Good day to you! I'm Tristanxh, and I would like to welcome you to my first forum game, an RPG set in a Science Fiction universe, the primary setting will be around the Academy, Claudia Ducal Academy to be precise. However, it is not limited to the Academy by any means, and the only limit of the scope of this science fiction universe is the extent of mankind's imagination and it's plausibility.
IRC channel,
Coldfront : #Scifi_Academy
Also, feel free to PM me any questions or concerns you might have, I realize that this is a lot to read over, so if you want any clarifications just ask me whether it be on IRC or forum conversation.
(Claudia Ducal Academy Flag)
The game starts within the Archduchy of Regina, to be slightly more accurate, in the Duchy of Claudia, one of the twelve planet-sized living stations across the Regina Dyson-Sphere, a Dyson-Sphere is a massive sphere surrounding a star, they are used to collect solar energy by lining the interior surface with solar power plants. Artificial gravity allows for people to live on both sides of the living stations and travel between them using rail systems that cross in, out, and across the stations. Claudia Academy is the most prestigious state funded academy on Claudia Station. From three years of age or from the age of zero, depending on parent choice, students attend Academies and live there, they get jobs and learn how society works. It is here that the philosophies of the classroom today, determine the philosophies of the world of tomorrow. It is every administrators job, to safeguard tomorrow.
Orders can be sent to me via PM once each day, however I may allow mini orders for certain events, but the number of orders daily is based on the following,
Skipping core classes gains orders but causes grades to suffer, keep that in mind. Core classes are,
Grades in core classes are mostly based on whether or not you skipped class with minor buffs from advanced skills relating to the classes, but overall it won't make much of a difference as core classes are tailored to each student being 'harder' for more intelligent students and 'easier' for less intelligent students causing it to balance out (Grades are just a dice roll no real quiz is administered, I don't expect you to learn nuclear / quantum physics after all). However, advanced skills, basic skills, and traits will be very useful in specialization classes due to it being a 'job' rather than a 'class' in a way, they will also be used very often in out-of-school quests / orders or during free-time quests / orders.
Meta-Gaming and all other forms of cheating are prohibited, if you are in doubt of what you are doing, ask me via PM or IRC. Any in-character discussions or plotting should be in a forum conversation or some other saved shared document rather than loose chat on IRC to prevent any confusions. If something appears to be Meta or influenced by Meta, I may decide to 'omit' these actions and make them and all following related actions null after talking to the participants.
I may add rules at any time should something arise.
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To join the game follow these guidelines,Character Sign Up (PM to me, via forum, do not post Biography on thread other than public knowledge.):
Basic Skills Chart Template,
After you send me your character sheet, I will roll random number (1-10) and see what your points come out to be,
you may request one re-roll. You are not required to publicly state your stats or show your stats, and you may lie to other students about your results.
((Note, these are only basic skills, advanced skills like writing will be chosen by the player, 3 advanced skills may be boosted instantly at start, however the amount of improvement is based on basic skills, do not expect an Intelligence rating of 1/10 character to learn rocket science nearly as well as a character with Intelligence level of 10/10 at the start of game. You can also choose which basic skills to be higher at the cost of another skill. Also, on further note, some physical or basic skill scores can be improved over time via order or by event, advanced skills may also be improved over time via order or by event.))
Club Application Form,
Any / All official Clubs should be filed under this form in letter to current StuCo President Melina Marson.
Any / All official Student-ran organizations should also be filed under this form, replacing the noun 'Club' as needed.
Advanced Skills Chart
All advanced skills are meant to cover a fairly large amount of actions.
All players, select 4 you wish to start with.
(Everyone will start with a 'basic' knowledge of each, but starting with selected ones means you start with an advanced knowledge.)
Any players with a 10/10 in any of the basic skills, may choose two more
starters within his maxed basic skill's advanced skills.
---Further Note---
By default, all advanced skills start at 1, unless you rated a 10 in the basic skill relating to it, in which case it starts as a 2.
Advancing a skill within a basic skill in which the basic skill scored only a 1, 2, 3, or 4 only gives you a 2 rating in the advanced skill.
Advancing a skill within a basic skill in which the basic skill scored a 5, will give you a 3 rating in the advanced skill.
Advancing a skill within a basic skill in which the basic skill scored a 6, 7, 8, or 9 will give you a 4 rating in the advanced skill.
Advancing a skill within a basic skill in which the basic skill scored a 10, will give you a 5 rating in the advanced skill.
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SEND ADVANCED SKILL REQUESTS VIA PM ON FORUM
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Advanced Skills,
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Strength
Martial Arts: Hand-to-Hand Punching
Melee: Blunt ((Ex: Mace))
Sports
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Perception
Investigation
Medicine
Science
Survival
Repair
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Endurance
Martial Arts: Hand-to-Hand Blocking
Acrobatics: Running
Melee: Slashing ((Ex: Scimitar))
Sports
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Charisma
Speech
Writing
Bartering
Leadership
Persuasion
Stealth: Disguise
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Intelligence
Medicine
Science
Survival
Weaponry: Precision Accuracy
Stealth: Planning
Tactics
Strategy
Flight / Piloting
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Agility
Martial Arts: Kicking
Acrobatics: Jumping
Melee: Piercing ((Ex: Rapier))
Sports
Weaponry: Hip-fire
Stealth: Sneaking
IRC channel,
Coldfront : #Scifi_Academy
Go to "http://www.coldfront.net/tiramisu/"
Enter a nickname for yourself in the nickname pop-up.
Type "/Join #Scifi_Academy"
That should be all.
Enter a nickname for yourself in the nickname pop-up.
Type "/Join #Scifi_Academy"
That should be all.
Also, feel free to PM me any questions or concerns you might have, I realize that this is a lot to read over, so if you want any clarifications just ask me whether it be on IRC or forum conversation.
(Claudia Ducal Academy Flag)
The game starts within the Archduchy of Regina, to be slightly more accurate, in the Duchy of Claudia, one of the twelve planet-sized living stations across the Regina Dyson-Sphere, a Dyson-Sphere is a massive sphere surrounding a star, they are used to collect solar energy by lining the interior surface with solar power plants. Artificial gravity allows for people to live on both sides of the living stations and travel between them using rail systems that cross in, out, and across the stations. Claudia Academy is the most prestigious state funded academy on Claudia Station. From three years of age or from the age of zero, depending on parent choice, students attend Academies and live there, they get jobs and learn how society works. It is here that the philosophies of the classroom today, determine the philosophies of the world of tomorrow. It is every administrators job, to safeguard tomorrow.
Here is a quick glance over the primary game rules,
Orders can be sent to me via PM once each day, however I may allow mini orders for certain events, but the number of orders daily is based on the following,
- The base number on weekdays is three orders.
- Weekends, all eight orders are available.
- Did the character skip core classes? If so, more orders are available, one order for each class skipped, with a maximum gain of five.
- If the character is sick, wounded, or some other condition, I may choose to add or remove orders.
Skipping core classes gains orders but causes grades to suffer, keep that in mind. Core classes are,
- Basic Physical Training (Physical Education)
- Centauri Common (Language Arts)
- Mathematics
- Science
- History
Grades in core classes are mostly based on whether or not you skipped class with minor buffs from advanced skills relating to the classes, but overall it won't make much of a difference as core classes are tailored to each student being 'harder' for more intelligent students and 'easier' for less intelligent students causing it to balance out (Grades are just a dice roll no real quiz is administered, I don't expect you to learn nuclear / quantum physics after all). However, advanced skills, basic skills, and traits will be very useful in specialization classes due to it being a 'job' rather than a 'class' in a way, they will also be used very often in out-of-school quests / orders or during free-time quests / orders.
Meta-Gaming and all other forms of cheating are prohibited, if you are in doubt of what you are doing, ask me via PM or IRC. Any in-character discussions or plotting should be in a forum conversation or some other saved shared document rather than loose chat on IRC to prevent any confusions. If something appears to be Meta or influenced by Meta, I may decide to 'omit' these actions and make them and all following related actions null after talking to the participants.
I may add rules at any time should something arise.
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An overview of universe lore,
1453 Anno Domini (0 R.F.E.) - Constantinople is under siege by the Turks, men and women from across the world had gathered at this spot, Italian traders, Scandinavian guardsmen, English mercenaries, Greek citizens, and Oriental silk traders as well as the besieging forces. An entity known as 'God' transports a pocket of military resistance and civilians from the city to a new world, known as Centauri.
5576 Anno Domini (4123 R.F.E.) - The Heliocentauri religion forms after four millennia of the degradation of Christianity into multiple schisms, sects, and cults.
6576 Anno Domini (0 A.S.) - Heliocentauri is spread by slaves who rejoice after the salvation brought by a messiah accepted as martyr by the high priest after having been crucified by imperial inquisitors for heresy as he claimed to be the son of god and yet held no title of nobility accepted by the Empire.
7176 Anno Domini (600 A.S.) - Heliocentauri is accepted as the new Imperial faith by Imperator Marcus Aurelius.
8234 Anno Domini (1658 A.S.) - English becomes Centauri Common and a mix of Latin and Greek becomes Centauri Imperialis after legal disputes on word usage in Latin cause an economic collapse.
19,253 Anno Domini (12,677 A.S.) - First colony established outside of the Centauri system by the Empire.
53,641 Anno Domini (47,065 A.S.) - Many colonies declare rebellion after lack of representation in the Imperial court causes economic hardship due to unjust legislation being pressed on colonial trade because of terraforming costs and native suppression costing the Empire large chunks of income.
53,656 Anno Domini (47,080 A.S.) - Peace is declared after intense fighting and a compromise is met in which a central parliament is established to maintain legislator, and to represent all citizens.
100,326 Anno Domini (1127 B.R.U.) - After immense population buildup due to the slow rate of colonization, diseases have become incredibly dangerous and spread rapidly, leading to increased mutation and an uphill battle against them. As the battle drew to a close, an airborne disease ravaged and killed the vast majority of the population of Centauri in under day forcing Parliament to deploy nuclear warheads to eliminate any chance of further spread or contamination, leaving Centauri as a nuclear wasteland for the next millennia. Anarchy breaks out across the colonies, rioting begins as the colonial governments shut their doors, and mass panic takes grip.
101,421 Anno Domini (32 B.R.U.) - A Military fleet runs across a Dyson-Sphere made by an ancient alien civilization, they name the sphere, 'Regina' and begin setting up a colony on the preexisting infrastructure, soon after establishing themselves they declare Regina to be an independent Republic.
101,453 Anno Domini (0 A.R.U.) - The rapid growth of the Regina colony caused a divide in the populace as to join a nearby system in a form of union or to remain independent. The independents sought to consolidate power and to prevent unionists from gaining power, so they established themselves as an aristocracy under the newly declared "Archduchy of Regina."
101,467 Anno Domini (28 A.R.U.) - The War(s) of Unification is declared to bring all Imperial lands under the Archduchy. Five years later, the last independent system surrenders to the Archduke.
101,495 Anno Domini (42 A.R.U. - The Maris and Varothi races join the Archduchy.
101,498 Anno Domini (45 A.R.U) - The Tals'Hario race joins the Archduchy.
101,501 Anno Domini (48 A.R.U.) - The Solasian race joins the Archduchy.
101,504 Anno Domini (51 A.R.U.) - Today
R.F.E. : Reign of the First Empire
A.S. : After Salvation
B.R.U. : Before Regina United
A.R.U. : After Reginal Union
For more details I advise that you see the interest check pages.Archducal General Information and History
Polity Name: Archduchy of Regina (Region of Talea Linea)
(Arch Ducal Coat of Arms)
(Arch Ducal Flag)
Capital Name: Grand Duchy of Augusta on Regina
Primary Arch Ducal Laws:
1.Non-Heliocentaurians of a tolerated faith must pay tax to practice their faith. If a faith is not tolerated, it is treason to practice it.
2.Holding false idols is a crime punishable by banishment.
3.Cursing the name of god is considered a form of sedition.
4.Murder is a high crime, punishable only by death.
5.Adultery in which one breaks his or her sacred marital vows is a high crime, punishable only by death.
6.Theft of any kind is a high crime, punishable by banishment.
7.Sedition is a high crime but not considered treason, and is punishable by banishment.
8.Treason against the Arch Duchy is the highest of crimes, punishable only by death.
9.Any form of corruption is considered treason. Corruption can be defined as, dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power.
10.Duels are publicly outlawed and considered murder, with the exemption of government approved duels.
11.Government approved (and monitored for breach of rules) duels are legal and no punishment will be made. Breaching the rules of a duel is considered murder (if victorious) and if the breaker survives (victorious or not) he will be executed.
12.Leaving the Archduchy's territory without official permission will result in banishment.
13.Returning to the Archduchy after banishment is high crime, punishable by death.
14.Attempting to change the principles of which the order was founded on is considered sedition.
15.Breaking a contract is illegal and the guilty party will be forced to pay the other party a set amount of money determined by the contract. If a contract has no set amount, the punishment will be determined by the tribune presiding over the trial.
Succession / Inheritance Laws:
Any one may write their chosen inheritance of anything inheritable to anyone. In other words, person A can decide to give his duchy to person B, and to give cash to person C.
However, anyone inheriting money must pay any debt on that money, but not exceeding 75% the amount of money inherited. So, if person A owed 16 credits on his 15 credits but gives person C only 12 credits, person C only pays 9 credit. If an amount can not be divide into 3/4 then the compensation amount, not exceeding the entire amount or money inherited, goes to the owner of the debt. For example, person B got 3 credits, and can't get micro credits for some reason, so B must pay 3 credits rather than holding the 1 that can't be divided.
Non-noble titles may not be inherited, and noble titles that are elected may not be inherited. Only private wealth or dynastic / geniture noble titles may be inherited based on local law. Only the Archduchy or Parliament has the legal authority to levy taxes on inheritance, no other vassal or internal entity may. In 50 A.R.U. the Arch ducal Parliament has set the inheritance tax to 5% and it operates as a debt.
Political titles are not inheritable and will be returned to the institution from which they came upon the holder's death. Noble titles may be inheritable and the inheritance of them is based on local laws and customs.
Privileges of the Ducal Council:
The Ducal Council may revoke any noble's title.
The Ducal Council must elect an Archduke from it's ranks.
The Ducal Council may be granted new authorities by Parliament.
The Ducal Council may revoke Privileges from members of the Council.
The Ducal Council may remove the Archduke, but only with the consent of Parliament.
The Ducal Council may make amendments to the government, but Parliament must sign the amendments.
(Duke is a noble title)
Privileges of Parliament:
Parliament must elect a President from it's ranks, who must be approved by the Archduke.
Parliament may create new laws which must be ratified by the people, over half of the people must ratify the law.
Parliament may manage existing infrastructure.
(Representative of Parliament is a political title)
Privileges of the Tribunes:
A Tribune may hold hearings to revoke any political title, but the people must stand as the jury.
A Tribune may veto any law proposed by parliament.
A Tribune may object a veto.
A Tribune who is objecting may hold the vetoing Tribune in trial if the veto is not raised on objection, but the people must stand as the jury.
A Tribune must preside over all court hearings, but the people must stand jury.
A Tribune will be removed from office if found guilty during a trial.
(Tribune is a political title)
Theology:
Heliocentauri is the religious doctrine of the human descendants of Centauri. The religion was founded on Centauri Prime by the prophet, Helios. At the time, Centauri Prime was dominated by the Centaurian Empire, which was founded 4123 years before Helios. Heliocentaurian doctrine stated that a messiah, the son of god, would come and save all souls from the fate of purgatory. However, the soul must be thankful for the sacrifice of the messiah and pray for forgiveness in order to be saved.
A thousand years after Helios, the messiah came and died on the cross in the province of Cyrica, bringing salvation with his sacrifice. It was the Centaurian Imperials that had crucified the messiah. However, Heliocentaurian faith emerged from province of Cyrica, as Imperial slaves began to convert to Heliocentauri. Six hundred years later, the five hundred and sixty first Imperator, Marius Aurelius, converted to the Heliocentauri faith. Marius Aurelius spread Heliocentauri to the four corners of Centauri Prime, making Heliocentauri the faith of which all humans practiced, Heliocentauri morphed with other religions during the Imperial era.
The base of the religion comes from an older Centauri branch, Monocentauri, which taught that there was one true god and all souls were with imperfection. As such, it also taught that all souls were to be cleansed of their imperfection of sins in purgatory, the more sinful, the longer they would stay in purgatory.
The history of the universe, according to the Centaurian faiths, teaches that mankind was brought to Centauri from another world, Gaia, by god. These humans were banished from society, or rather the lack there of, from their world. The humans had built a grand civilization, with a sprawling empire that covered an entire continent. However, this empire collapsed and barbarians over ran their borders. It was when, their last city was over ran by barbarians that God saved them.
The Imperials fought on every street valiantly, attempting to reverse the fate that had fallen upon them. God saw their plight and saved them from the heathens. God brought them to the world of Centauri.
However, civil war had been raging between the Angel loyalists and a faction known as 'Demons', and they left our universe to continue this war across all of time, leaving the men of Gaia stranded on their new world. God, in his infinite wisdom, had placed the Imperials in a climate, similar to their own. They rebuilt their empire on this new world that had become their home, founding the Centauri Empire.
It is known, however, that Demons and Angels both re-enter our universe for various reasons.
Interestingly, a demon can not enter the world without the aid of a human. Scholars believe this is due to an energy field created by God. Similarly demon can not enter any individual's home, without the consent of the human resident.
Some theorize, that the Maris are the descendants of a demon and an indigenous life form, explaining their higher evolutionary state and their vile nature. This has led to the use of the racial slur, hell-spawn, used to describe Maris.
Date System / Calendar:
The Archduchy's Calendar is identical to the Gregorian Calendar, except that the years are t from the creation of the Archduchy in 0 A.R.U. (After Reginal Union) and B.R.U. (Before Regina United) as the calendar was first made in 3 A.R.U. and before that point it used the New Spacial Calendar, used for around 593 years before the Reginal Calendar and started from the day of it's creation. Making 3 A.R.U., 593 A.N.S. and the Old Spacial Calendar adding another 431 years, making it 1024 A.O.S. and the Contact Lost Calendar, which was short lived due to being a terrible reminder of home, with a lifespan of only 53 years, making 50 A.R.U., today, 1127 years after contact was lost with the core worlds of their race. Contact was lost when the cores were wiped out in a rapidly spreading, air-borne, viral pathogen that killed any afflicted in a single day, humanity listened and watched in dread at the images from Centauri, seeing friends and family dying, the last acts of the central parliament was to enact level 10 quarantine procedures, that deployed nuclear warheads to destroy any traces of the pathogen, across all core worlds. The nuclear detonations were the last that was seen of the cores for 484 years, the rediscovery of the cores (as their location was wiped from data in the quarantine) started the New Spacial Calendar. Centauri Prime and the other cores are now part of the Archduchy and have been slowly began to be repopulated.
(OOC: Earth is not a core, as these humans come from a world called Centauri I or Centauri Prime, not from Earth, and other humans come from other worlds or some may also come from Centauri I. The reason for taking so long to find a fairly large star system as Centauri? Their technology was just at light speed and traveling took 80 years in cryogenics to make it to a nearby system, so it took a while to search and development reached search teams late, as central comm processing units were wiped out with Centauri, leaving them with no system to system communication until Regina was discovered and the military found a comm mainframe which they reverse engineered.)
Government:
Regina is led by an Archduke, elected from among the and elected by the eleven Dukes of the eleven lesser Regina stations. This Archduke must call upon the Parliament to create laws and must call upon the nobles to raise the feudal levies.
Recently however, the Parliament has begun creating it's own army to protect the core worlds from foreign threats. The Parliament army includes the Parliament Guard and the Palatial Guard. The Parliament Guard protects the Parliament building and member of parliaments. The Palatial Guard protects the main Palace that includes the Parliament building, the Order headquarters, and the Arch ducal residence.
For finances, the Archduke must either call upon the nobles or the Parliament, depending on the matter at hand. The last military might the Archduke can draw from is the Order of the Cutting Edge, formed only seven years ago, the Order's Lord Marshall has served the Archduke well, but the Lord Marshall has autonomy over the Order.
Alone, an Archduke is only as powerful as an ordinary duke, but with the support of the other dukes, an Archduke can spread humanity further into the void of space.
However, the Archduke may decide to issue that the Ducal Council revoke a noble's title on a knowledgeable basis, and the council votes on whether or not to do so.
The duke with the most elective votes for the position of Archduke before the Archduke dies, (as the election is constant and votes are made before the Archduke's dies so there isn't a gap for elections and fraud is impossible.) is called the Duke-Elect or Grand Prince-Elect and may be more powerful than the Archduke if the nobles support him more than they support the Archduke and if parliament doesn't agree with the Archduke.
The Parliament is led by a Prime Minister who maintains order during Parliament sessions, and is observed by Tribunes. Tribunes act as judges and officers of the law, granted the authority to veto any of the Parliament's actions or the actions of other Tribunes.
But, if a proposal has been vetoed, a veto can not be laid upon the veto and the bill may only go forward if the blocking tribune was to end his term of office or if the tribune withdraws his veto. If a tribune blocks an item under suspicious circumstance, and if any other tribunes find him to be corrupt or negligent they can call for a popular trial in which the people decide whether or not he keep the office they elected him into. The defending tribune can not veto a call for popular trial. If a proposal passes the Parliament without a single veto and over half of the Parliament's signatures, the proposal is put before popular vote in which all citizens can vote on whether or not to accept or decline the proposal. If half or more of the votes, two weeks after starting the vote, accept the proposal, the proposal becomes law. Proposals can only be made by a member of parliament, to the Prime Minister of the Parliament, to the Archduke, back to the Prime Minister, to the Parliament, and then finally to the people. It is this complicated and yet simple bureaucracy that keeps the government open to the will of the people and acts as a check on the nobility's power. If the people were to revolt, it would be against the nobility of the government, the Parliament would most likely divide into Federalists and Aristocrats and neither side could truly 'win.'
All political positions that are within Parliament are life-time only, meaning if a politician was to die, his political spot would become vacant until a new politician is elected. However, these positions can be revoked by the people, if the Prime Minister deems a member unfit, the people of the planet that elected him would vote on whether or not to remove him. If he is accused of a high enough crime and convicted, he will be stripped of office as criminals nor ex-criminals may not be elected into a political position.
The Grand Duchy of Augusta is the capital of Regina and officially belongs to only the Archduke who is elected from and by the other eleven Dukes. However there is a Grand Mayor who serves beneath the Archduke, but above the other mayors of Augusta's cities and as such technically owns the Grand Duchy of Augusta. The Grand Mayor of Augusta is the only Grand Mayor title in existence. As the Grand Duchy of Augusta is the only Grand Duchy in the Arch duchy.
(Grand Ducal Flag, also used as the Grand Mayor's Flag)
Description:
The Arch Duchy of Regina is protected by a stalwart order of knights, the knights have pushed the bounds of the farthest bastion of humanity thus far, and they are expanding deeper into the void of unknown space, slicing through the darkness like humanity's shining blade. The Arch Duchy of Regina is led into battle by an elected Archduke, elected by and answers to the other Regina dukes and religiously led by Patriarchs. However the Parliament manages the creation of new laws by the means of a popular vote after the proposal passed the Parliament. The population is mainly human due to the order's Heliocentaurian basis, but has integrated four entire races and accepts many others.
However, despite owning massive regions of space, the Arch duchy has been cut off from the outside ever since seven years ago on the election of Archduke Wellington. The Archduke formed the Order of the Cutting Edge shortly after denying exit from the Arch Duchy and has continued to bring people into the Arch Duchy, because people enter to settle on the cheap land on newly discovered planets. This has led to massive speculation including rumors about 'escapees' claiming that the military Order protecting the Arch Duchy worships a powerful alien entity as god. These 'escapees' also claim that the Order uses the Arch Duchy to prevent people from leaving as they may inform others of this dark secret. The Archduke's official stance on the matter is, that he started the isolationism policy due to possible atheist influences of nearby systems that may corrupt the Arch Duchy.
The undoubted, undisputed, truth of the matter, is that the Order is pushing forward humanity's borders into the stars. Defending those left defenseless, providing for those in need, fighting for all that is good and righteous, that is what makes an Order Knight. The elite of these, the Reginal Knights, are stalwarts of this undying faith. With the grace of god on their side the Reginal Knights enter the fray of battle unwavering. All Order knights are also part of the law enforcement, upholding the law of the land where ever they go. These knights are often sent to nearby allies during times of strife to bring order and support the local government. Yet, if an uprising has good cause and are in no way pushing anarchy, the knights will not interfere. Only the forces of darkness and anarchy fear the knights, as the knights will hold to their code even if it costs their lives.
The Arch Duchy was founded fifty years ago on the very place it's capital is today, Regina. Regina is a massive Dyson Sphere made up of twelve stations around a star roughly equivalent to the Earth's sun. Using the preexisting structures and systems to form their domain, the Arch Duchy formed from early colonists and continued to grow rapidly, competing with much older factions despite being fairly new. The Sphere had a ready to use infrastructure maintained by the maintenance bots, providing enough electricity and preexisting structures to be sold cheaply despite being worth a lot had it been anywhere else.
Excerpt from 'History of the Cutting Edge.':
The human nation on Regina started with a military fleet from a distant system finding and claiming Regina. This new independent colony grew rapidly due to the preexisting infrastructure of Regina. Regina at the time of the colonization was uninhabited, created by a past civilization that was wiped out around a hundred millennium ago. This race left no scriptures and no archives, every system was wiped clean except enough data to keep the maintenance bots working. These maintenance bots can still be seen and working today around the stations that make up Regina. The largest of the Regina Stations, Augusta Station has been capital ever since the first colonists claimed Regina.
Yet due to foreign settlement, this population of foreigners led to a divide in the populace. Part of the populace wanted to remain independent and the other part wanted to join a nearby faction. The independents drafted a new form of Neo-Feudalism that allowed for a proper nation. The Unionists drafted treaties with a merge with one of the multiple nearby systems, the independents rejected the treaties at every turn. Eventually the independents implemented their neo-feudal system after winning elections for the government, forming the Archduchy of Regina. Archduke Francisco vi Taberney was elected out of the twelve dukes (Representing the twelve lesser stations) of Regina. Eventually as Archduke, he called for the colonization of the solar system and expansion deeper into space. The Dukes, Counts, Lords, and other lesser nobles funded his colonial exploits and launched the first colonial ship, the R.F.S. (Reginal Fleet Ship) Valery. The first new alien contact was made 23 A.R.U. (After Reginal Union, or years after the founding of the Archduchy) with a race known as the Val'Maris, a planet-bound race with no space travel ability. (Val'Maris, translated to the Chosen by Maris) Duke Giles Reinhardt described the Val'Maris to be warlike, sinful, barbaric, and hostile to all attempts at communication. The Val'Maris was the first race to be completely exterminated due to their hostility and this was an action heavily criticized by members of Parliament. As the leader of the expedition, Duke Giles was even more scrutinized for his call to attack key cities of the Val'Maris, but after review of mission logs, statements, and video recording, the Tribunal session determined it to justified. After this failed expedition, Archduke Francisco drew up new colonial guidelines for future encounters so that in the face of danger, colonial ventures could respond adequately.
Archduke Francisco’s successor, Archduke Manuel Argyris, advocated the push onward to find new alien races. Only four races were annexed into the Arch Duchy, while only two more were exterminated, however many were left in peace and marked as no-fly-zones. The four races annexed were the Pai'Maris, the Varothi, the Tals'hario, and the Solasians.
All of the newly annexed races were given a Racial Duke, this Duke would be chosen by their means of determining a leader, whatever it may be. However, these Dukes and Duchesses do not have the right to vote in or be eligible for the position of Archduke or Archduchess. This restriction was not originally implemented until the near take over of the Arch Duchy by the Pai'Maris. Yet it was after the Varothi informing the Ducal Council of the Pai'Maris nature to manipulate and oppress nations that the Ducal Council revoked certain council privileges from non-Regina dukes.
In 39 A.R.U., Archduke Argyris officially added the region of Talea Linea as a title held by the Archduke of Regina. Talea Linea region is the vast region of space that encompasses Regina, so after expanding over the majority of it and encompassing all of it, it was the natural course of action.
In 43 A.R.U., Archduke Argyris was assassinated by a Pai'Maris, in retaliation to the stripping of privileges, while sleeping in his bedchamber. His successor, Archduke Rutherford Wellington of Ravenna Station was elected and reinforced the preexisting isolationist stance, forbidding citizen from leaving the Arch Duchy's space entirely, except for government officials. Archduke Rutherford also formed the Knightly Order of the Cutting Edge to protect humanity's interests from all threats. As we are here today in 50 A.R.U., the thirty year old Archduke Wellington plans on further colonization and peaceful relations with foreign factions and possible annexations.
Alien Races:
The Karotha,
The Karotha were once a proud and advanced civilization until a Pai'Maris noblewoman named Sash'Maris allied with them and led them into a war with the Varothi. At the critical moments of the war, Sash betrayed the Karotha and supplied the Varothi with enough tactical data to wipe out the Karotha fleet. Using this to her advantage, she waited until the Varothi returned home before commencing her invasion of the Karotha home world, which was now sparsely defended. Conquering the world, she forced them to worship her as their goddess and enslaved their entire race.
Segregating loyal ones into the Val'Maris (Translates to: Chosen by Maris) and the fiercely independent ones into the Des'Maris (Discarded by Maris). The Des'Maris camps were wiped out and all Des' were killed leaving only loyal Val' behind. The Val'Maris eventually outlives their captor and continue worshiping her as a goddess long after she dies.
An expedition from the Archduchy encounters the Val'Maris and are attacked as the Val' believe them to be Sky Demons and Demons of Darkness, as such the expedition wipes out all remaining Karotha. The reason for their destruction was that the Karotha refused to communicate in any manner, less one was to consider the fact that a nuclear warhead is sending a fairly clear message communicating. The Karotha may have avoided this fate if they had so much as asked the fleet who they were was before firing upon them.
The Four Annexed Races:
The Pai'Maris,
(Translates to Species of Maris or Maris Race),
A red, scaly skinned race dominated by the females who use their amazing wit to outsmart others and to use them in their machinations. The Pai'Maris only seek blood and power in life. Pai'Maris can live for up to three hundred years and are often looked upon by lesser, Pre-FTL civilizations as goddesses due to their life span and the manner in which they act. The Pai'Maris was annexed into the Archduchy after claiming to repent for their sins and wishing to start anew. The Archduchy welcomes them in as a full member with electoral positions and everything, their leader begins to plot to take full control using the political system, seduction, extortion, and other methods, yet the Varothi are encountered by an expedition from the Archduchy and they identify and tell the ducal council about the Pai'Maris, resulting in the Pai'Maris Privileges being revoked and their status being reduced to secondary citizen. Many believe that the Maris should be exterminate, but the bureaucracy denies use of that action, believing that they may still be able to find salvation in the Lord. Archduke Argyris was assassinated by a Pai'Maris shortly after and yet no evidence is linked to their leader, as such a group of vigilantes kill her in public with human guards watching and yet not interfering in the affair as it is well known that the Pai'Maris are treacherous. This led to break down in Archduchy-Maris relations and the new Duchess has had a rough political career.
(A Female Maris)
The Varothi,
A peaceful race of ocean dwelling creatures, advanced in technology and philosophy, they resemble closely to squids or octopuses of Earth. Their race remained fairly neutral until meeting with the Archduchy and recognizing the Pai'Maris attempt at a power grab, informing the ducal council who in turn, stripped the Pai'Maris of their Privileges. The Varothi play little role in the interstellar community as they are fairly isolationist but are friendly to strangers, and agreed to join the Archduchy for that reason. They do occasionally go to war, but only if the other faction attacks first.
The Tals'Hario,
A wolf-like race that immediately respected the Archduchy due to Archduke Wellington's marshal capabilities, as at the time he was drastically expanding the Archduchy's military. Wellington had started the initiative to drive humanity's military infrastructure forward and as such it dwarfed most other races. Wellington saw the Tals'hario as a potential ally and invited them into the Archduchy. Their warlord gladly accepted the honor and joined the Archduchy with full citizenship for his race, except for the privileges revoked from non-capital regions after the Pai'Maris incident.
The Solasians,
A race of 'light' formed around a metal core hover system of electronics and computers that use this light to interact other objects by materializing and de-materializing beams of light into solid objects of the shape in which the beam was set by the sentient computer system inside of the robotic core. The same ancient race of aliens created the Solasians also created the Dyson Sphere that the Archduchy inhabits. However the Solasians were never awakened from a dormant state until millennium after the ancient race disappeared, meaning they know little of their makers except that they were advanced technologically.
Biased excerpts with facts about the four races:
Excerpt from "Pai'Maris, should they be removed from the Ducal Council Entirely?" (A Political Advocation of the Removal of Duchess Fa'Tari, written by a strong right winger.):
I'll provide a brief overview of the Pai'Maris so that you all, are on level with how evil the Pai'Maris are.
I'm sure most of you know about the Val'Maris. However the Val'Maris was originally a space-faring race with advanced technology known as the Karotha. A Pai'Maris noblewoman named Sash'Maris encountered the Karotha and manipulated them into attacking a nearby race known as the Varothi. Sash wiped out the Karotha military during the key moments of the war by leaking security codes, attack patterns, battle plans, and other key info to the Varothi. The Karotha surrendered to the Varothi, the Varothi agreed to white peace as the Varothi are a peaceful race. However, the Karotha defenses were completely destroyed during the war with the Varothi and as such Sash's single lightly armed, cruiser was able to force them all into slavery. This slavery lasted until her death, after which they continued to worship her as a goddess. She also had commanded them to destroy any aliens as they were 'Demons from the sky.'The Val'Maris, were descendants of the few slaves 'chosen' by her to continue a loyal populace for her. Other Karotha were castrated or otherwise prevented from raising children were segregated into separate cities before the Des'Maris (Discarded by Maris) were bombed into oblivion. The Val'Maris perceived human explorers to be 'demons' from the sky and used their weapons against them which resulted in their destruction in 23 ARU.
Overall, the Pai'Maris are a female dominated, roughly humanoid in nature with scaly red skin, and a thirst for violence, and power. They were clearly corrupt and vile when the Arch Duchy's sixty-seventh expedition found them. Duke Arrius Archer described them as 'hellish, sinful, and yet appealing to the eye of any man.' Yet regulations forced the expedition to demand conversion to the Heliocentauri faith and fair treatment of all, as none are beyond possible salvation. Claiming to have had a dream in which Helios spoke to her to join Heliocentauri, their leader, Ta'mari accepted Duke Arrius Archer's proposals and met with the Archduke in public. After signing treaties with the Archduke she was promoted to duchess and secretly began working to gain control of the Arch Duchy. Gaining support using questionable methods, such as seduction, blackmail, bribery, or extortion. Her chances of election were growing and with the life-length of a Pai'Maris being around a hundred and fifty years it was a fairly high chance that even if she lost she could win the next election. But God lent the Arch Duchy a break when the seventy-first expedition met the Varothi in 42 A.R.U. The Varothi described the horrors that a single Pai'Maris put the Karotha population through and the consequences of Ta'Mari being elected. Patriarch Mendios of Regina sought guidance from god on the subject before it came to him in a dream, having the Ducal Council strip her of her Privileges. Mendios spoke before the Dukes and Duchesses and begged that they revoke her privilege to become Archduchess and that she not be granted the privilege to vote. The Dukes agreed and revoked the privileges in February of 42 A.R.U. after hearing Varothi testimony and reviewed Val'Maris history as the supposed goddess was described with the same features of a Pai'Maris. In December, 43 A.R.U. the Pai'Maris made revenge by murdering the good Archduke Manuel Argyris, officially no link was discovered in relation to the Duchess, yet she was executed by vigilantes, god bless them, five weeks later.
I say we didn't do enough, I say we strip the new Duchess Fa'Tari of her Ducal position entirely before they attempt to strike again! Archduke Wellington's life is in danger every moment we waste! I applaud the brave men who killed Ta'Mari as the Pai'Maris species is nothing but a curse to the Arch Duchy. I implore those of you reading to write to your Duke and say, "I agree with Charles Fannin and that we must exterminate the Pai'Maris!" Your Dukes will agree, they are as patriotic as the next man in line and the only reason they don't exterminate them? They don't have your backing! They represent the will of the people, they need your support to do their job. If you refuse to give them the backing they need, you are a traitor to mankind. It is your god given duty to pick up the comm-link! It is our god given duty to remove the plague of the Pai'Maris!
Excerpt from "Varothi, the Peaceful Giants" (A Book about the Varothi home world, Varos, and the Varothi species in general.):
The Varothi are a peaceful race, similar to squids or octopuses in appearance and yet genius by nature. As the seventy-first expedition of the Arch Duchy landed on their home planet of 90% water, they at first believed no sentient life existed there. After doing a scan of the planet, they realized that an advanced civilization lie beneath the ocean, sending communications of peace and the wishing of tranquility, they were responded in kind. The Varothi launched one of their cruisers, dwarfing the expedition ship by at least five times, and hailed them and invited them to dock so that they could talk more directly. Entering the Varothi cruiser, the expedition crew found themselves in a glass corridor resembling an aquarium tube. The crew was greeted by a Varothi who apologized and explained the nature of the tube, that they couldn't breath in air and as such their ships were filled with water, but their airlock could be drained in or out. Duke Michael Harkson accepted the apology before learning about the Varothi culture and religion, finding it all to be peaceful. Michael Harkson concluded that the best course was to request that they send an ambassador to Regina where they would have a facility waiting. The Varothi agreed that it would be the best course of action and that his government should send an ambassador immediately. The Ambassador learned of the Pai'Maris involvement in the Arch Duchy and informed the Ducal council of the Pai'Maris nature. After which they were granted admission into the Ducal council and were annexed into the Arch Duchy through a series of friendly negotiations.
Excerpt from "Tal, home of the Iron Fist" (A Book about the Tals'hario home world, Tal, and the Tals'hario species in general.):
The Tals'hario are an Imperialist race, similar to wolves in appearance and in nature. After being encountered by the eighty-seventh expedition of the Arch Duchy, the Tals'hario respected the Archduke's military might. As Archduke Wellington was looking for ways to protect humanity's assets, he offered them a chance to join the Arch Duchy. In 45 ARU the Tals'hario joined into the Arch Duchy Union and their leader was made Duke along with the task of creating a reserve army of Tals'hario. This reserve army is known as the 'Flaming Moon Hunters' who use state of the art Arch Duchy weaponry along with their night vision, and brutal nature to provide the Arch Duchy shock troopers. As reward for his efforts, Archduke Wellington payed the Duke well and granted him the position of "War leader of the Flaming Moon Hunters" which the humans usually just refer to as 'Commander of the Tals'hario Reserve Elite Shock Troopers.'
Excerpt from "Solasians, the Beast at the Heart of the Order?" (A conspiracy theorist's pamphlet about the Solasians):
It seems that the Solasians are just a peaceful race from Solasia, no doubt they have remained peaceful thus far. However, claims that a powerful, psychic, fire-like being controlling the Order can not be dismissed. What if these Solasians, who do indeed resemble fire, and their means of communication, vibrating in particular ways to form words that seem to come from no source, can seem to be psychic. Their bodies are literally made of light being irradiated from a central core that hovers. We believe they were created by the same ancient civilization that created Regina. So, if that is so, and they awoke, long after the ancient civilization destroyed, and produced new and unique units of themselves using the ancient facilities ever since then, what is to have prevented the ancients from making one on Regina? What if the one on Regina is evil? Or bugged? Or malfunctioning? What if it has access to the mainframe and has the ability to wipe us all out? We need answers immediately! Such possibilities must be explored, the entire command section has been quarantined ever since the first colonists arrived and the military denied them entrance in to command deck. Of course we shall never know until they open up the command deck for proper inspection! I call, no, demand, answers immediately! What if they are using it as the mainframe for heaven sake? If a Solasian is the mainframe and has been active since the creation of Regina by the ancients, it could have valuable data on it. What happened to the ancients? We don't even know that, for crying out loud! Call your Ducal offices now! And request, no, demand that they force the Order out of the dark!
Military:
Human soldiers are used to direct civilians or mechanical soldiers and for immediate battlefield situation decisions that the robotic Artificial Intelligence would otherwise fail. The majority of combat units are made up of 'Mechanical Infantry' ran by individual Combat AI modules that follow orders from nearby ranking human infantry or a field commander.
The 'Mechanical Infantry' are robotic humanoid soldiers, the size of normal humans.
Combat ships are ran by a few officers and a crew of about twenty or so, the crewmen are assigned to fill in for officers should officers be incapable, to protect from boarders, and to repair damage on the scene.
Drop ships are used to deploy infantry rapidly and can be used as ordinary transports, but their actual crew only consists of an officer and two sergeant, the officer pilots while one sergeant organizes troops and the other is in case of combat in which he will use the command console to fire the ship's turrets at attacking enemy.
Fighters are either automated, or if they are older ones (likely in the employ of some noble) they have a pilot and a co-pilot.
The Commander of a fighter squadron is known as a Wing Commander.
Commander is a rank that refers to anyone in charge of a multitude of mounted infantry, or in charge a multitude of spaceships.
The 'Mounted Infantry' are humans on horseback, used in terrain too rough to land near a target or used when in need during covert operations that require quick mobility.
(Parliamentarian Naval Officer)
(Parliamentarian Naval Dress Uniform)
(Order Dress Uniform)
(Order Officer Uniform)
(Order Knight Dress Uniform)
(Order Reginal Knight Dress Uniform)
(Order Enlisted Soldier)
(Parliament Army Officer Jungle Field Uniform)
(Parliament Army Enlisted Jungle Field Uniform)
(Parliament Army Officer Urban Field Uniform)
(Parliament Army Enlisted Urban Field Uniform)
Trading:
Domestic trade is ran by civilians and guilds, and anyone can trade domestically. However, foreign trade is done by traders who are licensed to accompany diplomatic convoys.
Licensed Traders must be very devout Heliocentaurians who have been versed in the teachings of other religions and still acknowledges Heliocentauri as the truth.
The tests for becoming a licensed trader are very hard and require an advanced knowledge of all known religions while still answering questions in the Heliocentaurian manner. Traders must also take tests again annually. The tests are observed by psychologists, theologians, and a brain wave monitoring, 'lie detector' that reads the subject's thoughts and feelings.
These traders must also be devoutly loyal to the Archduchy. The reason for these tests is to insure that corruption does not spread across from other Polities, while still allowing for diplomatic contact and trade contact.
If a trader breaks the law of the polity he is in, the polity's legal system will be allowed to deal with him in the manner it sees fit, the Archduchy will request a fair trial and that a legal representative versed in the polity's law, coming from the Archduchy be allowed to provide legal counsel, however if the polity denies both or either request, the Archduchy will not interfere unless it deems no law has been broken and will apply political pressure. If the Arch ducal citizen is executed despite no legal cause, and the polity pleads no defense against the political accusation, the Archduchy may decide to either cut ties or go to war.
List of Duchies:
Archduchy of Regina
(Highest Duchy)
Ruler: His elected-majesty, Grand Archduke Rutherford Wellington
Grand duchy of Augusta
(Primary Reginal Duchy)
Beneath Hierarchy of: Regina
Ruler: His elected-majesty, Grand Archduke Rutherford Wellington
Duchy of Maria
(Reginal Duchy)
Beneath Hierarchy of: Regina
Ruler: Duke Arwin vi Taberney
Vote: Votes for the candidacy of Arwin Taberney of Maria
Duchy of Valeria
(Reginal Duchy)
Beneath Hierarchy of: Regina
Ruler: Duke Gaius Archer
Vote: Votes for the candidacy of Angela Marson of Claudia
Duchy of Valencia
(Reginal Duchy)
Beneath Hierarchy of: Regina
Ruler: Duke Marcos de Fonta
Vote: Votes for the candidacy of Valerius Aurelius of Aurelius
Duchy of Aeliana
(Reginal Duchy)
Beneath Hierarchy of: Regina
Ruler: Duchess Marie li Bonvera
Vote: Votes for the candidacy of Angela Marson of Claudia
Duchy of Aquila
(Reginal Duchy)
Beneath Hierarchy of: Regina
Ruler: Duke Philippos Argyris
Vote: Votes for the candidacy of Valerius Aurelius of Aurelius
Duchy of Aurelia
(Reginal Duchy)
Beneath Hierarchy of: Regina
Ruler: Duke Valerius Sempronius Aurelius
Vote: Votes for the candidacy of Valerius Aurelius of Aurelius
Duchy of Claudia
(Reginal Duchy)
Beneath Hierarchy of: Regina
Duchess: Angela Marson
Vote: Votes for the candidacy of Angela Marson of Claudia
Duchy of Ravenna
(Reginal Duchy)
Beneath Hierarchy of: Regina
Ruler: His elected-majesty, Grand Archduke Rutherford Wellington
Vote: Votes for the candidacy of Valerius Aurelius of Aurelius
Duchy of Flavia
(Reginal Duchy)
Beneath Hierarchy of: Regina
Ruler: Duke Guys Reinhardt
Vote: Votes for the candidacy of Arwin Taberney of Maria
Duchy of Germana
(Reginal Duchy)
Beneath Hierarchy of: Regina
Ruler: (Redacted for Security Concerns)
Vote: (Temporarily Revoked for Security Concerns)
Duchy of Juliana
(Reginal Duchy)
Beneath Hierarchy of: Regina
Ruler: (Redacted for Security Concerns)
Vote: (Temporarily Revoked for Security Concerns)
Duchy of Mare
(Racial of the Pai'Maris)
Beneath Hierarchy of: Talea Linea
Ruler: Her eminence, Duchess Fa'Tari
Duchy of Varos
(Racial of the Varothi *Duchy of the Varothi*)
Beneath Hierarchy of: Talea Linea
Ruler: Duke Merver the Wise
Duchy of Tal (Racial of the Tals'Hario *Duchy of the Tals'Hario*)
Beneath Hierarchy of: Talea Linea
Ruler: Duke Targ, son of Verg
Duchy of Solasia (Racial of the Solasians *Duchy of the Solasians*)
Beneath Hierarchy of: Talea Linea
Ruler: Ducal Unit Seventh of Six
Duke of Solasia Seventh of Six, Behind the Name:
Seventh of Six was first known as Fifth of Five, when Fourth of Four crashed and was replaced by Fifth of Five, making Fourth of Four into Fourth of Five. 20,000 years after Five of Five was brought into existence by the 'seed' (The Seed is the Factory that produces more Solasians when necessary), Fifth of Five crashed and became Fifth of Six. The AI replacing him, Sixth of Six, was a new evolutionary model at proved defective. Sixth of Six crashed two years later and Fifth of Six was repaired when the 'Seed' registered Fifth of Six as being alive and not needing replacement, and not creating a new command unit.
Fifth of Six was brought back online and became the Seventh of Six, an oddity in the numerical system.
Dueling:
Sword fighting has been the primary form of civil warfare since the dawn of humanity. Duels must be authorized by a government official and adhere to strict rules to be considered legitimate. Denying to fight an authorized duel is a stain on a man's honor that effects his political and social future deeply. Duels are not always intended to be deadly, but fights to the death often involve a single shot from a pistol before charging into fencing between the contesting parties.
Education:
Regina's education system is handled by the Academies, large institutions, the larger of which can span the size of a city. Each duchy has a massive Academy funded by the Duke, and some Counties have smaller scale Academies. While, all of these academies are privately funded, Parliament forms Commissions and Boards to insure all academies teach the same material, which is rather easy to monitor due to the material being accessed via the Holonet that makes use of standard long range Comm signals to access databases and indexes. All children are required to attend immediately from hospital release after birth until the age of twenty-four. Students do stay in contact with their biological family and are encouraged to visit regularly. They are granted a great deal of autonomy after reaching the age of 13, but are required to attend the core classes, regardless. Their autonomy includes a great deal of class options that include nearly any job you can think of, some of these classes require certain talents to enter, and some are publicly unknown. Clubs are an essential part of any academy forming the basis for any major civil activity, making up political parties, event planning, and more, they are the backbone of the civil side of the Academy. Elections take place every three months for the next Student-body President, who chooses their Vice President and Cabinet. Each school maintains Cadet Training Regiments, who are trained as future military personnel, being sent through boot camp and officer training courses. Their skills are put to the test in competitive matches against each other and CTRs from other Academies. The matches against other academies are part of what is known as an Academic War with another Academy, the president of an academy may declare war on another academy at any time, unless they are in a truce. Academic Wars are fought with special equipment that causes the opponent who has been struck to become immobile. 'Medics' can re-mobilize any immobile student on the field. The teams have limited resources, based on the Student-body Cabinet's grades in certain areas and each individual student's grades can minutely effect the supplies, harder working students allows their team to win more easily. This creates a highly-competitive educative environment that encourages hard working ethics and helps students determine their future via the available options.
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Descriptions of Regina Dyson Sphere locations,
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The Upper Level
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The Upper Level of Regina forms the upper plating of the Dyson sphere on the opposite side of the sun, creating a perpetual night without a glimmer of sunlight, each of the stations has a transparent habitat sphere that covers over the station's urban sprawl, allowing people to move about the station freely. The only lights on the horizon are those of the many towers and high-rises lining the station's landscape, beyond which are the transit tunnels connecting the stations and the void of space. Surprisingly, this area is populated by many of the nobility due to it's romantic vistas in the outer reaches of some of the stations or in regions between the stations, forming the upper low lands.
The sunless skies of the upper levels.
The lower slums of the upper levels.
The Mid Level
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The Mid Level of Regina consists of all of the industrial warehouses, factories, workhouses, and piping, hidden between the two other levels, almost all of the work done in the Mid Level is done by machine, while human traffic commutes through large tunnels in which massive lift systems carry the occupants between the Upper and Lower levels. The level is populated only by those fleeing the law and degenerates whether it be from radioactive mutation or some incurable plague, it is a place that only those with no where else to turn go to. However, it is said that other... Things, lurk in the shadows of the mid level. In regions of the Mid Level with no station above or below them, the lower surfaces are covered with solar power plants and the upper surfaces are covered with scattered military installations and private property as well as the occasional antenna relay, while the central layers contain the industrial plants unsuitable for human labor.
One of the Industrial power transformers in the one of central layers of the mid levels.
The Lower Level
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The Lower Level of Regina consists of the solar plants, offices, military logistical buildings, and the occasional industrial high-rise, the Level is built on the lower plating facing the sun, creating an unending day. Many of the middle class live in the Lower Level due to the amount of businesses in the level and the fact that nearly all legitimate business takes place in the Lower Level. Many parks and recreational areas dot the landscape of the station surfaces across the Lower Level, and many 'summer homes' dot the region between stations on the lower level, known as the lower low lands.
A lower surface of one of the stations across Regina.
Claudia Academy
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Claudia Academy is on the Lower Surface (Therefore the Lower Level) of the Claudia Station and therefore of the Claudia Ducal holdings. The Campus is fairly large being the most prestigious academy in Claudia Station, housing around a thousand and five hundred fifteenth year students alone. The Fifteenth year building is about the size of most minor campuses. In all, nearly 35,000 students attend Claudia Academy at any given point. The Academy is in the inner region of Claudia, making it close to most of the government and ducal offices. Students do not transfer buildings each year, but rather buildings are re-designated as different years as years go by with Senior being moved down to the new first year.
The Year 15 Building of Claudia Academy
President Melina Marson (Daughter of Duchess Marson) and Vice President Manuel Johnson, Year 24 of Claudia Academy (Senior Year), donning the school's uniform.
To join the game follow these guidelines,
Basic Skills Chart Template,
After you send me your character sheet, I will roll random number (1-10) and see what your points come out to be,
you may request one re-roll. You are not required to publicly state your stats or show your stats, and you may lie to other students about your results.
((Note, these are only basic skills, advanced skills like writing will be chosen by the player, 3 advanced skills may be boosted instantly at start, however the amount of improvement is based on basic skills, do not expect an Intelligence rating of 1/10 character to learn rocket science nearly as well as a character with Intelligence level of 10/10 at the start of game. You can also choose which basic skills to be higher at the cost of another skill. Also, on further note, some physical or basic skill scores can be improved over time via order or by event, advanced skills may also be improved over time via order or by event.))
Club Application Form,
Any / All official Clubs should be filed under this form in letter to current StuCo President Melina Marson.
((NPC, so me for now until we can get some elections rolling.))
Any / All official Student-ran organizations should also be filed under this form, replacing the noun 'Club' as needed.
Advanced Skills Chart
All advanced skills are meant to cover a fairly large amount of actions.
All players, select 4 you wish to start with.
(Everyone will start with a 'basic' knowledge of each, but starting with selected ones means you start with an advanced knowledge.)
Any players with a 10/10 in any of the basic skills, may choose two more
starters within his maxed basic skill's advanced skills.
---Further Note---
By default, all advanced skills start at 1, unless you rated a 10 in the basic skill relating to it, in which case it starts as a 2.
Advancing a skill within a basic skill in which the basic skill scored only a 1, 2, 3, or 4 only gives you a 2 rating in the advanced skill.
Advancing a skill within a basic skill in which the basic skill scored a 5, will give you a 3 rating in the advanced skill.
Advancing a skill within a basic skill in which the basic skill scored a 6, 7, 8, or 9 will give you a 4 rating in the advanced skill.
Advancing a skill within a basic skill in which the basic skill scored a 10, will give you a 5 rating in the advanced skill.
---End of Note---
SEND ADVANCED SKILL REQUESTS VIA PM ON FORUM
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Advanced Skills,
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Strength
Martial Arts: Hand-to-Hand Punching
Melee: Blunt ((Ex: Mace))
Sports
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Perception
Investigation
Medicine
Science
Survival
Repair
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Endurance
Martial Arts: Hand-to-Hand Blocking
Acrobatics: Running
Melee: Slashing ((Ex: Scimitar))
Sports
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Charisma
Speech
Writing
Bartering
Leadership
Persuasion
Stealth: Disguise
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Intelligence
Medicine
Science
Survival
Weaponry: Precision Accuracy
Stealth: Planning
Tactics
Strategy
Flight / Piloting
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Agility
Martial Arts: Kicking
Acrobatics: Jumping
Melee: Piercing ((Ex: Rapier))
Sports
Weaponry: Hip-fire
Stealth: Sneaking
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