The Planet XBoard

The controller of planet x wrote:

Welcome! It’s a pleasure to have guests. Say, tell us about your home region.

Roleplay? (Maps, Culture, all the stuff related to the region backstory) Or gameplay. (NS stuff, the nations in the community)

Dr Hypochondriac, turns out I run at an extremely low temperature.

An enigmatic ferret wrote:

Song of the Day: https://youtu.be/MHi9mKq0slA

Daily Kindness/Positivity Challenge: Call up a relative you haven't talked to in a while and chat.

Beautiful — thank you! Feel free to post more!

The controller of planet x wrote:

Welcome Light163!

I see you’re relatively new to the game! Please, introduce yourself.

Hmm... Maybe they are shy.

*pulls into port*

Ahoy! Hope you don't mind a solitary visitor. I'm traveling through the many regions of NationStates, and thought this region looked promising to stop over in.

*sets fazers to stun*

The controller of planet x wrote:

Welcome to The Planet X! We enjoy intergalactic travelers.

The planet is currently enduring a deep freeze, so many of our operations have come to a bit of a standstill.

Thanks for the warm welcome. And no worries, I could see the place was hibernating, somewhat - it's summer in NS, after all :P

I remembered being in a region, some time ago now, that received an embassy request from here, and always thought it looked interesting. So I thought I'd drop in and see what I could see.

I'd be interested in hearing a bit about the place, if you're so inclined to tell.

The controller of planet x wrote:

Say, tell us about your travels thus far. I have an old friend — Drifter— who travels with a group of other vagabonds and geese. Maybe I can connect you guys.

My travels have been surprisingly rewarding, actually. Wasn't sure what the experience would be, but I've met some good folks along the way. In general, I try to stick to smaller regions that are perhaps a bit off the beaten path. Places I don't know much about but seem interesting. I note one of your embassy partners, Rogue CONclave, being a stand-out region which I visited. Good folks running the place. And the region I arrived here from, Chivana, had some truly fascinating worldbuilding going on there which I found quite attractive. Also good folks :)

I have encountered your Drifting friend and his Goose-led party of travelers, and they were major influences on my desire to set out, as well. Initially, I sort of attempted to join their little band, though I eventually decided to set off on my own. And I think it worked out for the best, this way, as I can set my own pace and very leisurely hop about wherever my fancy takes me. A rather more unstructured meandering, compared to their systematic survey of every region, and this suits my style a bit more. I like them quite a bit, though, and every encounter I've had with them has been exceedingly positive. I was quite saddened to hear when a major member of their troupe, Tao the wanderer, was leaving the game...he seemed like the best of people.

The united radds wrote:

Dusts off countertop

It has also been awhile since I've had a new customer so if you're looking for anything before you set off again, my stores are always open.

Oh-ho-ho...and what would you be offering to sell at this fine, not at all dust-covered, establishment?

I will have you know, however, that several elderly women, including my grandmother, have told me that I am pretty suave when it comes to haggling with a shopkeep. So, you might say I'm a real "wheeler and dealer" type. For instance, I almost never get fleeced and lose every cent I've got on me, anymore.

Refugee arks wrote:

Thanks for the warm welcome. And no worries, I could see the place was hibernating, somewhat - it's summer in NS, after all :P

I remembered being in a region, some time ago now, that received an embassy request from here, and always thought it looked interesting. So I thought I'd drop in and see what I could see.

I'd be interested in hearing a bit about the place, if you're so inclined to tell.

My travels have been surprisingly rewarding, actually. Wasn't sure what the experience would be, but I've met some good folks along the way. In general, I try to stick to smaller regions that are perhaps a bit off the beaten path. Places I don't know much about but seem interesting. I note one of your embassy partners, Rogue CONclave, being a stand-out region which I visited. Good folks running the place. And the region I arrived here from, Chivana, had some truly fascinating worldbuilding going on there which I found quite attractive. Also good folks :)

I have encountered your Drifting friend and his Goose-led party of travelers, and they were major influences on my desire to set out, as well. Initially, I sort of attempted to join their little band, though I eventually decided to set off on my own. And I think it worked out for the best, this way, as I can set my own pace and very leisurely hop about wherever my fancy takes me. A rather more unstructured meandering, compared to their systematic survey of every region, and this suits my style a bit more. I like them quite a bit, though, and every encounter I've had with them has been exceedingly positive. I was quite saddened to hear when a major member of their troupe, Tao the wanderer, was leaving the game...he seemed like the best of people.

A quick rundown of our planet:

We were initially a defender region that provided defense. Those were fun times, but ultimately we strayed away from that path when our good friend Boot heel arrived.

Boot heel is responsible for the aesthetic of The Planet X — they created our factbook, coded the dispatch with our gift shop, and really helped us brainstorm some cool ideas for this place. I truly hope they come back soon; they always do.

After some brainstorming with Boot heel we decided that we would send drilling nations to our partners (who were added to the galactic map), and would simply let the drilling nations sit until they CTE’d, which in our role play signified that they had obtained the maximum amount of Nullonium possible. Why is the Nullonium necessary you might ask? We use Nullonium to tranquilize King Khidorah — the giant three-headed serpent dragon — that way he doesn’t bust into our underground headquarters and vaporize us all… The inspiration for our world building, and various other themes, is largely based on a Godzilla film, and a hip hop album by the late & great rapper emcee MF DOOM (featured in our factbook).

Well, after awhile, Boot heel took another break from the game — as they always do — and the planet fell into this temporary period of “deep freeze”. Luckily, in the meantime we were fortune enough to be the region of the day.

The thing that is great about The Planet X is that it’s a never ending project. I try to give as much creative leeway as possible when newcomers arrive (with an initial feeling out process of course). Anyone who is motivated to come and steer the place in a new and fascinating direction is always more than welcome.

P.S. I hope the folks at Rogue CONclave found some tang in the cosmos. Last I checked, they were desperately looking for tang…

Refugee arks wrote:

Well, let's see what's on our shopping list, then:

Shopping List

• bag of sugar

• tallow

• felt lining for hats

• thermometer, barometer, tachometer, anemometer, pyranometer, drosometer, hydrometer

• diffusion pump

• cathode-ray tube

• detailed map of ocean currents around the Moluccas

• night-crawlers, chum, and other live bait

• lithium salts, white mercury salts, bath salts

• pig iron ingots

• pipe tobacco

• bilge pump

• thirty thousand pounds of bananas

We may also be interested in adding another ship to our flotilla. It's generally preferred that they be overly-large, unwieldy, ungainly, unsightly, displace far more water than necessary, and always tottering precariously on the precipice of collapse. Perhaps we might be able to work together to come up with such a design?

We could easily provide your supplies excluding this map of Molucca and the bananas, we sadly only have ten thousand pounds.

On the topic of ships though I think I could give you a nice model over here,

He proceeds to walk into the discontinued section of the store.

Follow me!

The united radds wrote:

We could easily provide your supplies excluding this map of Molucca and the bananas, we sadly only have ten thousand pounds.

On the topic of ships though I think I could give you a nice model over here,

He proceeds to walk into the discontinued section of the store.

Follow me!

*scamper's off to keep up with the clerk*

Ah, it seems awfully dim and dusty back there...are you sure this section of the store is safe?

Spenzerous wrote:

*the ground above suddenly shakes and a bit of dust sprinkles down from the ceiling

oh don't mind that -- Ghidorah must be stomping around directly above us on the surface.

And...what would happen if Ghidorah were to break through? Is there a contingency plan of some sort? You haven't even informed me of where the emergency exits are located! What glass should I break in case of emergency‽

Spenzerous wrote:

*an eccentric Xilien with a metal mask pops up from behind a Nullonium container

I assure you it is perfectly safe back here. Not a thing to worry about...

*the ground above suddenly shakes and a bit of dust sprinkles down from the ceiling

oh don't mind that -- Ghidorah must be stomping around directly above us on the surface.

Oh I forgot we left you back here, how have you been?

*skirts the panicking doctor and follows The united radds onto the lift*

Thank you for the clear and not at all convoluted instructions regarding emergency procedure. I see you have a well thought out system here. And the mark of every great system is many, many overlapping and superfluous stages.

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Worry not, Dr Hypochondriac, we have left the rest of the fleet anchored in good order, and have been following the best of Medieval plague protocols during this current global medical emergency we all now find ourselves in. Enforced isolation of all ship's company (naturally, the officer class has been exempt, given their gentle status). Yellow and green flags have been raised to alert others of our likely contagious nature. Wards to stave off the devil and the evil eye have been painted on every prow. And a proprietary blend of 11 herbs and spices are being burned on board all vessels in order to clear the unhealthy miasma in the air. Really, I struggle to imagine further precautions that could have been taken...