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Guide the burgeoning Conglomerate, a profit-driven, vile megacorp organization that is slowly infesting the earth to further increase margins!
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    Civilization is a curious beast. Developed from creatures realizing the futility of individual effort in the face of regional, continental and eventually, global enormity cooperating by agreement, familial relation, violence and ever more complex ideals, twisting individuals together in unity, whether cohesive or not.

    Technology developed, bringing the world closer with the wheel, the draft animal, the oar and sail. All these bound existence as far as it was understood into contact and conflict. Further worsened as steam, gasoline and eventually, the atom bound everything in a web of power.

    But there are many ways the world can develop past this mark, too many to count or comprehend, however, this time it was a little more predictable.

    [X] At Eleven-Twenty-Three AM Pacific Standard Time, ICBM's breached the North American defence grid at multiple locations, it's unknown whose exactly they were. It took six hours after that for the world to mobilize, a few days later and militaries were exchanging fire across the globe. Chains of command shattered as nowhere was safe. It took years for a government to form from demoralized remnants of military forces on the shattered hulk of a formerly civilized world. Now, a coalition government of generals, officers and other remaining ranking leaders decide the course of the world, with nothing to restrain them.
    Traits-
    Service By Requirement: The state demands service and the citizen provides. The society is organized in a totalitarian model, individual freedoms are near-nonexistent where they interfere with efficient use of resources.

    Total Mobilisation: The industry of this society is entirely controlled by the state, currency isn't. Mechanically this means that you have a certain amount of "Basic resources", "Rare Resources" and "Manpower" each year.

    The Dream of Liberty: Most of your citizens remember a significantly more democratic time, and a fair few of them want a return to it, due to current conditions and surveillance they are unable to do anything, but the dream is alive.


    [X] No one could tell you exactly how it went, some think a conglomerate formed from a single night of secret bargains, others will tell you a single assassin did one last job and brought together the largest corporations, further still you will get stories of a slow, inevitable joining based off economic factors alone. The truth of the matter is that somehow, someway, private interests outcompeted nation-states and became tremendously powerful. Now a board of directors has sway over the majority of wealth, and via that wealth, control everything.

    Traits-
    The Gears of Industry: The power of a fully profit facing economy cannot be underestimated, products are pushed out at a breakneck pace and things are the next best thing to free, dirt cheap and easily accessible in every major retail establishment! This keeps the citizenry in line with the promise of a better future with work, just out of reach.

    Capitalism Ascendant: Government-controlled industry isn't, everyone needs to be paid handsomely for anything. Mechanically this means that you have a single resource. Profit Factor, and every time you attempt to have something funded, roll against its value, roll lower or equal and the money to succeed is found, roll higher and the money just never appears.

    Competition: The world is a product born of thousands of different interests, all intertwining into a functional system, but those different interests can sometimes mean that things happen unintentionally. Corporate scandals and embezzling are the most minor of these events.

    [X] The advent of globalisation was a paradigm shift unlike any other in human history, ideas of unification thought ridiculous by previous generations were becoming hopeful ideals in the minds of the young. Though growing pains were present and unification is a very strong word for the federal union that currently exists. The EASE, Earth Agency for Solar Exploitation, is the newest project from the world, an agency for extra-terrestrial exploration and utilization as a response to Earth resources beginning to fade, a civilian agency at heart, its led by a director, a position with a ten-year term, and does not decide global policy.
    Traits-
    Liberal Foundations: The world came together because of globalisation and the exchange of information, the EASE is cut from the same cloth. Your methods are light, authoritarianism may still live in some parts of the world, but you are a civilian government with a military arm, not the other way around.

    Traditional Economy: The economy is a free-market capitalist scheme, thus meaning money is king. Mechanically this means you pay in currency. You have a certain amount of it every turn and must decide where it goes.

    Free Will: Everything is based on elected officials and campaign promises, funding varies wildly from election season to election season and even your personnel will move on to greener pastures if it seems like things are going downhill.
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    Welcome to a new game! This one is set in an entirely original science fiction setting, so get ready to     explore everything with fresh eyes!

    The various options are indeed various playstyles, The first affords you complete control of the entire civilization that is popular on forum games, every aspect of it carefully directed. Different projects benefit from differing amounts of resources, how much exactly varies and is usually hard to predict.

    The second is something a little bit more hands-off, you don't directly control things, but rather incentivize and fund endeavours that increase profit factor, which gives you more points to assign to various projects. How it works is that the amount of "profit factor" you sink into an endeavour is the roll on a d100 die you need to get equal to or under to succeed.

    The third is a little more familiar, your purpose is very direct and won't involve you all having an influence on the world around you directly, but rather are influenced by management, election results and funding shifts. Mechanically, it functions similarly to the first system, but with only one resource to keep in mind and a clear goal.

    This will be cover ground fairly quickly, turns take place over five-year increments to maintain the pace of progress, slowing down with specific instances that may come up.

    Voting is immediately open, go right ahead!
     
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    • Total Profit Factor Extracted-1230/turn
    Economic Sector One-Sol
    Sol Industry-670/turn

    Earth-
    Total Profit Factor Extracted- 915/turn
    Sources
    Consumer Product Sale-625/turn
    Military Product Sale-140/turn
    Orbital Industry-150/turn

    Luna-
    Total Profit Factor Extracted-185PF
    Sources
    Consumer Product Sale-85PF
    Military Product Sale-40PF
    Orbital Industry-60PF

    Venus
    Total Profit Factor Extracted-90PF
    Sources
    Orbital Industry-90PF

    Mars
    Total Profit Factor Extracted-50PF
    Sources
    Orbital Industry-50PF
     
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    • With the PMC overhaul, things have become somewhat more complex than simple contingents. Now, with new organizational methods, they are categorised into Armies, representing an exceptionally large number of combatants, enough to matter in say, a continental scale conflict each. Each Army is specialized in a unit variety as listed below.

    Infantry Armies-The bread and butter, the anvil to any hammer and those who hold ground. They are supported by light armoured vehicles and the occasional main battle tank, with artillery in acceptable quantities and air elements to allow the foot mobile infantry to push forward and hold ground.

    Armoured Armies-Something much more aggressive, primarily focused on decisive strikes with their heavy armour supported with mobile infantry and other lighter vehicles to crush opponents in a rigorous, mobile advance, they have minimal artillery and air elements with most of their maintenance capacity focused on their steel beasts.

    Air Armies-A more modern advancement, this army is entirely built around supporting and allowing large amounts of aircraft to deploy and cover advances as well as deploy pinpoint force with air-mobile infantry and vehicles. It is fantastic in a supporting role, but it cannot hold ground.

    Naval Fleet-This is what is referred to as a Carrier task group. It has well over four-dozen ships in it, all surrounding two super-carriers in the centre of the formation, capable of deploying unholy amounts of firepower on any target it can find, it is, however, water-bound.

    If you add the Drone tag to an army, it is now a unit entirely controlled from a distance, constructed and paid for entirely by the Conglomerate or a corporation directly under you. It is operated by cheap wage-slaves that do not need much pay, rendering them significantly cheaper than PMC's, if far less skilled.

    Drones can be purchased directly as Armies rather than purchased in PMC's, representing your direct control over them, though most PMC's contain Drone Contingents.

    Optionally, for an additional 10 PF per Army, they can entirely be AI-driven. This means they have no possible information leaks, but also don't have a fully sapient mind behind their actions, perhaps a benefit?

    Cost
    Drone Infantry-15PF an Army.
    Drone Armour-20 PF an Army.
    Drone Air-20PF an Army.
    Drone Naval-35PF an Army.

    Current Available Military Forces

    Avalon Private Security Force-65 Profit Factor/turn
    8 Infantry Armies
    3 Armour Armies
    2 Air Armies
    3 Drone Armour Armies
    The best in location defence, with over five hundred operations and not one failure on record, Avalon has been at the peak of protection services for its entire lifetime! Avalon, because life's complicated enough.

    Outback Security Conglomerate-55 Profit Factor/turn
    4 Air Armies
    6 Drone Infantry Armies
    Oy, if you are lookin' for the finest in the business, then get us! An esky full of coldies and good pay is all we need to get the job done, and only a drongo would let someone else hire us!

    Coalition de la Légion Etrangère -70 Profit Factor/turn
    6 Infantry Armies
    10 Armoured Armies
    4 Air Armies
    6 Drone Infantry Armies
    Throughout all time, there has been a legion, always the best fighting force in all of existence, its history stretches millennia of perfection in war. Would you want that against you?

    "SeaBarons" Private Naval Co-operative-45 Profit Factor/turn
    4 Naval Armies
    3 Drone Naval Armies
    2 Air Armies
    Millions of tonnes, hundreds of guns and thousands of brave souls form the heart of our company. Community-focused and with a grassroots founding, we know what it's like to have to give it your every last drop of effort. If you are looking for loyalty, accountability and effectiveness, come on down and let us give us a-talkin' to someone!


    Small Drone Force on Mars
     
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    Current Technology and Special Features

    SpaceOrbital Ring Mid-Construction, many shipyards made within it.DEUS-Sourced Naval AcademyDEVELOPED TECHNOLOGIESMan-Portable filtration systems.Effective aquaponics and hydroponics.Thorium Reactor designs. Nuclear Thermal Propulsion. Orion Drive Nuclear Pulse Propulsion developed. ...
    docs.google.com docs.google.com
     
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    Prometheus Armoured Cruiser
    A two hundred and fifty-metre craft, it sits at cool ten-thousand tonnes, most of the weight being the ultra-dense pusher plates. Organized in a fairly "alien' setup, it is built around the All-or-Nothing scheme of armour, the engines serving as the plating. Its armament is primarily missiles with Casaba Howitzer technology, more or less manoeuvrable atomic particle spears that can penetrate deeply into an opponent. Its interior is filled with Gee-reduction fluid, allowing massively superior acceleration to a ship without such an enhancement.
    Armour-All-or-Nothing Pusher-Plate Alloy. "May need a better name soon"
    Weaponry-Missile Silos/Direct Fire Casaba Howitzers
    Manoeuvring-Nuclear Pulse Thrusters-Manoeuvre configuration.
    Special Traits: Agile
    Cost: 45 PF a ship
    Maintenance: 10PF/turn


    Standing Navy

    6 Prometheus Armoured Cruisers with Casaba Missiles.


    60PF/Turn Maintenance
     
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    • Alright, go ahead with the posting! Voting will be open for at least 24 hours, probably far longer.
     
    [X] No one could tell you exactly how it went, some think a conglomerate formed from a single night of secret bargains, others will tell you a single assassin did one last job and brought together the largest corporations, further still you will get stories of a slow, inevitable joining based off economic factors alone. The truth of the matter is that somehow, someway, private interests outcompeted nation-states and became tremendously powerful. Now a board of directors has sway over the majority of wealth, and via that wealth, control everything.

    I wanna be galactic domination Ferengi, gib.
     
    [X] No one could tell you exactly how it went, some think a conglomerate formed from a single night of secret bargains, others will tell you a single assassin did one last job and brought together the largest corporations, further still you will get stories of a slow, inevitable joining based off economic factors alone. The truth of the matter is that somehow, someway, private interests outcompeted nation-states and became tremendously powerful. Now a board of directors has sway over the majority of wealth, and via that wealth, control everything.

    Space corporation fighting/working? I'm in.
     
    [X] The advent of globalisation was a paradigm shift unlike any other in human history, ideas of unification thought ridiculous by previous generations were becoming hopeful ideals in the minds of the young. Though growing pains were present and unification is a very strong word for the federal union that currently exists. The EASE, Earth Agency for Solar Exploitation, is the newest project from the world, an agency for extra-terrestrial exploration and utilization as a response to Earth resources beginning to fade, a civilian agency at heart, its led by a director, a position with a ten-year term, and does not decide global policy.


    Freedom never dies for ever does it Dapper?
     
    [X] At Eleven-Twenty-Three AM Pacific Standard Time, ICBM's breached the North American defence grid at multiple locations, it's unknown whose exactly they were. It took six hours after that for the world to mobilize, a few days later and militaries were exchanging fire across the globe. Chains of command shattered as nowhere was safe. It took years for a government to form from demoralized remnants of military forces on the shattered hulk of a formerly civilized world. Now, a coalition government of generals, officers and other remaining ranking leaders decide the course of the world, with nothing to restrain them.


    Why not. let be a dictatorship that gives our people freedom latter down the line.
     
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    [X] At Eleven-Twenty-Three AM Pacific Standard Time, ICBM's breached the North American defence grid at multiple locations, it's unknown whose exactly they were. It took six hours after that for the world to mobilize, a few days later and militaries were exchanging fire across the globe. Chains of command shattered as nowhere was safe. It took years for a government to form from demoralized remnants of military forces on the shattered hulk of a formerly civilized world. Now, a coalition government of generals, officers and other remaining ranking leaders decide the course of the world, with nothing to restrain them.
     
    Adhoc vote count started by Dapperlad1 on Oct 13, 2021 at 5:03 PM, finished with 10 posts and 5 votes.
    • [X] No one could tell you exactly how it went, some think a conglomerate formed from a single night of secret bargains, others will tell you a single assassin did one last job and brought together the largest corporations, further still you will get stories of a slow, inevitable joining based off economic factors alone. The truth of the matter is that somehow, someway, private interests outcompeted nation-states and became tremendously powerful. Now a board of directors has sway over the majority of wealth, and via that wealth, control everything.
      [X] At Eleven-Twenty-Three AM Pacific Standard Time, ICBM's breached the North American defence grid at multiple locations, it's unknown whose exactly they were. It took six hours after that for the world to mobilize, a few days later and militaries were exchanging fire across the globe. Chains of command shattered as nowhere was safe. It took years for a government to form from demoralized remnants of military forces on the shattered hulk of a formerly civilized world. Now, a coalition government of generals, officers and other remaining ranking leaders decide the course of the world, with nothing to restrain them.
      [X] The advent of globalisation was a paradigm shift unlike any other in human history, ideas of unification thought ridiculous by previous generations were becoming hopeful ideals in the minds of the young. Though growing pains were present and unification is a very strong word for the federal union that currently exists. The EASE, Earth Agency for Solar Exploitation, is the newest project from the world, an agency for extra-terrestrial exploration and utilization as a response to Earth resources beginning to fade, a civilian agency at heart, its led by a director, a position with a ten-year term, and does not decide global policy.
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    The current vote scheme, will provide regular updates every few hours!
     
    [X] The advent of globalisation was a paradigm shift unlike any other in human history, ideas of unification thought ridiculous by previous generations were becoming hopeful ideals in the minds of the young. Though growing pains were present and unification is a very strong word for the federal union that currently exists. The EASE, Earth Agency for Solar Exploitation, is the newest project from the world, an agency for extra-terrestrial exploration and utilization as a response to Earth resources beginning to fade, a civilian agency at heart, its led by a director, a position with a ten-year term, and does not decide global policy.
     
    So, will this be a planquest? Ck2? Narrative? I ask because depending on which it is will affect the amount of people that participate. I know that I'll keep watching this regardless of what it is, but jumping on the PlanQuest wagon will get you some extra voters, even more so when there's enough content here that it would get in Poptarts Discord.
     
    [X] The advent of globalisation was a paradigm shift unlike any other in human history, ideas of unification thought ridiculous by previous generations were becoming hopeful ideals in the minds of the young. Though growing pains were present and unification is a very strong word for the federal union that currently exists. The EASE, Earth Agency for Solar Exploitation, is the newest project from the world, an agency for extra-terrestrial exploration and utilization as a response to Earth resources beginning to fade, a civilian agency at heart, its led by a director, a position with a ten-year term, and does not decide global policy.
     
    ninjakirito6 said:
    So, will this be a planquest? Ck2? Narrative? I ask because depending on which it is will affect the amount of people that participate. I know that I'll keep watching this regardless of what it is, but jumping on the PlanQuest wagon will get you some extra voters, even more so when there's enough content here that it would get in Poptarts Discord.
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    As a rough example, Inq's Railguns and Pulse Rifles in terms of how I expect votes to be organized is a good one. You expend certain amounts of resources on things without exact guidance on how much exactly is correct, though estimates can be procured, set over a long play scale where you can actually develop a stellar, and perhaps interstellar civilization.
     
    Dapperlad1 said:
    As a rough example, Inq's Railguns and Pulse Rifles in terms of how I expect votes to be organized is a good one. You expend certain amounts of resources on things without exact guidance on how much exactly is correct, though estimates can be procured, set over a long play scale where you can actually develop a stellar, and perhaps interstellar civilization.
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    Nice, thats a setup that could get some more love from QM's in general. Complicated but the amount of freedom you can get from those types of quests? Beautiful.
     
    [X] The advent of globalisation was a paradigm shift unlike any other in human history, ideas of unification thought ridiculous by previous generations were becoming hopeful ideals in the minds of the young. Though growing pains were present and unification is a very strong word for the federal union that currently exists. The EASE, Earth Agency for Solar Exploitation, is the newest project from the world, an agency for extra-terrestrial exploration and utilization as a response to Earth resources beginning to fade, a civilian agency at heart, its led by a director, a position with a ten-year term, and does not decide global policy.

    Why hello there Dapper. This one convinced me to actually make an account here!
     
    [X] At Eleven-Twenty-Three AM Pacific Standard Time, ICBM's breached the North American defence grid at multiple locations, it's unknown whose exactly they were. It took six hours after that for the world to mobilize, a few days later and militaries were exchanging fire across the globe. Chains of command shattered as nowhere was safe. It took years for a government to form from demoralized remnants of military forces on the shattered hulk of a formerly civilized world. Now, a coalition government of generals, officers and other remaining ranking leaders decide the course of the world, with nothing to restrain them.


    C'mon you apes, do you want to live forever?
     
    [X] No one could tell you exactly how it went, some think a conglomerate formed from a single night of secret bargains, others will tell you a single assassin did one last job and brought together the largest corporations, further still you will get stories of a slow, inevitable joining based off economic factors alone. The truth of the matter is that somehow, someway, private interests outcompeted nation-states and became tremendously powerful. Now a board of directors has sway over the majority of wealth, and via that wealth, control everything.
     
    [X] No one could tell you exactly how it went, some think a conglomerate formed from a single night of secret bargains, others will tell you a single assassin did one last job and brought together the largest corporations, further still you will get stories of a slow, inevitable joining based off economic factors alone. The truth of the matter is that somehow, someway, private interests outcompeted nation-states and became tremendously powerful. Now a board of directors has sway over the majority of wealth, and via that wealth, control everything.

    Putting aside my feelings on megacorp-focused settings because dang, do I like the idea of indirect manipulation.
     
    [X] The advent of globalisation was a paradigm shift unlike any other in human history, ideas of unification thought ridiculous by previous generations were becoming hopeful ideals in the minds of the young. Though growing pains were present and unification is a very strong word for the federal union that currently exists. The EASE, Earth Agency for Solar Exploitation, is the newest project from the world, an agency for extra-terrestrial exploration and utilization as a response to Earth resources beginning to fade, a civilian agency at heart, its led by a director, a position with a ten-year term, and does not decide global policy.

    The most "balanced" playstyle.
    ...I'm also a sucker for acronyms.
     
    Adhoc vote count started by Dapperlad1 on Oct 14, 2021 at 12:06 AM, finished with 21 posts and 12 votes.
    • [X] The advent of globalisation was a paradigm shift unlike any other in human history, ideas of unification thought ridiculous by previous generations were becoming hopeful ideals in the minds of the young. Though growing pains were present and unification is a very strong word for the federal union that currently exists. The EASE, Earth Agency for Solar Exploitation, is the newest project from the world, an agency for extra-terrestrial exploration and utilization as a response to Earth resources beginning to fade, a civilian agency at heart, its led by a director, a position with a ten-year term, and does not decide global policy.
      [X] No one could tell you exactly how it went, some think a conglomerate formed from a single night of secret bargains, others will tell you a single assassin did one last job and brought together the largest corporations, further still you will get stories of a slow, inevitable joining based off economic factors alone. The truth of the matter is that somehow, someway, private interests outcompeted nation-states and became tremendously powerful. Now a board of directors has sway over the majority of wealth, and via that wealth, control everything.
      [X] At Eleven-Twenty-Three AM Pacific Standard Time, ICBM's breached the North American defence grid at multiple locations, it's unknown whose exactly they were. It took six hours after that for the world to mobilize, a few days later and militaries were exchanging fire across the globe. Chains of command shattered as nowhere was safe. It took years for a government to form from demoralized remnants of military forces on the shattered hulk of a formerly civilized world. Now, a coalition government of generals, officers and other remaining ranking leaders decide the course of the world, with nothing to restrain them.
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    Current vote! 14 more hours till I take a look and see if I feel it's complete enough to call it.
     
    [X] No one could tell you exactly how it went, some think a conglomerate formed from a single night of secret bargains, others will tell you a single assassin did one last job and brought together the largest corporations, further still you will get stories of a slow, inevitable joining based off economic factors alone. The truth of the matter is that somehow, someway, private interests outcompeted nation-states and became tremendously powerful. Now a board of directors has sway over the majority of wealth, and via that wealth, control everything.
     
    [X] At Eleven-Twenty-Three AM Pacific Standard Time, ICBM's breached the North American defence grid at multiple locations, it's unknown whose exactly they were. It took six hours after that for the world to mobilize, a few days later and militaries were exchanging fire across the globe. Chains of command shattered as nowhere was safe. It took years for a government to form from demoralized remnants of military forces on the shattered hulk of a formerly civilized world. Now, a coalition government of generals, officers and other remaining ranking leaders decide the course of the world, with nothing to restrain them.

    Let us go with a good ol' Terran Federation shall we?
     
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