An SDNW Proposal

[Steve]

I'm curious, how are map spots picked? Randomised or we get to choose?

Both. People pick, though I reserve the right to stick them somewhere if they want to be too far away or what have you.

[Fingolfin_Noldor]

Heh... my warships are likely to have names such as "Scourge of the Heretic", "Xeno Bane" etc. or something holy and grand like "Excelsis Deo".

[Zor]

Why must your warships have such mean names?

Because they're warships. It's silly to sugarcoat their purpose; far better to give them a name that suggests these are things that might kick your teeth in and burn your planet to cinders if you misbehave.

Bloodhound is not a mean name, it implies that your ship is likely to be good at smelling stuff, is generally a gentle pleasant companion and is lible to get drool everywere.

Zor

[PeZook]

Bloodhound is not a mean name, it implies that your ship is likely to be good at smelling stuff, is generally a pleasant companion and is lible to get drool everywere.

Zr

Alternatively, that it will chase you relentlessly ahead of a large group of heavily armed hunters for the crime of you being a certain species

[Teleros]

I would imagine that the Byzantine Imperium and the Altacarans have much to discuss then.

Let's wait until map spots are picked, yes?

Pfft, nothing wrong with sorting out alliances now. It's space - being next door or separated by hundreds of parsecs just means we can't send a minor royal over for tea on a whim. Well okay with the wormholes we can, but whatever .

[PeZook]

The competitive part of me hopes these arrangements involve cake, but mostly the game'd be boring without some space bastards and in all the various STGODs i've been in i've had exactly one space war. So i look forward to seeing these arrangements.
also, are you the mysterious collectors that i think you are?

It has been revealed!

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

Well, okay, so it's not that sinister, but kidnapping your citizens to sell for (rumored) genetic experimentation counts for something, doesn't it?

[Oskuro]

Man, I find these games really interesting, but it feels as overwheliming as walking into the New Yor Stock Exchange floor at peak hours

[PeZook]

Man, I find these games really interesting, but it feels as overwheliming as walking into the New Yor Stock Exchange floor at peak hours

PM me your email, I'll send you a handy Excel sheet for figuring everything out

[Siege]

Bloodhound is not a mean name, it implies that your ship is likely to be good at smelling stuff, is generally a gentle pleasant companion and is lible to get drool everywere.

... And as you might've noticed the Bloodhound-class is the only class of ships that sacrifices armament for sensors etc.

[Dave]

Man, I find these games really interesting, but it feels as overwheliming as walking into the New Yor Stock Exchange floor at peak hours

PM me your email, I'll send you a handy Excel sheet for figuring everything out

Or you could rip off the one I've created... (see my sig)

Anyway, PeZook, I would like to see what kind of spreadsheet wizardry you've cooked up. (I'll PM you.)

[Darkevilme]

The competitive part of me hopes these arrangements involve cake, but mostly the game'd be boring without some space bastards and in all the various STGODs i've been in i've had exactly one space war. So i look forward to seeing these arrangements.
also, are you the mysterious collectors that i think you are?

It has been revealed!

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

Well, okay, so it's not that sinister, but kidnapping your citizens to sell for (rumored) genetic experimentation counts for something, doesn't it?

I hereby give you your space bastard badge.

[Dahak]

It seems like I stumbled over this far too late...
Is there still time to join, or too late? And if so, is there a "rule thread" for the new initiate? 30 pages of thread is a bitch to read in one go

[Agent Sorchus]

Rules are on page 27, and we start in about a month. So you do have time to join.

[Magister Militum]

Well, after lurking for a long time, I've decided to become active again and give SDNW a shot. I'm glad to see that it still isn't too late to join and that it won't start until next month, which is perfect timing for me.

EDIT: Am I correct in assuming that I need to wait for Steve to assign a dice roll number before I start?

[Steve]

If you want to play, post in participant roll call.

http://sdnworld.wikia.com/wiki/SDNW4_Ruleset

Ruleset.

The game's not due to start for over a month, we're looking to a July start, this gives everyone time to put together common histories, collaborate for game-start stuff, etc.

[Shroom Man 777]

SPACE MCNAMARA! Xenoids! Collectors! Bragulans! Nice, PeZook. I wonder how your guys will play out, as a functional nation and stuff. I am sads we do not have super Space Poland.

[RogueIce]

Well, okay, so it's not that sinister, but kidnapping your citizens to sell for (rumored) genetic experimentation counts for something, doesn't it?

Getting BDZed?

Not that I'd ever do such a thing...

[PeZook]

Getting BDZed?

Not that I'd ever do such a thing...

Ah, but it's totally deniable. See, it's not Collectors kidnapping Chamarrans. It's some utterly despicable thugs and criminals doing that.

The fact we don't do anything to dement the rumors notwithstanding...

[Oskuro]

I am tempted to join, after my shy attempt on SDW1.

Since my attempts at making an original faction quickly devolve into Emoish Grimdarkerism, I'm thinking of playing a fanfic-ized version of The Boyz.

What has been decided on Hyperspatial topology and the whole thing about "slow" areas with independent corridors? Can't be properly raidery without some badlands to inhabit.

[Darkevilme]

I am tempted to join, after my shy attempt on SDW1.

Since my attempts at making an original faction quickly devolve into Emoish Grimdarkerism, I'm thinking of playing a fanfic-ized version of The Boyz.

What has been decided on Hyperspatial topology and the whole thing about "slow" areas with independent corridors? Can't be properly raidery without some badlands to inhabit.

High friction areas, or shoals to those with an insistence on nautical terminology, are the bad lands you seek. They're known for much slower hyperdrive speeds, though there's patches and such that allow better (though still bad) speed which pirates and such will have bothered to map out. They're also known for impairing subspace sensors, So yeah its the perfect place to be a skulking dastard.

Hyperspace corridors are low friction and allow very good speeds, some are artificial some are natural and they're a great definer of trade routes and strategic movement as its a royal pain to have to crawl through hyperspace outside a corridor for long distance travel.

[Oskuro]

Ok, that's essentially what I had understood from my read-through of the thread.

[Zor]

Just a heads up, i did draw some stuff in anticipation for this.



Heavy Combat Infantry Form



Atlantis Class Dreadnought



Tercio Class Lance Frigate



RX-50 Tigershark Starfighter

Zor

[Thanas]

Is there a mechanism for economic growth? Or a rule-of-thumb?

[Teleros]

I think it's meant to be RP'ed if anything Thanas. I know I've scribbled down some numbers for pop / GDP growth as a basis, but a lot will depend on what happens in-game obviously.

[Dahak]

I guess if you start building the SuperBancruptcy-Dreadnought for 250% GDP in one round, you're doing something wrong