Hi everyone i desided to try somthing differant with in the Danttoine RPing Community we have here. To put things simply i would like us too all get involved with this and create our own Sci-Fi Franchise, Essenitally creating our own universe. I would like everyone who chooses to get involved to have input into creating the history, politics, lifeforms and even the Physics of this new universe. Now i've come up with a very basic premise to get started with which we can build on, Like foundations to a building.

In the 22nd century the third world war began and wiped out over two thirds of humanity. The War devastated the planet as Nuclear weapons contaminated most of earth’s landmasses sentencing mankind to a slow but inevitable death. In a last attempt to save the future of the species 4 leviathan sized spacecraft were built, Each one to carry one million people and to travel across space to find a new home.

Each colony ship travelled for over 500 years before the first found a world that could sustain human life, soon after the other ships found worlds of their own. Each world was colonised and community grew on the four new planets of man.

Now this needs to be built on and that's where you guys come in, You can suggest anything to this. So to get this proceess started i've come up with a few questions:
1) Should the story be based during the colonization or some time later (like 1000 years.)?
2) Should the Colony have expanded to more planets than the initial four?
3) Have the colonies formed a single empire or are they 4 seperate ones? Are these hostile to each other?
4) Are their Aliens? Are they Sentient?
5) How do people travel through space? Can they go faster than light? If so How?
6) Is there some kind of mystical Power, like the Force?

So Now suggest and Answer them, Create new ones, Answer ones that haven't been thought of.

Obviously this could lead to Chaos so for now i have final Say.

I quite like this idea.

1) Say 1000 thousands years later
2) Yes, I reckon they should have alliances, governments, federations,and such.
3) Seperatehowever they don't nessiarly have to be hostile 100% of the time
4) I reckon there should be hostile aliens however not nessiary human/humanoids. There's a unit in the game Quake 4 (i've nicknamed the Sirens) who I'd like to be the enemy. If anyone has played the game they're the guys who can teleport.
5) Hyperspace or Jump Gates (from the game Freelancer)
6) Could be. It could be the baises of the alien hostile's power.

Steve's questions:
1) If there is an alien race:
-a)What would be their goal/s?
-b)What weapons could they have?
-c)What sort of leadership could they have? (I.E. Council, Empire,ect.)
2)What sort of ships would u like?
3)What sort of droids/robots would u like to have?

Big project Starmark! I'm in :)


1) Should the story be based during the colonization or some time later (like 1000 years.)?

Go with later... it gives all the colonies time to grow and expand over the planet. Also, after 500 years of searching, I don't think these people will be eager to go into space again anytime soon... though there will be a few exceptions who tinker and make smaller ships, I imagine... mostly for defense use, I think.

2) Should the Colony have expanded to more planets than the initial four?
Like I said before, I don't think anyone's gonna be eager to hop into space again. Let's just leave it with the initial four.

3) Have the colonies formed a single empire or are they 4 seperate ones? Are these hostile to each other?

They are four separate ones. It took five hundred years to find suitable planets and I kinda have it pictured that they all went off in different directions. Eventually, their communications between one another failed, so they're just their own colony ships, completely oblivious when it comes to what happened to the others.

4) Are their Aliens? Are they Sentient?
No aliens. That's one thing I liked about Firefly/Serenity. It's a fully human galaxy. Sure, you've got the Reavers, but they're people who've gone crazy. Sure, you've got River, but she's a person too... just a little twisted in the brain pan ;). Go with fully human. It's unique... there aren't many Sci-fi writings that do this.

5) How do people travel through space? Can they go faster than light? If so How?
For a long time, they didn't want to. They'd just gotten to a new place. Maybe they've got faster-than-light technology now, maybe only one or two of the original colony ships figured it out. But now, after 1000 years, they're only just beginning to experiment with it. It could be the thing that reconnects the colonies.

Now, that would be an interesting RP. Following them through the initial tests of their new technology and how they come to a new 'life supporting' planet to find life already there... other humans. And by this time, maybe they would've forgotten all about the initial colony ships.

6) Is there some kind of mystical Power, like the Force?
Maybe... or maybe there's just certain people who've agreed to genetic and mental alterations, giving them added abilities... or maybe they're evolving... like X-Men.


So after answering these questions, I'd say if we're going to have them forget about the other colonies, maybe we should make them reach their planets in 1000 years. And while they've got myths of other colony ships, their myths suggest that the other ships were destroyed in the attempt to leave Earth. And then, maybe 4-5 thousand years later, they're just beginning to experiment with faster-than-light technology. And that's when they discover one of the other colonized worlds.

Should the story be based during the colonization or some time later (like 1000 years.)?

Definitely much later.

Should the Colony have expanded to more planets than the initial four?

Yes. It's always more fun when you have other planets.

Have the colonies formed a single empire or are they 4 separate ones? Are these hostile to each other?

At least let there be two empires. Who says they all joined together or all stayed separate? There could be different combinations.

Are there Aliens? Are they Sentient?

There should definitely be aliens, maybe not sentient ones but at least some cool animals. And I personally like the idea of sentient aliens. They're really fun to design. The reason having sci-fi stories with only people seems new is because it's so old. Why do you think they go for the aliens now?

Is there some kind of mystical Power, like the Force?

Maybe... or maybe there's just certain people who've agreed to genetic and mental alterations, giving them added abilities... or maybe they're evolving... like X-Men.
Why not both?

hehe, i told you i'd be one of the first ones to show up for the party. ;)

anyways, here are my thoughts:

1) Should the story be based during the colonization or some time later (like 1000 years.)? i think that 1000 years might be a bit too extreme. perhaps something more around 100-500 years would be a bit more suitable.
2) Should the Colony have expanded to more planets than the initial four? it's possible, but the question is would they need to?? if the rather few remaining of the human population split up into four groups took off in different directions, the population growth in even 1000 years isn't going to be all that substantial to force them to colonize more than one planet (per group).
3) Have the colonies formed a single empire or are they 4 seperate ones? Are these hostile to each other? i think the groups need to be seperated. in fact, one of the thoughts i had was that they haven't been in contact with each other until recently. the idea there would be for two or three of the groups to just come into contact with each other with the fourth still missing.

as to if they are hostile or not, well, that would depend on how the groups were split apart in the first place and whether or not they are within range of each other.
4) Are their Aliens? Are they Sentient? i vote for no aliens. its different, and you don't have to worry about trying to create them, either.
5) How do people travel through space? Can they go faster than light? If so How? i think something along the lines of a hyperspace/hypergate combo, if anything. i also think that one of the dividing issues would be for just one of the four groups to have the technology, but they aren't willing to share it without a price.
6) Is there some kind of mystical Power, like the Force? i vote no. by now, its a little cliche in this forum to deal with some kind of 'Force'. ;)

For those of us who've seen Firefly, remember the net from Our Mrs. Reynolds?

For faster-than-light technology, I propose something of a similar shape. Passing through the center of the ring, your ship is propelled forward at a high rate of speed. Then, in a certain amount of time, you pass through another that acts as a 'stopper', slowing you down so you don't keep going endlessly and wind up plunging into a planet.


I'm actually using something like that in a story I'm writing. It's a simple design... though I'm not entirely sure on the mechanics of exactly how it works...

^^^^
in 'Trekkie' terms, it could be something on par with a warp bubble that's moving along some sort of a wave. this would allow the vessel to move at a very high speed with little energy output from the ship itself.

the only problem would arise if something interposed itself along the vector from one gate to another. you would also run into issues with traffic and the amount of energy needed by the gates themselves.

I think i'll answer my own questions with my opinions...

1) Should the story be based during the colonization or some time later (like 1000 years.)?
I personally think it should be atleast 1000 years as this is a good amount of time for a society to develop into a maturity.

2) Should the Colony have expanded to more planets than the initial four?
only to a small extent... i.e mining, penial and defence colonies on moons or outterlying planets. Or perhaps one of the colony ships landed on a barren world and had no choice but to move.

3) Have the colonies formed a single empire or are they 4 seperate ones? Are these hostile to each other?
I Think they should remain seperate but have formed a version of the UN... Also i think that it would be interesting if 2 of the Colony Empires came from either Side of the War on Earth which leads to minor hostilities.

4) Are their Aliens? Are they Sentient?
I got to go with Wild, I do like the Humans are the only intelligant species... But i think maybe Aliens should Exsist in Plants and Small animals.

5) How do people travel through space? Can they go faster than light? If so How?
I think the combined efforts of Wild and Stinger is a good idea, how travel between the colonies is accomplished by Gates... But i think there should be another form of 'Unstable' FTL for exploration but is rare used.

6) Is there some kind of mystical Power, like the Force?
I think a mystic 'Force' may not be needed, But i like the Idea of Wilds that people may be evolving... Perhaps wach colony Evolves differantly creating 4 new species.

Steven's Qs
2)What sort of ships would u like?
I think that the ships should be fairly large and that small fighter like craft don't exsist, But ships the sive of Modern Spacecraft are the standard for commercial use.

3)What sort of droids/robots would u like to have?
Maybe During the War Droids were created, And they are used for Fighting and jobs dangerous for humans... But no AI.

Oh the things a simple writer like me never thinks about :p


And an added thought to evolution: since the environments of the planets are bound to be different, it's their surroundings that are forcing them to 'adapt'... thus the evoltion. For example, a place where there are many preexisting natural predators has forced the human colony to develop pyrokinesis (or some other power to combat the predators).

2)What sort of ships would u like?
I think that the ships should be fairly large and that small fighter like craft don't exsist, But ships the sive of Modern Spacecraft are the standard for commercial use.
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Accutaly I had an idea sometime ago that mordern day jets could have been upgraded for short time space travells however they're only used when under attack.

Also we're going to need shuttles(like in Star Trek and Star Wars)

1) Should the story be based during the colonization or some time later (like 1000 years.)?

Sometime later like 1000 years sounds good.

2) Should the Colony have expanded to more planets than the initial four?

Yes, I think they should.

3) Have the colonies formed a single empire or are they 4 seperate ones? Are these hostile to each other?

While I think there should be four separate empires, I don't think they all should be hostile to each other, but on the brink of hostility.

4) Are their Aliens? Are they Sentient?

Yes, I think there should be other aliens. No, I don't think they should be sentient.

5) How do people travel through space? Can they go faster than light? If so How?

I think that the Hyperspace should be based somewhat after this (http://homeworld.wikia.com/wiki/Hyperdrive).

6) Is there some kind of mystical Power, like the Force?

No, that would be just a bit overused already.

7)What sort of ships would u like?

I would like for there to be defense fleets of sorts, incase another empire happens to get the urge to go conquer something. And a Mothership vessel for every empire.

9)What sort of droids/robots would u like to have?

War machines perhaps, but like Starmark said, no AI.

1) Should the story be based during the colonization or some time later (like 1000 years.)?

I'd say 1000 years is good, seeing as how a group of a million people lived on a ship for 500 years. They would have been mature enough to do some major colonization after 1000 years.

2) Should the Colony have expanded to more planets than the initial four?

I'll go with starmark2k's idea for this question; just minor colonization, and movement to other planets, only for good reasons and all.

3) Have the colonies formed a single empire or are they 4 seperate ones? Are these hostile to each other?

At least let there be two empires. Who says they all joined together or all stayed separate? There could be different combinations.

Took the words right out of my mouth.

4) Are their Aliens? Are they Sentient?

To the first question I say yes. To the second, I say that there should be animal alien life, like what others say, but, there is such a thing as semi-sentient beings; we could have those.

5) How do people travel through space? Can they go faster than light? If so How?

I'll go with Rexraptor2000 on the hyperdrive technollogy idea.

6) Is there some kind of mystical Power, like the Force?

I say no, as everyone else says, overused.

Maybe... or maybe there's just certain people who've agreed to genetic and mental alterations, giving them added abilities... or maybe they're evolving... like X-Men.

Why not both?

I say ditto for combining them.

And an added thought to evolution: since the environments of the planets are bound to be different, it's their surroundings that are forcing them to 'adapt'... thus the evoltion. For example, a place where there are many preexisting natural predators has forced the human colony to develop pyrokinesis (or some other power to combat the predators).

I say that's very good idea; I agree with this idea too.

7)What sort of ships would u like?

Defense fleet idea sounds good, but no mothership for each one; that's a bit much. Maybe one or two of the planets has a mothership class vessel, but not all of them.

Minimum size of ships should be ships that support around 6 or 8 people, but no fighter, or one person sized craft.

8)What sort of droids/robots would u like to have?

Military and Work use droids, no AI.

7)What sort of ships would u like?

Defense fleet idea sounds good, but no mothership for each one; that's a bit much. Maybe one or two of the planets has a mothership class vessel, but not all of them.

I didn't mean a mothership class for each fleet. I meant a mothership class for each empire, like if there were four empires there would be four motherships, one for each empire.

Oh....*stares off into space*....okay, well then I change my mind, that's a good idea, I'll go with Rexraptor2000 on the, "mothership per empire," capita.

1) Should the story be based during the colonization or some time later (like 1000 years.)? I agree with everyone else, 1000 years after colonization

2) Should the Colony have expanded to more planets than the initial four?Just like most of you said no because they aren't fully colonized to withstand holding new planets maybe moons and asteroids nearby to the planet but not farther than from planet to planet

3) Have the colonies formed a single empire or are they 4 seperate ones? Are these hostile to each other? I say there should be 3 different empires one trying to develop one but is absorbed into one other Empire.

4) Are their Aliens? Are they Sentient? I don't think aliens should exist, but there could be animals that live naturally on the planet.

5) How do people travel through space? Can they go faster than light? If so How? I don't have much thoughts about this, but would like to hyperspace or something at least.

6) Is there some kind of mystical Power, like the Force? No, not really.

7)What sort of ships would u like? I say one large empire should have a fleet that works with large ships with a small amount, and the other with small fighters with a massive amount of them. Basically one wants quantity and the other wants larger size and quality, or smaller size(instead of larger size)

here's a question that might stir things up a bit: what if the initial colonies started off as massive terraforming projects?? the idea there is to perhaps show that the humans were starting to get desperate whenever it came to finding a planet to settle on, so they went ahead and terraformed a planet.

this idea could even be used in a 1000 year timeframe. what if the terraforming process was never perfect, and one (or more) of the initial colonies was starting to run out of resources because of it? this could present its own set of problems (for the seperate colonies), and thus provide some sort of conflict that needs resolved for the story.

Thanks for all the Suggestions and so you all know you can join in with this at any point. now I’ve decided to add some organization to this little project of ours. So now I’ve split it into a 6 Phase Plan, each phase may take about week or so to do.

Phase 1- The Basics- Basically what we’re doing now.
Phase 2- Creating New Worlds- What the planets, Empire and citizens of our Galaxy are like.
Phase 3- Relationships- How the different Colonies Relate (If at all)
Phase 4- Groups, Cults and Organized Crime- The non-Colony groups (Pirates, Gangs and companies)
Phase 5- The Fine Details- Anything that has to be sorted before we start
Phase 6- The RP- What we’re working Towards.
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So lets continue with Phase One now I’ve taken your Suggestions and picked the most popular and viable options to create a polling system. Each Question will have a number of Options and I will Explain what each option means so you can make a more informed decision.

Also If you think of questions that need to be Answered PM me with them, and I will decide if they do or if they can wait until a later phase.

Question 1: How long after Colonization should the RP be based?
1) 500 years
2) 1000 years
3) 5000 years

Question 2: How are the Colonies politically connected?
1) A Single Empire- The Colonies are ruled by a single Government.
2) Allied Colonies- Although Each Colony has their own government they Have their own version of the U.N
3) Four Empires (Aware)- The Colonies have formed into Four Empires and are aware of each Others Existence.
4) Four Empires (Unaware)- The Colonies have formed into Four Empires and are not aware of each Others Existence.

Question 3: Are their Aliens?
1) None- The only life in the Galaxy existed on Earth until Colonization, This means the planets needed to be terrorformed first.
2) Plant life- Only Alien Plants.
3) Non-sentient- only Plants and unintelligent Animal Evolved away from earth.
4) Sentient- There’s intelligent life out there.

Question 4: How do they Travel faster than the speed of Light?
1) They Can’t- It’s impossible to travel faster than Light.
2) Hyper-gates- The use of Gates allows faster than Light Travel.
3) Hyperspace- Hyperspace creates an artificial wormhole to travel.
4) FTL Drives- The use Of FTL allows instantaneous transport across great distances.

Question 5: Magic or Evolution?
1) Neither- Humans are Humans nothing Special happens
2) Magic- Something that can’t be explained give some a power.
3) Evolution- We were once amphibians, what will happen next?
4) Both- Magic and Evolution

Question 6: Laser technology?
Non-Existent- No such thing as energy based weapons, they still use Bullets and missiles.
Restricted Only the Militaries have access.
Limited It’s either very Expensive or very New so its not that common.
It’s you right to bare a Laser- Everyone has access to them and have made Bullets obsolete.
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Ok Here’s mine so you know how to put your votes forward.
1) 5000 years
2) Four Empires (Aware)
3) Non-sentient
4) Hyper-gates
5) Neither
6) Limited

So start your voting I’ll see tally the votes on Sunday unless we need more time.

Question 1: How long after Colonization should the RP be based?
2) 1000 years


Question 2: How are the Colonies politically connected?.
4) Four Empires (aware)- The Colonies have formed into Four Empires and are aware of each Others Existence.


Question 3: Are their Aliens?
3) Non-sentient- only Plants and unintelligent Animal Evolved away from earth.


Question 4: How do they Travel faster than the speed of Light?
2) Hyper-gates- The use of Gates allows faster than Light Travel.


Question 5: Magic or Evolution?
4) Both- Magic and Evolution

Question 6: Laser technology?
Restricted Only the Militaries have access.

Question 1: How long after Colonization should the RP be based?
5000 years

Question 2: How are the Colonies politically connected?
Four Empires (Aware)- The Colonies have formed into Four Empires and are aware of each Others Existence.

Question 3: Are there Aliens?
Non-sentient- only Plants and unintelligent Animal Evolved away from earth.

Question 4: How do they Travel faster than the speed of Light?
Hyper-gates- The use of Gates allows faster than Light Travel.

Question 5: Magic or Evolution?
Evolution- We were once amphibians, what will happen next?

Question 6: Laser technology?
Limited It’s either very Expensive or very New so its not that common.

Sorry I haven't jumped in before now. Great ideas so far! Here's my answers to the poll. I've got some other questions, but I'll give them a bit more thought before posting.

Question 1: How long after Colonization should the RP be based?
2) 1000 years (I think that's around about enough time. Just look at how far we've come in a 1000 years!)

Question 2: How are the Colonies politically connected?
2) Allied Colonies- Although Each Colony has their own government they Have their own version of the U.N. (Of course, this wouldn't preclude the colonies from being at odds with each other from time to time.)

Question 3: Are their Aliens?
3) Non-sentient- only Plants and unintelligent Animals Evolved away from earth. (Got to have some strange and funky creatures!)

Question 4: How do they Travel faster than the speed of Light?
3) Hyperspace- Hyperspace creates an artificial wormhole to travel. (Otherwise, travel would take too long for an RP. Though, having Gates was a close second, I imagine that one might have to have some sort of security code or permit to use them--sort of like tax discs or toll booths. And they could be prone to traffic jams during peak use times. :) )

Question 5: Magic or Evolution?
3) Evolution- We were once amphibians, what will happen next?
(This should include 'artificial' evolution, i.e. genetic enhancements.)

Question 6: Laser technology?
Limited It’s either very Expensive or very New so its not that common.
(I imagine it to be sort of like having a gun in Britian. You can have one legally by going through the red tape and applying for permits, or you have one illegally with severe consequences if you get caught. Of course, the military and police forces should have access to them.)
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Question 1: How long after Colonization should the RP be based?
1000 years

Question 2: How are the Colonies politically connected?
Four Empires (Aware)- The Colonies have formed into Four Empires and are aware of each Others Existence.

Question 3: Are their Aliens?
Non-sentient- only Plants and unintelligent Animal Evolved away from earth.

Question 4: How do they Travel faster than the speed of Light?
FTL Drives- The use Of FTL allows instantaneous transport across great distances.

Question 5: Magic or Evolution?
Neither- Humans are Humans nothing Special happens

Question 6: Laser technology?
Restricted Only the Militaries have access.

Question 1: How long after Colonization should the RP be based?

1000 years

Question 2: How are the Colonies politically connected?

Four Empires (Aware)- The Colonies have formed into Four Empires and are aware of each Others Existence.

Question 3: Are their Aliens?

Non-sentient- only Plants and unintelligent Animal Evolved away from earth. (But I still stand on my subject of semi-sentient beings.)

Question 4: How do they Travel faster than the speed of Light?

FTL Drives- The use Of FTL allows instantaneous transport across great distances.

Question 5: Magic or Evolution?

Evolution- We were once amphibians, what will happen next?

Question 6: Laser technology?

Limited- It’s either very Expensive or very New so its not that common.

Question 1: How long after Colonization should the RP be based?
500 years (1000 years is too long of a development time. even if a planet was terraformed, the process would only take about 20-50 years. then, the process of building, developing, and then settling the planet would only take about 10-20 years depending on the population size.

the technology differential due to the development time is almost astronomical if you allow for 1000 years or more.)

Question 2: How are the Colonies politically connected?
Four Empires (Aware)- The Colonies have formed into Four Empires and are aware of each Others Existence. (even by 500 years, they should've made some form of contact with each other. however, i think the likelyhood of them forming some form of an alliance akin to the UN would be low depending on the distance involved and the mode of transportation.)

Question 3: Are their Aliens?
Non-sentient- only Plants and unintelligent Animal Evolved away from earth. (this is, of course, assuming that one or more of the groups didn't have to terraform their planet.)

Question 4: How do they Travel faster than the speed of Light?
Hyper-gates- The use of Gates allows faster than Light Travel.
Hyperspace- Hyperspace creates an artificial wormhole to travel. (i vote for a combination system. larger ships can both enter and exit hyperspace at will. however, smaller vessels need a hypergate to exit hyperspace. to compensate for traffic issues, several very large hypergates could've been erected between systems.

each of these could also be designated for certain types of traffic, depending on the government organization and so on.)

Question 5: Magic or Evolution?
Evolution- We were once amphibians, what will happen next? (i vote for nothing more than artificial evolution. even in evolutionary terms, we are still a young species as 20,000 years is nothing compared to the millions of years that some species have been around. even an extra 5,000 years won't be much to make a difference.

as for artificial evolution, that's rather simple: make a bunch of cyborgs with varying degrees of artificial and natural systems combined into one.)

Question 6: Laser technology?
Limited It’s either very Expensive or very New so its not that common. (Lasers and other energy weapons already exist, but they also require huge platforms to work properly. in a thousand years, the technology might have been made small enough for certain platforms, but it certainly wouldn't be handheld.

something more realistic would be projectile-based weapons that use magnetic drive systems to fire the weapons. for anyone that's played a FPS, the term there would be a rail-gun.)

1) 1000 years
2) Four Empires (Aware)
3) Non-sentient
4) Hyperspace
5) Neither
6) Restricted Only to Military

The Results so far are as follows.

Q1
500 years- 1
1000 years- 5
5000 years- 2

Q2
One Empire- 0
Allied Colonies- 1
4E (Aware)- 7
4E (Unaware)- 0

Q3
None- 0
Plant- 0
Nonsentient- 8
Sentient- 0

Q4
None- 0
Gates- 4
space- 2
FTL- 2

Q5
Neither- 3
Magic- 0
Evolution- 4
Both- 1

Q6
None- 0
Restricted- 3
Limited- 5
Widespread- 0

To break it down, as if this was how it will go. IT'll be based 1000 years after colonization, each colony has stuck to themselves but discovered each others exsistances, Humans are the only intelligant life in the galaxy but there are a whole bunch of Alien wildlife, We travel using Gates (but i think we'll add a second mode of FTL transport which can be less used), We've evolved (although the general concensus is that it's un-natural, but we'll do further votes for that later), and weapons are around put uncommon(again a vote to explain why).

Thats how it stands so far, This is not final and we want more votes, and if you have voted spread the word, the more the better to get this working.
There'll be a second round of voting on sunday which will get more specific.

I was thinking, shouldn't the four sleeper ships that left earth, shouldn't they be devided by the 4/6 continents and whatever planet they land on, they'd claim, they should name it after they're continent or a place there?
e.g. North and South America find a planet and call it "New America"
Europe find a planet and call it "New London
Asia claim a planet and call it "New Russia"
Africa/Australlia claim a planet and call it "Queensland"

The colonies and everything relating to their societies will be worked out in phase two, this includes the people that make up the world and where they may have originated on earth. We will also discuss their possible evolutions aswell as capital cities... Also i left the further colonization Question until Phase two as that's dependant on what the Empire is like.

Okay cool. By the way, another thing to think about, Bad guys. Or are we going to talk about it later?

OK I'll go into detail of the phases 2-5 to stop this line of questioning.(in no order)

Bad Guys and all things like that will be dealt with in Phase 3(If we decide the colonies are hostile) and/or phase 4 when we create all the 'Minor' groups. Phase 4 includes the creation of corporations, terrorist cell, Pirate groups, Organised crime gangs and anything else that may be related like new religeons and cults. We'll look into how they opperate where in space they exsist.

Phase 2- We'll be creating the planets, people, history, military, political structure and even econmy of each empire. I may even knock up a stella map so we know where the planets are in relation to one another.

Phase 3 we'll discuss if the Colonies get on, are at war, have trade alliances. We'll look into the reasons why they may not like each other or why they may be the best of friends... This will also be when we work out most of the history that is not specific to the individual colony.

Phase 5 will envolve us going over what we've done in the previous phases and fill in any Gaps or smooth out the rough edges.

This really sounds like something you create on a new Role-playing site like a completely new internet Forum site.

I'm guessing we can start suggesting or are you making up the questions for phase 2.

thanks for the suggestion but i don't think we need to create a new forum for this, I don't think it's big enough to deserve a One all on it's own and we don't know if when it comes down to it if it'll be a success. We also have Moderator backing (you rock Sting) so if it is successful i'm sure we can get a sub-forum for it... Just kidding.

Oh well, doesn't bother me!

Are we going to be starting phase 2?

I remember having many suggestions but can't remember any right now. I'm not much of a namer-of-things, but I really like that idea Steven suggested, about where they came from.

As we haven't had any votes in two days i'll go on to the second round of Questions.

Question 7: Why are Lasers Limited?
1) New Tech- The technology has only recently been invented and hasn't had time to be widly used
2) Expensive- It costs alot of money to buy and maintain Laser based weapons, So only the wealthiest people and goverment can afford it.
3) By Permit only (Jasra's Suggestion)- The goverments stricktly limit access of the weapons too the public
4) Not Handheld (Wldjedi's Suggestion )- Lasers are only availiable as large weapons and have too be mounted on ships, vehicals and platforms.

Question 8: Alternate Weapons (Stinger's Suggestion)... With this question you can select multiples.
1) Rail Gun's- Projectile-based weapon that use magnetic drive systems to fire the weapons.
2) Sonic Based- Weapons that Cause a concentrated stream of Vibrating air towards a target. These weapons only work in Atmosphere.
3) Magnetic pulse- The magnetic pulse creates and launches a magnetic shot, Unlike the Rail gun it requires no Ammo and just fires a ball of solid magnetic energy. Weapon also create's an EMP which can disable electronics.
4) None- Only Guns that work using modern principles and laser exsist
5) Other- Suggestions please

Question 9: Although Hypergates are the primary use of FTL transport what should be the secondary? (All secondary types have problems, Stinger's Suggestion)
1) None- Hypergates are the only way to travel FTL
2) Hyperspace- Hyperspace creates an artificial wormhole to travel. Entering Hyperspace without the use of a Gate is very havardous, you may be unable to leave or could get caught in a hyperspace storm that is destructive.
3) FTL Drive- The use Of FTL allows instantaneous transport across great distances. It's impossible to Navigate and properly plot a course for an FTL Jump, You could end up Several lightyears in any direction of your required destination. They are also influanced by gravity meaning you can end up in a a sun or black.
4) Other- Sugestion Please.

Question 10: How is Evoulution Acheived?
1) Natural- The species has evolved to adapt to its surroundings in the same way.(the whole of a colony has evolved)
2) Engineering- Un-natual genetic engineering has taken place to help with the survival of the species. (Not all the species has evolved.)
3) Mutation- Some of the species has begun to evolve but others haven't. (Not all the species has evolved... and not always in the same way)

Question 11: Where did the colonists come from?(steven's Suggestion)
1) Continental(Sleeper)- Each colonyship was built in a differant continent and filled it with the people from the continent. Sleeper ships had people chriogenically frozen until they landed.
2) Global lottery(Sleeper)- The ships were built and then filled with People who were chosen by chance from a lottery. Sleeper ships had people chriogenically frozen until they landed.
3) Best of the Best(Sleeper)- The top people in everyfield were picked to start the new life and continue the race. Sleeper ships had people chriogenically frozen until they landed.
4) Continental(Awake)- Each colonyship was built in a differant continent and filled it with the people from the continent. The colonists were not frozen and lived on the ship until they found a new home.
5) Global lottery(Awake)- The ships were built and then filled with People who were chosen by chance from a lottery. The colonists were not frozen and lived on the ship until they found a new home.
6) Best of the Best(Awake)- The top people in everyfield were picked to start the new life and continue the race. The colonists were not frozen and lived on the ship until they found a new home.
7) Other- Suggestions Please.

Note. if you pick one of the Other options please pick a second choice incase the suggestion isn't taken up, With the exception of question 8 where you can give multiple answers anyway... This vote will end wednesday or when all the people who voted in the first round have voted, which ever comes first.

Question 7: Why are Lasers Limited?
4) Not Handheld (Wldjedi's Suggestion )- Lasers are only availiable as large weapons and have too be mounted on ships, vehicals and platforms.

Question 8: Alternate Weapons (Stinger's Suggestion)... With this question you can select multiples.
4) None- Only Guns that work using modern principles and laser exsist


Question 9: Although Hypergates are the primary use of FTL transport what should be the secondary? (All secondary types have problems, Stinger's Suggestion)
2) Hyperspace- Hyperspace creates an artificial wormhole to travel. Entering Hyperspace without the use of a Gate is very havardous, you may be unable to leave or could get caught in a hyperspace storm that is destructive.

Question 10: How is Evoulution Acheived?
1) Natural- The species has evolved to adapt to its surroundings in the same way.(the whole of a colony has evolved)

Question 11: Where did the colonists come from?(steven's Suggestion)
1) Continental(Sleeper)- Each colonyship was built in a differant continent and filled it with the people from the continent. Sleeper ships had people chriogenically frozen until they landed.

Question 10: How is Evoulution Acheived?
3) Mutation- Some of the species has begun to evolve but others haven't. (Not all the species has evolved... and not always in the same way)
Idea: The mutation differs between the collinists because of which planet they landed on


I think you mean Natural then as thats the idea for that option. Mutation is like in X men how some people have mutated when others haven't

I think you mean Natural then as thats the idea for that option. Mutation is like in X men how some people have mutated when others haven't

Yeah I did. Sry and I editted.

Question 7: Why are Lasers Limited?
4) Not Handheld (Wldjedi's Suggestion)

Question 8: Alternate Weapons (Stinger's Suggestion)... With this question you can select multiples.
4) None

Question 9: Although Hypergates are the primary use of FTL transport what should be the secondary? (All secondary types have problems, Stinger's Suggestion)
2) Hyperspace

Question 10: How is Evoulution Acheived?
1) Natural

Question 11: Where did the colonists come from?(steven's Suggestion)
4) Continental (Sleeper)

Question 7: Why are Lasers Limited?
It's a combination of more than one of these options. 1)New tech. It's new, so therefore it's 4)large and 2)expensive. The militaries that exist are the only ones who can afford to make use of the technology.

Question 8: Alternate Weapons (Stinger's Suggestion)... With this question You can select multiples.
Combination of 3)magnetic pulse and 4)modern tech guns

Question 9: Although Hypergates are the primary use of FTL transport what should be the secondary? (All secondary types have problems, Stinger's Suggestion)
2) Hyperspace- Hyperspace creates an artificial wormhole to travel. Entering Hyperspace without the use of a Gate is very havardous, you may be unable to leave or could get caught in a hyperspace storm that is destructive.

Question 10: How is Evoulution Acheived?
2) Engineering- Un-natual genetic engineering has taken place to help with the survival of the species. (Not all the species has evolved.)
3) Mutation- Some of the species has begun to evolve but others haven't. (Not all the species has evolved... and not always in the same way)

Question 11: Where did the colonists come from?(steven's Suggestion)
4) Continental(Awake)- Each colonyship was built in a differant continent and filled it with the people from the continent. The colonists were not frozen and lived on the ship until they found a new home.

Question 7: Why are Lasers Limited?
4) Not Handheld (Wldjedi's Suggestion )- Lasers are only availiable as large weapons and have too be mounted on ships, vehicals and platforms.

Question 8: Alternate Weapons (Stinger's Suggestion)... With this question you can select multiples.
1) Rail Gun's- Projectile-based weapon that use magnetic drive systems to fire the weapons.

Question 9: Although Hypergates are the primary use of FTL transport what should be the secondary? (All secondary types have problems, Stinger's Suggestion)
3) FTL Drive- The use Of FTL allows instantaneous transport across great distances. It's impossible to Navigate and properly plot a course for an FTL Jump, You could end up Several lightyears in any direction of your required destination. They are also influanced by gravity meaning you can end up in a a sun or black.

Question 10: How is Evoulution Acheived?
2) Engineering- Un-natual genetic engineering has taken place to help with the survival of the species. (Not all the species has evolved.)

Question 11: Where did the colonists come from?(steven's Suggestion)
1) Continental(Sleeper)- Each colonyship was built in a differant continent and filled it with the people from the continent. Sleeper ships had people chriogenically frozen until they landed.

Well i did the questions but forgot to vote myself... Doesn't that just fill you with confidance.

Question 7: Why are Lasers Limited?
1) New Tech- The technology has only recently been invented and hasn't had time to be widly used

Question 8: Alternate Weapons (Stinger's Suggestion)... With this question you can select multiples.
1) Rail Gun's- Projectile-based weapon that use magnetic drive systems to fire the weapons.

Question 9: Although Hypergates are the primary use of FTL transport what should be the secondary? (All secondary types have problems, Stinger's Suggestion)
3) FTL Drive- The use Of FTL allows instantaneous transport across great distances. It's impossible to Navigate and properly plot a course for an FTL Jump, You could end up Several lightyears in any direction of your required destinati on. They are also influanced by gravity meaning you can end up in a a sun or blackhole.

Question 10: How is Evoulution Acheived?
3) Mutation- Some of the species has begun to evolve but others haven't. (Not all the species has evolved... and not always in the same way)

Question 11: Where did the colonists come from?(steven's Suggestion)
5) Global lottery(Awake)- The ships were built and then filled with People who were chosen by chance from a lottery. The colonists were not frozen and lived on the ship until they found a new home.

Question 7: Why are Lasers Limited?
2) Expensive- It costs alot of money to buy and maintain Laser based weapons, So only the wealthiest people and goverment can afford it.
4) Not Handheld (Wldjedi's Suggestion )- Lasers are only availiable as large weapons and have too be mounted on ships, vehicals and platforms.

Question 8: Alternate Weapons (Stinger's Suggestion)... With this question you can select multiples.
1) Rail Gun's- Projectile-based weapon that use magnetic drive systems to fire the weapons.
3) Magnetic pulse- The magnetic pulse creates and launches a magnetic shot, Unlike the Rail gun it requires no Ammo and just fires a ball of solid magnetic energy. Weapon also create's an EMP which can disable electronics.

Question 9: Although Hypergates are the primary use of FTL transport what should be the secondary? (All secondary types have problems, Stinger's Suggestion)
3) FTL Drive- The use Of FTL allows instantaneous transport across great distances. It's impossible to Navigate and properly plot a course for an FTL Jump, You could end up Several lightyears in any direction of your required destination. They are also influanced by gravity meaning you can end up in a a sun or black.

Question 10: How is Evoulution Acheived?
2) Engineering- Un-natual genetic engineering has taken place to help with the survival of the species. (Not all the species has evolved.)

Question 11: Where did the colonists come from?(steven's Suggestion)
2) Global lottery(Sleeper)- The ships were built and then filled with People who were chosen by chance from a lottery. Sleeper ships had people chriogenically frozen until they landed.
7) Other- Suggestions Please.

for this one, i actually had a bit of a brainstorm. the orginal idea was that the majority of Earth was destroyed through nuclear warfare. if you think about it, that means a couple of things. first, the majority of people that survived are going to be from third-world countries since nuclear war is likely to break out among industrialized countries. That means that the majority of Western Europe, the US, Canada, Russia, China, India, Pakistan, and Japan would have the highest likelihood of being wiped out due to conflict among each other (that and the majority of those countries also have nuclear weapons). You could possibly include some of the Middle Eastern countries and perhaps one or two African nations on that list as well.

what would then be left is largely going to consist of Latin America, Africa, and the South Pacific region with a contingent of refugees from the other countries. you would also have to account for survivors and those that sought shelter from the blasts, as well. all in all, the majority of those that go in the ships aren't likely to be a group from specific continents as a lot of survivors and refugees have to be accounted for.

in the end, we're going to have to come to a concensus as to what happens during the devastating war in order to truely decided what happens on who is chosen.

in the end, we're going to have to come to a concensus as to what happens during the devastating war in order to truely decided what happens on who is chosen.

You have hit the nail on the head... We probably should discuss our futures history after these questions have been answered. This is because if we decide the Evolution question's answer is Enginnering we may say that the Genetic engineering happened before or during the war.

Also I haven't got any more questions for a third round so i expect the history discussion may only take 3 or days so we may move on to phase 2 next weekend. If you do have any more questions please PM me before wednesday so i can determine if they should be answered now or can wait.

Question 7: Why are Lasers Limited?
New Tech- The technology has only recently been invented and hasn't had time to be widly used

Question 8: Alternate Weapons
Magnetic pulse- The magnetic pulse creates and launches a magnetic shot, Unlike the Rail gun it requires no Ammo and just fires a ball of solid magnetic energy. Weapon also create's an EMP which can disable electronics.

Question 9: Although Hypergates are the primary use of FTL transport what should be the secondary?
FTL Drive- The use Of FTL allows instantaneous transport across great distances. It's impossible to Navigate and properly plot a course for an FTL Jump, You could end up Several lightyears in any direction of your required destination. They are also influenced by gravity meaning you can end up in a a sun or black.

Question 10: How is Evoulution Acheived?
Mutation- Some of the species has begun to evolve but others haven't. (Not all the species has evolved... and not always in the same way)

Question 11: Where did the colonists come from?
Continental(Sleeper)- Each colonyship was built in a different continent and filled it with the people from the continent. Sleeper ships had people cryogenically frozen until they landed.

Question 7: Why are Lasers Limited?
3) By Permit only (Jasra's Suggestion)- The governments strictly limit access of the weapons to the public

Question 8: Alternate Weapons (Stinger's Suggestion)... With this question you can select multiples.
3) Magnetic pulse- The magnetic pulse creates and launches a magnetic shot, Unlike the Rail gun it requires no Ammo and just fires a ball of solid magnetic energy. Weapon also create's an EMP which can disable electronics.

Question 9: Although Hypergates are the primary use of FTL transport what should be the secondary? (All secondary types have problems, Stinger's Suggestion)
2) Hyperspace- Hyperspace creates an artificial wormhole to travel. Entering Hyperspace without the use of a Gate is very havardous, you may be unable to leave or could get caught in a hyperspace storm that is destructive.

Question 10: How is Evoulution Acheived?
2) Engineering- Un-natual genetic engineering has taken place to help with the survival of the species. (Not all the species has evolved.)

Question 11: Where did the colonists come from?(steven's Suggestion)
5) Global lottery(Awake)- The ships were built and then filled with People who were chosen by chance from a lottery. The colonists were not frozen and lived on the ship until they found a new home.

Question 7: Why are Lasers Limited?
4) Not Handheld (Wldjedi's Suggestion )- Lasers are only availiable as large weapons and have too be mounted on ships, vehicals and platforms. This makes sense, think about how big these guns would be.

Question 8: Alternate Weapons (Stinger's Suggestion)... With this question you can select multiples.
1) Rail Gun's- Projectile-based weapon that use magnetic drive systems to fire the weapons.
4) None- Only Guns that work using modern principles and laser exsist
In this case I think both are good choices.

Question 9: Although Hypergates are the primary use of FTL transport what should be the secondary? (All secondary types have problems, Stinger's Suggestion)
2) Hyperspace- Hyperspace creates an artificial wormhole to travel. Entering Hyperspace without the use of a Gate is very havardous, you may be unable to leave or could get caught in a hyperspace storm that is destructive.

Question 10: How is Evoulution Acheived?
3) Mutation- Some of the species has begun to evolve but others haven't. (Not all the species has evolved... and not always in the same way)
If theres going to be evoloution lets have fun with it.

Question 11: Where did the colonists come from?(steven's Suggestion)
3) Best of the Best(Sleeper)- The top people in everyfield were picked to start the new life and continue the race. Sleeper ships had people chriogenically frozen until they landed.

Looking at the votes and presuming we won’t have more than a couple of people vote, there’s no point in leaving it until tomorrow as it won’t change the vote.

So from the results we have a couple of draws and some that make me think we should merge the options. I’ll go into a little bit of detail on how things work so we all know. If you have a better idea for how something should work or notice that I’ve done something wrong like defied a law of physics (Obviously it’s sci-fi so give me a bit of leeway on this).

Weapons of the colonies
Guns in the future are split into four different types Standard, Rail, Pulse and Laser.

Standard Guns use gunpowder and air pressure to propel a solid metal bullet or shell, (this technology has only improved a little the same Between now and then) This weapon will not work in a vacuum. Comes in handgun and turret form.

Rail Guns or Mag-Rail, Work in a similar way to Standard guns but instead of Gunpowder and pressure thee ‘bullet’ is shot down a magnetic rail and to produce inertia force to propel the bullet or shell. This weapon can be fired in a vacuum. Comes in handgun and turret form.

Pulse Guns or Mag-pulse (Sometimes named a pulsar) creates and launches a magnetic shot, Unlike the Rail gun it requires no Ammo and just fires a ball of solid magnetic energy. Weapon also creates an EMP that can disable electronics. Comes in handgun and Turret form

Laser Technology is only a few years old since it was discovered on one of the colonies. Because of the complexity of firing a pulse of concentrated energy the weapons are Large and have to be mounted on Vehicles or platforms. The weapon is only generally used by militaries and can fire a blast more power efficient but as destructive as a standard ship to ship missile. Only in turret form.

Hyperspace

Hyper-Gates Technology is the safest way to travel faster than light in the galaxy. It works by having to Gates, a Jump gate and a break Gate. The Jump gate propels a ship through a loop into a Hyperspace lane, the lane is surrounded in an energy field that Causes a Inertia forces to drop down to zero allowing the ship hull to hold its integrity when travelling at the high speeds. At the other end of the lane is the Brake Gate, This Rapidly slows the ship down before the ship exits lane so the ship doesn’t disintegrate on exit.

Hyperspace allows ship to travel at high speed by creating an artificial wormhole in space. The Ship Leaves ‘real’ space and ‘jumps’ into a different level of space, Hyperspace is hazardous and is full of hyperspace storms that are devastating enough to destroy anything that comes in contact with it.

Future’s history

Ok here’s my idea on our futures history, I’m basing it slightly on recent events in North Korea… This is not what I think will happen It’s just an idea.

Note: I don’t hate nor have any bias towards the far eastern cultures… It just seems that if a nuclear was to happen it would be between Countries like China and north Korea against North America and Europe.

In the year 2085 North Korea has an arsenal of nuclear weapons and Relations between North Korea and China begins to grow.
In 2087 China secretly begins to genetically engineer it’s troops, in direct violation of the UN Laws.
In 2090 US agents Expose China’s Experiments and the UN tell them to stop and Fine the Nation, China refuse both order.
In 2091 A NATO blockade is set up around China, nothing leaves or enters the country for 2 years. This sends the entire world into an economic crisis.
In 2093 North Korea moves south and begins to take control, they threaten to send nuclear weapons into India and Pakistan if any one tries to stop them. The North takes full control of Korea.
In 2102 The U.S.A and the U.K Move into Tibet and the former South Korea in order to liberate these areas. The Chinese and Koreans declare war with the US and UK.
2105 European, Middle Eastern and other countries join the war and every continent in the world falls into chaos. The U.N collapses.
2140 The U.S.A launch the first nuclear weapon of the war in to North Korea, they retaliate by attacking India and Pakistan. Nuclear War comes to its fullest With Attacks and retaliation of nuclear strikes continuously happen for a whole year.
2141 With Billions dead, Pease is finally declared after the Nclear holocaust as heavy losses have been felt on both sides.
2142 Because of the Environmental effects caused by the nuclear war scientist predict the planet will become uninhabitable within 150 years. The Nations unite in the creation of four colony ships each to hold a million Citizen. Ship construction begins in Canada, France, Russia (Siberia) and Brazil.
2202 The ships are completed and filled with citizen all over the world, they launch.

We’ll work out the rest later. If you’d rather have something else As a time line or any other ‘facts I’ve done here please. Also mutation and Engineering drew but I think these will be colony sensitive so we’ll leave them until phase 2. Which I’ll try to start on Saturday.

Please give feedback on these things, Positive or negative, as it is a community RP and not just my brainchild.

I like the timeline and have nothing to add to it, and I have no complaints.

Looks good Star

It looks good to me. One question/suggestion will earth ever be able to be repopulated, or have we forever wrecked it?

It looks good to me. One question/suggestion will earth ever be able to be repopulated, or have we forever wrecked it?

Well the simple answer is that they wouldn't know as they left the world behind and never went back. However we could have a legend/rumour that those who were left behind on Earth have survived to the modern day and continue to live there, but all official records state that all life on the planet earth had died out almost 1500 years ago. We can also say no one will ever find out as the coordinates have been loss as it was considered useless information in the early stages of developed and wiped from all records.

Again thats my opinion if you have somthing better let me know.

that could work rather well, actually. and i also like the idea of perhaps these people accidentally rediscovering Earth or perhaps something a bit more sinister....