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Was the War in Afghanistan Worth It?

Cudoocadaa wrote:

Got rid of animal capitivity for entertainment.

The juice is loose

Catos wrote:

What does this mean

Originally the phrase is a joke made in reference to OJ Simpson being released from prison but in this case I applied it to Cudoocadaa releasing all their animals from zoos.

For a longer period of time I have an idea that I would like to present here. It's the new role-play theme for a region that might be in contrast of current lack of activity.

Age of Entropy: The Last Constellation

..."We thought that the era of expansion and prosperity is going to last forever. Generations over generations celebrating boundless consumption... there was no catch, we've won over everything... over the nature, over the body, over the universe, mastering our technology to the cutting edge that allowed us to become Gods of creation and destruction in pursuit of the endless quest of greatness."

..."nobody imagined for countless of ages that this might not last forever but when the bane of material scarcity finally caught us.... it was to late to reduce any pain. What starts as a small shortage develops into famine and desperation. There were protests and even revolution attempts, some of them were bloody ones. Nations in their desperation had to introduce certain consumption quotas, population growth had to be regulated... but at a time everyone knew that these procedures will only buy some time but it's no solution."

..."after relative stabilization the Nations had to reverse their expansion tendencies which led each of them to strategically shrink into their main solar system. Many worlds abandoned and consumed for material to feed deprived masses and keep dying stars alive as long as possible. Only the most useful planets and worlds were relocated within resorting solar systems. These remaining solar systems are now one of few stars still shining on the night sky and together they form.... THE LAST CONSTELLATION"

Well that was the prologue, now the RP rules:
- Universe is now very old, not many active stars and those which are not within constellation are attempted to being harvested for material and energy.
- For harvesting of much needed resources there are regular expeditions into dead systems, dying worlds and the unknown worlds as well. These expeditions are highly dangerous and as the time goes they are less and less successful.
- The universe expands quicker and quicker so space travel outside of borders of the Last Constellation is constantly more difficult and dangerous. Traditional galaxies are collapsing and slowly dispersing.
- As the universe is still colder and more vast in some parts of the universe there are anomaly regions where some laws of conventional physics just doesn't work anymore, or work entirely different.
- This Universe is dying and it can't be probably stopped, so the nations of the Last Constellation have various research mission where they try to figure out how to survive from the long-term perspective. Each nation focuses primarily on one mission, nations can have shared missions and can cooperate.
My ideas for some "messiah" missions:
- The Exodus: Trying to escape to another universe
- The Ascension: Trying to escape to another dimension or ascend to the form that doesn't use dimension of time to exist.
- The Reverse: Trying to reverse the "negative" development of current universe
- The Creation: Creating a new ideal universe suited for our endless existence

...any additional mission suggestions are welcomed.

On the technical topic and limits,
- Last Constellation Nations have wondrous technology since "few" billions of years passed. We are able to drain and feed stars, relocate planets and use material and energy with great efficiency, however we don't know how to create energy or material out of "nothing".
- Every nation has problems with shortages and it's up to their RP choices which problems are solving at a time... food, energy reserves, etc.
- Expect high discontent and disapproval in your population. Democracy and liberal regimes are still possible, but they will be "tested" very severely.
- Some space travel is impossible. Classic FTL impulse engines and warp are inefficient outside of the Last Constellation territory. The Hyperspace is good for medium distances, for long distances the "Jump" is however preferred (its basically instant far-distance travel, however coordinates and travel plan is difficult to compute and takes a lot of time. To unknown locations it takes years there and even longer back so almost every expedition for the crew is more like "nomadic style of life" instead of a "trip around the universe". The unknown and other harvested worlds will for these people become a temporary homes for over a decade and more (and yes, it has significant impact on the crew's morale).
- Every nation has only one solar system where it gathers its resources and "important planets/worlds".

Any additional comments and ideas will be much appreciated as well as your vote in the new poll if you are interested in this "pre-apocalyptic" RP theme in this region.

Free Transhumanists wrote:

For a longer period of time I have an idea that I would like to present here. It's the new role-play theme for a region that might be in contrast of current lack of activity.

Age of Entropy: The Last Constellation

..."We thought that the era of expansion and prosperity is going to last forever. Generations over generations celebrating boundless consumption... there was no catch, we've won over everything... over the nature, over the body, over the universe, mastering our technology to the cutting edge that allowed us to become Gods of creation and destruction in pursuit of the endless quest of greatness."

..."nobody imagined for countless of ages that this might not last forever but when the bane of material scarcity finally caught us.... it was to late to reduce any pain. What starts as a small shortage develops into famine and desperation. There were protests and even revolution attempts, some of them were bloody ones. Nations in their desperation had to introduce certain consumption quotas, population growth had to be regulated... but at a time everyone knew that these procedures will only buy some time but it's no solution."

..."after relative stabilization the Nations had to reverse their expansion tendencies which led each of them to strategically shrink into their main solar system. Many worlds abandoned and consumed for material to feed deprived masses and keep dying stars alive as long as possible. Only the most useful planets and worlds were relocated within resorting solar systems. These remaining solar systems are now one of few stars still shining on the night sky and together they form.... THE LAST CONSTELLATION"

Well that was the prologue, now the RP rules:
- Universe is now very old, not many active stars and those which are not within constellation are attempted to being harvested for material and energy.
- For harvesting of much needed resources there are regular expeditions into dead systems, dying worlds and the unknown worlds as well. These expeditions are highly dangerous and as the time goes they are less and less successful.
- The universe expands quicker and quicker so space travel outside of borders of the Last Constellation is constantly more difficult and dangerous. Traditional galaxies are collapsing and slowly dispersing.
- As the universe is still colder and more vast in some parts of the universe there are anomaly regions where some laws of conventional physics just doesn't work anymore, or work entirely different.
- This Universe is dying and it can't be probably stopped, so the nations of the Last Constellation have various research mission where they try to figure out how to survive from the long-term perspective. Each nation focuses primarily on one mission, nations can have shared missions and can cooperate.
My ideas for some "messiah" missions:
- The Exodus: Trying to escape to another universe
- The Ascension: Trying to escape to another dimension or ascend to the form that doesn't use dimension of time to exist.
- The Reverse: Trying to reverse the "negative" development of current universe
- The Creation: Creating a new ideal universe suited for our endless existence

...any additional mission suggestions are welcomed.

On the technical topic and limits,
- Last Constellation Nations have wondrous technology since "few" billions of years passed. We are able to drain and feed stars, relocate planets and use material and energy with great efficiency, however we don't know how to create energy or material out of "nothing".
- Every nation has problems with shortages and it's up to their RP choices which problems are solving at a time... food, energy reserves, etc.
- Expect high discontent and disapproval in your population. Democracy and liberal regimes are still possible, but they will be "tested" very severely.
- Some space travel is impossible. Classic FTL impulse engines and warp are inefficient outside of the Last Constellation territory. The Hyperspace is good for medium distances, for long distances the "Jump" is however preferred (its basically instant far-distance travel, however coordinates and travel plan is difficult to compute and takes a lot of time. To unknown locations it takes years there and even longer back so almost every expedition for the crew is more like "nomadic style of life" instead of a "trip around the universe". The unknown and other harvested worlds will for these people become a temporary homes for over a decade and more (and yes, it has significant impact on the crew's morale).
- Every nation has only one solar system where it gathers its resources and "important planets/worlds".

Any additional comments and ideas will be much appreciated as well as your vote in the new poll if you are interested in this "pre-apocalyptic" RP theme in this region.

Questions:

Can we customise our technolgical development? I.e. The Antarctican Commonwealths as it stands is advanced to material and biotechnology but is behind in laser (plasma is often used as a replacement in A/C) and holographic technology (due to circumstances surrounding the Capital planet)

Does a space station the size of Ceres count as a planet?

Can we customise the shortages we have?

Can we have a single non star system also (I.e. a black hole system) or no?

Suggestions:
The addition of anomalies, this expands on the physical anomalies to other areas such civilisation anomalies (such as you find strange ruins on a planet), biological anomalies (such as a strange rapidly growing fungus appearing in one of your expedition ships), and other anomalies that blur the lines (such as a space station that randomly appears in orbit of your planet and anyone who goes in goes insane)

The addition of crisis’s these events basically stretch a nation to their breaking point and could range anywhere from a pandemic to strange anomalies affecting the star systems (these aren’t limited to one nation either and can expand to other nations or it could just be affecting the constellation as a whole) these events will fundamentally change the course that nations take (I.e. a pandemic that kills a large portion of a population could ease the pressure on food production but may increase pressure in other areas of production due to a manpower shortage)