The Human Republic was officially neutral in the war between

>>48971682
Clearly we have to give up the Glorbulans. The Zorblaxian Confederacy is one of our largest trading partners. The economic sanctions they could bring against us could potentially stymie our expansion into the M'il Ga'thog nebula for a decade or more. How are our ships going to continue to fly if they decide to put an embargo on Vacax III, our primary Deuterium mine? A single ship isn't worth the economic future of the Republic.

>>48971682
>Glorbulan
>Zorblaxian
With great respect, new names.

>>48971785
I dunno, I kinda like them. Gives it that old fashioned Space Opera feel to it.

>>48971785
>muh augments
Get a load of this guy. I bet his spaceship doesn't even look like a cigar with fins.

>>48971785
How about Schlorbians?

>>48971682

Allow the ship time to finish repairs, and deploy the fleet to ensure it safe passage out of Republic space. Once it is outside of our space, what happens is no business of ours. Ensure that the Zorblaxian ambassador is made to understand that in no uncertain terms the Republic will not ignore a vessel in distress, regardless of the flag it flies.

An alternative is for the ship and crew to be interned within Republic space until the end of the current conflict, to be returned to Glorbulan space when an Armistice is signed. Ensure that the Zorblaxian ambassador is made to understand that in no uncertain terms that any warship belonging to either side that enters Republic space will be prevented from returning to active combat duties in the current conflict.

>>48971920
Do we have the military might to deny either of these stellar empires if they choose to force the issue? I say nay. If either of them choose to call our bluff, our principalities will become just another battlefield in a war that is not our own. Even if we had the ships to back up such a bold stance, we certainly wouldn't be able to protect shipping routes to our new colonies if we pulled the necessary manpower from the frontier to block a potential offensive that may never even come. Are you willing to leave the brave men and women helping colonization efforts of Jorgax Star Cluster to the tender mercies of the Star Jammer Pirates? We simply can't afford an incident right now. It's unfortunate, but the ship should never have crossed our borders. We need to give it up, lest they bring ruin on us all.

>>48971757
We have a primary deuterium mine? Why? Deuterium is super common. Any solar system that can support life (whether planet-bound or in space colonies made of local material) should have huge supplies of the stuff.

Threaten to join on the side of the Glorbulans. If they're willing to blockade a whole sector for one ship then they're too dangerous.

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>>48972122

We got Flash

>>48972420
Oh, are we going hard sci-fi? I'd thought the setting was space opera, where 'scientists' discover 'incredible new uses' for relatively common elements that makes them extremely valuable. Or something like that.

Inter the crew, hand over the ship.

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>>48971682
Tell the Zorblaxians that we will allow the Glorbulans to repair their ship, and that we will deliver them back to our borders. Colony drop the Zorblaxian's capitol if we even so much as sniff trouble coming their way.

Do. Not. Fuck. With. Earth.

>>48971682
Humanitarian reasoning would allow for safe haven for the crew, not for the ship. We are not in the business of servicing foreign warships. It is to be impounded until such time that it's proper owners can pay for its retrieval and tow it back to their own territory, assuming of course it is not dangerous to the local system. If it is at all dangerous to any human settlement or station, it's going into the fucking sun.

>>48971682
They're blockading an entire republic sector? Thats not just an act of war, thats a flat out declaration. Inform our allies, the Xandar and the Bongolians that we mobilize immediately. And somebody call First Grand Admiral Sir Duke Lawrence Augustine MacArthur Napoleon Ender McBadads Grizzlebeard and tell him to come out of retirement, we need him and his plucky band of officers.

>>48971785

Found the Zarldonian

Get the Earth Hegemony involved.

I mean, shit we are in bad terms with them, but we humans have tonatick togueter

>>48971682
We should call up our allies let them know we might be in trouble the Glorbulans and Zorblaxians have been threatening anyone that tries to get in the way of their war.
Someone needs to put their foot down and tell them to keep it between them.
As for the ship, Its a military vessel that entered our space without permission we can impound it until such time that we an negotiate with the Glorbulan.

Make the crew refugees and blow the ship up. The Zorblaxians don't know they've been rused of course.

is there a name for these kinds of threads?

>>48976496
"off topic"

>>48971682
The Zorblaxians just lost a major engagement to the Glorbulans.

They are over-reaching in this critical time. Let them know that a continued blockade will force the Republic's hand into siding with the Glorbulans.

If they don't relent, then declare for the Glorbulans and liberate the sector.

>>48978244
I can respect your boldness but were trying to keep out of this war and this isn't the first time Glorbulans have violated our territorial sovereignty.

>>48978359
None of their violations have been as dire as this unwarranted Zorblaxian blockade. What kind of Galaxy are we living in where a neutral power can be attacked for providing relatively minor humanitarian support for a single critically damaged ship?

Not one I would wish to live in.

>>48978463
But is getting into war with them to stop a blockade truly worth it?

>>48972579
That still doesn't make deuterium rare.

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>>48978521
Listen! Spineless worms like you is the reason the Glorbulans think they can blockade us and get away with it in the first place! We never should have taken the ship in in the first place, but now that it is, the consequences are our responsibility. Someone get me the Earth Hegemony and the Xandar on the lines ASAP, we need to call in every favour we can. And give the Glorbulan embassador, the ultimatum to cease this act of hostilities within 48 Earth hours or face an allied war effort against his bellicose empire.

>>48978521
If they can blockade us at a whim with no response, we may as well be a Zorblaxian vassal.

>>48978626
It's the Zorblaxians, Senator, not the Glorbulans, who are threatening blockade. Do try to keep your stellarography up to day.

>>48971682
I believe we should go for a more nuanced approach. Now as we all know during the 2050's scientists were able to create a nanobot bomb that would consume every bit of material in a select area defined by a complexly networked AI. However, this type of weapon was abandoned during 2101 because in space it becomes a tad more difficult to control. That said, I believe we now have the technology to covertly utilize this technology to quite literally deteriorate the blockade. It will like be difficult for them to determine the cause of their hull breach and drive failures until they get into their own territories, by which time the nanobot should of self-destructed from being too far from the AI.

>>48978690
Er, that's what I said! We must issue an ultimatum to the Zorblaxian embassy post-haste!

>>48978626
>[TRANSMISSION INTERUPTED]
Were already aware of the situation The hegemony doesn't abandoned its people if can.
We can get a small support fleet there in an hour to make them think twice about any preemptive attacks.
Give us another eight and the nearest SECCOM can get you some real firepower.

>>48978739
Senator has your republic made a decision?

>>48979458
Hold position outside the blockade for now, its still the saber rattling stage at this point. With a unified show of human force, we may get them to back down.

That being said, at tbe girst sign of hostilities, open up on them and our fleet will do the same from our side adjacent you, meet ya in the middle.

>>48980738
Just remember the Hegemony Navy needs another 6 hours to get a decent sized battle fleet to the edge of republic space.

((I got to go if this threads still here ill be back in a few hours))

We at the mercantile guild find this blockade outrageous. Tell the Zorblaxian ambassador that we will cut our ties with their empire if they continue. And if they refuse to listen, then our own retinue of troops and fleets will support the forces of the Human republic

Load up some of our best operatives, send them into Zorblaxian territory and tell them they have ten minutes to stand down. When they respond "we can't feasibly react in ten minu-" we shoot their leaders in broad daylight.

Their war is over a petty dispute, anyway. Their saber-rattling antics is something no stellar empire should have to deal with, and we plan to keep it that way.

I can make a few calls, if running our troops through the blockade is out of the question. There's a list of mercs a mile long to call on.

>>48982141
>>48982141
Don't be silly, even if I disagree what the Zorblaxians are doing at the moment, I strongly oppose the assassination of their leaders, several who I spent some time and money in convincing to let me open up trade within their empire.

>>48982226
Would you risk the overall economy of the sector for small-term gains? Deals can be made elsewhere in a single lifetime, but a tanked economy will stay tanked for several generations.

We can find a suitable part of the totem pole to make a statement with, if it's so important that we keep these treaties. Start adding crippling penalties for severing your agreements.

>>48971682
>blockading an entire sector for one ship

sounds like overkill something must be going down. if they have enough ships to blockade off an entire sector, they must have enough ships to fight a war on two fronts. this reeks of Zorblaxian military expansionism, similar to what happened when they annexed the Caldoria directorate. this is casus beli to start a defensive campaign should they decide to press for the Glorbulan ship

>>48982276
That's true, I can always look for new business opportunities for the guild elsewhere. Is the Urgox enclave still at war with the Tretts? I seem to have a surplus in battle automatons that I could sell

>>48972579
deuterium is found in water so unless you live on a desert world...

Space Bump

Gentlemen I can patch you through to the highest ranking officer back at high command if you want to speak with him.

>>48978604
>>48982418
They're clearly talking about dueterium-X, the key component in the construction and maintenance of the wave-flux drive which is essential to all interstellar travel.

Attention Human Republic this is the supreme commander at the head of Sector fleet Omega strike. Brought the big guns incase either of these guys think they about getting outa line.

Can we turn this into a setting? Or make a map of the galaxy and all the factions so far?

>>48984179
It sort of highlights how easy it is to make the bare bones of a setting. Have a scenario, make up some silly names, and just see where things go from there. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't, but if you're willing to not take yourself too seriously, it's fun. This ought to be a new type of thread. Not Mage's Guild, but a close cousin. Someone comes up with a random event in a random universe and people adopt characters that have a stake in it.

>>48984179
these threads have been done before from what I've seen its pretty laid back and flexible space opera RP where we throw ideas are and just have some fun

>>48971682
Harboring enemy combatants and allowing them to repair and resupply at our stations is definitely not a neutral thing to do.

These Zorblaxians seem like overreacting assholes, but it's their war, not ours. Unless we have a valid reason to side with the Glorbulans, I don't think it's reasonable to lend them any direct aid. And if we do choose to aid them, it shouldn't come as a suprise that the Zorblaxians are treating us as their enemies.

I'd say we either tell the Glorbulans to get out and fight their own wars, or accept the Glorbulans as refugees while handing their ship and weapons over to the Zorblaxians. In fact, allow the Glorbulans to choose between those options themselves.

>>48978718
You're INSANE! I won't let you gloss over exactly why this technology was abandoned. I'm sure everybody here remembers the tragedy at Numia. The nanobots grew faster than anticipated, breaching the containment field that had been set up for the field test. Several civilian ships were deconstructed before we were able to regain control over the situation, and even then, the only thing we could do was block off the system until the swarm starved itself. And now you want to do it again, less than a hyperklik from a populated planet? There's no need to take such reckless measures, when all we need to do to make this go away is give up a ship that had no business being there in the first place.

>>48984355
I must agree with Mr.Bolt here plus that tech was actually sanctioned and placed in one of our high security vaults you wont get it out without clearance from the president myself and several other high ranking members of the government.

Hello humans, our ambassador informed me of the situation while I am here visiting your republic on holiday. The Zorblaxians had done the same thing to the Crustacean Leauge in a similar situation during their war with the keltians.

Do not back down, this blockade navy is but a "paper tiger" as your people call it. If you let them coerce you, it will give them justification to set you as the next target for their aggression.

If need be I am more then happy to aid you with the Leauge's fleets. You are too valuable a trading partner, and stability for this region of space to end up a Zorblaxian vassal.

>[RECEIVING TRANSMISSION]
>...
>...
>...
>RHCOM ANNOUNCEMENT
>By order of Republic High Command in accordance with article 36 of Defense Act we announce state of Alert Mobilization.
>All A class reserve personnel is required to report for duty at their designated posts, in all of Republic Territory, within 48 standard hours.
>All A and B class reserve personnel is required to report for duty at their designated posts, in blockaded sector AN-74, within 48 standard hours.
>...
>...
>...
>[END OF TRANSMISSION]

>>48984543
This is the Supreme Commander whos in charge at Republic high command?

>>48971682
Shouldn't those grassy habitats near the center of the ring be inverted?

>>48984574
Damn it Robert! We are on the brink of interstellar war! Do you not understand the gravity of the situation?

>>48971682
How are the garden thing ate laid-off just pissed me off, you would have negative gravity there holy shit.

>>48984574
>>48984744
gentlemen an entire sector of human space is being blockaded and under threat of war this is not the time to be discussing the design of an old colonization wave station.

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>>48984572
It's obvious that this blockade cannot be allowed to stand, and that to allow it to do so would be not only be allowing a grave insult to our race to go unchallenged, but would also hurt us economically for decades to come. I will personally ensure that if it comes to it my voice is heard on the senate floor urging us to defend our honor and territorial integrity.

That being said we have no business supporting the Glorbulans in a war we stand to gain nothing from. We should open a diplomatic line to the Zorblaxians and Glorbulans immediately, to negotiate the terms of our neutrality between them pending the cessation of this blockade.

>>48984282
>>48985001

Many of you think this is not our war, but allow me to voice my objections. For a decade now the primary ideological axis of Zorblaxian Confederacy was the concept of their being chosen to "save the galaxy" from an unspecified fate and their divine mandate as the only righful galactic superpower. Any action by the Confederacy to this end is considered justified.

(I know this may sound alarmist, but you just read what they completely seriously discuss on the StarNet. Really, read it.)

Regardless of the pretext for the war with the Glorbulans, its true goal is removing a military rival while gaining resources and manpower for further expansion. Our Republic kept its neutrality while Zorblaxians invaded Caldoria, then when they attacked keltians, in the name of "avoiding the escalation of the conflicts", but I think by this moment anyone can see that the conflicts don't stop escalating, and they won't stop in the future. I said it then and I'm saying it now: we, the galactical cpommunity, need to jointly curtail Zorblaxian expansion before we end up defeated in detail.

>>48984572
Republic High Command is a collegiate organ consisting of high ranked leaders from different branches of military.
During peacetime office of Commander in Chief is vacant.
Administrative duties and de facto leadership lies in chief of staff.

>>48985001
Mr. Senator.
RHCOM advises issuing ultimatum towards Zorblaxian Confederacy and preemptive strike against non allied military crafts within Republic space if they decide to continue the blockade.
Military believes that if we do not respond with force we will appear weak and it will lead to further transgressions of Republic Space.
We are ready and await senate sanction to act.

On behalf of RHCOM
col. Corazon Santiago, communication specialist RHCOM

Is there a GM here, pushing this forward or are we all just squawking at a situation that won't move?

>>48985132
RHCOM before you decide to issue the preemptive strike I can put in an order to mobilize several other fleets from the core and central colonies.
>>48985210
not sure

>>48985132
>>48985218

I feel I must remind you that the Republic's military is not authorized to engage in offensive action against a neutral entity without the authority of the Senate. Should they fire first of course, I wish you the best turning their fleet to radioactive dust.

In the mean time there is still time for diplomacy, if the Klauen-Korbat Konfederation and the Blackulans could find a diplomatic solution, so can we.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, we at the Mercentile guild might have a solution; as you all know the Mercentile guild is not a part of the Human Republic since we control a few starts ourself, but we have managed to secure free passage and trade permits for over 200 years. This has made us very, very powerfull. You can see in our "motivational" propaganda holo vid our large standing force, and even the newly build exterminator class battleship.
So, with our forces we can brake through the blockade without putting the human republic in danger, and we have the means of defending our own holding for quite some time. All we ask is that you lower the taxes placed on our trading and shipping deals in the republic.

>>48985210
I don't think so.
>>48985287
Senator we assure you that military will never do anything without legal sanction fo the Senate.

>>48985725
The Guild is free to conduct trade within Republic as it likes, however due to our current problems we can not guarantee safety for Guild's ships.

If the Zorblaxian problem would solve itself, both of the Navy and Army will definitely "not" take it into consideration when choosing new supplier of military goods.

>>48985218
In event of unthinkable we may require assistance for Task Force Mahatma, form Claox System on vector 3,-6,3, Sol as frame of reference.
Estimated enemy strength will be sent via secure transmission.

On behalf of RHCOM
col. Corazon Santiago, communication specialist RHCOM

>>48985725
What your proposing could very well bring The Zorblaxians wrath down on your guilds I wont stop you but will I warn you this has a chance to backfire horribly.
>>48985879
Task force mahatma will take twelve hours to get here if you want its assistance I can also get the Sargaethian system raiders, Jerhico reach carrier group, and a half a dozen docked patrol fleets. to amass all these assets would take about sixteen hours.

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I bring news from my contacts on the other side of the Zorblaxian empire, it seems they have increased the production and output in their mines, forges and shipyards by 60%, something big is happening gentlemen...

>>48986423
The orders been given and I've got an assault force on the way as well rounding up spare assets from over a dozen systems while smaller fleet elements make their way to republic space on their own, they'll arrive at Republic HQ.

>>48986461
I've just heard in from the Sol shipyards and the President, the words been given to deploy four dreadnoughts to Republic space.

Excuse me sir, about the habitat repositioning proposal I submitted three months ago? Have you had a chance to read through it yet? Oh... this is a bad time...

>>48986938
Turn the farms upside down and you're good.

>>48986734
If needed, you have the Crustacean League's navy as well. I do believe we are going to witness one of the greatest wars of our age.

>>48986734
Does the Human Republic require the aid of the Guild if needed?

>>48987188
If you could have your fleets ready to assist in a show of support it would help
>>48987428
Keep in touch with your contacts

>>48987428
We still hope for peaceful solution.
But should it become unavailable we predict we will be able to fight without Guild's military assistance.

We would be grateful if, in event of conflict, Guild could make use of it's merchant marine help us with logistics and troop transport.
For fair price of course.

On behalf of RHCOM
gen. Govert van Reimerink, logistics department.

>>48988215
I think we can work something out if the situation demands it.

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I've got new intel from my contacts withing the Zorblaxian Empire, it seems like they have begun to almost rip apart an ice moon of it's ice. Reasons for this it still unknown, but they might use it as coolant from something...I'll have my people look further into it.

>>48988516
That much coolant could only be for a massive weapon or a lot of smaller ones.

>>48988563
Unless they have constructed some terror weapon, it is probably for the newer point defense lasers, or to cool their mass drivers for continuous fire.

The blockade fleet won't be the danger, but if they bring over a real military fleet, we will be hard pressed to shoot down all those ships.

In a spot of good news, the 3rd fleet is right outside republic space with a gate ship in tow.

>>48988772
I brought in a lot of extra fire power the dreadnoughts and carriers will be especially useful.

>>48988516
>>48988563
Republic's military have it's hands tied. Without order from Senate we can't do anything about this potential threat.
But if something bad would by accident happen to one of our allies while inside our space, we would be forced to react immediately, without need for political approval.

<This transmission lack official signature>

>>48984646
Now it's a good one. I should not have been swearing there >>48984744 too.

>>48988803
>[OPENING SECURE CHANNEL]
>[ENCRPYTING.................]
>ENCRYPTION SUCCESSFUL]
Ive created this secure channel for us to discuss this away from the Zorblaxians prying.

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So, me and the other higher ups in the guild has been planning on outsourcing our soldiers in favour of battle automatons, but we thought that it was best to check with the members of the Human Republic so there isn't any law or anything alike that forbids the use of robots as an armed force. The reason for this is simple, there is too much upkeep on living soldiers.

>>48988966
Ive found they aren't very reliable as a main force

*snaps pincers slowly before speaking*

According to sources I have, it seems the Zorblaxians have started to push on the Glorbulan home system.

If the glorbulans cannot repel them. Then that ship you humans saved could very well be the last of their navy.

>>48989007
Well, our prototypes are still in development. But they will be ready for fieldtesting in 4 to 6 months.

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Cheers luv, the Calvary's here!

>>48989163
Zorblaxians, pushing on the home system? What in the Ancestors are they thinking? They can't hope to hold that much territory, they've got three habitable worlds and four Habitation Stations.

The Caldigax lend their aid to the Humans if the Pinnacle Zorblax won't listen to reason. It shakes my tendrils to imagine if the Zorblaxians are setting out on the unspeakable... I beg the gathered Humans, if this turns into campaign of extermination, it will require more than your stern disapproval.

>>48988563
They're gathering water for their fusion reactors. They're mobilizing, that's the only explination. The Caldigar ask the assembled representitives to accept our humble pledge to assist them should they escallate this further.

The Zorblaxians have been on a warpath pretty much ever since we first encountered them. When we first met, they were at war with the Xallians, they were conquered. 5 years later, it was the Blaltars, they were absorbed in to the confederacy 2 years after a horribly one sided peace treaty. The Axriai were wiped off the face of the galaxy just 6 months ago. Now are battering the Glorbulans, and have possibly wiped out practically all Glorbulan Millitary ships on this side of the Graneth Gulf. After them, It could be us, it Probably will be us. We should strike now rather than wait for them to roll over us like those before

>>48992277
Admiral what are the current force of seventh fleet that are available for action within 24 hours.

>>48992277
Before you even you humans encountered them, they had destroyed the Chidori, Driven the Parthiax out, and forced the Keltians to join the League when we drove them off our borders.

If all of us should strike, i agree with the human admiral, we strike now and do not relent.

The drums of war are again silencing scientific discovery, an Earth Republic-Xothanxac combined archaelogical expedition has just uncovered artifacts that could prove that certain tiny ice moon is the place in the universe where life first started.

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> # ____________

The Zorblaxians are jamming our communications! Their intent has become hostile! Send out shuttles to our fellow captains, we go weapons free in 2standard terran hours!

For the glory of the republic!

>>48976496
Shitposting.

>>48971682
We have to give an ultimatum to the the Zorbs- either stand down and return to the previous state of non-aggression, or we have to assume the Zorbs are a state of aggression. We were a) acting humanly. b) preventing a warp "rip a hole in human territory" core breech.
Just because we're neutral doesn't mean we're in a non-contact state. If the Zorbs and Gorbs are going to be fighting on our border, then stuff's going to happen to them.

BEWARE THE ALIEN, THE MUTANT, THE HERETIC.

THIS IS WHAT WE GET FOR TRUSTING XENOS SCUM. OUR GENEROSITY IS ALWAYS REWARDED WITH DISASTER AND THE FAKE POSTURING OF ALIEN SCUM.

LET US SHOW THEM THAT MANKIND FEARS NOTHING. LET US SHOW THEM THAT IT IS WE WHO WILL INHERIT THE STARS AND SOW THE FIELDS OF THE GALAXY WITH THE DUST OF THEIR CORPSES.

FORWARD BROTHERS, FOR MOTHER EARTH, FOR HUMANITY, FOR THE REPUBLIC!

>>48982380
It took me some digging... But yes.

They are, quite actively. In fact, there are a few "incidents" waiting to happen to renew their interest in sustaining such a conflict.

>>48971682
Call space UN and tell them that the Confederacy is ignoring international space law again.

>>48992358
The strength of the seventh fleet at present is 3 admitably dated Dreadnoughts, 10 smaller battleships, 11 of those new model battlecruisers that I am not so sure about, 25 heavy cruisers, 46 light cruisers, and 53 destroyers. All ships are at full combat ability and I will be in system within the next 7-8 hours.

>>49001904
Good bring them to Republic space they should help reinforce other systems in the sector that border zorblaxian space.

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We at the mercantile guild will devote some of our cargo ships to transport everything from soldiers to supplies, for a fair price of course

>>48971785
Fuck you, that's some Rick and Morty "Fuck it, I'm drunk" names

>>48971682
It has always been the policy of the Republic to minimize the loss of life in cases where we remain neutral. Normally we would rightfully turn over the prisoners to the Zorblaxians, in accordance with interstellar accords on prisoners of war.

Unfortunately, however, our intelligence has demonstrated no presence of any formal prison camp on any Zoroblaxian-controlled territory or planet. In fact, we have found no infrastructure for prisoners of any kind. Due to this and other intelligence reports, it is our current belief that the Zoroblaxian's policy on POWs is to shoot them out of an airlock, which violates several different clauses of the Interstellar Declaration on War. This is disturbing, even considering how the Zoroblaxians have acted in the past. Conflicts of this nature do tend to bring out the worst in people, but the fact that they have stooped so low is surprising.

The Planetary Alliance has, thus far, remained silent on these affairs. This is frustratingly typical of the council, but it is their decision to make, and we don't want the interstellar community to look down upon us.

So here is the core issue: it is the official policy of the republic to offer no sentient creature up to murderers or terrorists, but allowing the Glorbulans to repair their ships would be a direct act of war. Normally this would result in us forcing the Glorbulans to live as refugees among us.

Thankfully, we have another option in this particular case because the Zorblaxians have decided to respond to our non-aggression by performing an illegal blockade without even consulting with us first. So the obvious course of action is to respond to their act of war with extreme prejudice. I'm sure most local systems won't particularly care if we put them in their place anyway.

Shouldn't take long.

>>48971682
We stomp the shit out of the zorblaxians for their impudence. Then we stomp the shit out 9f the other ones for bringing us into their stupid war. We then make their leaders kiss. HFY bitches.

>>49005112
While I admire the enthusiasm the zorblaxians have been near constant state of war with many stellar nations they've encountered it's only recently their expansions has been halted.
To put it simply we can't just boot them out of the nearby systems multiple fleets and strategic assets had to be deployed and the support of several other stellar nations simply to deter them.

>>49005212
Speaking of funds, we at the mercantile guild are more then willing to let the Human Republic and it's other government installations to take out loans from us.

I get the feeling I could make a quest out of stuff like this

>>49006897
what's stopping you? I would be down for a quest like that.

>>49007068
Need more ideas and I'm on my phone now I'm thinking about making it a space opera Civ quest

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If these darn Zorblaxians ever set a foot on our red soil then they will taste my boot all the way from their rear end!

>>49007372
I doubt they'll make it that far but the fringe and outer colonies are defiantly under threat.

>>48993005
I wouldn't place too much note on that discovery since the Xothanxac tend to fake stuff from time to time.

Hmm...those little Pl;phakts..

It seems the Zoroblaxians have decided to press their luck and send a strike force into Crustacean League space.

If you humans are going to strike I'd do it now, they have foolishly spread themselves to thin.

Admiral Baxton I want you to take the seventh fleet to Custacian space an offer what assistance you can.
Viceroy are you there?

>>49006897
going back to this anyone have any ideas they'd like to give?

>>49011466
Not so much in the ways of ideas, but it seems you already have several major players or factions to choose from, not to mention a good opening to work out from.

Unless you wanna do some serious worldbuilding, the players of the quest should be able to help move things along once you give them a point to start from.

>>49011632
I'm thinking of starting it with the human nation players can be factions within it and the autonomous states that are within it and alien factions can join in based on what's been happening

>>49011682
Sounds like you already know what to do. Just cement those thoughts in place and go for it.

>>48997442
You are activate now
now you must choose destiny

>>49012008
alright heres some ideas ive got humanities stellar civilization is federation that has many areas with a great different in autonomy called the Earth hegemony.
its states that have quite a bit of autonmy have many different kidns of governments based on the types of societies that those people wanted to live in monarchies theocracies plutocracies republics democracies tribal councils clan based societies dictatorships stratocracies and such because trying to hold all those people under the same government might be too difficult and cause too many problems.
however said people can agree they don't want to warring amongst each other so they can live under the same banner so long as the central authority allows them their autonomy 64% of humanity lives under the direct rule of the hegemony government
The coaltion military is the armed forces of the human stellar nation maintained by the wealth of countless colonized worlds the diverse range of live styles allow many different types of technologies tactics and strategies to combat the myriad of threats from the void while the earth hegemony itself maintains a more standardize military force.
In terms of culture values and faith its all over the place

>>49010616
7th Fleet is close to Custacian Space. Sensor readings show that fighting have already begun, moving to engage. Will provide report upon combat end

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>>49005426
The Guild, how positively medieval, I'm a corporate representative of the Epsilon R&D, where our science is your future. Trying to defeat the Zorblaxions conventionally tends to be an economically drain, especially when the guild is involved. This is one of our current agents fielding the top of the line gear at the moment.