Talk:House Raix

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Hello House Raix! There was some speculation about what your colony planet should be like, but nothing definite, so I went ahead and put together a planet idea (based on what baf said) on the planets page. You should check it out and decide if you like it, and if you like the resource allocation. You should also probably work out a few more characters, and start thinking about which you'll want to grab as a PC. In any case, stay tuned for more later this week!

Also, the discussion below seems to imply you guys want to go with Bad Military instead of Bad Research, so I've shifted you to that. Feel free to change it back.

Check in

Is this page a good page to coordinate with?--Fang 08:28, 11 May 2011 (PDT)

I was just about to update this page myself. The entire point of the game seems to be playing on wiki, after all. What other pages should I "Watch" so that I will see updates? --duchess

I would recommend watching Special:RecentChanges. Jota 08:49, 11 May 2011 (PDT)

Minus military

What are people's opinions on stating Raix for -Research instead of -Military?

--Fang 15:35, 11 May 2011 (PDT)

Fine by me. Baf 17:28, 11 May 2011 (PDT)

I am clearly outvoted, but I would rather keep -Military. The entire premise of the house is that we are a shell of our former glory, based on inky's original description. Seems to me that we would be spending the time researching to try to catch up and be great again, because we have this overwhelming sense of pride and ego and we want to be number 1 again. -duchess (*and how do you do the timestamp thing? clearly you aren't manually entering that, are you?)

Four tildes. Also, there's a button for it in the button bar right above the edit window. As for the military/research thing, I'm fine with it either way. --Baf 05:47, 12 May 2011 (PDT)

For what it's worth, both the house premise and the initial proposal of house stats were mine, not inky's; you may defend or discard them as you like. --Vimes 05:58, 12 May 2011 (PDT)

So Fang, are you okay with keeping it -Military instead of -Research? Since baf can go either way, it's pretty much up to you if you want to change it or keep it as is. I would prefer -Military, but if you feel strongly about it, I will make the mental adjustment. --Duchess 11:43, 12 May 2011 (PDT) (let's see what that button does)

I've just added a character that's more consistent with -Military. --Baf 12:20, 12 May 2011 (PDT)

House History and Colony details

So, House Raix is something that used to be powerful, and now simply commands the respect that society accords the formerly-great. To my mind, the big question is, are they happy with this state of affairs? Are they actively scheming to reclaim their status as a major house, or are they just trying to maintain the status quo in the face of a changing world?

If the latter, I suggest that the colony planet would be chosen for its qualities as a status symbol rather than for its practical resources. Like, say, it has an immense and picturesque palace on it, built by the natives and now available for Raix to use as they please. (Or, more appealingly, built by some unknown third party. Like, it's made out of stone not found on this planet but abundant on a different planet in the system, and the natives didn't have spaceflight when it was built.) This doesn't mean that the planet is devoid of resources, it just means that anything of value was unknown when the colony was assigned. I can see such a windfall as being a turning point for Raix, igniting hope of regaining their former status where there had previously been only denial that it had ever been lost.

Baf 15:47, 17 May 2011 (PDT)