Guys. I was thinking *yes I know a horrible thing* about an idea for an RP that was buggering me.
So what do you think of this idea? Would it be doable?The Divergence: In the beginning of the 22nd century the Orgus voted-in a more assertive and anti-isolationist government that not only began to trade with nearly every known race including the Loroi ... but that also in early 2110s found about a massive Umiak military build-up. This government seeing the war coming, having a bad astro-strategic position in regards to the Umiak and knowing that their own expanding industry being only able to slow the Umiaks down if they ever decided to invade, immediately send out secret scout units to find a fall back position for their people ... barreling straight into Humanity in early 2120's.
At first shocked at their apparent similarity to the telepathic Loroi, but later learning that they are just a new emerging specie, decided to help them if only to make them better meat shields for themself. The Orgus made a complete presentation about the Galaxy as they know it and informed the Humans what is happening, that the Umiaks have a rabid hate of telepaths and that their massive war machine will be mostly concentrated on the more advanced and telepathic Loroi ... for the moment.
Still they share with them their fears that the Umiaks will probably attack Humans if they found out about them just for physical similarity they share with the Loroi - something that is highly improbable, which confirms the suspicions of some scholars that Humans/Terrans were manipulated by aliens in their pre-historic past. Also some people will say that Humans are probably telepathic too - if only latently - if we go with legends and myths that is. If the Umiak find out about that - the Human race is toast.
Information about anything related to the scout units and Humanity was compartalized by the Orgus government to an absurdly paranoid degree to prevent the knowledge leaking out. The Orgus population and traders do not know anything at the moment.
Meanwhile, in the highest echelons of the Orgus government, a very furious debate is going on. If the Orgus evacuate their people they will practically become beggars overnight and will need a lot of help to re-industrialize and increase their population to current levels - they will need better protection - so even thicker meat shields. They will need a protector for the time being. In the end a secret Co-Prosperity and Protection treaty is signed with Humanity - that will later bind the traders further to the even more assertive and aggressive Terrans. Orgus shared most of their technology with Humans and their traders will scavenge the markets and known space for information and technology that they will funnel into Orgus and Terran space while Humanity will prepare itself for the coming War In Heaven.
It was then decided to amalgamate Earths governments into a stronger supra-national body that will represent ... not Humans ... but Terrans now as a whole in the galaxy. The Terran Alliance was born.
You, players, are now put into the roles of a 9-member council of directors and decision makers:
Science Councils of the Terran Alliance:
- Director of the Natural Science & Engineering Council,
- Director of the Martial & Physical Council,
- Director of the Humanities & Sociology Council,
Government branches of the Terran Alliance:
- Chairman of the senate, Legislative branch,
- Councilor-Coordinator of the Executive branch,
- High Judge of the Judicial branch,
Chief decision makers of the Terran Alliance:
- Chief of the Admiralty Board,
- Liaison-Director of the Intelligence sector,
- Chief Administrator of the Terran Colonial Administration.
Your mission will be saving the Terran ... ... ... and Orgus races and wither down the oncoming storm.
The year. 2121 Common Era. And the greatest technological, military, industrial, infrastructural and colonization build-up in Terran history has begun.
If this works right for you then you could get close to 40 years to prepare yourself.