Galactic Empires II [M]

[Death of Korzan]

I followed the link earlier, but really didn't tell me much about the average tech of this place. I started reading Schlock Mercenary and wasn't hopeful reading about the HMO's idea for limb replacement being an arm with a motorized whisk.

Foundation had personal shields in the form of a belt powered by a walnut-sized reactor, but wasn't sure that was part of your game or not. Railguns suggest not much in the way of offensive beam weaponry.

I like that medical tech can regrow limbs and organs - do they do full body backups? E.g. the character dies, and a clone is force grown to at least teen age with all the memories from the last backup? Or perhaps a biochip/braincase that can be transferred to a new body that allows them to resume from their last point of consciousness?

Or genetic alterations? Spend a week in the tank, grow gills?

I'll check out Mass Effect tech.

My best advice is to read Galactic Empires 1 and then summarise the tech from there.

[AngelDellaNotte]

My best advice is to read Galactic Empires 1 and then summarise the tech from there.

I'm thinking of putting it into a Google Doc, perhaps in book format.

Miranda is also completed, and yes she is gonna be a bigoted bundle of sunshine.

[MidKnight]

I'm going Terran for this one. I'll create a Dragonoid sometime later, soon as I can find the right pic.

Spoiler: Stefania "Winter" Stratford 

Name: Stefania "Winter" Stratford
Species: Terran
Age: 21
Appearance:

Spoiler:  

Department: Security
Role and Rank (if any): Marine Corps: Private First Class.
Personal Equipment:

Prosthetic right arm
Shotgun
Pistol
Armor
Personal Knife

Character Strengths:

While growing up in a rough environment, Winter developed muscle mass that increased her strength and endurance. Blood was no longer a stranger to her, and bruises and broken bones were like her only family.

Character Weaknesses:

Winter was involved in a car wreck that had lost her right arm. She was with her friends when it happened, and now she must depend on a metal arm to keep her safe. Losing her right arm would leave her a vulnerable position.

What they hope to find: A better life.
What they hope to achieve in the New Galaxy: Looking for something she always wanted that she couldn't get from the old Galaxy. Something that couldn't be given, but had to be taken. She is searching for a living.

Bio:

Winter was found on a porch of a Orphanage Home. Never knowing who her parent's were, or where she had come from. The Overseer's had given her name since she had none, nor any letter left behind. She was found with only a blanket inside of a cardboard box. She grew up mostly in both the streets and the Orphanage Home.

She developed an attitude while she was a child, fighting other children who picked on her or if a bully picks on another child. The schools she attended had trouble keeping her out of trouble, and usually ends up kicking her out. In high school, her attitude became a problem, teachers tried showing her the good path and failed. Though were surprised about her grades.

She was with her so called friends one night, drinking and driving around in the city. The driver didn't pay attention until it was too late. Winter last remembered seeing herself being tossed out of the moving car and landed on the ground hard knocking her out in the process. She woke up to the sound of beeping monitor, realizing she was laying on a bed. A nurse was sitting by reading a book, waiting for Winter to wake up.

Winter tried to move her arms, but she could only see her left arm moving. She screamed when her eyes couldn't find her right arm.

The Police was convinced Winter was the driver and the others were passengers. While in court, the Judge had a choice either convict her to prison after her graduation, or enlist her to the military. The Judge was lenient and gave her the military life and a prosthetic arm. Ever since, she still had an attitude and remained in the military.

[Azazeal849]

That’s a couple of characters talking about “starting new lives” now, and it’s got me wondering - the Elcano is coming home at the end of this five-year mission, right?

[AngelDellaNotte]

Probably, I am just thinking about being away for an extended time so she can start over

[dakkagor]

That's the plan. The Elcano will be receiving a CS soon, which will help elucidate its mission profile. Certainly, if a observation post/colony might be viable on the far side of the wormhole gate, it would make sense to have some crew tagged as willing to stay behind to man it.

[Azazeal849]

Cool. I’ll bash through my own CS now and maybe shoot you a PM later about possible character arcs / subplots.

[Azazeal849]

Introducing your local robotics geek and Sentinax fan-girl.

Spoiler: DR SAYORI WARRICK 

"Aren't you embarrassed by how limited we are? No way do I want to die a baseline human."

Name: Sayori Warrick

Species: Terran (born Western Free State, PPC, Earth)

Age: 36

Appearance: Sayori is 5'6 and spare-framed, with pale skin and thin black hair cut in a simple, low-maintenance bob. He round faces centres on thin lips, a broad nose and dark, animated eyes, and tends to scrunch up when she's concentrating

Department: Research

Role: Remote operations (EVA / hazardous environment)

Personal equipment: Muscle Memory Interface (patented); five modified ES-7 androids, including two with Iron Man (her terminology) thruster rigs for EVA; portable computer (somewhat battered); gadgets and gizmos

Character strengths: Practical minded, original thinker, an eye for small changes

Character weaknesses: Averse to long-term planning and rigid routines, impatient, occasionally risk-prone

Hopes to find: Isn't being one of the first people to explore a whole 'nother galaxy enough?

Hopes to achieve: Additional exposure and future funding for her MMI system (she hopes to develop it into a tech for human-human interface)

Bio: Born on Earth, Sayori is the only child of two researchers living in the Western Free State, one of the splinter countries of the old USA which went on to form part of the Pan Pacific Coalition. Her concerns growing up were decidedly middle class, although she was never particularly lazy, and she very much earned her offworld scholarship to study at the prestigious Musk university on neighbouring Mars.

Sayori proved to be a good student, and a natural fit for robotics engineering - she never minded discussing Big Ideas, but they had to have a practical application, and she also never minded shutting herself away in a lab to figure out exactly how that practical end could be achieved. For Sayori, hunger and fatigue are distractions to be gotten rid of as quickly as possible, and numerous people have commented that she eats terribly (indeed, the only reason she isn’t fat is that she has a relatively small appetite). Her usual comeback is to state that she’ll just replace her organs in ten years.

She wrote her thesis on the future of cerebral implants, a relatively undeveloped field of Terran cybernetics; while replacement limbs and organs are commonplace in the Terran Federation, cultural and ethical concerns mean there has been comparatively little research into upgrading the human mind - Sayori has never seen any reason why this should be so.

Graduating with first class honours, she went to work for several small companies before joining the cybernetics giant Phayder Corporation, which has profited greatly in the last decade from new tech flow from the Sentinax (although this trade deal has not been without controversy, given the past genocide of the Sentinos species, and violent wars that the long-lived Kel’Cyre and Charibidians are slower to forget than the Federation is).

At Phayder, Sayori headed up the team that developed the Muscle Memory Interface, a breakthrough in remote integration that allowed a single operator to “sleeve” two (and theoretically more) robotic androids at the same time. This had massive cost-saving potential for the drone-heavy emergency services and other automated, high-risk industries. However, the technology has yet to receive major backing from investors, and by organising a pilot-scale operation on the highly publicised Elcano mission, Phayder hopes to bring some spotlight to the technology. Sayori volunteered to showcase her pet project and threw all of her energy into making the venture a success - maybe then Phayder will greenlight one of the other concepts she is very keen on developing.

Sayori is a sociable woman, although to some she may come across as demanding or insensitive. She has no immediate family, having never been particularly interested in children. She did have a long-term partner until five years ago, and the fact that they were married for only a year before getting divorced is something that she still hates to talk about.

[AngelDellaNotte]

Interesting the last game we we're light on human characters this time around we are heavier. I know this is gonna be hard to believe but Miranda isn't gonna like Sayori. Not just because she is Terrians but because of the drones so to speak, she has the belief that anyone that works through them can't hack it in the real world. She especially won't like any drone piloted ships.

[Enigma]

Admittedly, it would be interesting to put together a Sentinax "Doctor" - or perhaps "veterinarian" a closer approximation? The hard part would be avoiding becoming Isaac.