SDN Worlds 4 Commentary Thread III

[Siege]

For the record, there are no 'local shoals' in the Solaris sector (it sits atop a hyperspace nexus). But I like the 'personal touch'. It's very Olympic.

[PeZook]

For the record, there are no 'local shoals' in the Solaris sector (it sits atop a hyperspace nexus). But I like the 'personal touch'. It's very Olympic.

Ah. I'll edit that

[Shroom Man 777]

God. AIs are such dicks! Parking fees! No wonder the very like-minded Byzantines and Bragulans haet them!

[Shinn Langley Soryu]

The stage for the mediations between the Chamarrans and the Solarians has finally been set. Not exactly my best work. Again, my apologies if my portrayals of Brigadier Stalin and Princess Tia are inaccurate.

[RogueIce]

Once more, I'd like to say that if I have need for space battles, I am so going to try and get Simon to write them. Just for those little details he does so well.

[Simon_Jester]

Aww, shucks. Thanks!

EDIT: I'm not sure how the style really started; it seems to me like my natural voice is sort of... Weber-without-the-infodumps. I do think Weber did a fairly good job with some of his naval actions, the ones he didn't over-explain, back in the 'old' days: Honor of the Queen comes to mind as an exemplary case in my opinion.

I owe a fair amount of credit to Eleventh Century Remnant on this very site and his "Hull 721" stories, though I don't write anything like him; it's more that he contributed to the frame of mind in which I write the stories.

[DarthShady]

A rushed and strange post from me. Heh.

[Master_Baerne]

Shocking.

[Fingolfin_Noldor]

Maybe Shady and I should have another bar fight.

[Shroom Man 777]

That was pretty cool. Reminds me of those StarCraft briefing bits.

God, I love the Aspect brainbug. Imagine talking to that guy, face to face. He's got a face only a mother (or a Queen) would love!

[Ilya Muromets]

Well, i'm officially joining the game. I decided to take advantage of recent events, which I hope is alright with everyone else.

[Fingolfin_Noldor]

Well, i'm officially joining the game. I decided to take advantage of recent events, which I hope is alright with everyone else.

Erm.. any chance you could fill in as to what your race is?

[Ilya Muromets]

Well, i'm officially joining the game. I decided to take advantage of recent events, which I hope is alright with everyone else.

Erm.. any chance you could fill in as to what your race is?

Eh, yeah, their wiki article is still incomplete and has yet to be put up.

But here's a quick draft of what I have so far:

R’nish:

R’nish have no true biological body since they choose and change biomechanical bodies are optimized for whatever intended purpose like a person would choose and change clothes. No one knows the millennia-old origins of the R’nish and many speculate that the R’nish started not as one races but several races (and even today anyone from any race can join a R’nish community and become R’nish if they wish to) which were bound together by the quest for immortality. And, indeed, R’nish have achieved the closest thing to immortality. But at a price some are unwilling to pay, the sacrifice of one’s original body.

For a non-R’nish becoming one entails having every last bit of your mind’s information copied onto a biomechanical “reservoir brain”. The copying process can take from months to years, but with the long life of R’nish the copying is inconsequential since the body and mind are kept in stasis while doing so. In essence one sleeps as his or her original race and wakes up R’nish. Once the encoding is complete, the original body is destroyed and the new R’nish now has a mind which can transfer from one reservoir brain to another, in essence, from one R’nish biomech body to another.

However, the encoded information that serves as a R’nish mind eventually become corrupted. But R’nish usually choose to “delete” themselves after becoming weary of an extremely long life long before the corruption of the information reaches the point of atrophy. The longest living R’nish has chosen to live for 754 hion (approximately over 2927 years).

Since there are technically no male or female R’nish—in fact, “R’nish” is not so much a name for a race than a neuter pronoun—R’nish “reproduce” via mind-fusions. Basic traits and parts from parent-donors’ minds (excluding memories) are copied and combined to form an entirely new mind. Using this method, R’nish can have a multitude of parent-donors. The record is 107 parent-donors for a single R’nish.


All that, plus a social organization somewhat similar to I. M. Banks' the Culture, except the shipminds have more actual authority

[DarthShady]

Maybe Shady and I should have another bar fight.

I've been meaning to pay you back for our 'defeat' on Janus... *launches invasion*

A funny thought about the Imperium came to me just now. You have the Father(Heraclius XX), the son(Belisarius) and the holy spirit(Heraclius IV). The holy trinity.

[Fingolfin_Noldor]

Maybe Shady and I should have another bar fight.

I've been meaning to pay you back for our 'defeat' on Janus... *launches invasion*

A funny thought about the Imperium came to me just now. You have the Father(Heraclius XX), the son(Belisarius) and the holy spirit(Heraclius IV). The holy trinity.

There are 3 sons though

[Simon_Jester]

So... are the R'nish a "we were always here and you just didn't care" organization, or are they yet more new arrivals to the region?

[Shroom Man 777]

Malachuschus is sleepings alreadies.

Anyway, before I also goes, behold the Imperial Bureau of Galactic Vigilance! RAR!

[Steve]

Just a head''s up. I won't be around much this weekend; I'm going to a class for a security license so hopefully I can get work.

[RogueIce]

Yes, I am effectively leaving Kefka in command. What could possibly go wrong?

[Simon_Jester]

Don't worry, in this setting people with phenomenal mental powers can't destroy planets!

Oh. Wait. They can... if they have the right artillery support. Uh-oh.

[Ilya Muromets]

So... are the R'nish a "we were always here and you just didn't care" organization, or are they yet more new arrivals to the region?

The former. They're really self-absorbed.

[Shroom Man 777]

Maybe Shady and I should have another bar fight.

I've been meaning to pay you back for our 'defeat' on Janus... *launches invasion*

A funny thought about the Imperium came to me just now. You have the Father(Heraclius XX), the son(Belisarius) and the holy spirit(Heraclius IV). The holy trinity.

There are 3 sons though

Maybe they were adopted.

[Shroom Man 777]

Once more, I'd like to say that if I have need for space battles, I am so going to try and get Simon to write them. Just for those little details he does so well.

I second this emotion. But since Simon is overworked, I can help him write Shinran space battles, man. Albino spaceships riding enormous motorbikes, wielding ridiculously huge swords! Captain Cloud, launch all GEOSTIGMA BATTERIES! LIMIT BREAK! Pew-pew!

Though seriously, yeah. The guy is damn good at these space battles. Man. A bunch of small ships and gunboats and cutters, and he's already made it to a goddamn epic war in heaven for the ages. What a guy. Greencaps, do Bragule and ROTHUL proud! BRAGZAI!

[Tanasinn]

A little piece of something to come up in the prologue thread. Mostly background stuff for a rather unhealthy planet.

[Simon_Jester]

In the wake of Shroom's latest post, I would just like to confirm that yes, my fleet carriers do look like Cylon basestars, from the outside at least.