[Interest Check] Pokemon: Auroral Starfall

[Sutoratosu]

Alright, so... been a long while since I've actively hosted... anything, really. With Sky Slayer dead, Surge Story shut down for improvement reasons, exodus on indefinite hold... yeah, been a long while. But I haven't let myself get rusty... I've been closely watching over both the successes and failures of numerous other hosts during my journey...

But regardless, our main point here today with why this interest check even exists... let's get started

The motivation behind this RP:

The pokemon Anime... is awful. There, I said it. For reasons that will be elaborated upon below.

I've studied it for a while now, and that's my ultimate conclusion. It's not even an anime- it can't legitimately be called that because the thing functions precisely in the same formula as your stereotypical cartoon such as "Adventure Time" (Don't believe me? Go look at how adventure time operates with it's "Plot" and then go look at how Pokemon does... it's rather similar, is it not? A bunch of pointless filler, and then after a while, maybe something major happens...maybe. and then even more filler.)

what this has all inspired me to do however... is ask the question: what if pokemon had a legitimate anime for itself? Not a cartoon, because if you fucking go and look at what it has now, it ain't an anime... it's a cartoon. the story is not coherent, doesn't chain together from one generation to another... just... it's a fucking saturday morning cartoon meant to profit off the little kiddies who watch it and unlike older viewers are not developed mentally enough to able to resist the impulse of the media's subtle messages to buy their shit.

An Anime however, from common traits observed over several modern ones, have some ultimate plot and ending that is constantly being worked towards, and every episode, though some may vary in degree, contributes to this effort in some way. Ash ketchum wants to be a pokemon master- fine, that's fine for an ultimate goal and a basis for an anime, but it doesn't work out. Why? because Ash is constently reset in his goal; he takes two steps forward, then at the beginning of each new journey, he is nerfed completely and set three steps back, losing not only his team, but also the strength of his team... and even all the fucking skill and experience he gained on the last set of travels.

So...what if? What if pokemon had a legitamate anime that had an overarching, ultimate plot and ending, where there were no filler episodes that could be removed completely and still would have no effect on the story line? Well... you don't have to ask, cause I've decided that's what I'm going to do. I am going to use the experiences and things learned from surge story to serve as a basis for an RP that will serve... as a legitimate script for a hypothetical anime for the pokemon franchise. And that's what is currently being worked on now with the assets salvaged from surge story- that is going to be surge story's legacy, the thing it gives rise to from it's ashes... because the mission isn't over, even with Surge gone.

There you have it. My vision for Pokemon: Auroral Starfall, is to serve as... a mulligan of sorts for pokemon televised media as a whole. I wanted to give the concept some new direction, something different to make taking it seriously... not that hard. I wanted to bring it out of the realms of Fantasy and into the realms of Science Fiction, just like I attempted to do in surge story but failed- but took a multitude of notes on why I failed. Basically... it is my question to "What if pokemon had a legitamate anime to call it's own?"

Now then... is this done? No. But it's developed and fleshed out to the point where I can make an actual interest check for people to give thoughts on it. so let's get to it.

A Basic Timeline of world events and the setting of this RP:

2052 AD: It what many deem a miracle, the nations of the world have for the first time in all of human history, agreed to a single global alliance; one government for the planet. How this was accomplished, what negotiations had to be made, and how it was even possible for such cooperation remains unknown to the general public, however conspiracy theories run rampant... one of which picks up speed; one claiming that a group of extremely wealthy individuals having gathered the most intelligent people to their banners and infiltrating and slowly gutting out the governments of the nations of the world bit by bit as these highly skilled and heavily backed agents slowly worked their way up the ranks to power... given various events that seemed to have common threads in multiple countries in the years leading up to the alliance... it seems this might be true to a degree...

2075 AD: It has been over twenty years since the world united into the Global Federation. Efforts have begun into studying a new, renewable source of energy for the human race to rely upon... the results are disastrous. The sky is reported as being overcome by a constant aurora for an entire 24 hours. Nothing of further consequence seems to occur however. A second attempt at the experiment is impossible due to crucial materials being scattered and lost in the explosion.

2094 AD: Strange lights are spotted in the sky in various places around the earth. News outlets and social media floods as sightings increase. The phenomena has no discernible cause that scientist and researchers can find.

2095 AD: The Night Lights, as they have come to be called, begin to act sporadically compared to observed behaviors. Sightings of strange organisms begin in remote locations. Attacks are reported by survivors of the encounters.

From 2095 to 2096 the sightings increase greatly. Soon both the lights and the organisms begin to be active and visible even during the day. The organisms exhibit sentience to a degree, and are noted as always appearing in the presence of the strange, white sky lights. The lights are reported at this time as now longer simply hovering in the atmosphere, but now are observed skimming along the ground or several meters in the are. Strange vocalizations are recorded in some encounter; strongly resembling language of some kind.

Attacks soon begin in large scale. It begins with small towns being seized and overrun by organisms, seemingly under the command of the lights. It is common for entire pieces of infrastructure to be leveled after capture and the area it once occupied re-naturalized. The Federation recognizes the light as some type of invasion force and authorize the moblization of troops to defend the citizenry. A full scale offensive begins as the attacks increase in frequency and size

2097: Conventional weaponry seems to have some degree of effect on a few varieties of organisms, however it fails against the vast majority. Federation troops fail miserably on the field of battle and are forced to retreat from their fronts.

2098: the invasive fronts have began to target major cities and population centers. Their strategy seems to have been to destroy smaller urban areas and peices of civilization in order to cut off ny route to haven or possible escape for survivors of the later attacks.

It proves highly effective. The Military of earth is hard pressed to defend it's own territories.

2105: 90% of north america is forsaken to the Light. 100% of South America. 50% of Africa, 60% of Europe, 75 % of Asia. Australia's fate is completely unknown. Research is being conducted in established polar military bases on the continent of antartica, which itself is in the beginning stages of being assaulted. The Global Federation has fallen, all that remains are the remnants of the Global Federation Armed Forces...

2107: Africa has been lost. Europe is 80% overun. Anartica is the last bastion of the earth's defenses. However, in north america, a power anomally has occured. Soldiers engaging Organisms have reported a successful kill of one of the Sky Lights, though all other evidence previously suggested it was impossible with current weaponry. the soldiers admit to have finding wounded organisms after the previous engagement and sparing their lives due to the creature's seemingly becoming pacified outside of the prescence of the light. A bonding and trust mechanic similar to that of dogs is observed. By the time of the next engagement, the creatures were under the collective control of the garrisoned company. It is a hard battle, but mankind triumphs.

The squadron responsible for the discovery of the wounded creatures and it's subsequent care and reprograming is known as "Spark Alpha", headed by Lt. Surge of the former North American Sector, consisting of soldiers Lars Kaiser, Erick Freeman, Sid Maelstrom, Jory Robertson, Clint Cannon, Logan Walker, Kenneth Holmes, and Lionel Carter. The concept is further studied in other combat zones and attempts to reporduce results are conducted.

It proves highly effective.

2110: The force of mankind have been heavily bolstered by the discovery of the ability to turn the organisms against their handlers. Powerful offenses are made in europe, north america, and asia...

2112: Offensives begin to take back africa and australia. The continents of the Americas, Asia, and Europe have been liberated from their extraterrestial occupiers. The lights are no longer reported over the liberated areas.

2113: Offensives complete. No enemy forces are found to remain on the planet, however several of those beings who were enveloped in "the Lights" are captured and held for interrogation. They exhibit great power and intelligence far surpassing humanities. The beings are reported as being... equestrian in nature, white and grey with strange armoring and devices set in gold... interrogation yields very little usable information at first, however as the war draws to it's end, POWs begin to speak about their roles. The war was indeed an invasion force, having some connection to the failed energy experiment several decades ago. All specifics are instantly classified by the newly arisen federation however. research after the wars end shows that there are some 721, at least, which were reported across all combat zones.

2114: The war is officially declared over. Those captured extraterrestrials mysteriously vanish from custody. Efforts are spent towards rebuilding the destroyed parts of the earth rather than search from missing POWs however... the organisms once used as killing machines now serve a critical role in helping man climb back to his former glory. The Federation is officially established on orders of former GFAF General Arnold D. Macarthy, as a successor to the fallen regime of the Global Federation... The world is divided into the 22 administrative sectors that still stand to this day.

Under the guiding arm of it's newly established government, the world continues to rebuild over the next 100 years, with priority being given to major population centers first. Eventually as time drives onward, research is conducted on the organisms, called by some as "Drones" due to the fact of the role they played as seemingly hiveminded soldiers in the war. These studies yield extensive results and findings into how the Drones function. Capsules are eventually invented, devices used to contain Drones to save space for those who must rely upon their help in daily life. Soon however... another use for Drones is discovered...

2218: Reconstruction is finally complete. People whom have partnered themselves with drones find another past time due to the crucial work of days past now being behind them... mock combat. The practice spreads like wildfire as many of those left unemployed thanks to the repair of society and it's infrastructure being finished find they have little choice but to gamble with their partners in every engagement against fellow Drone handlers; Workers turned into rogue warriors, Drones once used to aid in construction and cultivation now used in much the same manner as their late ancestors. It wasn't uncommon for both sides to pit half of the credits they had on them in a gamble to be given to the victor.

Over the next few years, Cheating and murder ran rampant among those forced to live this life. It soon became common to hear of Drone handlers simply outright mugging civilians and leaving trials of corpses in their wakes. These seven years inbetween the end of Reconstruction and the beginning of the DDA are known as "The Dark Days".

2225: After several years of this Mayhem, the government finally manages to step in, subduing and arresting and prosecuting a great deal of Drone handlers for their known crimes. Many receive death as their penalty. Various Regulations are set forth and the department of Drone Affairs is established to watch over the dealings of "Trainers" as they have now been called. Additionally, due to the capsule's small size and ease to fit into one's pocket at a moments notice... many within the civilian society have begun callind "Drones"... as "Pocket Monsters" or Poke'Mon for short in some areas. This however, is frowned upon by Drone Trainers, though the name has kinder connotations than Drones.

The culture of murder, theft, rape and lying soon begin to ebb in it's size as massive reforms are made across the planet and the Trainer Population is apprehended and purged of known past transgressors. The newly authorized DDA soon establishes "Leagues" in each of the 22 sectors of the world. Said leagues function as local jurisdictions of the DDA, manned and operated by appointed agents. The leagues main purpose is to monitor the conduct of trainers in each region of the world to ensure the chaos of the Dark Days can not be repeated, as well as select individuals based on skill and required character traits to enter the employ of the Department. Each league is headed by a Master Agent responsible for the affairs of each Local Jurisdiction; extremely powerful individuals holding the official rank of "Champion". Under the Champion are his four head agents whom work directly under his orders- this concept of four elite officials quickly becomes known in the vernacular as "The Elite Four". Under the Elite Four and the Champion lie the Gyms of a sector, each one set in a fixed location.

2285: 60 long years have passed since the reforms. Over time, both the Police and Military were placed under the control of the Department of Drone Affairs, and Drones were soon fully incorporated into law enforcement and defense. Those who succeeded in passing the challenge of the League had their horizons expanded as a result, able to not only find employment as a League official, but also a position of high rank within the Police and Military as well. The DDA seems to have succeeded fully in it's mission. Law and Order now reign throughout the land...

Meanwhile, a group of young drone trainers starts their journeys in this year, like so many before them. Little do they have any idea of the things they shall witness...who they shall meet, who they shall become... or the roles they might play.

Let us move on to mechanics and such.

The Federation

The Earth is ruled by "The Federation", a single, global governing body which has stood ever since the War ended and reconstruction started over a hundred years ago. It had it's roots in the "Global Federation", which fell during the war only to be rebuilt under military guidance into what is the modern government of today.

The Federation is split into 22 administrative sectors, each headed by an elected official, chosen by elections held in the various counties of the sector. The Federal Government is split into three branches, The Legislative, headed by The Global Congressional Body, The executive, headed by The Presidential Office, and judicial, headed by the Global Court.

The Sector Governments have only 2 branches however, due to there being a single, unified law code across the world and therefore no need of a local congressional body. These branches are the Executive and the Judicial branches, headed by the Sector Chancellor.

The Department of Drone Affairs

Established after the "Dark Days" of lawlessness and rampant crime among trainers, the DDA operates under the Executive branch of the federal government and is the central authority on all matters directly related to Drones, including but not limited to, the League system, Competitive or "Sport" battling, Drone Trainer Conduct, The sale of Drone related items, etc. In the past 60 years, the Police and Military have also been moved to the Departments authority due to Drones being integrated into Law Enforcement and the Armed Forces, effectively giving the DDA the additional responsibilities of the Former Departments of Defense and Justice.

The League System

Established as a solution to the chaos and mayhem posed during the Dark Years, The League System was established by the Department of Drone Affairs following the era of reforms, with it's main purpose being to keep a constant eye on the conduct of trainers. Consisting of the Champion and his four underlings known as the Elite Four, as well as at least eight lesser agents known as Gym Leaders, it accomplishes this by giving trainers an actual goal to reach rather than simply leaving them to their own devices as they once were; to defeat the Lesser Agents- ie, the Gym Leaders, collect at least eight authorization badges proving their worth, and then triumph over the Elite Four and finally, the Champion himself, and earn the right to enter their name into the hall of fame.

Those who enter into the hall of fame are in turn reviewed for employment in various active positions within the executive branch of the government, which in turn greatly limits the amount of powerful trainers running about without any supervision or oversight

Each of the 22 sectors of the world have their own League, complete with their own appointed Champion, Elite Four, and at least eight gym leaders, though some larger sectors have established more than eight gyms that can be challenged for the sake of ease for the increased challenger populations.

Gym Leaders

In any given sector, there will be at the very least eight appointed lesser officials of the League whom are responsible for handing out authorization badges to those who defeat them. These Authorization badges are crucial to being able to challenge the elite four and champion of their respective sector, and those who reward them upon defeat are known as "Gym Leaders".

Despite the common misconception that there is a set order, Gym Leaders can be challenged in any seqeunce; as regardless of who a trainer challenges first, they will appropriately handicap themselves to bring their strength down to the challenger's level; in fact, it is almost unheard of for a Gym Leader or Elite four or even the Champion to enter into a battle using full strength unless in dire situations.

Though the ranking is a bit misleading, as one would assume Gym Leaders are inherently weaker than their superiors in the Elite Four; in truth, every single gym leader in every Sector can easily fight on par at full strength with an Elite Four member or the Champion. What many civilians fail to realize is the fact that Ranks within the League system are assigned on more credentials than mere power alone.

Administration wise, Gym Leaders, being lesser officials nonetheless, rank beneath Elite Four in authority, however still hold the same powers held by their superiors, and can even act in the capacity of law enforcement should the situation call for it.

Elite Four and Champion

In order to become eligible to take on the elite four, one must first gain the authorization badges of at least eight gyms in their respective sector. The Elite Four are actually not inherently stronger than gym leaders, they simply are not required to exercise as high a level as restraint.

Unlike Gym Leaders, however, it is not uncommon for Elite four and the Champion to leave their posts within the league headquarters and wander the sector when there are no challengers to hail them to battle. They are allowed under law to act within a law enforcement capacity should the situation call for it.

They serve as the ultimate levels of challenge, and upon triumphing over them, a trainer is allowed to inscribe their name within the database known as "The Hall of Fame".

Only those who become truly strong while still playing withing the laws of the land ever make it to the hall of fame. Those who take morally damnable or illegal routes are often thwarted by the eyes and ears of Gym Leaders long before they ever make it to the Elite Four's chambers. As reward for their efforts, the DDA uses the data within the Hall of Fame, knowing that there is a heavy control over whom is allowed to enter the database, to select individuals to fill certain positions both inside the League system and outside of it.

Minimum participation age

In this verse, Trainers must be at least 18 years of age before being eligible to travel on their on and take on the league. No more of this "Ten year old" nonsense, M'kay? You start traveling around on your own at age 10, and you get to visit Social Services for a few years and your mommy and daddy get to go to jail for child neglect.

You CAN, however, receive probationary registration and begin a journey at age 16 so long as you are accompanied by a legal adult on your quest. This legal adult is partially responsible for any destruction or mayhem you might cause during your travels.

There is however, no age limit for possessing a Drone (What some people call Pokemon in this world, mostly used by other trainers and official government documents), so it is not uncommon for young children to have basic forms of various Drone species.

New Type Names

Types in this RP are not known by their traditional names, instead, greek and latin roots are used to describe each of the 18 varieties:

Fire- Pyro

Water- Hydro

Grass- Chloro

Electric- Electro

Dragon- Draconic

Ghost- Spectral

Dark- Umbral/ Umbra

Fighting- Spartan

Fairy- Photic/ Photo

Poison- Venom/ Caustic

Ground- Terra

Rock- Petra

Steel- Ferric

Flying- Avian/ Aero

Bug- Formic/ Insectoid

Psychic- Psionic/ ESP

Ice- Cryo

Normal- Mundane

Cores, Core Strength, and Moves, and combat

Pokemon primarily function thanks to "Cores"; small, spherical organs within each Drone's body which produces a certain kind of energy. Over the years, it has been found by scientist that Cores are the reason why pokemon evolve and why they hold certain abilities such as Moves. As a Drone grows older/ gains experience from using moves in battle, it's core begins to produce more and more energy, which in turn results in the body undergoing a heavy metamorphosis in order to handle this new amount of power.

The Power of Cores is measured on a sliding scale know as the "Core Strength Scale" (CSS), ranking from Low, to Moderate, and finally to High ratings. Each of which have three sub ratings for more specific descriptions of power.

Low

-Low on the CSS is more or less the equivalent of a mon being between levels 1-33. Those who place in this category can use moves up to a base power of 85.

Classes:

Beta Class- Levels 1-11

Delta Class-Levels 12-22

Alpha Class-Levels 23-33

Moderate

-Medium on the scale, equivalent to levels 34-66. Those who place here can use moves up 140 in base power.

Classes:

Beta-Levels 34-44

Delta-Levels 45-55

Alpha-Levels 56-66

High

-Top tier on the scale of power,equivalent to levels 67-100. those who place in this can use moves surpassing 140 base power.

Classes:

Beta-Levels 67-77

Delta-Levels 78-88

Alpha-Levels 89-99

Omega Class- Level 100

???

-An Unknown teir, rumor has it that there are those who can surpass even a high rating on the CSS...

Move sets:

In addition to this, Pokemon will not have a standard known move set here- they will be able to use any move within their movepool, including: Level up moves, Egg moves, Move Tutor Moves, and TMs and HMs, so long as they fall within the core strength (So ex: a low CSS charmander can't use flame thrower, a move of 90 Base Power, but can use flame burst, a move of 70 Base Power).

Power Points:

It has been found by extensive research that each Pokemon's core produces a maximum amount of energy at a given time which can be drawn upon in order to use various moves. Each move requires a certain amount of energy to be preformed, and consumes this amount of energy from the Core upon usage. This has in turn led to the joke that "Drones are just like guns", given the fact that in a way... pokemon have ammunition just like conventional weapons.

A Pokemon may continue to use moves until it's stockpiled energy drains to nothing. When a Pokemon's core runs out of energy to power moves, it can no longer use any moves until it is restored, and will be forced to rely on a very special action... known as Struggle. Struggle is only accesible when a Pokemon's core is drained of power and consists of the Pokemon using it feebly resorting to desperate actions such as biting and scratching the opponent or lashing out in some other desperate way. Struggle does very little damage most of the time however, as it can only be used in an already weakened state. Struggle does not consume any power to be used.

The amount of energy stored in a Pokemon's Core can be measured in a point like system, known as Power Points. Extensive research has allowed Scientist to devise the following table:

-Pokemon whose cores score with a Low Rating on the CSS

Have a Maximum of 20 Power Points

-Pokemon whose cores score with a Moderate Rating on the CSS

Have a Maximum of 40 Power Points

-Pokemon whose cores score with a High Rating on the CSS

Have a Maximum of 80 Power Points

-Moves with 85 base power and below

-Moves whose Power Varies, such as Rollout, Gyro Ball, Endeavor, etc.

-All Status Moves except self recovery moves
Consume 1 Power Point upon being used

-Moves with a base power in between 86 and 140

Consume 2 Power Points upon use

-Moves with a base power over 140

Consume 4 Power Points upon use

-Self-Recovery Moves such as Recover and Soft Boiled

Consume 8 Power Points upon usage

-OHKO Moves (Sheer Cold, Fissure, Horn Drill, etc)

Consume all remaining Power Points and put extreme strain on the body of the user

Evolution

Evolution via items, freindship, trade, and location have all been scrapped in this RP. All pokemon that evolve will evolve via leveling up according to the CSS. (Basically, you don't need any items or trades to get the final form of a pokemon, just need to level them up.) For Pokemon with split evolution paths, such as Slowbro/King and Gardevoir/ Gallade, the split will be determined by gender as they are in the games (so EX: Slowbro will be the females of the Slowpoke line and Slowking will be the males)

Items

Items are forbidden from being used in the middle of battle, and in addition, pokemon are, by League rules, not allowed to enter battle with any items on them. This rules stems directly from crimes committed during the dark days...

Player Characters

PCs will be starting out as 18 year old trainers about to register to take on the league challenge in their Sector (everyone will be in the same sector (Region)). From there... you will see what I have in store for the plot

They will be allowed a single partner to start off with, which can be a Low Beta Class (Up to level 12). In terms of options, anything goes for starting partners, so long as it's in it's basic form for that evo line and it isn't either Ditto or a legendary pokemon.

The RP will be conducted in Episodic format, meaning that chapters will likely be shorter than compared to other RPs on here, but there will ultimately be more.

Aaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnd. There. Damn, that's alot of typing... so, I think that should be enough to raise a few points of interests, there's a lot more that I'm not covering on here, but all the crucial stuff is up

Additional:

Several Major Characters from the canon Pokemon...cartoon... will be making cameos and appearances in the story, though they will either have their personalities reworked slightly to be like the games, or will have their ages increased for certain ones (EX: Satoshi (Ash), Gary, Iris, etc...)

[Sparky]

This surely does seem like an interesting take upon the concept of, 'What if Pokemon was a legitimate anime' It may seem a bit difficult to get into the swing of it, but overtime, it shouldn't be too difficult.

[Chim]

I might have to throw my break out of the window...

So how does Eevee evolve?

[Felicity]

Uh, I'm in but I have a couple of questions

just a little niggle, what genre would you actually place this as outside of sci-fi? If we're going to continue with the anime terminology, is this a more mature shounen (aimed at young boys) or is it a seinen, straight up meant for older audiences? I ask out of formality. Knowing you it will be the latter rather than the former but I dunno, maybe you wanted to keep a small ember of the innocent fire that continues to fuel pokemon today.

Also, how long do you think this plot will take?. I'm slowly learning that having a rough time scale for an RP is a very good idea

[Sutoratosu]

I might have to throw my break out of the window...

So how does Eevee evolve?

Eevee is a bit special... cause #Eevee.

It evolves via level up like any other specieis, however, WHAT it evolves into depends on either WHERE it evolves, or WHEN it evolves.

So, if you were to train it up to it's proper level (which is level 25 here) On the shore of a lake/ around a large body of water, it would evolve into a Vaporeon. Train it up in an area covered in ice and snow, you get Glaceon, Near areas with strong Electromagnetic anomalies such as power grids and certain geological points, you get jolteon... in arid, dry climates, you get a flareon.

and so on and so forth.

Uh, I'm in but I have a couple of questions

just a little niggle, what genre would you actually place this as outside of sci-fi? If we're going to continue with the anime terminology, is this a more mature shounen (aimed at young boys) or is it a seinen, straight up meant for older audiences? I ask out of formality. Knowing you it will be the latter rather than the former but I dunno, maybe you wanted to keep a small ember of the innocent fire that continues to fuel pokemon today.

Also, how long do you think this plot will take?. I'm slowly learning that having a rough time scale for an RP is a very good idea

Perhaps I used the term anime a bit loosely... what I really meant was, I want to this to be a damn show which I would be able to watch without wanting to cringe every ten seconds from my various grievances... basically, I just wanted a story that had some soul to it, that makes people give damn... unlike pokemon with it's admitably formulaic plot outlines and such which really just repeat the same basic things over and over again...

but to answer the question, it will be aimed at older audiences, pretty much young adults or 16/17+. However, certain... lighter concepts, such as true bonds/ friendship (which really does matter in a battle...especially later on) and trust, etc, will still exist here. So you can relax, even though this IS me we're talking about here, things won't all be about darkness.

As for the time... I imagine the average length of time for someone to acquire eight badges, considering the regions will be realistically sized and time taken to train their teams... would likely take a year to a year and a half at most. Challenging the elite four and entering the elite four would probably take a month or two.

The League is intentionally designed to be beaten by those clever and skilled enough to do it. It's a hard and rocky road, but not one that is impossible to traverse.

So... a year in the stories time is what I would say at this point, as again, this isn't entirely done, but I've already put so much miscellaneous work into it that I had no choice but to compile it into something coherent, because... ask anyone in surge story, they can tell you that just about every mechanic I have up here was originally a messy bunch of update posts and details scattered around the OCC of the RP

but yeah, somewhere around a year or so

[Felicity]

ok, so how about moves that affect stats? Are we using the same route of whimsical logic Ymora implied. I'm afraid I didn't read SS so I'm unsure as to how the battles worked there. Further, I'm assuming we start with one low level mon? This leads me on to questions like maximum captured mons. Further, will the actual OOC include details about the actual culture of the populace?

[Sutoratosu]

Well surprisingly in surge story... no one actually relied on Stat moves too much, most of em just wanted to rely on Attacks from what I saw in most players battles...

But yes, more or less it will be a bit like Ymora did it, however to a lesser degree. I will allow different uses of stat moves so long as they are clever without stretching things too far.

In surge story, I took things quite loosely with fighting in general, just ask any of the old players- they were allowed to use any move it would make sense for a particular species to know (EX: Beldum being able to use thundershock and other electric moves due to electromagnetic field generation)... basically, I gave them free reign so long as it didn't get crazy.

I realized much later however, how potentially dangerous that could've been; I'm honestly just very lucky I happened to have a rather mature and responsible group of roleplayers who joined surge story and so it never really became to much of an issue... but again, I got very lucky as a host by being blessed with great players; it is still highly dangerous and not something I would ever directly do again... hence, we have this modified system of it that has built in checks and balances.

Basically, you can be clever and creative with how you use status moves, as well as attacks, and thinking outside the box is encouraged here in battles.

Just don't think too far outside of it that it becomes ridiculous. Cause I'll have little tolerance for power playing and the like. Basically; If you can not picture a mon using that particular move in the way you envision without chuckling silently to yourself with how silly it is, going "WTF is this?", or outright cringing with how strange it is... you probably should not use that move in that way.

And if you're not sure, you can always just ask... no one will punish you if you ask; I won't allow that crap. And if you don't want your potential idea to be out in the open, PMs are always a thing; my inbox ain't that full anyway.

EDIT: As for the Culture; I'm actually still deciding on what region of the world to use for the Sector, but yes, the OOC will have cultural information and such.

Regarding starting partners and the levels there of, as well as the maximum limit, it's all covered in the OP, but the rules are:

-1 Partner to start out, may be a maximum of level 11 (Low Beta Class), and must be a basic form of it's evo line if it has one.

-No Dittos and no legendaries as starters.

-The Maximum party you can have at any one time is six pokemon. The limit to how many you can catch however, is nine- this means you can have a full party of six pokemon, and 3 reserve members that can be swapped out

EDIT 2: And note, certain regions may be modified in order to better fit with real world geography. Also some areas of the world may be drastically altered due to various acts of terraforming done during the invasion

[Yash]

I'm interested.. What if we feel like catching more than 9 pokemon? Can we release some and get new ones as needed or are we limited to those 9 only..

[Aurorix]

Well, the first hour of my day was spent reading all of this, and I can safely say I'm very interested in this.

Though on the topic of the powers of moves, how about moves that change base power, such as Roll out, Reversal, and Trump Card?

Will pokemon just not be able to learn those moves until they pass a certain level or something different and how would PP work for those moves?

[Jory]

Seems interesting. Count me in!

But now I have to come up with a new character name

Also, let me know if you're gonna need a co-host to do menial NPC things (a la random battles)

[leocain]

It sounds interesting, and you obviously spent quite a while thinking about it. I think I'm in, once I can work on the system.

[Felicity]

It sounds interesting, and you obviously spent quite a while thinking about it. I think I'm in, once I can work on the system.

Strat doesn't just spend a "While" on his RPs. Dude makes some of the most in-depth RP systems on the forum

[Komodojoe]

Those tags...

No but seriously, after reading such a large wall of text, it's pretty easy to say that I'm interested.

And after reading some of the questions, I feel like there's one that I should ask. How would the leveling system work. You know, other than the basics. Will there be a limit on how many times a pokemon can level up per episode (seeing as there will be quite a few of them) or do you have something a bit more complex in mind?

Edited June 9, 2015 by Komodojoe

[Sutoratosu]

I'm interested.. What if we feel like catching more than 9 pokemon? Can we release some and get new ones as needed or are we limited to those 9 only..

The Law prohibits the possession of more than a total of nine Drones for civilians, which is basically anyone not employed by the DDA, either through the league, the Police, or the Military, or have been authorized in some other capacity. It's the same law that also prohibits Civilians from having more than six Drones on their person in public at any one time.

You have to recall, these things, alot of them in their final forms can rival the strongest conventional weapons mankind has... if you're a civilian, you have no reason to need more than a certain number, and nine is honestly quite generous as it is. And the feds know what you have, and how many of it... so no point in even trying to hide it.

You go over nine total in your possession, and you're gonna be forced to donate a number of them to the DDA until you're total is back down to nine. If you refuse, they'll take all your damn partners and you'll face legal penalties

Well, the first hour of my day was spent reading all of this, and I can safely say I'm very interested in this.

Though on the topic of the powers of moves, how about moves that change base power, such as Roll out, Reversal, and Trump Card?

Will pokemon just not be able to learn those moves until they pass a certain level or something different and how would PP work for those moves?

It's been adressed in the OP... under the power point section if I'm right.

Moves that vary in power take 1 Power Point to use.

Seems interesting. Count me in!

But now I have to come up with a new character name

Yeah, sorry bruh... I wanted to include you guys in some to make it feel like surge story wasn't a waste of time and energy, and since you all were gonna be heroes anyways... i figured: "Why_not just give Spark Alpha a place in the world's history?"

Strat doesn't just spend a "While" on his RPs. Dude makes some of the most in-depth RP systems on the forum

He's right, when I do something, I go big, all or nothing, either I'ma spend a crap ton of time and effort into making it, or it doesn't get released.

Also, a note: Don't expect to be seeing identical regions to the games and... cartoon. They're set in an entirely different world that's only partially based on real world geography, and are highly exagerated in terms of size. Hence, I'm going to have to shuffle things around to make logical sense in the world- such as having all of japan being a single sector rather be divided into Johto, Kanto, Sinoh, etcetera...

Which in turns means, certain characters get scraped... but I honestly didn't intend to use more than just the major/ most iconic ones anyway, so that's fine by me.

so you can expect to see a large number of Original characters filing positions. I may refurbish some existing ones...

Those tags...

No but seriously, after reading such a large wall of text, it's pretty easy to say that I'm interested.

And after reading some of the questions, I feel like there's one that I should ask. How would the leveling system work. You know, other than the basics. Will there be a limit on how many times a pokemon can level up per episode (seeing as there will be quite a few of them) or do you have something a bit more complex in mind?

There will be general power limit, yes, for example, for the first few episodes or so, no one will be allowed to progress beyond a Low CSS rating. how much they can increase in each episode though honestly depends on a variety of factors, such as the time the episode spans, time skips in between, how hard you as the trainer make your regiment... alot of things.

[Hiss13]

I probably need to read through all of that again since that's a lot of information but color me interested.

[Yash]

The Law prohibits the possession of more than a total of nine Drones for civilians, which is basically anyone not employed by the DDA, either through the league, the Police, or the Military, or have been authorized in some other capacity. It's the same law that also prohibits Civilians from having more than six Drones on their person in public at any one time.

You have to recall, these things, alot of them in their final forms can rival the strongest conventional weapons mankind has... if you're a civilian, you have no reason to need more than a certain number, and nine is honestly quite generous as it is. And the feds know what you have, and how many of it... so no point in even trying to hide it.

You go over nine total in your possession, and you're gonna be forced to donate a number of them to the DDA until you're total is back down to nine. If you refuse, they'll take all your damn partners and you'll face legal penalties

I actually was asking more like, supposed I get bored of the Pokemon I am writing about.. Maybe I don't feel the same connection or whatever.. So can I have my PC release/voluntarily donate them and get new ones?? That way he will not be possessing more than 9 partners at a time...

[Felicity]

I actually was asking more like, supposed I get bored of the Pokemon I am writing about.. Maybe I don't feel the same connection or whatever.. So can I have my PC release/voluntarily donate them and get new ones?? That way he will not be possessing more than 9 partners at a time...

I imagine if you limit doing that and do it in a creative way there's no issue. I can't say for sure if that's the case but the host himself has done some switcheroos himself in Ymora, albeit not simply because he got bored

[Azeria]

For a situation like that I'd think doing it once or twice would be fine,but doing it more than that starts to seem like power playing in a way.

[Sutoratosu]

I actually was asking more like, supposed I get bored of the Pokemon I am writing about.. Maybe I don't feel the same connection or whatever.. So can I have my PC release/voluntarily donate them and get new ones?? That way he will not be possessing more than 9 partners at a time...

I imagine if you limit doing that and do it in a creative way there's no issue. I can't say for sure if that's the case but the host himself has done some switcheroos himself in Ymora, albeit not simply because he got bored

...I will allow such a thing, but only once, and you must have a legitimately good reason for doing it. And I mean better than just "I'm bored."

because again... concepts such as Trust and bonds will mean something here; so letting people go willy-nilly getting rid of and replacing their partners... really would make no sense; how can your partners have trust in you if you've pawned off/ exiled half their comrades for no good reason then "I got bored with them"? and if you do do such a thing, for such a reason... attentions is going to be drawn to you by Gym Leaders...

So... for amiability's sake, I will allow it, cause sometimes early on in characterization, well, everyone makes a mistake or two that they might facepalm over and say "Why did I do that?" but aside from that- you'll be locked in with whatever you capture- the moment you catch something, there is no turning back.

Everybody gets one. don't waste it.

[Code: PIRULUK]

Slightly unrelated, but I feel inclined to point out that it is nowhere near a requirement for an anime to have an overarching plot. An overarching premise, yes, but not necessarily a plot. There are plenty of great series out there that don't follow an overarching plot, but are still thoroughly enjoyable. See: Lucky Star, Nichijou

[Sutoratosu]

Slightly unrelated, but I feel inclined to point out that it is nowhere near a requirement for an anime to have an overarching plot. An overarching premise, yes, but not necessarily a plot. There are plenty of great series out there that don't follow an overarching plot, but are still thoroughly enjoyable. See: Lucky Star, Nichijou

Like I already admitted, I used the term a bit more...loosely than I should have. But still, the overall mission and motivation behind all this still stands... folks can refer to it by whatever they feel is the most politically correct term- fanficition, wannabe anime, Role Play, holy text of the church of the flying spaghetti monster; I don't care... all I want is something I feel is of better quality than what currently exists.

[K_H]

I see you've heard about the eight "I'd really rather you didn't"s too, Wander.

Also, I'm interested in this RP, it seems like it has potential.

[Sutoratosu]

Anyways... seems like enough people are interested for this thing to be given life.

I'll go flesh out the Sectors of the world (Of which there's 22), work a bit on the plot, choose a place in the world for it to take place in... basically make all the finishing touches. Since I'm more or less at the end of my school year, I should have a bit of free time coming up.

Give me about a week or so, and I'll have a full OOC up

[Darvan Korematsu]

Sounds a little like 1984 when I look at the surface. I would consider looking at this if it has a good plot, layout, and the likes. Wander I was working one out like this called the "League of Extraordinary Gym Leaders" or the "Gylluminati" . I'll explain it more after I get up the zombie RP.

[Ragnar]

you know why i'm here. lol

As far as the cartoons goes, maybe it's time to replace their main protagonist if they are gonna reset and downgrade Ash to a noobish level every time he went to a different region. It's like his past experience as a trainer is irrelevant and it is completely absurd if the writers keep on doing that for the sake of the younger viewers to digest.

Edited June 10, 2015 by Ragnar