Pax: the discussion thread

It's your game as much as mine, keep it up, I like being kept on my toes like this.

Hmmm, the transport uses a plasma drive, only not as strong as the ones used by the UEAF starships. It's a relatively long trip compared to a military ship, so yeah, a few long hours, which will seem much shorter in gameplay.

 

Hey Flamingo did Trin insult Carter out loud? Or was it in her mind

 

In her mind. She's a quiet one.

 

Shes seems quite pissed at Carter.
But Carter still adresses her and Nathans points calmly, and tries to rebut them Nice old school debate never hurt no one.

 

Just to let you guys know, I know that this seems like a massive info dump, but don't worry, this is not something that you'll have to refer to constantly or anything, it's just info to make the galaxy seem more real. While the details about the colony are invented the places are real, I've included some links at the bottom for you to check out if you like and one that has a map of Europa on pdf.



Europa

Europa was a very important moon ever since the early pioneering days of space travel and colonization in the twenty first century. Due to its vast ice and liquid water resources, it became a crucial destination of exploration, permanent settlements, and ice mining.

Many families that became wealthy though private exploitation of the asteroids built their dream homes on Europa and some of the other Jupiterian moons, eventually making a Jovian syndicate, or otherwise simply known as the syndicate.

In the twenty first and early twenty second centuries Europa was still a world far removed from Earth interference and politics and became a place known for harboring fugitives, terrorists, organized criminals, and some of the worst dregs of society (as long as they could pay the right prices for protection). There is a vast disparity on Europa between the extremely wealthy descendants of these early settlers (bourgeois) and the much poorer Peons.

While the middle class is small and virtually non-existent, with successive waves of immigrants the line seems at times to blur. Europa remains an important way station in the system and takes in good revenues from tourism alone. The people of Europa and the other major Jupiterian moons are known for their pandering and catering to tourists and visitors and have a reputation for cordiality as long as the credits flow.

Capital: Cilicia city, Cilicia

Symbol: the symbol for the Europan Commonwealth is a woman riding on the back of a bull with a royal purple background (representing Europa from Greek mythology and Zeus in the form of a bull). A large circle around the woman represents Jupiter, with a number of small crescents below them representing the other moons of the Jupiterian subsystem.

Economy: Europa has a flourishing industrial base with major manufacturing, mining, and even a significant military infrastructure. While Europa is a wealthy colony that gains its wealth from a wide variety of sources, its primary and preferred source of income is tourism.

Government: Commonwealth. The colony of Europa is a member of United Earth and part of the Galactic Commonwealth. As a Commonwealth they have autonomy, can elect their own leaders, and are not subject to binding laws. Although Commonwealth colonies are immune to binding laws from United Earth there are a number of common agreements that all of the colonies adhere to, such as opposition to slavery, human gene-splicing, the making of artificially intelligent "Cogs" (cognitive machines), maurading, etc.

The Land

Chaos

On Europa, regions of chaotic terrain are named after places in Irish mythology.

Arran Chaos - named after the Isle of Arran in Scotland where Manannán had a palace.

Latitude: 13.4°
Longitude: 80.5°
Diameter: 26.0 km

Conamara Chaos - named after Connemara, a rugged part of western Ireland named for Conmac, son of the Queen of Connacht.

Latitude: 9.7°
Longitude: 272.7°
Diameter: 143.7 km

Murias Chaos - named after Murias, one of the four great cities of the Tuatha Dé Danann (the people of the goddess Danu, the wizards) in Irish Celtic myths.

Latitude: 22.4°
Longitude: 83.8°
Diameter: 116.0 km

Narbeth Chaos - named after Narbeth, Wales. Chief court of Pwyll; he first saw his future wife Rhiannon at a nearby mound.

Latitude: -26.0°
Longitude: 273.0°
Diameter: 20.0 km

Rathmore Chaos - named after Rathmore, Ireland; seat of Mongan, a son of the sea god Manannán.

Latitude: 25.4°
Longitude: 75.0°
Diameter: 57.0 km

Flexūs

A flexus is a low, curved ridge with a scalloped pattern. Europan flexūs are named after the places visited by Europa during her journey with Zeus the bull in Greek mythology.

Cilicia Flexus - Land named for Cilix on his search for Europa.

Latitude: -59.5°
Longitude: 171.7°
Diameter: 1,312.0 km


Delphi Flexus - named after Delphi, where the cow led Cadmus before it stopped at the site of Thebes.

Latitude: -68.2°
Longitude: 174.1°
Diameter: 793.0 km

Gortyna Flexus - named after Gortyna, a place on Crete where Zeus brought Europa.

Latitude: -42.1°
Longitude: 144.6°
Diameter: 940.0 km

Phocis Flexus - named after Phocis, where the cow lead Cadmus before it stopped at the site of Thebes.

Latitude: -44.5°
Longitude: 198.4°
Diameter: 242.0 km

Sidon Flexus - named after Sidon, an ancient Phoenician city, where Europa was born

Latitude: -66.4°
Longitude: 183.4°
Diameter: 1,133.0 km

Large Ring Features

These impact structures are named after important locations in ancient history.

Callanish - named after Callanish, a stone circle in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

Latitude: -16.7°
Longitude: 334.5°
Diameter: 107.0 km

Tyre - named after Tyre, Lebanon, from which Zeus abducted Europa.

Latitude: 33.6°
Longitude: 146.6°
Diameter: 149.0 km

Maculae

Europan maculae (dark spots) are named after locations in Greek mythology, especially in the legend of Cadmus and his search for his sister, Europa.

Boeotia Macula - named after Boeotia, a place where Cadmus led a cow before it stopped at the site of Thebes.

Latitude: -53.6°
Longitude: 166.8°
Diameter: 30.0 km

Castalia Macula - named after Castalia, a spring where Cadmus, brother of Europa, killed the dragon.

Latitude: -1.6°
Longitude: 225.7°
Diameter: 35.0 km

Cyclades Macula - named after Cyclades, islands where Rhadamanthys reigned.

Latitude: -62.5°
Longitude: 191.3°
Diameter: 107.0 km

Thera Macula - named after Thera, the place where Cadmus stopped in his search for Europa.

Latitude: -46.7°
Longitude: 181.2°
Diameter: 95.0 km

Thrace Macula - named after Thrace, a place in northern Greece where Cadmus stopped in his search for Europa.

Latitude: -45.9°
Longitude: 172.1°
Diameter: 180.2 km

Regiones

Annwn Regio - named after Annwn, the traditional name of the edenic Welsh Otherworld.

Latitude: 20.0°
Longitude: 320.0°
Diameter: 2,300.0 km

Argadnel Regio - named after Argadnel, one of the islands of Earthly paradise seen during Bran's voyage in Celtic mythology.

Latitude: -14.6°
Longitude: 208.5°
Diameter: 1,900.0 km

Balagtan Regio - named after Balagtan Pass, to which the Tuatha Dé Dannan retreated before the battle with the Fir Bolgs.

Latitude: -50.0°
Longitude: 30.0°
Diameter: 2,500.0 km

Dyfed Regio - named after Kingdom of Dyfed, the southwestern kingdom of Wales just east of Annwn, containing a mysterious realm.

Latitude: 10.0°
Longitude: 250.0°
Diameter: 1,750.0 km

Falga Regio - named after Inis Fer Falga, Irish legendary island where Midir had a stronghold.

Latitude: 30.0°
Longitude: 210.0°
Diameter: 2,500.0 km

Moytura Regio - named after Magh Tuiredh, location of battles between the Fomorians and the Tautha de Danann.

Latitude: -50.0°
Longitude: 294.3°
Diameter: 483.0 km

Powys Regio - named after Kingdom of Powys, an ancient kingdom of mid-Wales

Latitude: 0.0°
Longitude: 145.0°
Diameter: 2,000.0 km

Tara Regio - named after the Hill of Tara, the main royal residence of the High Kings in Ireland.

Latitude: -10.0°
Longitude: 75.0°
Diameter: 1,780.0 km

Craters

Áine - Celtic goddess of love and fertility.

Latitude: -43.0°
Longitude: 177.5°
Diameter: 5.0 km

Amaethon - Celtic god of agriculture.

Latitude: 13.82°
Longitude: 177.47°
Diameter: 1.7 km

Amergin - Legendary Irish druid and poet.

Latitude: -14.7°
Longitude: 230.6°
Diameter: 17.0 km

Angus - Beautiful Celtic god of love.

Latitude: -12.6°
Longitude: 75.1°
Diameter: 4.5 km

Avagddu - Celtic storm deity, ill-fated son of Tegid the Bald.

Latitude: 1.4°
Longitude: 169.5°
Diameter: 10.0 km

Balor - Celtic god of the night whose evil eye caused the death of those on whom it glanced.

Latitude: -52.8°
Longitude: 97.8°
Diameter: 4.8 km

Bress - Beautiful son of Elatha in Celtic mythology.

Latitude: 37.64°
Longitude: 98.66°
Diameter: 10.0 km

Brigid - Celtic goddess of healing, smiths, fertility and poetry.

Latitude: 10.8°
Longitude: 81.3°
Diameter: 9.5 km

Camulus - Gaelic war god.

Latitude: -26.5°
Longitude: 81.1°
Diameter: 4.5 km

Cilix - Brother of Europa.

Latitude: 2.6°
Longitude: 181.9°
Diameter: 15.0 km

Cliodhna - Celtic goddess of beauty who was lured asleep by music, then swept away by a great wave.

Latitude: -2.5°
Longitude: 76.4°
Diameter: 3.0 km

Cormac - Cormac Mac Art, High King of Ulster in Irish myths.

Latitude: -36.9°
Longitude: 88.1°
Diameter: 4.0 km

Dagda - One of the chief deities of the Tuatha de Danann in Irish mythology.

Latitude: 37.35°
Longitude: 168.74°
Diameter: 9.8 km

Deirdre - The most beautiful woman in Irish myths.

Latitude: -65.4°
Longitude: 207.3°
Diameter: 4.5 km

Diarmuid - Handsome Irish mythological warrior, husband of Gráinne.

Latitude: -61.3°
Longitude: 102.0°
Diameter: 8.2 km

Dylan - Celtic sea god.

Latitude: -55.3°
Longitude: 84.4°
Diameter: 5.3 km

Elathan - Handsome Celtic king, father of sun god Bres.

Latitude: -31.9°
Longitude: 79.8°
Diameter: 2.5 km

Eochaid - King of the Fir Bolgs in Celtic mythology.

Latitude: -50.48°
Longitude: 233.33°
Diameter: 10.6 km

Govannan - One of the Children of Don, a smith and brewer.

Latitude: -37.3°
Longitude: 302.8°
Diameter: 11.5 km

Gráinne - Daughter of Cormac Mac Art, the mythical High King of Ulster, and wife of Diarmuid.

Latitude: -59.7°
Longitude: 99.4°
Diameter: 13.5 km

Gwern - Son of Branwen in Celtic mythology.

Latitude: 9.14°
Longitude: 344.54°
Diameter: 22.2 km

Gwydion - Celtic poet, one of the children of the mother goddess Don.

Latitude: -60.5°
Longitude: 81.6°
Diameter: 5.0 km

Llyr - Celtic sea god.

Latitude: -1.8°
Longitude: 221.8°
Diameter: 1.1 km

Luchtar - Celtic god of carpentry.

Latitude: -40.2°
Longitude: 257.57°
Diameter: 19.9 km

Lug - Irish omnicompetent god.

Latitude: 27.99°
Longitude: 44.31°
Diameter: 11.0 km

Mael Dúin - Celtic hero.

Latitude: -16.8°
Longitude: 197.9°
Diameter: 2.0 km

Maeve - Mythological Irish queen of Connacht province.

Latitude: 58.8°
Longitude: 78.9°
Diameter: 21.3 km

Manannán - Irish sea and fertility god.

Latitude: 3.1°
Longitude: 239.7°
Diameter: 30.0 km

Math - Celtic god of wealth and treasure.

Latitude: -25.6°
Longitude: 183.7°
Diameter: 10.8 km

Midir - Gaelic fate and underworld deity.

Latitude: 3.65°
Longitude: 338.75°
Diameter: 37.4 km

Morvran - Celtic; ugly son of Tegid.

Latitude: -4.9°
Longitude: 152.6°
Diameter: 15.0 km

Niamh - Golden-haired daughter of the Celtic sea and fertility god Manannán.

Latitude: 21.1°
Longitude: 216.9°
Diameter: 5.0 km

Ogma - Celtic god of eloquence and literature, a son of Dagda.

Latitude: 87.45°
Longitude: 287.86°
Diameter: 5.0 km

Oisín - Mythical Irish warrior, son of Fionn Mac Cumhail and Sadb.

Latitude: -52.3°
Longitude: 213.4°
Diameter: 6.2 km

Pryderi - Son of Pwyll, Celtic god of the underworld.

Latitude: -66.1°
Longitude: 159.1°
Diameter: 1.7 km

Pwyll - Celtic god of the underworld.

Latitude: -25.2°
Longitude: 271.4°
Diameter: 45.0 km

Rhiannon - Celtic heroine.

Latitude: -80.9°
Longitude: 194.9°
Diameter: 15.9 km

Taliesin - Celtic, son of Bran; magician.

Latitude: -22.8°
Longitude: 138.0°
Diameter: 29.7 km

Tegid - Celtic hero who lived in Bula Lake.

Latitude: 0.8°
Longitude: 164.4°
Diameter: 29.7 km

Tuag - Irish dawn goddess.

Latitude: 59.92°
Longitude: 172.36°
Diameter: 15.2 km

Uaithne - The harpist for Dagda, the father of all gods in Celtic myths.

Latitude: -48.5°
Longitude: 90.7°
Diameter: 6.5 km







http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geological_features_on_Europa
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/index.html
http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/i2757/
http://www.mapaplanet.org/

 

O_O

Will those locations be significant to navigation on the planet? I don't imagine we'll be staying here long but...

 

nah, but if you ever wanted to go back it may be handy

yeah I know, like I said, it's a bit of an info dump...I need to get a life, I can't believe I worked on that all weekend.:redface:

 

umm, i posted before reading that... my security move-the-story-along scene doesnt really fit, want me to edit?
or perhaps this is how people are meant to enter

also, im back on track. had good holiday.

 

glad to hear that you're back and that you had a good time buddy

 

I decided to step it up a little bit tonight and throw some action your guys' way today. I know some of you were starving for some action and Headroller wanted to get his chops wet before going to Hawaii this week.

Remember to keep your heads down and take cover, these guys are playing for keeps!


Name: Wolf Erikson
Gender: Male
Age: 35

Appearance: Wolf is a tall, blonde, blue eyed man with Nordic features and a considerable number of cybernetic prosthetics on his body.

Personality: Wolf is a man of many contradictions. He is well-mannered and polite but also roguish and underhanded. He believes in health and tempering but drinks heavily and chew tobacco. He is charming and charismatic but also a hermit and socially awkward. Wolf is difficult to figure out because he has had to adapt in order to survive and has adapted so many times that he has picked up a number of odd character traits. To those who don't know him Wolf is no different than a villain, he's willing to take risks and shortcuts to get the job done. To those who know his style he's a morally ambivalent anti-hero who is willing to stoop down to the level of a bad guy to do "good". He is like a hero from a revisionist western, an unlikely hero who tries to convince himself he's only in it for the money.

Background: Wolf Erikson is a proud distant descendant of Vikings Eric the Red and Leif Erikson. Exploration and bold venturing is in his blood, Wolf is a veteran of the UEAF and of some small unofficial wars. Wolf was horribly wounded in battle, and after receiving cybernetic prosthetics was asked to leave. Forced to eke out an existence in harsh deep space, Wolf found his calling as a shady rogue. While never a Marauder he had been a mercenary, smuggler, bootlegger, and privateer. Wolf is fully immersed in the seedy underworld of the system and an unapologetic scoundrel. He is good in a bar, casino, or brothel. He is even better in a fighting hole with a rifle. While he would never admit it to a soul, he misses his glory days in the UEAF.

 

Wolf is Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen? Beware the Sting of his blade.

 

Or the bite of the other. Feyd-Rautha is a powerful young man.

 

And Carter using typical Carter logic starts shooting arms and legs
He doesn't like killing

 

LOL Cog and Mingo, I swear that's the way I see Wolf in my mind, only blonder and fairer

he's actually a mix of Wolf Larsen from Jack London's 'Sea Wolf' and Beowulf Shaeffer from Larry Niven's known universe.

and yes, Carter's choice of only wounding the terrorists is very admirable

 

Beowulf Shaeffer is a skinny, seven foot tall albino (a Crashlander, i.e. a resident of We Made It).

 

well, Wolf is skinny, and tall, and fair

he's a shady spacer type just like Beowulf

 

Ill give everyone a chance to reply b4 Carter does anything else.

 

sounds good buddy, great job today

 

Spoken like a true Flatlander.

 

Cheers Mate
This is turning out to be a prettyy epic RPG

 

th-th-th-they KILLED PAPPY!!!!!

 

Isn't he just unconscious?

 

you got shot? that does put a damper on things

what sort of healing patches do we have these days? nano bots, or field bandage

 

Yeah, decided to add a bit of drama, Nathan seems to normal. Don't worry, it wasn't fatal, it was his shoulder. Since he's blocked off from you guys, he's going to end up finding his way to some Europa police and hopefully get healed by them .

 

Okay guys, please don't post for like the next forty-five minutes. I have to do a longer post to catch Trin up to everything else, and I really don't want to have to do a major edit. Thanks. Oh, and good job guys, this is turning out pretty sweet.