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Lately I've been neglecting two thing: My creative tendons and the Ares community. I feel it's time to at least propose the notion of firing up another RPG. However I've been out of the loop a while and I'm not certain the tides of the boards are right for that sort of wave. So please, discuss, banter, debate, reminisce, propose, et al.
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As below, so above.
Something that hasn't been done in a while
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Posted 22 July 2003 - 02:40 AM
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Posted 22 July 2003 - 12:06 PM
Well, how closely is it going to be tied to the actual Ares universe?
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Posted 22 July 2003 - 07:08 PM
By "something that hasn't been done in awhile" I thought you meant "Posting in the officers club" and not only that, but "Sargatanus actually posting".
Anyways... I might do an rpg if you guys started one but I highly recommend you just do a strict construction on the ares universe so there will be no stupid made up crap that people argue over all the time.
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Anyways... I might do an rpg if you guys started one but I highly recommend you just do a strict construction on the ares universe so there will be no stupid made up crap that people argue over all the time.
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Posted 22 July 2003 - 09:14 PM
Sounds good to me. There's been far too little going on around here anyway.
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Posted 23 July 2003 - 11:01 AM
I like the idea, although for some reason, previous RPGs here have failed to match the success of that first one "The Buildup". I believe that this is the result of not having enough people involved, a problem which will probably be more acute now that there are a grand total of tree people posting at all.
Now the Universe.
Strict Ares has been done, but there is a tremendous ammount of ambiguity, as the Ares universe is not strictly defined by the game language.
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Now the Universe.
Strict Ares has been done, but there is a tremendous ammount of ambiguity, as the Ares universe is not strictly defined by the game language.
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Posted 24 July 2003 - 12:40 AM
This is, by its nature, made up crap. That said, I'll try and participate. I'm taking psychotic Ishiman client race military officer in ISN.
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Posted 25 July 2003 - 04:39 AM
Well, this is a start. And on that note, why not an RPG that follows exactly the story of the game? There are so many different aspects to explore and write from that we could easily compile quite a load of literature. To start, we may have one post about Earth/Sol just prior to invasion, in the next the top brass of the Cantharan Star League planning a massive military cover-up of the Boodan "virus", and after that the Ishimans deciding to intervene with the UNS before the invasion. We can cover the goings-on aboard the Apollo, the first contact, the glorious battles that followed, and much more with the sheer amount of detail and ambiguity provided with the Ares Universe.
If this is agreeable to everyone I'll begin with a mid-ranking officer in the newly born UNS, born fresh off the heels of a world war. I'd like this to start from many different viewpoints that remain seperate as long as is prudent. Don't worry about "claiming" a race/faction to write for; leave it open for all.
I think that about covers my proposal for now, what say the rest?
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As below, so above.
If this is agreeable to everyone I'll begin with a mid-ranking officer in the newly born UNS, born fresh off the heels of a world war. I'd like this to start from many different viewpoints that remain seperate as long as is prudent. Don't worry about "claiming" a race/faction to write for; leave it open for all.
I think that about covers my proposal for now, what say the rest?
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Posted 25 July 2003 - 12:31 PM
If so, I'd like to be more specific and be commanding officer on the gateship (or is that an Admiral/Fleet Admiral thing? I might just want to be a captain this time).
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Posted 25 July 2003 - 02:39 PM
Sounds like it'll work, if enough people remain dedicated. I think I'll try out a newly recruited UNS officer.
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Posted 25 July 2003 - 08:26 PM
I'm in. Perhaps a captain of one of the Colony Ships later converted to Carriers? Although we will need aliens, and the UNS will probably be popular.
Sarg: For background, I'm pretty sure the decisive battle of WW3 was the Battle of Luna, and that the United States was the victor. If you check through the names of UNS Carriers, you'll notice most are named after US victories: Saratoga, France - and Luna. Of course, I could be drawing the wrong conclusions, but without anything definite, they seem logical enough.
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Sarg: For background, I'm pretty sure the decisive battle of WW3 was the Battle of Luna, and that the United States was the victor. If you check through the names of UNS Carriers, you'll notice most are named after US victories: Saratoga, France - and Luna. Of course, I could be drawing the wrong conclusions, but without anything definite, they seem logical enough.
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Posted 26 July 2003 - 03:07 PM
I'd kinda like to be a pirate for this one. It'll be a nice change of pace. Perhaps a human pirate captain who might become involved in the conflict on one side or another.
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Posted 26 July 2003 - 05:11 PM
Eh, i've never done an RPG before. I'll give it a spin.
How 'bout this as a char?
Admeral Ashian: One of the lesser known ishman admerals, Ashian has finaly returned from the void after leaving to explore the space beyond the galactic south. His expidition left long before the ishmans had even yet encountered the canthrian order, and its masters. Throughout the entire Ares war, Ashian and his band of explorers were probing deeper and deeper into the galactic south, finaly reaching the galactic edge, they settled down and the small ishman colony began to grow roots. Apon recieving a signal to return home because of the canthrian assault, Ashian formed a small military and returned home, only to arrive shortly after the end of the Ares war.
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How 'bout this as a char?
Admeral Ashian: One of the lesser known ishman admerals, Ashian has finaly returned from the void after leaving to explore the space beyond the galactic south. His expidition left long before the ishmans had even yet encountered the canthrian order, and its masters. Throughout the entire Ares war, Ashian and his band of explorers were probing deeper and deeper into the galactic south, finaly reaching the galactic edge, they settled down and the small ishman colony began to grow roots. Apon recieving a signal to return home because of the canthrian assault, Ashian formed a small military and returned home, only to arrive shortly after the end of the Ares war.
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Posted 26 July 2003 - 06:33 PM
A good plan, but unfortunately he would enter at the end of the story. The idea here is to write from just before and through the storyline of the game.
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A good plan, but unfortunately he would enter at the end of the story. The idea here is to write from just before and through the storyline of the game.
A good plan, but unfortunately he would enter at the end of the story. The idea here is to write from just before and through the storyline of the game.
Oops, i thought this was ment to take place after the story...
Ok, zen in zat plaze i'll tzake zee plaze of zan Salrilian comander. Slima Slugg
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Posted 29 July 2003 - 02:04 AM
Well it sounds like we've got our roster. I'll get to work on the first post.
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Posted 29 July 2003 - 05:30 PM
And so it begins...
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Posted 01 August 2003 - 05:28 AM
C'mon guys, I thought I had something that would fire off here.
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Posted 03 August 2003 - 06:22 AM
Well I suppose I should officially designate this topic as the place to post anything about the new RPG that isn't an story addition. Questions? Comments? Ideas? All of that in here.
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Posted 03 August 2003 - 11:23 AM
My post is about half-written. I'm taking a Cantharan Som, bt it doesn't look like there's any conflict with your post.
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Posted 03 August 2003 - 03:17 PM
I just realized that if we launch Ares soon, we will have long boring time upon Earth before anything at all happens, as the Cantharaans arn't coming for a while, at least a few decades, so what do we do for that time? I mean Earth will barely have been able to finish building the Ares, let alone cooler space ships.
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Posted 03 August 2003 - 03:43 PM
Well, we've got a war to lose, colonies to found, and a resistance movement to run while we're waiting. I suppose there wouldn't be any major problem with compressing time a bit either.
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Posted 04 August 2003 - 12:29 AM
This is a suggestion for Cantharan behavior.
I always liked the idea that the Cantharans (at least the lower ranking ones and the civilians) sort of worshipped the Salrilians as actual prophets of their gods Zom and Dom, or at least treated them as holy and not just mere allies. Just an idea.
Also I might contribute as a character in this story later on, but right now I want to see where this goes as is. Pretty interesting so far.
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I always liked the idea that the Cantharans (at least the lower ranking ones and the civilians) sort of worshipped the Salrilians as actual prophets of their gods Zom and Dom, or at least treated them as holy and not just mere allies. Just an idea.
Also I might contribute as a character in this story later on, but right now I want to see where this goes as is. Pretty interesting so far.
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Posted 04 August 2003 - 06:47 AM
That was actually a direction I was planning to head into, but I preffer litterary suspense. Mek Het, being a Cantharan of the upper echelon, knows better (or at least knows more). I'll delve into the relationship between the Cantharans and Salrilians later.
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