[ Forum Game Test ] The Scramble for Earth

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THE SCRAMBLE FOR EARTH​

Welcome to " The Scramble for Earth" Forum Game. In this forum game you will be playing as colonists from Sirius in 2200 that try to come to an Earth with almost no human populations on the surface. Some eons before your arrival the inhabitants of this planet went extinct, leaving some buildings and space junk behind them. However, for reasons unbeknown to you, most of them disappeared, and the others that survived either roam live in primitive tribes or roam as raiding groups. There are even rumours of armoured natives with advanced technologies, although there has yet to be a military clash with them.

RULES:
As with all forum games, the rules are essential for them to operate. As such, in the following section you will find the rules.

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Rule No. 1: The GM is the ultimate judge of the game. Should there be a wish for a change in the rules, there should be a logical arguement for their change.
Rule No. 2: This is a test game for an idea. That means that there will be only a small number of players that is limited to 7. Players will be chosen with a combination of variables, including willingness to play and the existing number of games that they are currently active in.
Rule No. 3: There will be 6 colonial players and one home government player. These players get to define the government of their home world and flesh out their society through role - playing.
Rule No. 4: When first applicating, you do not get to choose your location. Instead, it will be chosen randomly for you through rolls.
Rule No. 5: It is possible for every player to encounter a random event. Whether that event influences the player in a positive or negative way is up to the rolls.
Rule No. 6: Every turn, you the player will submit 3 normal orders to me. The one that leads the home nation will be able to have 4 orders. As the size of the player nations gets bigger more orders will be allowed.
Rule No. 7: There will be 6 resources. Those will be food, energy, raw resources, population, manufactured goods and advanced goods. I take it for granted that these are evident as to what they are, but feel free to ask.
Rule No. 8: Stats of the player will be known with a 100% mostly only by the player. There is a possibility to learn more about other players through espionage, diplomatic deals and trade, but these also have a chance of backfiring.
Rule No. 9: There will be a loyalty mechanic. Should it fall too low, the people of the colonies might distrust their administrator. Too high, and they will listen mostly to the home government than you.
Rule No. 10: As for war, your military level is dependent on your population and advanced goods. Nevertheless, you should never underestimate the importance of good planning and luck.
Rule No. 11: Colonies can not declare war on their own. To do so, you need to gain independence, and to do so you need a low loyalty level.

APPLICATIONS
In order for your application to be taken into account, you will fill the following form. There are also two examples, .

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Colonial Administrator: Xyrus Sirien
Colony Name: Hominislum
Colony Colour: Red

This one is for players wishing to join as the home government.

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Leader(s): Sirius Serious
Form of Government: Military Dictatorship
History: Civil war etc. etc. Invasion etc. etc. Repelling invaders etc. etc. Outward expansion.

IRC Channel: #ta

 

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The Colonial Nations:

Derven - Kaisersohaib

Balia - Aedan777

Quadantris - Dr. Livingstone

Gobelgea - BelgiumRuler

Valonia - Ranger900

Blackgate - Zex

Republic of Xantes - Alexander23

The Indigenous Nations:

Siberia - Nocchi575

Reserve list:

Dutchbag

 

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You can post now.
Many thanks to Sealy300, our co - GM and helper in the realisation of the game, other previous GMs that have inspired me and Imperium Offtopicum games from CFC. Also thanks to XVG for allowing us to use his IRC Channel.

 

[sealy300]

Species [insert name here] biological background:

X is a Hominid-like species; being bipedal and having two upper arms that are used for the construction and manipulation of objects. They are omnivores and have a varied diet. Being agricultural species, most of their original hunter-gather traits have been de-evolved, although they still have athletic abilities and can reach speeds of 25 MPH. Their organs are not dissimilar to humans, a brain that can interpret complex information, a circulatory system and uses oxygen-based respiration. However they have higher CO2 tolerances than humans, although require more oxygen. They do possess some more extraterrestrial organs, an organ that allows them to store water more efficiently; to reflect their arid planet and the ability to expel large amounts of blood in the situation of injury and poisoning, however they remain in a comatose state until they recover enough blood.

Species Sirius:

Sirius is an arid planet, while more like Southern France, it has no ice, and has more deserts than earth, however this does not make X a desert like species, it needs less water than humans to survive, however they do need more food, about 3000 calories-a-day as opposed to a human's 2000. The planet is 1.5X the size of Earth, however it has the same density and therefore the same level of gravity. The home planet has some areas of natural wild-life, and its megafauna is like nothing on earth, with Lizard-like creatures that resemble dinosaurs more than anything, and X is one of the only warm blooded creatures, as most of its group (Mammal-like reptiles) died out when the planet warmed over 5 million years ago. X developed agriculture 15,000 years ago, although X has developed slightly lower than Humans. X's Home world is one that is 7.5 light years away, and is ready for expansion. Sirius has more oxygen than Earth, and thus X cannot survive without a respirator on earth until oxygen levels are raised.

The history of earth 2015-2200:

Earth was already in a dire-situation at the start of the 21st century, it didn't take enough action over the next 30 years to prevent the mass extinction to come. By the year 2050, global warming to a massive degree was inevitable, and most the oil had been used-up. Over the next 20 years, earth would tear itself apart, eco-systems broke down, and habitats were completely destroyed, the only rainforest left was the congo by 2100; and that was because Human civilisation collapsed in 2086, in an event known as simply as "The Birth of Babylon", a geomagnetic event destory all electrical technology that wasn't protected, this was the death nail for humanity, and the population of the human race fell to 500 million, and the humans that survived the event, mostly either regressed to a hunter-gather state or if you were lucky formed basic city states, barley able to feed themselves and survive. In the year 2133, another immense event also shock the planet, after a extremely warm summer, the entirety of the Northern Ice cap melted, and never to refreeze, then a few years later, the same happened in Antarctica, this lead to a massive spike is sea levels, and now many of the areas that humans could live are gone. The Flora and Fauna of the planet are extremely limited, few vertebrates survived the "Birth of Babylon", but those are mostly small animals, mice, rats, pigs and other omnivores survived, as for ocean life, it is mostly did alright, sharks and whales are gone, however many other fish species survived, and now the ocean is one of the most biodiverse places on the earth. This is earth in 2200, a warm hell hole, little life, no ice caps and now you must settle it.

 

[Kaisersohaib]

I cant stop joining Forum games.......
Colonial Administrator: Alvaro "Falcon" Ayarix
Colony Name: Derven
Colony Colour: Bright Red

 

[aedan777]

Colonial Administrator: Malanan Vesici
Colony Name: Balia
Colony Color: Aqua

 

[Dr.Livingstone]

I cant stop joining Forum games.......

Neither can I.

Colonial Administrator: Inogurian Helviron.
Colony Name: Quadantris.
Colony Colour: Dark Green.

 

[Rovsea]

Not to be off-topic, but Videonfan, have you considered joining Marty's latest big?

 

[Deaghaidh]

This is interesting. I'm dramaticly overstretched, yet super tempted.

 

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Not to be off-topic, but Videonfan, have you considered joining Marty's latest big?

Sorry, but no.

This is interesting. I'm dramaticly overstretched, yet super tempted.

You are always free to join as a possble back - up player in case something happens to another player.

 

[alexander23]

so i am interested in becoming the home nation, just a question, what make them different than the colonies?

 

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so i am interested in becoming the home nation, just a question, what make them different than the colonies?

They start with more resources, more orders, you get to define the government ( and indirectly the society ) and the history, both of which have positive and negative effects and affect the flavour events. It is possible for the homeworld to expand, but that will be written in the updates, as there is no map for it.

Also, after DrLivingstone asked me and I gave it some thought, I feel I have to clarify this. As Rule 6 mentions " As the size of the player nations gets bigger more orders will be allowed ", by bigger I mean more lands and more resources. The same applies to the home world and events might hinder or help with this.

 

[alexander23]

Leader: Alexander g'hurk
Goverment system: Military junta
Name: Republic of Xantes. (If I get to name the srious nation we are xd)
History : The history of The republic of Xantes is a troublesome one indeed. Born from the fires of war and rebellion from the Empire of Hul'xa almost 300 years ago. It expend the next 20 years in civil war and coups by the military before it managed to stabilize and form a functional government. By directing the armed forces and the militias in a quest to "liberate" their brethren across the continent from their oppressive form of goverment almost uninterrupted 30 years of warfare ensued in which the republic managed to double its territory and destroy two neighboring empires into different vassal states.

After this almost 100 years of peace and progress was observed and a stable civilian government and subordinated military was created allowing for stability and peace to come. at year 150 since its founding the great War started which dragged to fire of war and dead most of the nations on the planets including the republic. Three coalitions fough for supremacy: The Eastern Prosperity Alliance (EPA), The South Rimeland Treaty Organization (SRTO) and the Northern coalition. This three forces fought a devastating war for almost 15 years when the SRTO whom the republic was part of and the biggest member collapsed by the cost of the war and internal dissent that exploded in a Bolshevik revolution across the whole alliance. The socialist after 5 year of civil war eventually defeated the governmental forces founded the Rimeland Soviet Federative Soviet Socialist Republic (RSFSS).

Xantes being the most advanced and bigger of the members became the capital and leading force of the new Socialist republic meanwhile reconstruction started for the next 10 years. Mewnwhile The great warwnet on for five more year with the victory of the EPA and annexation of 1/4 of the Northern coalition and creation of many new nations with another 1/4 of it (as well of annexation of 1/4 of the SRTO at the collapse of it).

The Northern Coalition consolidated for in the next 10 years into the Northern Empire. The EPA became the dominant power of the world and watched carefully over its puppets and the rest of the world. At year 185 since founding the RSFSS declared war upon the Northern empire followed by the EPA in what could only be call a cooperative land grab from it. The Northern Empire a very militarized nation resisted the war by the attacker for 7 years before declaring complete surrendering to the EPA to not fall into the hands of the "socialist scum".

This triggered The RSFSS to use its newly developed weapons of mass destruction against the EPA for fear of being destroyed, in total 25 were used, killing millions in the process and creating the complete collapse of the EPA. Making the RSFSS the sole hegemonic power left, years of police watch action forces socialist and wars against many small and new nations however eroded the base of teh socialist republic and by year 230 since the xantes founding it was at its limit. After a failed military coup civil war breakout and the cries of Independence and reforms were hold by weapons. in less than 5 years the Socialist republic collpsed.

The Republic of Xantes was born once more as a democratic nation, far more stable than many of the nations in the world and with much of the military and industrial resources once was shared between the whole RSFSS. By year 250 rebuilding was completed and series of alliances and deals maintained the peace with neighboring nations. At year 270 however war once more broke against the reformed Northern Coalition, now styling itself Northern Federative Republic when they invaded a neighboring ally. After less than 3 months of fighting almost 30% of the Xantes army was captured and the republic sued for peace.

This Angered the military sector whom blamed the civilian government inefficiency and decadency for the defeat and a coup was done by the end of the year. The Military Junta promosided return to democracy once the "republic is safe and stable" embarked in a series of military reforms and enlargement and began to conquer any unwilling neighbor, on its part the NFR was busy on its own conquest so the two nations ignoring each other for the next 13 years.

At year 283 the inevitable happened and the two blocks and their "allies" went into conflict for the last non aligned nation: The Central Republic of Santiago whom was rich in resources and had allowed it to survive for far to long independent. The war only lasted 3 years and was brutal as it was quick, and ended in a tactical bombardment of the NFR capital with weapon of mass destruction by Xantes junta. As many feared the retaliation..it never came, as the Leaders of the NFR had weavered at the end and decided it was no worth to share the same hell in the afterlife as the Xantes leadership.

The complete surrender came soon after and Xantes annexed th entire bloc, meanwhile forcing its vassals to "voluntarily ask for annexation" The Xantes dream had being achieved and the entire planet was under their control. For the Next 13 years the Junta consolidated its power with new member ascending to it and rebuilt their planet, meanwhile planned for their next move conquering the start, especially a planet call earth.. Now is year 300 and no one knows what awaits to the Republic, the Junta and its ambitions.

 

[sealy300]

A Map of the world after ALL the ice on it has melted, and the setting of our scenario.

 

[Belgiumruler]

Colonial Administrator: Algus Artimus
Colony Name: Gobelgea
Colony Colour: Purple

 

[Ranger900]

Colonial Administrator: Itro Havillina
Colony Name: Valonia
Colony Colour: Cyan

 

[Zex]

Colonial Administrator: Xepheion Blackgate
Colony Name: Blackgate
Colony Colour: Black

 

[alexander23]

(our nation story is up and i think zex fulfills last spot lets this going on must growth for the Glory if the Xantian Republic!!

 

[Kaisersohaib]

(our nation story is up and i think zex fulfills last spot lets this going on must growth for the Glory if the Xantian Republic!!

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With every spot filled and the history written, we can begin working on the stats and the placement.