Hello there!

This thread is meant as a place for discussion so that we can form a consensus on aspects of precursor races and ancient humanity.

Precursor:
It would be a good idea to agree as to what the precursors did and what their capacities were. For example: did they build dyson spheres? Halos? Ring worlds? If so would they have left some of them to be able for the younger races to grab themselves? For example if a ring world or dyson sphere were to be discovered in neutral space, perhaps some of our nations would fight for control over it. Names and species suggestions are always welcome.

Now of course this may become to close to godmodding as it would grant some nations godly powers compared to the rest. Or for a ring world, be such a grand project that it wouldn't be economically feasible for one of our nations. I suggest that some of these may be found around the sector, but they need to be destroyed beyond repair and eventual research which can be gained from it, shouldn't make the nation that found it too powerful.

Example: your nation finds an old terraforming station which improves your knowledge about terraforming processes. This would be a fine example in my book. If you were to find an ancient robot factory and were able to plug it back in and generate an enormous military numerical advantage shouldn't be fine. Instead the factory would be devastated, but you can gain some tech that grant you more efficient robot and or a few prototypes, which should take decades to fully decipher. What is your opinion on this?

It should also go without saying that any of these precursor "events" shouldn't take place too often as to not disrupt a certain balance.

Ancient Humanity:
If you know a little bit of the nation I RP as, than you know that they have an ever lasting quest to "reunite" with their old Terran brethren. Since multiple nations have humans in them, it should be addressed on how they got there. Stoinians come from a colony ship gone astray, Ryccians from long lost colony world, humans in the Drakari share a similar fat as the Stoinians. It is agreed upon that no one can RP as the human nation and therefore suggest that that nation has fallen in one of the precursor wars and humans have since then survived, but what about Earth or Pacifica? Should the planet still be within our sector or even having been destroyed? Having the ancient homeworld of humanity in our sector could indeed prove interesting for RP and potential geopolitical implications, but might be quite hard to agree upon with multiple people. Hence why we may want it to not be within sector A1-0. Anyways I am more than curious to hear what you guys have to say as I based my nation from RL Earth, but you guys may say that Pacifica (planet of main RP) is instead the homeworld of humanity in the Lampshade galaxy. So shoot away!