How about this: there could be one event that officially resumes the canon. A NPN announces that it has achieved navigating into the “TT”. They are willing to share the know-how with nations that agree to signing a treaty similar to the Babylon ones, thereby hoping to secure a fair use of the “TT” and hopefully peaceful relations. (This would be the main reference NPN that would be on the more benevolent side, yet powerful.)
RP resumes shortly after this announcement which will be known as the first year ABT. It could develop into a full RP if we want.
Yeah we most likely should. We should also try to figure out (eventually) how to actually implement the changes and mainly how to act with all of the retconned roleplays.
Like, do we try to make a Roleplay Archive of sorts? Or do we just add [RETCONNED] or something along the lines of that to every title. I personally just know that I don’t want us to delete them, but I also don’t think we should keep them in the same category as the rebooted A1-0 as it could get messy and cofusing for us and especially eventual newcomers.
As for the map-related things though, just know that I’m fully ready to proceed as soon as you guy give me the greenlight (and after I consult and/or work with Qwert and Doge obviously).
Merging or splitting plots shall not be allowed except for when a player does so within their own plot and when no other nation grows significantly as a result. Minor border changes will still be possible.
Map claims shall provide a general outline of intended lore and stats, see Moderation panel below
A new claim is added on the map once the moderation panel has approved the nation
Stats
Plot sizes (cross-section area and volume) will be calculated and listed. The amount of stars and planets will be listed as well (based on stellar densities etc as previously discussed)
One non-player nation shall be created which will serve as a reference for a medium-high ranked nation
No fixed caps. Consent rules apply; e.g. if a player has their nation attack another player’s nation with 1000 times more ships, the player with the nation under attack is free to assume that those 1000 ships will be of a inferior quality for balancing purposes
Moderation panel
A moderation panel shall be created that will consist of about three volunteers that shall help newcomers by checking the map claim and help guide them to align with the canon. They shall also be consulted when retconning or updating one’s nation
The panel shall be approved by the community
Non-player nations
We keep the large non-player nations where they are, but we rename them and make a new basic lore for them. At least one of them shall serve as a stat reference nation as mentioned above
The small NPNs (aka the Tiyanki ones) are removed and we let the plot be a region that is difficult to traverse and largely unexplored, making it possible to add Tiyanki-style nations in the future should we want.
Any non-player nation and their lore are communal property, no single player shall be able to retcon or remove them
Date system 1. BBT/ABT shall remain as the date system. We will decide later what BT means.
2. The players will have until October 2024 to establish their lore before 0 ABT officially starts
3. One event officially resumes the canon. A NPN announces that it has achieved navigating into the “TT”. They are willing to share the know-how with nations that agree to signing a treaty similar to the Babylon ones, thereby hoping to secure a fair use of the “TT” and hopefully peaceful relations. (This would be the main reference NPN that would be on the more benevolent side, yet powerful.)
@im_a_waffle1 I’d recommend getting that ammendment added asap, it may sway the vote more than just “hey, they want to add an ammendment. Lets wait to see what it is.”
The vote has ended with 93% in favour; the proposed rules and updates are now in effect. @im_a_waffle1 feel free to post your proposed amendments, the new rules will always be amendable.
Now about the moderation panel, who’d like to be on it?
Since map claims from now on shall provide a general outline of intended lore and stats, the moderation panel shall check and approve them before the player gets their plot (so that they align with the canon)
Provide advice on how to make nations align better with the canon
They shall also be consulted when retconning or updating one’s nation
But I’m also thinking they might have the main responsibility for the NPNs.