Our current roster as follows:
NRC-VAC -Fleet Admiral - most will know him from GamerZ Leagues,
NRC-Assimilated -Rear Admiral and mystical pilot,
NRC-Warriorz - inet-mate from VAC and a good pilot,
NRC-Coffin - the aussie rofl,dont underestimate him or your crew will need coffins ;-),
NRC-Valkyrie - fearless fighter but gets blood drunken to fast
NRC-Nuka - the plasmatic lyran
NRC-Hans205 - the old cat,looking for some fun and fights
NRC-Sabretooth - young and wild, always prepared to set up a fight
NRC-Turbo - swift and deadly pilot
NRC-Gali - polish power kitty
NRC-warhammer13 - puppy kitten
NRC-Mac-Lander - Special Brasilian Breed
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Roster will be updated - if you want to join check out the CUGS link on right side or write mail to vatenkeist@web.de
On http://cugs.org,we found our new home and hope to have challenging battles and fun.
CUGS is owned and run by Josh, he really has put lots of cash and efforts into it and we all should be thankful that someone keeps a thing like that running for us sfc-gamers.
Our current war status is green.
We currently have no allies
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Founded in 1999 in SFC1/SL/Mplayer era.
Vanished for several years but now the NRC are back alive and they want fun and challenge.
Aliases: Lyran, Big Cats, Throw Rug
Race: Lyran
Overview: The Lyran are a race of large felinoid creatures. Lryan society is a Matriachy, and though males may command ships or even rule worlds, the females are always the true power. Females are also larger, more agressive, and many say smarter than the males. Hydran researchers have uncovered genetic similarities which indicate that the Lyran and Mirak are related. The Mirak are displeased with this, but the Lyran have taken it as a personal insult, and have gone to war with the Hydrans at least once over it. The Hydran speculate that a union of Lyran and Mirak DNA could result in a race superior to either. The Hydran have wisely kept this speculation to themselves.
The Lyran multi-hulled ships are sturdy if slightly underpowered. The primary heavy weapon is the disruptor. Most ships are also outfitted with the Expanding Shield Generator (ESG).
Lyran are the mortal enemies of the Mirak, and have also fought the Hydran, Gorn, and Federation. They are allied with the Klingon and will tolerate the Romulan and ISC.
A Leopard of Different Spots
Superficially similar to (but smaller than) their neighbors the Mirak,
the Lyrans are human-sized felines with great physical strength. Their
fur and features bear a striking resemblance to those of a Terran Lynx,
and their temperaments are also similar.
Then Again, Why Shouldn't *I* Be King?
The Lyran government
is based upon a feudal structure. There are 21 counties, each ruled by
a Count. Four of the 21 counties are duchies ruled by a Duke, each of
whom governs four of the counties. (The 21st county is ruled directly
by the King-Emperor.) The duchies are Red Claw (North Fleet), Enemy's
Blood (South Fleet), Far Stars (off-map), and Foremost (Central Fleet).
Each County controls and pays the cost of maintaining a portion of the
fleet. Each Count has a Tiger-class Heavy Cruiser as his personal ship.
Each Noble has family members held as hostage by neighbors to prevent
civil wars, but this practice proves only marginally successful.
The Wounded Always Draw Scavengers
The Lyrans have just
wrapped up (another) civil war and relations between the various
counties are strained. There is good reason to suspect that the divided
Lyrans are ripe for a quick attack.
Twelve years ago one county (near the Hydran-Klingon border) overthrew its count and became the Lyran Democratic Republic, which now exists in a semi-independant state. This county is represented on the game map by the cluster of zero economy hexes in the Lyran Southeast corner.
The WYN Star Cluster is a huge nebula at the crossroads of Western Space. It issurrounded by an intense radiation zone, and for centuries was thought to be uinhabitable. Then, in 2216, the Miraki Duke -- thereafter known as the Usurper -- decided that he was the best candidate to be the new Patriarch. The fact that the current Patriarch still lived was something he viewed as merely a minor inconveniance.
To make a long story short, the Usurper lost a rather long and bloody civil war. Prefering death to capture (and consumption!) he decided to plunge his fleet into the lethal radiation zone of the WYN star cluster. Imagine his surprise when he found the radiation zone to be hollow!
The Usurper made contact with pirates and built a new society hidden within the cluster. Today the WYN cluster is a thriving economic powerhouse with over 40 million sentient citizens on 8 habitable planets. It is richer in rare minerals and metals than any other region of known space. Mirak renegades, Orion Pirates, Lyrans on the losing end of their constant civil wars, and Klingon vassals make up the bulk of the population, but members from every known race are known to exist there. They trade with all their neighbors (completely on WYN terms) and WYN raids are common near their space. The Usurper's descendants still have that claim for the throne to settle.....
The Cluster continues to exist for two reasons:
1) The unique and vast tracts of radiation and nebula have allowed them to specialize in defensive
weapons suited to this terrain.
2) The Cluster is filthy rich. No neighboring race can afford to let anyone else conquer
the WYN. Many times an ivasion by meighbor has been met with force by a fleet from another.
Will they continue to exist in your war?
The Lyran Democratic Republic began as the Lyran Dark Star County, named after the black holes in their territory, within the Enemy's Blood Duchy. It is comprised of the six Lyran hexes at the nexus of the Lyran, Klingon, and Hydran Empires. The exceptionally corrupt Count of the LDSC was overthrown in 2245 and all members of his family were slaughtered. A new republic was formed by the rebels, a democratic form of govt in which all males would vote for leaders, with voting power determined partly by the wealth and power of the individual.
At first the LDSC tried simply to be another county within the Lyran Empire, but the Enemy's Blood Duke worried over the possibility of commoners aspiring to power. Friction betweem the Duke and the county drove the LDSC further from the empire. The famous "Battle of the Long Claws" ended with the death of the Duke's chosen candidate for Count, and with royally-sanctioned autonomy for the new Lyran Democratic Republic.
The LDR find autonomy between three very large empires to be frightening, and may well be on their way to reintegrating with the Lyran Empire. The Empire has chosen to side with the Klingons in the upcoming war, however, and this does not sit well with the LDR. The Klingons have just fought a brief "war" with the LDR , and withdrew after losing several warships in exchange for destroying several minor LDR units. It is believed this was a local operation rather than a war sanctioned by the Klingon Emperor, but the LDR are still not willing to ally themselves with people who were just shooting at them.
The LDR has declared neutrality in the upcoming war. They pay a small tribute to the Lyran King and allow his ships to use their facilities for repair and resupply. This arrangement is satisfactory to the Empire, as it narrows the front along the Hydran border. Should the Hydrans decide to attempt conquest of the LDR, for very little economic payoff (else they would drive the LDR back into the arms of the Lyran Govt) it is expected that a similar arrangement would be made with them.
