The Galactic Alliance

[Amelia von Sorenn]

After careful reflection, I've decided to step down from the position of Major Faction Owner. While I was excited to take on this role, it's become clear over the past week that the timing and circumstances aren't aligning in a way that allows me to contribute effectively. I believe it's in the best interest of the Galactic Alliance to make this decision.

I'm grateful for the opportunity and the trust placed in me, and I sincerely wish the Galactic Alliance continued success.

With that said, you know the drill.

• Over the following three days, you can nominate others or yourself to become the next MFO for the GA in this thread.
• Writers must accept a nomination or they don't count.
• After the nominations, there will be a period of a week where members of the GA can vote on the next MFO.

I would like to nominate Valery Noble as the next MFO for the GA. Valery and I have spoken over the last couple of days, and she's willing to step back into the role of MFO. She has always been very passionate about the GA, and I believe she will keep the GA going strong.

 

[Kaelos Vryn]

Katherine Holt gets my nomination.

I've always been quite open about how much I like Val, however I worry that bringing back an old MFO is a step backwards for the GA. I genuinely believe Kat has the want to push this faction forwards and the ideas to back it up.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

 

[Valery Noble]

As Amelia von Sorenn mentioned, we did talk and I have a lot of new recharged energy and muse for some new ideas post-GE invasion.

I'd be happy to take the helm again

 

[Katherine Holt]

I accept Kaelos Vryn ‘s nomination, though I wish it had been under better circumstances. If given the opportunity I will endeavour to lead the faction towards needed change, come what may with the ongoing invasion. My intention will be to draw upon both old and new heads within the faction to collaborate towards the GA’s next steps.

 

[Corazona von Ascania]

I’d love to hear what plans the nominees have for faction direction and story!

 

[Makko Vyres]

I’d love to hear what plans the nominees have for faction direction and story!

This please. I'd like to know for sure no one has thoughts of taking us Minor.

 

[Feridade Parthi]

I third Corazona von Ascania 's proposal. With how chaotic things are within GA, I think it is important that whoever is nominated/accepts their nominations outline their plans going forward so that a more educated vote can be made. Wouldn't want someone to be voted in and wanting to run a story/narrative where a majority of the writers aren't interested in writing.

 

[Tefka]

The self-inserts are never beating the allegations

 

[Caelan Valoren]

The absolute whiplash...

 

[Katherine Holt]

An excellent question on Cora’s part and point raised by Feirdade, given recent events. And no, I have no plans to take the GA Minor.

To start, I’ll talk about the more immediate plans:

• It’s clear from discussion earlier today amongst the faction, that should the GA lose Coruscant and the Core Super Hex, they want to see the faction remain defiant. To continue fighting tooth and nail be it until victory or defeat. This will involve collabing with the GE to tell a compelling ‘Core Wars’ story that sees the two factions in a back and forth conflict.
• Of course the next question is, what’s the plan if the GA comes out as the Invasion victor? If the GA was to win, we’ll of course continue the collaborative storytelling with the GE, but also focus towards internal stories too. Coruscant might’ve been the focal point of the invasion, but the rest of the Core won’t have been spared from the chaos. An overall ‘Stabilise the War Torn Core.’ All parts of the faction coming together to provide assistance and support to those affected planets. We’d also be reaching out to the faction to get an idea of what they would like to do as well.

So, what about after that? What do I have in mind for the future?

• I’ll be looking at where the inner groups within GA are currently standing. See what can be done to encourage more activity and raise them all so that their activity and story output is on the same level. Or outright breathe some life into, in the SIA’s case. The idea will be to continue having a member of the Staff oversee each groups’ running and function, but also taking on ideas and feedback from the faction itself.
• We will continue with collaborative storytelling with other factions, GE, TIC, ME, SO, to name those that have things in the works already. Though of course, we’ll be open to collabing with others, be they existing or yet to be made, that want to reach out.
• Don’t think it needs to be said really, but of course the Dominions, Junctions and the like will continue as usual.
• Maintain an open dialogue with the faction, to bring up and discuss ideas for threads.

What about even further into the future? Well I don’t want to go that far ahead just yet. With everything that’s happened as of late, I want to focus on the short-term, see which direction the GA will go post-invasion and go from there. The emphasis and priority however, will always be to give the writers that make up the faction a voice.

 

[Valery Noble]

Right now, I think the perfect opportunity for the GA has presented itself. Internal stories, dominions and whatnot are fun sometimes, but they will not keep the faction afloat. Look at the last few dominions and you can clearly see a lack of overarching interest from the members. They are slow as hell.

But the invasion with GE has exploded our activity, and no matter the outcome, I think our future is in this story.

If we lose, we can fight back, work with other factions and build a story to either retaiate hard, or be forced to retreat because the invasion results Force us to. It's a natural, not pre-determined way of storytelling that will keep people on the edge of our seats. If we win, I would take the GA on a huge counter offensive to strike back.

And I have a ton of experience to make this work, and I have the muse to run this story with the Faction. So, most of all, I think we need a bigger focus on how we interact with the map and other factions. Right now, especially the GE because every invasion, junction or story there will have so much more impact than other stories.

I want to put our focus on something with actual consequences, whether we win or lose.

The rest is extra to mix things up, but should not be our focus anymore.