Alright, well since most of us don't seem as interested in the 'Top down' setting discussion*, lets try bottom up instead!<br/><br/>Right now I am looking at: Fiodora T'Janndl, Crowded/Commercial/Military, with Affable, Tactics, Marketing, and Acumen with the Leisure workspace.<br/><br/>Fio is a half-Nibl*/half-Human from the crowded Nibl homeworld, Leprara. She grew up normally, save that her blooming* hit her rather hard. Unlike most Nibl who go through that sort of thing, she<em> liked it</em>, something that had a profound effect on her.<br/><br/>Despite the trouble from her blooming, she graduated college and joined the public investigation and enforcement section of the Interstellar Commerce and Travel Administration, or ICTA**, more commonly known as the Space Patrol. She performed exceptionally well, distinguishing herself during several smuggling investigations and stings. Unfortunately, what should have been a bright career was marred by several scandals. Fio had a voracious sexual appetite, especially when it came to women, and was overall a bit of a hedonist. Her escapades were becoming more and more of a problem, and her days with the Space patrol were certainly numbered. But she had other plans. Not 10 minutes after the moment she became fully vested in the ICTA pension plan, she submitted her resignation. Fio cashed in all of her benefits and used the proceeds and several hefty loans to buy and refit a ship.<br/><br/>She recruited a crew, giving them the option to buy shares of the ship if they like, since the debts were a bit much to handle on her own. Now they cruise the jump lanes, looking for opportunities for profit and adventure. Now, there are certainly several ships and crews much like it traipsing around, but the independent trader<em>Honeypot</em>, along with it's captain and crew, still manage to be one of the unique ones. The<em>Honeypot </em>is crewed exclusively by women, and highly attractive ones at that. Fio is shockingly open with her own sexuality, and she's almost never fully clothed while on the ship. She's also known to sometimes get a little handsy with herself in the captain's chair when things are slow. Her attitude and behavior give life aboard the ship a rather libertine slant, and the Honeypot is built to accommodate that. While the crew bunks are about as spare as they would be on any small ship, they border a fairly large and comfortably appointed lounge well suited to more amorous pursuits.<br/><br/><br/><strong>*Nibl </strong>- That's what the lagomorphs are called now. They don't have a heat cycle, but they do go through a sort of 'second puberty' in their late-teens/early 20's that's basically a multi-month long heat that they call 'the blooming'. For most Nibl it's fairly mild, not much more than regular puberty/adolescence come back around for a second run. For others, however, it can get pretty intense, resulting in nearly ceaseless arousal for months. Most Nibl that experience this end up kind of sexually muted afterwards, but not all...<br/><br/><strong>**Interstellar Commerce and Travel Administration, or ICTA</strong>- (Hey, it's a faction!) The ICTA is a sprawling bureaucracy that comprises many organizations. They were originally established as part of a treaty between multiple worlds to be an independent entity for policing and maintaining trade and travel through the jump lanes. The most well known aspect of this is their investigation and enforcement division, commonly known as the Space Patrol, but the ICTA contains a veritable alphabet soup of other agencies to deal with the vast intricacies of their mandate. Though they're usually just viewed as space cops by the general public, the reality is that they are collectively the largest and most powerful military force in civilized space. That, combined with their independent mandate and control of the jump lanes makes the ICTA is a serious problem for anybody that's looking to start a war.<ul class="bbc_list"><li>Goals: Ensure safe and free trade and travel throughout known space (at least within their jurisdiction, some systems don't buy in, but that brings it's own problems)</li><li>Positive attitudes towards them: "They make it safe and easy to travel, and they help keep the peace!"</li><li>Negative attitudes towards them: "They undermine our sovereignty! We should be in control of our own jump points, not a bunch of bullies given power by politicians that weren't even elected on this planet!"</li></ul><br/>Other faction ideas for people who want to contribute:<br/><br/>Some kind of 'European Union' style group made up of most if not all the human-fertile species. (They're probably the ones who made the ICTA)<br/>Some kind of giant criminal organization<br/>Some other alien race that's more of an empire (maybe controls some other races as subject peoples) and is set against the not-EU<br/>Another federation of planets/economic bloc that's different from the not-EU but is still signed on to the ICTA charter.