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Ah, Vanaard Corp. Great pay, interesting jobs for (almost) everyone, and bleeding-edge science. When they offered you a job, you had no second thoughts about joining. Finally, your extensive knowledge of DNA, biology, and other such stuff had earned you a job that will most certainly give you a lifetime of luxury, and would be a fun job: You had been hired as a Bio-scientist! A job to experiment with DNA, unique organisms, and generally everything holy to god. It's something nobody else was and still is offering. And best of all, it was TOP SECRET! You always wanted to work on something top secret!

Yeah, it was great. Really great. Great for 3 months. Then... uh, it went pear-shaped. See, when you deal with top secret things, they're generally not things that are safe. Most of what you messed with was okay: From viruses, to genetically modifying various creatures (even, sometimes, humans), but... two days ago, a meteorite hit Earth in a secluded location, and apparently Vanaard Corp found something interesting there. Something living. So, they shipped it to your section, without even telling you much besides to treat the meteorite as a contaminated object, and telling you to breed whatever you found on it. And that's what you and your other Bio-scientists did. Oh boy, was it exciting--breeding alien life. Surely nothing could go wrong?

Well, uhh... see, when you were breeding the alien life--which you now know are microbes--they began multiplying explosively. They created literal goo of microbes, which you had to put in barrels as your employers didn't exactly specify how much to breed. Not wanting to disappoint, you all decided that breeding as fast as possible was the right choice. So, as I said, you and your fellow employees bred the alien microbes, and put them in barrels. Well, eventually you all needed some help, as there were so many barrels. It was perhaps not a surprise that eventually a spill happened. A barrel was knocked over. Which then lead to more knocking over, and more and... eventually, you and your fellow employees were laying down in pools of the stuff. Despite your protective suits, the barrels had knocked you around a bunch and surely ripped or bashed a few holes into the suits. Oh, and two security guards and one janitor also got splashed with the stuff. It was nearly immediate when the quarantine alarm went off. You and your fellow Bio-scientists were carried off into quarantine rooms, but before you could get put into one...

You hear a scream. A scientist runs by. Then another. Then a security guard firing his pistol wildly. Then the janitor--oh god what the hell, why does he have claws and wings and holy crap the infected security guards look like something out of a sci-fi movie. The guards taking you to quarantine, obviously freaked out about this, push you all away and shoot wildly at you all before they run down a corridor. Fortunately, if nothing else is good about this day, they happen to miss every shot.

Oh this is turning out to be a great day. You all feel your skin tingling, your guts twisting, the entire facility is now in quarantine while there's horrific nightmare infected about, and in all likelihood in the next hour the United American-Canadian-Mexican State (UACMS) military will be locking down the building with everything from machineguns to tanks to bombers... What now? And can it possibly get any worse?

The year is 2061, and it probably will get worse.

The game will run on a 1d20 for the majority of situations. Things higher to 20 will be increasingly more successful, while towards 1 things will go apple-shaped. It will be very arbitrary on how specifically things go.

Depending on your action, the result will arbitrarily (but semi-sensibly) determined based both on the roll and the action. Jumping a short distance, for example, will generally always go good(enough) unless you hit somewhere extremely close or at a 1, while attempting to punch through a concrete wall WITHOUT superhuman strength will generally cause you damage unless you get somewhere near a 20, in which case you might avoid damage, but in no case will you actually be able to punch through the wall. Also by that extension, if you do something that can kill you and you roll badly, you probably will in fact die.

In general, this RTD will be highly arbitrary. If you cannot take what I write at face value, you might want to reconsider your attitude towards this RTD. It's a game, and one that's not necessarily meant to be won or heavily invested in. We're here to have fun. Stay detached from your characters enough that failure doesn't cause you nerdrage, please.

Roleplaying is completely unenforced. It's up to the players to decide whether there is roleplaying, based on how they treat their actions. Gasp, you get to decide things! Exciting.

Please, consider how often you'll be able to post before you join. If you can't post at least once every few days, you joining will probably slow down the RTD. I probably will kick you if you're particularly bad.

While this RTD may seem somewhat nonsense, and my comments rather not-serious, and the RTD being minimalish, I expect at least some sensibility--ALL CAPS will probably get you stabbed by the GM, actions way way out of scope and out of character (I.e, "Blow up the world with my mind") will almost certainly be ignored, and repeated attempts despite my protests and warnings will get you kicked. Repeated actions that blatantly do nothing but waste time (like stacking boxes in a boxfort for no reason) will probably get you kicked or attacked or something else to encourage you do actually do something worthy of merit. Actions that do nothing but cause grief for other players without mutual consent will also get you in trouble. Generally, treat this RTD and the other players with at least some respect. Surely I'm not asking the world of you, am I? Come on, it should be easy enough to not be completely absurd.

I reserve the right to update even when people haven't posted their actions if the situation isn't overly dire and I'm tired of waiting for them. To speed up the RTD for everyone.

I am reserving the right to end the RTD any time when I actively dislike running it. That's not saying I predict to end it very shortly after I start it, I'm just saying that I'm not going to put any sense of dedication towards it like I have with my previous RTD where I ran them to the death of my interest. I also reserve the right to update when I feel like it--the RTD will be updated at will, not on a schedule. Consider that before you bump. Also consider that I, myself, will take actions to remind players to post actions if they're taking too long if I feel like updating. Truefax.

And you're done reading this spoiler. Have a virtual cookie if you aren't a loser that got turned away by this.

I'll make this simple for you, Bob and Jane:

Name: The name for your character, please avoid using numbers. If for whatever reason you want to have a family name too, put your personal name and your family name in separate [brackets].
Gender: Male or female. This is only taking into consideration their physical body, not their mental stance. A man who decides that she's a female, while still having a male body, is a male for this consideration.
Strengths: A vague sense of your character's strengths (skills or attributes) outside of being average. Can be anything you want. It is mostly fluff, but it might just influence me to tip favor for you in cases where a roll can be interpreted multiple ways if I feel nice. The chance decreases the more specialties you have.
Weaknesses: A vague sense of your character's weaknesses (skills or attributes) outside of being average. Once again, can be anything you want. It is mostly fluff, but if you want to make your character more prone to failing some things for the entertainment of the masses whenever a roll can be interpreted multiple ways and I feel like making you fail, go ahead.
Impending Doom: What your character considers to be what will kill him/her, if you want to list it. Doesn't directly affect the game, but it may influence what I write and, potentially, even how I kill you. If I do, of course, heh.
Description: If you want to say something important about your character and waste our time, like your character's clothes or hair or whatever, go ahead and put something here.

And... that's it? From a GM like me? Heresy.

Possibly the most complex part of this game, though it's more a list of stuff you can get rather than a set of rules.

You will be infected the moment the game is started with at least one of these. You will also initially be mutated one time at the game start. The strain type you are infected with will be random. Yes, that does in fact mean you cannot decide yourself, and don't even try. Anyway, you cannot be infected with more than one. In order to ensure that there's somewhat even spread, once one is picked, it will be removed from the types that can be picked until there are only 5 possible strain types, then the random-list will be restored. Each one has benefits, and obviously some flaws. The microbes have to look after themselves you know (though how they look after themselves is up to the microbes themselves). Good news though: Unlike everyone else in the facility, due to GM Influence, none of these will cause you to go insane. You at least have something special.

Strain A: The Random.
  Purely random. It randomly mutates you. Randomly. The limit is my imagination, so the more interesting things you can make me think of before you get mutated the more random your mutation choices. Mutates every 20 turns (slow). Spreads by blood of the infected (moderate). Injures the infected when it mutates (moderate). Regenerates infected (moderate).

Strain B: The Alienifyer.
  Attempts to mutate you into some sensible, yet unique alien-like entity. Once done, it refines your alienness by changing increasingly minor things. The limit is, once again, my imagination. With restraint. Mutates every 15 turns (slightly slow). Spreads by blood of the infected (moderate). Does not injure the infected when it mutates (great). Does not regenerate infected (horrible).

Strain C: Mysterious Identity.
  Attempts to make you look human on the surface, but it will change your appearance randomly. Across genders. Underneath the surface also can change. Mutates every 10 turns (moderate). Spreads by blood of the infected (moderate). Does not injure the infected when it mutates (great). Does not regenerate infected (horrible).

Strain D: Eldrich Horror.
  Changes you into varying types of dangerous tentacle monsters. Mutates every 15 turns (slightly slow). Spreads by goo of infected (infectious). Greatly injures the infected when it mutates (bad). Highly regenerates infected (good).

Strain E: The Infector.
  Mutates you to make you as infectious as possible, which is very painful. However, this strain has a massive regenerative ability. Mutates every 15 turns (slightly slow). Spreads by various means (varies). Greatly injures the infected when it mutates (bad). Regenerates infected extremely quickly (great).

Strain F: The Mass.
  Mutates you basically randomly, but you absorb the material of any dead creature you touch. In doing so, once you eventually hit a critical mass, you split in half, leaving a mass of infected body behind (which hurts A LOT). Mutates every 10 turns (moderate). Spreads by touch (very infectious). Slightly injures the infected when it mutates (good). Highly regenerates infected (good).

Strain G: The Goo.
  Mutates away you until you are but an increasingly simplified mass of (highly controllable, human intelligence) goo. Once that's finished, your body will reform and the process will restart. Mutates every 8 turns (slightly fast). Spreads by touch (very infectious). Does not injure the infected when it mutates (great). Highly regenerates infected (good).

Strain H: The Mutant.
  Mutates you to have superpowers or superweaknesses yet attempts to keep you looking vaguely human. Can moderately defy reality in mutations. Mutates every 10 turns (moderate). Spreads by blood-blood contact with the infected (barely infectious).  Injures the infected when it mutates (moderate). Does not regenerate infected (horrible).

Strain I: The Monster.
  Mutates you into some sort of alien monster very quickly, before mutating you into another, and another... Mutates every 5 turns (fast). Spreads by blood-blood contact with the infected (barely infectious). Does not injure the infected when it mutates (great). Does not regenerate infected (horrible).

Strain J: The Critic Strain.
  Mutates you depending on how you preform on actions--you do very well at something, it impairs you, you do very poorly at something, it helps you. It will use any time of mutation to achieve its goals to criticize you for no reason. Mutates every 5 turns (fast). Spreads by blood of the infected (moderate). Does not injure the infected when it mutates (great). Does not regenerate infected (horrible).

Strain K: The Holy/Unholy.
  Mutates you in an angelic/demonic theme. Alternates every mutation, unless you preform a good or evil action. If I ran out of ideas for one side, I will do the other. Mutates every 10 turns (moderate). Spreads by touch (very infectious). Does not injure the infected when it mutates (great). Slightly regenerates infected (bad).

Strain L: I-Am-Robot.
  Slowly mutates you into a robot. Not a super exciting futuristic one, but a silly looking low-tech one that just is just barely good enough to do most things. Once done, it will mutate you into another different one. Mutates every 15 turns (slightly slow). Spreads by blood/cooling fluid of the infected (moderate). Greatly injures the infected when it mutates (bad). Regenerates infected (moderate).

Strain M: The "helper".
  Attempts to "help" you do things when you have done them (successfully) in the past. Of course, being a bunch of microbes, they aren't all that good at that, and they will tend to make mistakes when helping. Mutates every 10 turns (average). Spreads by blood-blood contact with the infected (barely infectious). Greatly injures the infected when it mutates (bad). Highly regenerates infected (good).

Strain N: The copycat.
 Gives you the last mutation another player near you had, if you have any potential prerequisite mutations (if you don't, the next other possible one will be picked). If multiple mutations happened on the same turn, a dice is rolled for the mutation. Mutates every 20 turns (slow). Spreads by blood of the infected (moderate). Does not injure the infected when it mutates (great). Slightly regenerates infected (bad).

Strain O: The survivalist.
  Remains largely passive until infected is endangered, where it will start mutating wildly depending on how hurt the infected is (near death, expect half a dozen mutations a turn or so). Otherwise, mutates fairly randomly, though it avoids mutations that actively hurt you. Mutates every 30 turns (very slow). Does not infect when coming from a host (not infectious). Does not injure the infected when it mutates (great). Highly regenerates infected (good).

Strain P: The Insectoid.
  Does not mutate you bit by bit like most--instead, when you mutate, you fully mutate into some sort of insect man (e.g, an antman, a mothman, and so on). You will get hints as to your next form 5 turns before it happens. When you mutate, you must take that turn to go into a cocoon or you will slowly suffer damage every turn until you do so. Mutates every 30 turns (very slow). Spreads by blood-blood contact with the infected (barely infectious). Does not injure the infected when it mutates (great). Does not regenerate infected (horrible).

Strain Q: Suggestive Strain.
 This strain mutates you based on your requests and desires. For example, if you request or desire wings, it will give you wings of some sort. However, if you request nothing, it will get upset and mutate something bad for you, this strain's mutations hurt very badly, and it's fairly slow. Mutates every 20 turns (slow). Spreads by contact with the infected if the infected wants to spread it (varies). Massively injures the infected when it mutates (horrible). Slightly regenerates infected (bad).

Strain R: The Experimentalist.
  This strain mutates you semi-randomly and semi-specifically, in indeterminable rates. It (really, I) will mutate you in order to see how various mutations will affect how you function, until it makes you frequently interact with the world in some unusual way that only it knows. Though it is never truly out to get you, it will not mind giving you bad mutations. Thankfully, though, it is careful when mutating you. Mutates you when it desires (unknown). Spreads by blood-blood contact with the infected (barely infectious). Does not injure the infected when it mutates (great). Highly regenerates infected (good).

Strain S: The Gardeners.
  This strain mutates you into various types of living, moving, plant creatures based on Terran plants. From trees, to bushes, to roses, expect to photosynthesize with this mutation. Oh, and, despite how nice this seems, it hurts a lot when it mutates. Mutates every 15 turns (slightly slow). Spreads by blood/sap of the infected (moderate). Massively injures the infected when it mutates (horrible). Regenerates infected (moderate).

Strain T: Xeno Gardeners.
  This strain mutates you into various types of living, moving, plant creatures based on non-Terran plants. From the almost-familiar, to the weird and very awkward. Expect to photosynthesize weirdly with this mutation. It, like Strain S, also hurts a lot when it mutates. Mutates every 20 turns (slow). Spreads by blood/sap of the infected (moderate). Massively injures the infected when it mutates (horrible). Regenerates infected (moderate).

Strain U: The Crystalizer.
  This strain mutates you into (give or take) humanoid forms of various types of crystals, gems, stones, minerals, and so on. Ever wanted to be made out of emeralds? No? Too bad. Mutates every 15 turns (slightly slow). Does not infect when coming from a host (not infectious). Injures the infected when it mutates (moderate). Slightly regenerates infected (bad).

Strain V: The Storyteller.
  Mutates you into some sort of non-alien fantasy creature, before mutating you into another, and another... Expect to mutate into anything from an Elf to a Chimera. Mutates every 10 turns (average). Spreads by blood-blood contact with the infected (barely infectious). Does not injure the infected when it mutates (great). Does not regenerate infected (horrible).

Strain W: The Parasite.
  A violent, nasty parasite that mutates you as much as it ruptures from your body and does god knows what. Expect tons of pain, tons of violent disfiguring mutations, and suffering. In return? Well, it varies depending on interests of the parasite. This is by far worse than strain E. Mutates every 10 turns (moderate). Spreads by various means (varies). Massively injures the infected when it mutates (horrible). Regenerates infected extremely quickly (great).

Strain X: The Wereizer.
  Mutates you all at once into various were-creatures. One after the other. Non-stop. And you cannot transform back into a human while infected. Have fun! Mutates every 20 turns (slow). Spreads by blood-blood contact with the infected (barely infectious). Does not injure the infected when it mutates (great). Regenerates infected (moderate).



There may potentially be more added if I SOMEHOW think of something exciting. If so, I will add it to the random numbers list.

Humans: Yes.
Technology: Classical-Medieval-Very limited gunpowder.
Angels: Yes. Rarely seen.
Demons: Yes. Not common.
Good Gods: Yes. Many.
Neutral Gods: Yes. Many.
Evil Gods: Yes. Many.
Active gods: Kinda. You have to get their attention before they do much.
Transformations: Yes.
Magic: Yes. Lots.
Heroes: Yes. Badass ones.
Villains: Yes. Dangerous ones.
Dwarves: Yes. Rare, found only inside mountains and in certain kingdoms.
Elves: Yes. Rare, found scattered across the world, and sometimes inside of special forests.
Goblins: Yes. Uncommon.
Other monsters: Yes. Lots. I will draw from all kinds of medieval fantasy games I know. _{Not a lot.} This is assuming you look for them, of course. They don't just walk the earth every five inches.
Magic: Yes.
Artifacts: Yes. Rare.
Curses: Yes.
Blessings: Yes.
Deadliness: Yes. There are plenty of ways to die if you stray too far from safety and ignore chances to stay safe. Don't complain if you die after doing something stupid.

These are just general rules. Don't exit the game immediately after looking at the size, just read them, they're really easy to follow.

Bold your actions. It's easy to do, taking five seconds. It's annoying for me to search through for your action if people talk a whole lot.
Strikethrough old actions, or edit them. DON'T GIVE ME TWO ACTIONS, it's annoying. Sometimes I may do the old action's result only to realize you posted another action.
Roleplaying is encouraged but not necessary.
Avoid metagaming. Lack of roleplaying may be okay, but metagaming is just bad. If you abuse too much, it will make me very upset, and thus your turns will likely turn out worse whenever possible.
For roleplaying, you may bold. But, if you bold, make sure talking has Quotation marks (" "), and roleplayish actions are Italicized.
For talking, you may use bold, italics, colored text... whatever you want, but always use Quotation marks, and make it distinct from your character's own self thought.
I do not have special formulas for how your stats will change. I will just change them on my own whims. Unless you find something extremely bullshitty, don't argue about how your stats change. If you are confused as to why your stats changed as much as they have on anything major, feel free to ask, but don't argue against my opinions on the changes unless I assumed something wrongly about your character.
Brutal actions are allowed, but avoid making them common nature. If they are, avoid talking about them in depth. Also, don't do any that would likely result in Toady or ThreeToe coming in. I will not be held responsible for your actions.
Don't do vague actions. Don't do actions that could be taken more than one way without specifying what you want to do. If you do either, I have full rights to take it how I want it and moan about it.
I will PM you if you fail to post your action. If you fail to post after you are PMed your turn will be skipped. If I have to PM you 3 times in 30 days, I'll stop PMing you and just skip your turn without a PM until you post on time 3 times in a row if you continue to fail posting. If you are skipped 3 times in a row and are skipped yet again, I'll kick you out right away and kill your character. If you are not active on the forum at all for 14 or more days and I have not been informed of you being busy for that amount of time or longer, I will kick you. Sorry, but 14 days is a long time to not be active at all.

Standard 1d6 for now. Unless there's something special that needs more, I will leave it at that. One thing to note, a 3 is nicer than most RTDs: It counts as a partial success. Meaning you have a 2/3 chance to succeed on every action. However, see below. Actions that require or use stats will face those penalties or bonuses. For example, trying to deal with someone with low Trustworthiness will face penalties to your roll.

Each of these stats can go from 0 to 100. 100 is the highest. 50 is average. Normally, they give bonuses/penalties to respective rolls at: -2 at 0-19, -1 at 20-39, 0 at 40-60, +1 at 61-80, and +2 at 81-100. But some may differ. In addition, having too much or too little of a stat may give increased penalties. Also, some may act differently than just -2 to +2. Those marked with red are not used at character creation. Blue stuff is stuff based entirely on what your dragon's body is like.

Strength: How buff you are. 50 is average dragon strength. 10 or lower is very weak, and you may die if you stay that low. 90 or more makes you sluggish, damaging your Agility by 2 points by each point above 90. 10 or lower and you cannot fly.

Agility: How quick you are and your ability to dodge attacks. 50 is average. 10 or lower and you will have to roll to move without tripping. At 90 and above, you suffer for being too agile: -2 toughness per point above.

Intelligence: How smart you are. You may be asking; "Why would a dragon need to be smart?" Well, you'd be surprised. 20 or lower is severely retarded, and you will fall into obvious traps really often without you being able to avoid them. In addition, you cannot learn magic below 10. At and above 90, you may start overthinking things.

Toughness: How much damage you can take before going down. Every 5 points gives varied amounts of HP depending on age. 90 or higher results in -3 agility per point above. Below 20 and you'll get sick. Often.

Charisma: How well you can talk, and how well you can use your body and voice to reflect your mood. Yes, dragons can talk in this game. 90 or higher and many people will want you... in various ways ranging from trophies to... uhh... "partners".

Fame: How infamous you have become. Pretty easy to guess how that will effect you. 0 is completely unknown, 100 is known throughout the world.

Trustworthiness: How trustworthy and honor-bound you are perceived to be. This will quickly go down if you are a cruel bastard or repeatedly use cunning tactics/actions. It's hard to get this up. If this is high, expect people to make a lot of deals with you and accept a lot of your deals. If this is low, no one will trust you for anything.

Cruelty: How cruel you are perceived to be. High cruelty is cruel. Low cruelty is nice/merciful. This effects how people will interact with you. High cruelty will allow you to intimidate people easier, but will make it harder for people to believe you when you're acting nice. Lower has the exact opposite effect. This is not the same as Evilness. This is cruelty, not good/evilness. You can have a nice evil person, or a cruel good person.

Evilness: How good people perceive you to be depending on what kind of actions you make. High means you are seen as a very evil being. Low means you are seen as a good being. This will have a similar effect as Cruelty, but slightly different. This is not the same as Cruelty. You can have a nice evil person, or a cruel good person. Though it's usually Evil-cruel, or Good-nice.

Intimidation: How scary you look. As a result, how much you scare people. Higher amplifies scary actions and lessens nice actions. Lower amplifies nice actions and lessens scary actions.

Your body. How it's shaped effects how people view you, and also effects how agile or strong you are. Mostly intended for flavor. And should be picked role-playing-ish.

If you want more options for body creation, tell me.

Head: What shape your head is.

Smooth all-round: Your head is fairly smooth, with no rigid areas, and no rapidly rising or falling areas. -10 Intimidation. Female: +5 Charisma. Male: -5 Charisma.

Standard: Your head is fairly smooth, with no rigid areas, but with some quickly heightening or lowering bits. No effect.

Rough: Your head is somewhat rigid, and has some quickly heightening or lowering bits. +5 Intimidation. Female: +5 Charisma. Male: +5 Charisma.

Very Rough: Your head is very rigid, and has multiple quickly heightening or lowering bits. Scales tend to poke out a lot. +10 Intimidation. +5 Evilness. Female: +5 Charisma. Male: +10 Charisma.

Horns: Your horns, dude!

No horns: You lack horns, which is rare among dragons. -5 Evilness. +5 Charisma if Smooth all-round head.

Small horns: You have small, barely noticeable horns. No effect.

Large horns: You have long, large horns, a rarity. +5 Evilness. +5 Intimidation. -5 Charisma if Smooth all-round head, +5 if Very Rough head and male.

Single Horn: Instead of two, you have one-a rarity among Dragons, but it's not nearly as intimidating, since you look like a Unicorn. +5 Charisma, -15 Intimidation (IT LOOKS SILLY FOR GOD'S SAKE). +2 damage from head ramming.

Frontal Horns: Your horns bend forward, and partially block your face-they do nothing for your looks, but provide a valuable defensive measure. +5 Toughness, -10 Charisma.

Claws: What are your claws like?

No claws: You're clawless. Rare. Cannot attack with claws. -5 Evilness, -5 Intimidation.

Non-sharp claws: Your claws are as sharp as a human's claws are to a dog's. Your claws, with effort, can cut, but they are much duller than normal. -5 Intimidation, half claw damage.

Normal claws: How average. No effect.

Long claws: Your claws are larger than normal. You do 3d3 damage instead. +5 Evilness, +5 Intimidation.

Scale Color: What are your scales like?

White: People view you less evilly for being white. Commonly associated with any dragon. -5 Evilness.

Black: People view you more evilly for being black. But you are also more attractive. Commonly associated with any dragon. +5 Evilness. +5 Charisma.

Gray: Commonly associated with breathless, warrior dragons. No effect.

Red: Commonly associated with fire dragons, but rare. +5 Intimidation.

Blue: Commonly associated with water or lightning dragons. No effect.

Green: Commonly associated with poison or acid dragon. No effect.

Brown: Commonly associated with any dragon. No effect.

Purple: A rare color of dragon, thought by many to be some sort of mutant aberration. Lowers your desirability. -5 Charisma.

Gold: An extremely rare color of Dragon-associated with treasure, obviously. +5 Charisma.

Chromatic: The rarest of all dragons, 'Chromatic' means all colors of the rainbow all around, or scales that constantly change color. Mighty ones may be viewed as mortal Gods by both mortals and their kin assuming they don't already believe in one. +10 Charisma, -5 Intimidation, -5 Evil.

Chartreuse: A mix between green and yellow, this color is rare, usually associated with acid dragons. It's not anything special, though. No effect.

Periwinkle: A mix between blue and violet, this color is rare, usually associated with lightning dragons. No effect besides the silly name.

Graphite: Darker than a dark gray. Lacks the stylishness of Black, but still has the evil appearance. Rare, associated with any type of dragon. +5 Evilness.

Copper: Like the metal. Lacks the shininess though. Rare, associated with any type of dragon. No effect.

Other: If you feel there are too little colors, go ahead and suggest one. Remember, though, that I have the final say in the effects! And there may or may not be any good effects!

Body length: How long your body is.

Short: You are a smaller dragon. -10 Toughness for having a smaller body. +5 Agility for being a smaller target.

Standard: No effect.

Long: +5 Toughness from larger body, -5 Agility for being a larger target.

Very Long: Think Chinese dragons. +10 Toughness from larger body, -15 Agility for being a larger target.

Spine stiffness: How stiff your spine is.

Stiff: +10 Toughness. -15 Agility.

Standard: No effect.

Loose: -15 Toughness. +10 Agility.

Tail: What is your tail like?
None: A mutation that is widely considered negative. +10 Agility for being a smaller target, cannot use tail, -20 Charisma, -10 Intimidation.

Small: +5 Agility due to being a smaller target, -10 Charisma due to looking 'uglier'.

Standard: No effect.

Long: +5 Strength due to needing to swing a larger tail around, -5 Agility for obviously being a larger target.

Mace end: +10 Strength due to needing it to swing that tail, -10 Agility for obviously being a larger target and being more sluggish, -5 Charisma due to being less sleek, +3 damage from tail.

Blade end: The end of your tail is a wide, hardened, pointed bone double-edged blade which can cause massive gashs where it cuts. +5 agility due to accuracy, -10 strength since it's thin and light, +5 Intimidation due to it looking... intimidating, +5 damage from tail. Can dull, so be careful.

Breath: What do you breathe my good sir/ma'am? Please don't show me by breathing on me.

Fire: Standard fair for a dragon. +5 Intimidation, +5 Evilness. 1d20 damage against non-fireproof monsters, can be used every 5 turns.

Water: Heated water for boiling someone alive. Rare. 2d8 damage against non-heatproof monsters, reduced by heat resistance, Needs water each use.

Lightning: Raw lightning for shocking someone. +5 Intimidation. 2d10 damage against non-electricproof monsters, reduced by electricity resistance, only effects one target, can be used every 3 turns.

Acid: For melting people. 1d8 damage per turn for 1d5 turns against non-acidproof monsters, reduced by acid resistance, can be used every 10 turns, damage does not stack with previous breaths.

Poison: For poisoning people. +5 Evilness. 1d10 damage per turn for 2-4 turns against non-poisonproof monsters, reduced by poison resistance, can be used every 10 turns, damage does not stack with previous breaths.

Energy: A rare sort of Draconic breath that can damage nearly any foe regardless of resistance, but does not do as much as damage as a dedicated element. 2d5 damage, can be used every 5 turns.

Sonic: Concentrated sound waves for blowing people away. Does more damage to smaller creatures and structures than larger ones. 3d4 damage to small, 2d5 to medium, 1d10 to large, assuming the creatures aren't immune or resistant, can be used every 3 turns.

Tarran's Gift: For some reason, you have been birthed with the gift of life from the god of life himself. Your breath heals 20% of the max HP of those you use it on each time. Can be used every 3 turns. Cannot use on self. Cannot use if Tarran is angered or you are very evil. -20 Cruelty.

Ona's Gift: For some reason, you have been birthed with the gift of healinf from the god of medicine, healing, and nature. Your breath heals 50% of the max HP of those you use it on each time. Can be used every 10 turns. Cannot use on self. Cannot use if Ona is angered or you are very evil. -20 Cruelty.

Grandar's Justice: For some reason, the god of justice has given you the ability to do his work for him. Your breath causes different damage on people who have committed crime without the word of justice and have not been punished. It does not punish those who have only committed minor crimes or those who have not committed crime at all. Can be used every 5 turns. If evil, or if Grandar is angry at you, this breath cannot be used.

Salar's Gift: The god of the Underworld has given you the ability to breathe the undead to the underworld, where their souls should be. Your breath instantly kills undead of any strength. Has no effect on the living. Can be used every 10 turns. Cannot be used if Salar is angry at you.

Banther's Whip: The god of Pain and Punishment has given you the ability to cause great pain. Your breath makes enemies roll their toughness, and at rolls of 4 or below the enemy is stunned completely for 3 turns. Can be used every 5 turns. +5 Cruelty. Cannot be used if Banther is angry at you.

Karlos' Wealth: The god of Wealth wants you to be rich! Or someone else. Regardless, you have the ability to turn a single object made of valuable metals into metals of higher wealth. You can only transmute up one level of metal, so transmuted metals cannot be 'muted into an even higher level. Can be used every 20 turns. Cannot be used if Karlos is angry at you.

Mai'vah's Tears: The god of Weather has given you the ability to breathe compressed air at your enemies. The air does not hurt enemies, but has a 1/2 chance to knock each out, and temporarily disarms them for a turn regardless. Can be used every 5 turns. Cannot be used if Mai'vah is angry at you.

Pahhosag's Curse: The god of Chaos has given you the 'curse' of breathing raw Chaos. This stuff is wildly unpredictable... and effects the user slightly every use. Dragons that are known to have this are very disrespected. Can be used every 5 turns. +10 Evilness. Cannot be used if Pahhosag is angered.

Saharia's Cold: The god of Night and Cold has given you the ability to freeze your opponents solid. It does no damage, but forces enemies to roll dodge rolls, and if they are below 3, they will be instakilled. Cold resistant enemies are given more leeway, however, and immune enemies are not effected. Can be used every 5 turns. +5 Evilness, +5 Cruelty. Cannot be used if Saharia is angered.

Pringos' Decay: The god of Plague and Decay has given you the curse of being the bearer of some of his worst creations. Your breath either causes decay (constant HP damage of 1-8 for 3 turns but cannot kill in the first turn), or plague (enemies get negative statuses until they are cured). Dragons known to have this breath are alienated from any good or neutral being. Can be used every 5 turns. +15 Evilness, +5 Cruelty. Cannot be used if Pringos is angry at you.

None: You live without breath weapons. As a result, you are a better warrior. Though you lack a panic button. +10 Strength, +5 Agility, +10 Toughness.

Unlike most games, gender effects various things! Listed are pluses and minuses.
++Strength: +10.
-Agility: -5.
-Intelligence: -5.
++Toughness: +10.
-Charisma: -5.
--Relations from other males: Hostile, rivalry, very territorial.
-Relation from females: Indifferent, uninterested, mildly territorial.
+Doesn't need to give birth to children.
+Doesn't have to raise children.
--Doesn't get to be with children.

Overall: --, mainly from relations from opposite sex: - is two levels from a +. Not that big of a penalty, considering the alternative is people trying to mate with you all the time.
-Strength: -5.
+Agility: +5.
+Intelligence: +5.
-Toughness: -5.
+Charisma: +5.
+Relations from males: Indifferent, interested, mildly territorial.
--Relation from other females: Hostile, uninterested, very territorial.
-Needs to give birth to children.
-Has to raise children.
++Gets to stay with own children.

Overall: No bonuses or minuses.

If you think I'm being unfair to females... then consider females are smarter than males. If you still consider me being unfair, then, well, I don't care and you should complain to someone else.

To be blunt, there is no goal. So you will have to make some up for yourself.

However, if you can't think of any, how about these:

Keep and maintain 80 or more Fame for 20 or more turns.
Have 40+ children before growing too old. (Male)
Have 20+ children before growing too old. (Female)
Kill 5 or more other dragons.
Take over 3 or more kingdoms.
Kill 10 or more heroes.
Befriend a kingdom(s).
Be worshiped widely as a god.
Survive godly wrath 3 or more times.
Kill 500 or more people.
Live to max age or further.
Become a high-mage dragon.
Get 400000 golds worth of loot.
Find a very powerful artifact.

Let me be blunt: I'm not a specialist for dragons. I know little besides movies and roguelikes. And a little reading. And dragons vary so much. So, I'll tell you right now what the dragons are in this game:

Body: Scaly. Wings are scaly. They are Europeans, but with the long body you can also be a Chinese-like dragon. They have 4 limbs: 2 legs and 2 arms. They have large wings. They have a tail. Their body starts out about the size of a large dog, and gets to be as long as a large stone tower you see in castles while being as wide as 2 horses. Their neck and chest has no vulnerable spot, and dragons are really hard to kill. However, like all animals, hitting the neck can still be very devastating hitting some big artery or the bone. And, also like all animals, getting lots of cuts can bring down a dragon purely by bleeding. Dragons are carnivores, but are facultative carnivores, meaning they mainly eat meat, but if they can find enough plant food, they will eat it instead. They will, however, face some temporary digestive problems if they eat plant food, but it won't take too long for their stomach to calm down. Dragons have claws, which are pretty damn sharp. Dragons have some ability to gently move small objects, but there is a limit.

Mood: Dragons love gold, but they aren't eternally entranced by gold; enough resisting and they loose all appetite for it. Dragons aren't evil, but the type of actions they do usually look evil in the eyes of humans. Dragons are smart enough to learn which actions humans view as bad. Whether or not they choose to adjust their actions to avoid doing those actions depends on them. Dragons don't know English initially, but can learn if they want to. Dragons will get an urge to mate when they grow old enough, and will feel depressed if they avoid it, but it can be drowned in other pleasures if intense enough. Dragons are nearly as intelligent as humans. Young dragons are very passive, and rarely actively cause violence. Those who do are trouble kids, and trouble kids tend to be very violent when they grow up. Dragons tend to either DESPISE insults or barely care at all. Similarly, dragons tend to be very trustworthy or not trustworthy at all.

Territoriality: Dragons are defensive of their territory. Unless they willingly allow someone on their territory, or there is a member of the opposite sex (every dragon wants to make babies badly since dragons are so spread out) and they have not had bad experiences with him/her, they WILL GO CRAZY if other dragons are in their territory. They may try to kill other dragons, but most of the time they will either maul them (but not kill them) or make very, very threatening warnings.

Desperation: All dragons have a "Desperation Drive". Wherein they will loose all feeling of pain, and go berserk (where the player cannot control their dragon). This has very little chance of saving them, but it will likely kill the offender. And there still is a chance for them to survive. Desperation Drive activates if all of these are true: Is bleeding (internally or externally). Is in severe pain. Is wounded. No escape route. Enemy is still around, in melee. Enemy still superior. Enemy, to your knowledge, cannot be reasoned with. The player's dragon will get huge buffs to attack, but utterly looses the ability to defend him/herself (won't dodge). In addition, the player will gain 20 more HP. Though that HP WILL ONLY LAST AS LONG AS YOU ARE BERSERK. It will go away if you ever exit berserk. This means you will die if below 20 HP before it stops, since that HP is temporary.

Mini-spoiler, GO!

Note:
Damage is 1/4 the value for babies.
Damage is halved for Children.
Damage is reduced by 1/4 for Teenagers.

Anyway, standard damage for body parts for adults:
Unmodified claws: 3d2. Uses Agility.
Long claws: 3d3. Uses Agility.
Unmodified mouth: 1d12. Uses Strength.
Unmodified tail: 2d5. Uses Agility.
Mace tail: 2d5+3. Uses Agility.
Blade tail: 2d5+5. Uses Agility.
Ramming: Depends on situation. Uses Strength.



An attacker will also get a bonus to damage if their dice minus the opposing side's defense dice is equal to:

+1-2: No bonus.
+3: +20% Dam.
+4: +50% Dam.
>=+5: +100% Dam.

Don't worry, this spoiler may fill up with more stuff.

Eventually.

So it's not likely destined to oblivion.

Name: You may use anything. Try to keep it sane. Don't use multiple SSSes, dragons to not speak in snake voice.  This may prove useful, but don't consider it essential. You can choose whatever the hell you want.
Gender: Select your gender. See spoiler above.
Body: Select your body. See spoiler above.
  Head:
  Horns:
  Claws:
  Scale Color:
  Body length:
  Spine stiffness:
  Tail:
  Breath:
Stats: All non-red. REMEMBER TO FACTOR IN YOUR GENDER AND BODY PARTS PLEASE. And remember to add a plus or minus so I can quickly tell that you are getting it from your body part or gender. Each stat starts at 50 points. And you have 20 bonus points. So in total you have 270 points to work with.
  Strength: 50
  Agility: 50
  Intelligence: 50
  Toughness: 50
  Charisma: 50
Roleplaying: If you want to add roleplaying information, here's where to add it to:
  Personality: Your personality. Here, this may help: http://www.gurusoftware.com/GuruNet/Personal/Factors.htm
  Mother background: What is your mother like? If the same mother as another player's, you will both be born in the same spot.
  Father background: What was your father like? You may never see him, but if you do, this will seriously effect what the encounter will be like.

You may notice a lack of your own background. The reason is because you're not even out of your egg yet.

Elfeater: Died to her sister.

There are many scenarios you can start from, but you can only choose one.

Peace: The world is without war. Where animals and humans thrive. Where riches increase and do not lower. Heroes are unneeded and are mostly non-existent. Villains are laughable. This is extremely easy, and is very casual until someone starts wrecking shit. Will you ruin or improve this world?

Perfect Earth: The world is largely peaceful besides a few wars. Riches vary extremely from city to city. Like earth in this age. Cities are largely independent, but alliances are around. Causing trouble will invoke retaliation from their allies and their heroes. Villains are causing trouble once and a while, but not often.  This is somewhat difficult. How will you make yourself known?

Tensions: The world is near breaking point. Men arm and exploit the lands. Cash is flowing freely and quickly, but will freeze at the mere sight of conflict. This world will erupt into war very quickly if you aren't soft. Heroes are widely needed and are abundant. Same with villains. This is mildly difficult. Will you forge your destiny through fire, claw, magic, or gold?

Hellstorm: The world is in a bitter struggle. The world is being exploited in a deteriorating rate. Men are dying left and right. Dragons are in the way, and are hunted if they cause even a small amount of trouble. On the other hand, they are also hired once and a while. Heroes and Villains are everywhere. This is pretty difficult. Will you make a place in this self-destructing world? Or will you be among the statistics of the dead?

The Abyss: The world is falling apart. Man has called their gods to the fight. The world is nearly a wasteland with many people without homes. Dragons are becoming extinct, and gods are killing even if slightly irked. The world isn't going to last much longer. The world is so bad that there is almost no difference between "Hero" and "Villain" This is absurdly difficult. Will you survive?

Wasteland: The world has collapsed. Humans are extinct. Many animals and plants are, too, and many are on their way. The gods have disappeared from the face of the earth, since no one follows them and thus they do not exist. What gold is left is fought for in bitter struggle. Dragons are down to double digits and falling. The world looks upon the dragons to save what's left by learning whatever magic they can to restore what they can. This will be a struggle to even live to maturity. Wil-can you save the earth? Note, this will be missing a lot of interaction, mostly with humans.

When attacking a ship, you should pick a spot to fire at. Your turn roll (the main roll) gets replaced by the accuracy roll when you fire. Otherwise you will get a targeting roll. Remember to note which way the enemy is facing! You have to destroy the armor before you can attack a internal section. You can only attack center devices if you've broken through an armor section and can see the device. You will also do internal damage.

Targeting roll (if you didn't pick a spot to attack, or if you are attacking a section that you can't reach), after rolling this you also have to roll a Accuratcy roll:
1: Missed completely.
2: Hit the armor.
3: Hit a weak spot in the armor.
4: Hit a weapon.
5: Hit a device (Shield generators, engines, etc)
6: Hit a weapon.

Accuracy roll [AKA to-hit roll]:
1: Missed the ship completely.
2: Missed the ship completely.
3: Half the weapons hit (rounded down).
4: Hit.
5: Hit.
6: Half the weapons hit (rounded down).

When a ship's shields are up, each weapon you use is given a dice. The weapons then roll against the shield. The shield dice subtracts weapon dice from left to right until the weapon roll is equal or more than the shield roll. If the shield roll is higher than the weapon roll, then weapon dice subtract the shield dice until the shield roll is higher or equal to the weapon roll. When only a fraction of a shield roll is left, such as a shield roll of [1][4] and a damage roll of [3], the amount of shield rolls subtracted is rounded down, meaning it would leave 1 shield roll left.

Examples:

Shield resist roll: Shield:[3][5]=[8]. Damage roll:[4][6][5][1][2]=[18]. The first two weapon dice ([4][6]) are canceled by the shield dice ([3][5]). The shield is downed, and all the other dice goes though to a damage roll.
Shield resist roll: Shield:[1][2]=[3]. Damage roll:[6][5][2][1][4]=[18]. The first weapon dice ([6]) is canceled by the shield dice ([1][2]). The shield is downed, and all the other dice goes though to a damage roll.
Shield resist roll: Shield:[6][4]=[10]. Damage roll:[2][1][2][1][1]=[7]. The first shield dice ([6]) is canceled by the weapon dice ([2][1][2][1][1]). The shield resists and loses one shield roll.

Shield regeneration only counts on turns you aren't under attack. Meaning if you are hit, your shield regeneration is reset. So if you've recharged for 1 turn and are attacked, your regeneration is reset to 0. This is why you run when you lose your shield.

These are if you hit something. If you destroy an external device/weapon and still fire at it, you will damage the section of armor it was on.

DviD=Device Damage. As the device damage increases the more unstable the device gets. if the DviD points go past the limit, then the device is out of business.

Armor Damage roll:
1: Your shots glance off.
2: Your shots do no significant damage.
3: Your shots remove 1/2 points of armor.
4: Your shots remove 1 point of armor.
5: Your shots remove 2 points of armor.
6: Your shots remove 3 points of armor.
X: Your shots remove X-3 points of armor.

Device/Weapon Damage roll:
1: Your shots glance off.
2: You hit the device. But it is not effected.
3: You hit the device. Doing 1/8 points of DviD.
4: You hit the device. Doing 1/4 points of DviD.
5: 1/2 points of DviD.
6: 5/8 points of DviD.
X: X-1/8 points of DviD.

=InDmg. Once you break through armor, you can do internal damage if you keep attacking that section. The internals of a ship are usually very weak.
1: No InDmg.
2: No InDmg.
3: 1/4 points of InDmg.
4: 1/2 points of InDmg.
5: 1 point of InDmg.
6: 1 and 1/2 points of InDmg.
X: 1+[1/2]x[X-5].

The size serves no funtion. Though this allows you to visualize what the ship looks like from your character's eyes.

1: Size of a bus.
2: Size of a F22.
3: Size of a small commercial airliner.
4: Size of a medium commercial airliner.
5: Size of a large commercial airliner.
6: Size of a modern day aircraft carrier.
7: Size of a airport terminal.
8: Size of a average skyscraper.
9: Size of a large skyscraper.
9-49: Filler.
50: size of a small moon.
51-59: Filler.
60: Size of Mars.
61-79: Filler.
80: Size of Earth.
81-119: Filler.
120: Size of Jupiter.
121-499: Filler.
500 Size of Sol.

Whenever you spot a enemy unit, all reachable/see-able areas are colored in green. When no areas are colored green, the enemy is only spotted by long range sensors.

Whenever a reactor is put under maximum stress (Regenerating shields while all guns are firing while the ship is moving) has it roll a stress/overheat roll. If the overheat/stress roll is 1 or 2, then the reactor will roll damage rolls every turn until the engineer fixes the stress/overheating. If it's 3-6 then the reactor holds on. Not needing any relief.

Damage rolls will do this:
1: Reactor overheats and shuts down until repaired. The ship is completely nonoperational until the reactor is repaired.
2: Reactor overheats and shuts down for one turn. You can't skip this penalty by repairing inside the penalty turn.
3: Reactor overheats and shuts down guns for one turn. You can't skip this penalty by repairing inside the penalty turn.
4: Reactor rolls a damage roll next turn.
5: Reactor stops overheating.
6: Reactor rolls a damage roll next turn.

Whenever an engine is damaged past it's DviD limit, you have one turn to shut it off. If you get a 1-3 then you fail at shutting it off, and thus suffer the damage rolls. If you get 4-6 then you successfully shut it off.

Damage rolls will do this:
1: Engine blows up. Doing 1d3 points of InDmg.
2: Engine blows up. Doing 1d2 points of InDmg.
3: Engine blows up. Doing 1 points of InDmg.
4: Engine shuts down peacefully.
5: Engine somehow keeps working fine.
6: Engine holds on. Allowing you an extra turn to turn it off.

FTL drives are what you would think of as a nuclear bomb that gets you places within your lifetime. Fragile, serves only one purpose, but is very important. If they are damaged past their DviD limit, focus on shutting them off over ALL OTHER SHIP SYSTEMS. You have only one turn to turn them off. If you get a 1-2 then you fail at shutting it off, and thus suffer the damage rolls. If you get 3-6 then you successfully shut it off.

Damage rolls will do this:
1: FTL drive blows up before you can escape. Goodbye ship and crew.
2: FTL drive goes critical. Allowing you one turn to escape.
3: FTL drive shuts down, but is beyond repair.
4: FTL drive shuts down.
5: FTL drive somehow keeps working fine.
6: FTL drive holds on. Allowing you an extra turn to turn it off.

Whenever a weapon is destroyed and it's ammo belt is active, it will roll a damage roll. Thus you should isolate the ammo belt of a severely damaged weapon if it looks like they are going to be destroyed soon. You always succeed when shutting off a belt.

Damage rolls will do this:
1: Entire ammo belt explodes. Rolling damage rolls for the gunner (if the gunner is in the weapon, like the APIMGT gunners) and the engineer. Also does 1 point of InDmg.
2: Part of the ammo belt explodes. Rolling damage rolls for the gunner (if the gunner is in the weapon, like the APIMGT gunners). Also does 1/2 points of InDmg.
3: Small part of the ammo belt explodes. Does 1/4 points of InDmg.
4: Ammo belt is unaffected.
5: Ammo belt is unaffected.
6: Ammo belt is unaffected.

Whenever a weapon is at half it's DviD limit, it rolls set 1 of malfunction dice whenever fired. If it's at one fourth, it rolls set 2. Set 3 if at one eighth. Weapon DviD is unrepairable. So the best you can do is shut the weapon off. You always succeed when shutting off a weapon. Missiles (not missile launchers) roll the missile set if they are damaged even in the slightest. If they aren't already destroyed.

Set 1:
1: Missfire, causing damage worth 1/2 a DviD point to the weapon.
2: Weapon doesn't fire that turn.
3: Weapon works fine that turn.
4: Weapon works fine that turn.
5: Weapon works fine that turn.
6: Weapon works fine that turn.

Set 2:
1: Missfire, causing damage worth 1 DviD point to the weapon.
2: Missfire, causing damage worth 1/2 a DviD point to the weapon.
3: Weapon doesn't fire that turn.
4: Weapon doesn't fire that turn.
5: Weapon works fine that turn.
6: Weapon works fine that turn.

Set 3:
1: Weapon explodes. Destroying the weapon and causing 1/2 points of InDmg.
2: Missfire, causing damage worth 1 DviD point to the weapon.
3: Missfire, causing damage worth 1/2 a DviD point to the weapon.
4: Weapon doesn't fire that turn.
5: Weapon doesn't fire that turn.
6: Weapon works fine that turn.

Missile set:
1: Missile explodes. Doing 1/2 the damage it normally does when fired and hit correctly against your armor.
2: Missile explodes. Doing 1/4 the damage it normally does when fired and hit correctly against your armor.
3: Ship auto-ejects it.
4: Ship auto-ejects it.
5: Missile somehow still works.
6: Ship auto-ejects it.

Whenever missiles (not missile launchers) are destroyed, they do 1/2 the damage it normally does when fired and hit correctly against your armor.

When repairing, you roll a dice. Here's what happens each roll. Weapons, missiles, ammo belts and engines are not valid targets of repairing:
1: Device suffers a 2 roll on it's respective problem. Like if you roll a 1 when fixing a FTL drive, it will get the "FTL drive goes critical. Allowing you one turn to escape." roll.
2: You do not repair it.
3: You do not repair it.
4: You repair 1/4 points worth of DviD.
5: You repair 1/2 points worth of DviD.
6: You repair 1 point worth of DviD.

Isolate weapon X's ammo belt.
Shut down weapon X.
Shut down engine X.
Shut down FTL drive.
Shut down Shield generator.
Shut down Reactor.
Improve X.
Un-isolate weapon X's ammo belt.
Start up weapon X.
Start up engine X.
Start up FTL drive.
Start up Shield generator.
Start up Reactor.
Eject missile(s).
Attempt to repair X (weapons and engines not allowed).

1: Nomads, no technology.
2: Stone age. Basic houses, clans, tribes.
3: Bronze age. Metal, towns, groups.
4: Classical age. Fortified towns, stone walls, basic cites.
5: Medieval age. Castles, large cites, many towns.
6: Gunpowder.
7: Electricity.
8: Industrial age.
9: Modern age.
10: First probes sent into space.
11: First people sent off planet.
12: First extra-home planet colony.
13: Major colonies off home planet.
14: First warships.
15: Space age.
16: Multiple planets/moons with fully functioning colonies.
17: First energy weapons (simple lasers).
18: First extra-home system spaceship.
19: Solar age. FTL travel.
20: Colonies outside of home system.
21: Multiple colonies outside of home system.
22: More than 3 systems confirmed colonized.
23: Cheap FTL travel.
24: Lasers fit for ship-to-ship combat.
25: Tech age. Multiple upgrades to many things. Basic shields.
26: Gaian age. Cheap and easy terraforming.
27: Planetary age. Artificial heavenly bodies/stars.
28: Energy age. Plasma weaponry. Advanced shields.
29: Exodus age. If needed or wanted, the entire race could live in space ships.
30: Epic age. Entire planets can be made.
31: God age. Entire systems can be made with sufficient materials.
32: Ascend age. Beyond matter, space, and time.

1: None.
2: A few fighters.
3: Fighters and some frigates.
4: Fighters, frigates, and a few destroyers.
5: Fighters, frigates, and destroyers.
6: Fighters, frigates, destroyers, and some cruisers.
7: Fighters, frigates, destroyers, and cruisers.
8: Fighters, frigates, destroyers, cruisers, and a few battleships.
9: Fighters, frigates, destroyers, cruisers, and battleships.
10: Fighters, frigates, destroyers, cruisers, battleships, and a few dreadnoughts.
11: Fighters, frigates, destroyers, cruisers, battleships, and dreadnoughts.
12: Fighters, frigates, destroyers, cruisers, battleships, dreadnoughts, and a few super dreadnoughts.
13: Fighters, frigates, destroyers, cruisers, battleships, dreadnoughts, and super dreadnoughts.

In 2412, Pi-centhi, a small colony in Alpha Centari, detected strange signatures. Not of any kind previously known. Those were the Xecobia.

The PPF (Pi-centhi Protection Force) panther-C frigate Cutting Edge headed towards the signatures, at first, it seemed like it was going to be a friendly first contact.

It wasn't.

Two hundred KMs from the contacts, all hell broke lose, the Cutting Edge was hit in both engines by large plasma blasts, then, the Cutting Edge was hit with several plasma rounds. The Cutting Edge was obliterated.

Pi-centhi was glassed mercilessly. Everyone was killed before they could escape.

Similar things happened again and again, in total seventeen colonies were destroyed.

Then the Xecobia arrived at Omega Earth. The largest colony in Alpha Centari. By now, a massive fleet was stationed there. The Battle of Omega Earth had begun.

Units:

Omega Earth Defense Force:
Many Sprite-B class Fighters.
63 Panther-C class Frigates
47 Brightclad class Frigates
32 Duke-B class Destroyers
15 Andorra-A class Cruisers
3 Big Betty-A class Battleships
2 Hive-B class Carriers

Xecobia forces:
Unknown (Many)

Dead:

Omega Earth Defense Force:
Many Sprite-B class Fighters.
58 Panther-C class Frigates
45 Brightclad class Frigates
26 Duke-B class Destroyers
12 Andorra-A class Cruisers
3 Big Betty-A class Battleships
1 Hive-B class Carriers

Xecobia forces:
Many Fighters.
157 Frigates
133 Destroyers
62 Cruisers
17 Battleships
4 Carriers
1 Dreadnought

Omega Earth Defense Force defeated.
Omega Earth glassed.

During the retreat of UNSS forces from the battle of Omega Earth, one Andorra-A cruiser, the Winter Clad, commanded by Colonel Brigg, chose to stay behind so the others could escape. Brigg, facing a obviously superior force, told his crew to send their final goodbye letters. He Himself did the same.

He then rushed at max speed straight at a battleship. Opening fire with everything he had. He then turned hard right, causing him to collide with a frigate. Which then proceeded to crash into the battleship's left engine.

The battleship then opened fire on Brigg. Severely damaging his rear armor. Brigg retaliated by turning around and unloading on the shieldless battleship's already damaged left engine. The engine then blew up. Fracturing the left side of the battleship.

Brigg then came under attack by three frigates. He dodged downward into the debris field underneath the battleship. Causing one of the frigates to crash into a piece of the fractured battleship. Destroying it.

Brigg then pulled hard upwards, straight into fire from the battleship. He took a lot of damage to his top. However, the other two frigates were severely damaged and had to disengage.

Brigg's engines were then hit by another battleship's weapons. Crippling his ship.

Brigg then did the unthinkable. He detonated his FTL drive. Killing him and his crew. And Finishing off the frigates and the fractured battleship. Along with several other hundred enemy ships.

Brigg and his crew, for sacrificing their lives for the rest of the battered OEDF fleet, were given the medal of honor. And their names were engraved the armor of the unrepairable frigate Full metal jacket. Which now lies, forever damaged, in the city hall of Dawson, Mars. His home city. Everyone from admirals to family members attended his and his crew's funeral.

Glassing (Shamelessly stolen from Halo) is burning of the surface of a planet into glass. Anything caught directly underneath a glassing beam is dead, no exceptions.

The United Sol Defense Force was formed in 2413 as a response to the destruction and glassing of colonies in Alpha Centari. They have been building up a massive fleet to defend Sol. The member planets/moons of the USDF are:
Mercury, Earth, Luna, Mars, Europa, Callisto, Io, Ganymede, Titan, Rhea, Titania, Oberon, and Triton.

These are your closest allies, because you are a part of the USDF. Their technology level is 26. Their might is 9.

When the USDF was formed, the colonies outside of Sol formed an alliance, they are weak, but they will defend their planets fiercely.
These are your allies. Their technology level is 26. Their might is 7.

Your enemies, very little is known about them. There's no way to negotiate with them, except with the receiving end of a tungsten round.
These are your main enemies. Their technology level is 30. Their might is 12.

Name: [Name here].
Position: [Position here].
Skills: [Skills here].
Gender: [Gender].
History:
[Spoiler with history here]

Turret: applies when using a turret.
Missiles: applies when using a ship's missiles.
Cannon: applies when using a ship's cannons.
Piloting: applies when piloting any airborne craft or a spaceship.
Driving: applies when driving a land or sea vehicle.
Pistol: applies when shooting a pistol.
Rifle: applies when shooting a rifle.
Melee: applies when attacking in melee.
Engineering: applies when doing mechanic work.
First Aid: applies when... Doing healing of any sort.
Rocket launcher: apples wh-... Wait, do you really need an explanation for this? It applies whenever you use a rocket launcher.
Shotgun: apples when using a shotgun.
Sniper rifle: applies when using a sniper rifle.

Name: Thomas Silo
Position: Captain.
Skills: Piloting, Cannon
Gender: Male
History:
Silo has an interest in biology and science, and originally joined up to pursue more intellectual endeavors. The troubles on Alpha Centauri found him more and more dealing with practical issues, and he now serves as a fairly inquisitive captain with decent experience aboard vessels.

Name: Frelock
Position: Co-Pilot
Skills: Piloting and Cannon
Gender: Male
History:
The son of a lowly Triton hydrocarbon farmer, Fre has always had a knack for piloting things.  He also hates staying in one place for too long.  He's a born wanderer, ever since he could walk he would never be content just sitting.  Always moving, and never sleeping in the same place two nights in a row.  "See the universe" was all the recruitment incentive he needed.  Since he joined up as a lowly cannoneer, he's risen through the ranks, and has finally achieved the rank of first mate.  His goal in life is to gain his own command, and explore the universe.  However, he's loyal, so long as the captain doesn't have them running the shipping lanes between Earth and Luna.

Name: Paranatural
Position: Gunner
Skills: Missiles & Turret
Gender: Male
History: Will add history later

Name: Nimitz
Position: Left gunner
Skills: Turret and Rifle
Gender: Male
History: Nimitz is a relatively new recruit in the USDF. He is Jovian, having been born on Io, but he and his family moved to Earth when he was 15. Nimitz soon found himself desperately wanting to see the rest of the galaxy, so he joined the Navy. The Xecobians attacked Alpha Centauri in the following year. Nimitz' primary skill is running turret stations, but if it's required, he can handle a rifle just fine, too. If he wasn't a sailor, he'd be a marine.

Name: James Gutierrez
Position: Gunner, Right weapons bank.
Skills: Turret and Cannon
Gender: Male
History:
Born on Mars colony, he grew up in one of the oldest and largest cities on Mars. While he was from a middle class family, he came from a long line of people who served in the military (with breaks here and there), so when fighting broke out with the aliens, he signed up. Besides wanting to make aliens eat lead, he is a fan of explorer novels and is interested in biology in general. If the war hadn't broke out, he probably would be a scientist somewhere.

Name: Ochita
Position: Engineer
Skills: Pistol & maintaince
Gender: Male
History:Will add history later

Name: SHAD0Wdump
Position: Captain
Skills: Piloting, Melee
Gender: Male
History: (I'm also bad with stories, sorry)

Name: Fenrir
Position: Co-Pilot
Skills: Cannon, Piloting
Gender: Male
History:
Only known by his assumed name, Fenrir is undeniably loyal to USDF and is highly ferrocius in battle, Fenrir was offered a captains position but is happy where he is, not wanting the captain's responsibility. Rumour has it that Fenrir is a genetic experiment, that is, of course BullS**T, Once fenrir decides you're ppart of the team, woe to anyone who threatens or harms you.

Name: Sierra "Thunder" Brannon
Position: Gunner (bottom)
Skills: Driving, Cannon
Gender: Female
History:
Sierra was born and raised on Omega Earth, and was formerly a member of the Omega Earth Second Heavy Armor Division; she narrowly escaped the Xecobian invasion on one of the Marines' heavy transports during the final hours of the evacuation. She was recommended to the USDF for a gunnery position by the transport's pilot after a spot of quick thinking saved the ship: she had depressurized and opened the ship's cargo bay, and was able to manually fend off pursuing Xecobian fighters with her tank until they were able to rendezvous with the remnants of the fleet escaping the system; if only just.

She was glad to accept the position offered as a chance to strike back and get revenge on the Xecobians for the annihilation of her homeworld; they didn't seem to care to mess around with planetary invasions anyway.

Name: Waladil
Position: Left gunner
Skills: Rifle, Melee
Gender: Male
History:
Some people think that the Scions disappeared when the economy went global and governments started taking more power. Even though there was less room for the vigilantism often displayed by the Scions, cadres of them still exist, particularly in the military and police forces. This Waladil, having shed his birthname of Lucas Gehroff, followed a strict path of handheld weaponry and mixed martial arts... skills he constantly finds useless in the cold world of space combat.

Name: David Muller
Position: Right Gunner
Skills: Rifle,Turret
Gender: Male
History: David Muller was born on Earth, and orphaned at an early age. He got into the USDF on a scholarship, and reached the top of his class through dedication and hard work. He has been dedicated to the cause ever since. He voluentered for this mission as soon as he heard. While many call him cold and heartless, he is efficent at his job. He was among the survivors of the first wave of attacks.

Name: Roger Tippen
Position: Engineer
Skills: Pistol and Driving
Gender: Male
History: Born in a ghetto on Earth, Grew up wanting to be a infrantry soldier but bad eyesight prevented it. He settled to be a engineer in the USDF. He is still new to the USDF and hasn't had much experience in engineering.

Be serious.
You CANNOT terraform the same planet of a different player.
You will get a penalty if you attack the planet of a different player with an asteroid. That penalty is 500 points (That's a lot of points).
If you are attacked by another player with an asteroid, you can fling an asteroid back at their planet with no penalty (Self defense).

Planets/moons with a gravity of or less than 0.05 can be dragged around like an asteroid, but you suffer a penalty for them.

If need be, I will add more.

+10000 points for a perfectly Earthlike planet (very hard to do).

+200 points for a habitable planet.

-2 point for every 0.01 gravity point (G) away from human's ideal gravity.

-1 point for every degree away from human's ideal temperature. (I will use Celsius because Aurora uses Celsius.)

-5 points for every 0.01 ATM away from human's ideal oxygen ATM amount.

   additional -10 points for every 0.01 ATM above 30% oxygen in the planet's Atmosphere. (It's dangerous to have a explosive atmosphere.)

-20 points for every 0.01 ATM of toxic gas in the planet's atmosphere.

+100 points if you have the same gravity as the earth (Hardest to do).

+50 points if you have the same temperature as the earth.

+50 points if you have the same oxygen ATMs as the earth.

+2 points for every 0.01 ATM of toxic gas you remove.

+1 points for every degree in Celsius towards ideal you change.

-1 points for every degree in Celsius away from ideal you change.

+3 points for every 0.01 ATM in oxygen towards ideal you add/remove.

-3 points for every 0.01 ATM in oxygen away from ideal you remove/add.

+2 points for every 0.01 G towards ideal you add.

-2 points for every 0.01 G away from ideal you add.

-100 for every minor Solar Disaster you cause.

-1000 for every major Solar Disaster you cause.

-10000 for every super Solar Disaster you cause.

Temperature: Base temp X Greenhouse effect. Greenhouse effect starts at 1.

    Exact quote from Aurora.
    Surface Temperature in Kelvin = Base Temperature in Kelvin x Greenhouse Factor x Albedo
    Greenhouse Factor = 1 + (Atmospheric Pressure /10) + Greenhouse Pressure   (Maximum = 3.0)

      Lowering: Add anti-greenhouse gas (Each ATM removes that much greenhouse pressure, but still adds to the Atmospheric pressure.). Or removing gas.
      Heightening: Add greenhouse gas (Each ATM adds that much greenhouse pressure, and adds to the Atmospheric pressure.). Or adding normal gas.

   Possible gas types:
     Hydrogen. Tox.
     Helium.
     Methane. Toxic to Oxygen breathers. GreHou.
     Ammonia. Tox.
     Water.
     Neon.
     Nitrogen.
     Carbon monoxide. Tox.
     Nitrogen oxide. Tox.
     Oxygen. Toxic to Methane breathers.
     Hydrogen sulfide. Tox.
     Argon.
     Carbon dioxide. Grehou.
     Nitrogen dioxide. Tox. Grehou.
     Sulfur dioxide. Tox. Grehou.
     Chlorine. Tox.
     Florine. Tox.
     Bromine. Tox.
     Iodine. Tox.
     Safe greenhouse gas. Grehou.
     Anti-greenhouse gas. Anti-Grehou.

  Also, when you melt ice it increases albedo.

Gravity:
Adding. Hit your planet with an asteroid. (You will suffer a penalty if you do it when life is on the planet). You gain the asteroid's gravity in full.

Planetary Collision. Major. Caused when you cause a major gravitational change which leads to a collision.

Moon>Planet Collision. Major or minor (depending on how much the planet needed that moon). Caused when you cause a major gravitational change which leads to a collision.

Moon>Moon Collision. Major or minor (depending on how much the planet needed those moons). Caused when you cause a major gravitational change which leads to a collision.

Gas Giant>Planet/moon Collision. Major. Caused when you cause a major gravitational change which leads to a collision.

Star>Planet/moon/Gas giant Collision. Major. Caused when you cause a major gravitational change which leads to a collision.

Genocide. Major. Caused when you hit a planet with a body while life is living there. Combined with collision penalties.

Partial Genocide. Minor. Caused when you hit a planet with a small body while life is living there. Combined with collision penalties.

Total Solar Disaster. Super. Caused when every body in the system is effected by a large amount.

Total Solar Collision. Super. Caused when every body in the system hits the star.