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Aura Hyperia was originally created from the merging of the regions Bloemfontein and A Second Try, and then arose from The United States of Europe. Its former residents have rebranded themselves as the Hyperion Order, and currently reside within New Hyperion.

Founded: 29th October 2014

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What is New Hyperion?
New Hyperion (NH) is a region of NationStates. It is an empire built on the principles of Hyperionism, our guiding philosophy.

Great! How do I sign up?
Hold on there, buddy, you haven't even registered yet! You'll have to scroll up (or just click here) and take care of that first.

After that, take a look at those four forums at the top of the list. The Low Orbit Welcome Wagon is where you can apply for Plebeianship and introduce yourself. You can undergo Patricianship if you're interested in leadership. For everything else, go to Imperial Service.

What if I'm a diplomat?
Go to the Immigration Desk instead, and we'll get you masked.

What's the government situation look like?
Our region has three main levels of command: the Imperial Council, the Inquisition, and the Hyperion Senate.

The Imperial Council (IC) consists of the Autarch, Chancellor, Lord Inquisitor, High Lords, and military command. It assembles when sensitive or secret decisions need to be made. Its members otherwise act separately as department heads and administrators.

The Inquisition is the law enforcement of the region. Inquisitors ensure that all members are complying with any requirements currently set in place, and, along with the Lord of Development, also controls admission into the Patrician caste. The Judiciary, our courts system, also exists as part of the Inquisition.

The Hyperion Senate consists of all our Patricians, and is the primary body of law and policy. The Senate operates somewhere between a democracy and a mob, and doesn't necessarily need hard votes to get things done. While the IC is technically superior to the Senate, it is more common for the Councillors to participate as Senators. As such, the Hyperion Senate tends to be the most important part of the entire government.

Is that it?
Of course not, that would be dry and boring. Granted, the Hyperion Senate is about as boring as a discussion on abortion, but you probably don't want to deal with its squabbles and silliness 24/7. That's why we have the Imperial Service and the military.

The Imperial Service consists of the various departments, such as Foreign Affairs and Recruitment. All departments are volunteer-only, though enlistment and training in the Hyperian Guard is highly recommended for all members. In general, however, you will be encouraged to join under-staffed departments.

Oh yeah, didn't your recruitment telegram mention an RP?
Why yes it did! While we allow other RPs, of course, our main RP is the one that sets the standard of our theme and culture. It's kind of complex and involved, but once you get the ball rolling it's about as smooth sailing as any other RP.

What if I need help?
Pop us a question. Our patience is legendary. ;) You may also check the Great Library of Trantor for answers to some of the more common questions.

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OOC Discussion: Penguins and Cookies
Topic Started: Nov 16 2014, 06:30 PM (10,152 Views)
Chancellor Laurentus
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Okay, so there's a new RP. My first question is... how the fuck does this actually work?
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Laurentus
Feb 12 2015, 02:04 AM
A laser field to prevent missiles would just as easily decimate any invading force. I was thinking of suggesting EMP fields, but then any invading force would have to use really outdated tech to even get into a country, such as rowboats, sailing boats etc.
If you want to make your lasers that overpowered, go right ahead. You're scientifically advanced enough.
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Chancellor Laurentus
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This is getting a bit out of hand. All of this can't be going on while people are still waiting to talk with Frostmark. This is pretty much forcing people not to give each other a chance to post IC. For instance, now I'm going to have to post again to prevent Colby's complete annihilation.
Edited by Laurentus, Feb 12 2015, 05:40 AM.
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Lord Inquisitor Colberius X
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I would appreciate if I could be the first one to respond to Miri's post. (Unless Frosty is ready to post.) I'll get a response up as soon as I can, but this could take awhile.
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Alexander
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Jesus Christ this is suddenly moving fast as fuck.

I'm going to post at some point today, made easier by the fact I won't be working for the remainder of the week. However, I feel like I might be forced to jump things ahead a bit, for example cutting to Sarilla's meeting with Falkenwalde instead of the events beforehand.

It also seems somewhat obvious that Miricano is ruled by a madman who can't exactly be trusted with any kind of alliance, I'm also fairly certain most people would have realised Colbentielle shooting down his missiles and then attempting to speak with him was a blessing in disguise. They were, for all intents and purposes, trying to stop him from doing something incredibly stupid.

With the world soon to see the kind of man he is, the time is ripe for Frostmark to humiliate Ramos and clean up the mess I would think.

Laurentus
Feb 12 2015, 02:04 AM
A laser field to prevent missiles would just as easily decimate any invading force. I was thinking of suggesting EMP fields, but then any invading force would have to use really outdated tech to even get into a country, such as rowboats, sailing boats etc.

Honestly this really depends how "realistically" we handle this. Lasers are relatively easy to defend against in terms of reflective armour, and consider the fact that some of us are advanced enough that personal energy shielding can be a thing.

For a laser to compensate for defenses against it and overcome mirroring/shielding it may need to be exceptionally huge and powerful to the point where it would be too cumbersome and dangerous to the host nation to just turn it to the ground and start firing at invading troops, or having no detailed knowledge of an invasion making it more difficult to aim them in time. Think of it like a massive array of anti-air guns, you couldn't just turn them to the ground and use them against an invading force, but it would however make it necessary to either sacrifice a huge portion of an aerial force or to find a way to shut them down beforehand.

This is why lasers in Frostmark (in terms of past RP) have traditionally been more of a ship-mounted thing, while nanotechnology-focussed small arms are the main "signature" of Markaic weaponry if you will.

Also in terms of EMPs, it's theoretically possible to defend against and it is a "thing" in sci-fi, and Frostmark's tech information was written with this in mind a long time ago. For example this is a passage concerning my war droids from my factbook:

The policy concerning droid stockpiling was originally implemented following an oversight in the original Automatische Soldat (AS-1) line, which suffered from significant electromagnetic pulse vulnerability and required a recall of all existing units. Robust electronics, EMP hardened shells, insulation and shielding have been present on all series since, and the production order remained active in perpetuity by imperial mandate.

That isn't to say it wouldn't work against nations with more dated technology, however.
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Miricano
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I really love playing the bad guy now. I mean, I never do that and I have to admit. This is quite fun. Much less boring that age old diplomacy and UN.
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Chancellor Laurentus
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Yeah, but the way the people respond to Ramos is a bit silly. I get that they could be shit-scared of defying him, but then you'd have to actually indicate this.

And to everything Frosty mentioned, well, the lasers I had in mind were ones that are made up of a ground-based system that aims these lasers into the air, thus shooting these lasers into space, or really high into the air at least. Which when I think of it is probably a piss-poor idea considering I could be destroying the atmosphere, I think. This is if I construct a field all around the Laurentian empire.
Edited by Laurentus, Feb 12 2015, 10:24 AM.
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Miricano
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This is, if you ever get back to Laurentus States and quell the rebellion.

And the silliness is part of the gimmick. Again, this originally was suppose to be light-hearted. Then someone took someone else's son.
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Chancellor Laurentus
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The content was supposed to be silly, not the people's reactions.
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Alexander
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Laurentus
Feb 12 2015, 10:23 AM
And to everything Frosty mentioned, well, the lasers I had in mind were ones that are made up of a ground-based system that aims these lasers into the air, thus shooting these lasers into space, or really high into the air at least. Which when I think of it is probably a piss-poor idea considering I could be destroying the atmosphere, I think. This is if I construct a field all around the Laurentian empire.
That's what I was thinking with the anti-air array example.

I've looked into it and there (...surprise surprise...) doesn't seem to be much data available in terms of how massive laser beams would affect the atmosphere. The most I can find is that it would fuck clouds up. It might be interesting if a consequence of using them in-atmosphere over your country led to spontaneous shifts in weather patterns.

Also, as a slight shift in topic concerning what I'm going to post, what does Sarilla actually look like?
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Miricano
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Lol. Larentus. Tell that to my first post.
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