Futuristic The Sol Colonies

[Andraus]

Now, as you may have guessed, this is a roleplay discussion thread for about OUR solar system.


Now, It's been an idea toyed for awhile about us setting up colonies on the various other planets, such as Mars, Venus, or wherever. I thought it'd be fun to play about on those individual planets, until leading up into one big roleplay.


I know it may seem pretty big to go off of, but this was inspired to me by @Enuky K , about having stories connect


So the idea came to this: The Sol Colonies.


The present I have in mind is around 2125, about 50 years set after humanity finally managed to colonize various other planets in the sol system. The planets I have ideas for so far are as followed.


Venus- Humid, Reminiscent of Jungles, filled with various mutated alien insects, giant lizards remarkable like dinosaurs, and various other dangers one would expect on such as a world. Everything from Poisonous plants, to killer creatures, to various tribes from the first colonists.


Mars- EVERYTHING as everyone has pictured: dry, arid, full of sand and dust, mutation from solar rays, forced to live underground, buried parasitic aliens, corrupt corporations profiting off your misery, and rebellion: I can almost smell the chaos with that one.


Neptune- One idea I started toying with is that Neptune is something like a complete water planet, full of various alien sea-life, caves chock full of crystals, underwater rapture-like cities, and caste systems. I have a whole story panned out for this section, so it will likely be the first, but if not, then It gives me more time to work on it.


During each roleplay the times will be parallel to each-other, until they lead to the major roleplay connecting them all.


Let me know if this sparks anyone's interest. Also, if you have any ideas whatsoever, I'm more than willing to hear them! Hope we can roleplay together!

 

[Tice]

Will the time be translated to that world? Since we're dealing with different orbits and day length. Or is their a universal clock that simply means different things for each planet's colonists?

 

[Transparent]

I'll just stake a post here with my name on it for a future tag when things take off, yea?

 

[Andraus]

@Milus I have it translated to the best of my abilities here. I hope this is enough to answer your question


Earth Day translated onto Mars- 1day, 0hour, 40minutes.


Earth Day Translated onto Venus- 116days, 18hours, 0minutes


Earth Day Translated onto Neptune- 0days, 16hours, 6minutes.


I am going to have it that most of the colonists rely on the Military Time Chart (as I am sure this will make things a WHOLE lot easier) so that they can figure out things like shifts, regular sleeping hours, and recreational times. I hope this helps Milus! Thanks for showing interest.


@johndoe Understandable. When the roleplay gets off the ground, I'll be sure to let you know. hope you'll still be interested.

 

[johndoe]

@Milus I have it translated to the best of my abilities here. I hope this is enough to answer your question
Earth Day translated onto Mars- 1day, 0hour, 40minutes.


Earth Day Translated onto Venus- 116days, 18hours, 0minutes


Earth Day Translated onto Neptune- 0days, 16hours, 6minutes.


I am going to have it that most of the colonists rely on the Military Time Chart (as I am sure this will make things a WHOLE lot easier) so that they can figure out things like shifts, regular sleeping hours, and recreational times. I hope this helps Milus! Thanks for showing interest.


@johndoe Understandable. When the roleplay gets off the ground, I'll be sure to let you know. hope you'll still be interested.

you tagged the wrong johndoe

 

[Andraus]

I am so sorry!

 

[johndoe]

I am so sorry!

it's fine i was a little confused because i didn't remeber saying anything btw he's john doe i'm johndoe

 

[Crispy Fries]

This seems like a pretty interesting idea. I'd be willing to join.

 

[Shireling]

I can dig it. But what's the overarching plot outline, or even your plot ideas for the individual colonies? I can think of several, such as a de-investment in space travel by Earth and forced repatriation of the colonists, or an unrelated rebellion from Earth.


I see that this is meant to be soft science fiction, but I think the depiction of Neptune as an explorable water-world is a bit far-fetched just due to it's immense size. Its moons, however, could be partially fictionalized to have all the characteristics you have described.

 

[Andraus]

@Shireling


The perception of Neptune was kind-of an old roleplay Idea I toyed with a long time ago, but I can see where you're going with it, and it sounds reasonable.


Basically, the current idea is that ALL THREE colonies are cut off not just from each-other, but earth as well. The event is known as either 'The Cataclysm', 'The Great Static' or 'The Burning Sky Disaster'. After a severe radiation AND meteor phenomenon damaged their communication technology, even after repairing it, contact has been lost with the other colonies.


In short, none of them even know if the colonies still exist.


Due to a lack of contact, and information from the Earth Supreme Council (the ruling government) Each colony-planet (or moon, as you suggested) is on their own. While they would be able to craft their own space-craft, they lack the proper resources, facilities, and (due to damage still being repaired) information on the other colonies, and build said space-craft. Building one on an aquatic planet like Neptune's moon would be even more difficult.


In general, the overall plot is trying to reestablish contact with Earth and the colonies, and find out just what the hell happened. However, as is with most groups, it's never that easy.


For example, on Mars the Corporations, now free from the restrictions of the ESC, are free to exploit the people without running into red-tape. Luxuries and necessities like clean water, fresh food, living conditions? They control that now, and they put heavy pressure on a populace that's now overall reliant on them. For the colony on the Neptune Moon, each of the cities built have elected their own councils, with their own varying beliefs, thus leading to civil conflict. Each faction wants a different thing, and now they have to worry about the cities falling apart around them.


I'm still working on the one for Venus.

 

[Shireling]

@Shireling
The perception of Neptune was kind-of an old roleplay Idea I toyed with a long time ago, but I can see where you're going with it, and it sounds reasonable.


Basically, the current idea is that ALL THREE colonies are cut off not just from each-other, but earth as well. The event is known as either 'The Cataclysm', 'The Great Static' or 'The Burning Sky Disaster'. After a severe radiation AND meteor phenomenon damaged their communication technology, even after repairing it, contact has been lost with the other colonies.


In short, none of them even know if the colonies still exist.


Due to a lack of contact, and information from the Earth Supreme Council (the ruling government) Each colony-planet (or moon, as you suggested) is on their own. While they would be able to craft their own space-craft, they lack the proper resources, facilities, and (due to damage still being repaired) information on the other colonies, and build said space-craft. Building one on an aquatic planet like Neptune's moon would be even more difficult.


In general, the overall plot is trying to reestablish contact with Earth and the colonies, and find out just what the hell happened. However, as is with most groups, it's never that easy.


For example, on Mars the Corporations, now free from the restrictions of the ESC, are free to exploit the people without running into red-tape. Luxuries and necessities like clean water, fresh food, living conditions? They control that now, and they put heavy pressure on a populace that's now overall reliant on them. For the colony on the Neptune Moon, each of the cities built have elected their own councils, with their own varying beliefs, thus leading to civil conflict. Each faction wants a different thing, and now they have to worry about the cities falling apart around them.


I'm still working on the one for Venus.

That sounds cool. Question, though. Wouldn't the Earth Authority send the Navy or at least some scout ships to check up on the colonists?

 

[Andraus]

That is the weird thing: The Sol Defense Forces (SDF) would've been required to send a relief fleet once contact had been lost with a colony. However here it is, 50 years later, and still nothing. For all anyone knows, Earth has just left them there.

 

[Shireling]

That is the weird thing: The Sol Defense Forces (SDF) would've been required to send a relief fleet once contact had been lost with a colony. However here it is, 50 years later, and still nothing. For all anyone knows, Earth has just left them there.

Is the reason why known to you or are you looking for suggestions as to why?

 

[Andraus]

@Shireling Both. as I said, I am developing my own ideas and reasoning, but I would not say no to suggestions and ideas. I like to make it so that the people I roleplay with have as much influence in the story as I do.

 

[Shireling]

Awesome! So, a system wide meteor shower/radiation phenomena is kind of suspect, I was thinking. What if Humanity was attacked by an extrasolar intelligence and they used the meteor shower and radiation storms to make it seem as though it was a freak natural occurence.


As to why, perhaps this alien race is heavily religious and has a prophecy that an ascendant race will rise up and destroy their civilization so they go hunting other species and destroying their spacefaring potential. Or maybe they are conservationists who want to prevent humans from defiling the cosmos.

 

[Andraus]

@Shireling I was actually thinking along the lines of that, Shireling! Glad we think alike here!


I was also thinking along the lines of the prophecy thing, but for different reasons. On Mars, Venus, and Neptune, there are going to be remnants of an ancient space-faring civilization. I can't give all the details now, as it would ruin the surprises I have panned out, But there could be enough to go off on with this technology that could bring humanity into a golden age.


Thus the meteor shower/radiation storm. They did it so they could use the oldest war principle possible: Divide and Conquer.


All the while, we won't notice it due to the fact that we're dealing with issues like civil war, settlements being overrun by alien creatures, and rebellion (all on different planets). We're so divided as it is now that we are not asking 'what the hell caused it?'

 

[Shireling]

@Shireling I was actually thinking along the lines of that, Shireling! Glad we think alike here!
I was also thinking along the lines of the prophecy thing, but for different reasons. On Mars, Venus, and Neptune, there are going to be remnants of an ancient space-faring civilization. I can't give all the details now, as it would ruin the surprises I have panned out, But there could be enough to go off on with this technology that could bring humanity into a golden age.


Thus the meteor shower/radiation storm. They did it so they could use the oldest war principle possible: Divide and Conquer.


All the while, we won't notice it due to the fact that we're dealing with issues like civil war, settlements being overrun by alien creatures, and rebellion (all on different planets). We're so divided as it is now that we are not asking 'what the hell caused it?'

Brilliant. I love it.

 

[Arne]

Sounds amazing, count me in.


Now I just need to figure out how I'm supposed to manage my time...

 

[Andraus]

@Spanner That's great!


I am glad this is getting good attention.


@Robyn Banks @Trombone Geek


I know sci-fi rolepalys are probably not your cup of tea, but I just wanted to link you two, if you were interested at all.

 

[jtfang]

Question; being its almost a hundred years past the expected ability to colonize other planets, what kind of tech and terraforming ability do we have? And of course, modes of defense would be important for mars and Venus, maybe neptune if they have giant sea monsters....

 

[Trombone Geek]

I'm too nervous about taking extra role plays right now because I don't have a computer but if you start anything in August or September I might be able to, since I'll have a chrome book. @Andraus

 

[Andraus]

@Trombone Geek I understand. While I can't say I can stall for that long, I doubt the roleplay will go very far over the course of half a month. I am sure you'll be able to jump in at any time! I hope you do join, you have very good roleplay skills.


@jtfang It varies for the planet. On Venus, terraforming has been HEAVY on the planet (it's now a bleeding forest world) and there are fresh bodies of water. On the other hand, on Mars, terraforming has been much more small scale: They still have to wear enviro-suits when outside of their domes, and they have to mine ice for water. They can grow food, but most of that is (like I said) controlled by the corporations. For a place like Neptune, there is a scarcity of dry-land. Islands are present, but no permanent settlements are up there due to erratic weather, massive storms, lack of breathable air (to make this plausible, the gas that surrounds Neptune covers the existence of the colony and the islands, but it is not safe to breath) and no real interest. Almost everyone lives in a controlled habitat underwater, and terraforming 'has' allowed for farming, but control over them has left the available plots of farm-land highly contested.


Also, as for weapons defense, they have coilguns, railguns, laser and plasma based weaponry, as well as good old-fashion combustion weapons. Though they are much less common on Neptune (for obvious reasons) there are Mecha suits and powered armor on Venus and Mars. For Venus, these are to defend against the hostile creaturess. For Mars, these are for heavy-lifting, dangerous zone working, and crowd control. There are also gladiator variants (we'll get onto that at another time) for Mars.


Like I said, it varies.

 

[Shireling]

I'm gonna be Neptune's Andrew Ryan.

 

[Crispy Fries]

I'm gonna be Neptune's Andrew Ryan.

A man chooses, a slave obeys...

 

[Shireling]

Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? No, says the man in Washington, it belongs to the poor. No, says the man in Moscow, it belongs to everyone. No, says the man in the Vatican. It belongs to God.


I rejected these answers and instead I chose the impossible. I chose... Rapture!