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A Hive for The Galaxy (Sci-Fi CK2-style Quest)

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If it's standard dynasty format, I think individual line vote in thread, until it becomes too cumbersome to count, then switch to surveys.

It helps a great deal if you separate the vote option from the description to minimize noise.

I.e.
[ ] Diplomacy - Hugs for all
<Description here>
Cost:
Probability:
Rewards:

Instead of a single block. Most of the dynasty quests switch to surveys for a very good reason though, the volume of votes per update is ENORMOUS.
You could try Sage_Of_Eyes and Academia Nut's current method as well, break one turn into 3-4 updates, and vote for 1-2 sections at a time instead of all in one go. The plus side is this generates a lot more discussion rather than focusing on one topic and then just following the bandwagon on all the rest.
E.g.
Update 1.1:
Diplomacy + Military voting
Update 1.2:
Economy + Research voting.
Update 1.3:
Intrigue + Personal voting

Which makes for 2-6 vote options per update(assuming 1-3 action per category), which is a LOT more manageable than a colossal vote of 18 options at one go.
 
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[X] Name: Vorza

[X] Gender: Either

[X] Diplomacy x2
[X] Intrigue
[X] Martial
-[X] Ground-Pounder

[X] Hydroponist
[X] Worker's Association
[X] Poor background

[X] Once, the Caste of the Ruler reigned, but no longer! Revolution, as the old and corrupt forces are swept out! But that means that the caste of the ruler yet stands, the castes in general are going to be watching you, and it's not an established tradition! Choose one of the two.
-[X] Blood on the Velvet: There were riots, and deaths. Thousands upon thousands died. It could have been far worse, it wasn't a civil war, but in the end the police obeyed orders, in the end you stepped up, did what you had to do, acted as a leader and by this leadership you won. Blood and chitin and the will of the people. And so now the Bureaucrats stand hunted fugitives, the caste of rulers are either dead or worse, fugitives, terrorists who wish for nothing more than your death. The castes fear the might you showed, to channel and control the people's will. They fear that you are exceptional, they fear that you shall shake them from their petty privileges, that you shall remake the world into a better one. They are right to fear. (Reward: Gain one more trait-point and another Lifestyle trait to compensate for the added difficulty of this path! You'll need it.)

[X] Patient
[X] Just
[X] Temper
 
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##### 3.18
[X] Name: Vorzan
[X] Gender: Either
[X] Diplomacy
[X] Stewardship
[X] Learning x2
[X] Bazkhiti (Songs of the Past)
[X] Worker's Association
[X] Once, the Caste of the Ruler reigned, but no longer! Revolution, as the old and corrupt forces are swept out! But that means that the caste of the ruler yet stands, the castes in general are going to be watching you, and it's not an established tradition! Choose one of the two.
-[X] Velvet Revolution: Hundreds of millions marched, protested. The police came and beat them and still they stood. Spies denounced disloyalists and calls were made to stand together against the foe. The holocasts denounced the protesters as mere rabble-rousers, and still they stood. Stood and marched and met and spoke, wrote books and papers and presented their will to the whole of the world-Hive. And a million marched, hand in hand, upon the capital. Upon the palace, upon the place where the Monarch yet resided. The police paused, the defense forces sat upon the barricade, guns trained. And they did not fire. Would not fire. The Monarch yelled, barked orders, and forward came the wave of Xvorzit, holding hands, singing Bazkhiti songs, waving banners, unarmed but for the power of their presence, but for their songs. Compared to the heavily-armored defense forces they might as well have been naked. In that shimmering night, the old order was swept aside, and now by some process you are declared the new ruler. The caste of rulers yet stands, and their bureaucrats need to be swept aside more fully, and certainly, not discredited if only because the police didn't fire, you shall have to deal with them. (Reward: Feels, lots of feels. A peaceful revolution. Seriously, just picture the march...)
[X] Temparate
[X] Humble
[X] Just
[X] Gregarious
No. of votes: 1
Deathstorm50

[X] Gender: Either
[X] Naval
[X] Diplomacy
[X] Intrigue x2
[X] Workers Association
[X] Hydroponist
[X] The old leader grew corrupt, separated from the people, and you have seen fit to correct them. You now rule and the shattered remnants of this old government are of course bitter from the loss of privilege and would happily take it all back or ingratiate themselves to you with their bad and disastrous policies and their secret police and...all of that.
[X] Temparate
[X] Just
[X] Patient
[X] Name: Vorzan
No. of votes: 1
Wellhello

[X] Name: Tktktktl
[X] Gender: Either
[X] Martial
-[X] Naval
--[X] 1
[X] Diplomacy
-[X] 2
[X] Intrigue
-[X] 1
[X] Hydroponist
[X] Poor background
[X] The old leader grew corrupt, separated from the people, and you have seen fit to correct them. You now rule and the shattered remnants of this old government are of course bitter from the loss of privilege and would happily take it all back or ingratiate themselves to you with their bad and disastrous policies and their secret police and...all of that.
[X] Patient (costs 2): You are a bug that bides their time, waits and watches and judges, thinking their actions through. +1 to all but Martial
[X] Temper: For a species not known for its temper or its ability to use this, you are an exception. You not only get angry, but you know how to use this anger. +3 Martial, -1 Diplomacy
[X] Just: You are just and evenhanded, giving fairly and looking at each situation carefully before judging it in a manner that is often agreeable to all parties. +1 Learning, +2 Stewardship.
No. of votes: 1
silentspirals

[X] Name: Vorza
[X] Gender: Either
[X] Diplomacy
[X] Intrigue
[X] Learning x2
[X] Bazkhiti (Songs of the Surging Hive)
[X] Worker's Association
[X] Poor background
[X] Once, the Caste of the Ruler reigned, but no longer! Revolution, as the old and corrupt forces are swept out! But that means that the caste of the ruler yet stands, the castes in general are going to be watching you, and it's not an established tradition! Choose one of the two.
-[X] Blood on the Velvet: There were riots, and deaths. Thousands upon thousands died. It could have been far worse, it wasn't a civil war, but in the end the police obeyed orders, in the end you stepped up, did what you had to do, acted as a leader and by this leadership you won. Blood and chitin and the will of the people. And so now the Bureaucrats stand hunted fugitives, the caste of rulers are either dead or worse, fugitives, terrorists who wish for nothing more than your death. The castes fear the might you showed, to channel and control the people's will. They fear that you are exceptional, they fear that you shall shake them from their petty privileges, that you shall remake the world into a better one. They are right to fear. (Reward: Gain one more trait-point and another Lifestyle trait to compensate for the added difficulty of this path! You'll need it.)
[X] Temperate
[X] Patient
[X] Temper
[X] Gregarious
No. of votes: 2
Dark Ness
Vanestus

[X] Name: Vorzan
[X] Gender: Either
[X] Diplomacy
[X] Stewardship
[X] Learning
[X] Intrigue
[X] The Lure of Other Hives
[X] The Lure of other Not-Hives
[X] Once, the Caste of the Ruler reigned, but no longer! Revolution, as the old and corrupt forces are swept out! But that means that the caste of the ruler yet stands, the castes in general are going to be watching you, and it's not an established tradition! Choose one of the two.
-[X] Velvet Revolution: Hundreds of millions marched, protested. The police came and beat them and still they stood. Spies denounced disloyalists and calls were made to stand together against the foe. The holocasts denounced the protesters as mere rabble-rousers, and still they stood. Stood and marched and met and spoke, wrote books and papers and presented their will to the whole of the world-Hive. And a million marched, hand in hand, upon the capital. Upon the palace, upon the place where the Monarch yet resided. The police paused, the defense forces sat upon the barricade, guns trained. And they did not fire. Would not fire. The Monarch yelled, barked orders, and forward came the wave of Xvorzit, holding hands, singing Bazkhiti songs, waving banners, unarmed but for the power of their presence, but for their songs. Compared to the heavily-armored defense forces they might as well have been naked. In that shimmering night, the old order was swept aside, and now by some process you are declared the new ruler. The caste of rulers yet stands, and their bureaucrats need to be swept aside more fully, and certainly, not discredited if only because the police didn't fire, you shall have to deal with them. (Reward: Feels, lots of feels. A peaceful revolution. Seriously, just picture the march...)
[X] Temparate
[X] Attractive
[X] Just
[X] Gregarious
No. of votes: 1
Flamester

[x] Gender: Either
[x] Martial
--[x] Ground-Pounder
[x] Intrigue x2
[x] Learning
[x] Workers' Association
[x] Winger
[x] Once, the Caste of the Ruler reigned, but no longer!
--[x] Velvet Revolution
[x] Temperate
[x] Patient
[x] Just
No. of votes: 1
Ginger Maniac

[X] Gender: Either
[X] Stewardship x2
[X] Learning
[X] Intrigue
[X] Loner: (The lone worker)
[X] Hydroponist
[X] The old leader grew corrupt,
[X] Temperate
[X] Just
[X] Patient
No. of votes: 1
Eri

[x] plan ginger. Seems well thought out. Like that everyone seems to like the name I suggested.
No. of votes: 1
TerrisH

[X] Ginger
No. of votes: 1
veekie

[X] Name: Vorza
[X] Gender: Either
[X] Diplomacy x2
[X] Intrigue
[X] Martial
-[X] Ground-Pounder
[X] Hydroponist
[X] Worker's Association
[X] Poor background
[X] Once, the Caste of the Ruler reigned, but no longer! Revolution, as the old and corrupt forces are swept out! But that means that the caste of the ruler yet stands, the castes in general are going to be watching you, and it's not an established tradition! Choose one of the two.
-[X] Blood on the Velvet: There were riots, and deaths. Thousands upon thousands died. It could have been far worse, it wasn't a civil war, but in the end the police obeyed orders, in the end you stepped up, did what you had to do, acted as a leader and by this leadership you won. Blood and chitin and the will of the people. And so now the Bureaucrats stand hunted fugitives, the caste of rulers are either dead or worse, fugitives, terrorists who wish for nothing more than your death. The castes fear the might you showed, to channel and control the people's will. They fear that you are exceptional, they fear that you shall shake them from their petty privileges, that you shall remake the world into a better one. They are right to fear. (Reward: Gain one more trait-point and another Lifestyle trait to compensate for the added difficulty of this path! You'll need it.)
[X] Patient
[X] Just
[X] Temper
No. of votes: 1
Hydroplatypus

Vote tally:
##### 3.18
[X] Name: Vorzan
No. of votes: 3
Deathstorm50
Wellhello
Flamester

[X] Gender: Either
No. of votes: 9
Deathstorm50
Wellhello
silentspirals
Dark Ness
Vanestus
Flamester
Ginger Maniac
Eri
Hydroplatypus

[X] Diplomacy
No. of votes: 6
Deathstorm50
Wellhello
silentspirals
Dark Ness
Vanestus
Flamester

[X] Stewardship
No. of votes: 2
Deathstorm50
Flamester

[X] Learning x2
No. of votes: 3
Deathstorm50
Dark Ness
Vanestus

[X] Bazkhiti (Songs of the Past)
No. of votes: 1
Deathstorm50

[X] Worker's Association
No. of votes: 6
Deathstorm50
Wellhello
Dark Ness
Vanestus
Ginger Maniac
Hydroplatypus

[X] Once, the Caste of the Ruler reigned, but no longer! Revolution, as the old and corrupt forces are swept out! But that means that the caste of the ruler yet stands, the castes in general are going to be watching you, and it's not an established tradition! Choose one of the two.
No. of votes: 5
Deathstorm50
Dark Ness
Vanestus
Flamester
Hydroplatypus

-[X] Velvet Revolution: Hundreds of millions marched, protested. The police came and beat them and still they stood. Spies denounced disloyalists and calls were made to stand together against the foe. The holocasts denounced the protesters as mere rabble-rousers, and still they stood. Stood and marched and met and spoke, wrote books and papers and presented their will to the whole of the world-Hive. And a million marched, hand in hand, upon the capital. Upon the palace, upon the place where the Monarch yet resided. The police paused, the defense forces sat upon the barricade, guns trained. And they did not fire. Would not fire. The Monarch yelled, barked orders, and forward came the wave of Xvorzit, holding hands, singing Bazkhiti songs, waving banners, unarmed but for the power of their presence, but for their songs. Compared to the heavily-armored defense forces they might as well have been naked. In that shimmering night, the old order was swept aside, and now by some process you are declared the new ruler. The caste of rulers yet stands, and their bureaucrats need to be swept aside more fully, and certainly, not discredited if only because the police didn't fire, you shall have to deal with them. (Reward: Feels, lots of feels. A peaceful revolution. Seriously, just picture the march...)
No. of votes: 2
Deathstorm50
Flamester

[X] Temparate
No. of votes: 3
Deathstorm50
Wellhello
Flamester

[X] Humble
No. of votes: 1
Deathstorm50

[X] Just
No. of votes: 6
Deathstorm50
Wellhello
Flamester
Ginger Maniac
Eri
Hydroplatypus

[X] Gregarious
No. of votes: 4
Deathstorm50
Dark Ness
Vanestus
Flamester

[X] Naval
No. of votes: 2
Wellhello
silentspirals

[X] Intrigue x2
No. of votes: 2
Wellhello
Ginger Maniac

[X] Hydroponist
No. of votes: 4
Wellhello
silentspirals
Eri
Hydroplatypus

[X] The old leader grew corrupt, separated from the people, and you have seen fit to correct them. You now rule and the shattered remnants of this old government are of course bitter from the loss of privilege and would happily take it all back or ingratiate themselves to you with their bad and disastrous policies and their secret police and...all of that.
No. of votes: 2
Wellhello
silentspirals

[X] Patient
No. of votes: 6
Wellhello
Dark Ness
Vanestus
Ginger Maniac
Eri
Hydroplatypus

[X] Name: Tktktktl
No. of votes: 1
silentspirals

[X] Martial
No. of votes: 3
silentspirals
Ginger Maniac
Hydroplatypus

--[X] 1
No. of votes: 1
silentspirals
silentspirals

-[X] 2
No. of votes: 1
silentspirals

[X] Intrigue
No. of votes: 6
silentspirals
Dark Ness
Vanestus
Flamester
Eri
Hydroplatypus

[X] Poor background
No. of votes: 4
silentspirals
Dark Ness
Vanestus
Hydroplatypus

[X] Patient (costs 2): You are a bug that bides their time, waits and watches and judges, thinking their actions through. +1 to all but Martial
No. of votes: 1
silentspirals

[X] Temper: For a species not known for its temper or its ability to use this, you are an exception. You not only get angry, but you know how to use this anger. +3 Martial, -1 Diplomacy
No. of votes: 1
silentspirals

[X] Just: You are just and evenhanded, giving fairly and looking at each situation carefully before judging it in a manner that is often agreeable to all parties. +1 Learning, +2 Stewardship.
No. of votes: 1
silentspirals

[X] Name: Vorza
No. of votes: 3
Dark Ness
Vanestus
Hydroplatypus

[X] Bazkhiti (Songs of the Surging Hive)
No. of votes: 2
Dark Ness
Vanestus

-[X] Blood on the Velvet: There were riots, and deaths. Thousands upon thousands died. It could have been far worse, it wasn't a civil war, but in the end the police obeyed orders, in the end you stepped up, did what you had to do, acted as a leader and by this leadership you won. Blood and chitin and the will of the people. And so now the Bureaucrats stand hunted fugitives, the caste of rulers are either dead or worse, fugitives, terrorists who wish for nothing more than your death. The castes fear the might you showed, to channel and control the people's will. They fear that you are exceptional, they fear that you shall shake them from their petty privileges, that you shall remake the world into a better one. They are right to fear. (Reward: Gain one more trait-point and another Lifestyle trait to compensate for the added difficulty of this path! You'll need it.)
No. of votes: 3
Dark Ness
Vanestus
Hydroplatypus

[X] Temperate
No. of votes: 4
Dark Ness
Vanestus
Ginger Maniac
Eri

[X] Temper
No. of votes: 3
Dark Ness
Vanestus
Hydroplatypus

[X] Learning
No. of votes: 3
Flamester
Ginger Maniac
Eri

[X] The Lure of Other Hives
No. of votes: 1
Flamester

[X] The Lure of other Not-Hives
No. of votes: 1
Flamester

[X] Attractive
No. of votes: 1
Flamester

--[x] Ground-Pounder
No. of votes: 2
Ginger Maniac
Hydroplatypus

[x] Winger
No. of votes: 1
Ginger Maniac

[x] Once, the Caste of the Ruler reigned, but no longer!
No. of votes: 1
Ginger Maniac

--[x] Velvet Revolution
No. of votes: 1
Ginger Maniac

[X] Stewardship x2
No. of votes: 1
Eri

[X] Loner: (The lone worker)
No. of votes: 1
Eri

[X] The old leader grew corrupt,
No. of votes: 1
Eri

[x] plan ginger. Seems well thought out. Like that everyone seems to like the name I suggested.
No. of votes: 1
TerrisH

[X] Ginger
No. of votes: 1
veekie

[X] Diplomacy x2
No. of votes: 1
Hydroplatypus
 
Well, Vorzhan and Either have both definitely won the day, I'll lock the 'votes' (read, bandwagon) on those, then. Also, Workers Association too seems to have won? Not closing it yet, of course. Just trying to work things out.

Thus far I have character-ideas for the first vote (double learning with Stewardship and Diplomacy and the song-stuff) and the Ginger triad (Intelligence Officer!), will think about for the other possibilities.
 
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I'll count that, because I was going to go with Ginger as the plurality. For several reasons. First off, I have an idea for a character, second off it's winning. Third off...

On your Intrigue Roll, your very first roll of it (I'll explain in a sec) you got a Natural 20. I'm going to reward that because, not to explain too much (I'll edit in more explanation) you'd actually get two rolls and rerolls for dice under 8 because of the two points into Intrigue and so on...and you got it on roll one.

Your current base stats, before the traits and the Lifestyle and Job-Trait and the Special Bonus Nat 20 Trait, are as follows.

Martial (roll 1d20, reroll on 8 or below): 14
Diplomacy (roll 1d15, reroll on 4 or below): 10
Stewardship (roll 1d15, reroll on 4 or below): 13
Intrigue (roll 1d20, roll two dice take highest, reroll on 8 or below): 20
Learning (roll 1d20, reroll on 8 or below): 13
 
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So based on plan ginger and the traits we know....
Martial: 14
Diplomacy 10+1+2+1=14
Stewardship 13+1+3+1+1=19
Intruge 20+1=21
Learning 13+1+1=15

Very nice, good in every stat and high in both stewardship and intrigue
 
I'll finish and post it in the morning. Your actual final intrigue with the Job Trait is absolutely insane, only 3 points from yet *another* extra action.

You get one at 20 and at 32. At below 14ish, you have one less (1 instead of the standard 2) and at 8 and below you only have those actions that your government (such as advisors or bureaucracy) allows you to have.

As a Xvorzit you *start* with 3 Stewardship/Economic actions. Your Stewardship is, I'll tell you, high enough that you have four.
 
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Character Creation Finale!
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    • Winners:

    Name: Vorzhan
    Gender: Either
    Age (reduced due to Nat 20 in Main Job bonus): 33
    Complication: Velvet Revolution


    Traits:

    Being a Xvorzit: Diligent but with Martial -1, Diplomacy +2

    One Who Stands with the People: +2 Diplomacy, +1 Stewardship, bonuses to interacting with 'the people of the Hive'.

    Workers Association (+1 Diplomacy, +1 Stewardship)

    Winger (+2 Diplomacy)

    Just (+2 Stewardship, +1 Learning) Patient, Temperate (+3 Stewardship)…

    Elite Cybernetic Operative: As an incredibly skilled operative and veteran of a number of complex 'jobs' at an early age, you were granted a number of rather impressive cybernetic enhancements as you traveled further into the shady underworld of the Hive that nearly dragged you down. Upon being 'convinced' to quit, many of these were taken from you, but you still maintain a few. Martial +1 (enhanced reflexes, a few minor things), Intrigue +2 (things like the ability to hear someone coming, alerts as to how much noise you're making, etc), +1 to Personal Combat on top of the Martial

    Intelligence Operative Gone Intelligent: From a young age you had been dedicated believer in the Monarch and the Ruler Caste, and you joined up after a rocky childhood of relatively normal means. You were good. Very good, naturally good at the spying, the careful hacking, the conversations, and going-dark, and for a while that's what you were. But you learned, both from the education and from the harsh realities of the job. When your commander fell, when you were stripped and barely avoided exile, you dove down deep into the hive, and surfaced only to hack one holo-cast or another, spreading the truth, undermining the government. And when it came down to it, it was you who stopped the Special Forces hardliners from turning a peaceful revolution into a massacre, you who hacked the holo-casts, and though you were more concerned with hunting down a certain...someone, you were selected by acclaim and rough democracy to be the ruler. Martial +3, +Intrigue +5, Learning +2, Diplomacy and Stewardship +1



    Stats:

    Martial: 1d20 (reroll if below 8): 14+1 (Elite Cybernetic Operative)+3 (Martial)=17 (Personal Combat 18), You know how to command troops, you've watched it done and are very experienced, and beyond the average soldier. But it has been years since you were an elite, a super-soldier, and you are no longer the most dangerous Xvorzit in a room. Any room. That still doesn't mean you can't take care of yourself, and beat soldiers ten years younger with ease (Average trained and experienced Xvorzit soldier has a Martial of 14, average galactic soldier 16, you're above average for a fully-trained and combat-ready soldier.)

    Diplomacy: 1d15 (reroll if below 4) 10+1 (Workers Association)+2 (Winger)+1 (Education Trait)+1 (Patient)+2 (Being a Xvorzit)+2 (One who Stands with the people)=19, You are a very charismatic bug, your head-wings quite exotic and beautiful, as some have told you before scandalous proposals. You are diplomatic and impressive in personal conversation, if untrained in the niceties of high society. Many come away from meeting you charmed or overawed, and your visage is a symbol of hope for many during the revolution.

    Stewardship: 1d15 (reroll if below 4) 13+1 (WA)+2 (Just)+3 (Temperate)+1 (Education Trait)+ 1 (Patient)+1 (Racial Bonus)+1 (Stands with the people)=23, You know how to manage money, and more than that, people. You know how to make organizational charts and graphs, how to bring people together as much as your former abilities meant you could tear people apart. And you understand money rather well, and just how to gather it, just how to hold onto it soundly, and just how to spend it. +1 Stewardship action.

    Intrigue: 1d20 (two rolls, take highest, reroll if below 8 for either of them): 20 (bonus because it was on the first roll)+1 (Patient)+2 (Elite Cybernetic Operative)+5 (Education Trait)+1 (Species bonus)=29, you are an operative the likes of which the world sees few of. There are perhaps none alive with as much experience as you in these dark arts, and you have honed, even after you fell, these skills to the point of a knife, to the acts of the revolutionary and the courage and skill of the bug who intercepted an order to fire that might have made things worse. +1 Intrigue action, turns to +2 if you can get 4 more points.

    Learning: 1d20 (reroll of below 8) 13+1 (Patient)+1 (Just)+2 (Education Trait)+1 (species bonus)=18, you have not been to college, and yet you're more than educated enough to get an honorary degree. Far above most people, your mind is a trained and honed weapon, albeit one not much given to literary musing, focused more on the practical.


    Current Planetary Info:

    Planet Name: Gazinitah
    Location: At the edge of most-common Xvorzit space, near a number of human powers as well as the Hexamari.
    Species: Xvorzit Hive World, insignificant number of other species (only in the millions)
    Population: 14.8 Billion on the Hive World, a few tens of millions elsewhere
    Government: Newly formed leadership by consensus of the people



    Budget:

    Treasury: 5000 Wealth, gotten together from donations, pro-bono work, what was lying around.

    Current Income Per Year: ???, I roll dice to see what you get up until you work the situation out. While you're still determining what to do with taxes and where everything is sorted.

    Military budget: ???, it's a big black pit of money and proprietary budgeting.

    Civilian budget: ???, currently don't have it sorted!

    Black-Box Budgets: Unknown, your knowledge of the system means you know that several thousand wealth are spent a year on things like censorship, monitoring, special forces, and other such things.

    Tax Income: Estimates are very-high, generating over 10,000 Wealth a turn, though much of that may be earmarked and so on already.


    Popular Opinions:


    Defense Forces/Police: ???

    The Hive: 80, they have great hopes for you!

    Space Fleet: ???

    Caste of the Rulers: 30, they aren't much happy with you, but as a whole they're still shell-shocked and greatful to be alive.

    Other Castes: Unknown, mediumish?


    Military:

    10 million or so soldiers and/or policemen, the defense forces and police being tangled together, of only partially known efficacy, with outdated weaponry and some less-than-ideal doctrines. Of all sorts of different types and styles of deployment.

    Indeterminate number of tanks, many of which are outdated, as well as other armored forces.

    Some air-ships and the like for transportation of troops.

    Special forces units, often implicated in attempts to maintain order. Such as one of the groups you used to be part of, since disbanded.

    Navy: ???, you aren't sure just what you have in the way of spaceships, you do know that there are also marines and the like, as well as partnerships with the military. There are two Battleships, each heavily outdated, the Prince Hazanit and the Pride of Gazinitah. They have not fired their guns in anger in living memory, and are permenantly stationed over the Hive world. Making sure they stayed neutral was an important task to keep anyone from giving...mistaken orders.


    Will of the Hive Rating: 0, you're still new to it!
    Will of the Castes Rating: Not unlocked!

    Other information provided as you get it

    Feel free to ask questions about anything you don't understand in the meantime!
     
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    • Nice. We are officially the sneakiest cuddlebug in known space. I approve wholeheartedly.

    Good thing we get so many bonus actions, though. We're going to need them in order to work out just what the smeg is going on with half the stuff we now nominally rule.

    All in all, I think we're probably the best bug for the job, by objective as well as subjective standards. We've got (hopefully) enough Intrigue to keep a lid on early plots and power-grabs, enough Stewardship to not fuck things up once we have a better picture of our domain, and enough Diplomacy and Martial to persuade or intimidate potentially-problematic individuals that making waves is a bad idea. And we didn't even need a bloodbath to come to power. Altogether, could be much worse.
     
    In all the categories we have not hit the first bonus action we are only a few points away. Though I like that we are such a sneaky bug!
     
    Also, I think I'm going to divide each turn into two rounds of voting and then roll up how it all goes.

    Round 1: Martial-Diplomacy-Stewardship
    Round 2: Intrigue-Learning-Personal

    Why? Because at the moment there are 9 Martial Actions to choose from plus a choice between four others as a 'Free' Martial action.

    And diplomacy's not going to be any less crowded.

    Welcome to a modern state where the options bloom. In other words it isn't reasonable to give you all six categories of choices in a single update.
     
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    If your doing atleast don't put really expensive stuff we need first then more expensive stufff after that we need even worse without telling us.
     
    Also, you have me doing it now. You officially have something like a James Bond villain in your past. Only a lot darker and more real and smarter. But there's a torture scene and everything!
     
    A preview of part of the update I'm slowly working on, from the unnamed narrator who starts things off (it switches POV after this point):




    It let out a sound, somewhere between a chirp and a whistle, and then a slight click, of tongue against the roof of its mouth. Here is where I must intrude this old saying: A Translator is a Traitor. They betray a rich language by translating it into a non-native form, losing everything that makes it great. And if this is true between human languages, how much more true is it of an alien tongue? I can understand Xvorzith, but without some cybermods even someone from Sol like myself is leery of, I could never speak it. So forgive me throughout this reading, those dear listeners who are Xvorzith, but this is the most poetic and apt translation as I can, doing as much justice to the beauty of the language as I can.

    "Well, fuck," Vorzhan said.
     
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