To answer your questions Strat, Xenos are capable of reproducing with just about anything big enough that has a mouth. As such, the Federation sends regular shipments of livestock as reproductive bases. There also may-or-may-not have been a couple incidences when they happen to come across a troublesome holdout planet outside of the Federation, or vice-versa where smugglers or pirates come across their planets and the Feds are willing to turn a blind eye, as long as it doesn't happen too often. They consider the quick reproduction of competent soldiers one of their greater tactical resources (why spend 20+ years training a solider when you can do it in 1), so they give a little too much leeway to these allies.
The Alliance (and to be honest, most citizens of either side) are well aware of their means of birth despite the race's isolationist tendencies, even when it's performed on animals it's oft considered cruel and unusual. They are also aware of the rare few incursions on outer colonies, and hold them as war crimes of the Federation as a whole. Because of their disturbing appearance as a species they see a good bit of discrimination on both sides of the fence, and the uncommon but memorable sight of a Xeno-Stormtrooper is often used in Alliance propaganda to show the Federation military forces as evil.
As a last note, yes we DO need the Speedwagon Foundation in this game please
It's a company from Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure, founded by a fan favorite character and dedicated to aiding the main cast at all sorts of points. I'm mostly in with the idea just to see Space Speedwagon.
Also, since we're not hot on the idea of Celestia and Sheev being council members for assorted reasons, let's think of replacements.
I was in the original To Boldly Go and with the RP forum I had going abruptly ending for me (some Drama, I bowed out), I have room to consider here ^^.
I'm not sure that I would want to go with Meta Knight again though, that is I lost the spark to run him during the original which made it hard to post.
I can definitely see the Zebesians messing around with Spiral Energy. Their first questions would be "Can we forcefully remove it?" and "How much can we pump into one organism before it explodes?" Incidentally, the Metroid series is named for creatures that suck energy out of living things and leave them as dry "husks" as lightdark put it.
The Zebesians could have designed Metroids as a way to drain Spiral Energy from people and store it in a convenient vessel, essentially acting as living batteries that happen to be soul-sucking parasites. Then it backfires, resulting in the floating jellyfish-like Metroids rapidly evolving into their more reptile-like states
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They might also try to coerce the Xenomorphs to join their side, since they can provide unlimited clones for the Xenos to reproduce with and the Xenos are ideal predators for the Zebesians to take DNA from. Basically whenever they find a new species they try to take the best traits from it for themselves.
What is so amusing about this? Why do you take lives? How can you forget?The ACD making the Alliance a superweapon could eventually be a thing. Some would be reluctant (Krim less so) at first but once they'd accept it as acceptable as they saw more of the Federation's crimes.
Hmm. Spiral energy as the force equivalent is definitely a cool idea. This also gives me an idea for one Shift Car; Rumble Dump (I'm keeping the names. Although a little silly for the theme, they are strictly code names given by eccentric inventors and each also has a designation like SW droids do) is an incomplete attempt at a subtle Core Drill. It can gather a bit of Spiral but doesn't work well enough to be useful. This opens up a story possibility either for a proper Spiral user to be powered up by it in an emergency, or for it to be one of the components in the Alliance's superweapon.
edited 1st Aug '15 12:43:09 PM by TenebrousGaze
@wikkit: I already thought of that: Queen Beryl as the Federation's Big Bad, Galadriel as the Federation's Big Good.
The most prominently I have in mind are the Forerunners from Halo, who, in this universe have managed to harness and unlock the secrets of Spiral Energy to the point where they can use it for everyday use and not be negatively affected by it. They voluntarily killed themselves off using the Halo, which were designed to fire off a powerful enough blast of Spiral Energy to instantly kill off any and all living creatures of a certain technological level. The reason was because of the Flood, which can harness and actually metabolize Spiral Energy at a frightening level and only through starving them could it be stopped.
Another one are the Reapers, who like in Mass Effect comes to the galaxy either every 10,000 years and/or when enough space-faring civilizations arise in it with the sole purpose of wiping the slate clean. The Forerunners were one of the few civilizations to push them back, and the first to do so by utterly curbstomping their sorry asses. Reason? Spiral energy, as the Reapers are somehow extremely allergic to the stuff. and it apparently in great abundance in the galaxy the RP takes place in.
edited 1st Aug '15 1:10:59 PM by UdtheImp
DAMMIT MARK, STOP HITTING HELPY!!So are we talking ships and ground troops, like in SW/ST, or are mechs also a possibility now (with Spiral Energy)?
edited 1st Aug '15 2:18:52 PM by Lemurian
Join us in our quest to play all RPG video games! Moving on to disc 2 of Grandia!You guys talked about having mercenaries smugglers and guns for hire but there's no reason at all that they are all the same faction right? We could pull mercenary groups from all fiction and I could easly see some of them being on 'permanent contract' with one of the main factions. For examples I could easly see an Universal Association of Assassins (UAA) based of a mining asteroid colony named Santa Destroy on fringe federation space, doing hits for both sides. The Federation could also have the Second Sons; a band of mercenaries that favor power armors and medieval versions of more advanced weaponry. Even a sort of 'Brotherhood without Banners' group separate from both rebellion and federation, just helping stabilize territories caught in the crossfire.
Just tossing a few ideas in.
The graceless warrior, wielder of the edgeless blade, prophet of the old religions, writer of fluent nonsense, saviour of soul and song.Plus there could be terrorist groups that hit both sides of the main conflict as well (though the Federation does enjoy trying to blame it all on the Alliance and vice versa). One such group would be a group of violent pure human supremisists that wield stolen Core Drills fashioned into old timey witch and wizard regalia and call themselves Death Eaters. They would mercilessly attack and torture anyone whom they believe to be either non-human and/or supporters of non-humans, and would attack the Federation, the Alliance, and any organization in between.....even if it goes against all logical reason.
edited 1st Aug '15 2:54:42 PM by UdtheImp
DAMMIT MARK, STOP HITTING HELPY!!@Ud(last page): While Spiral Energy does come from positive emotion or belief, it's mostly focused in one's own need for survival, no matter the cost. Basically like adrenaline. I'd think a literal android, as in, one made entirely of artificial materials even with a highly advanced AI, would still be incapable of having innate Spiral Energy.
...Now, say someone took the energy out of one, living person and basically injected it into an android/robot— they may literally become living metal. Creating a deadly being that can use powerful weapons, can regenerate limbs and the like from an outset, and possibly make them capable of even more than is basically capable or designed of artificial life—true experiences of emotions, pain, and a need for self-preservation.
Course, there's obvious reasons why Spiral Energy Technology would be a relatively recent thing, and especially one forbidden by the Federation. Teppelin, after all, would be a great example of what happened to a civilization that was entirely driven by Spiral Energy. For some reason, a once martial planet that possibly stretched out for centuries manufacturing and utilizing an intimidating armada of battleships was one day turned into a holocaustic wasteland with virtually all of it's previous inhabitants driven into dark, hidden places completely cut off from the rest of the universe until the arrival of the Federation hundreds of years later. The massive number of ruins buried within the sands of the planet probably paint a very ominous warning for those that abuse it.
All in all, like Strat says, the artificial manipulation of Spiral Energy is definitely akin to it basically becoming a drug. Definitely something that shouldn't be abused.
@Sanojutsu:...Are you suggesting that Travis Touchdown could exist in-universe as an intergalactic assassin for hire? 'Cuz that would be amazing.
edited 1st Aug '15 3:32:19 PM by lightdarkhero250
I'm a ghost, you didn't see me.Thinking about Spiral Power and Mecha got me thinking about what would be a possible weapon, though rare.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U39SOkkQoA4
Then I thought about FLCL. Kanti here could work as a secret weapon. In this setting Kanti could be a Spiral Power enhanced sentient (though not particularly intelligent outside of combat) robot which will serve as a weapon for potential Spiral Power candidates. When it finds a pilot and bonds with a pilot they would would be set on that person readying itself when its pilot emits spiral power.
Working with its source Canon a bit the Medical Mechanica could be a secret organization posing as a medical manufacturer in the Federation that really produces spiral based weaponry for the Alliance with investigations into it troubled by the problem that Spiral Power has the capacity to covert technology permanently into weapons which provides good cover.
edited 1st Aug '15 3:06:15 PM by StephanReiken
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I feel like that's gonna be the catch all reason for any ancient civilization going extinct and/or destroy in the RP: Collective Spiral Energy Abuse.
..........you think Spiral Energy can equally apply to the undead, specifically ghosts and spirits?
edited 1st Aug '15 3:26:55 PM by UdtheImp
DAMMIT MARK, STOP HITTING HELPY!!@wikkit: makes sense.
@paperorc: what a wretched hive of scum and villainy.
@Chabal: team? So far all I have in mind for the overarching plotline is a threat to the entire universe. Whether the players unite to form one big family or go their separate ways to help their factions get ready for the fight against this new threat it's up to you guys. And even this idea might change.
@kage: I can see Metroids being like this verse's version of 'instant power' potions. If you have a Metroid farm and you're about to die, just sink your teeth into one of these bad boys and it'll replenish your energies. Heck, it's said that a weakling could eat a Metroid and turn into a super muscly guy.
@Ud: I'd prefer if 'can use Spiral Energy without the need for a conduit' was more of an anomaly, rather than have an entire race of people who managed to do it.
@Locoman: sure.
@Lemurian: ships and ground troops, no mechs.
@Sanojutsu: it's not that they're separate factions, it's more that it's a bunch of groups you might as well clump into one.
@lightdark: oh my god, what if one of the reasons the Federation outlawed Spiral Energy- apart from it being one heck of a drug- was the fact that experiments with it were so unbound by law that people were about to come up with shit they couldn't come back from, like sentient artificial intelligence or who knows what else? Maybe the previous ruling government of the galaxy didn't really care, and that was one of the many reasons behind the Federation being formed.
@stephan: I'd rather there be no mechs and that we keep to SW/ST's 'ships and people' theme.
I'm gonna write one big thing about how the Spiral Energy works so we can continue basing our stuff from that. Everyone OK with Spiral Energy being included as this verse's version of the 'Force'?
edited 1st Aug '15 5:17:27 PM by Stratofarius
Spiral Forcegy. Got it.
Also, though I think it would be a formality: Aliens Speaking English is in full effect, yes?

Having shown some interest on the previous page I thought I might as well toss an Idea or two in. I decided on using Kano from Mortal Kombat as well as his organisation the Black Dragon, of course the below information is a little bare bones at the moment and I would appreciate any suggestions.
Kano is the leader of a criminal organisation known as the Black Dragon which mostly deals in assassination, Racketeering and arms trafficking. Most of there business is carried out in the outer rim where they are less likely to be bothered by the Federation poking there noses into the Black Dragons business. The Black Dragon was formed due to a split within the Red Dragon as several members where dissatisfied with the various restrictions that were placed on them, Kano was the leader of this movement and quickly established the Black Dragon in the Outer Rim. Currently the Black Dragon maintains a strong foothold in the Outer Rim however as of late the criminal organisation has taken to performing piracy of federation cargo ships and expanding outside the Outer Rim, this would most likely put them in the Federations cross hairs
As for Kano Himself he is incredibly Ruthless and self centred he would be willing to screw over his own allies or even insight wars to further his own ambitions or financial gain of himself and the Black Dragon. He is also a dangerous hand to hand fighter due to his numerous cybernetics a notable one being the cybernetic plate implant that covers his left eye and can fire a short range beam from it.