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The planet Tella is located in a remote solar system, in a distant galaxy not often visited. It's inhabitants are familiar with space-travel, but had never met any other space-faring species. Until five years ago. The Centauri, as the Tellans call them, are an advanced species, very aggressive, intelligent and mean. Combine these three qualities with a reptilian body and advanced technology, and you have the nightmare of a civilization. The Centaurians quickly established a base on a nearby planet, ignoring all efforts of communication that the Tellans made. When they had succeeded in this, they turned their attention on the Tellan planet. Their goal was simple. Using Tella and its inhabitants as a "shooting-range", to test their technology on. Their main objective was a large scale ground offensive, but when they realized that the Tellans weren't going to let this happen, they changed tactic. During the past four years, the Centauri have been terrorizing the planets population with orbital bombardement *picture of large impact-crater in densly populated city*.

The Tellans were therefore soon forced to gather all the planets population into bee-hive similar cities, surrounded by powerfull shields that protected its inhabitants day and night. The Tellan armed forces fight an uneven battle against the Centauri forces, and even if their scientists regularly develop new weaponry, there is no assurance that this will prevent a Centauri invasion, and the distruction of a civilization. The newest form of Centauri terror is as ruthless as its creator; Centaurian advanced technology enables them to clone human-beings, including their memory, and place a nearly undetectable nuclear bomb in their heart. After killing the real human, the clone is released into the city, and detonated at a preprogramed location, causing immense destruction.

It was in this period of time, that an Asfaltic ship came in contact with the Terrans. After learning about the current situation, the king of Asfaltum has decided to send a joint task-force to assist the Tellans in their fight against the Centauri, and destroy the Centauri base on the neighbouring planet.

Asfaltum is hereby looking for volountary nations, who are willing to contribute a small task-force of ships. ( Maximum 10 ships per nation )
As this task-force will be led by Asfaltum, you will take orders from Asfaltum (me), ...but not so often ;).

OOC: Sorry for the lengthy intro... I'm also looking for someone who is willing to RP as Tella and of course, as the Centauri.

These are the Tellan forces:
5 large battle-ships
10 middle class battle-ships
15 small class battle-ships
2 middle class carriers
2 space stations in orbit around Tella (one of which has been recently damaged)

The Centauri forces are unknown... but I'll establish them as soon as I know how many participants we'll have.
(Remember, max 10 ships per nation, and please, only sign up if you really are intending to participate and not ditch the thread at the first best occasion. Thanks.)

Sure, why not. I'm in.

P.S. Please write how many ships you are going to contribute, or, if you want to play as Tella or the Cenaturi, say so.

If I could create some sadistic leaders, some horrible biological weapons, and a realistic set of values for the Centauri, (Not just "grah I am teh bad guy", but more complex ideals), I'd love to RP them.

If I could create some sadistic leaders, some horrible biological weapons, and a realistic set of values for the Centauri, (Not just "grah I am teh bad guy", but more complex ideals), I'd love to RP them.

Sorry, but "grah I'm teh bad guy" is exactly the effect that I want to give...
and btw of "sadistic leaders", the whole bloody species is sadistic... so, you'll have plenty of potential...;)

I'm not saying I won't make them.. antagonists, I'm merely saying that having people evil for no good reason isn't fun. A completely different moral compass, coupled with a race that seems a little more feasible from an evolutionary viewpoint is something I'd want to RP.

But yeah, if you don't want that, that's cool. I mean, evil is good, and all, but you need a social system that supports war properly, otherwise the race just ain't feasible. And it becomes 'grah the bad guy', with nothing to figure out.

I'm in.
My Ships:
1 Goliath Star Destroyer
2 Paragon Star Destroyers
1 Providence Star Destroyer
1 Venator Star Destroyer
5 Correlian Gunships

OOC :

I'm in . I'll play as the Imperial Mationbuds Navy Flotilla 15 .

They comprise of :

-1 Wraith Class Super Star Destroyer
-2 Imperial MkIII Star Destroyers
-4 VictoryII Star Destroyers
-1 Interdictor Cruiser
-1 Venator Class Star Destroyer

And they have a wide variety of smaller gunships within them . Note this will most probably be what I'll be using throughout the entire duration of this RP unless someone has some uber-big fleet ...

If I could create some sadistic leaders, some horrible biological weapons, and a realistic set of values for the Centauri, (Not just "grah I am teh bad guy", but more complex ideals), I'd love to RP them.

I strongly advise you to accept this offer, Asfaltum. You're highly unlikely to get a better one. Don't worry, I'm sure HT will include plenty of 'Grah!' for you...

(He TGed me, and it's all cool)

Thank you all for joining.

SkillCrossbones: Confirmed

Mationsbuds: Confirmed, even though you are bringing more than 10 ships...

Wanderjar: Not Confirmed (yet), please state how many ships you intend to contribute... or if you want to play as Tella, I would appreciate that...

Hyperspatial Travel: Confirmed. You are welcome to make the Centauri into whatever you want, as long as: their social system is based on "survival of the strongest, kill the weak", they are ruthless, and consider the Tellans (and everybody else) as an inferior race. ...kinda like hitler, now that I come to think of it... =)


There is still place for more participants, so if anyone else wants to join,
you're welcome in.

Thank you all for joining.

SkillCrossbones: Confirmed

Mationsbuds: Confirmed, even though you are bringing more than 10 ships...

Wanderjar: Not Confirmed (yet), please state how many ships you intend to contribute... or if you want to play as Tella, I would appreciate that...

Hyperspatial Travel: Confirmed. You are welcome to make the Centauri into whatever you want, as long as: their social system is based on "survival of the strongest, kill the weak", they are ruthless, and consider the Tellans (and everybody else) as an inferior race. ...kinda like hitler, now that I come to think of it... =)


There is still place for more participants, so if anyone else wants to join,
you're welcome in.


Oops , I will edit the ship list to fit the 10 :P

Oops , I will edit the ship list to fit the 10 :P

That wasn't really necessary, exceptions can be made, but thanks for doing that anyway... :-P

That wasn't really necessary, exceptions can be made, but thanks for doing that anyway... :-P

OOC :
Sure , no problem . I'm tryna be a "normal" RPer . :P

OOC :
And they have a wide variety of smaller gunships within them . Note this will most probably be what I'll be using throughout the entire duration of this RP unless someone has some uber-big fleet ...

Wide variety of smaller gunships...? Well, that's ok, if you mean fighter-craft. Other than your 10 battle-ships, you're not allowed to have any other ships (exept fighter-craft). Just to keep things simple. :-P

"Note this will most probably be what I'll be using throughout the entire duration of this RP unless someone has some uber-big fleet ..."
I don't think there will be any big fleets, unless the Centauri call for back-up from their home world (even though I doubt Hyperspatial Travel would do that). In that case we will all call for our main fleets, and have us a big slaghtering free-for-all. :-P
But until then, it's the "Allies" against the Centauri.

Is it ok if I scale the Centauri up, depending on how many people join? Say, fifteen-odd Centauri ships for every joiner? (After all, if you outnumber them and have the Tellans as allies, it won't be much of a war)

Is it ok if I scale the Centauri up, depending on how many people join? Say, fifteen-odd Centauri ships for every joiner? (After all, if you outnumber them and have the Tellans as allies, it won't be much of a war)

Oh, you don't need to worry about that. I confronted that problem in my first post:
These are the Tellan forces:
5 large battle-ships
10 middle class battle-ships
15 small class battle-ships
2 middle class carriers
2 space stations in orbit around Tella (one of which has been recently damaged)

The Centauri forces are unknown... but I'll establish them as soon as I know how many participants we'll have.

Just leave it to me. When the RP begins, I'll post the exact forces of all the participants, besides, from the beginning the Centauri outnumbered the Tellans... and I was actually thinking about letting you have more ships than us anyway, so... don't worry, that'll be taken care of. If you don't agree with the number of ships that I'll give you, then you can just say so, and give me a proposition. Fair?

I'd like to get in on this. I'm still nerfing my Navy a bit, so my NSWiki is out of date (don't pay it any mind for right now).

2 Krazny VI-class Destroyers.
1 Hadjind'nah-class Weaponship.
1 Io III-class Battleship.
1 Apotheosis II-class Carrier.
3 Malta-class Corvettes.

I'd like to get in on this. I'm still nerfing my Navy a bit, so my NSWiki is out of date (don't pay it any mind for right now).

2 Krazny VI-class Destroyers.
1 Hadjind'nah-class Weaponship.
1 Io III-class Battleship.
1 Apotheosis II-class Carrier.
3 Malta-class Corvettes.

Roger that!
Asfaltum confirms your wish.


The current status is this:

SkillCrossbones: Confirmed

Mationsbuds: Confirmed

Crimson Vaal: Confirmed

Wanderjar: Not Confirmed (yet), please state how many ships you intend to contribute... or if you want to play as Tella, I would appreciate that...

Hyperspatial Travel: Confirmed. You are welcome to make the Centauri into whatever you want, as long as: their social system is based on "survival of the strongest, kill the weak", they are ruthless, and consider the Tellans (and everybody else) as an inferior race. ...kinda like hitler, now that I come to think of it... =)

This sign-up is almost closed.

There is only one RP position free: Tella
...and if Wanderjar clames it, the sign-up will officially end.

(If nobody will clame it until Monday, then I'll RP it myself.)

Wide variety of smaller gunships...? Well, that's ok, if you mean fighter-craft. Other than your 10 battle-ships, you're not allowed to have any other ships (exept fighter-craft). Just to keep things simple. :-P

"Note this will most probably be what I'll be using throughout the entire duration of this RP unless someone has some uber-big fleet ..."
I don't think there will be any big fleets, unless the Centauri call for back-up from their home world (even though I doubt Hyperspatial Travel would do that). In that case we will all call for our main fleets, and have us a big slaghtering free-for-all. :-P
But until then, it's the "Allies" against the Centauri.

OOC :

Lol , smaller gunships are the Honor Class Gunships .

They are 50m long flying fortresses like a modern day heavy bomber and armed with Turbolasers , Laser Cannons and Torpedo Tubes . Each is capable of individual FTL travel .

And yes , if the Centauri bring in some uber large fleet I will bring in my uber large fleet too :P

OOC :

Lol , smaller gunships are the Honor Class Gunships .

They are 50m long flying fortresses like a modern day heavy bomber and armed with Turbolasers , Laser Cannons and Torpedo Tubes . Each is capable of individual FTL travel .

And yes , if the Centauri bring in some uber large fleet I will bring in my uber large fleet too :P

Ok, heavy bombers are not a problem... keep as many as you want.

No uber large fleets on this thread, please. (Unless hyperspatial travel starts.)
You have no idea what a space-battle involving 1000 ships does to a thread.
You might as well blow the thread up with a grenade-launcher, to get some better coherence.

Ok, heavy bombers are not a problem... keep as many as you want.

No uber large fleets on this thread, please. (Unless hyperspatial travel starts.)
You have no idea what a space-battle involving 1000 ships does to a thread.
You might as well blow the thread up with a grenade-launcher, to get some better coherence.

OOC L

Lol , yea . Currently the Imperial Navy stands at 4800 ships strong . Imagine that against the centauri ... lols .

But of course that wont come in , I've limited myself to 10 ships unless HT starts bringing in the big guns ...

OOC:
...Exactly.

See you on Monday. I'm gone fer now.

Btw. Wanderjar just sent me a TG.

Wanderjar forces:

1 Titan Class Battlebarges
3 Emperor Class Battleships
4 Gothic Class Cruisers

Well that settles it.
There's only one RP position free: the Tellan forces
If nobody claims them till Monday, I'll RP them myself.
RP link will be posted on Monday. (hopefully)

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Lol , yea . Currently the Imperial Navy stands at 4800 ships strong . Imagine that against the centauri ... lols .

But of course that wont come in , I've limited myself to 10 ships unless HT starts bringing in the big guns ...

Ah, yes, the famous cardboard fleet. Don't worry. I'll treat the ships in this RP as far stronger than those in your standard fleet. Hell, I'll go all the way and treat them as average strength!

Ah, yes, the famous cardboard fleet. Don't worry. I'll treat the ships in this RP as far stronger than those in your standard fleet. Hell, I'll go all the way and treat them as average strength!

OOC :
Lol , I have resources and funds to back them and fund them , so they're not made of cupboard :P

OOC: Dude, your a tiny little nation...You don't have the resources to maintain half of that. Stick to something sensible, like 1000 per billion

OOC :
Lol , I have resources and funds to back them and fund them , so they're not made of cupboard :P

Right, right. Cardboard costs $30 a ton. Assuming your average capship to be 2 kilometres long, and say.. four hundred metres wide and four hundred metres across.. Let's assume a ton of cardboard is enough to build five cubed of volume. Note that both of these estimates are extremely generous.

So, your capships are, say, 2000 x 200 x 200 metres cubed.. 320,000,000 metres cubed. Divide that by five, and that's 64,000,000 tons of cardboard. At $30 a ton. So far, it's $1920 million per ship. Made out of cardboard.

Now, not taking into account crew costs, construction costs, and only taking into account raw material costs, that's around 2 billion a ship. 4500 ships? That's around... 9 trillion dollars total. Looking at your NSeconomy, you only have around $5 trillion devoted to defense.

So no, they're not made out of cardboard ;). Better start looking for some cheaper building materials, eh?

So the IC thread will be made on Monday?

OOC: Dude, your a tiny little nation...You don't have the resources to maintain half of that. Stick to something sensible, like 1000 per billion

Lols , I count my vassals in too . Their ships are my ships ...

Right, right. I have eight vassals. All of them are over 5 billion. So I can support an army of 40 billion, right? Right? Well, no. Because I'm not a puppetwanker.

I have plenty of states that I could make into vassals as well; i'd be at about 12bn in strength, but that's called puppet wank, and we don't do that.

I'll post the RP thread later today. I'll also send a TG to all participating nations, as a reminder...

So, nobody wants to be Tella... Well, I guess I'll have to RP them...

Unless somebody else joins in soon...

About Mationbuds fleet... Who cares how big it is, anyway? He has limited his forces to ten ships... so just forget the rest. (Save the agression for the RP...)

OK folks, here we go:

(Since nobody wants to play as Tella, I'll be RPing them myself...)

These will be the "Allied" forces:

Tella:
5 large battle-ships
10 middle class battle-ships
15 small class battle-ships
2 middle class carriers
2 space stations in orbit around Tella (one of which has been recently damaged)

SkillCrossbones:
1 Goliath Star Destroyer
2 Paragon Star Destroyers
1 Providence Star Destroyer
1 Venator Star Destroyer
5 Correlian Gunships

Mationsbuds:
1 Wraith Class Super Star Destroyer
2 Imperial MkIII Star Destroyers
4 VictoryII Star Destroyers
1 Interdictor Cruiser
1 Venator Class Star Destroyer

Crimson Vaal:
2 Krazny VI-class Destroyers.
1 Hadjind'nah-class Weaponship.
1 Io III-class Battleship.
1 Apotheosis II-class Carrier.
3 Malta-class Corvettes.

Wanderjar:
1 Titan Class Battlebarge
3 Emperor Class Battleships
4 Gothic Class Cruisers

Asfaltum:
1 armed Asteroid (HMS Ventura)
6 Asfaltic Ship-of-the-line
3 Asfaltic frigates
2 Multirole Battleships
2 Multirole Carriers
1 Large Carrier
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Total Allied ships: 82 ships + 2 space stations


Enemy forces:

Hyperspatial Travel (Centauri):
1 Space station
20 Large Battleships
40 Middle class Battleships
20 Small class Battleships
5 Small class Carriers
1 Large Carrier
14 Infiltrator class Destroyers
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Total Enemy ships: 100 ships + 1 space station


When your ships enter the RP, you are welcome to give a description of them, like order of size, how they look etc...

Link to the Centauri threat RP (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=11816169#post11816169)