Blood Born Angel
Emissary of Oblivion
Sotiris
Overview
Sotiris is a planet far away from the world we know as Earth. It lies close to the core of a red spiral galaxy, where empires have risen and fallen for countless millennia. This planet has had it's fair share of catastrophic events, but life has fought on and grown to new heights once more. The people of Sotiris have harnessed it's natural resources mixed with a little bit of the arcane arts to grow and spread into the final frontiers. What were once kingdoms are now conglomerates of different peoples working to spread their influence to the stars in the form of corporations and guilds.
You are a member of one of these guilds. The Sotiran Prosperity Guild, or SPG for short. They were founded centuries ago, by a group of young men and women who wanted to change the world for the better. Since coming to power as a serious organization they have policed the planet and kept the peace for many, many years. Now that space travel is prevalent, they have become Sotiris's official ambassadors and are the ones who push out into uncharted space to discover new planets to settle on, and regulate the commerce and politics of these colonies with each other and other nations that are being discovered.
History
The galaxy Sotiris resides in has been around for hundreds of billions of years. Many things have happened to change the worlds and people that reside within it, and civilization has come and gone countless times. While not the most known planet to begin with, Sotiris had a special spark some would say. It was unique within the rules of ordinary physics and astronomy, and with that came moments of change that completely reshaped the galaxy as a whole.
To start, lets look at the beginning of Sotiris's current inhabitants. Thousands of years ago human's popped up on the ancient planet. Whether they had been there all along, or somehow were dropped there is unknown. Human's had a tendency to evolve across the galaxy for seemingly random reasons, so it was no surprise Sotiris had them too. There were no other intelligent species on Sotiris at the time, and so the human's flourished in their solitude. In this age, Sotiris was much more barren then it is currently. Most of it's inhabitants resided in the Northern hemi-sphere, lacking the means to travel outside of grand mountain ranges. You may not believe in Gods, Angels, and Demons, but the people of Sotiris thought they were very real. This being because of a natural phenomena that thinned the barriers of reality on the planet. Beings of great power and influence often found their way to the young race, and with the outside influence growing on the very young human civilization, war soon broke out.
When the first human's took up arms against one another, it became the catalyst for catastrophy. Human's were a race capable of anything, and that included violence incomprehensible. Outside spectators soon grew worried for the planets survival, and watched very carefully ready to intervene if they needed. Sadly, they were forced to intervene when the human's got a hold of what some would consider the powers of the Gods. The influence of realms beyond their reality had finally gone too far, and great warlords rose up with the power to sunder mountains, and split the skies. This became known as the War of Titans, and that is when the Angels descended upon the surface.
You might have guessed that they weren't really angels, but aliens keeping watch over the young species. Only five were sent down, and they crushed the armies of man. Many of the Warlords the human's called Titan's were slain, but a few were simply captured and contained. This war had scarred the Northern lands, leaving them a mess of shattered coastline and broken mountains. A great wound upon Sotiris that bled through reality itself. For the next few thousand years humanity would not achieve anything of importance. Living in the dark, fighting for survival, and in fear of their Gods wrath. Yet, humans are tenacious and resourceful creatures so they once again began to grow and create nations and cities. This time, there were others on their planet. Some were from the stars. Some from different dimensions. All stuck on this one rock, for better or worse.
And so rose the three nations. Ald-Goret, the trade nation. Home of the humans, and center of the world to most. The Queendom of Rhima, land of magic. Where creatures from other realities flocked and magic was a gift from the gods. Lastly, the Kingdom of Arken. A totalitarian sovereignty that focused on the progress of science and technology, where human's were the majority, but beings of unknown origin ruled the land. To most these nations were still quite primitive. Using mostly swords and shields, not having much means of transpiration other then ships and horses; however, with their magic came innovation. Their first energy weapons were created in this age, using the power of magic. They hadn't even discovered steam yet, and already they had weapons capable of firing bolts of plasma, and generating large quantities of power. This is what sparked new tensions though. Rhima had the best technology, but Arken wanted to use it as well. The two nations quickly became hostile, and stuck in between was Poor Ald-Goret. The engines of war were beginning to roar, and if something wasn't done then it could end up worse then the War of Titans. This time they were prepared, and down came the leader of the original five angels that ended the war. She brought with her one of the Titans they had subdued, and together they made what is now known as the Sotiran Prosperity Guild.
Back then it was nothing more then a smattering of people against the war. Their leader being the Angel, R'saava, who was really just a general to a more advanced civilization in the stars. She no longer had the power she once did over the people. The evolution of Sotirans seeming to defy advanced beings, so she had to work with them to make change. Eventually a small, but formidable group of human's, aliens, and other beings came together and began intervening in all attempts at war between Arken and Rhima. It took a very long time, but as their success's were heard around the world, more and more people flocked to them. As they grew, so did their influence. Eventually, the First Guild was established, and with an army of their own forced the two nations to make peace. This was the moment that everything changed on Sotiris. With no war, and the First Guild keeping peaceful relations between everyone, technology and culture exploded.
It was only half a century longer when they made electricity. Then they started processing more advanced materials. Building better cities, vehicles, and then ships. With a little help from R'saava's people they were soon going to their moon. When they found that there were crystals on there planet that worked as a massive energy conduit Sotiris completely took to the stars for the first time. The First Guild became known as the Sotiran Prosperity Guild and continued it's peacekeeping through every era. Some of it's founders passed, but R'saava upheld the principles which they began on. Many more alien races made their home on Sotiris as well, and a huge intergalactic chain soon formed that is what you all live in today.
Geography and Solar System
The geography of Sotiris is quite dramatic, and has baffled many for centuries. To start, Sotiris has the same general climate of Earth but a bit more extreme in some places, yet the planet is nearly the size of Jupiter. How the planet doesn't become a gas giant is a mystery still to this day. With the immense size you'd think it's gravity would cause for some very different kinda of life, but the human's and other creatures on the surface are relatively the same as any from Earth would be. Why? How? It is still a mystery, although with the knowledge of inter-dimensional influences on the planet many are speculating that there is some sort of distortion to reality around the planet. Causing phenomena that can't be accurately explained through regular science.
Moving on, Sotiris has one giant landmass, and several large islands (a couple big enough to be called continents) in it's oceans. Sotiris's main population lives within an enclosed portion of mountains, around the planets largest volcano. The region is large enough to encompass tundra like weather in the North, and tropical weather on the Southern coastline. It's edges are designated by tectonic plates that have formed massive mountain ranges that are nearly impassible by ground. The center is Mt. Solarion, a super volcano that can be seen from all corners of the region. It is 19 kilometers high, with a crater approximately 4 kilometers in diameter. For many years this volcano has been a religious sight, ancient history saying that it is the womb of the earth, and gave birth to the sun. The volcano does erupt every so often, but it is rather timid for it's great size. Several kilometers in any direction around the volcano are mostly un-inhabitable though. These are known simply as the Wastelands.
To the South is where the nation of Ald-Goret sits. It's cities are mostly coastal, and a vast majority of the area is tropical. To it's East is much more fertile river-land and planes, and North of that is heavy forest that is dominated by the Queendom of Rhima. Rhima's cities are mostly dotted around mountain valley's but the capital rests upon the mountains themselves. Their land is mostly flat plains and grassland, but at it's borders are very thick and ancient forests. If we go back to Ald-Goret and look at it's Western border that is where the Endless Sands begin. This desert was once thought endless, but it is just really hard to go through on foot because of the mountains blocking any further travel West, and forcing you South into more and more desert. Just North of the desert is Arken, which it's capital rests in a bowl of flat grassland hidden slightly in the mountains. The land is almostly completely flat farmland in the South, but when you reach farther North it becomes very hilly, and soon rocky and cold being known as the Highlands.
Two major rivers run through this region, one on the border of Arken and Ald-Goret in the West, and the other on the border of Ald-Goret and Rhima in the East. It is conveniently split into thirds, though Ald-Goret gets the most coastline out of all the nations. To the North, on the other side of Solarion is where the SPG has it's headquarters. It's base is one mega-city that holds enough people to be considered it's own nation. The area's around the city are mostly wooded, and are known to be quite cold in the winter months. It lies in-between two mountain ranges that curl Northward to make a sort of path out of their valleys into the regions known as The Sundered Coast. The Sundered Coast is more of a splattering of mountains and canyons then a coastline. This is where the War of Titans took place, and it is barren and partially frozen. A lot of mining goes on up in this region however, because Aetherium crystals are in abundance. If we look farther East then Rhima there is nothing but water, and the occasional island chains. South of Ald-Goret is a larger island that is considered a cultural haven for the human's who first settled the nation and pioneered the first trade routes. If we look South-West the desert goes on for quite some time, but eventually turns into a more savannah type of biome, with small cities of off-worlders who prefer this climate. West of Arken past the mountains is one giant forest that never seems to end. They call it The Sea of Leaves, and many Elven settlers and other beings who prefer nature have settled into the region. It encompasses nearly the entire other half of the continent, and has very little breaks in it's foliage. This is Sotiris, although there could be secrets still hidden on the enormous planet that have gone unnoticed...
Continuing outside of the planet itself, we can observe only a few more astral bodies. Sotiris has one moon, which is roughly the size of Mercury, and has been terraformed as the largest space-port in the solar system. The Sun is quite old, and has begun to tint from orange to red over the last few thousand years. The closest planet to Sotiris is a hotspot for mining corporations and is known as Kyron. Sadly this is the only other planet with suitable environments for habitation in the solar system, the two other planets being too far, or two close tot he sun and deemed much to dangerous to settle on. Sotiris's region is space is actually quite small, and very boring compared to other solar systems that have been discovered; however, it is close enough to several other civilizations that it has become a hotspot over the years for travelers of all kinds.
Technology and Magic
Technology on Sotiris has taken quite a different turn compared to previous civilizations. They have discovered a lot of the same techs other planets have, but some things are radically different. For one, Sotirans tend to you very little laser type weaponry. Weaponry on Sotiris is very heavy duty, and often in the form of plasma projectiles. Because of this, they also focus a lot less on armor, and more on shielding tech for defenses. Some of their shielding tech is the best in the galaxy, and their ships have a variety of different shields for different occasions.
A lot of different energy sources have been discovered in recent years, but Sotirans prefer to use local resources, which comes in the form of Aetherium Crystals. These crystals hold what the Sotirans call "Mana" or magical energy. This energy has been around for a very long time, and generates biologically most of the time; however, somehow it has taken a mineral form in a large portion of galaxy and Sotirans have taken advantage of that to power weapons and ships with magic! Commonly weapons will have a core made out of this crystal, and ships will also have a larger crystalline core. Using magnets and spinning the crystals at high velocities can generate casts amount of electricity, and that is how they generate plasma for weaponry and power for ships and cities. A large problem with these crystals is that they are not reusable, they drain like a battery would, but scientists have been theorizing that there is a way to recharge them using natural features deep within Sotiris's earth. Who knows what will become of this?
When it comes to space travel, Sotirans have borrowed a lot of technology from other species. It is quite noticeable in their ships, that they take inspiration from several different cultures and ways of building. This has caused their ship designs to take on a Jack-of-all-trades role. They are highly customizable, and can fit into any kind of fleet. There is only one major flaw with their building... They cannot use hyper-space travel. Hyper-space travel is a delicate science that only a few other planets have implemented. They are not sharing either. Sotirans have struggled for many years to find a faster way of traveling in space, and since no one was helping them, they found a very unique way of traveling long-distances. Instead of bending space around their ship, or even going at the speed of light, they use something called the DSD or Dimensional Shift Drive. As stated in previous overviews there is something off about the veil between dimensions on Sotiris. Reality is thinner there then anywhere else. The Sotirans have known this for a very long time, and have used it to travel inter-dimensionally before. Why not use it in their spacecraft?
The DSD transports the ship through a little tear in reality. When doing a dimensional shift the craft goes into what they call the Void, or an expanse of nothingness between realities. This is a very, very dangerous place to be. Pilots need to be careful they don't end up in an alternate reality, and also have to navigate with no maps or clues to guide them. A lot of other civilizations think the Sotirans are crazy for traveling like this; however, despite the huge risks Sotirans have come to enjoy using this method of travel. They can cover immense distances in minutes sometimes. They are virtually undetectable while in the Void, and it's vast unknowns only seem to exhilarate its people. There have been incidents where they have time-traveled, ended up in alternate versions of the galaxy, gone to completely different galaxies on the other side of the universe, and many other insane cases. But Sotirans love the adventure, and even if it is more of an art then a science, DSD travel is their preferred mode of flying.
The Sotiran Prosperity Guild
The guild has been around for centuries, and is one of the most known organizations throughout the galaxy. At it's core, the SPG members are explorers and scientists; however, they are also peacekeepers, and have been known to use force when necessary. The organization has become so powerful over the centuries that they could be considered the official police force for all living things. Very few defy their rules, and it has been a long time since war has been seen in the galaxy. When a new civilization joins the intergalactic chain of trade and travel they often send members of their race to join the SPG as a show of good faith, making it more diverse then any organization to ever exist. When the SPG discovers planets with less advanced civilizations they set up a space station that monitors the planet for 5 solar cycles before making a decision to contact them or let them continue how they were.
The one who makes these decisions is R'saava Lioslath. She is from a race known as the Sqiathatch, or Dragon-kin. They originally came from a different dimension, and when they entered ours they discovered Sotiris as the first planet with life-forms. R'saava's rank is Paragon, and all rules and regulations are decided by her. She is feared by many planets because of heavily armed interventions she has personally lead when peace-talks were making no progress. Second in command is Andresaryx, another Sqiathatch that handles more of the infrastructure in the SPG. She is Paragon rank as well, and can be often seen working the front desk and personally reading over every new rangers files. She is who hires new rangers, and who you should kiss ass too when you make a mistake. Feochadan is head of exploration, deciding where the new frontier line is and when teams go where. Feochadan is the newest Paragon rank, and leads many new teams into the unknown personally. Head of Research and Development is Layla Natas Duskhill. Paragon Rank, and a bit on the crazy side, she is considered a mad scientist by most; however, her research has kept the SPG on top of all new technologies and up to par with both military and civilian advances.
Those are the main faces of the SPG, although you may not see them all very often. New members usually undergo one to two years of basic training before they are let out into the field, and are taught everything they need to know about basic survival and combat. They are then allowed to undergo further training to specialize in anything from different weaponry, to diplomacy, linguistics, medical training, and engineering. Most members live within the city that the SPG has created for itself, although you are allowed to own your own residence anywhere in the galaxy. You are not required to be in uniform, as some species do not necessitate clothing, but the SPG uniform is blue, with an accent of silver and black. It is basically a flight-suit built to withstand the vacuum of space as well as inclement weather on planets. It is lightly armored, and built mostly for mobility rather then defense. It has very light kinetic resistance, not enough to stop mid to high powered projectiles, but against low powered projectile weapons and melee combat it is quite durable. Standard issue weapons include plasma pistols and rifles, powered with Aetherium Crystal Cores that can be dislodged and reloaded into the weapon as needed. Other equipment includes a utility belt with grappling line, tool pouch, holster, very light shield generator, and can be customized by the user. A wrist communicator is required at all times, unless it interferes with basic physiology or there is a suitable replacement that the user is more comfortable with. SPG ships are built for long distance travel, and outfitted with missile defense turrets and rapid fire plasma cannons. Their shielding is built to resists different types of inclement weather and also small debris impacts. There is usually room for up to 8 guild members including the pilot, and a full kitchen/living space within the ships. Cargo space is limited, and usually contains rations and equipment with just enough room for a little bit of samples or artifacts from planets visited. Sometimes they will come with some sort of light transport vehicle for land travel.
This is just a basic look at what you need to know about the SPG and how it operates. More will be added in the future. Questions are always welcome.
Rules and Guidelines
There will be some basic rules, and they are subject to change, but for the most part they are what I expect of you all during the role-play.
Other Threads and Links
Links to the Recruitment thread and Character sheets will be here. Also any other places that end up needing links.
Interest Thread:
Character Sheets:
OOC Chat:
Introduction Post
This will be the first post for everyone to go off of and begin the RP. Most of the time I will not be playing a single character, instead, as the GM (or Game Master) I will be guiding you all through the world. I will play the NPC's (unless you wish to control one for some reason, if so please let me know ahead of time.), the enemies, and also be a sort of narrater for things. When you make decisions and perform actions I will state what happens when it rolls around to my turn to post again.
A short example just in case there is confusion:
Player 1: Goes out of the airlock to investigate the debris of a ship.
Player 2: Scans for signs of life or activity on board the ship.
Player 3: Looks in the fridge for potato chips.
Me: Player 1 safely floats over to the remains of the broken ship, finding the airlock still functional and powered despite massive damage to the hull. Player 2 discovers faint heat signatures in the cargo hold of the ship. Player 3 finds no potato chips, and should probably help everyone else out.
When I'm playing another character helping you guys I will try my best not to spoil things or make decisions for you all. When I am playing an enemy I will be as fair as possible, but also truly try and kill or capture you, so be wary. Without further adieu here is my introduction post as the GM, when you have all posted once, I will make Feochadan's entrance post and get you all started on the adventure that awaits. Good luck, and have fun everyone!
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The guild was pretty busy this morning. The pale sunlight glittered off glass skyscrapers and transport ships zooming by, and men and women ran about setting up for new shipments of supplies. Today was one of those days that you could feel the excitement in the air. A new set of coordinates was up and teams of Rangers and Guardians were making all their preparations to explore this new region of space as soon as possible. Whenever a new star system popped up on the big billboards it was cause for a lot of excitement. It meant that the Elders and Paragon's decided a previously untraveled sector of space was now greenlit for travel, and that the frontier line would be getting pushed farther back as everything in the systems were recorded. Currently no one had lifted off yet, as there were certain protocols that had to be met before a new expedition could begin.
Having been recently reassigned, you got up early today to meet your new squad at hanger 7. Your transport ship would arrive with your new commanding officer, and you would see who you are working with any minute now. Alien and human workers milled about maintaining equipment and unloading cargo ships while you waited, and every once in a while you might spot a familiar face running an errand. Who would this mysterious new commander be? How were you going to get along with your new crew? Questions with no answers might be circling around in your head right about now. The SPG liked to surprise you every once in a while. Randomly reassigning members, throwing missions at you that you weren't expecting. All you were ever told was how long your current active duty was going to last, and that you should report to the designated hanger at the designated time on your start date. Currently your active duty timer was set to 4 months. This being plenty of time to fly over a planet or two, and take on some other jobs. Whether you are anxious, excited, or curious, pretty soon your first mission was about to begin.
[The RP is a go. Go ahead and make your intro posts when ready. Remember to stay true to posting order. After we have everyones character in the hanger, then your ship will arrive. Have fun!]
[Currently approved players: @FreeSpirit @Milus @Tahana @The One Llama to Rule All @A Mysterious Figure @Kiroshiven]
Overview
Sotiris is a planet far away from the world we know as Earth. It lies close to the core of a red spiral galaxy, where empires have risen and fallen for countless millennia. This planet has had it's fair share of catastrophic events, but life has fought on and grown to new heights once more. The people of Sotiris have harnessed it's natural resources mixed with a little bit of the arcane arts to grow and spread into the final frontiers. What were once kingdoms are now conglomerates of different peoples working to spread their influence to the stars in the form of corporations and guilds.
You are a member of one of these guilds. The Sotiran Prosperity Guild, or SPG for short. They were founded centuries ago, by a group of young men and women who wanted to change the world for the better. Since coming to power as a serious organization they have policed the planet and kept the peace for many, many years. Now that space travel is prevalent, they have become Sotiris's official ambassadors and are the ones who push out into uncharted space to discover new planets to settle on, and regulate the commerce and politics of these colonies with each other and other nations that are being discovered.
History
The galaxy Sotiris resides in has been around for hundreds of billions of years. Many things have happened to change the worlds and people that reside within it, and civilization has come and gone countless times. While not the most known planet to begin with, Sotiris had a special spark some would say. It was unique within the rules of ordinary physics and astronomy, and with that came moments of change that completely reshaped the galaxy as a whole.
To start, lets look at the beginning of Sotiris's current inhabitants. Thousands of years ago human's popped up on the ancient planet. Whether they had been there all along, or somehow were dropped there is unknown. Human's had a tendency to evolve across the galaxy for seemingly random reasons, so it was no surprise Sotiris had them too. There were no other intelligent species on Sotiris at the time, and so the human's flourished in their solitude. In this age, Sotiris was much more barren then it is currently. Most of it's inhabitants resided in the Northern hemi-sphere, lacking the means to travel outside of grand mountain ranges. You may not believe in Gods, Angels, and Demons, but the people of Sotiris thought they were very real. This being because of a natural phenomena that thinned the barriers of reality on the planet. Beings of great power and influence often found their way to the young race, and with the outside influence growing on the very young human civilization, war soon broke out.
When the first human's took up arms against one another, it became the catalyst for catastrophy. Human's were a race capable of anything, and that included violence incomprehensible. Outside spectators soon grew worried for the planets survival, and watched very carefully ready to intervene if they needed. Sadly, they were forced to intervene when the human's got a hold of what some would consider the powers of the Gods. The influence of realms beyond their reality had finally gone too far, and great warlords rose up with the power to sunder mountains, and split the skies. This became known as the War of Titans, and that is when the Angels descended upon the surface.
You might have guessed that they weren't really angels, but aliens keeping watch over the young species. Only five were sent down, and they crushed the armies of man. Many of the Warlords the human's called Titan's were slain, but a few were simply captured and contained. This war had scarred the Northern lands, leaving them a mess of shattered coastline and broken mountains. A great wound upon Sotiris that bled through reality itself. For the next few thousand years humanity would not achieve anything of importance. Living in the dark, fighting for survival, and in fear of their Gods wrath. Yet, humans are tenacious and resourceful creatures so they once again began to grow and create nations and cities. This time, there were others on their planet. Some were from the stars. Some from different dimensions. All stuck on this one rock, for better or worse.
And so rose the three nations. Ald-Goret, the trade nation. Home of the humans, and center of the world to most. The Queendom of Rhima, land of magic. Where creatures from other realities flocked and magic was a gift from the gods. Lastly, the Kingdom of Arken. A totalitarian sovereignty that focused on the progress of science and technology, where human's were the majority, but beings of unknown origin ruled the land. To most these nations were still quite primitive. Using mostly swords and shields, not having much means of transpiration other then ships and horses; however, with their magic came innovation. Their first energy weapons were created in this age, using the power of magic. They hadn't even discovered steam yet, and already they had weapons capable of firing bolts of plasma, and generating large quantities of power. This is what sparked new tensions though. Rhima had the best technology, but Arken wanted to use it as well. The two nations quickly became hostile, and stuck in between was Poor Ald-Goret. The engines of war were beginning to roar, and if something wasn't done then it could end up worse then the War of Titans. This time they were prepared, and down came the leader of the original five angels that ended the war. She brought with her one of the Titans they had subdued, and together they made what is now known as the Sotiran Prosperity Guild.
Back then it was nothing more then a smattering of people against the war. Their leader being the Angel, R'saava, who was really just a general to a more advanced civilization in the stars. She no longer had the power she once did over the people. The evolution of Sotirans seeming to defy advanced beings, so she had to work with them to make change. Eventually a small, but formidable group of human's, aliens, and other beings came together and began intervening in all attempts at war between Arken and Rhima. It took a very long time, but as their success's were heard around the world, more and more people flocked to them. As they grew, so did their influence. Eventually, the First Guild was established, and with an army of their own forced the two nations to make peace. This was the moment that everything changed on Sotiris. With no war, and the First Guild keeping peaceful relations between everyone, technology and culture exploded.
It was only half a century longer when they made electricity. Then they started processing more advanced materials. Building better cities, vehicles, and then ships. With a little help from R'saava's people they were soon going to their moon. When they found that there were crystals on there planet that worked as a massive energy conduit Sotiris completely took to the stars for the first time. The First Guild became known as the Sotiran Prosperity Guild and continued it's peacekeeping through every era. Some of it's founders passed, but R'saava upheld the principles which they began on. Many more alien races made their home on Sotiris as well, and a huge intergalactic chain soon formed that is what you all live in today.
Geography and Solar System
The geography of Sotiris is quite dramatic, and has baffled many for centuries. To start, Sotiris has the same general climate of Earth but a bit more extreme in some places, yet the planet is nearly the size of Jupiter. How the planet doesn't become a gas giant is a mystery still to this day. With the immense size you'd think it's gravity would cause for some very different kinda of life, but the human's and other creatures on the surface are relatively the same as any from Earth would be. Why? How? It is still a mystery, although with the knowledge of inter-dimensional influences on the planet many are speculating that there is some sort of distortion to reality around the planet. Causing phenomena that can't be accurately explained through regular science.
Moving on, Sotiris has one giant landmass, and several large islands (a couple big enough to be called continents) in it's oceans. Sotiris's main population lives within an enclosed portion of mountains, around the planets largest volcano. The region is large enough to encompass tundra like weather in the North, and tropical weather on the Southern coastline. It's edges are designated by tectonic plates that have formed massive mountain ranges that are nearly impassible by ground. The center is Mt. Solarion, a super volcano that can be seen from all corners of the region. It is 19 kilometers high, with a crater approximately 4 kilometers in diameter. For many years this volcano has been a religious sight, ancient history saying that it is the womb of the earth, and gave birth to the sun. The volcano does erupt every so often, but it is rather timid for it's great size. Several kilometers in any direction around the volcano are mostly un-inhabitable though. These are known simply as the Wastelands.
To the South is where the nation of Ald-Goret sits. It's cities are mostly coastal, and a vast majority of the area is tropical. To it's East is much more fertile river-land and planes, and North of that is heavy forest that is dominated by the Queendom of Rhima. Rhima's cities are mostly dotted around mountain valley's but the capital rests upon the mountains themselves. Their land is mostly flat plains and grassland, but at it's borders are very thick and ancient forests. If we go back to Ald-Goret and look at it's Western border that is where the Endless Sands begin. This desert was once thought endless, but it is just really hard to go through on foot because of the mountains blocking any further travel West, and forcing you South into more and more desert. Just North of the desert is Arken, which it's capital rests in a bowl of flat grassland hidden slightly in the mountains. The land is almostly completely flat farmland in the South, but when you reach farther North it becomes very hilly, and soon rocky and cold being known as the Highlands.
Two major rivers run through this region, one on the border of Arken and Ald-Goret in the West, and the other on the border of Ald-Goret and Rhima in the East. It is conveniently split into thirds, though Ald-Goret gets the most coastline out of all the nations. To the North, on the other side of Solarion is where the SPG has it's headquarters. It's base is one mega-city that holds enough people to be considered it's own nation. The area's around the city are mostly wooded, and are known to be quite cold in the winter months. It lies in-between two mountain ranges that curl Northward to make a sort of path out of their valleys into the regions known as The Sundered Coast. The Sundered Coast is more of a splattering of mountains and canyons then a coastline. This is where the War of Titans took place, and it is barren and partially frozen. A lot of mining goes on up in this region however, because Aetherium crystals are in abundance. If we look farther East then Rhima there is nothing but water, and the occasional island chains. South of Ald-Goret is a larger island that is considered a cultural haven for the human's who first settled the nation and pioneered the first trade routes. If we look South-West the desert goes on for quite some time, but eventually turns into a more savannah type of biome, with small cities of off-worlders who prefer this climate. West of Arken past the mountains is one giant forest that never seems to end. They call it The Sea of Leaves, and many Elven settlers and other beings who prefer nature have settled into the region. It encompasses nearly the entire other half of the continent, and has very little breaks in it's foliage. This is Sotiris, although there could be secrets still hidden on the enormous planet that have gone unnoticed...
Continuing outside of the planet itself, we can observe only a few more astral bodies. Sotiris has one moon, which is roughly the size of Mercury, and has been terraformed as the largest space-port in the solar system. The Sun is quite old, and has begun to tint from orange to red over the last few thousand years. The closest planet to Sotiris is a hotspot for mining corporations and is known as Kyron. Sadly this is the only other planet with suitable environments for habitation in the solar system, the two other planets being too far, or two close tot he sun and deemed much to dangerous to settle on. Sotiris's region is space is actually quite small, and very boring compared to other solar systems that have been discovered; however, it is close enough to several other civilizations that it has become a hotspot over the years for travelers of all kinds.
Technology and Magic
Technology on Sotiris has taken quite a different turn compared to previous civilizations. They have discovered a lot of the same techs other planets have, but some things are radically different. For one, Sotirans tend to you very little laser type weaponry. Weaponry on Sotiris is very heavy duty, and often in the form of plasma projectiles. Because of this, they also focus a lot less on armor, and more on shielding tech for defenses. Some of their shielding tech is the best in the galaxy, and their ships have a variety of different shields for different occasions.
A lot of different energy sources have been discovered in recent years, but Sotirans prefer to use local resources, which comes in the form of Aetherium Crystals. These crystals hold what the Sotirans call "Mana" or magical energy. This energy has been around for a very long time, and generates biologically most of the time; however, somehow it has taken a mineral form in a large portion of galaxy and Sotirans have taken advantage of that to power weapons and ships with magic! Commonly weapons will have a core made out of this crystal, and ships will also have a larger crystalline core. Using magnets and spinning the crystals at high velocities can generate casts amount of electricity, and that is how they generate plasma for weaponry and power for ships and cities. A large problem with these crystals is that they are not reusable, they drain like a battery would, but scientists have been theorizing that there is a way to recharge them using natural features deep within Sotiris's earth. Who knows what will become of this?
When it comes to space travel, Sotirans have borrowed a lot of technology from other species. It is quite noticeable in their ships, that they take inspiration from several different cultures and ways of building. This has caused their ship designs to take on a Jack-of-all-trades role. They are highly customizable, and can fit into any kind of fleet. There is only one major flaw with their building... They cannot use hyper-space travel. Hyper-space travel is a delicate science that only a few other planets have implemented. They are not sharing either. Sotirans have struggled for many years to find a faster way of traveling in space, and since no one was helping them, they found a very unique way of traveling long-distances. Instead of bending space around their ship, or even going at the speed of light, they use something called the DSD or Dimensional Shift Drive. As stated in previous overviews there is something off about the veil between dimensions on Sotiris. Reality is thinner there then anywhere else. The Sotirans have known this for a very long time, and have used it to travel inter-dimensionally before. Why not use it in their spacecraft?
The DSD transports the ship through a little tear in reality. When doing a dimensional shift the craft goes into what they call the Void, or an expanse of nothingness between realities. This is a very, very dangerous place to be. Pilots need to be careful they don't end up in an alternate reality, and also have to navigate with no maps or clues to guide them. A lot of other civilizations think the Sotirans are crazy for traveling like this; however, despite the huge risks Sotirans have come to enjoy using this method of travel. They can cover immense distances in minutes sometimes. They are virtually undetectable while in the Void, and it's vast unknowns only seem to exhilarate its people. There have been incidents where they have time-traveled, ended up in alternate versions of the galaxy, gone to completely different galaxies on the other side of the universe, and many other insane cases. But Sotirans love the adventure, and even if it is more of an art then a science, DSD travel is their preferred mode of flying.
The Sotiran Prosperity Guild
The guild has been around for centuries, and is one of the most known organizations throughout the galaxy. At it's core, the SPG members are explorers and scientists; however, they are also peacekeepers, and have been known to use force when necessary. The organization has become so powerful over the centuries that they could be considered the official police force for all living things. Very few defy their rules, and it has been a long time since war has been seen in the galaxy. When a new civilization joins the intergalactic chain of trade and travel they often send members of their race to join the SPG as a show of good faith, making it more diverse then any organization to ever exist. When the SPG discovers planets with less advanced civilizations they set up a space station that monitors the planet for 5 solar cycles before making a decision to contact them or let them continue how they were.
The one who makes these decisions is R'saava Lioslath. She is from a race known as the Sqiathatch, or Dragon-kin. They originally came from a different dimension, and when they entered ours they discovered Sotiris as the first planet with life-forms. R'saava's rank is Paragon, and all rules and regulations are decided by her. She is feared by many planets because of heavily armed interventions she has personally lead when peace-talks were making no progress. Second in command is Andresaryx, another Sqiathatch that handles more of the infrastructure in the SPG. She is Paragon rank as well, and can be often seen working the front desk and personally reading over every new rangers files. She is who hires new rangers, and who you should kiss ass too when you make a mistake. Feochadan is head of exploration, deciding where the new frontier line is and when teams go where. Feochadan is the newest Paragon rank, and leads many new teams into the unknown personally. Head of Research and Development is Layla Natas Duskhill. Paragon Rank, and a bit on the crazy side, she is considered a mad scientist by most; however, her research has kept the SPG on top of all new technologies and up to par with both military and civilian advances.
Those are the main faces of the SPG, although you may not see them all very often. New members usually undergo one to two years of basic training before they are let out into the field, and are taught everything they need to know about basic survival and combat. They are then allowed to undergo further training to specialize in anything from different weaponry, to diplomacy, linguistics, medical training, and engineering. Most members live within the city that the SPG has created for itself, although you are allowed to own your own residence anywhere in the galaxy. You are not required to be in uniform, as some species do not necessitate clothing, but the SPG uniform is blue, with an accent of silver and black. It is basically a flight-suit built to withstand the vacuum of space as well as inclement weather on planets. It is lightly armored, and built mostly for mobility rather then defense. It has very light kinetic resistance, not enough to stop mid to high powered projectiles, but against low powered projectile weapons and melee combat it is quite durable. Standard issue weapons include plasma pistols and rifles, powered with Aetherium Crystal Cores that can be dislodged and reloaded into the weapon as needed. Other equipment includes a utility belt with grappling line, tool pouch, holster, very light shield generator, and can be customized by the user. A wrist communicator is required at all times, unless it interferes with basic physiology or there is a suitable replacement that the user is more comfortable with. SPG ships are built for long distance travel, and outfitted with missile defense turrets and rapid fire plasma cannons. Their shielding is built to resists different types of inclement weather and also small debris impacts. There is usually room for up to 8 guild members including the pilot, and a full kitchen/living space within the ships. Cargo space is limited, and usually contains rations and equipment with just enough room for a little bit of samples or artifacts from planets visited. Sometimes they will come with some sort of light transport vehicle for land travel.
This is just a basic look at what you need to know about the SPG and how it operates. More will be added in the future. Questions are always welcome.
Rules and Guidelines
There will be some basic rules, and they are subject to change, but for the most part they are what I expect of you all during the role-play.
- Respect and follow the official RpN rules. I hope that everyone can at least do this.
- No god-modding or auto-hitting/dodging. You are not invincible, and not all powerful. I will let you all have a bit of fun with your powers and abilities, but keep it reasonable. I do my best to make everything fair. Sometimes you will fight enemies that may seem invincible too, but I assure you there will always be a way to defeat them. Just like in a Video Game.
- Keep sexual and gorey things to a minimum. I love details in fights and such, but don't make it gruesome, and I encourage romance and relationships but we aren't making a 50 Shades of Space here.
- This is a casual role-play, so you don't need to write me a book with every post; however, I would prefer it if you wrote at least 2 paragraphs or matched the person above you. Try to write in complete sentences with proper grammar. I don't have the best grammar myself, but I do my best whenever I can.
- There will be a posting order. That order will be decided by everyones first posts. Try not to skip people, wait your turn. If someone is taking too long though you may ask my permission to skip them, and if they wish to be skipped once or twice that is fine too, but you can't get out of posting forever.
- When speaking Out of Character please use brackets or parenthesis ((these () or these [] {})). Just so we can avoid confusion. If you all wish me to make an OOC thread, then let me know.
- The last rule is just to have fun. I don't like making people post or expecting them to follow a rigid set of standards. Post as often as you can, whenever you like. The tone of the RP should be like an epic adventure. We should be having a blast sending our characters off into space, and that's what I hope to achieve. So just write what your heart desires.
Other Threads and Links
Links to the Recruitment thread and Character sheets will be here. Also any other places that end up needing links.
Interest Thread:
Character Sheets:
OOC Chat:
Introduction Post
This will be the first post for everyone to go off of and begin the RP. Most of the time I will not be playing a single character, instead, as the GM (or Game Master) I will be guiding you all through the world. I will play the NPC's (unless you wish to control one for some reason, if so please let me know ahead of time.), the enemies, and also be a sort of narrater for things. When you make decisions and perform actions I will state what happens when it rolls around to my turn to post again.
A short example just in case there is confusion:
Player 1: Goes out of the airlock to investigate the debris of a ship.
Player 2: Scans for signs of life or activity on board the ship.
Player 3: Looks in the fridge for potato chips.
Me: Player 1 safely floats over to the remains of the broken ship, finding the airlock still functional and powered despite massive damage to the hull. Player 2 discovers faint heat signatures in the cargo hold of the ship. Player 3 finds no potato chips, and should probably help everyone else out.
When I'm playing another character helping you guys I will try my best not to spoil things or make decisions for you all. When I am playing an enemy I will be as fair as possible, but also truly try and kill or capture you, so be wary. Without further adieu here is my introduction post as the GM, when you have all posted once, I will make Feochadan's entrance post and get you all started on the adventure that awaits. Good luck, and have fun everyone!
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The guild was pretty busy this morning. The pale sunlight glittered off glass skyscrapers and transport ships zooming by, and men and women ran about setting up for new shipments of supplies. Today was one of those days that you could feel the excitement in the air. A new set of coordinates was up and teams of Rangers and Guardians were making all their preparations to explore this new region of space as soon as possible. Whenever a new star system popped up on the big billboards it was cause for a lot of excitement. It meant that the Elders and Paragon's decided a previously untraveled sector of space was now greenlit for travel, and that the frontier line would be getting pushed farther back as everything in the systems were recorded. Currently no one had lifted off yet, as there were certain protocols that had to be met before a new expedition could begin.
Having been recently reassigned, you got up early today to meet your new squad at hanger 7. Your transport ship would arrive with your new commanding officer, and you would see who you are working with any minute now. Alien and human workers milled about maintaining equipment and unloading cargo ships while you waited, and every once in a while you might spot a familiar face running an errand. Who would this mysterious new commander be? How were you going to get along with your new crew? Questions with no answers might be circling around in your head right about now. The SPG liked to surprise you every once in a while. Randomly reassigning members, throwing missions at you that you weren't expecting. All you were ever told was how long your current active duty was going to last, and that you should report to the designated hanger at the designated time on your start date. Currently your active duty timer was set to 4 months. This being plenty of time to fly over a planet or two, and take on some other jobs. Whether you are anxious, excited, or curious, pretty soon your first mission was about to begin.
[The RP is a go. Go ahead and make your intro posts when ready. Remember to stay true to posting order. After we have everyones character in the hanger, then your ship will arrive. Have fun!]
[Currently approved players: @FreeSpirit @Milus @Tahana @The One Llama to Rule All @A Mysterious Figure @Kiroshiven]
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