Necro Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 OOC: Xom, I hate to pester, but could I get some answers for my questions? I need to know before I act next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veeci Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 (edited) Ic (1-36): Niikka Tiede, the High-Minister of Science & Technology, stood in front of a thick, membrane window, observing as the two Klein-class dropships were run through diagnostic testing. Though her countenance remained firm and monotone, on the inside she boasted a demon-curdling grin, brewing with sinister pride.The intercom spat out updates at various intervals:"Hull-Plating Integrity... Check""Muscle Reflex Time... Check""Repulse Drive Operating... Check""Neural System Functioning... Check "Finally the words Niikka was most looking forward to came through the speakers."Klein-Class vessels ready for service... Requesting crew."She hastily replied, "Noted, pilots will be send immediately."Ic (1-36): Upon the return of the Hamara, Viisas Laki, the High-Minister of Law and Justice, reviewed over the information it had gathered. She was soon bored of it and was about to carry on with her other tasks when something caught her eye. There had been an abnormally large amount of seemingly non-random radio signals coming from nearby systems when the ship had been in 1-3 sector. (Ooc: That would be you, Alex) Frenetic, she instantly contacted her fellow leaders. Unanimously they decided to send the Hamara back in that direction to explore further, accompanied by the two newly finished Klein.Several hours passed and the ships arrived in the 1-2 system, this time Viisas Laki came along.Ooc: 2 Klein Dropships complete2 Colonies upgrade to ProtectoratesConstruction begun on 10 Abfangen-class fighters (Done 11-5)Hamara and 2 Klein to 1-2 Edited November 4, 2011 by Veeci Imagine, a room, awash in gasoline. And there are two implacable enemies in that room. One of them has nine-thousand matches. The other has seven-thousand matches. Each of them is concerned about who's ahead, who's stronger. - Carl Sagan Formerly Vorox Chief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetalSunshineSister Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 OOC: If you cut down the period of no-negative-modifiers, you might want to have the first post reflect that change.IC: The scoutship followed the Syrrinx into the neighboring system, rather eager to formalize first contact with what, at this point, appeared to be a non-hostile race. We will remember - Skies may fade and stars may wane; we won't forget And your light shines bright - yes so much brighter shine on We will remember - Until the skies will fall we won't forget We will remember We all shall follow doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Humva Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 (edited) IC [Location Third Providence of New Lleh, second district. Time: 0900 Natsirt Standard Time. Identity: Centralized Artificial Intelligence, Model ‘Unaware Light’]The ship was detected the moment it entered the Lleh system, the planet's military put on alert and a priority message immediately sent to the Confederation Council. Meanwhile, while various military personal scampered about readying things, the CIA Unaware Light sent a transmission to the ship, a full dictionary and grammar structure of the Natsirt language to assist any translation programs it might possess, as well as a short message."Welcome to the Colonial Providence of New Lleh; this is the Centralized Artificial Intelligence Unaware Light. This is a colony of the Confederation of Nations, of the species Natsirt. Please state your government, species, and intentions."OOCIC(A-8): In the middle of Consul Ranerei's greeting of the 'Thernians' an alert came in from Czalath concerning the sudden appearance of an unrecognisable object and the colony had been put on lockdown. The consul did not know whether to be thrilled or frightened, but he put on a smile and opened a channel to Czalath's broadcast system and began speaking as he had to the Thernians over Torios."Greetings, you have wandered into Kalarii Federation space. Show no hostility and none will be shown. You are welcomed here."Oh boy, he thought to himself, as if the celebrations haven't gone on for long enough already...IC [Location: Inside of system '1-8'. Time: 0900 Natsirt Standard Time. Identity: Centralized Artificial Intelligence, Model ‘Unwavering Justice’]The response the Kalarii received was a transmission of the Natsirt dictionary and grammar structure, with a short message;"We are the Natsirt, of the Confederation of Nations; this is the Centralized Artificial Intelligence Unwavering Justice. We come in peace and search of alliance; please transmit your dictionary and grammar structure to aid in translation." Edited November 4, 2011 by Alex Humva 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 "In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toast of Awesomeness Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 OOC: So, since the colonies are now drawing on me, retcon the construction of the new starbases, I'll have to wait until their self-sufficient.I could use some contact, anyone wanna hit me up? XD Well, would you just look at that? I'm a piece of toast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetalSunshineSister Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 OOC: And now we see the true character of this game.It's going to be a long, difficult, industrial slog-fest. And it will be awesome. We will remember - Skies may fade and stars may wane; we won't forget And your light shines bright - yes so much brighter shine on We will remember - Until the skies will fall we won't forget We will remember We all shall follow doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xomeron Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 (edited) IC: 2-7Down on the field was a good sized delegation of Syrrinx. Several Xenologers, a crew of news teams with several holoimagers, and plenty of onlookers watched the skies eagerly for the tell-tale orange trail of a ship entering the atmosphereIC: 2-9The alien ship had of course appeared precisely at the given coordinates; merely a thousand kilometers away from the Syrrinx ships, the two would have been hidden by the distance if they had used chemical or ion drives, but the blazing light of their fusion drives were as bright as stars. The ships were on a trajectory for the second planet, and Seela requested the aliens follow.OOC: Necro, message me on Steam. I can't tell what's been answered and what hasn't.Also, everyone, for the sake of contacting me without clogging up the RPG, my steam name is dr_robert14. Talk at me, or maybe play some TF2. Edited November 4, 2011 by King Of Shadows That being said, thag thag thaggity thag thagness.-Rover "A memo was sent to Astaria asking if it would at all be possible to make a flying goat.""The Astarians responded that making a goat fly would be trivial; making it land safely would be another matter entirely." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veeci Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 (edited) (@Alex) Ic (1-2): So, my hunch was right, marvelous!The collective consciousness aboard the three ships processed through the transfered dictionary relatively quickly and established a basic translation algorithm. While the analysis was being made Viisas pondered and briefly reviewed the established first-contact protocols in her head before sending a reply. She cringed at the thought of one of the most prominent and unnerving rules, but quickly shoved it out of her mind; she had to focus on the present, not the inevitable future."Greetings... Unaware Light. I am Viisas Laki, a High-Minister and representative of the Leben race. Our current intentions are to make first contact, which apparently is a success. Our future actions are quite variable and are highly dependent upon yours. May I request to meet with you in person?"(@Alex) Ooc: You haven't posted your profile, have you? If you have please forgive my blindness. Edited November 4, 2011 by Veeci Imagine, a room, awash in gasoline. And there are two implacable enemies in that room. One of them has nine-thousand matches. The other has seven-thousand matches. Each of them is concerned about who's ahead, who's stronger. - Carl Sagan Formerly Vorox Chief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xomeron Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 (edited) Starbases now cost 1 Industry Point Each rather than 1 for 3. Please update your industrial orders to reflect this.IC: 2-10One of the two Changelings in the system spun up its Jump Drive, aligned to a nearby star, and was shortly in the 2-15 system. Here it carried out the same mission it had before, scanning Astronomical and Planetary data on the whole system. This was mostly filling in gaps in knowledge rather than new discoveries; Syrrinx astronomers had studied this star for centuries. Edited November 4, 2011 by King Of Shadows That being said, thag thag thaggity thag thagness.-Rover "A memo was sent to Astaria asking if it would at all be possible to make a flying goat.""The Astarians responded that making a goat fly would be trivial; making it land safely would be another matter entirely." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Humva Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 OOCScrew this complicated location/time/identity system.IC {Location: New Lleh. Identity: CIA Unaware Light}"In person? I am afraid that in person I am a large bank of servers interconnected. I can, however, send a representative. The Confederation government has been informed and I have been granted first contact protocol control. If you would come into the system and dock at the space port #7, docking bay #18, you will be greeted by my representative and a delegation from the Confederation. If you have any special atmospheric requirements please state them so we may change them accordingly." 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 "In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara White Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 OOC: According to my calculations, at the moment there are a total of 500 Industry possible. When we get access to the next 400 systems, there will be a total of 2500 Industry at large.Also, just for future reference, all mentions of earth concepts like Cherenkov radiation may be considered to have been translated from the original Osalieli.IC: [ithaka]The Mother of Invention came hurtling into the Ithaka system, its arrival heralded by Cherenkov radiation and a narrow-beam burst signal, sending everything they knew to the Ithaka Skydocks, flagged as a priority message to be relayed via FTL ansible to Baross itself and to the Aspera Institute. The whole missive was transferred in less than a second, and relayed to Baross itself in only a few seconds more.~+~"Sir!" The junior technician called out. "The Mother of Invention is back ahead of schedule!"His supervisor, a high-ranking Aspera scientist who was one of the men to have worked on the Mother of Invention itself, left his chair and moved to stand of the junior technician's station. "What?" He asked. "Are they sending us anything?""Yes, sir." The technician said, bringing up the first files to arrive. "They're updated scans of the system they were scheduled to watch. It's showing...a colony? We didn't send any colony ships to that system yet, did we?""Not yet." The scientist breathed. "That's an alien colony. They're closer to home than we thought."In the background, someone muttered, "They're heeeere...""Sir, look at this." The junior technican said. "The Mother of Invention was hailed shortly after their arrival in-system. They recorded it and sent the recording along with the system data.""Alright." The scientist's brain started cranking, planning out the Institute's response. "I want you to start disseminating this information. Send the system data to the Astromony Department, and put it out in the scientific fora so that our colleagues can examine it as well. Let's see if we can't find out exactly what our new neighbors have built while we weren't looking. As for the recording, send it to the anthropology and linguistics departments, get them working on translating it and setting up a translator program we can send along with the return mission. Disseminate it as well.""Right away." The technician said, his thin hands already flying across the keyboard and sending the information to its appointed places. As a standard precaution, of course, he backed up the data in isolated servers.~+~The news exploded across the Imperium, panic and elation crossing the worlds in alternate and synchronous waves. The scientific community went absolutely berserk over the Mother of Invention's report, and it didn't take long for them to figure that there was a small colony on the planet, orbited by a single warship of decent size--compared to their own, it equaled one of the yet-unproduced Praetorian class in strength. It was lucky that the Mother of Invention had not stayed longer than it had.The message, however, offered a much more complex puzzle. The assumption was that it was a greeting, although whether it was hostile or friendly was unknown. The recording was decoded from its basic radio transmission into an audio format within an hour of its release, resulting in a sound that was at times similar to their own language and at others harsh and grating, like stone grinding against metal. Yet other times it was whooshing, like the sound of a hard wind.The linguists were able to discern a few proper nouns within the day-- "Valaticus Khronos" and "Sanshoran." The two-word format was deemed the most likely to be a name, and thus the grammatical attachment that followed it was presumed to be some sort of honorific, possibly the head of state or the captain of the ship that had hailed. This left "Sanshoran" as the name of the species which had claimed territory so close to their homeworld. However, they were mostly in the dark as to the rest of the message was. It took several days for the anthropology and linguistics communities to disassemble the rest of the message.The first part was deemed likely to be an address, hailing the Mother of Invention, though not by name. It was therefore likely that it was a standard hail. Notably, pronouns that were identified in following phrases were found to refer back to this original hail. The general consensus was that it opened with a hail, announced either the speaker or his chief of state along with the species he belonged to, and then a request for identification. The details, however, were still being hammered out, but the massive brainpower of the smartest minds on three worlds would have a working translation ready by the time that the Infinitus was prepared for first contact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Humva Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 OOCFour hundred and fifty, actually.But yeah, when end game comes and there's only a few empires left... there will be such great empires that songs will be song about them for generations. It's going be absurd at that point. 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 "In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veeci Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 (@Alex) Ic (1-2): "Affirmative, we will be arriving shortly. As for atmospheric composition, our species inhabits an 64% Ammonia, 27% Methane, 9% Oxygen environment. Your cooperation and hospitality is much appreciated, thank you." Closing in in a delta formation the trio of ships followed the instructions which led them to the station. They glided into the hanger and the vessels' legs lowered to meet the metallic floor. The ships' figure relaxed and the droning of their engines slowed down to a stop. The chitinous plating on the underside of the Hamara split open with a sickeningly organic squelch revealing an orifice which two sword-weilding guards dropped out of, followed by Viisas. The Minister stood up and dusted off her maroon-colored robes. She peered around at her surroundings. Though unseen, troops waited in the two Klein craft in case anything turned violent. Imagine, a room, awash in gasoline. And there are two implacable enemies in that room. One of them has nine-thousand matches. The other has seven-thousand matches. Each of them is concerned about who's ahead, who's stronger. - Carl Sagan Formerly Vorox Chief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetalSunshineSister Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 OOC: Well, I'm hoping this doesn't have an actual "end-game" like Interstellar Line did. While the final battles we had were kind of epic, the whole "All but one person has to die" thing, coupled with some people trying to get past that, made it insanely frustrating.Oh, yeah, and the Selachii got kicked in the face by the Wonder Twins. :PIC(Diemwnt-Cwn): The scout-ship had sent back an initial data packet from the first contact with an alien race, and the Lord President was, to understate things just a little, completely taken by surprise. The expectation, affirmed by theoretical physicists, mathematicians, and pretty much everyone else, was that life in the universe was rare - they expected the first scout-ship to travel for at least a year before encountering another alien race.Instead, first contact came fifteen minutes into the mission. The good news, as the Lord President saw it, was that the race they had encountered appeared to be as new to the universe as they were - much easier to handle, he expected, than some galaxy-spanning empire.The bad news was that, despite the statisticians' assertions that intelligent life had to be unimaginably rare, the Lord President rather suspected that the universe was simultaneously much bigger and much more tightly packed than had been previously thought - and something would have to be done to prepare for the possibility of aliens that were more aggressive than these Syrrinx.The Lord President watched the hovering shadow of the incomplete Carreg-dur space-station under construction in orbit as he dictated orders, to be transmitted to the capitol's top engineering institute."Plans are to be drawn up for a full naval force, capable of launching or repelling a full-scale invasion. Implementation and publication of ship classes to be carried out at the will of the Lord President."IC(Golau-a-Gobaith scout vessel): The pilot of the scouting vessel signaled his assent to the Syrrinx request, and angled his ship in to follow the escort down to the planet. Behind him, the two other members of the crew - a biologist and an astronomer - prepared notes for the first official meeting with alien life-forms. We will remember - Skies may fade and stars may wane; we won't forget And your light shines bright - yes so much brighter shine on We will remember - Until the skies will fall we won't forget We will remember We all shall follow doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Humva Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 (edited) OOCXom told me it would be possible for alliances to survive through the end; so it may be possible that by the end of the game the Trilateral Alliance of Planets will stand above the ashes of the defeated species before it. IC [Location: New Lleh. Identity: Referon.]The coompartments atmosphere had been modified accordingly, the delegation awaiting in sealed atmospheric suits, the slim streamlined version that was no where near as bulky as a space suit. In front of the delegation was a woman, standing there with her hands crossed behind her back. Her voice went through the speakers in the suit, being translated actively via the wireless uplink system in the suit."Welcome to New Lleh; I am Captain Yorhanis Tereef." She spoke it with a calm tone, though one might of noticed her eyebrow twitching rapidly, as though something was wrong with it. "This is quite an honor, meeting representatives of another species."The air flicked for a moment before a holographic image appeared, a tall man wearing a long jacket and thick black glasses hiding his eyes."I am Unaware Light; I'll be assisting any negotiations that may happen." The holograph glanced at the captain, the two sharing a look then turning back to the representatives. "Do you have any purpose other than exploration? Bartering, alliance, any sort of business you might wish to conduct?" Edited November 5, 2011 by Alex Humva 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 "In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara White Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 OOC: I find this waiting game to be simultaneously nice and aggravating. I like that I have time to think out plans and I don't have to be watching constantly, but on the other hand once I do have my plans set it takes a bit to get rollling.I also noticed that Kini had been removed from the map. May I ask why?IC: By now, the first iterations of the translation program were being tested, and although they didn't have anyone to confirm the meaning, they had a fairly solid guess as to the grammatical structure of the alien language, as well as the sounds it used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Humva Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 OOCHe was never added; he hasn't contacted Xom yet regarding his homeworld position; his old one was 1-8, which was occupied by Koth. 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 "In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyrd Bid Ful Araed Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 IC: The Icterine landed on the planet in 2-7, tentacle-like landing gear unfurling from the craft's bowels to support it on the ground. Non-aqueous planets had been expected. The pilots inside suited up in their exploration gear. It was essentially a large transparent tank of water, ringed with flexible hydraulic limbs. If the Alizarin inside the tank moved, the water pressure invoked identical movements in the machine. A hatch opened (on the top of the Icterine to prevent water loss of the interior) and the pilots clambered out for first contactWith two new ships done on the homeworld, the brand new scouts were sent out. Perhaps they would discover another new species given that the first crew had already found one. And so soon. One headed towards the new planets, out into open space. The other headed towards a narrow channel of nebulae, seeking worlds unknown...OOC: Not entirely sure how the two sectors are connected, so I'll leave it vague. Anyway, should have Icterine number 3 arriving in 1-1. Hey Humva! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetalSunshineSister Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 OOC: I just hope that there simply isn't an official, forced end-game. As much as I like conquest, I don't like total extermination. We will remember - Skies may fade and stars may wane; we won't forget And your light shines bright - yes so much brighter shine on We will remember - Until the skies will fall we won't forget We will remember We all shall follow doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara White Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 OOC: I heard that the endgame is something like Civilization's Alliance or Conquest endings. Either you unite everyone remaining into an alliance, obliterate all other competitors, or you lead your alliance into obliterating everyone else, which is what I'm forseeing.Can you tell I'm averse to posting OOC-only? :PIC: Development and refinement continued on the translation program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kothra Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 OOC: I was talking to Kini on AIM and he said he changed his mind about playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Humva Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 IC [Location: Citamgine. Identity: Military personal]The intrusion of the homeworld of the Natsirt was not taking well; the moment the outer sensors sweeped the area and sent back a priority FTL transmission to the homeworld, the world was abuzz and very, very, nervous. The old space fleet had been scrapped and sent to the junkyards, leaving nothing left to defend the homeworld besides some ground based installations. Nonetheless, a transmission was sent out, same as all the ones before; a dictionary and grammar structure of the Natsirt language, as well as a message. "You have intruded into Confederation space; please state your intentions immediately or precautionary measures will be taken and your ship will be targeted." Part of that was a bluff of course, but they didn't know that. 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 "In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veeci Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 (@Alex) Ic (1-2): As Viisas peered around she was quick shocked, was this entire facility made out of... metal? Shoving down the disconcerting differences in architecture she replied to the delegates before her."And I am Viisas Laki, High-Minister of Law & Justice, the embodiment of a quarter of the political power of the Leben race." She cocked her head to the side, her many unblinking-black eyes stared. "It is indeed... a great privilege to meet you.""Though exploration was our primary objective, an alliance could certainly be a possibility... The voices and signals from the sky come from many more places than here. Statistics clearly define all of them will not be as inviting as you. Yes... I would very much like to talk politics, however I do believe we need to be better acquainted with another first. Would you perhaps be willing to give us an abridged record of your kind? ... and pardon me asking, but what creatures do you have in your lights? Their luminescence is very brilliant and strong."(@Alex): Ooc: Could I possibly see your profile?Why am I such a slow writer... Imagine, a room, awash in gasoline. And there are two implacable enemies in that room. One of them has nine-thousand matches. The other has seven-thousand matches. Each of them is concerned about who's ahead, who's stronger. - Carl Sagan Formerly Vorox Chief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Humva Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 (edited) OOCYeah, I'll PM it in a bit.IC [Location: New Lleh. Identity: Unaware Light]"An abridged copy of our history will be sent immediately to your vessel." Unaware Light looked at the ship, studying it for a moment. "I have never seen such organic technology; it is truly amazing. As for our lights, I'm afraid they work off a mechanical principle, heavily charged helium plasma." Edited November 5, 2011 by Alex Humva 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 "In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyrd Bid Ful Araed Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 IC: "This is the Gleam of Hope Shining Through the Cosmos of the Alizarin-Folly-Carmine-Tangelo-Aureolin-Gamboge." This communication would have sounded much clearer in Alizarin. Translation sort of ruined the effect of their light-based language, "Our purpose is exploration, not intrusion or provocation." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veeci Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 (@Alex) Ic (1-2): "Do you mean to say that your lights contain miniature stars? How very intriguing. Also, our general information shall be sent to you as well. Anyway, enough with formalities, shall we begin with negotiations? ...Wonderful! At least for now, shall we start with a peace and protection pact? Establishing trade routes should also be a priority." Ooc: The Leben are going to flip out when they first encounter guns. Imagine, a room, awash in gasoline. And there are two implacable enemies in that room. One of them has nine-thousand matches. The other has seven-thousand matches. Each of them is concerned about who's ahead, who's stronger. - Carl Sagan Formerly Vorox Chief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Humva Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 IC [Location: Homeworld. Identity: Military personal]"...Understood. If you would dock at one of the lunar star ports, we could continue discussions in person. Do you have any sort of atmospheric requirements? If so, land at port #3, landing pad #15; we will be waiting with a delegation."[Location: New Llah. Identity: Assorted]"Indeed; keep aware, anything spoken about here will be subject to change when it is sent for approval to the Confederation Council." Some guards pulled a few chairs and a table in, a U shaped metal table. The hologram simply watched and waited until the guards went back to their posts at the far end of the docking pad, then turned back to the representatives. "Please, take a seat. We have a good deal to discuss. A peace treaty will be fairly simple to arrange; we have a stock form on hand for a time like this. As for trade, that will be slightly more complicated. The situation on our homeworld is rather... delicate at the moment. We can however share humanitarian resources; medical science, supplies for starting colonies, the sort." 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 "In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyrd Bid Ful Araed Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 IC: "Negative on atmospheric requirements. We took the precaution of bringing self-contained suits."With the transmissions over, the Gleam of Hope manoeuvred towards the designated moon to dock at the port there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kothra Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 IC(1-8): "Language materials are included with the information package we are sending now, along with a history and a biology report," said Ranerei. A technician on the planet transmitted the information."You mentioned something about an alliance? If you agree, it is preferable that you make your way to another of our planets, labled 1-10 and called Torios, where we are preparig a celebration for the meeting of foreign peoples. There would be the best place to formulate an alliance treaty. "There will be another species present at the celebration, perhaps a three-way alliance could be formed?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Humva Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 IC [Location: 1-8. Identity: Unwavering Justice]"This would be highly beneficial for all of our peoples; we will do so." The ship pulled out of the system, preparing to jump to the target world.[Location: Homeworld. Identity: Military personal]By the time the ship arrived a delegation had gathered, four armed guards and three representatives, as well as the Head Admiral. All stood there in military uniform, watching as the ship landed and prepared to greet a new species.OOCJump time; I assume the thirty minutes is real time, right? 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 "In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veeci Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 (@Alex) Ic (1-2): The Minister sat down, squirming ever so slightly, trying to get comfortable in the alien-designed chair. "May I ask, what is the situation on your planet, it sounds... troubling. Also, I'm not sure why I've yet to mention this, but has your kind made contact with other species among the stars? Imagine, a room, awash in gasoline. And there are two implacable enemies in that room. One of them has nine-thousand matches. The other has seven-thousand matches. Each of them is concerned about who's ahead, who's stronger. - Carl Sagan Formerly Vorox Chief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyrd Bid Ful Araed Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 IC: As with the meeting on the Syrrinx planet, the Alizarin vessel opened up from the top, allowing the Alizarin pilots to clamber out in their robotic exoskeletons. Once they had scrambled down the ship they clustered in front of it, facing the delegation."Greeting from we, the spokespeople of the Alizarin race," said the Chief Navigator, colours swirling across its tank-bound body to match with its mechanically-produced spech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Humva Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 IC [Location: New Llah. Identity: Unaware Light]"Economic ruin, as well as the beginnings of rebellion and disorder. Nonetheless it will be solved; it always has been." The hologram shrugged. "As for contact, we are currently in negotiation with two other races.""Of course, that makes this no less important." The captain sat down, giving a blank stare at the hologram. It cocked it's head and shrugged once more. The woman gave a sigh and looked back at the representatives, handing a pad over to them. "This is the standard peace treaty; it covers basically everything, and the general gist of it is we don't attack unless provoked first. If you agree to it we can send the transmission out immediately and it'll be put into effect asap. Meanwhile, a trade agreement will require you to journey to our homeworld."[Location: Homeworld. Identity: Head Admiral]"I am the Head Admiral of the Natsirt Space Fleet." The woman stepped forward, nodding her head. "We greet you in peace; let us hope that peace is not broken." 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 "In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyrd Bid Ful Araed Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 IC: "The feelings are shared. You are only the second race we have encountered among the stars. We have no real desire to fight."Nor any real ability to fight, but that could be left unsaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Humva Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 IC [Location: Homeworld. Identity: Head Admiral]"Then we must ask your intentions here; what do you wish? Peace treaties? Information on our species? Just say what you desire and we will see if we can provide." 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 "In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyrd Bid Ful Araed Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 IC: "The sharing of information is our primary objective. If you feel willing to provide information on your species we shall provide information on ours. Though as you are clearly an outgoing species as we are, some kind of civil concord should ideally be arranged." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Humva Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 IC [Location: Homeworld. Identity: Head Admiral]"Very well; a compilation of our history and biology will be made and sent to your vessel, in exchange for something similar from you." The Head Admiral raised an eyebrow at the swirling colors. "In the mean time, we can make arrangements for your stay here, if you wish to prolong this trip." 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 "In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veeci Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 (edited) (@Alex) Ic (1-2): "I wish you best of luck sorting out your economic issues." Then the Natsirt hologram continued. "Wait, two‽ Right now? My... After a moment to regain her composure Viisas took hold of the pad, though confused at first, she quickly understood how to work it. She looked up after a minute. "This looks adequate. I accept." The Minister pulled back her robe and snatched out an odd-looking form of a pen. She took the pointed end, jabbed it into her neck without a flinch, and pulled back on the tab on the end. Dark-Maroon blood filled the the ink reservoir. "Where shall I sign?" Edited November 5, 2011 by Veeci Imagine, a room, awash in gasoline. And there are two implacable enemies in that room. One of them has nine-thousand matches. The other has seven-thousand matches. Each of them is concerned about who's ahead, who's stronger. - Carl Sagan Formerly Vorox Chief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Humva Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 IC [Location: New Llah. Identity: Unaware Light]"...It's a computer tablet. You don't sign using any sort of liquid based pen." The hologram raised an eyebrow. "But, if it's customary for deals such as this to be done like so..."The captain growled softly at the hologram, then pulled out a stack of papers and placed it on the table, the physical form of the peace treaty. 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 "In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyrd Bid Ful Araed Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 IC: "If it neither imposes nor presumes too much, we would like to stay here for a greater length of time," the Navigator replied, "It would give us more than facts to send back to Glaucous. And being cooped up for extended periods of time in a metal can becomes wearing after a while." Though the mechanical voice had no intonation, and the faceless Alizarin could give no non-verbal cues, that last sentence was an attempt at humour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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