[OOC Board] Eternal Galaxy: Shards of Starlight - Part I

Originally posted by Cucoo5
Shoot I seriously need to sleep...but I'm going to do this set up at least for the time being for how I will organize a summary of what's going on. I'll do the summary at the end of each chapter, that way I can sum up everything in one fell swoop for that chapter.

For chapter one I'll subdivide it as follows:

...uhm....
how about this: everyone come up with a clever metaphorical title that would represent your characters for the time being until Thursday when I'm thinking proper again.

CHAPTER ONE | Guardian's of Helios

- (Mainstream summary)

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- (Book's character: Nhiome)
- (Mima's character: Mima)
- (Kristia's character: Mara)

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EDIT: Updated OP accordingly, put a bunch of things into spoiler boxes to shrink down the space it takes up.
and now I sleep.

For me...it will just be "Black Wind" which is basically what "KuroiKame" means

I also noticed how your version of fighters was different from mine... and since I did not really base the KuroiKame on anything, i do not have a link and I can't draw either, my art is terrible -_- . So I will just try to describe it.

Sort of like an arrow, except the shaft is a lot shorter and nearly as thick as the arrowhead. The "arrowhead" is where the engine, controls, basic equipment and things like that are located, this is basically the cockpit. The sleeping area and the forward cannon is located here, pretty comfortable in general, made for long journeys/waits. The shaft is like a corridor, it connects the forward and back section, as well as containing the specialised air lock, docking clamps etc, just the entrances and exits. The "fletches" or the back of the ship is the cargo area, where the loot can be stored as well as containing more complicated pieces of machinery and food&water and other such supplies. When viewed from the side, the approximate ratio of the front to the middle to the back is 3:2:5. Maybe about 2.5 meters tall, 5 meters wide and 30 meters long for the entire ship, pretty small. No wings or anything like that, thrusters located at the back, the guns are located either directly in front or behind to allow for the 180 degree range.

Ok, hope this is enough to allow you to visualise it.

Edit: randomly googled image and found a picture that sort of fits the description. http://preview.turbosquid.com/Preview/Content_2009_07_26__17_49_32/1.jpg29b76595-cdb7-4b04-886f-e575ea2541f8Larger.jpg . Similar general shape (minus the "wing"s and the "can"s sticking out the front of the back area) , only thing different is the gun in front and behind and the colour should be black.

@ Mima
That. is. perfect.
I'll put that in for your sub story here for chapter 1.

@ Pandre

I didn't have a completely solid model of what the ships capabilities are but this was what I was toying with in the IC post I had where I had Nero and the Soldier trying to explain what is impressive about a "boat."

"The Delta Division's Flagship, Excalibur, is an Alpha Class Battle Cruiser capable of carrying approximately
500 million people,
1.5 million aerial fighters,
750 thousand aerial transports,
650 thousand ground assault vehicles,
350 thousand ground transports,
and 5 Zeta Class carriers.

In addition, Alpha Class carriers are equipped with
40 billion external cannons, machine guns, and missile launchers.

In short, an Alpha Class Battle Cruiser is big enough and armed to the point where it could put the fear of god in any opponent.
Only nine have ever been built,
four for the Venturian Council, one of which disappeared without a trace, which is incredible considering the fact it's impossible to hide something as big as an Alpha Class,
three are in the possession of the NGO,
and two by the Guardians." The soldier explained with gusto.

Nero merely smirked. "And half of that she probably doesn't even remotely understand at the moment with her memories gone.
Anyway, a better definition is that it's about the size of a small planet with enough firepower to annihilate anything.
And what's more, The Delta Division fleet not only has an Alpha class, but also
4 Beta Classes, which is the next size down, about 3/4ths of an Alpha,
3 Deltas, an eighth of an Alpha,
and 7 Lambdas, about a thirty-second of an Alpha."

So the system I have is this:
Alpha Class Battle Cruisers are about the equivalent of Super Star Destroyers from Star Wars in size and fire power.



In terms of shields, it can focus them so that they can last against another Alpha for almost days. However this leaves an opening for attack on the side facing away from assault. Thus they can be maneuvered so that they can be destroyed, however the sheer fire power capable deters from attacks.

Anything else is measured as fractions of the capabilities of an Alpha class, with it steadly becoming less as you go down the list, with Omega and Kappa Class Destroyers being the exceptions in terms of fire power.

@ book

Alright, I'll add that title in.

Also, when you said airlock I immediately thought something a bit bigger than a fighter, which obviously is too small to have such a feature. It would be classified as a sort of transport/gunship here. Sort of what you could classify the Millennium Falcon in Star Wars as.
In short, it would be interesting to see it fare against smaller fighters...

@ Kristia

I'll add that as well

EDIT:
@ Book

If you wanted him to go down in a blaze of glory, you could have him enter the fray of the War of Eternity, cause the Strike Fighters and NGO always cross paths and wind up in a fire fight.

EDIT 2:
@ Kristia
Trying to work out what to do next...I'm thinking about having Anankerisa do what she does best (screw with people's minds) and make Mara wake up in her ship in Helios or Conlustrare as though everything that happened was a dream...
Or continue the game of hide and seek.
It would be an interesting twist to have Anankerisa appear behind Mara and have red threads appear attached to Anankerisa as though she was a puppet and then have Anankerisa whisper something like "You need to wake up."
A puppet controlling puppets...
.......it's one of the concepts I was toying with but scrapped earlier.
I think I'll just keep up the game of hide and seek until the freighter reaches Conlustrare.

EDIT 3:
@ Kristia
Gonna just go with the hide and seek. nvm bout the other thing

Ok Here's the template so far for Chapter One

CHAPTER 1 | The Guardians of Helios

- (Mainstream story summary)

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Fractis Animus
-(summary)

Black Wind
-(summary)

Wandering Machina
-(Summary)

And I know it's early, but I kinda want to say what I have planned for transitioning into part II.

After we get to like...chapter 30 here I'll make a transition thread (or repurpose this one) for where everyone would point out what needs to be added into the OOC for Part II and it would be the place where things will be planned out for people that may show up then to join in. That way everything moves into part II correctly.
Might not be completely necessary...but I'm just thinking ahead here.

alright then, everything is moving swiftly here

So far so good, indeed.
honestly this has gotten farther than I was expecting so I'm really hopeful here for getting through the main two parts and then getting into something along the lines of "free-roam" parts after where I have 0 mainstream and just the Venturian Galaxy as a stage and no other restraints except for the usual theme things.

Also for anyone on the fence about this...
consider this:
Because of the fact that this story is taking place in a galaxy...
...you can be virtually anything as long as it's not totally absurd.

For example,
Want to be a planetary war hero? You can do that.
Want to be a king of a planet? You can do that.
Want to rule a solar system that isn't one of the main ones? You can do that.
Want to be Jack Sparrow on a planet ruled by pirates? You can do that.
Want to be a dragon warlord space pirate? You can do that.
Want to be Link on the planet of Hyrule? You can do that.

Just to be certain since my mind is fuzzy right now

No one else has applied that isn't taking part in the IC atm, right?
uhm...translation: I didn't forget someone somehow right?

not that I know

Aye...didn't think so =w=
There's just a couple of people on the fence, so for some reason I thought I might have missed something somewhere.
meh.

Oh and did anyone figure out what "song" has a similar tempo/structure/rhythm/Ihavenoideawhattocallit to what Anankerisa is singing?
It should be relatively obvious...

EDIT:
Just had a stupid idea that may or may not work.
At part IV I'm thinking about doing alil something special for Trouble cause of a few reasons.
I'll figure out what exactly when we get there...but it's sorta just formed at the back of my mind.

Anyway I'ma get some sleep that I seriously need after 4 days of killing myself with lack of food and all.

@cucoo

I see your point, i never actually considered the airlock. I edited it (on the profile on page 5) a bit so that it was a little more feasible.

Name: Seiuna

Gender: Female

Race: Irian (half human, half thunderbird) with a mix of Vatian, though Irian traits are more noticeable and dominant

Profession and/or Talents: Mercenary of Beta Div, as a Irian thunderbird, Seiuna is able to fly/glide but is unable to maintain it for long stretches of time (say 15 mins or more), also she has hollow bones, making her light thus very agile and quick.

Inventory: A light saber (see notes), and a modified pistol held at her thigh for emergencies, Owns Vortex II (see notes)

Appearance: Cropped brown hair with azure eyes. Has two blue wings and tail feathers streaked with white http://img.printfection.com/14/21783/LZ5sf.jpg which she can 'condense' or expand. Her wingspan is about 2 meters expanded, while 'condensed' it's about 30cm more than her shoulder width. Wears a long sleeved navy blue suit with black pants.

Personality: Plans strategically and tactically ahead though there might be a slight chance that it might go wrong, sometimes stubborn, a bit absent minded but very responsible when it comes to duties, very loyal and patient

Elemental preference: Wind

History: Her father was an Irian who had an affair with a Vatium, despite family lineage of being 'Pureblooded Irian', thus her father and mother were shunned by his side of the family. They eloped to Nexus where Seiuna was born. She met Azune, a human, whom she became fast friends with during her time at Nexus. Her father worked for the council as a strike fighter in the Alpha Division as a Lieutenant or sth. She had some recurring dreams but chose to forget it as quickly as possible. At the age of 15, her mother passed away to an unknown disease. After that, the relationship between her father and Seiuna widened, until it was more like a superior officer to a cadet relationship instead of a father - daughter relationship. Soon Seiuna decided to join the council, like her father, but opt for the Beta Division to have more freedom. After years of training, she graduated from military school and bought the Vortex I at a second-hand ship store (if there are any) when she started, and quickly modified it, after learning it from other mercenaries. Azune volunteered to help her man the newly repaired and modified Vortex II, becoming her co-pilot

Bio: Mercenary commandant of the Vortex II with a very stubborn attitude, starting to rebel against her father more

Notes: Vortex II - maverick fighter, focuses on speed and and has more firepower than the usual ship due to some modifications. Defenses are slightly below average especially the hull, but the speed of Vortex helps to dodge incoming projectiles. Modified to fit a crew of 2 people, plus 2-3 other people, though only Seiuna and her co-pilot , Azune, man it.
Sword - A retractable light saber (like those in star wars), the handle is like 15cm and when the blade is out, it's about 1m in length. And it's silent unlike those in star wars


If Cucoo is to allow me, may I create a profile for Azune?

Edit: for the title thingy I'll go with Valkyrie

Edit 2: Thunderbirds as in The Birds of THUNDER not the freaking huge birds http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2011/144/7/7/the_great_thunderbird_by_sangel99-d3h5qdc.jpg