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Synopsis: President of Kostemetsia goes batshit, institutes totalitarian dictatorship on the theory that after the people's spirits are crushed she can surrender the Commonwealth to anarchy and ultimately reconquest by a government she likes better than her predecessors' or her own. She's a sociopath, so the reasoning makes sense to her. First thing she does is assassinate the pre-existing secret police team and replace them with her own more megalomaniacally-inclined people.

Member of said pre-existing team, Ryana Taylor, escapes to the Outer Worlds of the Commonwealth, starts fomenting revolution, sets herself up as general of revolutionary forces and acting president of new secessionist nation. Ultimate goal is removal of totalitarian state and current president, then reunification. As such, gigantic split between Inner Worlds and Outer Worlds.

Outer Worlds more heavily populated (seventeen of the Commonwealth's postulated twenty-five billion), but less (ten of twenty-two million) and worse-trained troops; players are asked to try to make some effort to align with the Outer Worlds. No working navy to speak of, which could prove problematic if they end up needing to deploy their planetary devastator. These are my faction. The leading group is the self-appointed Joint Forces Headquarters, mostly army, with about three thousand staff and four hundred and fifty elite strike personnel.

Inner Worlds less heavily populated, near-zero popular support for regime policy but interestingly almost complete military support. Better troops, most of Navy but no capital or through-atmosphere weapons to speak of. Inner Worlds not currently open as player faction, but if you want to play them, contact me and we'll talk about it. Leading group is the Commonwealth Combined Command, mostly navy and intelligence people, with about three hundred staff and no strike teams to speak of: however, de facto leads Commonwealth armed forces and functions as regime secret police.

The Outer Worlds needs a reasonable navy commitment and a small troop commitment to win; the Outer Worlds have a slight home field advantage counterbalanced by the Inner Worlds' training advantage; the Outer Worlds have idealism, which will kick their chances of winning up a little. Smaller players are requested to work with the Outer Worlds and larger ones with the Inner Worlds.

Revolutionary Forces
1. Kostemetsia (the Revolution, the Brethren of Battle Rejoined = ~10,010,000 personnel, indeterminate vehicles)
2. Ustio North (the Eighty-eighth Battalion of the Third Hydrian Rifles, the First Company of the Twilight Echo Dragoons = 600 troops, 425 combat vehicles, 200 support staff)
3. Heirosoloa (indeterminate force deployment)
4. Kewen (five capital ships, eighteen escorts, nine thousand fighter drones and approximately twelve thousand soldiers)
5. Naggeroth (five hypercapital ships, three supercapital ships, two supercapital support ships, seventy-five capital ships, two hundred and fifty escorts)

Neutrals
1. The Battlehawk (two ships of indeterminate employment and class)
2. Otagia (=>3 Otagian naval vessels)
3. Golugan (one Khazurbaz capital ship, one hundred and forty-four Makaz corvettes, escort fleet of indeterminate size)
4. The Cerberus Alliance (indeterminate number of black marketeers and associated vessels)
5. The Shotgun Opera [Kostemetsia] (Shinoda-class transport)
6. A Utopian Soviet Union (indeterminate multiemployment force deployment)

Inner Worlds
1. [Inner Worlds player name] (the Loyalist Government and Forces = ~12,000,000 personnel, ~4,150 capital ships, 4,150,000 strikecraft)
2. Xiscapia (single high-level Xiscapian agent working for the Outer Worlds)
3. Shakal (twenty to fifty capital ships, indeterminate strikecraft)
4. Kewen (fifty-two capital ships, one hundred and two escorts, nigh-unlimited fighter drones)
5. Sertian (twenty-two capital ships, twenty-eight escorts)

President of Kostemetsia goes batshit, institutes totalitarian dictatorship

That's always a social faux-paux :p

I wouldn't mind contributing some forces to the Revolution's cause. I could send the 3rd Hydrian Rifles and some members of the Twilight Echo Dragoons, plus transport ships and their escorts.

Rudimentary ORBAT:
3rd Hydrian Rifles, 88th Battalion
500 Troops (Weapons: M82 Assault Rifle, M4 Pistol, M224-A3 Support Weapon, Pnv-3 Siska Squad Cannon plus others)
50 Medical Personnel
50 Engineers/Builders
100 Other Personnel (Admin, Quartermasters etc)

50 M12 Tanks (Main Weapon: Plasma Cannon)
100 APCs (Main Weapons: Quad AA/M224 Machine Gun/Multiple Rocket Launcher)
150 Dropships (Main Weapons: 2 M224 Machine Guns)

Twilight Echo Dragoons, 1st Company
100 Troops (Weapons: M66-SD Submachine Gun, Vibro-Blade, Stealth Suit)
50 Combat Drones (Main Weapons: Needle Cannon, M223 Machine Gun, Rocket Launcher)

25 M12-S Tanks (Main Weapons: Plasma Cannon, Stealth Field)
50 Dropships (Main Weapons 2 M224 Machine Guns, Stealth Field)

I'd be willing to have two of my ships just 'caught in the middle' if you don't mind, with a possibilty of helping the rebels.

If you would permiss it I would be interested in Role Playing my nations various corporations taking the oppertunity to sell supplies and equiptment to either faction; however, given that the Outer Colonies are more accessible they will most likely be the projected main potential customers. So if I m allowed I would like to fulfill a supply role, as things progress my nations government may begin to get involved, but being new to the interstellar scence their fleets are not built for an open campaign so they will most liekly pursue the possibility of espionage and diplomacy. If you want me that is :D

BH, you have TG.

OOC: Bump?

Ah, the joys of a remarkably lax alliance system... I'll probably throw a few ONVs into the mix, see if they can't help form a more sympathetic government.

As I'm reasonably new, I think I might join on the side of the Outer Worlds rebellion.
But, since I have an interesting government, I think I might claim a planet as a reward.
If that displeases you and you don't want me to do that, then I'll just use a starbase in the outer rim as an forward post [aka Excuse to have forces in your galaxy in future RPs].

Naggeroth for the Revolution I believe, Ustio North for the Revolution, USU for the revolution, Otagia as neutrals, Heirosoloa for the Revolution. All accepted. Heiro, though, to get us to sign over a planet you're going to have to hold it hostage rather well. If you're not prepared to be backstabbing assholes, don't go for it. :P

Anyone to play as or support the Inner Worlds? Backstory and numbers will be supplied.

EDIT: Also Battlehawk accepted.

I might be interested in playing a single (powerful) agent working with the Inner Worlds with the ultimate intention to backstab them and provide the Outer Worlds with a victory somewhere.

I would be interested in siding with the inner worlds. But nothing major, just a fleet of maybe 20-50 ships. Plus maybe a few fighters...

I'm thinking I might contribute, starting out as a neutral party seeking to exploit the situation economically but then committing in opposition to whoever offends their ethical viewpoint first, or whoever attacks them first. You get the idea. Forces will consist of:

1 Khazurbaz Capital Ship, which is a kilometer long carrier that divides its docks rather evenly between merchant ships and its escort of Makaz corvettes. It also has some forward missile batteries and ion turrets along the broadsides, but the primary defenses are the corvettes.

144 Makaz Corvettes, docked with the Khazurbaz and bearing forward ion cannons on either side of the ramming prow, which is like a sideways hammerhead in shape. Ask me how they deal with smaller ships.

A Drengi Throng, which is essentially a fleet of mishmash ships ranging from heavy frigates to light cruisers that hearken back to the days before ship designs were standardized. Their role is as military reinforcement to the Khazurbaz.

If I get in on this, I'll just have a few merchants running around. Not just arms dealing, either. Assistance with smuggling in supplies to black markets, or getting products through blockades, will be happening as long as proper payments make it to the right people.

More background.

Inner Worlds - in statu quo res erant ante bellum
The Inner Worlds are currently run by a government calling itself the Commonwealth and Territories of Kostemetsia, led by President Spirit Anderson. All non-government networks are shut down or severely throttled, and government networks are encrypted with a functionally unbreakable schema which, however, the revolutionary general has had access to fragments of.

Most of the Army's better-trained troops (twelve of twenty-two million) have sided with the Inner Worlds, but there is a zero volunteer/enlistment rate - once the Army runs out of troops, the Commonwealth and Territories' ground campaign grinds to a halt. However, both the Army and the Navy are quite devoted to their cause, as befits members of a race which was engineered to a fine point of idealism by low-level eugenics and high-level propaganda campaigns conducted in the aftermath of the First Revolutionary War (this being the Second). The Army's primary weapon is the comparatively new Wallsworth T12 7.62mm assault rifle, rolled out by President Anderson's predecessor in 2997, but special operations teams carry a variant of the older Wallsworth J6 lascarbine, which is a particle beam gun with a power rating of one gigajoule - that is, enough to vapourise an unprotected combatant at maximum power.

Most of the Navy's approximately four thousand two hundred capital ships have remained in Inner Worlds service, with only a meagre few dozen currently drifting towards the Outer Worlds and trying not to attract the Inner Worlds' attention.

Outer Worlds - la réévaluation, la réponse, la révolution
The civil department of the Outer Worlds is controlled by the pre-existing supreme caucus of planetary governors-general; originally, they were answerable to the President, but as of January 1, 3001, they refuse to acknowledge her authority. The current recognised head of state is former Commonwealth general secretary Marco Whittaker (in absentia, that is, in captivity); acting general secretary of the caucus territories is revolutionary leader Ryana 'Wildcat' Taylor.

While the Outer Worlds have only ten million troops, who are generally considered less adequately trained than those of the Inner Worlds, the Outer Worlds have some advantages: for example, odds are that the majority of the war, excepting the final campaigns, will be fought on their territory, and the Outer Worlds forces' weapons are by necessity adapted to their environment. In addition, the popular support rating of the Revolution among the Outer Worlds is such that almost eighty percent of the Outer Worlds' adults fit for duty have spontaneously formed a volunteer militia to parallel the Revolutionary regulars. It helps that, like the Inner Worlds, the Outer Worlds have a brand of idealism, but, unlike the Inner Worlds, directed more towards their leaders than the institutions their leaders serve.

The Outer Worlds' volunteer and (tiny) regular navies see more potential for modification, as the regulars and the volunteers tend to have seen battle and pirate skirmishes, respectively, although some of the pirates in question are now part of the Revolutionary forces. In any case, as such, the regulars and the volunteers have large holes in their hulls that need filling, and the Special Joint Forces Engineering Corps is quite up to the job.

The Outer Worlds tend to issue the thirty-calibre Jardine-Wallsworth ST8 automatic rifle as standard. It is significantly less adequate off its home field, but on its home field it does its job quite well, perhaps outgunning the newer T12; special operations teams carry the same J6 lascarbines as their Inner Worlds counterparts. Pistols are rare, but tend to be automatic and stock about twenty rounds.

General notes
The Inner Worlds have reorganised their manufacturing base to account for the loss of cross-constituency importing from the Outer Worlds. As a result, rationing is present in some populated areas, notably including the capital city, Yi Lin, but in the main the Inner Worlds are quite capable of feeding themselves.

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Everyone is accepted. Glad to have you all aboard. If anyone wants to play the Commonwealth and Territories of Kostemetsia, now is the time to ask.

Everyone is accepted. Glad to have you all aboard. If anyone wants to play the Commonwealth and Territories of Kostemetsia, now is the time to ask.

Wait, you're not playing yourself?

The Shotgun Opera
The Shotgun Opera could be the key to the entire Revolutionary War. It is a 33,643rd-marque New Berlin cargo ship last seen in Combine Authority [Kewen] space; it is currently believed to be maintaining a controlled drift there. It is registered at Stratford-upon-Palisade Starport in Yi Lin, and its two crewpeople are human female Marcy Jackson and cybersapien Uthana X57E6 ProtaromieHurayol Telopes, abbreviated Telopes-PH, or, less commonly, PH-Telopes.

More importantly, the Shotgun Opera is believed to be carrying a thermonuclear planetary devastator shell tailored to fit a standard spinal launcher. Using it on any Inner or Outer World would bring the war to a quick end in favour of the side deploying the shell; as such, the Inner and Outer Worlds have designated it a secondary operating objective. The primary objective is to kill or retrieve, respectively, Marco Whittaker, former Commonwealth head of state and government currently running amuck somewhere in the Inner Worlds aboard a hypertransit-capable shuttle, as Whittaker's presence would likely tip the search for the shell in the Outer Worlds' favour by giving them a stable and efficient government to work under.

Marcy Jackson
Jackson is thirty-three, and is a direct patrilineal descendant of Colonel James Jackson, famous (or notorious) First Kostemetsian and chief revolutionary in the war that established Kostemetsia. She has a baccalaureate in astrophysics, specialises in its practical application, and is currently working via open learning towards a master's degree and, eventually, hopefully at a physical university, a PhD. Her loyalties are assumed to lie with the Outer Worlds.

Jackson is currently employed with New Berlin plc, an Inner Worlds company, as a transport pilot and route plotter; due to the disappearance of her ship into unplotted Combine space, it can be safely assumed that she has gone rogue.

A collected image (http://www.wallpaperbase.com/wallpapers/celebs/halleberry/halle_berry_9.jpg) of Jackson is enclosed.

Uthana X57E6 ProtaromieHurayol Telopes (preferred name: Telopes-PH)
Telopes-PH is approaching her fourteenth decade, and her second in a robotic body. A recent information digest from the ESUS genetics bureau indicates that, while she was fully alive, she was the illegitimate third daughter of Patrick Russco, a commodities tycoon who went on to wed Wendy Anderson, founding the Russco-Anderson dynasty, the bloodline from which Spirit Anderson comes. Telopes is a qualified engineer with a professional certificate in astro-tecture and -navotecture.

The Kewen memenymic PrataromieHurayol is thanks to a short relationship in 2860 with one Crewman Taromie, a Kewen rating in the Commonwealth Navy working with the Commonwealth Combined Command, now a lieutenant junior grade. During this time, Taromie gifted Telopes a neural enhancement and the legal rights to use the name Prataromie and the designator Hurayol (outlander); Telopes-PH retains the enhancement and the names to this day. Given her bloodline and her relationship with the then-Inner-Worlds-employed Taromie, it can be provisionally assumed that Telopes-PH may see herself as affiliated with the Inner Worlds.

A reasonably current dossier image (http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/masseffect/images//thumb/c/c1/GethT.jpg/180px-GethT.jpg) of Telopes-PH is enclosed.

I'm playing the Outer Worlds, and may play the Inner Worlds if nobody else is interested. I'd like to be a little adventurous in this RP, since all my actions in other RPs have been fairly standard.

When will this start?

I'll finalise this last application and start tomorrow; meanwhile, I'll try to RP the Inner Worlds as little as possible so as to give interested parties a fairly blank slate.

Sounds good

I'll be joining on the side of the rebellion. My forces will consist of the Third Crusading Fleet which contains:


1 Nexus Ship: A mobile city and primary dock for the entire fleet. The survival of this vessel is top priority, its destruction would almost cripple my forces
3 Mobile Docking Systems: Capable of gathering its own resources and able to perform repairs on any ship in the fleet, vital to maintaining the fleet in full fighting condition.
Dreadnought Socially Acceptable Massacre (Core-ship)
Carrier Divided Attention (Capital Support)
Carrier Split Reason (Capital Support)
Battlecruiser Black Rose (Capital Ship)
Battlecruiser Chorus of Fire (Capital Ship)
Battlecruiser White Raven (Capital Ship)
75 Cruisers (Ship-of-the-Line)
100 Frigates (Primary Support)
150 Corvettes (Secondary Support)

Would it be sufficient to say that my forces would consist entirely of merchants both open and black market orientated? They'd sell to however so i'm assuming they would be neutral.

When did I ever say I was going to be neutral? :D Probably going to side with the Inner Worlds, especially if QUETZAL can get wind of the President's real plan. Probably going to end up sending one of my Flight II dreads, plus associated escorts. I'll see if I can come up with the exact ORBAT later today.

Is sign-ups still allowed? I'd like to know before I write down the information for my forces... Besides, I need to decide what faction to join, since they could really go either way.

Signups are still allowed. Recommend you join the Inner Worlds.

Naggeroth accepted, USU and Otagia status changes syndicated.

Alright then, I suppose the SCF will pledge some support to the Inner Worlds, on the theory that they could be a potential ally and if not, a totalitarian government is easier to overthrow in a later invasion than a more stable one lead by the Outer Worlds. They operate on a very, benevolent basis. A few of their ships are capable of planetary bombardment but they don't attack civilians or infrastructure if they could help it. Their space ships are capable but their ground forces are much stronger.

Anyway, forces compose of Squadron 13gamma from Beta Division, composed of 3 Avalon Heavy Cruisers, 5 Ascension Scout Cruisers, 14 Peacemaker-Class Destroyers, 23 Firebird Aerospace Frigates, and 5 Fortitude Shield Frigates. Sertian ships are pretty slow, and don't have a lot of range for their weapons (effective range of a few fractions of a light seconds). However, their ships have heavy armor and their plasma weapons are powerful in short range.

Ground forces are composed of two divisions from Delta Division. A single division is equipped with enough forces to usually capture a planet, but not hold it or to take care of the populace. It's composed of 10 Ragnaros Troop Transports, Five Cryphan Logistic Transports, and 10 Firebird Aerospace Frigates for back up and support. The Ragnaros can land and unfold to create a starting base, and has infantry and tanks stationed on it, while they use drop pods from the Logistic Transports to create more buildings or to reinforce the ground forces if need be.

Also, I think that the Commander of the space fleet will probably have issues with taking the side of the Inner Worlds, and will probably start warning the Outer Worlds of an imminent attack, eventually I think she'd be found out and a Squadron from Alpha Division will arrive to take over for her, the question is whether she's found out before or after the war is over.

Seeing as there are going to be other merchant groups, my little bunch of merchants will also be offering some privateer-type services. The only real restriction on this is that the privateers can't go after my own shipping convoys.

Kicking off thread now.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=584171

How should I come in? Perhaps the revolutionary leader could put out a call for help?

Okay.

Will post ASAP, but I'd like to put up a small mercenary team working directly for the Outer Worlds in exchange for currency/treasure/plunder/technology, in addition to my agent, if that's okay with you, Kost. Three mercs on one ship in all.

Absolutely okay. The Outer Worlds have more stuff to sell, so we have more stuff to pay you with, currency-wise, but treasure / plunder is pretty rare and our technology is still stuck in the kinetics / early energy area. Still, argentars are a pretty strong currency, and we probably pay in blocks of a hundred thousand or some equally ridiculous number.

If the Outer Worlds largely use kinetics, the Sertians fleet is going to be a strong force indeed. >_>;

Unless they have lasers too, then they're fucked. XD

Absolutely okay. The Outer Worlds have more stuff to sell, so we have more stuff to pay you with, currency-wise, but treasure / plunder is pretty rare and our technology is still stuck in the kinetics / early energy area. Still, argentars are a pretty strong currency, and we probably pay in blocks of a hundred thousand or some equally ridiculous number.

Very good, the payment mentioned will be acceptable.

I didn't say we couldn't use lasers. We just like our kinetics. They're manly.

Also, just for the record, I have no problem with kitsunes.

Post-launch notes:

Sertian, U North, Battlehawk, Golugan, USU, Xis and Cerberus, you've yielded absolutely sterling performances so far. Keep it up! You're doing really well.

Kewen and Shakal, I'm going to need your presence at the Inner Worlds diplomacy and military planning session currently in progress. If you can, I'd also like you to air here what actions or beliefs the characters you'll be bringing to the meeting personally object to.

Heirosoloa, I need you to sound off and make contact with the Revolutionaries.

Yay us *applauds*

Oh yes I have an inquiry Kostemetsia, the "papers" you ask me for in the thread, what kind of information would they consist of?

It did just occour to me that I could simply of said "and here are my papers"... but...ahh... oh well... do things the fun way eh?

I didn't say we couldn't use lasers. We just like our kinetics. They're manly.

Also, just for the record, I have no problem with kitsunes.

Yes, nothing more manly than getting messy holes blown in you by pieces of metal being propelled at high speeds. At least lasers are clean. :p

And I understand, I'm happy to report that I can distinguish between IC and OOC opinion (sadly, others feel the need to take OOC crap into IC...). In any case, I am made happy by your non-prejudice. :D

And seconded, A Utopian Soviet Union, let us applaud our madcap skills with zeal. For a complete non-sequitur, is your nation abbreviated USU, or AUSU? Or do we simply call you by your full name, so to speak?

However, one of the things it is impossible to do with lasers is carefully extract them in a bout of untrained impromptu surgery that miraculously turns out right. That's a big minus.

USU, I can't help but imagine Ooi as a big pink caricature of a jellyfish with David Tennant's glasses and hairstyle. :D

Well Xiscapia, you may call me USU, AUSU or even bird brain if it takes your fancy :P, I really don't mind either way, the names more of a throw back to my first NS nation, so it doesn't really apply to any nations I use, or have used; hell, if your feeling particuarly friendly you can call me Gabriel which is what i'm called in most other places :P

And Kostemetsia... I have to admit that I erupted into hysterics at that :D But... but... but.... why haha, I mean, why Tennant of all people! I may as well just say that Ooi has a PhD in medicine and owns an antique phone box :L

Just to look around, is this still open? Looks interesting, but I totally understand if it's closed since y'all have already started.

Already this thread is swimming in foxes, and it won't help when the Sertian forces show up with the Selacs. XD

God I'm tempted to bring in a character that has absolutely no connection to the Sertians though, just to add another kitsune.

Amaz, if you can cope with starting out as a neutral, that will be fine. We're balanced at five versus five factions at the moment.

Amaz, if you can cope with starting out as a neutral, that will be fine. We're balanced at five versus five factions at the moment.

That's find by me, would you mind a private band of enterprising individuals/traders/underground marauders heading around trying to initiate trade and raiding whatever's vulnerable? It's an arm of a large and well-stocked underground organized syndicate in my nation that would at the least keep my political structure out of it. I could use my governmental stuff instead if that's more preferable.

Raiders, I'd suggest.

Plus, I figure it's by fate you're here. After all, you pioneered the United Terran Authority way back in that founding RP that never got anywhere (thanks to me). :tongue:

Golugan: ???

Arrgghhh!!! I spent a good thirty minutes the other day figuring out my currency compared to Kostemetsias and my accursed good commerce focused decision making dramatically boosts my currencies value up!! Blargh!!! An extra thirty minutes trying to accuratly work out my spending power!

And I think I stillm essed it up :L If you haven't guessed maths is NOT my strong point haha

Golugan: ???From what I could tell, you weren't responding to anything I was doing.

Meh. Doesn't matter. :p

The Inner Worlds won't buy from you, by the by. :P

So, the Outer Worlds shun me, the Inner Worlds blow me off...

Do I have any reason to stick around?

Raiders, I'd suggest.

Plus, I figure it's by fate you're here. After all, you pioneered the United Terran Authority way back in that founding RP that never got anywhere (thanks to me). :tongue:

You know how I do (way back when) :D I can do Raiders, I'm lookin' to expand my elements in regards to my FT civilization.

The Outer Worlds didn't shun you; Jimmy Kriesel at Revolution HQ picked up and asked exactly what it was you wanted to trade and how you wanted to go about it. It's at the bottom of the big post, so it may not be easy to see: sorry about that.

As a side note, the Avatar talking to Anderson and the gang doesn't precisely have much fur. The only animal bit of him would be the semi-canine head. Anyway, will have a post up shortly.

As a side note, the Avatar talking to Anderson and the gang doesn't precisely have much fur. The only animal bit of him would be the semi-canine head. Anyway, will have a post up shortly.

You're wearing a cloak though, so she can't tell!

Still, that makes half of the meeting, or at least almost half.

Cloak? Eh? Loincloth. It's a cloth. That covers your loins. ;)

Cloak? Eh? Loincloth. It's a cloth. That covers your loins. ;)

Yack, I got you and Kewen mixed up! D:<

I've only had a few hours sleep. n.n

my mans a hologram on a thre leggeded droid.hes wearing a cloak over the top of a dashing red and white unfirom, with full sighns of admirality, not to mention a awesome top hat.

Pretty brittish, except fro the blue skil, visible natural armour plating, red eyes, silvery black hair.

Pretty British? I simultaneous approve and am affronted at that stereotype!

Actually i'm just sore at glory days gone by... oh dam the chavs of this day and age!

I wouldn't mind contributing a pair of ARC teams to the cause of the revolution, provided there is enough room remaining in the line-up and the RP isn't too far along.

They'd be employed as advisiors of sorts, since the 'Outer World' troops aren't quite as well trained as their opponents; as well as highly effective unconventional warfighters. The total force would equal about eight individuals, but I think I do my best work in the realm of character-roleplaying and small unit tactics.

Hay Kostemetsia I have a query...

With my people information trading is a profilic and lucrative pursuit, and those groups who do it proffessionally covertly probe and prod every possible avenue for valuable information. As such, I am wondering if it is possible for one of my intelligence groups to come across information firstly relating to the planetary destroyer and to then proceed to attempt to firstly locate it, possibly leading them to the last location of the Shotgun Opera and trying to uncover it's route and destination.

If this is possible then i'd like to RP one of these groups attempting to contact various individuals from whom to purchase the information from, whether they be corrupt high officials, low ranking operators looking for extra cash or researchers in need of funds for following projects. If my group(s) can aquire the information then they'd offer it up for sale to the Revolutionary and Loyalist forces depending on who can pay the most. Evidently I assume the Loyalists can pay more but depending on who they can contact, who's interested, who trusts or believes in the group, and ultimatly if my government becomes involved with one side or the other and engages in back room politics then I wouldn't know who the info would be sold too; and for the record even though the group cannot be traced to Phale A'Theins they are ultimatly neutral and not affected by my minianarcic nation.

So, thoughts?

I'll give that the green light - it looks like an excellent proposal to me.

WA, I'd be happy to take you in to replace Heirosoloa, if your people are willing to speak to one of my less senior command officers; Ryana is currently involved in negotiating with the Xiscapians. I'd also like to say here that signups are closed, because my average post size is skyrocketing.

Soviet union, you do realise that path will lead you right into the beurcratic white hole that is the Combine Authority :P

If you want to play ping pong politics then the Phale A'Theins then your going to have your work cut out chap ;) The M.R.A Government and the city states which compromise it have but one law, "One can believe and do what they want in the way they want; as long as they do not affect or impose upon the ability of another to believe and do as they want."

Aside from that there's nothing else, evey other little piece of legislation revolves around that reasoning, mine is a government which is so simplistic in it's structure that it will dance around other governments for their interconnected jumble of laws, rules, and other legislation.

Mind you, the moment you bring your fleets to bear they'll sit down and listen, say something they consdier unfair however and they'll get more vocal than the English when we think our rights are being infringed upon :D

Who knows, perhaps the Combine Authority will take a tab at trying to purchase the information.

I'll give that the green light - it looks like an excellent proposal to me.

WA, I'd be happy to take you in to replace Heirosoloa, if your people are willing to speak to one of my less senior command officers; Ryana is currently involved in negotiating with the Xiscapians. I'd also like to say here that signups are closed, because my average post size is skyrocketing.

That I can do. Were you looking for something in particular or just something involving detail? I can do either one, and will get started as soon as I hear back from you.

Just something involving detail will do fine.

Also AUSU, everyone in Kostemetsia is British by default. :3 It's a long-standing tradition and I see no reason to remove it.

:L That myfrend is genius, brings joy to my heart!

I must say I was beginning to wonder why Derick had taken his obsession to internal monologues haha. Yay us the British! That sir certainly proves that your nation is the greatest in all the realm!

Apart from the social delinquints and chavs... have your crazy leader of the loyalists have them all shot!

no no no soviet, you mis understand.. the Shotgun Opera is in my space... >.<

meaning you will be led directly to me.

also my nation wears brittish things and all our robots talk brittish like for some reason..

Short crappy post, but hey, at least I posted. >.>

no no no soviet, you mis understand.. the Shotgun Opera is in my space... >.<

meaning you will be led directly to me.

also my nation wears brittish things and all our robots talk brittish like for some reason..

Ah... *ponders* Well... that's not technically a problem for what I initially had in mind... kinda screws up my dastardly MAX-PROFIT information stealing scheme... Hmm... I suppose my only saving grace is that my nation is NOT related to my info-dealing groups... on the other hand that doesn't stop you from marching into my back yard and demanding access to find them... on the other my star system is located withen a deep gaseous nebulae making scans impossible, many FTL forms dangerous and ultimatly hiding me... :P

Ahh dear I shall have to ponder this :confused:

And my people are jellyfish, what more can I say?

Excellent. You'll be hearing from me in a few hours once I've devised something of substance to begin with...

USU, at least you know where the Shotgun Opera disappeared - and I completely missed the compliment above, so thank you for that :D. Kew, I approve of and am affronted by that stereotype at the same time.

In other news, it's email posting time! We might need to spam each other with our national anthems at some point, or some other business of equally vital importance, so I'd like to see MSN addresses posted here if that's okay. james_3260 [at] hotmail.com

"and you ma" o.O

I just noticed a spelling error a couple of posts back. What Ryana meant to say was, "you may take on other jobs as time allows."

You knew what you meant, I knew what you meant, no worries ^^

ag1cu2@aol.com btw

blaestwin@hotmail.com

I'd like to join the Inner World.
i know i'm really really late, sorry about that.
I'll be joining on the side of the rebellion. My forces will consist of the Third Crusading Fleet which contains:

Let's see;

EQUINOX BATTALION 03076
AVAILABLE WEAPONS FOR COMMAND
5 Aurora class ships, with Q-9 missile launchers on the sides and several ion hacking beams on the front array; can hold air, land, and water vehicles of all sort.
Virtually unlimited Class Q-9 alterable geneticnanoviri missiles;
Several hundreds of thousands of pocket Neuclearelectromagneticnanoshields;
The Traders Alliances' service;
And contacts that can pull some outer world generals to the Inner side

Uh ... ?

Can someone go and get that really gigantic boot of mine, please?

jake_egaddscience@hotmail.co.uk

thats an _ between jake and egadd :)

How were you originally planning to introduce Shotgun Opera then Kostemetsia? After all, you didn't leave a paper trail. Or were you waiting on the off chance we'd get some initiative :P

Well, it's gone and been lost in Kewen space. Perhaps when Prime Auditor Lendinhei shows up we can quiz him or her for information (ask Kewen about it).

*blows raspberry* It's been lost? How do you loose a spaceship carrying one of the most powerful weapons in existence which an organisation must have poured several million into and for that matter why's it been entrusted into the care of a women and her robot?!?! *boggles*

Madness I say madness!

Bah, this means my organisation has to dig... let's see... try to extract a few locations from any lower down's in the Loyalist faction, get into contact with any dockworkers who were last involved with this Shotgun Opera...

And if all else fails then i'll hoard information on the Outer worlds military movements and any loyalists and exchange it *laughs manically* go around stabbing everyone in the back so to speak.

If you think i'm staying out of Combine space Kewen your mistaken :D That weapons worth a fortune!

I suppose the only niggiling problem here is that if the dam thing is lost and space being really big and all... you get the idea... we'll never find it!

Ahem... anyway,

Uh ... ?

Can someone go and get that really gigantic boot of mine, please?

Would you like the "balls of steel" version, or the steel-toed spiked hiking boot version?

And AUSU, you'll be competing with Urteil too, finding that ship and the contents within might be a deciding factor in the war. As a single, lone agent he'll be quite hard to pin down, and since he'll be working from inside both factions at once, good luck getting any solid info on him. :p

Not to mention the fact that he can be really annoying when he wants to be...

You dare tangle with the Infomerchants Xiscapia? The most influential group in Phale A'Thein society and thus far one of the few groups to sink it's tentacles into the myraid of information exchange in the galaxy?

In all honesty i'm rather concerned considering you've been established here for goodness knows how long :O It will be a race between our two unnofficial rogue factions!

On the bright side I have a head start ;) Also who's to say the Informerchants won't merely hire you :D

Just don't let the Sertian's find the darn thing, they'd probably blow it up to prevent it from being used by either side. o.o

Urteil's not for hire, unless he thinks it will suit his purposes ;) (i.e., getting that blasted ship and it's dangerous cargo)

Never fear, I shan't lie (any longer than I need to), cheat (any worse than necessary), steal (any more than I need) or kill (unless it's enough to get any distasteful proletarian blood on me). May the best sapient being come out victorious!

Indeed, I tip my hat to you, we shall see if brute force or subtle workings will triumph in this particular matter.

Thankfully intelligent workings have to be developed whilst brute force can be bought or employed at a moments notice ;)

daswitch11@hotmail.com >.><.<

Kostemetsia, with regard to your latest post have you yet to reply to my Infomerchants response or have I overlooked something? Or are you merely currently busy?

I have the same feeling about the Golugani. Or is the opening offer by the Guildsman considered entropic insanity of madness?

Sorry. It was late and I was tired.

Do not fear old chap, you've got alot to respond to. I'm guessing it takes you about twenty minutes to tap up all the responses. Don't stress ;)

*blows raspberry* It's been lost? How do you loose a spaceship carrying one of the most powerful weapons in existence which an organisation must have poured several million into and for that matter why's it been entrusted into the care of a women and her robot?!?! *boggles*

Madness I say madness!

Bah, this means my organisation has to dig... let's see... try to extract a few locations from any lower down's in the Loyalist faction, get into contact with any dockworkers who were last involved with this Shotgun Opera...

And if all else fails then i'll hoard information on the Outer worlds military movements and any loyalists and exchange it *laughs manically* go around stabbing everyone in the back so to speak.

If you think i'm staying out of Combine space Kewen your mistaken :D That weapons worth a fortune!

I suppose the only niggiling problem here is that if the dam thing is lost and space being really big and all... you get the idea... we'll never find it!

Ahem... anyway,



Oh we know where it is.. we just arnt touching it, namely for this ship is unstable to some degree and we know what its carrying and the size of the boom it can make.

Oh we know where it is.. we just arnt touching it, namely for this ship is unstable to some degree and we know what its carrying and the size of the boom it can make.

:eek2:

Are we still going on with this?

Are we still going on with this?Only reason I haven't posted is because my last post was overlooked. I imagine our host is a bit swamped by IRL matters.[/speculation]

Same, and yes your probably correct old chap.

I haven't spoken to him recently, but I believe that is the case indeed.

Swampity swampity swamp.

I promise I'll do it over the weekend or you can declare war on me.

Swampity swampity swamp.

I promise I'll do it over the weekend or you can declare war on me.

S'alright, I got a Shivan invasion to worry about anyway. :3

Edit: Sorry, this is Sertian, to lazy to switch names.^

S'alright, I got a Shivan invasion to worry about anyway. :3

Edit: Sorry, this is Sertian, to lazy to switch names.^Among other things.

cookie.

Swampity swampity swamp.

I promise I'll do it over the weekend or you can declare war on me.

*snorts*

You'll probably trample me if I did that :L

Indeed, and I would be somewhere nearby, selling stuff as per usual.:P Im swamped as well.. year ten is painfully annoying, one half of the year you have all the hard subjects the other is a breeze.

Bah, wait if and when you do A Levels, murder.

WOT BRO?!

QCS. Just ... QCS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland_Core_Skills_Test

Whoa, that looks EVIL!!!

...Should I just remove the subscriptions?

Terribly sorry, all, but I've decided to drop this. Maybe only temporarily, but RL has gone batshit insane, I've got too many threads as it is, and frankly this one hasn't been very busy as of late. If this picks up again, and I find the time, I might come back; for the time being, one can simply assume my characters are somewhere behind the scenes, so to speak.

Apologies, and good luck to you all

Ahh, shame to loose you Xiscapia. I'll have to get to the thread to myself at some point. Although I don't seem to have an obvious entry point so i'll have to think something up I suppose.

Alright, I'm going to need to revise a bit of plot. Xis was to play a major part in an upcoming engagement.

Naggeroth, this is your unplanned time to shine.

lol *continues to hide in the shade and make money off of this*

I will post eventually! mark my words

Reporting for Duty ma'am, I mean sir!