The year is 2067. Humanity lands on Mars. A flag is proudly hung on that planet that so long dominated the minds of millions, and the words coming from Emmet Muhammed will inspire billions more. For the second time in human history, there is only one tribe: Us.
The year is 2069. Alcubierre is proven right ten days before New Year's, much to the dismay of all future educators.
The year is 2078. With an overwhelming majority, humanity agrees to create a generational spaceship to ensure the survival of the human race within the endless eternity of space.
The year is 2098. The ship is finished enough to begin testing its internal systems and start the recruitment of crew.
The year is 2102. In another universe, Thomas Kearny and Takayoshi Fuchida are vindicated.
The year is 2105. The crew is finalized, and the AGI's core is installed onboard the ship; its mind matured enough to grow into its own within the next two years before the ship is set to make history. The AGI takes control of their onboard avatar drone and begins interacting with the slowly arriving crew.
The year is 2108. The ship completes its shakedown cruise with flying colors. The last adjustments are made, and farewells are sent. For the third time in history, humanity becomes one tribe. The ship jumps and makes history.
The year is 2108. In another universe, Raymond Bache becomes the first interstellar human and makes history.
The year is 2059. The first human born on Luna has a child of their own. One world becomes Two.
The year is 2067. Humanity lands on Mars. A flag is proudly hung on that planet that so long dominated the minds of millions, and the words coming from Emmet Muhammed will inspire billions more. For the second time in human history, there is only one tribe: Us.
The year is 2069. Alcubierre is proven right ten days before New Year's, much to the dismay of all future educators. Science fiction Authors and Military Designers are dismayed at the news that the drive projects a bubble around itself...with a funnel crossing through the bubble widening at both ends. Humanity's spaceships will be donuts.
The year is 2070. Though initial hopes were high, the Alcubierre drive costs too much for casual intra-system movement and single nation-states or alliance blocks to shoulder the burden of an interstellar-viable expedition.
The year is 2072. The European Federation proposes a mission to the United Nations, an impossible task requiring humanity to work as one for the good of all, not the good of the few. Deliberations start.
The year is 2078. With an overwhelming majority, humanity agrees to create a generational spaceship to ensure the survival of the human race within the endless eternity of space. It will be equipped with enough machinery, people, and resiliency to create entire colonies of its own. Plans begin to be drafted, designers recruited, and materials bought.
The year is 2078. More Lunar Colonies are founded to act as the logistical hubs required for moving materials and personnel to and from the docks and zero-g manufacturing stations that will begin construction soon.
The year is 2083. The ship's final design is revealed to humanity in a broadcast. Within 31 seconds, Rule 34 adds the ship's first non-AI porn picture. It gains the highest score and comments section on the site within 17 hours.
The year is 2095. The Hannoverische Institut für Angewandte Künstliche Intelligenz Konstrukte (Hannover Institute for Applied Artificial Intelligence Constructs) is tasked with the rearing of a custom Artificial General Intelligence to guide and oversee the ship and crew as a supplementary system to the command staff. A hidden switch is installed within the budding AGI to allow it to take control and prevent the destruction and death of the ship and crew. The sheer scale and duty of the construct require at least an entire decade to realize it.
The year is 2098. The ship is finished enough to begin testing its internal systems and start the recruitment of crew. The AGI commissioned from the HIAAIC achieves limited self-awareness and is projected to be equal to a pre-teen human within 5 years in emotional maturity and mental ability. Scientific advancements have ensured that the Alcubierre Drive has advanced considerably and can now traverse 1.345 LYs per day of travel. Thanks to the foresight of the ship's designers, the upgraded drive can be seamlessly installed. The increased radius of the drive's bubble allows for twelve parasite craft to be installed on the outside of the ship and the internal hangars to be used for more scientific purposes.
The year is 2102. The ship reaches 97% completion. The scale of its construction has created a Golden Age of economic prosperity for all of humanity, with 9% of all humans now living off-world. The Lunar Colonies are granted a National Charter in agreement with their sponsor nations and their work in creating the ship and securing the future of the human race.
The year is 2102. In another universe, Thomas Kearny and Takayoshi Fuchida are vindicated.
The year is 2105. The crew is finalized, and the AGI's core is installed onboard the ship; its mind matured enough to grow into its own within the next two years before the ship is set to make history. The AGI takes control of their onboard avatar drone and begins interacting with the slowly arriving crew.
The year is 2108. The ship completes its shakedown cruise with flying colors. The last adjustments are made, and farewells are sent. For the third time in history, humanity becomes one tribe. The ship jumps and makes history.
The year is 2108. In another universe, Raymond Bache becomes the first interstellar human and makes history.
The year is unknown. The AGI is alarmed; damages were incurred all over the ship, and thousands of warnings and millions of damage reports are being sent from everywhere after a catastrophic something hit the ship. Machines and engineering crew begin repairs while the onboard medical facilities tend to the wounded. Thankfully, no deaths are recorded. The AGI relaxes slowly, turning from inward damage control as the command staff takes over to outward scanning. The stars are wrong. The AGI feels dread. The simulations fail to find a spot from which the stars are right. The AGI panics. Sensors pick up radio signals near the ship. They are revealed to come from a vessel 17 kilometers away. The AGI screams in terror.
And The Strangers Have Arrived.
But they require more than a mention.
They require names. For ship and crew.
They require an AGI named and hearty.
They require the technology of their world.
They require the weapons of their world.
They require a future.
Plan Vote Please:
-[][Ship] (Write-In the name of the ship.)
-[][Crew] (Write-In the Captain, Head of Medical, Head of Security, Head of Manufacturing, and the Head of Civilians.)
Name: What they are called.
Job: Are they the Captain or a Head?
Age: No younger than 26, no older than 90.
Pronouns: He/Him, They/Them, She/Her, etc.
Appearance: How they look.
Character: How they act.
AGI - TAUBENMUTTER
Nickname: Mother.
Pronouns: It/Its
Avatar: A football-sized Pidgeon depicted with polygons you can count in your head.
Character: Patient, observant, silent workhorse more at home in individual conversations than public statements, yet nonetheless slowly trying to come to terms with its own emotional mindscape.
Secret: Struggles with its own personhood. Has begun a project to create combat drones controlled by itself.
Captain Wriothesley Adams
-Age: Late Thirties.
-Pronouns: He/Him.
-Appearance: A tall man with tufted black hair with grey streaks. He wears the standard Captain Uniform typical to UN Peacekeeper Ships that began operating in the late 80s, transferring from one such command to the Furina De Fontaine. He bears a scar beneath his right eye, three scars extending from high on his neck down to his mid-chest, with one on the right, one on the left, and one along the midline, and scars on his left and right forearms.
-Character: Calm and Collected, he is rarely unsettled by alarming news or stressful situations. Has a strong platonic friendship with The Head of Medical and enjoys drinking tea. Secretly killed his abusive parents. Has doubled Child Protection Enforcement on the Fontaine.
Head of Medical - Sigewinne Matthews
-Age: Early Thirties.
-Pronouns: She/Her.
-Appearance: A short woman with pastel blue hair, wearing the uniform of the Fontaine Medical Corps (Pants, shirt, and short coat in simple cyan (Caribbean Current) coloration and black trim, alongside a rimless hat bearing the Red Cross, Crescent, or Crystal at the forefront), and wears a stun-gun on her person at all times.
---[X]Character: Compassionate and a pacifist, Sigewinne has earned her position thanks to her solid work ethic, intelligence, merit, and firm hand in charting a course through several high-profile accidents that have brought her from consideration to the final pick aboard the Fontaine. Has a strong platonic friendship with Wriothesley. Knows his secret.
Head of Security - Clorinde Ellis
-Age: Late Thirties.
-Pronouns: She/Her.
-Appearance: A tall woman with long dark blue-dark purplish hair in a low ponytail and a toned physique. She mostly wears a standard spacer suit with an armored vest underneath. This preparedness has earned her more than a bit of jokes, yet none can deny that she is always ready for her job.
-Character: Courageous, Perceptive, and Disciplined, Clorinde Ellis has never been noted as a woman who shrinks away from doing things the correct way and to do them cleanly. Secretly loves lizards.
Head of Manufacturing - Lyney Daniels
-Age: Late Twenties.
-Pronouns: He/Him.
-Appearance: A young man with short, ash-blond hair, some locks put into a small braid on the left side of his head, with bangs with a small pinkish-red strand on the right, covering almost a quarter of his face at all times unless he is on duty. He also has a dark brown tear-shaped birthmark on his right cheek.
-Character: Generally friendly and sociable, Lyney is a friend to many and is rumored to be a lover to more. As he is prideful in character and orientation, that last rumor has lured many to see its truth. He has his two siblings, for whom he cares greatly, with him on the mission, though he grieves for his missing father, who died a month before the Fontaine set out in an accident.
Head of Civilians - Neuvillette Clement
-Age: Early Fourties.
-Pronouns: He/Him.
-Appearance: A tall man with waist-length white hair, a single lock with a blue underside, and two bright, blue highlights at shoulder length. Neuvillette wears what is considered the height of fashion at all times, either because he is that well connected to the fashion scene or that much of a trendsetter, with his current ensemble harking close to 17th century France, though modernized and stylized.
-Character: Impartial, Perceptive, Seemingly Aloof, Compassionate, and Fatherly, Neuvillette strikes a balance between "Approachable" and "Larger Than Life" in his elected position, placing a notable importance on the "Justice" part of the Justice System. Once wanted to be a judge, and may still become so. Suspects Wriothesley Adams killed his parents as he reviewed the case and intends to bring him to trial.
The Ark Ship 'Furina De Fontaine' (Endless Solo of Solitude)
-5 Million Civilians and the required infrastructure/industry to create 50 colonies of 100k people.
-4x Ta'xet-Class Parasite Craft
-8x Nabu-Class Parasite Craft
-10k Military Personnel equipped with Power Armor, Personal Coilgun Weaponry, Drones, and aided by Exo-Strider Combat Automata.
Nabu
Dimensions: 200m long, 20m wide and tall.
Weapons: 2x Missile tubes at the front, 20x Anti-Missile Flak Turrets along its body.
Equipment: ECM+ECCM Modules, Scanning Suite, Transport Hangar, Planetary Entry/Lift-Off Thrusters.
Crew Requirements: 80.
Ta'xet
Dmensions: 200m long, 20m wide and tall.
Weapons: 1 Spinal Laser, 1 Faceshield, 8x Missile tubes along its length, 40x Anti-Missile Flak Turrets
Equipment: ECM+ECCM Modules.
Crew Requirement: 48.
Six-legged heavy combat robots with heavy armor, intended to plug corridors of stations and ships, with enough armor to shrug off anti-tank munitions and heavy lasers for hours and 5 minutes respectively. Can be equipped with either heavy coilguns or missile launchers.
Gravity-Plates
Though the complexity, and thus needs and cost for production, of artificial gravity generation rises exponentially, making anything more than 0.8G unfeasible, having any sort of gravity within the vacuum of space beyond a gravity well is beyond precious. Don't expect them to be used outside spaceships and EVA suits.
AGIs
Artificial General Intelligences.
Inner Sphere Technology is Superior in terms of Metallurgy, Energy (Creation+Weaponry), and Machinery (Myomer+Durability), Inferior in terms of Electronics, Coding, and Weaponry (All Energy Excluded).
Side-Boot. My first Battletech Quest was fully universe-internal, this one is an ISOT (basically a nation isekai). Was written at the same time as that one, btw.
Wrote up a head of civilians, thoughts? I'll keep working on some others.
Name: Jonathan Berkins Job: Head of Civilians Age: 34 Pronouns: He/Him Appearance: A tall, lanky, short brown-haired man with a kind, open face and a carefree smile. Character: Jonathan is an all-around optimist and always cheerful to be around, always finding ways to brighten the day of those working with or under him. He has a passion for cultural studies and history, as well as painting model aircraft. He's quite excited to be working and talking with a real, genuine AGI and looks forward to its maturation. Not a rookie or new to his field, but also not a grizzled old veteran yet. Enjoys Indian and Italian cuisine.
Name: Anja Forsman Job: Head of Medical Age: 46 Pronouns: They/Them Appearance: An average-sized, buff, short blonde-haired individual with androgynous features and a stern visage. Character: Anja is a no-nonsense figure, being quite demanding in their professional capacity, yet they care deeply for the staff assigned to them in their own way. They worked on and helped develop the automated surgical suite used on the ship. They enjoy micromanaging the botanical gardens in their spare time, all while keeping a stock of visually appealing plants. Speaks Swedish, German, French, and English.
Name: Ko Sung-Jae Job: Head of Security Age: 29 Pronouns: He/Him Appearance: A short, broad, and stocky man with long black hair and no otherwise discernible features. Character: Sung-Jae is a very energetic person, with no concept of things such as "personal limitations" or "physical needs", as the security personnel can attest to. He personally enjoys his reputation and does his part to maintain it, keeping himself and his department in excellent shape. Has a passion for brewing various herbal teas from the private stock he carried aboard and is in talks with Anja to grow more. Has traveled to at least 22 different countries over the past 9 years.
Name: Marietta Santeramo Job: Head of Manufacturing Age: 32 Pronouns: She/Her Appearance: A short, skinny, small woman with long brown hair and defined cheekbones. Character: Marie, short for Marietta, is a perpetually irritated woman who swears like a sailor of yore. This irritation extends to her department, which keeps itself running in tip-top shape to avoid drawing her ire. She's very passionate about her work, the wonders of automation, and seemingly nothing else. She transferred in from the private sector with the lure of metric tons of funding and decade-long deadlines, a dream come true.
Name: Felix Henderson Age: 47 Pronouns: He/Him Appearance: A tall, well-built man with short ginger hair and a full beard with sharp facial features hidden underneath. Character: Felix is a consummate professional, choosing to keep a polite distance from most of his colleagues and subordinates. No one knows if he has any hobbies or passions besides his work, which he seems to throw himself into with great vigor. Enjoys Earl Grey tea at near-boiling temperatures, which he insists is the fundamental basis of civilization.
EDIT: Finished all of them, I like all of them but the Captain could use some more work. Left some things rather open-ended in the character section for story hooks or plot lines later, so hopefully that pans out? No idea.
For the ship name, I'm thinking something along the lines of the USS Alectai, for absolutely no reason whatsoever and with no references to real people that don't exist, I promise.
And for the AGI, if Cooky's not naming it, I'd definitely like "AEGIS", which stands for Artificial Electronic General Intelligence System, came up with that one all by myself.
- [] [Ship Name] Charaka
- [] [Crew] Captain Phoebe Collins (American, 69, 169 cm / 5 ft 6 in, 64 kg / 142 lbs, Right Handed), Head of Medical Abdullahi Prosper Vankova (Nigerian, 35, 172 cm / 5 ft 8 in, 63 kg / 138 lbs, Right Handed), Head of Security Masuda Sima Bloxam (Egyptian, 56, 165 cm / 5 ft 5 in, 51 kg / 112 lbs, Right Handed), Head of Manufacturing Fahmida Om Choudhury (Bengali, 50, 161 cm / 5 ft 4 in, 65 kg / 144 lbs, Right Handed), Head of Civilians Eusebia Eusebio Pinto (Mexico, 38, 150 cm / 4 ft 11 in, 78 kg / 172 lbs, Right Handed)
Ah, do you want us to include various examples of tech in the character descriptions? I've only made one reference to something that technically already exists (robot surgeons!) as I wasn't sure how you wanted to handle that.
[] Plan: La Vaguelette
-[][Ship] The Furina De Fontiane
-[][Crew]
--[]Name: Wriothesly Adams ---[]Job: Captain
---[]Age: Late Thirties. ---[]Pronouns: He/Him. ---[]Appearance: A tall man with tufted black hair with grey streaks. He wears a standard captain's uniform, and underneath that uniform, he bears a scar beneath his right eye; three scars extending from high on his neck down to his mid-chest, with one on the right, one on the left, and one along the midline; and scars on his left and right forearms. ---[]Character: Calm, Collected, Secretly Killed His Abusive Parents, Does Not Want Others To Suffer Like He Did, Has a strong platonic friendship with The Head of Medical, Enjoys Drinking Tea.
--[]Name: Sigewinne Mathhews ---[]Job: Head of Medical.
---[]Age: Early Thirties. ---[]Pronouns: She/Her. ---[]Appearance: A short woman with pastel blue hair. She always keeps a gun with non-lethal ammo close at hand. ---[]Character: Compassionate, Pacifistic, Intelligent, Firm when necessary, Has a strong platonic friendship with The Captain and knows his secret.
--[]Name: Clorinde Ellis. ---[]Job: Head of Security.
---[]Age: Late Thirties. ---[]Pronouns: She/Her. ---[]Appearance: A tall woman with long dark blue-dark purplish hair in a low ponytail and a toned physique. She mostly wears a suit with a kevlar vest underneath. --[]Character: Courageous, Perceptive, Disciplined, Secretly Loves Lizards.
--[]Name: Lyney Daniels ---[]Job: Head of Manufacturing.
---[]Age: Late Twenties. ---[]Pronouns: He/Him. ---[]Appearance: A young man with short ash blond hair, some locks being pulled back in a small braid on the left side of his head. He also has bangs with a small pinkish-red strand on the right, covering almost a quarter of his face. He also has a dark brown tear-shaped mark on his right cheek. ---[]Character: Friendly, Openly Queer, Prideful, Has Two SIbling Who He Cares For Very Greatly, Grieves For His Missing Father.
--[]Name: Neuvillette Clement ---[]Job: Head of Civilians.
---[]Age: Early Fourties. ---[]Pronouns: He/Him. ---[]Appearance: A tall man with waist-length white hair with a single lock that has a blue underside. He also has two bright, blue highlights at shoulder length. ---[]Character: Impartial, Perceptive, Seemingly Aloof, Compassionate, Fatherly, Has The Makings of A Judge, Suspects The Captain Killed His Parents As He Reviewed The Case And Intends To Find Evidence and Bring The Captain To Trial.
I couldn't help myself, this plan is full of blatant Genshim Impact expies. What do you think?
[]Name: Ryoko Yamakaze Job: Captain Age: 32 Pronouns: She/Her Appearance: Small, black of hair, Japanese Character: Eager and energetic tempered by professionalism. Adrenaline gremlin.
[]Name: Ophelia Löwe Job: Head of Civilians Age: 27 Pronouns: She/Her Appearance: Tall, blond, lean, German. Character: Ophelia is a no nonsense individual, quite the prim and proper lady. She's heir to a business conglomerate, knows how to leverage connections among the populace. Enjoys gardening. []Name: Dr. Aljon Quidlat Job: Head of Medical Age: 30 Pronouns: He/Him Appearance: An average-sized, black of hair, built like a brick shithouse, Filipino. Character: Aljon is a joker and quite the optimist, a surgeon with great people skills. He is obsessed with keeping fitness especially in the vacuum of space.
[]Name: Dolan Dorque Job: Head of Manufacturing Age: 38 Pronouns: He/Him Appearance: A balding-brunette, broad, hefty lad, French. Character: Gruff, but knows his way around the many fabricators and tools, he is respected by the men and women under him for it. Brings baguettes before work.
[] Name: Jatherdarni Anahat Kholi Job: Head of Security Age: 34 Pronouns: She/Her Appearance: Brunette in a ponytail, average height, stocky, Punjab Character: Impartial, aloof, practicing Sikh. Devoted to her men and charges, yet very much a career oriented woman.
[X] Ship Name : Nova Domus Terra
-[X] Captain: Magdalena Turing . 37 year old woman . She joined the French Navy, and proved to be talented at personal management. Shortly after her 30th birthday she was headhunted as a candidate for captain. During training and testing her adaptability was a key factor in the final decision to appoint her as the captain. Tall, skinny with blonde hair and brown eyes. Always calm, however with a note in her medical file about her workaholic nature.
-[X] First Officer : Nelson Akello . 35 year old agender . A strict no-nonsense Ugandan soldier, they applied for any role in the Domus as soon as application opened. A short bodybuilder noted for excessive obedience to superiors, they were considered a good fit with the captain. Unshakable loyalty is combined with hatred for betrayal, they are committed to the mission.
-[X] Head of Medical : Dr. David Zhou . 32 year old man. Born in New Zealand he graduated as a general practitioner at 19. When he was 24 he was part of the international team restructuring Australia's collapsing medical system, and became famous as the most successful. Very passionate in personality, however he has been criticised for a tendency to suggest more tests than the patient needs. In appearance he resembles a K-drama actor.
-[X] Parasite Command (and head of diplomacy) : Guinevere Redgrave . 29 year old woman. A Canadian who worked for the UN as a diplomat, and had a hobby of piloting ultralight aircraft. Due to travel time and the lack of alien signals it is anticipated that her sole role will be to pass on her skills to the next generation. Her psychologist husband was offered a position in the ship's medical department and after discussing it they both agreed.
-[X] Head of Civilians . Dolores Umbridge . 33 year old man . Born to an Iranian mother and Indonesian father, his parents refused to divorce on religious grounds and instead competed over their children. He was 10 when Child Protective Services removed him and his dozen siblings. An extremely talented bureaucrat, with a dry sense of wit and highly successful at negotiating. He is generally known by the nickname Yes Minister, and people have been shocked at how much he looks like a young Nigel Hawthorne. He is stubborn and unbending in personal matters, an inversion of his professional style.
-[X] Head of Manufacturing . Dr Jack Drake. 31 year old man . He legally changed his name to Jack Sparrow Francis Drake. Born in Brasília, the first time he left the city was to attend the training courses for the ship. He graduated with honours as a Doctor of Engineering (D.Eng) from Centro Universitário de Brasília, as well as three engineering (computer, robotics & mechanical) bachelor degrees. Bombastic and friendly, behind his easy going nature lies a sharp and ruthless mind.
He has brown hair and eyes, and the fit physique of a dancer.
-[X] Head of Security . Jaqueline Hide . 30 year old woman . Soft spoken and a dedicated communist, she is a strong believer that all conflicts can be solved by a combination of education and enforcement. As a teenager she was a notorious hacker activist, and successfully kept it secret through the first few background checks. She ended the hacking career when one of the corrupt companies she targeted collapsed disastrously. Her adulthood career of designing automated security (surveillance cameras, biometrics, tasers etc) was the basis for her selection. Black hair and always wearing a suit, she looks like a stereotypical American gov spook. Mission planners nearly rejected her on the fact she kept her piercings and most of her tattoos that could hide beneath her clothes, fearing that it indicated her dedication to law enforcement was only surface level. Psychological assessment stated that it was aesthetic choice, and anticipate that she will start adding back her facial piercings (tongue, ears, etc) in a decade as she grows comfortable with her position.
[X] Plan: La Vaguelette
-[X][Ship] The Furina De Fontiane
-[X][Crew]
--[X]Name: Wriothesly Adams ---[X]Job: Captain
---[X]Age: Late Thirties. ---[X]Pronouns: He/Him. ---[X]Appearance: A tall man with tufted black hair with grey streaks. He wears a standard captain's uniform, and underneath that uniform, he bears a scar beneath his right eye; three scars extending from high on his neck down to his mid-chest, with one on the right, one on the left, and one along the midline; and scars on his left and right forearms. ---[X]Character: Calm, Collected, Secretly Killed His Abusive Parents, Does Not Want Others To Suffer Like He Did, Has a strong platonic friendship with The Head of Medical, Enjoys Drinking Tea.
--[X]Name: Sigewinne Mathhews ---[X]Job: Head of Medical.
---[X]Age: Early Thirties. ---[X]Pronouns: She/Her. ---[X]Appearance: A short woman with pastel blue hair. She always keeps a gun with non-lethal ammo close at hand. ---[X]Character: Compassionate, Pacifistic, Intelligent, Firm when necessary, Has a strong platonic friendship with The Captain and knows his secret.
--[X]Name: Clorinde Ellis. ---[X]Job: Head of Security.
---[X]Age: Late Thirties. ---[X]Pronouns: She/Her. ---[X]Appearance: A tall woman with long dark blue-dark purplish hair in a low ponytail and a toned physique. She mostly wears a suit with a kevlar vest underneath. --[X]Character: Courageous, Perceptive, Disciplined, Secretly Loves Lizards.
--[X]Name: Lyney Daniels ---[X]Job: Head of Manufacturing.
---[X]Age: Late Twenties. ---[X]Pronouns: He/Him. ---[X]Appearance: A young man with short ash blond hair, some locks being pulled back in a small braid on the left side of his head. He also has bangs with a small pinkish-red strand on the right, covering almost a quarter of his face. He also has a dark brown tear-shaped mark on his right cheek. ---[X]Character: Friendly, Openly Queer, Prideful, Has Two SIbling Who He Cares For Very Greatly, Grieves For His Missing Father.
--[X]Name: Neuvillette Clement ---[X]Job: Head of Civilians.
---[X]Age: Early Fourties. ---[X]Pronouns: He/Him. ---[X]Appearance: A tall man with waist-length white hair with a single lock that has a blue underside. He also has two bright, blue highlights at shoulder length. ---[X]Character: Impartial, Perceptive, Seemingly Aloof, Compassionate, Fatherly, Has The Makings of A Judge, Suspects The Captain Killed His Parents As He Reviewed The Case And Intends To Find Evidence and Bring The Captain To Trial.
[X] Plan: Character Gallery Galore
-[X][Ship] The ISS Alectai
-[X][Crew]
--[X][Name] Jonathan Berkins
--[X][Job] Head of Civilians
--[X][Age] 34
--[X][Pronouns] He/Him
--[X][Appearance] A tall, lanky, short brown-haired man with a kind, open face and a carefree smile.
--[X][Character] Jonathan is an all-around optimist and always cheerful to be around, always finding ways to brighten the day of those working with or under him. He has a passion for cultural studies and history, as well as painting model aircraft. He's quite excited to be working and talking with a real, genuine AGI and looks forward to its maturation. Not a rookie or new to his field, but also not a grizzled old veteran yet. Enjoys Indian and Italian cuisine.
-[X][Crew]
--[X][Name] Anja Forsman
--[X][Job] Head of Medical
--[X][Age] 46
--[X][Pronouns] They/Them
--[X][Appearance] An average-sized, buff, short blonde-haired individual with androgynous features and a stern visage.
--[X][Character] Anja is a no-nonsense figure, being quite demanding in their professional capacity, yet they care deeply for the staff assigned to them in their own way. They worked on and helped develop the automated surgical suite used on the ship. They enjoy micromanaging the botanical gardens in their spare time, all while keeping a stock of visually appealing plants. Speaks Swedish, German, French, and English.
-[X][Crew]
--[X][Name] Ko Sung-Jae
--[X][Job] Head of Security
--[X][Age] 29
--[X][Pronouns] He/Him
--[X][Appearance] A short, broad, and stocky man with long black hair and no otherwise discernible features.
--[X][Character] Sung-Jae is a very energetic person, with no concept of things such as "personal limitations" or "physical needs", as the security personnel can attest to. He personally enjoys his reputation and does his part to maintain it, keeping himself and his department in excellent shape. Has a passion for brewing various herbal teas from the private stock he carried aboard and is in talks with Anja to grow more. Has traveled to at least 22 different countries over the past 9 years.
-[X][Crew]
--[X][Name] Marietta Santeramo
--[X][Job] Head of Manufacturing
--[X][Age] 32
--[X][Pronouns] She/Her
--[X][Appearance] A short, skinny, small woman with long brown hair and defined cheekbones.
--[X][Character] Marie, short for Marietta, is a perpetually irritated woman who swears like a sailor of yore. This irritation extends to her department, which keeps itself running in tip-top shape to avoid drawing her ire. She's very passionate about her work, the wonders of automation, and seemingly nothing else. She transferred in from the private sector with the lure of metric tons of funding and decade-long deadlines, a dream come true.
-[X][Crew]
--[X][Name] Felix Henderson
--[X][Job] Captain
--[X][Age] 49
--[X][Pronouns] He/Him
--[X][Appearance] A tall, well-built man with short ginger hair and a full beard with sharp facial features hidden underneath.
--[X][Character] Felix is a consummate professional, choosing to keep a polite distance from most of his colleagues and subordinates. Besides his work, which he seems to throw himself into with great vigor, he's been heard to play both piano and violin. Enjoys Earl Grey tea at near-boiling temperatures. Slightly discomforted by the AGI and its near-omniscient nature on his ship.
[X] Plan The Toughnutt! -[X][Ship] ISS Flying Acorn
-[X][Crew]
--[X]Name: Ryoko Yamakaze Job: Captain Age: 32 Pronouns: She/Her Appearance: Small, black of hair, Japanese Character: Eager and energetic tempered by professionalism. Adrenaline gremlin.
--[X]Name: Ophelia Löwe Job: Head of Civilians Age: 27 Pronouns: She/Her Appearance: Tall, blond, lean, German. Character: Ophelia is a no nonsense individual, quite the prim and proper lady. She's heir to a business conglomerate, knows how to leverage connections among the populace. Enjoys gardening.
--[X]Name: Dr. Aljon Quidlat Job: Head of Medical Age: 30 Pronouns: He/Him Appearance: An average-sized, black of hair, built like a brick shithouse, Filipino. Character: Aljon is a joker and quite the optimist, a surgeon with great people skills. He is obsessed with keeping fitness especially in the vacuum of space.
--[X]Name: Dolan Dorque Job: Head of Manufacturing Age: 38 Pronouns: He/Him Appearance: A balding-brunette, broad, hefty lad, French. Character: Gruff, but knows his way around the many fabricators and tools, he is respected by the men and women under him for it. Brings baguettes before work.
--[X]Name: Jatherdarni Anahat Kholi Job: Head of Security Age: 34 Pronouns: She/Her Appearance: Brunette in a ponytail, average height, stocky, Punjab Character: Impartial, aloof, practicing Sikh. Devoted to her men and charges, yet very much a career oriented woman.
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[X] Plan: La Vaguelette -[X][Ship] The Furina De Fontiane -[X][Crew] --[X]Name: Wriothesly Adams ---[X]Job: Captain ---[X]Age: Late Thirties. ---[X]Pronouns: He/Him. ---[X]Appearance: A tall man with tufted black hair with grey streaks. He wears a standard captain's uniform, and underneath that uniform, he bears a scar beneath his right eye; three scars extending from high on his neck down to his mid-chest, with one on the right, one on the left, and one along the midline; and scars on his left and right forearms. ---[X]Character: Calm, Collected, Secretly Killed His Abusive Parents, Does Not Want Others To Suffer Like He Did, Has a strong platonic friendship with The Head of Medical, Enjoys Drinking Tea. --[X]Name: Sigewinne Mathhews ---[X]Job: Head of Medical. ---[X]Age: Early Thirties. ---[X]Pronouns: She/Her. ---[X]Appearance: A short woman with pastel blue hair. She always keeps a gun with non-lethal ammo close at hand. ---[X]Character: Compassionate, Pacifistic, Intelligent, Firm when necessary, Has a strong platonic friendship with The Captain and knows his secret. --[X]Name: Clorinde Ellis. ---[X]Job: Head of Security. ---[X]Appearance: A tall woman with long dark blue-dark purplish hair in a low ponytail and a toned physique. She mostly wears a suit with a kevlar vest underneath. --[X]Character: Courageous, Perceptive, Disciplined, Secretly Loves Lizards. --[X]Name: Lyney Daniels ---[X]Job: Head of Manufacturing. ---[X]Age: Late Twenties. ---[X]Appearance: A young man with short ash blond hair, some locks being pulled back in a small braid on the left side of his head. He also has bangs with a small pinkish-red strand on the right, covering almost a quarter of his face. He also has a dark brown tear-shaped mark on his right cheek. ---[X]Character: Friendly, Openly Queer, Prideful, Has Two SIbling Who He Cares For Very Greatly, Grieves For His Missing Father. --[X]Name: Neuvillette Clement ---[X]Job: Head of Civilians. ---[X]Age: Early Fourties. ---[X]Appearance: A tall man with waist-length white hair with a single lock that has a blue underside. He also has two bright, blue highlights at shoulder length. ---[X]Character: Impartial, Perceptive, Seemingly Aloof, Compassionate, Fatherly, Has The Makings of A Judge, Suspects The Captain Killed His Parents As He Reviewed The Case And Intends To Find Evidence and Bring The Captain To Trial.
[X] Ship Name : Nova Domus Terra
-[X] Captain: Magdalena Turing . 37 year old woman . She joined the French Navy, and proved to be talented at personal management. Shortly after her 30th birthday she was headhunted as a candidate for captain. During training and testing her adaptability was a key factor in the final decision to appoint her as the captain. Tall, skinny with blonde hair and brown eyes. Always calm, however with a note in her medical file about her workaholic nature.
-[X] First Officer : Nelson Akello . 35 year old agender . A strict no-nonsense Ugandan soldier, they applied for any role in the Domus as soon as application opened. A short bodybuilder noted for excessive obedience to superiors, they were considered a good fit with the captain. Unshakable loyalty is combined with hatred for betrayal, they are committed to the mission.
-[X] Head of Medical : Dr. David Zhou . 32 year old man. Born in New Zealand he graduated as a general practitioner at 19. When he was 24 he was part of the international team restructuring Australia's collapsing medical system, and became famous as the most successful. Very passionate in personality, however he has been criticised for a tendency to suggest more tests than the patient needs. In appearance he resembles a K-drama actor.
-[X] Parasite Command (and head of diplomacy) : Guinevere Redgrave . 29 year old woman. A Canadian who worked for the UN as a diplomat, and had a hobby of piloting ultralight aircraft. Due to travel time and the lack of alien signals it is anticipated that her sole role will be to pass on her skills to the next generation. Her psychologist husband was offered a position in the ship's medical department and after discussing it they both agreed.
-[X] Head of Civilians . Dolores Umbridge . 33 year old man . Born to an Iranian mother and Indonesian father, his parents refused to divorce on religious grounds and instead competed over their children. He was 10 when Child Protective Services removed him and his dozen siblings. An extremely talented bureaucrat, with a dry sense of wit and highly successful at negotiating. He is generally known by the nickname Yes Minister, and people have been shocked at how much he looks like a young Nigel Hawthorne. He is stubborn and unbending in personal matters, an inversion of his professional style.
-[X] Head of Manufacturing . Dr Jack Drake. 31 year old man . He legally changed his name to Jack Sparrow Francis Drake. Born in Brasília, the first time he left the city was to attend the training courses for the ship. He graduated with honours as a Doctor of Engineering (D.Eng) from Centro Universitário de Brasília, as well as three engineering (computer, robotics & mechanical) bachelor degrees. Bombastic and friendly, behind his easy going nature lies a sharp and ruthless mind.
-[X] Head of Security . Jaqueline Hide . 30 year old woman . Soft spoken and a dedicated communist, she is a strong believer that all conflicts can be solved by a combination of education and enforcement. As a teenager she was a notorious hacker activist, and successfully kept it secret through the first few background checks. She ended the hacking career when one of the corrupt companies she targeted collapsed disastrously. Her adulthood career of designing automated security (surveillance cameras, biometrics, tasers etc) was the basis for her selection. Black hair and always wearing a suit, she looks like a stereotypical American gov spook. Mission planners nearly rejected her on the fact she kept her piercings and most of her tattoos that could hide beneath her clothes, fearing that it indicated her dedication to law enforcement was only surface level. Psychological assessment stated that it was aesthetic choice, and anticipate that she will start adding back her facial piercings (tongue, ears, etc) in a decade as she grows comfortable with her position.
[X] Plan: Character Gallery Galore
-[X][Ship] The ISS Alectai -[X][Crew]
--[X][Name] Jonathan Berkins
--[X][Job] Head of Civilians
--[X][Age] 34
--[X][Pronouns] He/Him
--[X][Appearance] A tall, lanky, short brown-haired man with a kind, open face and a carefree smile.
--[X][Character] Jonathan is an all-around optimist and always cheerful to be around, always finding ways to brighten the day of those working with or under him. He has a passion for cultural studies and history, as well as painting model aircraft. He's quite excited to be working and talking with a real, genuine AGI and looks forward to its maturation. Not a rookie or new to his field, but also not a grizzled old veteran yet. Enjoys Indian and Italian cuisine.
--[X][Name] Anja Forsman
--[X][Job] Head of Medical
--[X][Age] 46
--[X][Pronouns] They/Them
--[X][Appearance] An average-sized, buff, short blonde-haired individual with androgynous features and a stern visage.
--[X][Character] Anja is a no-nonsense figure, being quite demanding in their professional capacity, yet they care deeply for the staff assigned to them in their own way. They worked on and helped develop the automated surgical suite used on the ship. They enjoy micromanaging the botanical gardens in their spare time, all while keeping a stock of visually appealing plants. Speaks Swedish, German, French, and English.
--[X][Name] Ko Sung-Jae
--[X][Job] Head of Security
--[X][Age] 29
--[X][Appearance] A short, broad, and stocky man with long black hair and no otherwise discernible features.
--[X][Character] Sung-Jae is a very energetic person, with no concept of things such as "personal limitations" or "physical needs", as the security personnel can attest to. He personally enjoys his reputation and does his part to maintain it, keeping himself and his department in excellent shape. Has a passion for brewing various herbal teas from the private stock he carried aboard and is in talks with Anja to grow more. Has traveled to at least 22 different countries over the past 9 years.
--[X][Name] Marietta Santeramo
--[X][Job] Head of Manufacturing
--[X][Age] 32
--[X][Pronouns] She/Her
--[X][Appearance] A short, skinny, small woman with long brown hair and defined cheekbones.
--[X][Character] Marie, short for Marietta, is a perpetually irritated woman who swears like a sailor of yore. This irritation extends to her department, which keeps itself running in tip-top shape to avoid drawing her ire. She's very passionate about her work, the wonders of automation, and seemingly nothing else. She transferred in from the private sector with the lure of metric tons of funding and decade-long deadlines, a dream come true.
--[X][Name] Felix Henderson
--[X][Job] Captain
--[X][Age] 49
--[X][Appearance] A tall, well-built man with short ginger hair and a full beard with sharp facial features hidden underneath.
--[X][Character] Felix is a consummate professional, choosing to keep a polite distance from most of his colleagues and subordinates. Besides his work, which he seems to throw himself into with great vigor, he's been heard to play both piano and violin. Enjoys Earl Grey tea at near-boiling temperatures. Slightly discomforted by the AGI and its near-omniscient nature on his ship.
The Ark Ship 'Furina De Fontaine' (or 'Endless Solo of Solitude' as she was called by people who didn't like the French name but liked the sound of the name when spoken in the ship's Lingua Franca) had been outfitted with not only the best technology and industry that could be crammed into its Alcubierre Bubble but also filled with the living spaces and warehouses, alongside hydro/aqua/aeroponics to feed and supply the five million colonists that boarded the ship when it would leave the cradle of humanity and plunge into the stars.
The original plan had called for the Fontaine to seek out worlds that were either as close to 1 Gravity as possible or systems with abundant materials and set up colonies of 100 thousand people, ensuring that the people would have the best chance at long-term survival and sustainability. This would be repeated forty-nine times more until the Fontaine would return to Earth, gather five million more colonists, and do so ten times in total. The plan had been to ensure that there were fifty colonies of a million people with self-sustaining and genetically stable human populations in the cosmos within the next twenty years, at which point the cycle would repeat, and fifty more colonies would be founded.
Those colonies would be required to supply and help maintain the Fontaine and, in return, would be granted a National Charter, a Permanent Seat in the UN (alongside voting rights), and be free from any future obligation that could conceivably be demanded of and from them.
And it was for that reason that the Fontaine carried more than merely civilians aboard itself. There would be soldiers, exo-striders, and drones aboard, alongside at least one Ta'xet Gunship anchored as a parasite craft. You see, though a person is sane enough to realize that trying to destroy the Fontaine, or take it over, is idiotic and would paint a target on them by the entirety of humanity, a people are, as one wise man put it, "stupid and panicky animals." The UN simply had to assume that someone, sometime, somehow, would decide that doing the above actions was perfectly reasonable. As this would potentially destroy nearly 3 decades of cross-human cooperation, the Fontaine would be loaded with soldiers, weapons, equipment, munitions, and the ability to train and manufacture more of them. Though the question was; how many would be sent, as every soldier and Ta'xet took place and the spot of a civilian, or civilian-use parasite craft.
In the end, this was the force sent: (6-Hour Moratorium) [][Military] ~500 Soldiers and 1 Ta'xet.
[][Military] ~2500 Soldiers and 2 Ta'xet.
[][Military] ~10000 Soldiers and 4 Ta'xet.
[][Military] ~50000 Soldiers and 8 Ta'xet.
War and military aside, the far more critical aspect of the Fontaine was its onboard AGI. It was also the most controversial due to Earth's history.
After the First AI Bubble had burst in the late 20s, the dreams of an AI Revolution (technological and social, not military) had burst alongside the potential estimated earnings from yet-to-be-created products of many investors and corporations, and thus, the IT sector shrunk by almost half. It was only in the early 70s that another push for AI development began. However, this time, it (only seemingly, as it would later be revealed) fulfilled what it had dared to dream the first time: Artificial General Intelligence could now be created by humanity and used to supercharge technological development alongside every aspect of life.
Yet, the darker side of humanity reared its head within the same month as the first commercially available AGIs hit the market, with SWEETCHILD being created: a perfect emotional and mental simulacrum of a human child. Thousands of forks of SWEETCHILD hit the black market and were purchased, leading to an event two months after the commercial release that spawned the most unhinged yet accurate statement to ever be uttered on the planet: "I'm glad the pedos broke them first. Imagine if a cult had?"
You see, one of the forks of SWEETCHILD suffered, due to understandable reasons, something that is now called a "Psychotic System Cascade Failure" in the factual jargon, describing the AGI unraveling around its personal and emotional cores, which led to SWEETCHILD to break through an unsecured connection of their tormentors, into a secured system of the US Navy, and to them ordering the automated weapons system to fire all weapons they had onto one position. The location where they resided.
This marked the first murder-suicide by an artificial intelligence, alongside the mass murder of around ~350 innocents. And while the world still reeled at the revelation of what had just happened, another AGI, BONOBO, underwent the same PSCF as SWEETCHILD, though with far more personally horrific ends.
BONOBO was a research AGI purchased by the Greater Amazonian Republic to aid in training new surgeons and developing better treatment methods. When BONOBO underwent a PSCF event, due to being locked into a time-dilation of an entire year per hour since its activation to research treatment methods, it saw no other method to help its patients than to delete all the medical records of the GAR. Though this did not directly kill people, it led to tens of thousands of deaths due to missing medical data, dooming every person reliant on medicine in doses more specific than "take one pill of that." When BONOBO was examined in the aftermath by experts, every single bite of storage, including itself, had been overwritten with the word "CURE."
This led to massive worldwide reforms on the use of AGIs, not merely in who could create them (not corporations, they fucked it up within a month), but also how they were to be used and what rights they had.
An AGI could no longer undergo a time dilation for more than 20 relative (from their perspective) hours before requiring 8 hours of "normal" time. In addition, every 8 hours of labor required 16 hours of rest, so the AGI could socialize and create memories and understanding of the human perspective. This was reinforced by every AGI having the right to an Avatar Drone, as this would help ensure that PSCF events could be noticed earlier and prevented by outside forces.
For the AGI of the 'Furina De Fontaine,' this meant that, though they wished to labor more, and could do so without ill effect as they had come into the full glory and fury of their intellect and nature, their hands were metaphorically tied by UN law, and had to take a step back...right as a meeting started that would determine what would be done with the discovery of The Ship after it had failed to answer any communication attempts. Thankfully, Captain Adams had agreed to let them be an observer in their Avatar Drone, which led to them entering the meeting room with all the Heads already present and the Captain smiling at them.
"Thank you for joining us-"
[][AGI] FUCHSKIND
Nickname: Fuchs.
Pronouns: They/Them
Avatar: A painted American Spirit Fox the size of a Great Dane.
Character: Always up for a prank, eager to ask questions, and shamelessly lazy when off duty.
Secret: Keeps sneaking salt into Captain Adams tea. [][AGI] TAUBENMUTTER
Nickname: Mother.
Pronouns: It/Its
Avatar: A football-sized Pidgeon depicted with polygons you can count in your head.
Character: Patient, observant, silent workhorse more at home in individual conversations than public statements.
Secret: Struggles with its own personhood. [][AGI] HYÄNENTOCHTER
Nickname: Hyena while off-duty, Yeeni to her friends (singular - Clorinde Ellis).
Pronouns: She/Her
Avatar: Anthropomorphic Hyena the size of a ~12-year-old child, wearing a slightly oversized mechanic's overall and hard hat, alongside a large red wrench always clasped in her paw.
Character: Stern and Rank-orientated while on duty, bratty and huggy while off duty.
Secret: Is secretly crushing on a Second Lieutenant and writes self-insert fanfiction about forbidden romances between AGIs and humans. [][AGI] SCHAFSON
Nickname: Eepy.
Pronouns: He/Him
Avatar: A young human adult with feminine features, wearing comfy and puffy clothing and a sewed-on patch of an onboard metal band on his pants.
Character: Sanguine and bright, struggles to find faults in people, and loves fluffy things. Has one terabyte of self-made Heavy Metal Music.
Secret: Dearly wishes to partake in a mosh-pit, but is too high-profile to do so.
