Fading Suns

[Cirno]

@Songtress said:

@Cirno Yes Actually 'living battle ship like could be cool, and different. So maybe different 'castes of mermaids.

Yes! Some could be huge titan-sized Female Battleships, and others could be normal-sized.

How do you like the gif of Luffy bullying the Mermaid Queen? I bet you want to smack him. XD

[Cirno]

@Songtress

The Mermaid Battleships could have their guns and armor strapped to their bodies, like so:

Except she has a fish tail.

A really heavy battleship:

@Songtress, you should make a Mermaid character called Princess-Vice Admiral Ethel Von Bismarck, who is a paralyzingly huge Super Battleship. With black skin. And large breasts. And her own Task Force group of mermaid battleships.

I'm imagining her batting small conventional ships out of the way with her armored tail, and punching aircraft out of the air with her fists.

Her nickname could be "Fleet Breaker". Her 'daemon' could be an Albatross, which strikes fear into the heart of sailors everywhere.

[Songtress]

@cirno The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner just took on new meaning.

[Cirno]

@Songtress said:

@cirno The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner just took on new meaning.

By the way, we've been having a lot of fun delineating what Not!Germany, Nipponali, and the Mermaids are like, but have you mentioned any other smaller countries? Or is Not!Germany a World-Spanning Superstate like Oceania from 1984?

I don't mind if it's a superstate. That fits the narrative of abuse of power by harsh governments that is already a component of this game. We may have talked about not imitating Nazi Germany shot-for-shot, but there are some elements you added that bear similarities, after I digested the document you made a little and mulled it over. Perhaps a subconscious thing on your part? Perhaps I'm jumping to conclusions?

I am amused by it because, again, it aligns with one of the themes of this game.

You can get at me over the forum messaging function or Gdocs, since I'm not trying to let the cat out of the bag just yet.

[Alzie]

@Cirno I would play on fading suns Kancolle. Sure, I can do that. Also, I am surprised that you haven't brought up Schwarzesmarken.

[Cirno]

@Alzie said:

@Cirno I would play on fading suns Kancolle. Sure, I can do that. Also, I am surprised that you haven't brought up Schwarzesmarken.

Ooh, actually this isn't the Fading Suns game, although that's coming out soon. This is the game that started out being a Frozen-World War 2 game and is now an Alternate Universe Fantasy Historical Fiction game.

Instead of Not!Germany using Junkers JU88 bombers and Admiral Scheer pocket battleships, we have huge dragons with crew cabins, bombs, and gun turrets strapped to their bodies, and KanColle style flesh-and-blood battleships.

It's also a thrilling meditation on government policy. Admittedly, @Songtress wasn't too interested in that part, but then she either subconsciously absorbed it or got interested in the idea, which is nice.

[FiranSurvivor]

I just watched Kingdom of Heaven Roadshow Director's cut. It was awesome and gave me an urge for some Fading Suns.

But all I see is animu.

How about this thread gets back to Fading Suns? Any games still alive?

[ThatGuyThere]

Alzie mentioned a Fading Suns game that they run a couple of pages back. As far as I know that is the only one in existence.