Roaring Battles, Blue Skies
Project Overview
RBBS Is a Sci-FI Fantasy trilogy
Earth within this set of time is much different, Completely passing the change of name to its ancient Anglo-Saxon version the Earth Though this may seem like an evil empire it is not having a hidden Autocracy. The “Emperor” Emperor Josiah is simply a scapegoat for the “magical” Alfred Normen, now Alfred Stein who truly rules the Imperium of Erda under lock and key and in the shadows. The Imperium is a prospering world though under a communist rule. Due to Earth's status of “city planet” the once beautiful green gem is now a black and firey red orb cannibalizing other planets for resources and being the main start of the war.
Earth’s history is dark taking place within a new century, around 2327 Earth ran out of resources and began jettisoning people to colonize new worlds which that had just started the were able to evacuate 2 billion people and began the first colony on the moon. While earth was falling apart for another 300 years before getting itself back on their feet. The moon colonist began expanding, building colonizing other worlds and within those 300 years. During that time Earth began doing some experimentation along with the rise of sufficiently advanced AI.
SPF the Spaceborn Peoples Federation is the system of government used by all Spaceborn peoples which involves a basic federation, all colonies are allowed to have their own systems in place but they are all under the SPF flag and to solve colony wide issues they put their leaders together in the SPF council. The council is the main reason why the war between the Imperium and the SPF started, The Imperium began seizing Colony ports and blocking major resources like Neptunes Ice and Water. Boiled down they are fighting over the resources.
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Josiah is a broken man trying to hold together a society that is slowly crumbling due to the effects of the war. Due to this Josiah is depressed and very short tempered, He cares about his subjects but is a very harsh ruler trying hard to pull away from it’s communist ways though always failing.
"Hello, My name is Josiah Normen! The Emperor of Erda...you killed my brother, It displeases me to say this but...you will be executed"
"SHUT UP, I AM THE EMPEROR YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO THAT CONDESCENDING TONE OF YOUR'S!"
"I apologize...running an Empire at war can, take its toll on the unprepared...and I was most definitely unprepared"
Alfred Sten is a manipulative man who uses a playful and almost innocent facade to hide an evil mastermind who controls the empire. Alfred Stein is Alfred Normen and manipulates his relative the Emperor to fulfill his own master plan. He is also patronizingly civil, though this is all a facade. He hates the Normen family line after he was betrayed by his brother who took his name and tore the world apart. He knows Elden ’s true identity and play’s a side role in the first two books before becoming much angrier showing his true colors before fighting Elden to the death at the end of the last book. (VILLAIN)
"permit me to stand on ceremony and introduce myself nonetheless. Alfred Stein, chancellor of Erda at your humble service. And I come to you on this most auspicious of days to offer terms of peace. As you no doubt surmised, that recent maneuver of ours was no strategic retreat. Call it... A gesture of imperial goodwill. Like you, we wish nothing more than to bring a swift end to this senseless war."
"Phew, for a few seconds there I felt death's chill wind, such is the might of the Normen Bloodline. But then I remembered...I'm Immortal. Such is my Blessing and my curse"
"I am a man of...no consequence"
A cold strategic man he controls all of the Erdan forces and has the third highest authority. He is ruthless and deceptive, and morally ambiguous willing to exterminate entire cities to kill the heroes or save them if it suits his own plans (VILLAIN)
"Your cities will burn along with the pages of your history...Death is no Disgrace, imperium sempiternum"
"You know nothing of war, your bodies are as weak as your wills. We will crush you, crucify you on the very world you swore to protect"
"THIS, THIS IS A NEW ORDER...YOUR FEDERATION, IT WILL NOT SAVE YOU FROM THE IMPERIUM'S WRATH...and it will not save you from extermination"
Orik follows Sherman everywhere, typically called his lap dog, Weaver is obedient and ruthlessly loyal to her commander any transgression against Sherman will be punished by Nyx with severe force and brutally (VILLAIN)
"YOU DARE THREATEN ADMIRAL SHERMAN!? I will show you how the Imperium teaches discipline boy"
"Yes...YES BURN BURN IN THE EMPIRE'S HOLY FIRE! AND DIE LIKE THE FEDDIE DOGS YOU ARE!"
"I suggest you hold your tongue, lest you lose it in an...accident"
Cyrus is the leader of the Orbital Defense INitiative called ODIN, he is a brutal man with a no-nonsense personality and personally serves the emperor in secret military missions. He hunts down the main cast with scary precision and when he and his forces fail he calls upon Sherman and his Armada to clean up his mess (Anti-Villain)
"Olivia...I don't care if you are my daughter, you are an enemy combatant...therefore you must die"
"You are getting annoying boy!"
"Stay here...sit down and shut up before I make you"
If Cyrus is brutal his second Zakaria is all but it. Marshall is a highly intelligent man who tends to look down on his enemies with a snobbish attitude towards warfare. Not only is he cocky he has the skills to back it up too, being a master hand to hand combatant getting in a fist fight with Zakaria is signing your life to Death herself (Anti-Villain)
" Sir the enemy has lost all offensive weapons and their thrusters are disabled, I suggest we board the vessel and exterminate all enemy combatants"
"You are worthless compared to me...meaningless! I am a god before you!"
"I sense a severe tactical deficiency with the enemies forces"
Matthias is a very calm and down to earth person. He rarely gets angry and has little to no temper. He is an amazing cook and the only one who does cook. He is almost a paragon, almost though, through his calm language he is a tormented person who has a nihilistic and fatalistic view of the world often showing no remorse for people believing it to be fate
"Whatever...just shut up, I'm trying to make YOUR food"
"Oh, so you think you don't like killing? then why are you here? why do you stick around, cause I know it's not because we are your friends...wake up and smell the roses bud"
Singing Tiptoe through the tulips) "And if I kiss you in the garden In the moonlight, will you pardon me? And tip-toe through the tulips with me"
Olivia is a strong-willed woman and the daughter of Cyrus Knight. This relationship causes a lot of strife amongst the group and many to be wary of her loyalties. Though in the end, she cares about her friends and allies she is torn with the prospect of fighting her own father. Due to some of her allies distinct lack of trust in her, she is very introverted and unfriendly, though she is the muscle of the group and will work alongside her “childish” allies
"Can you just shut up!? get out of my room!"
"Roses? are you fucking joking? ROSES? what do you think this is!?"
Singing The Trooper by Iron Maiden) "You'll take my life but I'll take yours too You'll fire your musket but I'll run you through So when you're waiting for the next attack You'd better stand there's no turning back"
A self aware android with a highly advanced artificial intelligence that makes many question if he is just a human in a robot Body. He is a fun loving guy and all around bullet sponge who is the whacky smarts of the group. He can do everything normal Meat sacks can’t include hacking bases with zero fault. He is sarcastic over the top and loves a good joke, He spends alot of time with Olivia trying to cheer her up and or being a good friend making his allies question if they are in a what society deems Cybersexual
"Hey! Hey! How many times are you going to call me an idiot!?"
"Is there a problem with roses Olivia? I sense anger in your voice, I thought you biologicals used roses as a sign of affection"
Singing Rubberband man- The spinners) "Hey ya'll prepare yourself for the rubberband man You've never heard a sound Like the rubberband man You're bound to lose control When the rubberband starts to jam"
The Groups all around big guy, he is loving and warm but...he can’t speak, He communicates through writing on a pad or through facial expressions. He loves his team and treats them like his own family, He and Greg get along well though he does rub Olivia off the wrong way as they both are similar
*Happy Grunt(s)*
*Angry grunt(s)
*Humming Ballroom Blitz*
Elden is an angry nigh villainous man. He lives life by his own rules and Cares little for other people. He initially refuses to consider his “companions” as friends, and over the course of the trilogy grows to be a human. He continually gets shocked and called out for his almost evil behavior eventually when cast into a 10-year coma he wakes up to finish his fight...the fight he begins after he learns who Alfred is...who he is and that he must reclaim his throne.
"Tch....what a waste of talent"
"You're not half bad! you might be a pretty good warm-up"
Singing One, Metallica) "I can't remember anything Can't tell if this is true or dream Deep down inside I feel to scream This terrible silence stops me"
Ulysses Graves formerly Ulysses Normen is the father of Elden, who is his illegitimate son as he and the mother were not married, he is a proud man who carries the powers of the Normen bloodline and serves as a commander in the Federation's Army, he is strong and proud as well as caring. He was killed by Alfred over Neptune 20 years before the main story.
Daniels!...Daniels! dammit...DAMN YOU ALFRED...YOU WON'T GET AWAY WITH THIS!"
(Context: His ship was cleaved in half, the bridge was hit hard, the shielding saved it but the consoles had blasted killing some of the crew on the bridge)"We were dead men anyway, dead the minute we put this uniform one. I just had to do this one last thing, Make sure we didn't go to hell alone..."*insert pained grunts and wet coughing(He is coughing up blood)* " And a sudden plunge in the sullen swell....ten fathoms deep, on the road to hell"
(Context: Using an escape pod aboard his ship talking to himself before he goes to crash it into the hanger bay to board the Imperial vessel that cleaved his ship in a last ditch attempt to destroy it)
*Chucking mixed with coughing* "So...Alfred Stein is it? What's the chancellor doing in the middle of a battle? did you want to see the bloodshed yourself? Heh...Well you're too late....say goodbye to your precious little ship.... I hope god will give you enough time to make one last prayer you bastard" *Insert more coughing and more heavy and strained breaths* "Elden....Walk strong....my..son" *and a final breath*
(Context: This is where he dies after fighting Alfred, his injuries get the better of him though and he slowly dies, getting one last word in before the ship explodes)
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