We did not invent the Algorithm. The Algorithm consistently finds Jesus. The Algorithm killed Jeeves. The Algorithm is banned in China. The Algorithm is from Jersey. The Algorithm constantly finds Jesus. This is not the Algorithm. This is Close.
I was reading this and you are all so silly, just swarm a planet with billions of war bots, manned invasions are futile.
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It has been since time immemorial that man has looked to the stars in wonder, so I ask you, how can going to them be anything but an extension of a will older than any of us? It is our very nature to discover, and to lust for knowledge, you accept this but doubt the nobility of working to the stars?
Name: Ghestell
Description: Average height of 8' 6" for males and 7'10" for females. They are plantlike. They have bark like skin, that is somewhat elastic. Most of their skin is a range of brown. They are bipedal with canine like legs, their feet spread in an X with root like toes. Their arms are human like, with a hand that ends in four long fingers. Their chests are fairly flat in both males and females. They have no genitalia in the common term. Their faces are like masks. They have two eyes that are a single clear color based on genetics, can be anything from blue to green to red to pink to ect, though mostly bright colors. Their mouth is at the bottom of the head, with no teeth and three tentacle like tongues that are used to crush and bring food to the throat and used as straws for liquids. Small holes in the front act as nostrils and more small holes on the side of the head act as ears. From the top of the head and down the back are green vines with leaves, size based on genetics, and females have flowers. They have the ability to photosynthesize with these vines, gathering energy from stars as well as eating other creatures, in which they are omnivorous. They can even eat rocks and soils, as well as some ores thanks to photosynthesis, to bring minerals into the body. They have a special nervous system that can store and transport a large amount of energy, gathered from food and sunlight. The main storage area of the energy, called the Geyl, is right under the eyes and can light up if a large amount of energy is suddenly circulated. Sensors in the hands and in the head can sense minute changes in electrical energy and project energy. The most one can project safely is the same as they can store, varies per individual at about about 1.5 amps at full discharge. This is how they communicate with each other, and can sense thunderstorms and radio signals. They can also differentiate the signals, and at certain distances sense the flow of energy in electronics and the nervous system. Reproduce through pollen and females have live births through the stomach, skin gets weak during birth. Their blood is clear and their muscles resemble live wood. They are highly resistant to disease and poison.
A bit about what they've been doing since sentience:
Pre-historical era:(E0) Evolving in a harsh continent, with a massive storm in the center of the continent that whipped up every week or so. Tribes fought over land, as most plants receded into the hard ground to avoid grazers. Their ability allowed them sense the approach a storm wave and hunker down before it got to them. One that was caught out in the storm was either blown away or torn apart by the winds. As they discovered the ability to communicate with wild animals with their ability they easily domesticated those on the continent and started farming, after finding the ability to plant crops. Soon cities started being built along the coast. Writing and ship building soon developed.
Exploration era:(E1) The world was made of many close knit continents that had a large amount of islands in between. This era had a bronze age tech and saw the spread of Ghestell over the world, finding new sources of food and new life. This was the first time they saw trees with leaves that did not recede into the trunk.
Kingdom era:(E2) With most of the world explored the the world went into the iron era. large armies were brought against castles. Empires rose and were broken apart in a matter of decades. Religious orders became more active.
Empire era:(E3) Age of steel. Empirical rule became more stable, but there were still many small kingdoms. Tyuelsm Empire was the largest and most stable.
Gunpowder era:(E4) Finally stable overseas empires. Tyulsm Empire claimed colonies in the continent of Yuulm, the one with the ever-storm.
Mechanical age:(E5) Tanks and machine guns were finally developed and decolonization rapidly progressed. Saw three great wars.
Diplomacy age:(E6) Planes and rockets, as well as television and the internet started. Few wars but every major power prepared for a fourth great war.
Solar age: (E7) Flight into space. Spreading throughout the solar system. The Tyulsm used a mixture of diplomacy and the fourth great war to conquer the world as new planets were colonized.
Galactic age: (E8) Started when wormhole travel was discovered. Tyulsm empire created a stable system for management of colonies and the empire. Some rebellions were put down. This is the current era. It has been 500 years since the start of the era.
Name: Tyulsm empire
Races in it: Ghestell
Brief History (if Human, only since 2450): Since the establishment of the empire in E2, as a small kingdom, the monarchs have changed their ways multiple times. They became the most dominant empire in the world until E5, where a large coalition tipped the scales, by having elected officials in a parliament. Skip until E7, where a power hungry emperor by the name of Qyel-EsTyulsm used superior technology, and a little diplomacy with members of the Revent Coalition to turn on each other, and lots of espianoge, he led the world into a massive war that nearly broke the world into chaos and a nuclear destruction. His son, Tyuk-EsTyulsm took over the empire, but after the destruction caused most nations could not even take care of themselves. With most nations unable to fight the empire walked through them, absorbing them and bringing relief the them. Most did not like having the empire that destroyed their nations help them, but they accepted the help for it was either that or anarchy. Upon entering E8 the world was under the empires control and space colonization brought the wanderlust of many. The empire stayed in a state of on and off rebellions, with some peace. Most rebellions were just limited to small terrorist acts and were mostly disproved of. The current state of affairs is that the parliament has one seat per planet, once a colony reaches a certain size the planet elects a representative, and each faction with a certain number of supporters elects a representative in the consul, which advises the emporer. Parliment creates laws, the emporer can veto laws or send them back to parliment, and the consul can overide the emporers veto. Emporer has the power to put forth pseudo-laws into parliment that they can attempt to make into laws if it can eb done and is agreed apon.
Tech Level (1-10. 1 being tribal, 10 being something like the Forerunners of Halo): 6.5, with heavy research into advancing their ability
System Count (you don't need to name them): 21
Put these guys in Stigma, by the right side border with Orion.
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Warning, Care not given. Click it, cuz I am bored:
I was reading this and you are all so silly, just swarm a planet with billions of war bots, manned invasions are futile.
For my characters it makes sense not to, as they have a heavily honour-based society/general mindset. I'm not sure why everyone else doesn't though.
Also, in case you're wondering why my posting has stopped, it's because for some reason I've taken Aaron's 22 000-word 'Opera' post as a sort of personal challenge and feel an innate nee to top it. I'm at 7 000 now, so wish me luck.
Random:
I like it. You could stand to break the app up into paragraphs (for easier reading), however.
We did not invent the Algorithm. The Algorithm consistently finds Jesus. The Algorithm killed Jeeves. The Algorithm is banned in China. The Algorithm is from Jersey. The Algorithm constantly finds Jesus. This is not the Algorithm. This is Close.
Aaroons post had quality, if a large post merely has quantity and not quality it is a long trail of eye poop.
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It has been since time immemorial that man has looked to the stars in wonder, so I ask you, how can going to them be anything but an extension of a will older than any of us? It is our very nature to discover, and to lust for knowledge, you accept this but doubt the nobility of working to the stars?
Well, I spent more words detailing two blokes eviscerating a decent number of shock troopers than Phoden has spent in a full post, so I think I should be alright.
I'll most likely lose interest in a few days and give up anyways, so it's not like that would be much of an issue.
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We did not invent the Algorithm. The Algorithm consistently finds Jesus. The Algorithm killed Jeeves. The Algorithm is banned in China. The Algorithm is from Jersey. The Algorithm constantly finds Jesus. This is not the Algorithm. This is Close.
We use you as the example because you consistently post less (word count, not frequency) than the rest of us, and though it's understandable as it isn't your first language, it's frequently in broken English with typos abound.
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We did not invent the Algorithm. The Algorithm consistently finds Jesus. The Algorithm killed Jeeves. The Algorithm is banned in China. The Algorithm is from Jersey. The Algorithm constantly finds Jesus. This is not the Algorithm. This is Close.
Right, this app is still a total prototype, but I'd like to see what you guys have got to think about it, and what I can fix.
Name: Heeltale.
Description (what it looks like, basically. A sketch is nice, but not required): The Heeltale stand at 3 feet tall, each. They have no arms, hands, legs, or feet. They're body is a rectangular, wide domino shape. Their faces are completely flat, have eyes that tend to bug out, which are multifaceted. Their skin is a light gray((grey? HOW DO YOU SPELL IT!?)) color, which is usually uniform, though occasionally you will see Heeltale with splotches. They have no visible mouth, and their noses are remarkably similar to human noses. They move through a huge amount of pores that blend in perfectly with their skin, they absorb the surrounding air, and through a series of natural processes which remove the heavier elements in it, float around. They can also move fast by quickly absorbing air and expelling it out behind them at fast speeds, though this leaves them without breath. They breath Argon, which is rare in other systems, so their ship has to reuse all Argon present, at all times.
A bit about what they've been doing since sentience: Absolutely nothing. The very few of their race left have been in cryostasis, floating through space since the horrible conflicts on their home planet, that resulted in it being devastated by what was basically a nuclear war. There's about 6,000 of them left. Due to their relatively small size, in their human-sized ship that's too big for them normally, they can be stored easily. Their home planet was originally on Norma, but has been long-abandoned. Their ship is currently in the southern-most part of Sigma. They speak through a series of snuffles and snorts.
Starship app:
This would be used to formally declare that a certain type of ship exists. A major empire should have a handful of these in case of fleet battles, so the other players know what your ships look like.
Type of ship (It's name, if unique, or its classification, if a mass-produced military/industrial/civilian ship): The Ytterbolikabalimony-uugihkonwhat-eerby. Normally a military ship, it is outfitted with a prototype of AI , from when it was first outfitted for its current mission.
Appearance (what it looks like from the outside. A sketch would be nice, but you don't need one): The ship is around 2,000 feet long, and contains a multitude of weapons. Slightly underneath the bridge is the particle beam tunnel, where the beam comes from. It's long, wide, and easy to avoid. Directly behind it is the power source for it, a highly compressed power station. The only reason that the weapons, scattered around the surface of the ship, can be used is because the Heeltale on board are unconscious. The ship is in the shape of a coat hanger, without the hook on the end. The bridge is at the farthest point forward, and the ship is raised up in the center, where many of the Heeltale are stored.
Name of Captain (only if it's a unique ship): No captain, it's headed by the AI, which slowly upgraded it's AI to sentient levels.
Crew (just a ballpark estimate): 1 AI, around 6,000 hibernating Heeltale.
Weaponry (what it can shoot at other things if the need arises. Fairly self-explanatory, really): The ship has a multitude of lasers, as they were the weapons that were intended for the ship to use in the first place. Among it's man lasers, it uses a standard deuterium fluoride laser which, while accurate, only does limited damage. The greatest weapon at the ships' disposal is it's particle beam cannon. When the particles hit the atoms of the object, it instantly explodes as the atoms combust and fly apart. However, the power that it takes to fire this beam at the speed of light for it's deadly accuracy in it's field of view can leave the ship with next to not power for up to 3 days. It is also easy to stay away from the beam, unless it's firing in a continuous beam.
By the way, I'm kind of stupid, so don't blame me for grammatical, spelling, or reality errors.
SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESH It's been long...
Wait... You're a mod? Wow! Impressed. REALLY impressed. But I probably shouldn't talk about this here... So, as a mod/paragon of what makes RP great, what do you think about my app? Don't be afraid to pull any punches.
You know, looking back on this post, it makes me look really ADD. Oh well.
Right, this app is still a total prototype, but I'd like to see what you guys have got to think about it, and what I can fix.
Name: Heeltale.
Description (what it looks like, basically. A sketch is nice, but not required): The Heeltale stand at 3 feet tall, each. They have no arms, hands, legs, or feet. They're body is a rectangular, wide domino shape. Their faces are completely flat, have eyes that tend to bug out, which are multifaceted. Their skin is a light gray((grey? HOW DO YOU SPELL IT!?)) color, which is usually uniform, though occasionally you will see Heeltale with splotches. They have no visible mouth, and their noses are remarkably similar to human noses. They move through a huge amount of pores that blend in...
*snip*
Depends on if you're a fan of British or American English. Brits write it "grey", Americans write it "gray".
Looks like a pretty good app to me, but you'll have to wait for Dwarven's approval.
I think it's pretty good to be honest. You're doing something a lot of people fail at, and that's making aliens look and feel alien. There's a lot of people out there who will create alien races that resemble humans in almost every way, but you didn't, and that's good.
If oZode were still the GM of this RP, he'd be proud.
Holy shit it's riengo (dammit Hugs beat me to it).
Welcome aboard, mate, though to clear a few things up:
1. 'Grey' is the British/Australian/NZ/Canadian spelling (that I use), 'Gray' is the American spelling.
2. Combustion happens at the molecular level. Atoms themselves can't combust.
These are both nit-picky things, though.
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We did not invent the Algorithm. The Algorithm consistently finds Jesus. The Algorithm killed Jeeves. The Algorithm is banned in China. The Algorithm is from Jersey. The Algorithm constantly finds Jesus. This is not the Algorithm. This is Close.
Number two is basic chemistry. Well really the only difference in the size of the reaction is that at molecular you get fire, and sometimes an explosion, at something similar at atomic level you get radiation, and an explosion.
Whoops, did I write that atoms combust? Meant to say that they sped up until what they make up combusts. My mistake, but I always preferred Biology to Chemistry.
Anyways, new map coming soon.
Description: Average height of 8' 6" for males and 7'10" for females. They are plantlike. They have bark like skin, that is somewhat elastic. Most of their skin is a range of brown. They are bipedal with canine like legs, their feet spread in an X with root like toes. Their arms are human like, with a hand that ends in four long fingers. Their chests are fairly flat in both males and females. They have no genitalia in the common term. Their faces are like masks. They have two eyes that are a single clear color based on genetics, can be anything from blue to green to red to pink to ect, though mostly bright colors. Their mouth is at the bottom of the head, with no teeth and three tentacle like tongues that are used to crush and bring food to the throat and used as straws for liquids. Small holes in the front act as nostrils and more small holes on the side of the head act as ears. From the top of the head and down the back are green vines with leaves, size based on genetics, and females have flowers. They have the ability to photosynthesize with these vines, gathering energy from stars as well as eating other creatures, in which they are omnivorous. They can even eat rocks and soils, as well as some ores thanks to photosynthesis, to bring minerals into the body. They have a special nervous system that can store and transport a large amount of energy, gathered from food and sunlight. The main storage area of the energy, called the Geyl, is right under the eyes and can light up if a large amount of energy is suddenly circulated. Sensors in the hands and in the head can sense minute changes in electrical energy and project energy. The most one can project safely is the same as they can store, varies per individual at about about 1.5 amps at full discharge. This is how they communicate with each other, and can sense thunderstorms and radio signals. They can also differentiate the signals, and at certain distances sense the flow of energy in electronics and the nervous system. Reproduce through pollen and females have live births through the stomach, skin gets weak during birth. Their blood is clear and their muscles resemble live wood. They are highly resistant to disease and poison.
A bit about what they've been doing since sentience:
Pre-historical era:(E0) Evolving in a harsh continent, with a massive storm in the center of the continent that whipped up every week or so. Tribes fought over land, as most plants receded into the hard ground to avoid grazers. Their ability allowed them sense the approach a storm wave and hunker down before it got to them. One that was caught out in the storm was either blown away or torn apart by the winds. As they discovered the ability to communicate with wild animals with their ability they easily domesticated those on the continent and started farming, after finding the ability to plant crops. Soon cities started being built along the coast. Writing and ship building soon developed.
Exploration era:(E1) The world was made of many close knit continents that had a large amount of islands in between. This era had a bronze age tech and saw the spread of Ghestell over the world, finding new sources of food and new life. This was the first time they saw trees with leaves that did not recede into the trunk.
Kingdom era:(E2) With most of the world explored the the world went into the iron era. large armies were brought against castles. Empires rose and were broken apart in a matter of decades. Religious orders became more active.
Empire era:(E3) Age of steel. Empirical rule became more stable, but there were still many small kingdoms. Tyuelsm Empire was the largest and most stable.
Gunpowder era:(E4) Finally stable overseas empires. Tyulsm Empire claimed colonies in the continent of Yuulm, the one with the ever-storm.
Mechanical age:(E5) Tanks and machine guns were finally developed and decolonization rapidly progressed. Saw three great wars.
Diplomacy age:(E6) Planes and rockets, as well as television and the internet started. Few wars but every major power prepared for a fourth great war.
Solar age: (E7) Flight into space. Spreading throughout the solar system. The Tyulsm used a mixture of diplomacy and the fourth great war to conquer the world as new planets were colonized.
Galactic age: (E8) Started when wormhole travel was discovered. Tyulsm empire created a stable system for management of colonies and the empire. Some rebellions were put down. This is the current era. It has been 500 years since the start of the era.
Name: Tyulsm empire
Races in it: Ghestell
Brief History (if Human, only since 2450): Since the establishment of the empire in E2, as a small kingdom, the monarchs have changed their ways multiple times. They became the most dominant empire in the world until E5, where a large coalition tipped the scales, by having elected officials in a parliament. Skip until E7, where a power hungry emperor by the name of Qyel-EsTyulsm used superior technology, and a little diplomacy with members of the Revent Coalition to turn on each other, and lots of espianoge, he led the world into a massive war that nearly broke the world into chaos and a nuclear destruction. His son, Tyuk-EsTyulsm took over the empire, but after the destruction caused most nations could not even take care of themselves. With most nations unable to fight the empire walked through them, absorbing them and bringing relief the them. Most did not like having the empire that destroyed their nations help them, but they accepted the help for it was either that or anarchy. Upon entering E8 the world was under the empires control and space colonization brought the wanderlust of many. The empire stayed in a state of on and off rebellions, with some peace. Most rebellions were just limited to small terrorist acts and were mostly disproved of. The current state of affairs is that the parliament has one seat per planet, once a colony reaches a certain size the planet elects a representative, and each faction with a certain number of supporters elects a representative in the consul, which advises the emporer. Parliment creates laws, the emporer can veto laws or send them back to parliment, and the consul can overide the emporers veto. Emporer has the power to put forth pseudo-laws into parliment that they can attempt to make into laws if it can eb done and is agreed apon.
Tech Level (1-10. 1 being tribal, 10 being something like the Forerunners of Halo): 6.5, with heavy research into advancing their ability
System Count (you don't need to name them): 21
Put these guys in Stigma, by the right side border with Orion.
For my characters it makes sense not to, as they have a heavily honour-based society/general mindset. I'm not sure why everyone else doesn't though.
Also, in case you're wondering why my posting has stopped, it's because for some reason I've taken Aaron's 22 000-word 'Opera' post as a sort of personal challenge and feel an innate nee to top it. I'm at 7 000 now, so wish me luck.
Random:
I like it. You could stand to break the app up into paragraphs (for easier reading), however.
I'll most likely lose interest in a few days and give up anyways, so it's not like that would be much of an issue.
Yeah, typo, I mean Norma.
Name: Heeltale.
Description (what it looks like, basically. A sketch is nice, but not required): The Heeltale stand at 3 feet tall, each. They have no arms, hands, legs, or feet. They're body is a rectangular, wide domino shape. Their faces are completely flat, have eyes that tend to bug out, which are multifaceted. Their skin is a light gray((grey? HOW DO YOU SPELL IT!?)) color, which is usually uniform, though occasionally you will see Heeltale with splotches. They have no visible mouth, and their noses are remarkably similar to human noses. They move through a huge amount of pores that blend in perfectly with their skin, they absorb the surrounding air, and through a series of natural processes which remove the heavier elements in it, float around. They can also move fast by quickly absorbing air and expelling it out behind them at fast speeds, though this leaves them without breath. They breath Argon, which is rare in other systems, so their ship has to reuse all Argon present, at all times.
A bit about what they've been doing since sentience: Absolutely nothing. The very few of their race left have been in cryostasis, floating through space since the horrible conflicts on their home planet, that resulted in it being devastated by what was basically a nuclear war. There's about 6,000 of them left. Due to their relatively small size, in their human-sized ship that's too big for them normally, they can be stored easily. Their home planet was originally on Norma, but has been long-abandoned. Their ship is currently in the southern-most part of Sigma. They speak through a series of snuffles and snorts.
Starship app:
This would be used to formally declare that a certain type of ship exists. A major empire should have a handful of these in case of fleet battles, so the other players know what your ships look like.
Type of ship (It's name, if unique, or its classification, if a mass-produced military/industrial/civilian ship): The Ytterbolikabalimony-uugihkonwhat-eerby. Normally a military ship, it is outfitted with a prototype of AI , from when it was first outfitted for its current mission.
Appearance (what it looks like from the outside. A sketch would be nice, but you don't need one): The ship is around 2,000 feet long, and contains a multitude of weapons. Slightly underneath the bridge is the particle beam tunnel, where the beam comes from. It's long, wide, and easy to avoid. Directly behind it is the power source for it, a highly compressed power station. The only reason that the weapons, scattered around the surface of the ship, can be used is because the Heeltale on board are unconscious. The ship is in the shape of a coat hanger, without the hook on the end. The bridge is at the farthest point forward, and the ship is raised up in the center, where many of the Heeltale are stored.
Name of Captain (only if it's a unique ship): No captain, it's headed by the AI, which slowly upgraded it's AI to sentient levels.
Crew (just a ballpark estimate): 1 AI, around 6,000 hibernating Heeltale.
Weaponry (what it can shoot at other things if the need arises. Fairly self-explanatory, really): The ship has a multitude of lasers, as they were the weapons that were intended for the ship to use in the first place. Among it's man lasers, it uses a standard deuterium fluoride laser which, while accurate, only does limited damage. The greatest weapon at the ships' disposal is it's particle beam cannon. When the particles hit the atoms of the object, it instantly explodes as the atoms combust and fly apart. However, the power that it takes to fire this beam at the speed of light for it's deadly accuracy in it's field of view can leave the ship with next to not power for up to 3 days. It is also easy to stay away from the beam, unless it's firing in a continuous beam.
By the way, I'm kind of stupid, so don't blame me for grammatical, spelling, or reality errors.
SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESH It's been long...
Wait... You're a mod? Wow! Impressed. REALLY impressed. But I probably shouldn't talk about this here... So, as a mod/paragon of what makes RP great, what do you think about my app? Don't be afraid to pull any punches.
You know, looking back on this post, it makes me look really ADD. Oh well.
Depends on if you're a fan of British or American English. Brits write it "grey", Americans write it "gray".
Looks like a pretty good app to me, but you'll have to wait for Dwarven's approval.
If oZode were still the GM of this RP, he'd be proud.
same here school really does not give you enough time to make a 2 paragraph post XD
Welcome aboard, mate, though to clear a few things up:
1. 'Grey' is the British/Australian/NZ/Canadian spelling (that I use), 'Gray' is the American spelling.
2. Combustion happens at the molecular level. Atoms themselves can't combust.
These are both nit-picky things, though.
Also: who wants to meet the psychic plants?!