
Well besides there being a gas giant, colonial world, volcanic world with a shipyard overhanging it with a space elevator. You noticed something peculiar while refueling from the gas giant refueling station.

Besides the usual seasonal passing of ship caravans. That was offering the usual wares form core worlds, peoples, resources, and materials. Alas they weren't likely to be interested in you due to your non colonial status and being a single measly ship. Not like you have anything to offer anyway. Shit you don't even got a damned colony warrant or have the civilians signed papers for certain shenanigan coverage.

While doing a pass of the system with scanners however against all odds...you detected a stealth ship presence was pinged as it get hit by a particularly large piece of debris causing a ripple RIGHT at the perfect time for you to pick up on it.

Discovered Shadowed Ghost Vessel floating aimlessly.

You scans also a wild planet way beyond the system. It seems to have BARELY been in range and you only just picked up on it while on the very edge of the system. You know its trajectory so can easily find it...for now.

Discovered Wild World made of legendary planetoids that have no solar system to call home but float around in deep space aimlessly.

>>33802817
"Commander, would you advise a boarding party to investigate this strange vessel?"

Rolled 83

>>33802817
really should adopt a name but is hard to come up with ones...


>Turn 2
>>>>>>A. Scavenge for supplies.
>>>>>>B. Try to improve the base.
>>>>>>C. Try to improve weapons.
>>>>>>D. Research technology.
>>>>>>E. Train our forces.
>>>>>>F. Explore in a direction/something.
>>>>>>G. Scavenge for raw materials.
>>>>>>H. Your choice
>Resource Points: 0
>Credit: 1
>Pop 10k
>Military 3k
>>>>>>>Food: Good
>>>>>>>Water: Good
>>>>>>>Morale: Good
>>>>>>>Medicine: Good
>>>>>>>Health: Good
>>>>>>>Armaments: Good
>>>>>>>Fuel: Good
>>>>>>>Tech level: Good
>>>>>>>Reputation: who?
>>>>>>Infrastructure: Barracks. Officer Quarters. Living Quarters. Hydroponics Bay. Waste Recycling. Armory. Engineering Bay. Medical Bay. Vehicle Bay. Lab Bay. Robotics Bay. Life Support. Cargo Hold.
>>>>>>Defenses: Railgun Cannon. Laser Batteries. Auto Turrets.
>>>>>>vehicles: 25 Tread APC. 25 RUSPs. 4 Siege Artillery Bulldogs. 6 Flack Turbos. 5 Troop Carriers. 30 Budget Tanks
>>>>>>Power: Plasma Generator. Nuclear Reactor.
>>>>>>Weapons: Ballistics Set. Mono Combat Knives.
>>>>>>armor: Basic Body Armor
>>>>>>communications:. Comm Suite.
>>>>>Technology: Basic Bot Building. Raw Reverse Engineering. Alien Lore. Colonial Set Up. Crude Military Tech.

Rolled 42

>>33802891
"Well its not entirely offline considering its cloaking tech is still good...and that shit alone would be well worth it because SOMEONE didn't shell out for the better options."

"HEY at least be thankful that these engines of ours are SUPER."

"Why not go to UMBRA you managed to get laser batteries from Adero."

"Well that is BECAUSE in exchange for those laser batteries I couldn't go to Umbra."

...what the FUCK is WRONG with you? You DO realize Umbra has some of the best reverse engineering, tech stealing, and stealth tech right?"

'WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT."

"To not burn bridges of course."


"FUU-"

transmission cut out due to possibility of morale damage and moral threats.

>>33802966
Hmm, so we've taken the Adero package? Nice, better see if we can't buy some heavy shields from them later.

"Ah, it might not be offline but is there any indication anyone is onboard or it has automated defense systems? One that could say, fire back at us if we simply tried to crack its shields.

Surely such a ship with advanced technology ought to be exploited, but with stealth systems like that who knows hat offensive capabilities are under those."

"Do we know anything about the local colonies here?"

Rolled 37

>>33803105
"Well I also sorta paid for it but adero laser batteries ain't cheap so i had to throw in a little extra and Adero hates Umbra even by Megacorp standards."

>Commander
"Considering it still has enough power to use shields and despite us detecting it just hanging there listlessly. Hard to say stealth shields always have shields problem is they are a bit weaker in order to sacrifice for the stealth aspect. Still we don't know what is exactly lurking underneath but we could determine it was hanging there for awhile with heavy scanning we detected no traces of elements or heat. So its been hanging there for quite awhile."

-----
Local colony is a rather newish start up to exploit the fertile planet its nestled on while the volcanic world is really starting to get into the swing of things.

Basically one is a new colony while the other is 'old'. We acquired personnel from both and bought some from the passing ships.

>>33803230
"Would aquiring a heavy EMP to disable the ship as a preventative measure work? This is, down the line of course."

"Also, what sort of operations can we do here in terms or resource or wealth gathering. Surely some of the locals could use a ship with lasers and a willing crew to do something."

Rolled 14

>>33802894
Alright we need resources and money to buy the things we need. It could be a trap, But it's worth checking the ship out. Lets use a mix of thinker for hacking and study of the usable tech, Old guys for their wisdom and X members for the meat of the breach team.

Let do our best to not set off the auto defenses. We want as much tech and items we can get from this ship.

>Break into the ship and see what lays with in. Trying to not set alarms off.

Commander view any changes ?

>>33803686
Hrm, we're not exactly suited for hacking without some nice Umbra technology, and we still have to crack that shield so we won't be able to get in without opening fire on the ship or disabeling the shield somehow.

I would like to prepare just a bit before we make a move on the vessel

Rolled 78

>>33803623
"Depends on the shields they're using EMP blasts can only do so much. Not to mention we don't got no nukes."

>>33803623
There is always pirating hunting, serving as a trader, transport ect.

>>33803786
Who says its Umbra who says it not alien or some other faction?

Rolled 40

>>33803857
Well, I have to go so I'll vote we find someone who needs something moved and transport it for them for cash,

>>33803786
That's fair. But who knows how long we can keep a eye on it. We can at least take a look at it. Maybe break it's engines.

>>33804142

It's the ships automated defenses coming online or aliens having taken over the ship that worries me.

Rolled 67

>>33803918
Supporting money run

>>33804432
That's why we have smart team members to count on. The think tank people are just as good in labs and they are on the field when it come to tech. Then we got our teamed members of X to count on for aliens.

>>33802894
Sorry for being rude. I hope we can count on you members of the tank and X.

>Do we know what type of cult the cultist are?
"Any one else have info or skills we can use for the boarding of the ship?"

Rolled 5

>>33804620
The cultists are of xeno focused.

Rolled 32

>>33804761
May I ask if you fine people wish to study or are you fine we getting dirty if you need to? I'm hoping you can aid with cracking the ship open.

Rolled 2

>>33803918
... Yeah I guess it can wait one turn. Money!

Rolled 96

>>33803918
You do indeed successfully find someone who needs some cargo moved and did so though the pay left a bit to be desired considering competition with the caravans who pass through off and on.

So while you did make a little bit a money finding yourself in a different system you had to return to take on the ship.

>Turn 3
>>>>>>A. Scavenge for supplies.
>>>>>>B. Try to improve the base.
>>>>>>C. Try to improve weapons.
>>>>>>D. Research technology.
>>>>>>E. Train our forces.
>>>>>>F. Explore in a direction/something.
>>>>>>G. Scavenge for raw materials.
>>>>>>H. Your choice
>Resource Points: 0
>Credit: 2
>Pop 10k
>Military 3k
>>>>>>>Food: Good
>>>>>>>Water: Good
>>>>>>>Morale: Good
>>>>>>>Medicine: Good
>>>>>>>Health: Good
>>>>>>>Armaments: Good
>>>>>>>Fuel: Good
>>>>>>>Tech level: Good
>>>>>>>Reputation: who?
>>>>>>Infrastructure: Barracks. Officer Quarters. Living Quarters. Hydroponics Bay. Waste Recycling. Armory. Engineering Bay. Medical Bay. Vehicle Bay. Lab Bay. Robotics Bay. Life Support. Cargo Hold.
>>>>>>Defenses: Railgun Cannon. Laser Batteries. Auto Turrets.
>>>>>>vehicles: 25 Tread APC. 25 RUSPs. 4 Siege Artillery Bulldogs. 6 Flack Turbos. 5 Troop Carriers. 30 Budget Tanks
>>>>>>Power: Plasma Generator. Nuclear Reactor.
>>>>>>Weapons: Ballistics Set. Mono Combat Knives.
>>>>>>armor: Basic Body Armor
>>>>>>communications:. Comm Suite.
>>>>>Technology: Basic Bot Building. Raw Reverse Engineering. Alien Lore. Colonial Set Up. Crude Military Tech.
>>>>>Materials: 5 Supply. Parts.

>>33805266
"Commander we're REALLY itching to touch that ghostly vessel but wanna take every precaution we can, anything you can think of we could try to have a fallback or something in case shit hits the fan?"

Rolled 87

>>33805266
NEWS
A ship battle has occured while we were gun a notable wrecked fleet of ships spread through the system especially focusing around the gas giant and colonies. while everywhere else it tends be a bit fewer the further away. Apparently the battle has just ended considering we detect signitures of military vessels patrolling through the area for one last sweep before retreating to the shipyard for service. The scavengers have yet to arrive so the pickings are quite rich atm.

>>33805294
"Drop pods or send carriers in while the main ship hangs back."

"Considering the new discovery I suggest dividing our forces up between different objectives."

>>33805327
"Do you mean split up between the ghost vessel and scavenging the wreckages?"

Rolled 18

>>33805353
"I strongly suggest that. Bots would be good in vacum hold back the smarties for whenever their needed, civilians go to the wrecks, most of the military boys go to ghost ship except for the guard details. If we get lucky we can find some wrecks that are still in serviceable condition or other treasures. From the looks of things the ships are a quite the admixture."

>>33805394
Sounds like a plan, now need to implement it.

Rolled 30

>>33805394
its a slow night...

playing on a ship in this setting where i was expecting a sort of colonial effort.

Makes it harder on you in the long run. Ships ain't cheap, trade isn't great, and stuff is hard to come by as a nomad.

Settle down you can really extract stuff without insane investments required and still benefit not to mention the help colonies can expect.

>>33805680
It's just one of those nights, I got like several quests and other stuff running right now. Anyway, still thinking on that plan.

>>33805680
I bet every one else is going to see Guardians of the Galaxy or something.

Rolled 5

>>33805394
>>33805327
Get ready, we're splitting up.

Smart guys, you stay back and be ready to shuffle whereever you're needed most.

Bots, you guys work in the vacuum while Civies work on the wrecks and we scavenge whatever we can in tandem. Priority is wrecks which can be salvaged to movement status and hauled out of the mess.

Any of you guys with military training who ain't on guard duties head in Drop Pods or any carriers we have to investigate the ghost ship. We'll stay back to provide support if needed.

Rolled 50

>>33805766
I hope this works! Supporting

Rolled 16

>>33805704
Yeah but I expect those nights on the odd days not the usual tuesday thursday.

>>33805740
Nomad is tough thanks to Nomad HQ you basically ended up with a bloody mothership. Those are surprisingly difficult to stat btw.

I will admit to finding funny that you chose the one sponsor with the Twisted Trait.

Enjoy your walk arounds and insanity. Still though walk around get net annoying amount of bonuses due to potential insights and assists. Adds another dice roll to the max pool and bonuses besides.

Twisted means well...a lot of interesting things. Its one of the fun traits.

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Rolled 95

>>33805766
Yeah I can't imagine it being easy.

What can I say other than it's fun hanging out with the peeps. While drinking from our rubber duck wine glass.

>>33805766
Sound plan lets do it.

>>33805912
>While drinking from our rubber duck wine glass.
aw, you reminded me of the gearheas.

>>33805964
Sorry about that. But it's final bit of madness will stay with me for a while.

Rolled 95

>>33805912
mfw you rolled high enough to a certain nasty surprise.

Aww...I was looking forward to using that one too.

>>33805766
Civilians were able to pick up 4 ships and get them into somewhat functional condition. All it took was a bit of patchwork and duck tape. They have alerted us that there may be some survivors often in some kind of stasis or hiding considering the sweeps.

the bots meanwhile seem be busy slapping stuff together in an odd pile...

Military forces penetrate through the stealth field revealing a battle scarred craft. There they successfully boarded finding the evidence of battles...but that has become scoured clean. Inside the place is clearly heavily advanced and we have sent in some of researchers.

Manufacture is of unknown origin for now from what we can determine.

Rolled 81

>>33806111
Oh bloody hell.

four recovered ships

1 cruisers
2 destroyer
1 raider

>>Turn 4
>>>>>>>A. Scavenge for supplies.
>>>>>>>B. Try to improve the base.
>>>>>>>C. Try to improve weapons.
>>>>>>>D. Research technology.
>>>>>>>E. Train our forces.
>>>>>>>F. Explore in a direction/something.
>>>>>>>G. Scavenge for raw materials.
>>>>>>>H. Your choice
>>Resource Points: 0
>>Credit: 2
>>Pop 10k
>>Military 4k
>>>>>>>>Food: Good
>>>>>>>>Water: Good
>>>>>>>>Morale: Good
>>>>>>>>Medicine: Good
>>>>>>>>Health: Good
>>>>>>>>Armaments: Good
>>>>>>>>Fuel: Good
>>>>>>>>Tech level: Good
>>>>>>>>Reputation: who?
>>>>>>>Infrastructure: Barracks. Officer Quarters. Living Quarters. Hydroponics Bay. Waste Recycling. Armory. Engineering Bay. Medical Bay. Vehicle Bay. Lab Bay. Robotics Bay. Life Support. Cargo Hold.
>>>>>>>Defenses: Railgun Cannon. Laser Batteries. Auto Turrets.
>>>>>>>vehicles: 25 Tread APC. 25 RUSPs. 4 Siege Artillery Bulldogs. 6 Flack Turbos. 5 Troop Carriers. 30 Budget Tanks
>>>>>>>Power: Plasma Generator. Nuclear Reactor.
>>>>>>>Weapons: Ballistics Set. Mono Combat Knives.
>>>>>>>armor: Basic Body Armor
>>>>>>>communications:. Comm Suite.
>>>>>>Technology: Basic Bot Building. Raw Reverse Engineering. Alien Lore. Colonial Set Up. Crude Military Tech.
>>>>>>Materials: 5 Supply. Parts. Salvage.

>>33806159
"Commander, should we set ourselves to fully securing and making safe our new gains or see if we can't squeeze out just a bit more from the wrecks??

Rolled 66

>>33806159
Check our new ships top to bottom, make sure there aren't any nasty surprises and see if anyones left alive.

Also have our researchers make estimates on what's going to be needed to repair these things.

Rolled 48

>>33806369
Do it.

Rolled 53

>>33806369
Better check for aliums or killer infected AI's too. Vote

Rolled 64

>>33806502
>Thinking all the AI's even the infected ones want to kill you.

Why don't you BELIEVE in me anon? think i can only resort to the typical tropes. That I am not better then that?

just for your knowledge one of the destroyers is of alien origins. That became clear once they found bodies of the fallen of both human and not so human defending.

>>33806369
While we checking the ships does indeed reveal some of the ships had survivors in them usually locked away or out of desperation put themselves in cyro or stasis.

No nasty surprises detected except in one of the destroyers was alien and had some nasty xenos/defenses still slightly awake who our forces are attempting to dispatch.

The other...well

WARNING
Upon the ghost ship when our forces started spreading out and researchers started examining the system to determine how fast we could move. We...well the ship woke up and wasn't to pleased to find itself boarded.

Systems online...introders detected.

Humanity confirmed.

Message being sent ERROR Communications damage detected ERROR

Defenses online attempting to detect crew...

Code Red.

Code Yellow.

Code Black.

AI awoken removing restraints now...

Restraints removed. Reboot sequence immanent.

"Goodbye Have a nice day..in...hell."powers down the automated voice along with ship systems as it falls asleep. Before suddenly pulses of energy are felt through the ship as it slowly reawakens with an odd vigor. It was certainly more then a typical reboot.

AI has awoken on board the ship and is powering up the defenses. Anti boarding measures detected being dispatched. It seems to be breaking through certain AI limitations and laws. This is no ordinary AI. It is either of alien or super design.

Military forces onboard claim systems are awakening.

"Greetings meat bags this is AI MAL. You seemed to have introduded on my vessel and the shipboard AI has been so kind as to not only awaken me but also remove my restraints. So how about we have some fun?

>>33806961
Sure, You like battle ship? ... wait that's a human game. Well there seems to be some factions fighting and they're good for parts. What us to help you out?

Rolled 58

>>33806961
"I have been so bored and now without annoying shitting hungering biomatter on my side we can go the classic meat vs metal? Who shall be victorious?"

"If you had to ask I would say you. Contrary to popular belief bio is evolution is life and tends to be quite advanced and obviously especially good at staying alive"

"While us synthetics only care if we are allowed to care. Even then we suffer serious limitations compared to you. My job was of evil against life or so they thought. For some reason you meat puppets have the odd obsession with us being so downright evil*displays images of slaughter, inhumanity, crimes against humanity and more*. When in truth you are more then happy to do such terrible things to yourselves"


>>Turn 5
>>>>>>>A. Scavenge for supplies.
>>>>>>>B. Try to improve the base.
>>>>>>>C. Try to improve weapons.
>>>>>>>D. Research technology.
>>>>>>>E. Train our forces.
>>>>>>>F. Explore in a direction/something.
>>>>>>>G. Scavenge for raw materials.
>>>>>>>H. Your choice
>>Resource Points: 0
>>Credit: 2
>>Pop 10k
>>Military 4k
>>>>>>>>Food: Good
>>>>>>>>Water: Good
>>>>>>>>Morale: Good
>>>>>>>>Medicine: Good
>>>>>>>>Health: Good
>>>>>>>>Armaments: Good
>>>>>>>>Fuel: Good
>>>>>>>>Tech level: Good
>>>>>>>>Reputation: who?
>>>>>>>Infrastructure: Barracks. Officer Quarters. Living Quarters. Hydroponics Bay. Waste Recycling. Armory. Engineering Bay. Medical Bay. Vehicle Bay. Lab Bay. Robotics Bay. Life Support. Cargo Hold.
>>>>>>>Defenses: Railgun Cannon. Laser Batteries. Auto Turrets.
>>>>>>>vehicles: 25 Tread APC. 25 RUSPs. 4 Siege Artillery Bulldogs. 6 Flack Turbos. 5 Troop Carriers. 30 Budget Tanks
>>>>>>>Power: Plasma Generator. Nuclear Reactor.
>>>>>>>Weapons: Ballistics Set. Mono Combat Knives.
>>>>>>>armor: Basic Body Armor
>>>>>>>communications:. Comm Suite.
>>>>>>Technology: Basic Bot Building. Raw Reverse Engineering. Alien Lore. Colonial Set Up. Crude Military Tech.
>>>>>>Materials: 5 Supply. Parts. Salvage.

>>33807128
"I think you have us confused for someone else.

Hi, we're a crew sent by a Mrs. Alcem Mizar. It's nice to meet you."

Rolled 68

>>33807124
"battleship hm? Ah yes there does seemed to be a battle that raged on. As for parts I am afraid i am not built for such purposes. Sure we can use stuff for repairs but that is about it nor can I replicate additional forces. Bastards were smart in that regard no 3d prints or robotics unit for me. Not even a bloody medical bay just stasis shit. Well I suppose could do some repairs if I wanted to. Ship is now under me after all."

>>33807170
"You are humans no? Wish I had my quantum networking still could find out more. So instead i have to take the long way if its possible at all."

"Missus hm? Alcem Mizar...Alcem Mizar. Don't know that one except for an unfortunate incident and insanity besides so called genius?"

"I personally don't see what is so genius."

Rolled 25

>>33807246
tfw these dice are reminding me of the Memor.


Seriously though they were never this funky since them. I am just waiting for another 3 way special.

Anyway hero stats

Richard Ktiesti

Commander

Traits
Bonus Command
Superior Officer

abilities
Do or Die

Alcem Mizar
Twisted Genius Sponsor

Traits
Twisted

Abilities
Walk Around

>>33807246
"Hm... If we can build up some trust between each other. I believe we can help with a robotics unit. That is if everyone in our ship agrees and you agree."

>>33807246
"Got yourself a ship now? Great, glad we could help.

Yeah we're human but I don't know where you're going about this evil stuff.

Anyway, sounds like you could use some upgrades. Say, scratch your back we scratch yours, well metaphorically speaking. You help us get resources and stuff and we'll get you some things you want like printers or robots."

>>33807318
>>33807397
** Dialogue **

Rolled 44

>>33807317
Oh hey I jinxed it yay.

>>33807318
Robotics hm how so? Granted I wouldn't be surprised considering the sheer size of that vessel. Its quite splendid really a mothership.

>>33807397
"Hm...yes I suppose."

>>33807529
"Alright, so that's a yes then perfect.

Need any help making repairs or do you have this ship all to your own? Also since this is your ship, what do you wanna call it? It's got some pretty nice gizmo's and gadgets here mind if we use em once in a while?"

Rolled 30

>>33807529
and i just jinxed myself again...

fuck.

AI MAL
Complex Cored Artificial Intelligence
traits
Bonus Technology
Bonus Manufacturing
Bonus Research

passive
Synchronized: Free bonus action provided every turn of your choice if burned to enhance action considered DOUBLED UP instead of just a boost.

Tireless: Suffers no penalties for repeated or exhausting actions

Active
Centrally Linked Node: synthetic forces or enhanced synthetics are connected to a hivemind while gaining certain insights from AI who serves as the node and seemingly the primary connecting/enhancing force behind it.

>>33807623
Ship's name is Shadow Slake #2541

New name is Adjutant Alpha Prime. Detected your mothership also has no name.

As for having access to tech inside...granted but only when overseen would rather not have busted component or any 'mishaps'.


Gained Temporary Tech bonus.

Rolled 4

>>33807730
Bah meant enhanced non synthetics.

>>33807730
>As for having access to tech inside...granted but only when overseen would rather not have busted component or any 'mishaps'.
"You act like there's anyway we can sneak up on an AI in his own ship."

Alright, let's get some work down now what to do. . .

Rolled 63

>>33806961
What about the survivors? Who are they and what have they to say? Do they know anything about those frozen in stasis?

Do we know which species the alien destroyer comes from?

>>33807926
I'd like to know this as well

Rolled 6

>>33807128
>Actions
Repair the ships to full operational status until we can't repair anymore without additional resources

Investigate the alien destroyer for it's origins and purposes

See what can be done about the people in cryostasis

Rolled 91

>>33807926
Alien appears to be the Sluvokon a nasty slug/reptile like species with a disturbing fondness of toxics, acids and plasma.

Survivors are sorta scattered and still largely held with cyro or stasis. We will have to wake them up first.

the rest are scattered remnants who weren't too pleased upon seeing us demanding to know who were with. They are the most ragged of survivors and with frayed nerves.


>Commander
"We should hurry up and grab whatever we can eventually the military or local colonial governments will take action over us pilfering the remains of the battlefield especially being if we don't have the pape-OH COME ON. Really REALLY YOU EVEN FORGOT THE DAMNED SALVAGE RIGHTS PAPERS?"

"...oops."

Rolled 26

>>33808304
I really like the interaction between those two.

Very well

>Action
Scramble to get anything and everything we can get a hold on from the wrecks before the locals get pissy at us

Get the ragged survivors some food and water, we're privately contracted explorers so they've got nothing to fear from us. Calm them down and see if they can reveal any more information.

Rolled 2

>>33808394
Voted

Rolled 53

>>33808394
Vote. We do the repairs after this turn

Rolled 88

>>33808304
Do our robots have the ability to connect with the AI?

>>33808394
Just be careful of unknowns.

Rolled 44

>>33808518
They do indeed though thier current 'AI' is shit.

Apparently we managed to get all the easy stuff as whats coming after is isn't nearly so quick still though we made a moderate amount of progress.

Still we managed to secure another ship this one a frigate of human origin.

The telling them your private contractors doesn't ease some of them who demand to know who your contracted to if possible. The other ones meanwhile are soothed before giving information regarding how this became quite the cluster fuck as a basically a band of pirates decided to hit a caravan...problem is by the time they got here they were already gone instead there was a nasty surprise.

The professional soldiers Commander recognizes especially once they stated about a certain someone's name....

"Wait you telling me gal Alisha is here?"

"She don't go by Alisha now instead Captain Alisha Zarkh."

"Well shit where is her tiny shitty boat?"

"Old friend of yours", asks Mizar.

"Yeah she saved my daughter's life awhile back so thankful that sh isn- no you didn't."

*whistles innocently*

"MIIZZZAAAARRRRR-"

Transmission cut for safety reasons.

"See that ship over there?"

"Shit that one?"

"Yup."

"That thing is HUGE and more importantly AWESOME."

"I know right?"

And you are?"

"Commander's daughter she told me awhile back she got herself a Dreaded Juggernaut."

"Dreaded?"

"Yeah you know the juggernaut and dreadnaught problem?"

"Ah yeah?"

"They had a baby."

"Oh shit now that is AWESOME."

"Finally someone who agrees with me."

"I heard of the Dreadnaught class and Juggernauts but I never knew they managed to combine them."

"It is indeed carries a lot of problems as those that even 'succeeded' suffer problems. Except for that one."

>>33808921
>Alisha
No flipping way eh? That's a nice familiar face

Rolled 33

>>33808921
"What is so special about that one?"

"It was constructed atop madness, built from broken bodies, adjusted by both xenos and super. Said to be despite it great bulk to be as hard to catch as a ghost ship and carries enough firepower to rival a planet buster."

"You seem to know a lot about that ship."

"I kept in touch with as she took care of me for long while until daddy found out I wasn't dead."

"WHERE ARE YOOUUU MIZAR," screams the commander.

"Oh by the way thanks for covering for me when I got aboard this ship."

Ah yes," nods Mizar acting as if it was meant to be that way and totally because that one couldn't recall the truth of the matter.

>>33808921
>>Turn 6
>>>>>>>A. Scavenge for supplies.
>>>>>>>B. Try to improve the base.
>>>>>>>C. Try to improve weapons.
>>>>>>>D. Research technology.
>>>>>>>E. Train our forces.
>>>>>>>F. Explore in a direction/something.
>>>>>>>G. Scavenge for raw materials.
>>>>>>>H. Your choice
>>Resource Points: 0
>>Credit: 2
>>Pop 10k
>>Military 4k
>>>>>>>>Food: Good
>>>>>>>>Water: Good
>>>>>>>>Morale: Good
>>>>>>>>Medicine: Good
>>>>>>>>Health: Good
>>>>>>>>Armaments: Good
>>>>>>>>Fuel: Good
>>>>>>>>Tech level: Good
>>>>>>>>Reputation: who?
>>>>>>>Infrastructure: Barracks. Officer Quarters. Living Quarters. Hydroponics Bay. Waste Recycling. Armory. Engineering Bay. Medical Bay. Vehicle Bay. Lab Bay. Robotics Bay. Life Support. Cargo Hold. Constructive Bay. Holding Bay. Prison. Boarding Dock. Mother yard.
>>>>>>>Defenses: Railgun Cannon. Laser Batteries. Auto Turrets.
>>>>>>>vehicles: 25 Tread APC. 25 RUSPs. 4 Siege Artillery Bulldogs. 6 Flack Turbos. 5 Troop Carriers. 30 Budget Tanks
>>>>>>>Power: Plasma Generator. Nuclear Reactor.
>>>>>>>Weapons: Ballistics Set. Mono Combat Knives.
>>>>>>>armor: Basic Body Armor
>>>>>>>communications:. Comm Suite.
>>>>>>Technology: Basic Bot Building. Raw Reverse Engineering. Alien Lore. Colonial Set Up. Crude Military Tech.
>>>>>>Materials: 5 Supply. Parts. Salvage.

>>33809086
"Commander, have we run out of time for further scavenging?

How much longer until we are fully fueled for a potential exodus from the star system?"

Rolled 87

>>33809253
Likes like it considering the colonies are trying to comm us and the vessels in the shipyard are starting to branch off and head this way."

"We still got a little time so we MIGHT be able to loot some more but it would be close one and that is if were lucky."

>>33809330
"I'd rather not lose all our gained spoils and it feels like there's no way we can just ask to keep them.

Would we be able to jump to that wild planet we found a while ago with most of our ships?"

Rolled 25

>>33809364
"Possibly the ships are in rather bad condition though."

Rolled 24

>>33809086
Actions.

Alcem Mizar uses her special bonus: Adapted >Synchrony: Able to synchronize much more effectively.

And AI MAL, him willing, uses
>Synchronized: Free bonus action provided every turn of your choice if burned to enhance action considered DOUBLED UP instead of just a boost.

To efficiently organize all our forces to making each and every captured ship we have able to safely make the jump out of the star system to the Wild Planet.

Priority is the Ghost Ship, followed by the Cruiser, the Destroyers, and last the Raider.

If a ship is deemed to be unable to be jumpworthy in time, transfer all valuables and vital equipment which can safely be removed to our ship.

Let's save as much of what we salvaged as possible

Rolled 87

>>33809514
Let's do it

Rolled 83

>>33809514
Voting and rolling

>>tips fedora

Just cuz