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CAPERS Offworld Locations: Olympia 1

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When exploring the galaxy a new place to investigate, visit, or lie low. Olympia 1 The Moon of Plenty Mining isn't the most glamorous job in the world but you cannot deny the money starts rolling in with the opening of the mine. Olympia 1 is a moon of the gas giant Olympia. Olympia 1 has some of the most plentiful Aether and Trembium mines ever seen.  The Dry Moon Not many places off of Earth are fully dry but Olympia is different. The mines set up were established by an American Company using the Imperial system. The small spaceship docking station is too small for ships built to the metric scale meaning they cannot dock. A new station built for metric ships is in the process of being made but it will be a few years until that happens, meaning nearly 100% of the people on the planet are Americans. Fortunately for people in need of a drink that doesn't mean 100% compliance with the law. New Morgantown The Big Dome The only city on this mostly desolate moon is New Morganstown. A...

The General Glory System 0.9

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I plan on running a game where an expansionist empire will be a somewhat central problem. What is an expansionist empire if it doesn’t have military leaders vying for power and glory along with their conquest? Adolf Ehrhardt's Die Schlachten To help facilitate that I have created a simple numerical system to track how much glory one person has gained to the people of the empire. The Count  Each General has a renown score, the score represents the abstract public image of them as a person. Their score can only change once they have returned from the front line. There are five brackets of renown one can have. Unknown (1-15) While they are an accomplished general the people do not know much of you. Respected (16-30) Talk of their exploits has reached the public. The people respect their military might Renowned (31-45) The people hear fables of what you do. People will sometimes walk up to them to thank them for their service to the empire. Revered (46-60) Considered one of the greats ...