Apparently these things are being made mandatory, because I keep getting harassed about it...criticism will not be tolerated. Behave yourselves and nobody will get hurt. Misconduct may incur the wrath of the Frigate Bird Death Squad. No changes to capship registration and system policy will be discussed. EDIT: Oh, fine, you asked for it. Feel my Simulationist logical wrath! Also, there are some minor issues in the BBC code. We are aware of these and have been attempting to correct them for some time. Fire away.
[101st] Outcast Guard The Ghosts of Razgriz
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Live In truth
Have Faith
Repent Of Sin
Give Proof of Humility
Love Justice
Be Merciful
Be Sincere
Endure Persecution
The Knights of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Ancient Terra
Vive segun la verdad
Ten Fe
Arrepientete de tus pecados
Da prueba de humildad
Ama la justicia
Se Piadoso
Se sincero
Resiste la persecucion
Los caballeros de la Orden de San Juan de Jerusalem, Tierra Antigua.
[font=Monotype Corsiva]Our ID is Outcast. Our Tags are Outcast and Outcast Guard (Due to innate time constraints Guard tags are no longer mandatory, though pilots are suggested to make a long-term project of obtaining one at some point).
[color=#FF0000]A Brief History of Cardamine
Quote:The crippled sleeper ship Hispania arrived in Omicron Alpha almost 800 years ago. Its passengers named the planet Malta -- a harsh place of acidic oceans, gray skies, and vast plains covered in a species of tall, thin, orange grass. They later learned that the grass could be rendered into a narcotic substance, that they called Cardamine.
Eventually the Outcasts -- as they came to think of themselves -- began limited exploration of their system. As pilots wandered farther and farther afield in search of resources, many became seriously ill. Upon planetfall, the crews mysteriously recovered.
Doctors were baffled. By chance, they made a genetic scan of a critically ill pilot and made a startling discovery. His genetic codes had been altered. Outcast DNA contained strands identical to that of the orange grasses that covered the planet -- from which Cardamine was derived. Trace amounts were present in everything on the planet, from the air they breathed to the water they drank. Once pilots made lengthier journeys away from Malta, their bodies went into shock, followed by death.
The Outcasts were now truly separated from the rest of humanity -- changed so that they could never expand beyond the planet on which they had landed. They needed the Cardamine now, like air or food or water. But with the origin of the sickness solved, they could at least compensate by carrying supplies of Cardamine with them and resume their exploration of their surrounding systems.
When they encountered the rest of the Houses in the seventh century, a new strategy emerged. The Outcasts would deliver the poison that would rot the other Houses from the inside out and grow rich from the profits of their trade.
Today the Outcasts conduct a lucrative drug-smuggling operation using the network of Jump Holes to escape detection and transport their product into the heart of the House systems. The Outcasts remain relatively few in number; a crash in the birth rate seems to have been another side effect of their genetic modification.
A new development has been Cryers continued efforts to create a synthetic version of Cardamine that would be approved as a legal medication within Liberty. This poses a direct threat to the Outcasts' source of income. The Atka Research Station, with nearby access to Edge Nebula clouds, is the most immediate threat to the Outcasts. The location of the base within Corsair territory has brought the Outcasts into conflict with their ancient brethren.
[color=#FF0000]Our Mission [font=monotype corsiva][color=#FF9900]We, the Hundred and First Outcast Guard, pledge our blood to defend the orange grasses of Malta and the air our children breathe. We are the ramparts upon which the hordes will fling themselves and die; we are the shield and the breastplate that protects the true Children of Hispania. We are the sword and the spear upon which our foes, the fallen children of Crete and those who cannot embrace the Orange Light, shall draw their last breaths as they slide through their hearts.
[color=#FF0000][font=Mistral]This is Our Pledge. [font=Mistral][color=#FF9900]For The Orange Dream!
For You See...
[color=#FF0000][font=Monotype Corsiva]We are born out of the Chasm of the Razgriz Black Hole in Omicron-85.
We are the Knights of Malta, the Guardians of Outcast Space.
We are the Ghosts of Razgriz!
[color=#FF9900][font=Monotype Corsiva]We are not human because we had been given a gift and can see further into truth than any man. Human beings are infants dabbling in the loam of an expansive ocean that stretches beyond the horizon.
The Cardamine has let us see this.
We operate on a higher order of being. Many wonder why we take life so easily. It is because life is just a dream of what it really is. What human beings cherish is an illusion;
there is no such thing as death, only change.
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[font=monotype Corsiva]Allied Reapers of Sirius [RoS], Blue Lotus Syndicate [BLS], Liberty Rogues LR, Hessian Tears [HT], Red Hessian Army [RHA], Lane Hackers LH
[font=monotype Corsiva]Friendly Red Hessians, Blood Dragons, Golden Chrysanthemums [GC], Lane Hackers, Mollys, Bundschuh, The Phantoms [Phantom], Hellfire Legion [HF], Union of Gold [UoG], Volksfront VF)
[font=monotype Corsiva]Neutral The Angels, Queen Carina's Royal Fleet [QCxx), Bretonian Police Authority BPA), Nova Power Gen (NovaPG), The IND [IND], Temporary Autonomous Zoners [TAZ], Mandalorians [M], The Keepers Keepers, Hideyoshi's Guard [HG]
[font=monotype Corsiva]Unfriendly RepEx Shipping (RepEx|), Nature's Last Hope [NLH], Jupiter Guild [\JG/], Artisan Farmers Alliance [AFA], Agnus Dei Agnus.Dei|, Orbital Power Gnomes [OPG]
[font=monotype Corsiva]Hostile Rheinland Military [RM], Rheinland Federal Police [RFP], Kusari Naval Forces [KNF], Black Squadron Bs|, Dark Wings DW, King of Fighters [KoF], Liberty Navy [LN], Liberty Security Force =LSF=, Liberty Police, Inc. [LPI], Shadow Stalkers Organization sso|, Xeno Alliance XA-
[font=monotype Corsiva]Actively Warring Colonial Remnant [CR], The Brotherhood [TBH], Benitez Family
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[font=monotype corsiva]Zone of Influence
[color=#ff0000]The 101st holds final military and policial jurisdiction within:
Omicron Alpha
Omicron 85
Omicron Eta
Omicron Beta
Omicron 80
Sigma 60
The 101st has partial (not system-wide) jurisdiction within:
Tau-23
Newcastle
The 101st may operate anywhere where Outcast NPCs are present and where choice targets lie.
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[font=monotype corsiva]Obtaining Membership in the 101st
[color=#FF0000]If you think you have what it takes, if you think you have the skills and the honor to fly as 101st, contact us at the Transfer Office.
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[font=Monotype Corsiva]Permissible Craft
[font=monotype Corsiva]Borderworlds Series X "Dagger"
Borderworlds Series CX "Scimitar"
Borderworlds Series Y "Stilletto"
Borderworlds Series Z "Saber"
Borderworlds Series ZX "Falcata"
Borderworlds Series YX "Dromedary"
Borderworlds Series ST Transport
RA-4 Liberty Rogue Gunboat (Restricted)
13GS-1 Lane Hacker Gunship (Restricted)
RM-1 Outcast Destroyer (Restricted)
Outcast Assault Battleship (Restricted)
Outcast Dreadnought (Restricted)
[font=Monotype Corsiva]The Fantasia
[font=monotype Corsiva][101st]MNS-Fantasia: Bretonian Battleship (Acquired as a burned-out wreck in 813 A.S. from the BAF ((very much under-the-table)) in exchange for a heavy sweep of the Omega-49 Corsair population. She was hauled back to Corsica and completely restored, a process which, in total, was approximately a sixth as expensive as shipping in the raw materials that would be required to construct a new Dreadnought or Battleship. She was originally designated as the Base of Operation for Outcast Special Forces; alas, due to extreme structural degradation the Battleship MNS Legacy had to be scrapped, and Fantasia has temporarily replaced her until the two replacements, Requiem and Longinus, can be constructed.)
[font=Monotype Corsiva]Permissible Weaponry
[font=monotype Corsiva]All Outcast-Produced Weaponry
All Explosive Ordinance
Supernova Antimatter Cannon
Mini-Razor
Civilian Shieldbusters
Weapons Dictated by Individual Roleplay
[font=Monotype Corsiva]System Policy
Omicron-85 is off-limits to any non-101st personnel, with the following exceptions and conditions:
Reapers of Sirius, Shadow Outcast Brigade and Blue Lotus Syndicate craft are granted access to Omicron-85. Purchase of the Outcast Dreadnought is forbidden without consulting the 101st.
Independent Outcasts in fighters or lower are granted access to Omicron-85, excepting Corsica.
IND are to be granted full access to Omicron-85, though they should be under escort to do so. Thank you for the flowers, Mr. Simon.
Independent transports should not be within Omicron-85.
All purchases of capital ships in Outcast space (Including Omicron Alpha, Omicron Beta, Omicron Eta, Omicron 85, Omicron 80) are hence deemed illegal without the direct consent of the 101st. Failure to compy will result in appropriate sanctions including but not limited to the reappropriation of the hijacked craft by any necessary force. This does not apply to official Outcast factions (at this time the RoS, the BLS and the 101st), except where stated otherwise.
[font=monotype Corsiva]Remember: [font=Monotype Corsiva]Meredith Harolds, our Beloved Ember
Bernard Fokke, the Duke of Corsica
Esperanza Larez
For Fallen Comrades.
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[font=monotype Corsiva]Anyone who can bring the 101st Tracy Lacy, preferably alive, will be awarded ten million credits. She can't seem to decide between her career as a reporter or a Bounty Hunter...she needs some persuasion.
Quote:Quick comment - we thought that Panzer was the Leader, Swift. -Agmen
The 101st caps in question were pursuing a renegade set of Outcast capital ships stolen from the shipyards that acknowledged they were willingly disobeying Outcast directives (like keep capships away from NY's bases since they die all the time). The 101st ships will be redeployed back to Malta when this has been dealt with.
However, you have a fair point, the LR has plenty of bombers and can probably handle these things. On similar note, that reminds me to post more of Rose's story so I can get the LR-War.of.the.Roses setup and provide some serious artillery should the need arise.
Quote:then what are 101st battleships doing flying around new york?
Capship registration, simply...their job is to chase the ULQIORRA-{Cero} and associated Destroyers, all of which are stolen, out of space. They're basically sitting at Buffalo until the targets are in the area, at which point we blow them up and make a beeline for the exit. We never had any intention of engaging Liberty lawfuls, we're trying to make things as unobtrusive as possible.
Quote:how can you have a feedback thread that doesn't allow criticism, even of the constructive kind?
It was a joke, Laowai, I was mocking the 101st's conservative approach to playing.:lol:
Quote:Quick comment - we thought that Panzer was the Leader, Swift. -Agmen
Lucendez Wrote:
It is every Corsair's responsibility to die a beautiful death in defense of Crete, regardless of how OORP or how capwhoring the opposition is. Launch your fighter, joust the battlecruisers and die a beautiful death. Then, drink it down in the bar.
You can't defend it against Hogosha shrooms *points at avatar*
Anyway, your job is pretty boring, I think you need to expand. No one attacks Malta anymore, not even CR.
Corsairs do it like once a month, that's all.
Lucendez Wrote:
It is every Corsair's responsibility to die a beautiful death in defense of Crete, regardless of how OORP or how capwhoring the opposition is. Launch your fighter, joust the battlecruisers and die a beautiful death. Then, drink it down in the bar.