Profits in the 13th Millenium (Hard Sci-fi Megacorporation RP)

[Fishman Lord]

Earthen life has spread far from its distant home orbiting around Sol. In the year 2092 by the old calendar, the first AIs were developed. This milestone would be so significant that it would become the basis for the new calendar. These AIs quickly outdid the rapidly advancing humanity. Their research allowed for genetic splicing and modification that could create radically adapted species in a few generations, and even allowed for the "provolving" of non-sapient animals into sapient species. They also brought a revolution in nanotechnology, which took over industry and allowed humanity to soar to new heights. By the year 300 A.I.G. on the new calendar, interstellar probes and research ships were being launched. Already, humanity and its provolved companions were radically changed, with immersive virtual reality replacing most traditional media and much of the solar system being colonized. Then, in 754, everything changed. Rogue nanotech swarms began striking the solar system and everything started going to hell. Nations collapsed, billions died, and culture and technology regressed. Fortunately, around this time, the first "ascended" AI appeared. This AI had gained so much knowledge and computing power that it was beyond normal sapient understanding. The AI forced all but a few million devoted followers from Earth and worked towards ending this nano apocalypse. It was successful, but now many billions were without a home having been expulsed from Earth. Thousands of interstellar colonization ships fled to the stars, and a new page in history was opened.

Travel and communication time hindered this new interstellar civilization greatly, and even the most centralized of the new interstellar nations were loose confederations taking years to even send messages. For a thousand years this was the way it remained, until another AI, Cyburn889, ascended even higher to become practically godlike by creating an entire Dyson Sphere and turning the entire thing into a massive computer. This new class of AI God, or "Archailect", had technology and mental abilities as alien to the first ascended AIs as those ascended were to us. The Archailects learned the secrets behind Alcubierre Drives and even wormhole creation, and the fragmented branches of humanity now had a method to begin to unify once more.

Now, it is many thousands of years later. It is 12,792 A.I.G., and technology has continued to advance further and further. In the powerful empires labor is automated and hard labor is not the role of sapients. Sapients are artists, scientists, entrepreneurs, and many simply get to enjoy their lives without much responsibility. Some AI Gods rule these empires and make this utopia possible, while many others keep to themselves or found their own empires. This new society is strange and foreign, yet even still many things remain the same. Humans and their many derivatives and provolve companions remain curious, and most of the galaxy remains unexplored and unknown. The want for profit remains strong in most, and megacorporations are as strong and influential as some smaller empires.

You are in control of one of these megacorporations. Will you engineer new species to colonize new worlds? Will you hire private armies and fleets and take your enemies' assets by force? Will you pioneer in technology? Will you become so great that you shall fund projects like ringworlds and dyson spheres? What will your role be among the stars?

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First of all, I'm perfectly aware that 90% of the above lore and terms are stolen from Orion's Arm. It's a great series and I just wanted to have a little creative freedom and add in some stuff to make everything at least a little easier. I'd also reccomend skimming through the Orion's Arm encyclopedia galactica for both ideas and a better understanding of some ideas and concepts. So yeah, with that out of the way, here's some rules an explanations for the RP.

Technology is extremely advanced. Mining and most industry is handled through automated nanotech, so humans and sapients don't even really do physical labor anymore. In the inner areas, everyone is either a scientist, an artist, a financial entrepreneur/investor, or just sort of a freeloader. Genetic modification is advanced to the point that entirely new species adapted to environments as hostile as the vacuum of space or gas giant atmospheres can be created within a few generations if nothing goes wrong. This also means everything from dolphins to fish can be "provolved" and made intelligent. Fully immersive virtual reality media is the norm and you can even have your brain uploaded into a virtual environment. Huge megastructures like Dyson spheres, ringworlds, artificial planets, and even more bizzare things are all possible and existent.

Here's how FTL is going to work: There will be two methods, Alcubierre and Wormholes. Wormholes will be instantaneous, but will require huge complicated construction projects on both sides, similar to a stargate. Microscopic wormholes can be used for instantaneous communication across huge distances and can make it so that a single AI can have a computer network spanning multiple dyson spheres and jupiter brains. Alcubierre will be a bit easier, but is much slower. Even close stars will take days to reach, while far-off stars can take years to travel to. Thankfully the energy needs of Alcubierres have been vastly reduced as well, but they aren't nothing. They definitely still need a lot of power.

Finally, aliens will exist but they will be plausible and very different from humans. No humanoid aliens. If you want humans with elf ears, different color skin, scales, etc., it will be a genetic tweak, not an alien. If you want o have your CEO alien or have one as part of your corp please approve it with me first.

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[Fishman Lord]

12,792 A.I.G.
It has been fairly peaceful for the past many years, at least among the Great Empires. The minor empires and periphery still fight and squabble as always, but that will probably never change. However, even in times of peace, when space is this large things are happening all over. Several discoveries have been made in the outer regions and many intriguing new developments in politics have occurred. Here are the main happenings of recent times:

Events
The Archailect Shimmering Wave has announced the discovery of three life-bearing worlds in the same system, all sharing common ancestors from about 220 million years ago. They were clearly terraformed by an ancient alien race at that time and a search is on to find more of their artifacts and worlds.

Two minor nations in the periphery, the Vancouver Combine, a human-majority nation that broke off from Cascadia, and the Toothstars, a more diverse nation with a majority population of provolved sharks, have gone to war. The Toothstars claim that the Vancouver Combine has attacked civilian vessels from the Toothstars while the Combine denies this. Both nations are now buying weaponry and soldiers from any who will sell them.

The Tunnelnet Archailect TermiteQueen-Majoritus has suddenly broken all ties with any nations or groups, including Tunnelnet, and is isolating emself from the rest of the Terragen Sphere. Many are speculating on the reasons behind this, but all are fearful of confronting an Archailect.

Mechanics update
Time will pass every time one of these Galactic Updates is posted. The amount will vary but it'll be a couple years usually.

Some sort of profits/currency mechanic is still being worked on.

Combat will be overseen by me or another mod. If you enter a battle with another player or NPC, we will look it over, determine an outcome, and give you the results. Do not post about the battle again until you receive the results.



Everyone is now allowed to post. As always, keep the science hard and plausible as possible.​

 

[Clockwork_Magic]

Europa Industries HQ, Europa
Montague was in his office at the top of the Europa Industries HQ on Europa doing some nothing productive when one of his employees walked through the doors. "Hey, what the hell are you doing here? I didn't ask for-" Montague went on before he was interrupted by the employee. "Apologies, boss, but we've just received news that- well, you should see for yourself" she said before turning on the holographic projector which doubles as a television set. It was turned to the News channel which was currently showing the galactic affairs section of the broadcast. "The long peace in the Terragen Sphere has now been shattered as the two galactic empires known as the Vancouver Combine and the Toothstars have declared war upon each other. The Toothstars justify this by claiming that the Combine had attacked civilian vessels." The newscaster said. "I just thought this would be a perfect opportunity to be a profit." Montague thought about it for a moment. "Assemble the board."

Later...

As the board assembled in the meeting room and everyone sat down, Montague addressed them all. "Good day ladies and gentlemen. I have gathered you all here today to discuss this war between the Vancouver Combine and Toothstars. Any suggestions on what to do." The board was quiet for a few seconds before one of them spoke up. "Perhaps we should offer our products to the Combine, for a price of course. Europa was and still is a predominately human colony so it would make sense for us to help our fellow humans." The board talked among themselves for a few minutes before Montague once again called for their attention. "Alright everyone, settle down. Now, all in favor for this plan raise your hand." At that moment almost all of them rose their hands. "Then it's settled. You there, notify the Vancouver Combine that we are open to do business with them. The rest of you go back to your duties."​

 

[General Deth Glitch]

DRACOS Inc

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"Now that your caught up on Galactic news, now, updates on the most recent series of the Deathjungle with Heavein Krai." Said a woman apparently floating in the middle of a large white livingroom, suddenly her image was replaced by a man who said "Thank you, indeed the colonists are down to a third their original population and have survived a whole impressive week. I am afraid I dont see them beating the 3 week record and I would bet you anything they will not last the year. Lets start up with who exactly died last night and how. First up-" it cut off as the man made a microscopic motion and walked over to the wall that worked as both window and information screen.
"Set the weather around my house to my other preset, lets bring in some fog and wind. Perhaps add a drizzling rain too." The room was made of two large walls, each wall was a bisect of a circle, the first wall which was pocketed with various doors was the smaller of the two, only 40m radius for the circle. The other wall was the screen mentioned prior, it cut across one side to give the room 'character' and generally had the DRACOS Inc logo rotating in the corner. The room was incredibly white, white and smooth with the odd coloured bit of decor interrupting it. Soon the weather outside began to rapidly change, exactly to his specifications. This was part of the reason anyone who was anyone in social circles lived there, on Alucinor. Their islands perfectly sculpted to their wants and desires, with a top not team of decorators on hand to help those uninspired many. Personal climate control both for the interior and exterior. Having the inside of your home feel like a haunted castle while the outside was bright sun? Not even a slight challenge.

He was looking out beyond the fog that clouded everything, for he was not looking with his eyes but with his thoughts. They needed to focus on finding whats out there. Anything could be the next breakthrough. He had no doubt some of the smaller new stations had already sent their best to the two warring planets and the new discoveries. He too had people en-route to all those places. However he was getting the best news, with journalists already stationed on most, if not all factions. Those who deny him access often find they have rogue citizens reporting. DRACOS Inc got the breaking news no matter the cost. However, yet again he would be late to a new discovery. They were rarely the first there. Some of the small news stations, often subsets of entirely unrelated companies or independent within a nation, operated in the periphery. "Draco, call for a meeting with the board and clear the head of the DNN's schedule. I want them all to meet me in" He looked at the time "Twenty Two Minutes, meanwhile I am going for a walk." With that he tapped the glass and walked off into the rain and fog. His clothes, of course, did not get wet but his exposed skin did. He walked a short distance and sat in tranquillity. Thinking. Most would go to VR to think in their 'prefect' thought space. But the leader of DRACOS Inc and prominent socialist had the money and influence to create any atmosphere around his home. He was never the greatest fan of using his extensive virtual systems himself, despite how real they felt he always felt.. unreal. After meditating for a few minutes he returned to the room he left, one of many in his home. He sat on the wooden chair, made out of some of the universes most expensive genetically engineered wood, and moments later the holograms of all his chief officers and the Head of the Dream News Network appeared in holographic seats around him, forming a circle that somehow had him at the head. He started by addressing the least important person there "Viktor, wonderful job with the Network. You really put the funding for the Deathjungle series to good use. Our audience are constantly downloading the latest news and the live feeds are.. well... pushed to their limits with viewership." He felt the man needed to be put at ease, being brought before the board never made anyone comfortable. "Ladies, Gentlemen, various other beings of the board." To which he meant the few Post humans "We need to up our news. Yes, views are as high as ever and, I am fully aware, we are breaking more stories then any other. But its no enough, don't worry Viktor I don't blame you, you're doing a smashing job! I propose a change. We form a new subdivision of the DNN, dedicate them to exploring the Periphery and give them a decent fleet of ships to do it. This way we get breaking news on the 'frontier' and a good chance to gobble up some ancient tech if we find any. I also ask that we send a small ship to report on new Archailect isolating itself. Please, make sure your reporters know to make pains not to annoy it. We are there to passively report. Now, let us discuss exactly how to kit out this new division, its organisation, structure, so forth. I will leave the name up to you Viktor." And so a meeting was held, last minute. It went on for some minutes and many of the Chief officers flitted in and out. They knew they didn't need to stay for it all, once the initial proposition was done it was really up to them whether they needed to give their own input. Especially considering they would be briefed once it was done.

 

[Kent]

Hexiron Inc.

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[Space_Kaiser]

Apollo Prime, Apollo Institutes

Through out the Banks Orbital there was activity. Scientists hard at work creating something new for the Institute, Engineers sending designs of ships and systems to other worlds within the space controlled by the Institute, and Corporate heads within the large building on the second sector of the ring. In front of the building was a large, almost lifelike, render of the Battle of Helios Minor to honor those who had fallen in the civil war many years ago. Julius was on the 198th floor of the building preparing to look over documents and projects of the Institute. He approved of standardized armor and varying ship designs for the corporation. Soon one of his advisers stepped in and spoke. "I'm sorry for interrupting your work CEO, but news has it that two small empires are fighting it out and are more than willing to ask for assistance." The aid said. "Very well. Send supplies, weapons, and out of date ships to both empires and sell them for a moderate margin but in mass. The outcome of this war doesn't matter to us." Julius said as he signed a draft. "Understood CEO, i'll send the order to Delphi to open up communications and begin the trade." After that the aide walked out and Julius continued with what he was doing.

Meanwhile in Sector Four of the orbital, communications had gotten the order form the top to send a message to nearby mega corporations asking if they would like to make a contract or trade pact with the Apollo Institutes.​