Zundy

I'd say replace with an upgraded Epistol - Epistol MKII "Tachyon" known as "Tay" (pass me your Tay). It's a new model developed by NT that utilizes phoron crystals in its construction. Increases the charge and maybe the damage/stun depending on people's appetite for that.

I'd say replace with an upgraded Epistol - Epistol MKII "Tachyon" known as "Tay" (pass me your Tay). It's a new model developed by NT that utilizes phoron crystals in its construction. Increases the charge and maybe the damage/stun depending on people's appetite for that. Thoughts?

You could have an intercom in cargo which links in with an intercom in R&D maybe?

The implant is a limiting as you make it. If you want to override it just ahelp an admin and ask, it's canonically possible. In canon it's supposed to be unlikely but since you'll likely be trying to override it during a non canon round as long as your reasoning is sound then I'm sure the staff will oblige you. Also implants can be removed, so if you want to convert the cap just remove their implant.

You gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers in this racket.

Sounds good to me to be honest. Lots of potential for roleplay plus it sounds fun.

Woah, the elevator almost turned you into a Jill sandwich. I could get behind it. Link it to black kois and thrown in "mutated forms" and it mite b cool.

Boom yes of course, the tesla. Electricians should be able to set up the tesla.

What's the current output of the starting solars setup? Electricians definitely should be able to set them up and potentially build more if need be. Power management is F U N. Instead of removing the maint tech role, why not give them a way in which to setup power which isn't the engine or the solars, maybe setting up generators and hooking them up to the grid? That way all the titles have a manner in which to setup power which are different and "interesting".

We've done some tweeks on the Tribunal since this is a major bugbear largely down to no clarity. There has also been some clarification on the power of the Tribunal and the Emperor as there wasd a belief with some people that the Tribunal holds ultimate power in the Empire. It doesn't. In regards to the Tribunal "being a meme" - Dominia was already preached as being a meme (be a few people) prior to the addition of the Tribunal. When the Tribunal was added, Dominia was still a meme (to some people). When it was all revamped, Dominia was a meme (to some people). When we had the arc, Dominia suddenly wasn't a meme anymore - the Tribunal suddenly became the new meme (by an even fewer number of people). Regarding it's theological make up and it's incompatibility with society - it has no theological elements like the Church of Bane from 3.5e D&D has none, or the Klingon Religion from star trek. None of the fictional religions stand up to real religions (I'm sure there are a few very well thought out ones) since they're not real. In the same way we're not going to write down and draw out the entire political, geographic and stellar make up of every world and every system in the game - we're not going to draft up a theologically sound scripture for every fictional religion in game nor are we going to draft up 400 years plus of missing religious literature for every real life religion. It's just far too much work for something that's just for flavor. With regards to the Dominians not being able to emigrate based on their beliefs - the Tribunal mirrors the Unathi Sk'akh religion and Unathi are by and large anti-synth. There have been canon cases in lore of Unathi destroying shells on sight due to their status as abominations. Their religions are also overbearing. Unathi are allowed to work within Biesel and their religions are not brought into question. The People's Republic of Adhomai utilize secret police to kill political dissidents, want to seize the means of production and believe in racial superiority. Tajaran are allowed to work within Biesel. It goes on, the Vaurca? One hive is evil incarnate and the rest are causing massive social, political and evironmental issue in their host civilisations. Vaurca are allowed to work within Biesel. Solarians - literally invaded Biesel and had to be ousted. Still allowed in Biesel. They pass the test of "would they be allowed to work". They even have a religious law that demands they follow their host's local laws unlike any other race or civilisation - this was designed on purpose to ensure Dominia characters are not encouraged to be walking joke characters. We still get them and when we do, we deal with them like we deal with afro-hair comb-255,255,255-ghetto boyes from Sol, Allahu Akbar Elyrans, snuzzlekin Tajarans and azure-synth-loving-strong-independant-unathi-sec-women. That aside the feedback has been great. It wasn't clear in lore why people followed the religion and the power of the Emperor v Tribunal was shakey so we've clarified it. Any more feedback is welcome and I would very much like to hear from others, especially the Dominian players if they want.

Which colours? And what in their nature? I can amend these if need be. Excellent, will do. Edited the original post with a lil' FAQ.

Which parts do you think are fascist? What would you change? So you think more background and clarity would work?

But by being flawed doesn't that make it interesting? It has room to grown and evolve as the story develops? The plan wasn't to leave Dominia as is forever, but have it change and grow. In the case of IPC's characters have already been developed by some players to tastefully subvert the anti-IPC aspect just as some Unathi characters do the same within the Hegemony. Dominia is flawed on purpose so it can expand as a living entity. What buzzwords do you think accurately portray Dominia?

I very much don't want Dominia to be a fascist state. If it's a popular choice though I'm happy to start changing Dominia as the months progress into this. Regarding the religion, there isn't much written about it in the same way there isn't much written about the other fictional religions. Canonically it would hold all these answers but it's largely impossible to compete with real life religions that have existed for thousands of years and have had some of the greatest thinkers on the earth "work" on them. Do you think then that the Tribunal could do with more clarity? What do you think needs to be said to ensure players understand this?

Ok so I'm getting a lot of feedback regarding the confusion surrounding Dominia and it's lore. I've had postive, negative and neutral feedback that largely seem to be suffering from misunderstandings in the lore. I want to hear genuine criticism. I invite everyone who wants to to post in here there general feedback - things you like/dislike, why and how you think they can be improved. You can bounce off each other and have a dialogue but refrain from personal attacks please. If you haven't already done so please check out the lore here: https://wiki.aurorastation.org/index.php?title=Empire_of_Dominia EDIT: A bit of a FAQ regarding some key points: The Dominian flag itself is actually a recycled Unathi Zatimono from a player collaboration Unathi clan I was part of that died. The red and white were supposed to represent head canon unathi symbols/colors of medicine (which don't exist in lore at the moment). I used it because it fit with the bio-tech theme of Dominia and the color scheme is rad. It isn't in anyway based on ancient Rome and never was. I've clarified this on the wiki. People have asked me why I get so defensive over Dominia lore and not any other lore. I get my fair share of negative feedback from other human civ's and factions and though Dominia is currently getting a lot due to its recent popularity, it isn't the champion of negative feedback. That's actually Sol. Eridani got its fair share during the Eridani event as well. Elyra is the one with the least (inshallah). Dominia has a special place in my heart as it was actually created by collaboration with a group of early Dominia players (you know who you are). Dominia does stand apart as the one faction/group/civ that has had the most unironic bile thrown at it. I'm talking ad hominem, aggressive and unconstructive. It's taken the throne from ATLAS which is mighty impressive. I don't like it because it's toxic and you're shitting on other players. That's why I get mad. The actual main inspiration for current Dominia (not Fred's original) is the Unathi themselves and the Bene Tleilax from the Dune series (read it, it's great) with a sprinkle of Helghan aesthetics from Killzone (play it, it's great). Read into those and it all becomes clear. The Tribunal isn't a form/spin off of Catholicism. It's based on the Unathi Sk'ath religion. I've clarified that more on the wiki. Regarding shifting the blame when given "feedback". I get mad at the nonstop "memes" when I'm asking serious questions and there very much is an issue with people perpetuating false lore and therefore diminishing roleplay qualit, not just for Dominia either, but that's a discussion to be had with the admin team. Apologies to anyone who was attempting to give actual feedback during those times who got caught in the crossfire.

This isn't a meme either by the way, so if you do know something that would be peachy.

Tau Ceti foreign legion exists already so it'd easily slide into the role. I'll need to flesh it out right quick though.

I like the idea.

How do you think you could encourage people to play as the ants? How well do you think you'll handle working under another's direction? What if bygone wants you to do X which you personally disagree with? How would you feel if bygone shot down one of your ideas which you were sure would be a boon for ant lore?

Yeah let's tone down the spice a bit. I'm sorry for coming across as an arse. The only reason for the name change regarding the Inquisition is down to its potential to be memed. That's all. It's not about offense or Dominia or whatever. Let's draw a line in the sand and move forward on that basis. Like skull said we won't reject lore on a petty basis such as a name of sub organisation within what is otherwise top content. Also understand that if lore is accepted it is highly likely it will be altered. Jackboot and I have wasted enough of your time with a back and forth on literally nothing. Echoing skull, I too would like to know how:

Ahelp people who are clearly being stupid with characters. I am neither an admin not can I revoke the ability to play humans. You brought in Dominia as an example of extreme violent religions existing in setting as a defence for the title of Inquisition on the basis that it isn't violent which is a non sequitur anyway. I'm saying that Dominia is a good example of people like you perpetuating the lore falsely which WILL happen with this. I not about asking admins to start striking or banning people for perpetuating false lore and not reading the wiki though as it seems extremely tyrannical to me. Just stop doing it. Change the name of the Inquisition to something else or we will have to and I'd rather Snake did it since he speaks from some authority and will ensure it has a suitable name.

People will see inquisition and absolutely invoke the stereotype of an inquisition which is killing heretics. Dominia is proof that people will take incorrect lore, run with it, date it, marry it, spread it around and use it. It'll then be an uphill struggle to stop it. No where in lore does it say Dominians stone people nor is their actually a Tribunal Inquisition, it's just law, yet here we are with it being posted on the forums as fact. You even said you read the wiki where none of this is written. This is what will happen when you canonise (pun intended) the Catholic Inquisition. Just change the name to not immediately provoke shitters and everything else is hunky dory. The whole "waning church" is what I was envisioning when I was talking to snake about it all those months ago.

You mean recolour the pug sprite.

Now this is pod racing.

As long as I can put grenades on my arrows and use them to shirtlessly kill commies and or aliens.