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| ====== Factions ====== | ====== Factions ====== | ||
| - | The four Factions are designed to be culturally and visually distinctive. At events, each Faction has a separate camp camp, arrayed around a "hub" area (for Games Ops and NPC MegaCorps). Three of the four Factions have strong cultural roleplay elements, and their player members will be expected to participate in cultural gatherings and ceremonies. | + | The four Factions are designed to be culturally and visually distinctive. At events, each Faction has a separate camp, arrayed around a "hub" area (for Games Ops and NPC MegaCorps). Three of the four Factions have strong cultural roleplay elements, and their player members will be expected to participate in cultural gatherings and ceremonies. |
| Each Faction has a dominant species, which the majority of its attendees will be. Your character's species determines a few basic stats and access to some skills and abilities (such as the Elysian's psionic powers). | Each Faction has a dominant species, which the majority of its attendees will be. Your character's species determines a few basic stats and access to some skills and abilities (such as the Elysian's psionic powers). | ||
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| **[[Dominion]]** - Ruled by priests and heroes, the Dominion is built around a religion whose sacred calling is competition and striving to become a legend. The reptilian Tulaki are the main species in the Dominion, a species that shows remarkable genetic diversity and resilience.\\ | **[[Dominion]]** - Ruled by priests and heroes, the Dominion is built around a religion whose sacred calling is competition and striving to become a legend. The reptilian Tulaki are the main species in the Dominion, a species that shows remarkable genetic diversity and resilience.\\ | ||
| - | **[[Free Union]]** - A confederacy of fiercely independent human colonies and alien worlds, whose adaptability and diversity are their main strengths. Although the majority of the Free Union's population is human, its alien vassals enjoy equal status in society. The Free Union has less cultural requirements and a lot more freedom for divergent character concepts, but has fewer advantages as a result.\\ | + | **[[Free Union]]** - A confederacy of fiercely independent human colonies and alien worlds, whose adaptability and diversity are their main strengths. A melting pot of humans as well as a highly diverse cast of aliens, the Free Union is equally full of scrappy crews trying to scrape by and daring opportunists exploring the galaxy. The Free Union has less cultural requirements and a lot more freedom for divergent character concepts, but has fewer advantages as a result.\\ |
| - | ===== Vassal Species ===== | + | ===== Species ===== |
| - | While each Faction has a dominant species, they also rule over other, less powerful or numerous aliens which are under the Faction's protection. Vassal species can have access to strange powers and abilities based on their alien physiology, but cannot participate in the society of their parent Faction to the same extent as the dominant species, and draw fewer advantages as a result. Each Faction has large number of vassals, which players can choose to play with the agreement of the Game Team. Vassal species have racial abilities assigned by the game team, usually determined by the coolness and unwieldiness of their physreps. If you would like to play a member of a vassal species, please contact us with your ideas – a brief synopsis of the kind of species you have planned would be great, as well as your intended physrep plans. | + | * For a list of Playable Species, see the [[Species]] page. |
| + | * For guidelines on developing new species to include in the game, see the [[Species Guidelines]] page. | ||
| - | See the [[Vassal Species]] page for more details. | + | Each Faction has a Core Species, who serve as the iconic representative of the Faction and its main themes. However, each Faction is also full of other species under the Faction's overall protection. Alien species can have access to strange powers and abilities based on their physiology, but require Species Trappings such as makeup and prosthetics that make them distinctive. Each Faction comprises a whole host of species, only a few of which have been incorporated into the game. Players can develop their own species with the agreement of the Game Team so that the new species fits into the rules and setting of the wider game. Different species have special abilities assigned by the game team, usually determined by the coolness and unwieldiness of their physreps. If you would like to develop your own species, please [[contact us]] with your ideas – a brief synopsis of the kind of species you have planned would be great, as well as your intended physrep plans. |
| ====== Characters ====== | ====== Characters ====== | ||
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| * A legal system flexible enough to be a threat (and to discourage players from killing NPC functionaries), while at the same time not completely suppressing assassination PvP. | * A legal system flexible enough to be a threat (and to discourage players from killing NPC functionaries), while at the same time not completely suppressing assassination PvP. | ||
| * Preserve the opportunity to revisit planets from previous games, so that plots initiated there can be followed up at later events. Once a planet enters the general game knowledge, it can be revisited. | * Preserve the opportunity to revisit planets from previous games, so that plots initiated there can be followed up at later events. Once a planet enters the general game knowledge, it can be revisited. | ||
| - | * Vassal race abilities to encourage cool and unique physreps and prosthetics, but their social downsides should prevent them becoming ubiquitous. | + | * A species framework to encourage cool and unique physreps and prosthetics, while keeping the core identity of each Faction intact. |
| * Flexibility on the back-end, with mechanics and systems in place to allow player freedom, while giving enough constraints to prevent the Game Team imploding with stress at events. | * Flexibility on the back-end, with mechanics and systems in place to allow player freedom, while giving enough constraints to prevent the Game Team imploding with stress at events. | ||
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| * Faction identities that are strong and distinctive, and give advantages to players who buy into them, but room left for people who want to do their own thing (the Free Union offers this flexibility of concepts). | * Faction identities that are strong and distinctive, and give advantages to players who buy into them, but room left for people who want to do their own thing (the Free Union offers this flexibility of concepts). | ||
| * The setting and background leaves room for new threats and opportunities to come from - the first wave of human habitation & terraforming probe distance lies beyond the domain of the established empires. | * The setting and background leaves room for new threats and opportunities to come from - the first wave of human habitation & terraforming probe distance lies beyond the domain of the established empires. | ||
| - | * We encourage players and crew to add to the depth of the game setting in a positive, collaborative way. This is reflected in players being able to submit [[Vassal Species]], but is intended to stretch beyond that - if you have a cool idea that you think will add to the game, we encourage you to [[Contact Us]] and we can work with you to try and incorporate your idea into the setting. | + | * We encourage players and crew to add to the depth of the game setting in a positive, collaborative way. This is reflected in players being able to submit new [[Species]], but is intended to stretch beyond that - if you have a cool idea that you think will add to the game, we encourage you to [[Contact Us]] and we can work with you to try and incorporate your idea into the setting. |
| === Logistics and Longevity === | === Logistics and Longevity === | ||
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