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Relaunch/Star Odyssey Migration
Topic Started: Jan 22 2014, 02:42 PM (766 Views)
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So some of you may recall when we were still apart of the Commonwealth, that there was a RP that we had called Star Odyssey. Now while it was ultimately failing in its initial phase and there was work being done to reformat and then relaunch it before the CoR basically collapsed in on itself, I would like to take the format that we had, the history, the ideas and merge them on top of the Future Tech RP.

So Robbafett and I will begin migrating over a bunch of the history and timelines, etc to this forum and begin sorting out how things can work. Likely we will use some of the existing stuff posted by Luca which provide clearly defined rules and regulations, and mix in a little of our normal Modern RP items to make the transition a smooth and seamless one. Optimization is key, as we work to revitalize Future Tech RP for real this time. I hope we can count on your support and the support from the Ministry.

So what do we need?
From the Ministry: Can we have a sub-forum added called Galactipedia. Everything else in FT should be moved into the Galactic Archive so we can remove the old topics to make things less confusing, We can always unbox topics at a later time. These should still be accessible of course.

From everyone else: We will need a concept design for a map that is functional and allows for expansions, similar to how Modern RP does it. We also need a new name instead of Star Odyssey as we rebrand and evolve.

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Jan 22 2014, 06:18 PM
I think this could be a ton of fun. I'd likely toss both my races from Caprecia's FT and Space Odyssey out the window, and make a new one, tbh, because I like inventing aliens.

I think Luca's factbook system would be good, but first we need to set up some ground work. I think a basic regulations like the one we use for MT would be useful, maybe even simpler than that, and we choose a couple of people to lead this project and give them modship in these forums. However, my understanding of how the ministers view their powers, they may not like that - they read the regs as saying they control all RP not just MT and probably won't like separating FT.

I think a basic tech ladder would be good. I'd be happy to compile one easily (will work on a proposal in a second). I'd also like for us to stay away from the rather overused evil virus species and all that, which were present in Odyssey. I'd like to encourage people to be very unique in this.

Alternatively, we could ignore earth all together and have no humans, but not sure how popular that would be ... even if it'd be a nice change from FT which always assumes humans survived somehow.

I'm split on the tier thing, but I think really it separates activity to much. Let people RP the same way as they do in MT, which is threads can be any of character or nation or a mix.


As for the Tech Tree, King PM your ideas and we can collaborate on a very basic Tech Tree to present as a proposal. I'm thinking these techs are approved for use, and we can allocate certain techs to certain levels of the space nations. i.e. Luca had you pick if you were early colonial, space fairing, etc and thus your technologies would be limited, but everything must be always fair and fun.

Raz
Jan 22 2014, 07:24 PM
As I was interested in the last FT push here, I'm interested now as well, I would like for some standardization in terms of tech and such, we really petered out last time on that subject, Mass Effect has Mass Relays, Star Wars has Hyperspace with Hyperspace shadows limiting, EVE and its Warp Gates and In-System Warp Drives, etc. I also don't like the idea of not having humans at all, but I do like the Noberia-IN SPACE concept.


We may just scrap the Tier thing, it did get kind of problematic with connectivity. Mostly when people RP their single character as their nation/factions head of state, which was not the point and made it difficult.


Lines
Jan 22 2014, 08:08 PM
I've renamed the archives to Galactipedia, though I've left the threads in there for now, in case you guys wanna use that or something. Give me a heads once you need them moved and we can slide them over to the Galaxy sector of the super-archives that I just respawned. Regarding the other threads: most of those are for one-shot RPs and I don't really see a need to purge them atm. If Star Odyssey takes over Space Tech, then I'll move em away, but until Star Odyssey does, I think this place should remain as general Space Tech RP.

Now, as for this....
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I think Luca's factbook system would be good, but first we need to set up some ground work. I think a basic regulations like the one we use for MT would be useful, maybe even simpler than that, and we choose a couple of people to lead this project and give them modship in these forums. However, my understanding of how the ministers view their powers, they may not like that - they read the regs as saying they control all RP not just MT and probably won't like separating FT.
RP Ministers tend "to all other matters regarding Role Play in its Region." Now /there's/ a loophole, kids. RP Ministers technically have no authority in Space Tech or Fantasia. But let's just slide that under the carpet, shall we?

Main point of me wandering on in here was to tell you guys that the Modern Tech Role Play Regulations, 2014 are exactly the that: the regulations for Modern Tech. That's all they govern. There aren't really any regulations for Role Play itself. Of course, I was gonna say that we still run RP here, but I kinda can't, because fucking loophole.

Hmm...this is quite a bother. So...how bout that constitutional reform?

Yes, but seriously: I guess you can just do whatever for now. >__>

Just continue with your planning.... Lines wanders off to the executive council thingy.


Poor Mr Lines. Perhaps a reform would be necessary. I personally would suggest that both FT and Fantasia be considered as sub-Ministries or Departments if you would. With their own heads and/or staff that run those RPs, e.g. maintain the forums, regulations, etc. The RP Ministers for both Nysa and Caprecia act as the final say, and oversee everything RP related I suppose. I suggest having it this way to minimize the strain and amount of work imposed on the existing Ministry.
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Update:

King and I have started a tech tree, so we'll see how that goes. Robba and I guess King will evaluate the existing timeline from SO and see what we can keep, what needs to be kept and whats scrap.

I would like to know who is inclined to keep their existing FT factbook/race/nation as we move forward. I will read through those specified factbooks and see what we can do, my goal is to read them or at least skim through them all to make the best effort to keep them usable.
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Actually, yeah. I was thinking it over last night and figured changing "Region" to "Department", and adding a bit where RP Ministers fashion the departments and their distribution between 'emselves. Also thinking a bit along the lines of "and in the Society as a whole" might be good, but I'll need to write it not-on-my-phone to mull over it.

In either case, it would have the effect of allowing the Ministry to exercise regulation over all RP, including FT and Fantasia, which still preserving duties for the individual Ministers and not undermining the separation of Role Play Ministers in the first place.

It would also be a big of preempt. I mentioned elsewhere that, if we ever get another member-region, it'd be best to set their Minister up as Lord and Master of a dedicated FT or Fantasia program, partially to avoid using "need duties!" as a legitimization for new land, while again preserving current regional integrity.

Of course, there is room for conflict between OPs and Ministers, but I think that's discussion best held while it's actually pressing. In the meantime, we're likely liable to continue the current system where OP is deity-in-chief of his world (ideally, a Minister would be over their shoulder making sure they're not asshats about things, because that's deconstructive to our region's purposes; I guess that's a plausible role for the future FT/FAN Minister).
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The only race I care about is The Naoti, which I may slightly rework depending on what backstory you decide upon.
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I'm not sure if I want to keep the Marosine Conglomerate, I feel more like playing a human Star Kingdom.
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Jan 23 2014, 03:39 AM
Actually, yeah. I was thinking it over last night and figured changing "Region" to "Department", and adding a bit where RP Ministers fashion the departments and their distribution between 'emselves. Also thinking a bit along the lines of "and in the Society as a whole" might be good, but I'll need to write it not-on-my-phone to mull over it.

In either case, it would have the effect of allowing the Ministry to exercise regulation over all RP, including FT and Fantasia, which still preserving duties for the individual Ministers and not undermining the separation of Role Play Ministers in the first place.

It would also be a big of preempt. I mentioned elsewhere that, if we ever get another member-region, it'd be best to set their Minister up as Lord and Master of a dedicated FT or Fantasia program, partially to avoid using "need duties!" as a legitimization for new land, while again preserving current regional integrity.

Of course, there is room for conflict between OPs and Ministers, but I think that's discussion best held while it's actually pressing. In the meantime, we're likely liable to continue the current system where OP is deity-in-chief of his world (ideally, a Minister would be over their shoulder making sure they're not asshats about things, because that's deconstructive to our region's purposes; I guess that's a plausible role for the future FT/FAN Minister).


Interesting to say the least. What exactly would the course of action be for the present time? The main question is as we progress how do we handle FT?

Zanaro
Jan 23 2014, 10:38 AM
The only race I care about is The Naoti, which I may slightly rework depending on what backstory you decide upon.


Raz
Jan 23 2014, 12:44 PM
I'm not sure if I want to keep the Marosine Conglomerate, I feel more like playing a human Star Kingdom.


I'll likely set up a richer back story soon, and work on then post it and ask you all for comments, recommendations etc.
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As things stand, just continue setting up and keep me up to date with your needs.
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Jan 23 2014, 02:56 PM
As things stand, just continue setting up and keep me up to date with your needs.
Yes Sir!!!!! *salutes*
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Aye, a detailed backstory would be nice to have before deciding the plausibility the Marosine
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I think this could be super fun! I remember doing that rp with carpathian and RC a while back. I had a good time doing it
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I remember that... "Thinks back wistfully"

Hey Mestra, I saw a "swarm war" on the timeline, I was wondering what's the history behind that?
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Jan 25 2014, 11:35 PM
I remember that... "Thinks back wistfully"

Hey Mestra, I saw a "swarm war" on the timeline, I was wondering what's the history behind that?


In SO the swarm war occurred after my two sub-factions met each other and began trading. The group encountered the alien species which we termed the Maugwa. A war broke out called the Swarm Wars which lasted between 75 to 200 years, not sure what the timeline has exactly. During the war, the UFSC (United Federal Space Command) was formed between my sub-factions (one alien, one human) to fight the Maugwa. In the middle of the war, a large portion of the UFSC fleet was lost behind enemy lines and this fleet eventually joined with some native populations to eventually become another Faction called the Alliance (which was Robba's). By the end of the war the United Trade Federation was formed and it had access not only to the vast wealth of planets the Maugwa had once had, but also to undipsuted claim over a vast region of space. Star drives became in use after the war for the great gates, which the UTF began to build and to connect its vast territory.

There wasn't much else during the war exactly, Robba and I were working on it at one point before SO died off.
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*Looks back at Juster Hayesande* those were the days!
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Sad day that it died flo... :'(

Mestra: would it be possible for me to play the Maugwa? Beforehand I had a insectoid race that I was wanting to play.
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indeed my friend... I plan on reviving Juster and his friend... ole whats his name... I cant remember. Anyhoo they're coming back for sure
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