Post by PythianLegume on Jul 29, 2012 16:31:10 GMT -5
Earth Federation
Same people, different era. Most of the earth has been unified under the Federation by the year 2357. Each country governs itself mostly independently but answer to the Federation government which only meddles in national policy if deemed an international security concernt. Due to their arrogance and their beleif in their own manifest destiny the Earth Federation has spent most of it's recent history over the last couple centuries trying to bring the other factions back under the federation fold for the ' greater good ' of course. Because of this most of the other factions view the Federation with hostility. They hold the largest military in the solar system although because of it's massive size it has become disorganized. Their is a large variety of AMU's in use in the Federation Military, they are however on average of a lower quality than the other faction's AMU's due to the stagnation of most of the Federation.
Known as Terran's in polite conversation but called Feds or Earthlings as a slur. A Terran has the potential to be good at any of a variety of things, they are known for their flexibility and adaptability. They come in all different skin and hair colours and due to ancient genetic manipulation unnatural hair and eye colours are just as common as natural ones. The personality of your common Terran comes in all different varieties just like everything else about them, they do mostly all beleieve in the inevitability of the other factions falling under their wing as it used to be
The Terran Military is mostly made up of Mass-Production Valkyrie MkII AMU's, which are a very versatile AMU that is easily customizable. The standard outfitting of the valkyrie is an M15 assault rifle and a beam sword. They also make use of the air-to-space Raven jet and the Heimdal tank. The standard outfitting of a Raven is a front mounted beam cannon and air-to air small missiles and the standard outfitting of a Hiemdal is a heavy mounted cannon armed with explosive rounds and a coaxial machine gun.
Martian Conchord
Mars was settled for terra-forming in 2052 and as such was the first place besides earth to carry human life. Due to the tyrannical rule of earth over the mars mining and terra-forming operation a revolt was eventually staged. Since then they have been an independent colony with a socialist government. Mars is a harsh planet to live on, it is like earth in most respects with almost all of the same plants and animals, only 30% of the planet is conolonized. The terra-form state of mars is not complete yet and because of that it has very extreme weather patterns and receives alot more radiation from the sun, most life on mars has been engineered to or evolved to adapt to these conditions including the humans. The Martians are normally only concerned about one thing, keeping their independence, they fought hard to get it and that same drive is still int them to keep it. This is important for their survival as mars mines and exports important metals and elements needed for modern industry.
Known as Martians, the people of the Martian Conchord are a resilient and tough people. They have been altered to push along their adaption to the harsh environment. They have a dark tanned skin colour and bright bleach blonde hair normally. Your common Martian is normally rather tall and the males sport a thick strong physique while the females have a more wiry muscle structure. Their skin has evolved to be resistant to radiation and extreme temperatures and even weak beam weapons, they're organs are also specialized to make the most of very little resource and nutrition. Martians tend to be stubborn and live shorter lifespans than the average human.
The Martian Military makes use mostly of heavily armored artillery AMU's, their mass produced troop is the Minotaur AMU, but they also supplement it with Titan Hovertank which is customizable to be a a heavy fighter jet, or a heavy space fighter. The standard outfitting of a Minotaur is a two arm mounted machineguns and two-twinlinked heavy beam cannons mounted on the shoulders. The stanrd fitting of a Titan is a heavy mounted twin-linked beam cannon.
100 Worlds
The collection of colonies known as the 100 Worlds has always been a romantic mystery to the other people of our Solar System. The first few colonies were founded in secret after the failure of mars. Elite members from each world power and their families made-up the original 5, Orion, Vilentte, Calcia, Sellica, Ur. The large travel time between the Colonies and Earth made it easy for them to secede and form their own coalition. Delegates from earth arrived one day to gather taxes and news from the colonies and were ordered to turn around or be shot down by the cosiderable defense grid. Ever since then the Colonies have kept contact with the outside to a bare minimum. They quickly spread and founded more colonies although there aren't actually 100 as the name implies. With the veil up they were free to practice their own morals and soon they turned to genetic manipulation and beio-engineering to make humans 'better'. In their arrogant view of their own supremacy they beleive themselves to be the only ones capable of protecting the solar system from the impending invasion.
Spacers as they are known come in an even larger variety then earthlings. High class spacers can appear physically however they want, their advanced bio sciences make it possible and fashionable to alter yourself in fantastical ways, skin colour changes, anthro-mixes, all kinds of fun stuff. The lower class spacers are genetically designed to be good at a job and are stuck in niches in an advanced class system for the most part. They often have faster reflexes than most and make great pilots. Because of their advanced genetics they commonly live to be twice the age of a regular human
The 100 Hands as their military is known places an emphasis on mobility and speed, and as expected mostly uses space specialized AMU's. Their mass production model is the Avian 12-E53 a fast AMU capable of transforming into a flight mode. They don't make much use of Jets or Tanks. An Avian's standard outfitting is a beam rifle and a beam saber and they normally have overcharged engines and light armour.
The Moon
A series of research labs and weapons production companys/plants cover the colonized section of the environmentally sealed facilites. After discovering the Alien artifacts below the surface of the moon the scientific process sped up even more. Now most advanced AMU's or any sort of military technology comes from the moon. Mostly neutral companies of all kinds run these facilities researching, making, and selling their finds to the different factions. A council of the most influential companies rules the moon and enforces a very strict no hostilities law. Any Faction that breaks this law and tries to bring the armed conflict to the barren surface of them moon is penalized heavily in technological trade in addition to invoking the sever anger of their own respective faction. Because of this law espionage is the main form of combat on the moon. Each faction has an embassy located on the moon. Ta'Vite slaves are a common site on the moon.
Their is no particularly dominant race on the moon as the companies normally hire from every faction. However, those born upon the Moon's surface may consider themselves the members of the other factions to which they are born, or Lunarians if they wish to maintain neutral status.
Each company and facility maintains it's own private security force, normally of some of the most elite and well payed mercenaries in the Solar System. They also make extensive use of Ta'Vite slaves.
Kingdom of Farrah
The Kingdom of Farrah exists on a travelling artificial planet that is never in the same place twice. It was founded by a mix of Terrans and Spacers, the founding group of people were often considered eccentric and the resulting kingdom is obviously influenced by that. It is a monarchy with hereditary rule, the eldest son or daughter of the royal family receiving the spot of King/Queen. This normally happens upon death but it is not uncommon for an old or uncaring hereditary heir to pass on the rule. Under the Royal Family is the Chamber of Lords, a council made up of a representative from each noble family. The msot distinctive trait of the Farrens as they are known is their Telepathy. A result of a freak breakthrough in now taboo genetics created the potential for a weak form of telepathy in the subjects. Because of the empathy this bestows upon the general populace ( as even the most common subject normally shows some empathic ability ) they are the only faction to disdain the slavery of Ta'Vite. Although their is a huge social gap between the nobles and the common man, the normally peaceful and fair ruling of the higher class means the peasant is never unhappy with his life. The Kingdom of Farrah fights in the Inter-Solar war to bring peace upon all of the other factions by diplomacy or by force if needed. Farren's are known for their intricate arts and their widespread practice of ancient martial arts (unarmed and armed). Duels to the death or not are a common way to solve a dispute in the Kingdom of Farrah.
A Farren is almost exactly like a Terran in most respects, especially appearence. The mind is the only difference, as previously stated almpst every Farren has telepathic ability. It is nothing approaching full-blown mindreading, more of a sense of mood and emotion. This is more pronounced in the noble classes where some strong telepaths/empaths are even able to read the occasional surface thought or communicate telepathically with other strong telepath/empaths. This ability makes the most common person an extremely gifted diplomat and as such Farren social interaction is very complex. Most Farren's think in a deeply philisophical manner and as a strange side effect of their genes live to twice the age of a regular human. Most Farren's have a very strong moral compass.
The Farren military or The Citadel as it is called places a large emphasis on melee focused AMU's lightly armored or heavily armored. Their mass production AMU is the Falchion, an air unit, weaponry is normally decided by the pilot. Becuase of their telepathy almost all Farren AMU's are outfitted with a PSI feedback system that links their mind with the A.I. of their AMU's (often called PSI-AMU's). Because of this link they often refer to their AMU's as if they were living things. There isn't really a stanard outfitting for the falchion.
Ta'Vite
The Ta'Vite can't be considered a faction because they are broken up, scattered, and stuck in slavery. They lack in the intelligence department in comparison to the other races, simply not having the capacity anymore to deal with complicated technical or logical problems. This is probably due to their advanced adaption abilities. A Ta'Vite's DNA is not concrete but in a constant state of flux. They adapt to the enviroment around them changing themselves physically in response to stimuli. Because of this they have never had to reason out solutions to their problems they just appear. They will regenerate quickly from injuries, adapt anti-venoms in the blood stream to deal with poisons, change skin colour, many different things. They have been broken so thoroughly that they do not even show a drive to escape from slavery, they seem to beleive it is where they belong. The Kingdom of Farrah has attempted to establish a free Ta'Vite Enclave on their travelling planet as a start to freeing them but there is still a very small free Ta'Vite population and they have no idea what to do with that freedom. Physically the Ta'Vite look just like human's ( unless their adaption has changed something physically visible about them ) as a product of their adaption from living with humans for so long, they are normally shorter though and their skin colour and pattern is always subject to change.
Same people, different era. Most of the earth has been unified under the Federation by the year 2357. Each country governs itself mostly independently but answer to the Federation government which only meddles in national policy if deemed an international security concernt. Due to their arrogance and their beleif in their own manifest destiny the Earth Federation has spent most of it's recent history over the last couple centuries trying to bring the other factions back under the federation fold for the ' greater good ' of course. Because of this most of the other factions view the Federation with hostility. They hold the largest military in the solar system although because of it's massive size it has become disorganized. Their is a large variety of AMU's in use in the Federation Military, they are however on average of a lower quality than the other faction's AMU's due to the stagnation of most of the Federation.
Known as Terran's in polite conversation but called Feds or Earthlings as a slur. A Terran has the potential to be good at any of a variety of things, they are known for their flexibility and adaptability. They come in all different skin and hair colours and due to ancient genetic manipulation unnatural hair and eye colours are just as common as natural ones. The personality of your common Terran comes in all different varieties just like everything else about them, they do mostly all beleieve in the inevitability of the other factions falling under their wing as it used to be
The Terran Military is mostly made up of Mass-Production Valkyrie MkII AMU's, which are a very versatile AMU that is easily customizable. The standard outfitting of the valkyrie is an M15 assault rifle and a beam sword. They also make use of the air-to-space Raven jet and the Heimdal tank. The standard outfitting of a Raven is a front mounted beam cannon and air-to air small missiles and the standard outfitting of a Hiemdal is a heavy mounted cannon armed with explosive rounds and a coaxial machine gun.
Martian Conchord
Mars was settled for terra-forming in 2052 and as such was the first place besides earth to carry human life. Due to the tyrannical rule of earth over the mars mining and terra-forming operation a revolt was eventually staged. Since then they have been an independent colony with a socialist government. Mars is a harsh planet to live on, it is like earth in most respects with almost all of the same plants and animals, only 30% of the planet is conolonized. The terra-form state of mars is not complete yet and because of that it has very extreme weather patterns and receives alot more radiation from the sun, most life on mars has been engineered to or evolved to adapt to these conditions including the humans. The Martians are normally only concerned about one thing, keeping their independence, they fought hard to get it and that same drive is still int them to keep it. This is important for their survival as mars mines and exports important metals and elements needed for modern industry.
Known as Martians, the people of the Martian Conchord are a resilient and tough people. They have been altered to push along their adaption to the harsh environment. They have a dark tanned skin colour and bright bleach blonde hair normally. Your common Martian is normally rather tall and the males sport a thick strong physique while the females have a more wiry muscle structure. Their skin has evolved to be resistant to radiation and extreme temperatures and even weak beam weapons, they're organs are also specialized to make the most of very little resource and nutrition. Martians tend to be stubborn and live shorter lifespans than the average human.
The Martian Military makes use mostly of heavily armored artillery AMU's, their mass produced troop is the Minotaur AMU, but they also supplement it with Titan Hovertank which is customizable to be a a heavy fighter jet, or a heavy space fighter. The standard outfitting of a Minotaur is a two arm mounted machineguns and two-twinlinked heavy beam cannons mounted on the shoulders. The stanrd fitting of a Titan is a heavy mounted twin-linked beam cannon.
100 Worlds
The collection of colonies known as the 100 Worlds has always been a romantic mystery to the other people of our Solar System. The first few colonies were founded in secret after the failure of mars. Elite members from each world power and their families made-up the original 5, Orion, Vilentte, Calcia, Sellica, Ur. The large travel time between the Colonies and Earth made it easy for them to secede and form their own coalition. Delegates from earth arrived one day to gather taxes and news from the colonies and were ordered to turn around or be shot down by the cosiderable defense grid. Ever since then the Colonies have kept contact with the outside to a bare minimum. They quickly spread and founded more colonies although there aren't actually 100 as the name implies. With the veil up they were free to practice their own morals and soon they turned to genetic manipulation and beio-engineering to make humans 'better'. In their arrogant view of their own supremacy they beleive themselves to be the only ones capable of protecting the solar system from the impending invasion.
Spacers as they are known come in an even larger variety then earthlings. High class spacers can appear physically however they want, their advanced bio sciences make it possible and fashionable to alter yourself in fantastical ways, skin colour changes, anthro-mixes, all kinds of fun stuff. The lower class spacers are genetically designed to be good at a job and are stuck in niches in an advanced class system for the most part. They often have faster reflexes than most and make great pilots. Because of their advanced genetics they commonly live to be twice the age of a regular human
The 100 Hands as their military is known places an emphasis on mobility and speed, and as expected mostly uses space specialized AMU's. Their mass production model is the Avian 12-E53 a fast AMU capable of transforming into a flight mode. They don't make much use of Jets or Tanks. An Avian's standard outfitting is a beam rifle and a beam saber and they normally have overcharged engines and light armour.
The Moon
A series of research labs and weapons production companys/plants cover the colonized section of the environmentally sealed facilites. After discovering the Alien artifacts below the surface of the moon the scientific process sped up even more. Now most advanced AMU's or any sort of military technology comes from the moon. Mostly neutral companies of all kinds run these facilities researching, making, and selling their finds to the different factions. A council of the most influential companies rules the moon and enforces a very strict no hostilities law. Any Faction that breaks this law and tries to bring the armed conflict to the barren surface of them moon is penalized heavily in technological trade in addition to invoking the sever anger of their own respective faction. Because of this law espionage is the main form of combat on the moon. Each faction has an embassy located on the moon. Ta'Vite slaves are a common site on the moon.
Their is no particularly dominant race on the moon as the companies normally hire from every faction. However, those born upon the Moon's surface may consider themselves the members of the other factions to which they are born, or Lunarians if they wish to maintain neutral status.
Each company and facility maintains it's own private security force, normally of some of the most elite and well payed mercenaries in the Solar System. They also make extensive use of Ta'Vite slaves.
Kingdom of Farrah
The Kingdom of Farrah exists on a travelling artificial planet that is never in the same place twice. It was founded by a mix of Terrans and Spacers, the founding group of people were often considered eccentric and the resulting kingdom is obviously influenced by that. It is a monarchy with hereditary rule, the eldest son or daughter of the royal family receiving the spot of King/Queen. This normally happens upon death but it is not uncommon for an old or uncaring hereditary heir to pass on the rule. Under the Royal Family is the Chamber of Lords, a council made up of a representative from each noble family. The msot distinctive trait of the Farrens as they are known is their Telepathy. A result of a freak breakthrough in now taboo genetics created the potential for a weak form of telepathy in the subjects. Because of the empathy this bestows upon the general populace ( as even the most common subject normally shows some empathic ability ) they are the only faction to disdain the slavery of Ta'Vite. Although their is a huge social gap between the nobles and the common man, the normally peaceful and fair ruling of the higher class means the peasant is never unhappy with his life. The Kingdom of Farrah fights in the Inter-Solar war to bring peace upon all of the other factions by diplomacy or by force if needed. Farren's are known for their intricate arts and their widespread practice of ancient martial arts (unarmed and armed). Duels to the death or not are a common way to solve a dispute in the Kingdom of Farrah.
A Farren is almost exactly like a Terran in most respects, especially appearence. The mind is the only difference, as previously stated almpst every Farren has telepathic ability. It is nothing approaching full-blown mindreading, more of a sense of mood and emotion. This is more pronounced in the noble classes where some strong telepaths/empaths are even able to read the occasional surface thought or communicate telepathically with other strong telepath/empaths. This ability makes the most common person an extremely gifted diplomat and as such Farren social interaction is very complex. Most Farren's think in a deeply philisophical manner and as a strange side effect of their genes live to twice the age of a regular human. Most Farren's have a very strong moral compass.
The Farren military or The Citadel as it is called places a large emphasis on melee focused AMU's lightly armored or heavily armored. Their mass production AMU is the Falchion, an air unit, weaponry is normally decided by the pilot. Becuase of their telepathy almost all Farren AMU's are outfitted with a PSI feedback system that links their mind with the A.I. of their AMU's (often called PSI-AMU's). Because of this link they often refer to their AMU's as if they were living things. There isn't really a stanard outfitting for the falchion.
Ta'Vite
The Ta'Vite can't be considered a faction because they are broken up, scattered, and stuck in slavery. They lack in the intelligence department in comparison to the other races, simply not having the capacity anymore to deal with complicated technical or logical problems. This is probably due to their advanced adaption abilities. A Ta'Vite's DNA is not concrete but in a constant state of flux. They adapt to the enviroment around them changing themselves physically in response to stimuli. Because of this they have never had to reason out solutions to their problems they just appear. They will regenerate quickly from injuries, adapt anti-venoms in the blood stream to deal with poisons, change skin colour, many different things. They have been broken so thoroughly that they do not even show a drive to escape from slavery, they seem to beleive it is where they belong. The Kingdom of Farrah has attempted to establish a free Ta'Vite Enclave on their travelling planet as a start to freeing them but there is still a very small free Ta'Vite population and they have no idea what to do with that freedom. Physically the Ta'Vite look just like human's ( unless their adaption has changed something physically visible about them ) as a product of their adaption from living with humans for so long, they are normally shorter though and their skin colour and pattern is always subject to change.