Second Imperium/general Sith RP
May 4, 2013 12:33:02 GMT -8
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Post by Kel Sentriss on May 4, 2013 12:33:02 GMT -8
Howdy kids. A few of you might recognize your best buddy Kel Sentriss as the guy who runs one of the oldest and most member-variable Sith factions JvS history boasts, but most of you probably don't. For those who don't, allow me to provide something of a group plan of action and the niche we try to fill here on JvS. For those already familiar with the group, feel free to skip to the bottom and consider this a TL;DR
The Second Imperium was created out of the military of Omega's Galactic Empire like four years ago or something along those lines. We started out as simply another Sith Empire that failed to launch (which happens roughly four times a week on this site) and eventually the handful of us that comprised the group's main writership figured that we could offer something else to the site. We ended up taking the group out of the planet-wrangling, fleet-fighting, clusterf*ck-spawning military game and transitioned to an almost entirely storyline- and individual-centric RP style, focusing on the personal interactions that happen between Jedi, Sith, and everybody in between. This made for a few really fun RPs, which include a terrorist attack that brought down the planet Anobis, the RPed destruction of Centerpoint Station, and a particularly dope pair of battles aboard a galactic space station and on a cloning facility on Kamino.
You might note some of those scenarios as being slightly conflicting with the rules of JvS - that's because we write in almost-always closed RPs that first attain the permission of everyone involved in everything we do. This allows us to do some super badass RPs on epic scales that simply cost a little communication between parties and a little planning beforehand. You won't find many antagonist groups on JvS that do this, and as such we've had a lot of fun playing the bad guys in a great many RP arcs across the site's membership base.
What we've done lately is basically act as a go-to group of antagonists that people can recruit for their own storylines for use as a group of baddies, which we in turn simply fold into our story of trying to rise to galactic domination through the avenues of coercion, political maneuvering, various elements of subterfuge, cunning, and, of course, judicious use of murder. It's a fun way to involve ourselves in a variety of different RPs with different groups and really getting a more complete writing experience here on JvS. If you're not looking for all that, we have cool spy gadgets and reason to kill people IC, so there's that.
A few of our practices in IC writing benefit us tremendously in out-of-character planning, including the aforementioned nomadic nature of our group - it allows us to write ourselves just about anywhere and with any motivation that suits our story-pursuing purposes OOC. Additionally, owing to my group's clandestine nature, it's easy to introduce new characters into the fray on either side. Best of all, because we don't use group-based bonuses for things like capital ships, extra bases or things like that, we don't need dedicated accounts to meet these goals - secondary characters or even throwaway accounts are totally kosher if you're just looking for some temporary fun with our group or on the side of whomever we're writing "against."
Long story short, if you have a character ( or want to make one) that's into deceit, murder, crime, spy games, cool gadgets, lightsabers, the dark side of the Force, high-speed chases, and anything dastardly in between, contact me and we can find you some legit RP with some quality writers.
Now! For those of you who are already familiar with the faction either OOC or IC, here's why I'm making this thread: we're effectively rebranding the SI as a faction that serves as a "bad guys for hire" group OOC. Need a nemesis for your hero to defy? We can provide one. Need a conspiracy for your sleuthy faction to uncover? On it. Need a financial backer running an illegal drug operation that your investigator Jedi can bust up? Done. In short, we can provide quality bad guys that make up half of every good RP. Any good story needs conflict, and we have a track record and the standards that can guarantee an amiable opposite OOC and a quality antagonist IC.
If you're interested in one side or the other or want some more info, make a post here on this thread. Don't PM me, other people can't see it. Seriously, don't do it. While I'd love to get a list of people who are looking for bad guys, right now my main goal is getting the group situation on this new iteration of the site and taking stock of where we're at.
I look forward to RPing with you all soon, and until then, Excelsior!
The Second Imperium was created out of the military of Omega's Galactic Empire like four years ago or something along those lines. We started out as simply another Sith Empire that failed to launch (which happens roughly four times a week on this site) and eventually the handful of us that comprised the group's main writership figured that we could offer something else to the site. We ended up taking the group out of the planet-wrangling, fleet-fighting, clusterf*ck-spawning military game and transitioned to an almost entirely storyline- and individual-centric RP style, focusing on the personal interactions that happen between Jedi, Sith, and everybody in between. This made for a few really fun RPs, which include a terrorist attack that brought down the planet Anobis, the RPed destruction of Centerpoint Station, and a particularly dope pair of battles aboard a galactic space station and on a cloning facility on Kamino.
You might note some of those scenarios as being slightly conflicting with the rules of JvS - that's because we write in almost-always closed RPs that first attain the permission of everyone involved in everything we do. This allows us to do some super badass RPs on epic scales that simply cost a little communication between parties and a little planning beforehand. You won't find many antagonist groups on JvS that do this, and as such we've had a lot of fun playing the bad guys in a great many RP arcs across the site's membership base.
What we've done lately is basically act as a go-to group of antagonists that people can recruit for their own storylines for use as a group of baddies, which we in turn simply fold into our story of trying to rise to galactic domination through the avenues of coercion, political maneuvering, various elements of subterfuge, cunning, and, of course, judicious use of murder. It's a fun way to involve ourselves in a variety of different RPs with different groups and really getting a more complete writing experience here on JvS. If you're not looking for all that, we have cool spy gadgets and reason to kill people IC, so there's that.
A few of our practices in IC writing benefit us tremendously in out-of-character planning, including the aforementioned nomadic nature of our group - it allows us to write ourselves just about anywhere and with any motivation that suits our story-pursuing purposes OOC. Additionally, owing to my group's clandestine nature, it's easy to introduce new characters into the fray on either side. Best of all, because we don't use group-based bonuses for things like capital ships, extra bases or things like that, we don't need dedicated accounts to meet these goals - secondary characters or even throwaway accounts are totally kosher if you're just looking for some temporary fun with our group or on the side of whomever we're writing "against."
Long story short, if you have a character ( or want to make one) that's into deceit, murder, crime, spy games, cool gadgets, lightsabers, the dark side of the Force, high-speed chases, and anything dastardly in between, contact me and we can find you some legit RP with some quality writers.
Now! For those of you who are already familiar with the faction either OOC or IC, here's why I'm making this thread: we're effectively rebranding the SI as a faction that serves as a "bad guys for hire" group OOC. Need a nemesis for your hero to defy? We can provide one. Need a conspiracy for your sleuthy faction to uncover? On it. Need a financial backer running an illegal drug operation that your investigator Jedi can bust up? Done. In short, we can provide quality bad guys that make up half of every good RP. Any good story needs conflict, and we have a track record and the standards that can guarantee an amiable opposite OOC and a quality antagonist IC.
If you're interested in one side or the other or want some more info, make a post here on this thread. Don't PM me, other people can't see it. Seriously, don't do it. While I'd love to get a list of people who are looking for bad guys, right now my main goal is getting the group situation on this new iteration of the site and taking stock of where we're at.
I look forward to RPing with you all soon, and until then, Excelsior!
