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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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| Alexander | Feb 14 2015, 01:49 PM Post #1 |
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![]() Building buildings here Really, something like this should have been made a while ago as the concept was discussed, but it's better late than never. There seems to be an impression at the moment that new tech being developed by your nation for the RP can be kept secret for sudden deployment in a kind of surprise to fellow players, but this isn't how RP works. Why can't I keep my advances secret? Long story short, you could invent something that completely runs contrary to your actual tech level, or something that just isn't actually possible at all. Yes this is technically FT and you can use your imagination but you can't "discover" a method to use rocks and gravel as fuel and power some kind of rock and gravel super laser for example. People must realise the disconnect between OOC and IC. In the same way that knowledge does not flow between them, you can't just spontaneously invent things in-character without expecting someone to call bullshit on the fact that it came out of nowhere and has no proof that it was fair, possible, or actually in development. So now, how will this work? If you want to introduce new tech (e.g. weaponry), you must present your idea here before development actually begins within the RP. The idea should be explained as fully as possible. To keep this fair, the other players will come to a consensus of whether they feel like this research is actually possible both physically and for the nation in question, and how long it will take from beginning to end in real life time (e.g. you cannot announce development of tech and then introduce it to the RP an hour later). What must also be decided are the effects of the tech in some roughly quantifiable way so there is no spontaneous "I shoot my super laser gun over the sea and it hits your country and everyone dies I win hahahahahahaha" moment. When the players have reached a consensus, the player attempting to create the tech must make a post in the RP indicating that development has actually begun. ![]() |
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| Chancellor Laurentus | Feb 17 2015, 12:45 AM Post #21 |
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When I say "a forcefield of lasers around the entire empire" I mean that is is installed around the entire empire, but not activated everywhere at once. I wouldn't be able to generate enough energy to do that, so say that, for instance, I'm expecting a missile strike from Aragonn, I would activate a few kilometers-long stretches, or even make them auto-activate when a missile launches, so as to be more precise and efficient In other words, if I'm bombarded from all sides, I still wouldn't be able to do much with this, even though it would be installed around the entire continent. As far as I can tell, such a system is unprecedented with the Imperium, but the idea seems workable. |
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| Lord taulover | Feb 17 2015, 02:41 AM Post #22 |
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Ah. I find it hard to believe that an IoM level society would be still on only one planet, and Warhammer 40k's use of technology doesn't seem to apply very well to this RP. For example, I couldn't find an example of EMP hardening on the Lexicanum. |
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| Alexander | Feb 17 2015, 11:25 AM Post #23 |
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That's kind of the point, the RP is meant to be bizarre, particularly the idea of ridiculously highly advanced nations somehow coexisting on a planet. And you're confusing two aspects here. We already know EMP hardening exists with modern technology. If something is feasible (even theoretically) at the current tech level then it's allowed in the RP, especially since the nations span tech levels that are barely MT to PMT all the way up to FT. I believe we agreed not to stick with Mara's purism of "this tech is theoretically possible at the current level but you can't have it because it isn't actually present in WH40K". As far as tech development goes this presents a clear problem in the sense that we could only ever just upgrade or combine existing technology to make something else even when the absence of certain tech made no sense. This is obviously different to the concept of a giant forcefield around an entire continent, which would need either conceptual proof from real life that it's possible, or evidence from the Imperium of Man that it can happen with their tech. |
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| Lord taulover | Feb 17 2015, 01:01 PM Post #24 |
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Ah. I appear to have misunderstood what you meant by "Imperium of Man level tech." So it is a combination of real-world and IoM, along with penguins and whatnot, right? |
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| Lord Aragonn | Feb 17 2015, 01:37 PM Post #25 |
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Correct. |
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| Lord Aragonn | Feb 17 2015, 09:27 PM Post #26 |
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I changed my last post a tad. When the Miricanian engineers were describing the power armor they drew up, I changed the "alloy" to adamantium, the metal used in WH40K power armor. And I still would like to discuss further Miricano's infrasonic weaponry as well as my titan. Edited by Aragonn, Feb 17 2015, 09:28 PM.
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| Chancellor Laurentus | Feb 19 2015, 10:08 AM Post #27 |
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People around here give Colby far too little credit when it comes to good quality RP posts. The style is always as clean and coherent as possible.
Edited by Laurentus, Feb 19 2015, 10:12 AM.
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| Alexander | Feb 19 2015, 01:56 PM Post #28 |
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Wrong thread?
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| Chancellor Laurentus | Feb 19 2015, 02:12 PM Post #29 |
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Er. Yes. Yes it was. |
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| Lord Aragonn | Feb 20 2015, 03:03 PM Post #30 |
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Miri and I developed an idea for a missile defense network involving satellites and infrared lasers. Any objections to the use of this in the RP? |
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