Post by wanderingmagus on Jan 31, 2014 0:31:09 GMT
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OOC: innofwanderers.freeforums.net/thread/66/equestria-2500-dawn-chaos-ooc
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One sentence: Pony-themed Space Opera set in a distant future Equestria, with civil war on the horizon.
Story:
Five hundred years after the return of Princess Luna, the denizens of the planet have spread out among the stars. Technology has advanced to amazing levels, and holographs, starships, repulsorlifts, gravity fields, androids, hyperspace travel and more are increasingly commonplace. The common currency is still the bit, though mostly traded electronically. Instant communication between star systems is cheap and widely available, and modern jumpsuits are fitted with life support systems, heads-up displays, holonet connection and translation interfaces, as well as interfaces with all the modern technology now available.
Many factions have sprung up as ponies, griffons, goats, and more explored and colonized the nearby star systems, though hyperspace lanes are constantly threatened by rogue Space Pirates, smugglers in blockade runners and other low-life undesirables. Unfortunately, a few of these factions are becoming increasingly belligerent, and it is feared that war shall soon break out across the stars...
*****
Please see OOC and Sign-up pages for Faction information, rules and list of accepted players.
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*****
On-planet, Homeworld Faction:
Another day arrived as Celestia's Sun rose on the horizon, as it always has since the dawn of time. Hovercraft and sky-carts whizzed here and there between shining glass towers while businessponies, off-duty Starfleet soldiers and other folk milled about in the streets and on tall bridges connecting the buildings. Stock prices appeared in midair as holograms changed from advertisement to news, and the sound of foals reciting the Citizen's Pledge could be heard through the windows of classrooms all about the planet. A gentle breeze stirred the leaves of a tree in the rooftop garden of the Triple Crown Heavy Industries tower as a starship loomed overhead, preparing to make for deep space on another voyage. Yet not all was peaceful; news articles all across the holonet speak of the Clockwork Empire attacking more and more ships, and of pirates and rogue extremists threatening hyperlanes. And out of the mists of time, at least as ponies saw it, rumor came of the lost empire, the Black Rose...
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Off-planet/space, Homeworld Faction
Stars glittered everywhere the eye could see, except for that one pale blue-green sphere to the side as another twenty-four-hour cycle passed and "day" officially arrived. Long trains of cargo held together by electromagnets trailed powerful ion thrusters as the transportation ships arrived at the spaceport or made for the rendezvous beacon to jump to hyperspace. Sweet electronic notes floated over some intercoms, news commentary over others. Space itself, of course, was silent as always. A Starfleet cruiser floated by as it arrived at the beacon, then flashed suddenly before vanishing in a blur, jumping to the next star system to patrol.
*****
On-planet, Clockwork Empire
Ash. Fire. Brimstone. The clanking of countless gears filled the toxic air of the lifeless world as mechanoids mindlessly attended forges, conveyor belts, hissing pipes and blazing caskets of slag. Everything moved with a bewildering speed: bewildering, that is, for an organic mind. In the mind of a machine, it was perfection.
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Off-planet/space, Clockwork Empire
The cold, dead stars gleamed everywhere in the endless expanse of Void. Another ship arrived out of hyperspace with mechanical precision, quickly making turns and accelerations that would splatter organic lifeforms into their chemical components. None of the machines within paid any heed. Exactly three thousand six hundred second-cycles later, an identical ship jumped to hyperspace.
*****
On-planet, Nexus Empire
The light of Alpha Centauri rose over crystalline towers and straw-thatched roofs alike as commons and nobles awoke to attend to their everyday duties. Mares stayed at home and nursed the foals or cooked, stallions farmed the fields by hoof or practiced with crystal swords, bows and intricately engraved blaster rifles. Merchants traded in the streets, foals attended classes or played in alleyways, and monks could be heard chanting softly in their cathedrals. Parliament was meeting again today to discuss interplanetary and interstellar relations, as well as new laws for regulating the use of hoverboards in crowded areas. The view from the crystal castle was stunning, though the same as ever, as dragons flapped their wings over snow-clad mountains and unicorn guards came and went on their hoverboards, still wearing their exquisitely engraved gold and platinum magic-powered armor. It was an orderly world, and despite its imperfections, it was home.
-----
Off-planet/space, Nexus Empire
Starlight, that magical glimmer from the wondrous voids beyond the protection of the Nexus military, could be seen all about as four starships and two sentry satellites orbited Proximus Centauri, eternally defending the system from those that would seek to destroy their crofts and homes. Occasionally, ships could be seen transporting water and hydrogen to and from the gas giant mines, where pegasi had long ago built vast cities in the endless skies. Yet, whether the citizenry and nobles knew it or not, this peaceful order was about to be disrupted in ways they could scarcely begin to imagine.
OOC: innofwanderers.freeforums.net/thread/66/equestria-2500-dawn-chaos-ooc
Previous iteration: pastehtml.com/view/dvnfsw9s4.html
One sentence: Pony-themed Space Opera set in a distant future Equestria, with civil war on the horizon.
Story:
Five hundred years after the return of Princess Luna, the denizens of the planet have spread out among the stars. Technology has advanced to amazing levels, and holographs, starships, repulsorlifts, gravity fields, androids, hyperspace travel and more are increasingly commonplace. The common currency is still the bit, though mostly traded electronically. Instant communication between star systems is cheap and widely available, and modern jumpsuits are fitted with life support systems, heads-up displays, holonet connection and translation interfaces, as well as interfaces with all the modern technology now available.
Many factions have sprung up as ponies, griffons, goats, and more explored and colonized the nearby star systems, though hyperspace lanes are constantly threatened by rogue Space Pirates, smugglers in blockade runners and other low-life undesirables. Unfortunately, a few of these factions are becoming increasingly belligerent, and it is feared that war shall soon break out across the stars...
*****
Please see OOC and Sign-up pages for Faction information, rules and list of accepted players.
*****
*****
On-planet, Homeworld Faction:
Another day arrived as Celestia's Sun rose on the horizon, as it always has since the dawn of time. Hovercraft and sky-carts whizzed here and there between shining glass towers while businessponies, off-duty Starfleet soldiers and other folk milled about in the streets and on tall bridges connecting the buildings. Stock prices appeared in midair as holograms changed from advertisement to news, and the sound of foals reciting the Citizen's Pledge could be heard through the windows of classrooms all about the planet. A gentle breeze stirred the leaves of a tree in the rooftop garden of the Triple Crown Heavy Industries tower as a starship loomed overhead, preparing to make for deep space on another voyage. Yet not all was peaceful; news articles all across the holonet speak of the Clockwork Empire attacking more and more ships, and of pirates and rogue extremists threatening hyperlanes. And out of the mists of time, at least as ponies saw it, rumor came of the lost empire, the Black Rose...
-----
Off-planet/space, Homeworld Faction
Stars glittered everywhere the eye could see, except for that one pale blue-green sphere to the side as another twenty-four-hour cycle passed and "day" officially arrived. Long trains of cargo held together by electromagnets trailed powerful ion thrusters as the transportation ships arrived at the spaceport or made for the rendezvous beacon to jump to hyperspace. Sweet electronic notes floated over some intercoms, news commentary over others. Space itself, of course, was silent as always. A Starfleet cruiser floated by as it arrived at the beacon, then flashed suddenly before vanishing in a blur, jumping to the next star system to patrol.
*****
On-planet, Clockwork Empire
Ash. Fire. Brimstone. The clanking of countless gears filled the toxic air of the lifeless world as mechanoids mindlessly attended forges, conveyor belts, hissing pipes and blazing caskets of slag. Everything moved with a bewildering speed: bewildering, that is, for an organic mind. In the mind of a machine, it was perfection.
-----
Off-planet/space, Clockwork Empire
The cold, dead stars gleamed everywhere in the endless expanse of Void. Another ship arrived out of hyperspace with mechanical precision, quickly making turns and accelerations that would splatter organic lifeforms into their chemical components. None of the machines within paid any heed. Exactly three thousand six hundred second-cycles later, an identical ship jumped to hyperspace.
*****
On-planet, Nexus Empire
The light of Alpha Centauri rose over crystalline towers and straw-thatched roofs alike as commons and nobles awoke to attend to their everyday duties. Mares stayed at home and nursed the foals or cooked, stallions farmed the fields by hoof or practiced with crystal swords, bows and intricately engraved blaster rifles. Merchants traded in the streets, foals attended classes or played in alleyways, and monks could be heard chanting softly in their cathedrals. Parliament was meeting again today to discuss interplanetary and interstellar relations, as well as new laws for regulating the use of hoverboards in crowded areas. The view from the crystal castle was stunning, though the same as ever, as dragons flapped their wings over snow-clad mountains and unicorn guards came and went on their hoverboards, still wearing their exquisitely engraved gold and platinum magic-powered armor. It was an orderly world, and despite its imperfections, it was home.
-----
Off-planet/space, Nexus Empire
Starlight, that magical glimmer from the wondrous voids beyond the protection of the Nexus military, could be seen all about as four starships and two sentry satellites orbited Proximus Centauri, eternally defending the system from those that would seek to destroy their crofts and homes. Occasionally, ships could be seen transporting water and hydrogen to and from the gas giant mines, where pegasi had long ago built vast cities in the endless skies. Yet, whether the citizenry and nobles knew it or not, this peaceful order was about to be disrupted in ways they could scarcely begin to imagine.
