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OOC: Warlords of the Void Sci-fi Strategy/Roleplay game.
For those of you that have been following the other threads I have run I like to try different things. So I think it is time for another Strategy thread. Since I have done the semi-historical (lite on the history high on the fantasy adventure) thread with much successes I think. It has run for at least a year and has only gained more players since the start. During this time I have seen great ideas and role-play. Now I want to carter to a whole new group of players/writers.
The new thread will be a true Sci-fi/fantasy thread. Starships and magic......knights and wizards and conquest of the galaxy. A chance to command assassins, lead holy crusades, build factories, send troops to war, or you can just sit in your palace raise taxes and wonder why nobody except your mistress likes you.....
The short version though I hope you read on is Dune meets Star Wars with 50% Flash Gordon pulp space adventures. Looking for leaders and soldiers.
Welcome to the Void pathetic human!!!!
Some 800 years ago the Great and Powerful God Kronos pasted the blade of power to his powerful lord Great Marquis Andrealphus. With 30 legions (4000 men to an imperial legion) of power armor troops he struck out across the galaxy. He drove back the soul stealers, killed millions of Space Orks, and almost wiped out the Cyclops and mutants hordes. He was ruthless in his conquests always fight only stopping long enough to build a fortress and drive on to the next goal. Then he wed Princess Magdalena Dorothea, the Evening Star of Ferval. She in her own right was a powerful noble. She was a assassin, wizard, and power sword maker. Over the many centuries she would teach him and bare him many children whether naturally or by clones. Though it is said she taught only the princesses the ways of magic. The emperor destroyed much and built even more.....
With the magic the now Grand Emperor learned how to construct a massive field that enveloped all captured territory (some 183 worlds, space stations, and livable asteroids). He had hoped it would be a shield but it fell short of that wish greatly. It created a barrier that filled with a reddish fog. It allowed most subjects to breath in the upper atmosphere. As a barrier to invaders it lacks any real defensive value. A starship can fly through it like it is nothing more then a brick wall. This displeased the emperor greatly who some 500 years ago began constructing an armada and it has been one of his continuing projects.
Now to answer some questions some of you may be having at this point. The Emperor has kept himself alive for these some 900 years due to magic, science, and sheer will power. Now he resides inside the palace communicating through computers as he lies in a healing vat. Over the years he has had many clone bodies and used magic and potions to keep him young. Some believe but would never say in court that it has made him unstable. Still orders come and wars go on against the above-mentioned enemies outside the Void. The Empress rules over the grand council and the House of Lords but often tends to her some 25 covens of witches (think warrior nuns ) and other secret societies of witches. She is also the patron to Astarte goddess of fertility, love and sexuality. The sisters of the church preach the joys of love and marriage, but on the same hand run brothel near military bases and knight chapters. The children produced in these encounters become wards of the church and are given to covens or chapters to raise and train as soldiers or witches depending on need. The empress though junior partner in the relationship is not one to be trifled with is a daughter of Kronos. She hence ages very slowly and for a woman of some 500 years she looks like a young 40 and still enjoys having children often is known to keep several 24 days in a row.
The original 30 legions formed the first knightly chapters which now number some 48 with thousands of fighting man and some say tens of thousands supporters ( armor makers, transport crews, priests, factory workers....etc.) The Emperor knights all these star knights personally and the priests of Krono bless their standards. There heavy armor allows them to take many direct laser hits and explosive damage. It makes them huge (standard unit makes a knight 7' tall) and hence a power crystal generator is necessary to move and fight. The weapons are still handled in hand whether it is standard laser weapons or energy swords (okay a light sabers), power sword (sword with a force field around it) or plasma pistols and rifles (very rare). With the many violent forms of life and enemies of the empire the chapters are kept busy fighting all over the galaxy. They recruit from noble and freemen alike and sometimes-even peasants. They are a force that is not easily defeated which seldom happens. The heavy power armor they use is very expensive so often outside the knights only nobles own suits. Some custom rigs include jetpacks, rocket racks, and heavy plasma cannon packs.
The social order of the empire goes as peasant, freeman, noble and knight, then on top governors and the royal family. When the emperor established the Void he had little left of his people because of the years of constant warfare. So his second in command Caym the teacher was charge with the rebuilding. Basically provide people to fill the army and build and care for the many palaces the emperor wished to build. So Caym began to build generators hundreds of them that could easy clone the necessary personnel. As many as a million new lives were created in a month. First just peasants (think typical male and female European villagers like Lord of the Realms) and soldiers (equipped with liter combat armor think aluminum but with the strength of titanium layered then laser weapons and grenades with many carrying power swords). Production levels only increased as they settled and fought on the worlds of the empire. In the following years sailors (for the starships) priests (for the church) and factory workers (you get the idea) were added to fill up the empire.
For service to the empire in the earlier wars all were rewarded with land. These became the freemen. A working class war group. Generally they can be described is having one city with factories a small armies, and modest fortress homes. These clans are the backbone of the empire. They produce the goods, fight the wars, and provide recruits for the bureaucracy and priesthood. The nobles are much the same, with a greater difference in wealth, title, and amount of land. While a freeman may be a regional official and noble with be governor of a planet. The nobles always have seats in council while freeman must run for them. Most freeman can field legions while nobles can field armies. The ranks are knight, Baron, Marquis, Count, Duke, Archduke, Emperor. A young princess or prince of the empire can look forward to a life in court of their parents or the Emperor then shipped off to a skill school (martial arts, magic, industry), or the military academies. Many spend their lives either at lavish parties and orgies or dying on some godforsaken planet for the glory of the empire. Ain't life grand.
Technology is impressive even if many of the nobles still carry swords. Laser weapons fire up to three shots then need a short break to repower. Hence things are like pike and shop warfare so having a good sword handy is useful. Plasma weapons can fire rapidly, but the manufacture of these weapons is difficult and expensive. Imperials have duplicators (think replicators but I don't want to be sued here....lol) that are either nutritional, commercial, or industrial. While they can produce most anything they have their limits (thousand coffees in 12 hours, 100 rapiers ever 5 or 8 plasma cutters a week) so factories are still needed and of coarse there are custom jobs. The duplication of some items is outlawed and often trade guilds lobby to keep some items hand made.
Imperials (humans) are not the only race to inhabit the Void.
1-There are the boarmen. Basically tusked pig humanoids that are often called warboars. The love to fight and carry several butcher knives as well as a power broad sword as a rule. They do use laser weapons when it comes to "business." They have their own world where they dual, live like gluttons, and wait for the next war. The love to drink steins full of ale and large pizzas. They are only capable of maintaining large transport ships to fly to combat assignments. They hate greys but like lizzardmen. They love hot jungle worlds. They use cloning and generators to produce new warriors.
2-Grey aliens. The short gray big eyed little guys. They fight but with rather are building flying saucers (post imperials use rocket ships). They are a race of factory workers and technicians. Not combat savvy as some of the other races they like to have lizard men on their ships and worlds. Greys are able to make plasma pistols cheaply and use them often. They love to build a class of ships they call light scouts though they are capable of building some of the largest battle ships, but only with imperial permission. These strange little creatures love lobsters and baked potatoes to eat and on their worlds it seems like there is a dozen restaurants only serving that on the block. They enjoy drinking rootbeer as well. Though they reside on many planets typically they like wide-open space or the complete opposite like life onboard space stations. Greys know the generator technology very well and the standard unit will produce 300 grey soldier/technicians a week.
3-Lizardmen rough, tough short warriors of the galaxy (greys are average 4' tall, lizardmen are 5'). They look like short little raptors with bowie knives and love the primitive machineguns (though they have added piercing and explosive rounds to go through armor). Also they still have class and their teeth. They always wear their green jump suits. They live to fight and search always for glory battle. The Platoon is their family. They often fight employment with greys, but volunteer to form legions to fight the enemies of the galaxy. They like to eat Chinese food ( a program meal from Teran duplicators) and cola. Their females lay eggs but have "discover" technology to produce thousands of eggs and hatch them in large heated nurseries. A young lizard can carry a blade in days. They often buy light scouts from the Greys to use as transport, but have been known to build their own. The motto live to die is common in their society.
4-Amazons though human in appearance are actually more like elves. They have toned strong bodies and pointed ears. They love the bow and power sword and live in all female colonies and worlds around the empire. There life is the way of the warrioress. Praying, farm work, and training are a daily life. If a woman is not in her armor (always hand made) she is in her training Gi. The contact with men is limited to that of merchants and imperial officials. They do not hate man and many adventure around the empire, but generally they feel the sisterhood is stronger. They are farmers and hunters and live the simple life on their planets. They do use generators, but only to produce female soldiers and priests. Generally little girls are created in cloning with both wives giving blood and then praying at shrine. Some sects continue to carry their own children and not use the clone tanks though. Many covens form elite guards with these women, and many noble women use them as loyal bodyguards. They often use a star frigate for transport and fighting. They hate the Boarmen and often will begin fighting at the mere sight of them.
5-Space Dwarves are the tough bearded warriors they always have been. Loving to build and work their worlds is filled with large Smokey factories and deep mines. They love to adventure and fight the many strange creatures of the galaxy. They often have crusades to wipe out soul stealers and are always up to fight space pirates. The dwarves are split into two groups culturally. First are the commanders all nobles and military men. They dress like little Napoleonic uniforms and love power rapiers and laser pistols. They ride war ponies and are the clear leaders. They drink wine by the gallons and often at a dinner party each guest will have his own turkey. The "lower class" is the ax wielders. The work the factories and mines with the dwarf peasants and are all soldier/craftsmen. Power axes are made by hand which they all carry. Many make hand made weapons for a living and go where the work is so they travel. They love cheeseburgers and like to wash them down with logger. The two classes get along for the most part but always wonder how the other can live such a way. They are always united against enemies though.
6-Terans are the original humans taken as prisoners by the Greys. Though the home world is but a legend and many generations have lived in the empire they are still the rebels. Not allowed to own property or office they are always on the outside of the empire. They make up 90% of the pirate fleet. They raid imperial worlds in peacetime, and in wartime are privateers. They love heavy laser pistols and power cutlasses. Generally they get along or will fight anyone but they hate Greys oh brought them to the empire. The Terans aren't picky eaters but are at home with burgers, fries, and cold beer. The medium size grey combat escort ship and destroyer are favorites to capture and use in raids. How many Terans there are is a mystery.
Phew.........Sorry just need to throw out my idea. Care to be a warlord. Command a city-state or other setup on one of the habitable asteroid worlds. Make your own sci-fi path. Ask me questions. The race list isn't complete so suggest things. This is a space saga waiting to happen...........join me. Space, magic and adventure.
For those of you that have been following the other threads I have run I like to try different things. So I think it is time for another Strategy thread. Since I have done the semi-historical (lite on the history high on the fantasy adventure) thread with much successes I think. It has run for at least a year and has only gained more players since the start. During this time I have seen great ideas and role-play. Now I want to carter to a whole new group of players/writers.
The new thread will be a true Sci-fi/fantasy thread. Starships and magic......knights and wizards and conquest of the galaxy. A chance to command assassins, lead holy crusades, build factories, send troops to war, or you can just sit in your palace raise taxes and wonder why nobody except your mistress likes you.....
The short version though I hope you read on is Dune meets Star Wars with 50% Flash Gordon pulp space adventures. Looking for leaders and soldiers.
Welcome to the Void pathetic human!!!!
Some 800 years ago the Great and Powerful God Kronos pasted the blade of power to his powerful lord Great Marquis Andrealphus. With 30 legions (4000 men to an imperial legion) of power armor troops he struck out across the galaxy. He drove back the soul stealers, killed millions of Space Orks, and almost wiped out the Cyclops and mutants hordes. He was ruthless in his conquests always fight only stopping long enough to build a fortress and drive on to the next goal. Then he wed Princess Magdalena Dorothea, the Evening Star of Ferval. She in her own right was a powerful noble. She was a assassin, wizard, and power sword maker. Over the many centuries she would teach him and bare him many children whether naturally or by clones. Though it is said she taught only the princesses the ways of magic. The emperor destroyed much and built even more.....
With the magic the now Grand Emperor learned how to construct a massive field that enveloped all captured territory (some 183 worlds, space stations, and livable asteroids). He had hoped it would be a shield but it fell short of that wish greatly. It created a barrier that filled with a reddish fog. It allowed most subjects to breath in the upper atmosphere. As a barrier to invaders it lacks any real defensive value. A starship can fly through it like it is nothing more then a brick wall. This displeased the emperor greatly who some 500 years ago began constructing an armada and it has been one of his continuing projects.
Now to answer some questions some of you may be having at this point. The Emperor has kept himself alive for these some 900 years due to magic, science, and sheer will power. Now he resides inside the palace communicating through computers as he lies in a healing vat. Over the years he has had many clone bodies and used magic and potions to keep him young. Some believe but would never say in court that it has made him unstable. Still orders come and wars go on against the above-mentioned enemies outside the Void. The Empress rules over the grand council and the House of Lords but often tends to her some 25 covens of witches (think warrior nuns ) and other secret societies of witches. She is also the patron to Astarte goddess of fertility, love and sexuality. The sisters of the church preach the joys of love and marriage, but on the same hand run brothel near military bases and knight chapters. The children produced in these encounters become wards of the church and are given to covens or chapters to raise and train as soldiers or witches depending on need. The empress though junior partner in the relationship is not one to be trifled with is a daughter of Kronos. She hence ages very slowly and for a woman of some 500 years she looks like a young 40 and still enjoys having children often is known to keep several 24 days in a row.
The original 30 legions formed the first knightly chapters which now number some 48 with thousands of fighting man and some say tens of thousands supporters ( armor makers, transport crews, priests, factory workers....etc.) The Emperor knights all these star knights personally and the priests of Krono bless their standards. There heavy armor allows them to take many direct laser hits and explosive damage. It makes them huge (standard unit makes a knight 7' tall) and hence a power crystal generator is necessary to move and fight. The weapons are still handled in hand whether it is standard laser weapons or energy swords (okay a light sabers), power sword (sword with a force field around it) or plasma pistols and rifles (very rare). With the many violent forms of life and enemies of the empire the chapters are kept busy fighting all over the galaxy. They recruit from noble and freemen alike and sometimes-even peasants. They are a force that is not easily defeated which seldom happens. The heavy power armor they use is very expensive so often outside the knights only nobles own suits. Some custom rigs include jetpacks, rocket racks, and heavy plasma cannon packs.
The social order of the empire goes as peasant, freeman, noble and knight, then on top governors and the royal family. When the emperor established the Void he had little left of his people because of the years of constant warfare. So his second in command Caym the teacher was charge with the rebuilding. Basically provide people to fill the army and build and care for the many palaces the emperor wished to build. So Caym began to build generators hundreds of them that could easy clone the necessary personnel. As many as a million new lives were created in a month. First just peasants (think typical male and female European villagers like Lord of the Realms) and soldiers (equipped with liter combat armor think aluminum but with the strength of titanium layered then laser weapons and grenades with many carrying power swords). Production levels only increased as they settled and fought on the worlds of the empire. In the following years sailors (for the starships) priests (for the church) and factory workers (you get the idea) were added to fill up the empire.
For service to the empire in the earlier wars all were rewarded with land. These became the freemen. A working class war group. Generally they can be described is having one city with factories a small armies, and modest fortress homes. These clans are the backbone of the empire. They produce the goods, fight the wars, and provide recruits for the bureaucracy and priesthood. The nobles are much the same, with a greater difference in wealth, title, and amount of land. While a freeman may be a regional official and noble with be governor of a planet. The nobles always have seats in council while freeman must run for them. Most freeman can field legions while nobles can field armies. The ranks are knight, Baron, Marquis, Count, Duke, Archduke, Emperor. A young princess or prince of the empire can look forward to a life in court of their parents or the Emperor then shipped off to a skill school (martial arts, magic, industry), or the military academies. Many spend their lives either at lavish parties and orgies or dying on some godforsaken planet for the glory of the empire. Ain't life grand.
Technology is impressive even if many of the nobles still carry swords. Laser weapons fire up to three shots then need a short break to repower. Hence things are like pike and shop warfare so having a good sword handy is useful. Plasma weapons can fire rapidly, but the manufacture of these weapons is difficult and expensive. Imperials have duplicators (think replicators but I don't want to be sued here....lol) that are either nutritional, commercial, or industrial. While they can produce most anything they have their limits (thousand coffees in 12 hours, 100 rapiers ever 5 or 8 plasma cutters a week) so factories are still needed and of coarse there are custom jobs. The duplication of some items is outlawed and often trade guilds lobby to keep some items hand made.
Imperials (humans) are not the only race to inhabit the Void.
1-There are the boarmen. Basically tusked pig humanoids that are often called warboars. The love to fight and carry several butcher knives as well as a power broad sword as a rule. They do use laser weapons when it comes to "business." They have their own world where they dual, live like gluttons, and wait for the next war. The love to drink steins full of ale and large pizzas. They are only capable of maintaining large transport ships to fly to combat assignments. They hate greys but like lizzardmen. They love hot jungle worlds. They use cloning and generators to produce new warriors.
2-Grey aliens. The short gray big eyed little guys. They fight but with rather are building flying saucers (post imperials use rocket ships). They are a race of factory workers and technicians. Not combat savvy as some of the other races they like to have lizard men on their ships and worlds. Greys are able to make plasma pistols cheaply and use them often. They love to build a class of ships they call light scouts though they are capable of building some of the largest battle ships, but only with imperial permission. These strange little creatures love lobsters and baked potatoes to eat and on their worlds it seems like there is a dozen restaurants only serving that on the block. They enjoy drinking rootbeer as well. Though they reside on many planets typically they like wide-open space or the complete opposite like life onboard space stations. Greys know the generator technology very well and the standard unit will produce 300 grey soldier/technicians a week.
3-Lizardmen rough, tough short warriors of the galaxy (greys are average 4' tall, lizardmen are 5'). They look like short little raptors with bowie knives and love the primitive machineguns (though they have added piercing and explosive rounds to go through armor). Also they still have class and their teeth. They always wear their green jump suits. They live to fight and search always for glory battle. The Platoon is their family. They often fight employment with greys, but volunteer to form legions to fight the enemies of the galaxy. They like to eat Chinese food ( a program meal from Teran duplicators) and cola. Their females lay eggs but have "discover" technology to produce thousands of eggs and hatch them in large heated nurseries. A young lizard can carry a blade in days. They often buy light scouts from the Greys to use as transport, but have been known to build their own. The motto live to die is common in their society.
4-Amazons though human in appearance are actually more like elves. They have toned strong bodies and pointed ears. They love the bow and power sword and live in all female colonies and worlds around the empire. There life is the way of the warrioress. Praying, farm work, and training are a daily life. If a woman is not in her armor (always hand made) she is in her training Gi. The contact with men is limited to that of merchants and imperial officials. They do not hate man and many adventure around the empire, but generally they feel the sisterhood is stronger. They are farmers and hunters and live the simple life on their planets. They do use generators, but only to produce female soldiers and priests. Generally little girls are created in cloning with both wives giving blood and then praying at shrine. Some sects continue to carry their own children and not use the clone tanks though. Many covens form elite guards with these women, and many noble women use them as loyal bodyguards. They often use a star frigate for transport and fighting. They hate the Boarmen and often will begin fighting at the mere sight of them.
5-Space Dwarves are the tough bearded warriors they always have been. Loving to build and work their worlds is filled with large Smokey factories and deep mines. They love to adventure and fight the many strange creatures of the galaxy. They often have crusades to wipe out soul stealers and are always up to fight space pirates. The dwarves are split into two groups culturally. First are the commanders all nobles and military men. They dress like little Napoleonic uniforms and love power rapiers and laser pistols. They ride war ponies and are the clear leaders. They drink wine by the gallons and often at a dinner party each guest will have his own turkey. The "lower class" is the ax wielders. The work the factories and mines with the dwarf peasants and are all soldier/craftsmen. Power axes are made by hand which they all carry. Many make hand made weapons for a living and go where the work is so they travel. They love cheeseburgers and like to wash them down with logger. The two classes get along for the most part but always wonder how the other can live such a way. They are always united against enemies though.
6-Terans are the original humans taken as prisoners by the Greys. Though the home world is but a legend and many generations have lived in the empire they are still the rebels. Not allowed to own property or office they are always on the outside of the empire. They make up 90% of the pirate fleet. They raid imperial worlds in peacetime, and in wartime are privateers. They love heavy laser pistols and power cutlasses. Generally they get along or will fight anyone but they hate Greys oh brought them to the empire. The Terans aren't picky eaters but are at home with burgers, fries, and cold beer. The medium size grey combat escort ship and destroyer are favorites to capture and use in raids. How many Terans there are is a mystery.
Phew.........Sorry just need to throw out my idea. Care to be a warlord. Command a city-state or other setup on one of the habitable asteroid worlds. Make your own sci-fi path. Ask me questions. The race list isn't complete so suggest things. This is a space saga waiting to happen...........join me. Space, magic and adventure.
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