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I'm making my Drow nation go FT now. I've amde my intro thread, and that will prove to be an interesting start. But I want to do something big. I've mentioned teh Burning Trail in the RP, which was how teh Drow found Sch'Naggio, a lowly, life and mineral-rich planet that only needed radiation and an eternal cloud cover to fit the Drow enviroment. The Burning Trail was the path the Drow took to the planet, in which they fought off dozens of human space nations, all of them in their early stages, and powers greater than the Drow. The war lasted a century, chipping the 5-billion populated empire to a 5 million population on a rocky moon and a planet in the middle of nowhere.

This war will be between the Drow empire and several Human space factions; not small enough to be pirates, not small enough to be a full-fledged nation, which menas no faction can be bigger than 20 million people. Hopefully tehre will be enough, however, to pose a threat to the Drow.

The story-The Drow Elves have caused problems in the human world for more than two centuries. The Drow were able to secure enough resources to create the largest fleet from Earth, only contested by alien powers and the combined strength of the other Human nations who have embraced space flight and space combat. The Humans have grown paranoid and suspiscious of the Drow, and with good reason. The Drow are finally leaving Sol and the nearby systems, searching for a base of operations, as fighting the Earth-based nations for Sol would be suicide. But the Space-faring antions have no intention on leaving the Drow alive. Many of the nations had been the victims of Drow atrocities in the past, and so the Drow have to fight their way across the galaxy against countless foes and powers looking to take the magical and infernal knowledge assembled by the Drow over milleniums of research and deals with devils and demons. Which means one of the more powerful, more ascended nations will hopefully get involved, or I'll just make my own sinister character for this if nobody shows up in time. I'm hoping that the Drow-Human will take fewer casualties on my part than the bigger power.

Any takers?

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Budda-buh-dah-buh-dah!
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((I'm just going to start and any human attackers will be ananomous until someone claims them. It's been a whiel since I've done first person, so I'm going to do this whole thing from Hatchavin Milath's point of view.))

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I'll jump for at least the beginning. Note that my FT version of myself should fit what you're looking for to the T- fairly smallish group of people that, while generally behaving like raiders are more than technologically advanced enough to smash pretty much anything into paste.

I'm operating on a Dune-esque concept, with instantaneous travel using my own version of the Holzmann drive, coming fromo nly a few planets that are far removed from all important stuff and can be relocated if need be. Add in a near-slavish dedication to the orders coming from the home planet and the Guild Navigators in the quest for the Golden Path, humanity's guaranteed survival, and I've got a perfect reason to attack.

Should I participate, you'll get lots of hit and run attacks on pretty much everything, with my ships bugging out the minute stuff starts turning against them. Like pirate raiders, basically. You can either use me as the thorn in the side that leads to the downfall of the population as someone else wreaks havoc after my calculated stries or I can just go for the full knock-out punch to the majority of the populace.

Your call.

Well, the human factions are more or less just new, smaller nations or larger nations slowly hitting the stars. The humans aren't the biggest threat, I'm hoping one of teh bigger, darker FT players will hop in, like someone who joined the Black Crusade or something like that. I've got a first post ready, just to fluid time the heating of the Drow-Human war that was at the beginning of the Burning Trail.

But you're welcome to join and play as your own Human faction or teh Human Coalition in general until more players pick up. Take your pick, I just want this to happen so I have a histroy for it.

Remember this: No weapons like Xasers or Gasers or whatever those others were called. this is PMT, Pre-Future Tech, and Future Tech. No shields, you have to rely on armor and lasers are in their early stages of development for ship-to-ship combat.

Sorry. I don't swing that way- I'm either a MT/slight PMT nation or a definite FT nation. The stuff in between doesn't fit my style, so I'll be bowing out of this RP then. Good luck in finding someone else!

Bump, then!

I'm rather interested by this thread. If you don't mind, I'll take a look at it a bit later.

Cool, thanks.

Hey, do you think this would get more members if I started the IC thread?

"I'll catch your Drow chief. $5000, for that you get the Drow, the ships, the whole damn thing."

*Cough* I mean uh, yeah methinks I can play your humans.

*Snort*
I'll be back around 6. Play practice.

Well, the human factions are more or less just new, smaller nations or larger nations slowly hitting the stars. The humans aren't the biggest threat, I'm hoping one of teh bigger, darker FT players will hop in, like someone who joined the Black Crusade or something like that. I've got a first post ready, just to fluid time the heating of the Drow-Human war that was at the beginning of the Burning Trail.

But you're welcome to join and play as your own Human faction or teh Human Coalition in general until more players pick up. Take your pick, I just want this to happen so I have a histroy for it.

Remember this: No weapons like Xasers or Gasers or whatever those others were called. this is PMT, Pre-Future Tech, and Future Tech. No shields, you have to rely on armor and lasers are in their early stages of development for ship-to-ship combat.

If it's the way you say, then tagging it as "FT" isn't a very good choice. A better choice would be "NFT". There isn't a single TRUE FT nation that doesn't have some kind of shields, extremely heavy energy weapon, and armor of strange properties. I, for example, am a necron nation, complete with self-regenerating ships.

If it's the way you say, then tagging it as "FT" isn't a very good choice. A better choice would be "NFT". There isn't a single TRUE FT nation that doesn't have some kind of shields, extremely heavy energy weapon, and armor of strange properties. I, for example, am a necron nation, complete with self-regenerating ships.
That's true, I hadn't thought of that. Nothing I can do now, though, except in the IC thread later today.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=494354
IC thread

I've decided that this whole RP has to be more or less a character RP. It must be in 3rd person Limited or 1st person. Write this more like a story and less like an RP. Can you handle that?

Damnit, I would've loved to have joined this RP, it would've been great seeing as how my nation is a nation of mostly Elves (High Elves :)). However, my nation is definately FT, fully outfitted with sheilds, high-powered lasers, and armor with strange properties.

I could pass by with a small force of ships, maybe a small patrol of a light carrier and some frigates. I doubt low-future tech weaponry like the ones you're using could pose a serious threat (except in large quanities), but they wouldn't have the power to completely whipe out your planet in five seconds.

And, of course, character RPs are the best.

Damnit, I would've loved to have joined this RP, it would've been great seeing as how my nation is a nation of mostly Elves (High Elves :)). However, my nation is definately FT, fully outfitted with sheilds, high-powered lasers, and armor with strange properties.

I could pass by with a small force of ships, maybe a small patrol of a light carrier and some frigates. I doubt low-future tech weaponry like the ones you're using could pose a serious threat (except in large quanities), but they wouldn't have the power to completely whipe out your planet in five seconds.

And, of course, character RPs are the best.
Well, you could be an observer, or you could help out Free with RPing the Humans. However, a confrontation between us is garunteed later on. We'll find out about you sooner or later in my true FT RPs, and we'll end up attacking you regardless.

I hope I didn't overstep my boundries there. I kinda got caught up in using an old tactic.

That's fine. Here's a description of the weapons used-

Impact Laser-The primary laser used in ship-to-ship combat, it fires one, high-powered beam to do large amounts of damage to enemy ships, but are ineffective against smaller targets as it's harder to aim at very fast targets like fighters, but easy enough to his a Corvette moving about. Drow Impact Lasers are more powerful than their human equivelents, and have a longer lasting beam.

Cutting Laser-A new technology being deployede by the humans, the Cutting Laser is fast and accurate. It can slice a fighter like a hot knife through butter and can be used to take out entire sections of a ship. It takes far more energy to use, however, and after a full volley it takes a while before it can be used again, and after a full use a ship cannot use any laser-type weapon.

MACs or Gauss Rifles-Magnetic Coil Guns mounted on teh bigger Drow ships and some human ships, they can punch a hole though even the thickest of armor. They require some time to reload and recharge, however. Both sides use stationary MAC orbital cannons for planetary or smaller versions for mobile outpost defense.

Conventional Missiles-Both sides deploy conventional missiles, as they can be mass-produced and edployed quickly. Each missile slot carriers one conventional or nuclear missile, however. After a few Impact laser hits, a flurry of Conventional Missiles can really beat an enemy up.

Nuclear Missiles-Favored by teh Drow more than teh humans, nukes are used for planetary bombardments more than space combat, as most of the radiation and heat is dispelled in space. Nukes are still more powerful and one high-yield nuke can take out two smaller ships while damaging the ones around it.

Fighters (Drow)-Drow fighters are faster, tougher, and better-armed, not to mention in better supply. Drow fighter-pilots are excellently trained and have seen far more combat than any human fighter pilot. Drow fighters are called Gray Fighters because tehy are most often piloted by Gray Dwarves, not Drow. Drow Fighters, despite their speed, are vulnerable to Cutting Lasers, but skilled pilots can destroy missiles mid-flight.

Fighters (Human)-Human fighters are not a single fighter but a whole collection. Humans use space-capable Dropships in space combat, as well, but they make ineffecient landing craft as Drow do not have a defined hangar in their ships. Human fighters are slower, less armored, and not as armed and are just basically inferioir to Gray Fighters and their Dwarven pilots.

If you have any suggestions for other techs, feel free to suggest in the OOC thread before you implement them into the IC thread.

If I'm still free to join, then I'd like to participate as well, though I'll probably start posting after I post up my nation's factbook. I've been neglecting that for far too long. Hopefully that doesn't take too long.

If I'm still free to join, then I'd like to participate as well, though I'll probably start posting after I post up my nation's factbook. I've been neglecting that for far too long. Hopefully that doesn't take too long.
So long as you RP NFT technology.

Oh, and Emp, the Drow hate Surface Elves, so if you're using true FT, you could be the Higher Power. Have your uppers know of the Drow or something and the threat they pose. You could put aside your Civil War for it, as if teh Drow achiieve true FT, they would wage a costly war against you. Of course, we propably will later anyways in my return...

Would the humans have access to any reasonable supply of antimatter? (I'm just going to assume they have plutonium)

Would the humans have access to any reasonable supply of antimatter? (I'm just going to assume they have plutonium)
No. The Human scientific community would be more focused on weapons more reasonable than Antimatter weapons, like new lasers, such as the Cutting Laser. However, some of the less affiliated factions might, but that would have to be someone joining the RP as a more neutral human faction, one that's too big to go into space reasonably yet.

No. The Human scientific community would be more focused on weapons more reasonable than Antimatter weapons, like new lasers, such as the Cutting Laser. However, some of the less affiliated factions might, but that would have to be someone joining the RP as a more neutral human faction, one that's too big to go into space reasonably yet.
I only require a few nanograms, it's not a full anti-matter weapon.

Fine. That much is allowed.

It's a moot point now anyway... Since if I don't let you in on the trick I wouldn't feel right about using it I'll ask for your aproval. Those asteroids, aside from having combustion motors on them *if I have my way* have a single thermonuclear weapon at the center, surrounded by a pusher plate. Nelson's plan is to launch them at the three highest concentrations of ships and us them as frag granades. My questions to you are 1. Are the drow fleets clumped together enough for this to work? 2 Will enough ships be destroyed for the human fleets to win? and 3. If yes to the above would you allow this to happen?

1) Shar Fleet (Hatchavin's) has clumps here and there.
2) Not enough to win, but enough to piss us off, especially Hatchavin, who would probably have the Admiral's fleet executed, no matter what the consequences. The Admiral, being your character, would escape, though.
3) If you really want to.

As my nation is more FT, is it alright if my planet plays a more supportive role with regards to the humans. Since my planet's main focus is on medical supply along with arms manufacturing, perhaps it could be a supplier of medical supplies and some weapon technology.

But since only larger ships like battleships, destroyers, and cruisers are equipped with strong shielding, I could perhaps have a small fleet of trade freighters and medical ships sent on a trade mission with the fleet escorted by some heavily armored but unshielded frigates and corvettes, using the weaponry listed above, along with one shielded but experimental battleship, which, being experimental, would occassionally experience failures in certain systems.

The shields used by the medical ships and battleship require much power and as such, the ships only have them engaged when they enter heated battle. Even so, the medical ships shields could be penetrated with several concentrated impact laser volleys or MACs or Gauss Rifles shots. The battleship's shields would be highly difficult to penetrate, but as the ship is an experimental one, it could fail occassionally.

That would be a good stage for a big fight. I wouldn't let them get to the humans, mind you, maybe a few.

Emp, can I just say that was an amazing post. I bow to your superior skills.

But the Space-faring antions have no intention on leaving the Drow alive. Many of the nations had been the victims of Drow atrocities in the past, and so the Drow have to fight their way across the galaxy against countless foes and powers looking to take the magical and infernal knowledge assembled by the Drow over milleniums of research and deals with devils and demons. Which means one of the more powerful, more ascended nations will hopefully get involved,

Ahem. If I may. While my 'gods' ascended et al aren't precisely mystical, (though there's certainly some of that around) I'm obscenely high-technology. I wouldn't mind interefering in a low level way, aiming to ensure the drow's survival and loss, survival as I actually have a number of drow myself and am somewhat symathetic to them. Conversely, I'm hardly keen on seeing them conquer anyone. So, the objective of my character (A representative of some clandestine organisation, and either a drow, or in the form of one, herself) would be to ensure that they end up stuck on some barren moon somewhere (it's nice to have an achievable goal). Working to achieve this end from the inside of your nation/fleet.

What say you?

Ahem. If I may. While my 'gods' ascended et al aren't precisely mystical, (though there's certainly some of that around) I'm obscenely high-technology. I wouldn't mind interefering in a low level way, aiming to ensure the drow's survival and loss, survival as I actually have a number of drow myself and am somewhat symathetic to them. Conversely, I'm hardly keen on seeing them conquer anyone. So, the objective of my character (A representative of some clandestine organisation, and either a drow, or in the form of one, herself) would be to ensure that they end up stuck on some barren moon somewhere (it's nice to have an achievable goal). Working to achieve this end from the inside of your nation/fleet.

What say you?
Well, Empyr is teh Major Power I've been looking for, so I'm hoping to get inot a long and costly war with them, but you could help us wind up on our soon-to-be home planet, Sch'Naggio. But right now I'm setting up for a bit of an in-conflict, too.

Oh, and Empyr? YOU KILLED T'RISSUAL. I didn't give you permission to do that, dammit! That's a MAJOR plothole! Now I have to fill that! She's alive in my FT nation!

Well, Empyr is teh Major Power I've been looking for, so I'm hoping to get inot a long and costly war with them,
Well, that certainly wouldn't be my objective. Mainly because, fun though murderising drow is, it's not exactly the done thing old-boy.

My character would, ideally act as a presumably posing as a Lolthite cleric physician to either whichever matron mother's most influential, or to the ruling classes in general. This is preferred obviously because it gives an excuse to be close to the nobility, and hopefully ensure that the preffered candidate lives.

My character would, ideally act as a presumably posing as a Lolthite cleric physician to either whichever matron mother's most influential, or to the ruling classes in general. This is preferred obviously because it gives an excuse to be close to the nobility, and hopefully ensure that the preffered candidate lives.
The most important Matron Mother is Alyae Arkenep. We have a modified system in which there is a Queen. Jhaelaste rules the planet, but Alyae rules the split-offs, but mostly in name, as her husband, Hatchavin, has more power. T'rissual is also an important character. Jhaelaste will survive, as will T'rissual, Hatchavin, and Alyae, not to mention Houndril and his master. (He's a Dark Jedi.)

lol. About T'rissual, I could have one of my medical ships detect her up on sensors and break formation from the escort fleet to go and pick her up. Since Aztiluthian medical technology is highly advanced, perhaps we could revive her somehow.

The most important Matron Mother is Alyae Arkenep.

Can I take that as permission then? I don't plan on doing much, actually, aside from possibly and surreptisiously providing the location of the planetoid they eventually end up on. Anyway, back to reading the IC thread in full!

Hmm...That's just too interesting to pass up. But I'm also in teh middle of the post in which she comes back and I introduce Houndril and his Sith master....I might not have time...Sorry, I'm going to stick with what I've got. More spiritual.

Ctan, you have teh green light to go, but wait for my next post.

Oh jeez, I actually didn't kill her. Sorry I didn't leave an OOC post or something about it. They had launched her coffin into space, not her. The pitch black room that Lieutenant Bosch entered with the 'steady breathing' is definately not him, but her in a state of blank/vegetative state. The idea was the try and coax her sanity back from the brink. I'm terribly sorry I didn't say anything, it was 4 in the morning by the time I finished that and I wasn't thinking much farther ahead then my head on a pillow.

And we definately shouldn't RP other people's nation's anymore. Rena would very reluctantly have allowed a Drow on her ship, even less a demon and I thought that by leaving her on that ship to be captured (instead of just some random ship that I could pop open and steal) meant that she was just some minor character to be used for plot development. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I would really like it if we left her (T'Rissual) on the ship and then RP'ed the action of Rena meeting Hatchavin.

I won't form a response until I hear from you.

Oh, one last thing. If we are going to minimally RP people's nations, can we do it on a small time scale such as seconds or minutes instead of days and weeks? Like it's one thing if you RP some of my fighters during a battle (when that happens on a seconds and minutes basis), but it's quiet another to RP days going by and having a meeting on a ship and everything. This is no way meant to be inflammatory or mean as I'm definately guilty of it also.

And Free, thanks for the very kind words, there are definately a lot better people out there than me at this.

All right. I'll delete my previous post and create an appropriate response. No worries, friend. It's all for the sake of writing anyways. That's all it ever is.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=11497822#post11497822
Part 2 of the Burning Trail.

I have a few questions:

Do you want me to act like the Regime? Or as the Colonists that have yet to leave Earth?

I have a few questions:

Do you want me to act like the Regime? Or as the Colonists that have yet to leave Earth?
You could be a seperate fleet from Shep, the humans yet to leave Earth, the human government in general, or your own nation during this time.

Since my nation is older, I could just play as the Regime. It would be easier for me to get into this using my own ships and tech.

Is there a limit to the amount of forces we can use?

Example: 1 Fleet, 2 Fleets, an armada?

The Drow Navy has about 15 military fleets. Lloth and Shar Fleets are the biggest 2, named after their 2 most-worshipped Goddesses, and they're part of the Drow seperatists by this point, as well as 3 other fleets. Shep controls the main Human fleet, which suffered a huge blow at Centauri, but there are several other human 'Guerrila' fleets, fleets who use smaller ships, and as teh war goes on, these fleets increase, and then are swatted by the Drow after they damaged a Cruiser or Frigate, and then the dead ships are used for martyrdom, which increases the number of signups.

And it's less of a single government and more of a coalition of humans.

I have a plan, The Regime would love to help the humans against the evil Drow. I could have one of my fleets come and try to launch a surprise attack against one of your shipyards. Keep in mind we will try to attack covertly, Thus will be coming in cloaked and on silent heading until we are in striking distance...

I have a plan, The Regime would love to help the humans against the evil Drow. I could have one of my fleets come and try to launch a surprise attack against one of your shipyards. Keep in mind we will try to attack covertly, Thus will be coming in cloaked and on silent heading until we are in striking distance...
Well, the Drow military is about to get its ass handed to it by the Moon Elves of Empyrean Heights, and the survivors, mostly civilians, will flee the planet and join the Seperatists, including the Queen. We need to make the treaty between the Humans and the Drow. Better yet, the Empyrean Heights and teh Drow, as teh humans would continue to attack them.