As the Name, and Description describes; This is the sequel to the Original H&E Sky Piracy RPG. The play will be the same as before, Team Leaders and members will create threads and embark on personal or player vs player threads. Players have a choice in this version of the game, as they may play as a Team of mercenaries hired by earths defending republic, OR players may join the invading sky empire.
Link to Sky Universe RPG: http://www.narusaku....?showtopic=5858
STORY
As things were in our previous adventure, The skies had been divided up into 10 kingdoms and empires. However, what do most ambitious rulers with power want? More power. Most or all of the Sky Pirates became mercenaries or allowed themselves to become conscripts for the major powers. The Empire of Evil Fire and her Emperor Tanaka, Juubei lead his navy through the northern sky countries sweeping up their resources and technology. Doing so made the remaining kingdoms to the south join together in an uneasy alliance under the Empire of the Sun's banner. Sakura-hime lead the alliance north with her allies(Steel, Moon, and Thunder's Crash). As well Tanaka lead his attack south. The two sides came together in a clash over the City of Middle-Heaven. In the beginning the battle went smoothly for Sakura-hime's alliance, until the Dreadnought Shiva appeared on the scene with it's army of undead elvish warriors. Soon the battle turned in favor of none. Forcing the two sides into a stalemate. A secret meeting between Sakura-hime and Tanaka was held under the cover of night. The two agreed to a cease fire until the Shiva was destroyed. All guns were now turned on the Shiva, and again the tide of war turned. The Shiva finally fell after a month of hard fighting. By this time the two sides were has sustained innumerable losses, and suffered from a serious decline in morale. Another meeting was then publicly held below in the center of Middle-Heaven's seat of power, the home of Kanahide, Ritsuko. Kanahide being the victim of this terrible battle reluctantly agreed to mediate. At the close of the meeting it was agreed that war would be inevitably averted.
As a result, the skies had now been divided into three zones. The Southern Sun Alliance, The City of Middle Heaven a Neutral Area, and the Empire of Northern Flame. For Fifteen years there was peace, and the peoples of the great sky nations rebuilt their lives anew. However tensions were high over who's side Kanahide might join if fighting would again resume. Kanahide knew she had very little choice in the matter as she did not want to see her city suffer again. She finally came to a decision and joined the side of Sakura-hime, and again war was on the horizon. During those then years, Sakura-hime had focused again on her own nation bolstering her economy and took on a plan of pacifism.
Meanwhile, Tanaka was busy sending teams of Sky pirates and other mercenaries down to the planet to excavate the Shiva and other relics of war. Appealing to The Pirate King's pocket book, effectively hiring Bushido and his Airship: The Barracuda to lead these trips to the surface. Bushido returned time and time again successfully bringing Dragoon and Summoner relics back to Tanaka. Over the course of these fifteen years Tanaka had amassed a great wealth of arms, and built a great many airships, as well restore The Shiva. Tanaka turned his Northern Empire into a machine of war, while Sakura-hime still focused on peace and economic stability.
Once Tanaka's spies returned to inform him of Kanahide's defection, He ordered full-attack on Sakura-hime's Southern Sun alliance! Tanaka's Armada stretched for as far as the eye could see. When It reached The City of Middle-Heaven all out war was again in full swing. Kanahide's defenses were not nearly enough to hault The Empire's advance and was soon obliterated, and wiped from existence. Ironic since this was the second city The Shiva had destroyed. However, this time she was refurbished and lead an entire fleet at her flank. Sakura however, was not without a solid defense! She sent out the whole of her Royal Navy lead by The Siren. The Guns of The Siren and Shiva met again with a thunderous accord! The Siren did not stand alone as she flew with the Ifrit and Alexander, flagships of the Moon and Thunder's Crash. The Great Avatars fought it out along side their fighters and bomber squadrons sending many to their death. However, with all their might the Ifrit and Alexander were no match for the Shiva's new armament, and sank into oblivion. Mechanized troop carriers dropped down to the streets of Sakura's mighty capitol filling it with Tanaka's hoards of heavily armored soldiers. She met the soldiers personally along with her palace guard in a last stand for freedom. Her sword was swift as she cut through the continuous onslaught of malicious warriors. But she could not stop them all...valiantly she struggled to the very end.
The skies now dominated by one banner, and one Lord. With destruction of The Southern Sun's capitol, the rest soon fell swiftly under the blade of Tanaka's Armada.
"The world of the gods is the god's no longer." - Tanaka, Juubei
After his victory, Tanaka united the kingdoms held in the sky. Of course not everyone was happy with this new world. Sakura-Hime indeed survived with the aide of some of her most loyal compatriots..Sky Pirates. Once word of this came 'round to Tanaka, he again hired The Pirate King to do his dirty work. Bushido again took the Emperor's coin and sought out the renegade queen and all her allies. The Pirate King swept the empire searching her out, and killing anyone in his way. Ultimately the two found each other in a broken down hanger on the far side of the former City of Fortune. Meeting her there was like a bad dream all over again...Since she'd sent him there to begin with many years ago. However, He didn't have it in him to kill her. Instead, he joined her and left for exile on the planet's surface.
After Bushido's mission was reported a "Success", Tanaka decided to begin efforts to colonize the planet. The Great Mist had been wearing thin and was beginning to dissipate, showing clear signs that the earths surface had been restored. With the mist now clear, he sent emissaries and settlers to colonize this new world and expand his empire...Eventually the planet had begun to repopulate over the years following the war.
As for The Queen and The Pirate King, They were never heard from again.
100 Years Later...
Tanaka's colonization plans were a complete success and the planet was stable once again.
The Hume's returned to their homes restoring their old cities from the ruins that they were reduced to by the tides of war.
The Half-Elves excavated and restored the vast majority of the Elvaan relics and temples. A new Order of Dragoons was established, and Elvish blood again began to thrive.
The Vierra returned to the forest Enclave bringing new life to the planets rich foliage.
The Mithra and Moogle-kind rebuilt their towns and villages in the western deserts and began practicing their summoning arts once again.
The remnants of the Galka and Garif joined forces to restore the world itself, spreading out to all corners giving what aid they could...
As for the Bangaa, Proud strong warriors quickly returned to their calling as hired mercenaries for the Hume populous.
However, Tanaka did not live long enough to see his vision complete, dying of old age in his Palace of an unknown sickness, his successor Tetsuo Nishimura took the throne. Nishimura being an incredibly ambitious man set out to reform the Empire, and ready it for complete recolonization of earth. His plan was to drop the sky...this was not going to go smoothly as the earth's new Republic sought out independence from the Empire and raised arms to protect it. The Republic didn't waste time with peace talks nor did they engage in any kind of diplomacy. With new technology in hand the Republic stuck first, igniting a war in the Sky once again....
Join the Side of the Empire or the Republic...
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**Available Cities for Play
The Sky Empire -
*The Capitol City of BISHAMON(N)
*The City of KURA(S)
*The City of ADACHIGAHARA(N)
*The City of BENTEN(N)
*The City of AMATERASU(S)
Earth's Republic -
*Hume City: Edo (Northern continent)
*Elvaan City: Dragons' Bane(Southern continent)
*Vierra: Forrest Enclave(Jungles of the Southern continent)
*Mithran: Desert Village(s)(Western sand dunes of the Northern continent)
*Moogle-kind: Earthen, Molten, Polar, Blusterous, and Oceanic Summoner Temples.(Western Dunes, Northern Mountains,Southern Steppes, and The Sea of Sakuya)
*Eastern Ruins: The Former Summoners' State (Eastern continent.)
- Joint Hume and Elvaan excavation outpost.
- Moogle-kind consulate exca. outpost.
- Home to many unknown dungeons.
**Additional areas created by users cannot be cities, but structures,outposts, dungeons and other "event" areas.
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CHARACTER DATA
Character Sheet needs to have the following::
Name, Age, Sex, Race, Job Class, Allegiance, and any descriptors you wish to add.(I.E. Appearance)
*Hume - Sex: M/F - Ambtious majority of the earths population, strong Warriors, and Mages.
*Elvaan : M/F - Loyal to the Old way, Superior Dragoons, and White Mages.
*Vierra : F - Their love of nature make them great Snipers.
*Mithra : F - Quick and cunning these cats have a talent for Ninjutsu and Thievery.
*Moogle-kind : M/F - With a strong Mind and Undying Will these little guys make Summoning magic a snap!
*Galka : M - Characterized by their heavily muscular build these giants make great warriors of any kind. Poor Mages.
*Garif : M - Masked Horned humanoid hunters live in small packs throughout the western continent as hunters.
*Bangaa : M/F - Short often ill tempered Lizard men that work for the Humes primarily as mercenaries. However there is a strong and loyal faction of Bangaa warriors living in the mountains. Noted By the heavy armor they wear and many ear piercings.
Technology to be applied for Characters
Armor:
- Steel, Mythril, Jade, Dark Mythril, Light and Heavy Variants.(Common among all types of Warriors)
- Cloth, and other light materials. (Mage, and Summoner clothing of choice.)
- Leather. (Snipers, Thieves, Hunters and the like..)
Weapons:
- Swords and Great Swords
- Polearms/Lances (Always two handed)
- Axes and Great Axes
- Katana and Samurai Katana
- Daggers and Knives
- Assault Rifles
- Long Bows and Crossbows
- Pistols and Rifles
- Staves
- Clubs
- Wands
- Grenades
Magic
- White: Healing, and Buffering spells.(Includes Time Magic.)
- Black: Destruction spells based off of the Element and Space.
- Summoning Magic: Spells used to conjure up beasts to do battle for their caster.
- Necromancy: Summoning of the Undead.
- Geomancy: Spells based of of the Earthly elements for defense and offensive purposes.
- Ninjutsu: Magic used by Ninjas.(Well just play with Naruto-verse rules here.)
Job Classes
Melee Types:
- Warrior (Any Weapon except Katana, Lances, Guns, bows, and explosives)
- Thief (Daggers, and Knives)
- Monk (Uses martial arts to do battle)
- Samurai
- Ninja
- Dragoon (Lances)
Ranged Types:
- Hunters (Longbows and Knives)
- Snipers (Longbows, Crossbows, and Rifles)
- Soldiers (Assault Rifles, Rifles and Grenades)
- Pirates (Pistols, Rifles, and Swords)
- Sky Pirates (Pistols, Rifles, and Swords)
Mage Types:
- White
- Black
- Red( Use of White and Black but not as powerful)
- Summoner
- Scholar (Uses White or Black at any given time. Cannot use Time or Space magic)
- Necromancer
- Geomancer
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POSTING
Threads will contain players from either side who go after personal goals(PVE) or PVP(Player Vs. Player) Threads.
Team Leaders please designate which type of thread yours pertains to.
Teams which had personal PVE threads can enter into PVP but must have permission to create or join a thread from the desired opponent.
IMPORTANT
*People playing on the side of the Empire cannot play, Pirates, Hunters, Necromancers, Geomancers, or Summoners.
**People playing on the side of the Republic cannot be Sky Pirates, Scholars or Red Mages.
***ALL Players for the Republic are considered Mercenaries hired to Defend her, and Visa-versa.
Games can be held in the LC(RPG HQ) and Here in the Boards. If you intend on playing in the LC You still need to create a thread for your team and teammates for Character profiles and other MISC uses.
Lastly, please play fair and respect those you're in-game with.
Edited by ForgottenBushido, 09 November 2008 - 08:20 PM.