Dontgonearthere
16-10-2006, 07:24
(OOC:
I had a bit of a revelation today. I havent made a serious effort to get back into NS in some time, and for a LONG time, Ive been making ads for offsite forums.
Now I see that NS is steadily losing membership and activity, and I feel somewhat guilty, and responsible for what is happening here. Agree or disagree as you will, this isnt an arguement thread :P
So, Ive decided to put some real effort into NS, a payback of sorts.
This RP is open to anybody, provided they arent total idiots and can do things like hit the 'enter' key and know where to apply quotation marks.
Most importantly, I REALLY want this to be a newb friendly RP. I look around NS and note a distinct lack of newbie-friendly RPs, lots of 'CLOSED' and 'Earth (whatever)' type stuff, and a few other threads which imply that 'outsiders' arent welcome.
If this goes well, which it hopefully we can get a whole string of events springing off of this RP.
This post, of course, assumes that there are still some Chaos worshippers out there. I know they were popular last time I was around, so there should be a few left ;))
G'oaway was silent. For a city of over one hundred million, this was quite a feat.
Of course, it was the silence of a million people in the crowd waiting with baited breath. A million people assembled in the cities main square, along its various roads, and on the roofs of a number of buildings. All with their gaze fixed on a single spot, on a single man.
The Tsar.
Those that could see him knew that he was not a handsom man. He had a snub nose, and his head was slightly too long, as if it had been pressed between two boards. His skin was tanned, but it was the slightly artificial looking tan of one who was only tanned during public occasions. You could make exceptions for some people though.
But it was the face of a God, to these people at least, the face of the man who had taken a broken, bleeding nation and forged from its ruins a mighty Empire, containing a hundred worlds. Sure, other Empires had more, but what did that matter?
"Dontgonearthere, welcome!"
A massive cheer rose from the crowd, amplified by the dome over the city.
"Dontgonearthere, for a long, long time, our nation languished under petty warlords, eeking out their pathetic kingdoms throughout the decades, thinking in their folly that they were making Dontgonearthere strong!
That era has passed. The warlords are dead, their armies disbanded, and their capitols leveled.
"But, we are not finished. Out there, across the galaxy, across the Universe, agents of the enemy, heretics and traitors, sit in idleness, having grown weak in the past centuries, thinking themselves mighty in the absence of greater power!
"Forces of Chaos, rouge nations, many threats face the civilized nations of the Galaxy.
"We will, through our collective effort, purge this galaxy, and the next, and the one after that, of these rouge elements, these chaotic fiends, and any who oppose this Crusade!
"But, we face challenges in this effort. Our allies of old are either fallen to the temptations of Chaos, or have vanished from the universe. For this reason, as Tsar, I have announced the recommissioning of two of the mighty Piledriver class of battleships, the IDS War and the IDS Pestilence, with these ships, as well as many otheres of the Dontgonearthere Imperial Navy, our first target, secret as yet, shall stand no chance! A million men stand poised to descend on our foes and smash all resistance to dust, to bury our foes beneath tombs of their own houses and the corpses of their allies!
"People of Dontgonearthere, Citizens of our mighty Empire! We shall rise again! We shall defeat any who oppose us!
More cheering, more adoration. The Tsar, supreme in all matters, gave a final wave before retiring into the palace.
---
S'alais Jirex was, in the grand scheme of things, a relativly innocent person. Sure, sometimes he overcharged for produce, and maybe slipped in a few items that were past their due date, but, unfourtunatly for him, he was in the wrong place the day the sky caught on fire.
The world labled as M-1688-6 on the Dontgonearthere astrographic charts, known as Makal to those who lived on it, was a haven for Chaos worshippers. Infesting every village with their seemingly-pious ranting, they had gradually integrated the Dark Gods into the local religion. The effects were not prominient yet, but the infection was permenant. No longer could the clergy simply be cut away like a gangernous limb, for the whole body was infected now.
Jirex was taking a break from tilling a field, the local equivalent of grain. As he admired the excellent vista provided by the combination of the mid-summer sun and the mountains. Then, as he watched, one of the mountains disappeared. A beam of light, so bright that it dazzled him, remained in its place. A huge colum, reaching from the foundation of the mountain up past the sky, into space.
He looked up just in time to see the flames of a DGNT assault pod before it landed on him.
(OOC:
As noted, this RP is wide open. Whether you use Warhammer, Star Trek, Star Wars, Babylon 5, something else or your own inventions, as long as its not blatant godmoddery, it works for me.)
I had a bit of a revelation today. I havent made a serious effort to get back into NS in some time, and for a LONG time, Ive been making ads for offsite forums.
Now I see that NS is steadily losing membership and activity, and I feel somewhat guilty, and responsible for what is happening here. Agree or disagree as you will, this isnt an arguement thread :P
So, Ive decided to put some real effort into NS, a payback of sorts.
This RP is open to anybody, provided they arent total idiots and can do things like hit the 'enter' key and know where to apply quotation marks.
Most importantly, I REALLY want this to be a newb friendly RP. I look around NS and note a distinct lack of newbie-friendly RPs, lots of 'CLOSED' and 'Earth (whatever)' type stuff, and a few other threads which imply that 'outsiders' arent welcome.
If this goes well, which it hopefully we can get a whole string of events springing off of this RP.
This post, of course, assumes that there are still some Chaos worshippers out there. I know they were popular last time I was around, so there should be a few left ;))
G'oaway was silent. For a city of over one hundred million, this was quite a feat.
Of course, it was the silence of a million people in the crowd waiting with baited breath. A million people assembled in the cities main square, along its various roads, and on the roofs of a number of buildings. All with their gaze fixed on a single spot, on a single man.
The Tsar.
Those that could see him knew that he was not a handsom man. He had a snub nose, and his head was slightly too long, as if it had been pressed between two boards. His skin was tanned, but it was the slightly artificial looking tan of one who was only tanned during public occasions. You could make exceptions for some people though.
But it was the face of a God, to these people at least, the face of the man who had taken a broken, bleeding nation and forged from its ruins a mighty Empire, containing a hundred worlds. Sure, other Empires had more, but what did that matter?
"Dontgonearthere, welcome!"
A massive cheer rose from the crowd, amplified by the dome over the city.
"Dontgonearthere, for a long, long time, our nation languished under petty warlords, eeking out their pathetic kingdoms throughout the decades, thinking in their folly that they were making Dontgonearthere strong!
That era has passed. The warlords are dead, their armies disbanded, and their capitols leveled.
"But, we are not finished. Out there, across the galaxy, across the Universe, agents of the enemy, heretics and traitors, sit in idleness, having grown weak in the past centuries, thinking themselves mighty in the absence of greater power!
"Forces of Chaos, rouge nations, many threats face the civilized nations of the Galaxy.
"We will, through our collective effort, purge this galaxy, and the next, and the one after that, of these rouge elements, these chaotic fiends, and any who oppose this Crusade!
"But, we face challenges in this effort. Our allies of old are either fallen to the temptations of Chaos, or have vanished from the universe. For this reason, as Tsar, I have announced the recommissioning of two of the mighty Piledriver class of battleships, the IDS War and the IDS Pestilence, with these ships, as well as many otheres of the Dontgonearthere Imperial Navy, our first target, secret as yet, shall stand no chance! A million men stand poised to descend on our foes and smash all resistance to dust, to bury our foes beneath tombs of their own houses and the corpses of their allies!
"People of Dontgonearthere, Citizens of our mighty Empire! We shall rise again! We shall defeat any who oppose us!
More cheering, more adoration. The Tsar, supreme in all matters, gave a final wave before retiring into the palace.
---
S'alais Jirex was, in the grand scheme of things, a relativly innocent person. Sure, sometimes he overcharged for produce, and maybe slipped in a few items that were past their due date, but, unfourtunatly for him, he was in the wrong place the day the sky caught on fire.
The world labled as M-1688-6 on the Dontgonearthere astrographic charts, known as Makal to those who lived on it, was a haven for Chaos worshippers. Infesting every village with their seemingly-pious ranting, they had gradually integrated the Dark Gods into the local religion. The effects were not prominient yet, but the infection was permenant. No longer could the clergy simply be cut away like a gangernous limb, for the whole body was infected now.
Jirex was taking a break from tilling a field, the local equivalent of grain. As he admired the excellent vista provided by the combination of the mid-summer sun and the mountains. Then, as he watched, one of the mountains disappeared. A beam of light, so bright that it dazzled him, remained in its place. A huge colum, reaching from the foundation of the mountain up past the sky, into space.
He looked up just in time to see the flames of a DGNT assault pod before it landed on him.
(OOC:
As noted, this RP is wide open. Whether you use Warhammer, Star Trek, Star Wars, Babylon 5, something else or your own inventions, as long as its not blatant godmoddery, it works for me.)