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System- Tau Leonis is a major energy production and distribution system in the Leo Constellation. Famed for it's above-average dark matter and antimatter deposits, it is home to many residents and a moderate military presence.

Planets:

Tau I- Habitable planet with near-Earth like conditions. Wildlife is friendly and good to eat. The plant life is incredibly fireproof, and is harvested and sent everywhere. This planet has heavy Geothermic activity, so Geothermal Power is a prime power source on this planet. Nicknamed "Lava Jungle".

Notable Resources- Iron, Heavy Metals, Rare-Earth Elements, Geothermal power.
Notable Places- Antioch, Capital. Mar II, Primary Power Plant. Torus, Major City


Tau II- Rocky body, similar to Mercury. The lack of an iron core and the star's unique radiation profile makes this place nearly uninhabitable. However, the planet's interior is hollow, and it is filled with an antimatter-trapping crystal. It is essentially a planet-sized geode. Very useful, but incredibly hostile and dangerous. Also useful for energy.

Notable Resources- Antimatter Crystals, Solar Power
Notable Places- Genudine IV, Main Mining Facility

Tau III- Asteroid belt. This belt houses an incredibly high amount of magnetically charged asteroids, which scrambles all kinds of electronics. Coupled with the erratic nature of the debris, this makes the belt incredibly dangerous, but very useful to hide in. As such, most of the military presence is concentrated in this asteroid. (They have special shielded electronics that protect their stuff, expensive but effective)

Notable Resources- Iron, Magnetic Materials
Notable Places- Unknown number of major and minor military stations. Installations may vary, as with military presence.


Tau IV- Gas Giant. This is composed nearly entirely of Hydrogen. Due to it's purity, its a major point for extracting and processing fusion fuel. This is the main energy production center of the system. Fusion Reactors are built and distributed from here, and shipped everywhere. In addition, massive ships can transport the Hydrogen and Energy itself, using massive capacitors. Its value makes it home to several military installations.

Notable Resources- Hydrogen
Notable Places- Triad A, main Commercial Trade Port, Loch A-C, Military Defense Platforms, Leon A, main production facility.


Tau IVA- Moon. This moon houses extremely large Dark Matter crystals, growing on its surface. The only moon of Tau IV, it is continuously mined. These crystals have an unusual side effect of affecting people's cognitive abilities. Depending on the crystal, it may be positive or negative. The military has control of the entire planet, as it is deemed dangerous in the wrong hands. Exposures to crystals are strictly prohibited, except in some circumstances. Dark Matter can be extracted from these without affecting the crystals, so unmanned drones are the only way to mine them. No whole crystals are allowed to leave the planet under any circumstances.

Notable Resources- Dark Matter, Cognitive Crystals
Notable Places- Yamato I, main military installation

Tau V- Unknown. Size unknown. Shape Unknown. It appears to be an anomaly of unidentified origin, extremely dangerous. It orbits approximately 2,000,000 KM outside the orbit of Tau IV. The military has quarantined it for unknown reasons. No ships, unless on strict government or military business are allowed past this barrier. Research is carried out in utmost secrecy. The only known piece of information is that military freighters are occasionally seen leaving the site, bearing an incredibly dense material of unidentified origin.

Notable Resources- Unknown Material
Notable Places- Military Barrier, anomaly event horizon.


The Backstory- While the events at Lambda Leonis unfolded, Tau Leonis experienced separate problems. Once contact with Earth was lost, the Tau Leonis System was one of the first to understand the cause behind it. Nearby systems soon found out, and several systems began evacuating to Tau, due to it's habitable planet. Military Presence has stepped up dramatically, even though there was never a history of piracy or crime in this system. The massive influx of refugees put incredible strain on the government, and it has only recently started to recover, after the Ionic Storm hit.

Now, after all contact with Lambda Leonis and neighboring systems has been lost, and travel stopped, unrest is rising within the population. The locals are spiteful, despising the refugees who came and took their jobs, their land, their home. Violence against them is rising. The military has stepped in on several occasions, but they cannot stop it forever. The system is self-sufficient, but the people are becoming restless.

Who will you be?


Rules:

1.) Grammar is required. A few mistakes are acceptable, but if your paragraph lookz liek dis cuz yu liek to tipe liek dat, then you are going to be ignored.
2.) God-modding is forbidden, EXCEPT for the GM (me). I may decide to do some based on some situations. But don't worry, I will keep it down.
3.) OP stuff. Civilians should not have access to Dreadnaughts, for example. Or other heavy-military hardware. There's a pretty big presence here, and you would have been caught already. EDIT: Unless you have a REAL GOOD REASON to.
4.) Off-Topic will not be tolerated. If it's not related to the RP, then you should leave.
5.) Characters must be sensible. Omnipotent AI's, for example, will not be tolerated. I will decide on a case-by-case basis.
6.) Other rules may be added to this at any time and without warning.



Current Players:

Fenway, playing as Kayne 2.0. Role: Military Admiral (GM)
Tiel, playing as Arcipel Haas. Role: Military, 2nd Lieutenant
Prototype, playing as Biomech Theta. Role: NCSD Military Captain
Iv121, playing as Nathan Anderson. Role: Fighter Pilot for Private Security Organization
Catsonmeth, playing as Batis'Narek. Role: Gas Company CEO, limited research to Dark Matter Crystals
Commander Error, playing as Markus Error. Role: Cargo Freighter
ACHO225, playing as Aygyrn. Role: Strigiforme Scout Ship Commander.
Lightspeed12, playing as William S. Sharon. Role: Trader

Applications!

Name:
Age:
Species:
Role:
Rank (If applicable)
Short Bio:
Personality:
Other Info:


LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

So like story all together ?

Nathan Anderson is a retired military pilot. Serving in the terran navy for 15 years Nathan flew in many corners of the galaxy in his trustworthy Valkire class fighter, fighting pirates, rebels and even other species by the call of the terran command. After completing his service with a good record Nathen decided to begin a new life on Tau I. The new colony offered opportunity to the young pilot, maybe he will find his second half and build a family further away from the front lines (About time – he is 35 years old already). Although it seems like soon the front lines will go after him…

Name: Arcipel Haas
Age: 36
Species: Tien (Bipedal Cockatiel)
Role: Member of military detachment guarding Tau IVA
Rank (If applicable): 2nd Lieutenant
Short Bio: Arcipel is has dusty gray feathers with a dyed white crest, a symbol of melancholy in traditional Tien culture. Sleight of build and always wears military fatigues out of laziness.
Personality: Quiet, contemplative, and extremely irritable. A competent officer nonetheless, but not invulnerable to pressure in the slightest. Enjoys drinking.
Other Info: Arcipel was always a curious avian, seeking answers where questions did not yet exist even in his youth. This trait had to be stowed in the backseat, however, when the heir to the Tien noble house Haas decided to enlist in the human Navy to escape growing scrutiny of his family back on Higara. His superiors, blinded by prejudice, assigned him as a janitor on a reconnaisance dinghy on the outer rim immediately after he completed training, and from then he reached the rank of officer through ambition and sweat. It was after he recieved his commission in the Tau system that communications with Earth halted completely, and the military re-assigned him to the base on the fourth planet of the system while recycling personnel.

Tiel wrote:Name: Arcipel Haas
Species: Tien (Bipedal Cockatiel)
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Aren't all cockatiels bipedal?

Here's my attempt


Name: Biomech Theta
Age: 162
Species: MK-IX Biomech
Role: Captain of Vivisector warship GDF-115 (AKA Midas), stationed in the Tau system
Bio: one of the oldest Sentient Biomechs in the NSCD, his body is a modified MK-IX rig. Has suffered past traumas
Personality: Normally quiet, but when faced with a problem, will immediately try to fix that problem. However Theta has suffered mental traumas, and is quietly insane, even though he is skilled at suppressing his insanity.

Other info: Theta has not shown his insane side for many years now, and believes that it has left him. The Vivisector class he is in command of (the Midas) is had been passing through Tau Leonis when they were cut off. The crew try to keep a low profile, but they will eventually be discovered. The ship carries wings of various N.S.C.D. Aerospace units, and seeing as the Vivisector is a war ship, it's presence could create disturbances, which Theta, his crew and the N.S.C.D. do not want. The ship will require re-fuelling, and will eventually be forced to ground when supplies run too low.
The Midas is In cloaked orbit in the vicinity of Tau I, but the cloak will not be able to remain on forever.


I know you said no military tech, but the ship will be forced to ground, and the crew will be forced to flee to the nearest station, and no military equipment can be engaged without orders from outside the system, which is impossible, however the ship can be seen as a potential threat. The survivors will be forced to find ways to survive, and could be subject to a man(robot)hunt.

OOC: Iv, follow app format, but it looks good! Tiel is accepted, as is Prototype. Also, I slightly modified that rule. You do have a REALLY good reason for having military tech. I just put that in so that the civilians can't field stuff from nowhere.

And now, my character!

Name: Kayne 2.0

Age: 14

Species: Sentient Computer AI

Role: Military Admiral/Leader

Rank (If applicable) Admiral

Short Bio: Kayne is an experiment by the Terran military following the introduction of sentient AI's. He was created on Earth, along with several variations of him, and then tested in Regulus. He was the top model, and was adopted as a comprehensive military adviser. He quickly absorbed Terran military tactics and protocols and was able to fully integrate with the system. He was important in several military skirmishes and battles, and was responsible for the winning of several. After 13 years of service, however, his being began to break down. Scans were run, and it was determined that his power supply was inadequate, and had been inadequate his entire career. His mind was permanently impaired; if they fixed or replaced the damaged circuitry and programming, they could lose all the important data he has acquired in terms of military tactics. He was once able to move around himself as a bipedal AI, but now he is grounded to his chamber. In an attempt to regain this ability, he traveled to Tau to get a mobile fusion reactor. With it almost complete, the Ionic Storm hit, and he was trapped in the system. Since all contact outside has been lost, he has been placed in full control of the military forces here. His reactor is not complete, but it should be relatively quickly. If nothing goes wrong.

Personality: Due to mental degradation from an inadequate power core, he is occasionally unstable. He will sometimes glitch out, and his circuitry will struggle in its attempt to right itself. Bouts of insanity occasionally strike him, but these are well regulated by his secondary AI. Otherwise, he is a cool, meticulous and serious AI. He will not tolerate failure, ineptitude, or laziness, and will act accordingly against it. His intelligence is one of is most potent tools. Efficiency and results are what matters to him, and he can (and will) alter his demeanor and style in order to achieve them. He is clever, and will use whatever he can in order to achieve his aims. As long as it's efficient and reasonable, of course.

Other Info: Bound to a large mobile chamber due to power problems, usually transferable between certain ships and stations. Has several backup cores in confidential locations, so in event of destruction, his consciousness and memories up to the last 2 minutes can be synchronized and brought online on another core within 5 minutes. It used to be much faster, but his degradation means that transfer takes much longer, as the defective code responsible for his memories and actions has to be precisely replicated, and it wasn't designed for this kind of coding damage.

Name: Bames Jond
Age: 19
Species: Human (Genetically modified during training to be compatible with experimental equipment)
Role: Leader of marine contingent tasked with guarding the Jestefaar resupply station in far orbit of the system.
Rank (If applicable): Sergeant Class II
Short Bio: On his homeworld in the Jestaar system, Bames always aspired to joining the private military corps, and when he was old enough he applied to join the marines. During training he like the rest of the marines were genetically augmented to be able to utilize the armor and various equipment used by the marines. After complementing training nearly a year later, Bames was stationed to TAU-I, the resident Jestefaarian refueling and resupply station in orbit in the Tau Leonis system.
Personality: Being young and lacking battle experience, Bames isn't the best tactician and relies on the veterans of his squad for tactical decisions.
Other Info: Enjoys playing space-cards with Tmie, another young member of his squad.

OOC: Octavia, you seem a bit too inclined toward James Bond. Can you be a little more creative?

Also, after the next military person (Likely Octavia) ALL military positions are closed. 4 is enough, we need civilians if this is going to go anywhere!

Name: Batis'Narek

Age: 32

Species: Feles

Role: CEO of a gas mining company

Rank: Chief Executive Officer, (retired) officer in a vigilante group

Short Bio: 'Narek was born into a rather wealthy family, distantly related to a member of the Council. During young adulthood, he began to resent his family's wealth and his forced predisposition to enter politics. Narok had one sibling, a twin sister, 'Hasshel. She shared her brother's bitterness toward their apparent fate in bureaucracy. Eventually, the two relocated to an external system, where Hasshel was killed in a pirate raid on the colony. Shortly after the raid, 'Narek retreated back to his clan's home. However, he soon tired again of his family's company and returned to a nomadic life, leaving the entirety of his inheritance to his niece. Later, he joined a small vigilante group in order to track down the pirate band that murdered his sister and fellow colonists. His vengeance was fulfilled, reducing the band to a loose gang and a few drifting hulks. Leaving the group, he asked only for the wealth of the pirates that he had assassinated personally (a very large amount) and dead ships of the pirates. With this, he settled in the Tau system and began a gas harvesting company. He conducts SOOPER DOOPER SEEKRET studies of some varieties of the the crystals filling Tau IVa.

Personality: 'Narek has an interest in other species, he studied xenobiology and xenophychology before the raid that took his sister. He is often found to be externally cold and calculating, somewhat reclusive. He tends to think objectively. 'Narek could be described as ruthless, though he has an empathetic, perhaps even compassionate core.

Other Information: Brown and light grey fur with dark greyish skin, scar running from chin to first larynx
-Height: 2.4m
-Weight:110kg

OOPC: Would you rather Rim Jaynor, Snuh Snhu, or Urael?

OOC: Octavia, Denied until further notice. Catsonmeth, it looks good, but remember that the crystals on Tau IV-A are very, very, VERY strictly controlled by the military. You could be contracted by the military to study them as a private officer, I suppose. Not sure. I'll have to get back on that. Other than that problem, accepted.

OOC: He could be pressuring someone inside to give them to him. I don't know any military officers stationed on Tau IVA that are that susceptible to buckling, though...

So you refuse to add me to the list ? . (I'm not military BTW - retired you see)

Professor Fenway wrote:OOC: Iv, follow app format, but it looks good!

Repost in the proper format and I'd be willing to bet you'd be accepted.

Do you plan to write a story as a form ? This is really annoying ppl but ok:

Name: Nathan Anderson.
Age: 35
Species: Terran
Role: Retired pilot.
Bio: Nathan Anderson is a retired military pilot. Serving in the terran navy for 15 years Nathan flew in many corners of the galaxy in his trustworthy Valkire class fighter, fighting pirates, rebels and even other species by the call of the terran command. After completing his service with a good record Nathen decided to begin a new life on Tau I. The new colony offered opportunity to the young pilot, maybe he will find his second half and build a family further away from the front lines (About time – he is 35 years old already). Although it seems like soon the front lines will go after him…