sorry about taking so long to reply Megil; I guess i was going to reply later and forgot for a few....days.

LOL no problem. I've been busy working this week anyways *23 hours* O.o

Hey Danny if you don't have a problem I'd like to introduce a planet.. A contested one.

I'd like to bring a little HDF and Rykian (SP) (I actually forgot what there called.. )

K. PM me details, and I'll edit it into the planning post.

Hmm...and we need some way to pick this thing back up; me and megil seem to be the only ones posting, and that's minimal at best.

Maybe we need more Rykar peopleses. (yes, I said peopleses.)

Well I have a rykian general character but I've been unable to post for the most part.. damn school and work..

Oh yea, I'm working on that PM right now.. Should be farely interesting.

What do you think the pop for the human universe is riight now? In RL there saying that by 2100 the pop will be 16bil+ (or something like that) I'm to lazy to do the math to figure out exactly..

probably bigger; he have a whole solaar system and stations as well here.

hmm I have my char, the spy guy, but I don't know what to do with him

Well you got about 1000+ years of human growth and expansion so I think the numbers are almost in their trillions... but who knows?

ATTENTION NEW PLANET AND SYSTEM ADDED. PLEASE READ UPDATED BACKGROUND INFO HERE

Name: Marcellous IV
System: Marcellous System
Distance from Earth (DfE): Very far
Life: Native species of un-evolved animals that closely relate to many extinct earth animals. Ex. Owl, Juagar and Grasshoppers. A few animals are quite strange compared to other, one being the Kryation, a massive bug like animal that inhabit the northern woodlands.
Climate: Lush green world seperated into three contenets by thousands of miles of oceans. Northern and Southern polar extremes are covered in snow and ice year around. One of the continets however is not lush but is a arid climate, it is also the largest of the three.
Major Locals: The first settled continent was name Bodisa Prime. Bodisa Prime is also consider one giant city roughly the size of ancient Australia. The second continent is only seperated by three miles of waterways to the south of Bodisa Prime. Minor settlements inhabit the large grasslands and open praries.
The last continent is seperated by thousands of miles of ocean and is a largely un-habitated (save for research stations). Deserts and rock canyons lay claim to this landscape.
Pre-War Population: 29.2 Billion
Current Population (Estimated): 2.8 Billion
Number of Military Personal: 7 Billion
Number of Military Casualties: 4.1 Billion
Number of Rykian Oppisition: Unknown
First Contact With Rykian Forces: 3109
Number of Space Enguagments: 1679

Planet Bio: "Conquered" in 2566 by Fleet Admiral Marcellous. In turn the Planet and the system were both name after him. Marcellous is on frontier space and was the bastion for human civilization either looking for work or for an escape. The entire continent of Bodisa Prime was connected into one huge city by 2846 (Think Na Shadda from KoToR2 or Telos from #1). The southern lands became a massive breadbasket for the expanding humans and re-affirmed the value of Marcellous IV. In 2872 after a massive civil uprising the world declared itself independent from the rest of united humanity and began a civil war that lasted 16 years. In the end, The Univeral Militia (Pre-curser to the HDF), triumphed over the rebels. To keep further uprising from happening numerous military depots and bases were establised, also furthering the planets economy. Also constructed was the second largest military ship manufacturing dock in human controlled territory, the first being the Docks of Mars.

After 221 years of peace the Rykians invaded the planet, slaughtering billions. The HDF responded but has been locked into a bitter struggle similiar to that of stalingrad of the 1940's, times a few billion. Both side use the arms manufacturing plants to keep supply'd. If the humans could capture a Rykian plant the plans and ideas for their shields and weapons can be copied.

Rykian control most of the space (about 70%) and humans control 60% of the land

Old Stuff That You Probably Already Know

Please don't join without reaading all of this, as all of it is extremely important.


Background Info
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The year is 3120. Within the last hundred years or so, another solar system was discovered. It is the home of many alien races. Theirs is called the "Rykar Empire", while our solar system is now called "The Milky Way", despite the fact that it is also the name of the galaxy shared by the Rykar Empire and the human system.
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Races
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Human - They are the only intelligent life forms naturally from their system, and they originate from the planet Earth. You know about them, seeing as you are one.

Rykar - reptilian bipedal aliens (think skaarj on unreal or bigger, more muscular, threatening argonians), they rule their solar system, and the other races of their system are their subordinates; used for labor and are the lesser ranks in the military. they have long claws that can easilt tear through an inch of steel. they were the most technologically advanced race, which allowed them to conquer the other planets. even after spreading the techonology throught the Empire, there have been no lasting or threatening revolts from the other races; they have been too long in submission.

Ryki - They are small, and are one of the races ruled by the Rykar. The Ryki are very similar to the Rykar, but are smaller and weaker, and their claws are nowhere near as large or strong. The Ryakr use them as spies in the military, and more often as house servants. They have the natural power to turn invisible, but that is no longer special, as the Rykar have used their technology to mimic the power. They have few rights, but still far more than Dresh.

Kran (Human slang; Titans) - Enormous giant beasts, they often measure over eleven feet high, and are only loyal to the Rykar from years of imprisonment and abuse. they are beaten into submission at a very young age. They can take many blows and gunfire very well. They are slow, but impossibly strong. They are also a reptilian race, with long spikes protruding from their backs, and vicious teeth, stronger even than Rykar claws. They are often used for warfare and difficult manual labor due to their massive size and strength. Despite the menial tasks they are given, they are by no means slaves. Once they are out of their 'training' stage, they are usually given a decent amount of freedom, unlike the Ryki and the Dresh.

Dresh - The only non-reptilian race of the Empire except for the Lysetin, they closely resemble humans except for their totally black eyes, tall, skinny frames, and dark green skin. This race is the lowest in the Empire's caste system. They are used as infantry in military operations, and are considered expendale. In normal life, they are most often slaves.

Lysei - These fish-like, aquatic creatures are the only ones not conquered by the Rykar; they only saw benefit in joining the Empire. The Lysei are the only ones not ordered about by the Rykar, because they can easily hide away in their water, undetectable by the Rykar.

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Systems
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The Milky Way

The Milky Way is the human solar system, comprised of Earth, Mars, Venus, Neptune, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto, Mercury, and Uranus. (and their respective moons. sorry, but I didn't want to look them up)

Earth - Earth is now a toxic wasteland from years of pollution. Now that the humans know better though, they have taken extreme measures to protect their remaining planets. Earth is now only homes to three things: a large prison colony, (called 'Alcatraz' after the famous inescapable prison of years past) waste, and people that don't want to be found. These people often make their own biodomes underground, where they go undetected. This is a popular thing to do among the large criminal organizations.

Other eight planets - All of the planets are populated by humans, They all have large biodomes covering their surfaces with tunnels interconnecting them all. Luckily for the race, humans had planned ahead enough to begin saving large amounts of many different species of plants and animals, and introducing them to the biodomes, allowing for agriculture and self-supporting ecosystems. The main thing provied by the biodomes is atmoshpere; oxygen is continually pumped, as well as all of the essential elements of earth's atmoshpere.

Other facts

- There is an uncountable number of space stations orbiting the planets, and some are even navigable.

-The system is ruled by the Prime Minister Tosh Frey, and the Interplanetary Congress.

The Rykar Empire

The Rykar Empire is the home of six planets: Ryk, Lysetin, Dresh, Krandor, Trensi, and Ri Gan.

Ryk - The home planet of the Rykar. It began mostly consisting of forest, but as technology advanced, they were soon building huge metropoli(is that the plural form?). Now, they have begun a reforestation effort which is getting to be very successful. They even went as far as destroying cities, and rebuilding them over the ocean to make more room for the expanding forest. Now, only about half of their settlements are on land. Ryk has two moons, referred to as Loti and Rali. The Ryki began as a small population, living on Rali, but a majority of them were deported to Trensi by the Rykar, and their population flourished.

Lysetin- Lysetin is covered in ocean, but the Lysei can breathe in and out of water, and have built a few cities above water. The Lysei do not have equal rights to the Rykar in any way, but they have far more privileges than the lesser races. Since the Rykar have no way of conquering them in their own world, they had to be convinced through diplomacy. The Rykar needed the untouched surface of the planet for mining fresh minerals, such as the coveted Rithum, and the Lysei used that to their advantage, for the Rykar knew that all the Lysei had to do was go back underwater and never be heard from again. Lysetin has one moon.

Dresh - Dresh was once a very diverse planet, much like Earth was. Like Earth, it is now a barren wasteland, but not because of pollution; because of war. The Dresh fought the Rykar when they first decided to conquer, and put up a hard fight, but they lost in the end, when they surrendered due to the almost total destruction of their planet. Now, the Rykar use the Dresh as their slaves; mainly to keep any kind of uprising down. Dresh used to have moons, but they were all destroyed in the war. The planet is very near ininhabitable.

Krandor - Krandor is mostly desert, but also has oceans. The Kran are very suited to withstanding heat because of this. The Kran also fought the Rykar in the beginning, but they soon gave up because they were still quite primitive compared to their smaller cousins. Now, there are far too many years of servitude for there to be any sort of revolutions. The Rykar only wanted the planet for the Kran themselves, the barren planet had no other real value. Krandor, like Lysetin, has only one moon.

Trensi - Trensi is a frozen planet, uninhabitable by all races but the Dresh(they are the only warmblooded), and even they can only stay outside for a few minutes before dying. There are only two settlements on the planet, both of which are mining experiments. The sttlements are few, but extremely large, and the Ryki race hrives in the controlled conditions of the closed in cities. Trensi has two moons, neither one are named.

Ri Gan - Like Dresh once was, it is a very diverse planet, with forests, deserts, oceans, and many other sorts of terrains. The only difference is that there is no intelligent life originating there. The Rykar moved some of the Dresh here after the destruction of their planet, but more of the Dresh were sent to other Rykar planets for slave work.

Other facts - the planets may be a majority of lesser races, but every planet has Rykar outposts, and every planet is run and wached over by Rykar to keep order in the Empire.

- The Rykar Empire is ruled by the Emperor, whose name is Ral'Ness Gren. The Ryk has many lieutenants, who are in charge of all the planets other than Ryk,

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Current Events
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the Rykar Empire and the humans of the Milky Way have been at war for over a decade, each launching attacks on the other, but neither ever gaining an advantage.

The war started when the Rykar decided to expand their borders, and the Earth's Prime Minister is motivated to free the races enslaved by the Rykar.

The Rykar have the advantage of more advanced weapon and shield technology, while the Humans have more resources and more planets for the Rykar to worry about.

Within each system, however, it is not total peace. In the Rykar Empire, many Kran and Ryki have started a small resistance. The group calls itself 'Blood'. They haven't been able to get many Dresh supporters, due to the fact that they are all heavily guarded, and the Lysei are quite content with their 'more equal' rights. The resistance started as an opposition to the way the 'lesser' races of the Empire were treated, but soon became opposed also to the Empire's lust for conquest. The leader of this group is unknown, but many speculate that there is no one main leaader, but a council of ten or so Kran and Ryki. It is rumored that there is a small Dresh presence in the group, but not enough to be worried about.

In the Milky Way, there is a large resistance force that have no 'official' name, but are often referred to as 'Peace Fighters' in derision. They soon adopted the oxymoronic name, as it pretty much summed up their views while adding a bit of mystery. The Peace Fighters believe that Prime Minister Frey should make peace with the Empire, and forget about freeing the other races; no need in destroying their traditions, no matter how wrong they seem to the humans.

The most talked about events are two battles, both fought in the Milky Way; the Third Battle of Neptune, and the Battle of the Blind.

The Third Battle of Neptune was won by the humans, but at a huge cost; many of the biodomes were destroyed, and had to be cut off from the system, causing thousands on the planet to die, including a member of the Congress.

The Battle of the Blind was just that; neither fleet picked up each other's signal until the two fleets were right on top of each other. The Rykar won, destryoing hundreds of ships to the loss of their own two dozen. Many of the most experienced and hardened Generals were killed, and many more were captured. The humans still don't know how much information the Rykar gathered, if any.

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Technology
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Weapons

Humans

-Infantry weapons-

-The humans still use bullets, but they have quite a bit of power, and are able to pierce through some of the Rykar armor. They also have a limited number of Rithum guns stolen from the Rykar and copied; the only problem is lack of Rithum to mine in their own system.

-The humans also use rockets and other explosives that can heavily damage a Rykar line.

-They have large war machines made to battle the Rykar's Titans, and ironically named the machines themselves Titans. A human can sit inside of the Titan and pilot it, allowing for superior damage as well as mobility. The Titan is equipped with large explosives as well as normal machine guns. Its armor can withstand lasers for quite awhile, helping it tear through the Rykar lines. (don't think tank, think more like a small gundam, without the gay colors and swords)

-The humans have a vast number of Rithum melee weapons stolen from the Rykar during the decade of war, and all of them are employed by the military, and many are sold on the black market, and some resistance groups have them as well.

-Space combat-

-The humans have the clear disadvantage when it comes to space combat; they are forced to use bullets fired by electro-magnets inside the guns they are fired from, (firing pens wouldn't work considering there is no oxygen in space) as well as propelled missiles, while the military engineers and scientists experiment with perfecting the laser; they don't expect results for awhile.

-Defense -

-The humans have force-fields that block lasers, but anything else can come through; including the aliens themselves. So far, the technology is only good enough so form a straight wall, and they have no shield that they are able to put around their ships other than reinforced plating.

-The Humans are also working hard to synthetically create rithum, it is actualy going far better than planned.

Rykar

-Infantry Weapons-

-The Rykar primarily use lasers, plasma, and rithum. Lasers are powerful, but highly volatile, and often kill the user as well as the target when fired to rapidly or for too long. The plasma guns are the most reliable of the Rykar guns, but lack the power of the laser. The plasma guns fire a ball-shaped projectile filled with an acidic plasma fluid that bursts open when hit. The Rithum guns fire a projectile made from the crystal mined primarily in Lysetin. They are extremely sharp, and are most often used in long range, high-powered guns and as flak in shotgun-type weapons and in some select explosives.

-the Rykar's explosives are usually made from chemical reactions with plasma, offering a deadly, acidic bomb to their enemies.

-A popular melee weapon is a Rithum blade; they are often mounted as bayonets, or used as knives and swords.

-A strong point in the Rykar infantry is the Kran. The enormous beasts are not only strong and tough, but also hold an advantage over their human counterparts(titans); they are fighting with their own bodies, not a machine. The Kran are most often the ones equipped with lasers, as they are the most likely to survive an explosion caused by the guns' malfunctioning.

-Space Combat -

- Here is where the Rykar hold their most precious advantage. The Rykar use lasers. The large chance of malfunctioning is still there, but the explosion is not enough to damage the hull of the ship, and there is always a team of engineers on the large ships ready to replace or fix any destroyed gun. Since the humans haven't come up with better shields, they easily gun down all but the most experienced pilots.

-Defense -

-The Rykar use Rithum to make tough, light armor, and even reinforce their ship hulls with it, making them much stronger and more durable. Bullets can still pierce through, but it takes a long, hard effort. They are experimenting with force fields as well as a laser that can pierce throught the humans'.

Misc.

-Robots are quite prominent, and highly intelligent. Some are used as bodyguards, and some are as basic as waiters. They are not often employed in the military because while they are intelligent, they require loads of programming, and it would be impossible to program a robot to respond to every possible action in war.

-Cybernetic implants and limbs are not in any way rare, people involved in accidents, as well as people that just want to be augmented have them.

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Ask questions if there are any. Because of the nature of this RP, I would ask that you wait until I or Channler approve your character, seeing as I have just created many things, and I would like to keep it all under wraps if you know what I mean.

Also, I would be appreciative if the starters of the future planning threads copy/paste this info into the first post.

Nice little planet (full of dead people ) to fight a ground war on now...

The soldiers (at least the human ones) would be considered marines.

how can it have 7 bill military if there are only 2.8 bill on the planet?

a damn good question.

Ready for a damned good answer?

Because I wasn't factoring military popualation with civilian population...

Was that damned good enough?

and now that i think about it; 29 billion is a lot of people.

How big is this planet?

Its rather large.. Two celestial bodies orbit around it "pulling" the gravitational weight off the face of the planet.. Now in real life I'm not sure that'd work but right now we can say it does.

Bodisa Prime is the equivalent of a courscant(SP) (star wars) with all the tall buldings and what not.

People live on top of one another... sorta.

Think New York City the size of australia and every square inch of the place is living quarters that soar up into the sky.

EDIT: You seem pissed danny

No, I'm not mad; just curious.

Nobody really understood your planet...( )

Itsa big earth... with three large landmasses

doesnt really follow the boundaries of known physics...

just noticed, how can humans inhabit the gaseous planets such as jupiter O.o

forget the domishness? ( i love making up words )

How can cows eat? O_o!?

..well that was stupid.

actually, I see where megil is coming from

Jupiter's surface is liquid. (hydrogen, I think?)

They're floating biodomes on jupiter now.

EDIT: sorry, grammar mistakes made my eyes hurt.

sppose, though that would be quite hazardous. but I shall assume the science developed a system to somehow maintain it's shape despite the turbulence of it's surface. should make an interesting palce to vist, as the domes move about the planets surface.

Well I've been pulling a lot of compassion out of my boat of late.. It makes sense.. in a retarded way..

I always assume dit would be something like Cloud City from Star Wars.

Or that Heretic-place you go to in the first Arbiter mission. I believe that structure was located in the Gas-giant that Halo Orbit (or...did orbit..) around.

Building in the clouds.

again i bring this up: IMO this rp is way to big in order to fully enjoy it with what 10 rpers? i say it should have been scaled down significantly to only being 3-4 planets, but whatever.

my last post was several months ago... i will rejoin soon, but the best thing bout rp's is relating your char. to others and interacting with them. its hard to find someone and 'run into them' in a way that makes sense in a playground of this scale....

well anyone in the HDF would recieve information on Ed soon and possibly Rann as well, seeing as how they have run off with little or no apparent reason and taken priceless materials with them

too bad the 501st was just ousted from the HDF.... i'll think of something to do...

Blow compassion up?

No really become a pirate or something.. Juac is casually making his way back to known space..

well get his boat in gear, i want a hamster cave juac-mark reunion damnit!!

Buwahaha..

Well I'll make a post as Juac soon.. I'm at work so...

If you guys wanted, we could plan the events on a larger scale. Like plan things way in advance instead of planning as we come across things.

That way we could make it so that the groups get larger than 2 people and will make the RP seem less spread-out.

I think we that have character should actually just post more O_o.. crazy idea I know

But you've got to think.. the holidays are pretty busy times too.

Yeah, but for example, I have a Kran character (sorry, I can;t remember his name) and he's stuck because of someone else's unpostingness.

I guess I'll just post for that character if too much more time goes by.

I'm thinking I might add a Rykar character to go along with yours, Channler. (Besides the emperor; I doubt he'll do much fighting)

is it me who your guy is wait ing on? I can post, i just haven't thought of anything good for my guy. suggestions?

I honestly don't remember.

lol my guy is the Rykar spy that works for the emporer.

the one that met up with my Kran character and got some weapons?

I think we were going to board a human ship of some sort?

yes.... and i don't know

this is my last post as the spy


I got some weapons from the bodyguard when I went to "assasinate" Megils' guy and steal/destroy all the rythrim(sp) research.

Ok.. I'm going to post all my characters here... I guess to sort te confusing up a bit.

La-Ippera Artinma the Terrible - Rykian General

Ian "Zero" Vanada - HDF Space Marine

Juac Andrews - Former HDF Pilot

No, I think it was ryuku's character now that I think of it.

I might just dump the Kran anyway. He was a pretty bland character.

EDIT: Channler, care if I make a Rykar character that's under la-ippara's command?

Sure go ahead..

Right now LI (La-Ippara) is heading down to the planet of Marcellous IV directly take control of the battlefront.

So.. I guess I'm playing both sides of the battle here.

(Oh and btw LI was on the Interceptor that same ship that Ian was aboard save Ian and some of the crew escaped through the escape pods.

And you don't think it odd that Rykians also watch television on a couch (See on of souls posts ) and that also they can speak peferct english?

By the way, I was thinking a solution around it..

ha, the english is actually Rykar toungue, I just am not in the mood (nor will I ever be) to make up an entire language.

The television isn't so far fetched, and neither is the couch. I'm sure Rykar like to relax. (I'm sure their TV's and couches would look quite different though...)

Maybe they're thermal coats? the generate heat?

No.. Something like a power belt..

Being that the Rykar are cold blooded possibly just heating up one area could disperse the heat throught the rest of the body.

However, this means that they operate at only a fraction of their full capability.

.... well my plead is that I don'tt have mucg of an imagination

A week O.o

what are we going to do there for a week...

We can make it pass faster, and We can do favors for Irma.

Those won't exactly be going to the store to get milk either.

alright, sounds good to me.

Tell me...What did I miss? Who´s Irma? can´t find her in the char. thread

Old lady. Wiz at codes.

Probably should make a character sheet.