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And for FTL travel, I'm thinking about going with Tadashi's pylons, but another method involving the recently mentioned work of the Prodigy Caste may be about to end that...

 Mynameisalie wrote:
Well, considering marriage, Lost and Silenced aren't allowed to marry at all. Royals may marry whomever they choose, as long as they hold a very high position (otherwise, inbreeding may insue).
So the only real inter-caste marriage is between Devotion, Warrior, Star and Prodigy. Mind you, not very many prodigies live that long.

I guess this just sounds too progressive to me.

Also, you don't need to worry about your race being too much like the Tau. All they have in common with the Tau is a caste system. A lot of other stuff is different. Like, the Tau aren't psychic at all. The Lynx are all psychic. The Tau utilize mechs and plasma-weaponry. The Lynx utilize somewhat well-trained infantry. The Tau don't believe in any Gods. The Lynx worship one.

I see you point. But Tau have helped with the development of their technology.

 Mynameisalie wrote:
I see you point. But Tau have helped with the development of their technology.

No. Just. No.

 Mynameisalie wrote:
I see you point. But Tau have helped with the development of their technology.

pls no

What is the problem? It was an honest statement. The Lynx and Atu are allies, it seemed only logical that the Tau will have helped with at least some of their technology. It just made sense.

The Tau'va are relativley new to the wider universe, they have been trapped by warpstorms to the one system. How they achived their level of tech already is mysterious. I don't think they'd help random aliens with their tech.

That's not how the Tau do things. They don't "help", they assimilate. If the Tau gave them technology, your lynx would be Tau auxiliaries.

I think as well Alie, you're:
A) Trying to be friends with everyone (seriously, after the whole "worship the Emperor" thing, I can't dig it.) which in a galaxy of eternal war and racial hatred/ contempt really isn't logical or a selling point.
B) focussing on tiny details way too much. Who cares who can marry who right now when there are much, MUCH bigger problems to deal with.

And for the record, I didn't come up with the rocks, that was Motyak I believe.

 liquidjoshi wrote:
And for the record, I didn't come up with the rocks, that was Motyak I believe.

And all praise to him. More seriously, does anyone actually support the idea of the rock twisting and corrupting them and having a parasitic relationship with the Lynx (or is it symbiotic, if the rock needs the Lynx to spread it)? Or does it seem silly

 Mynameisalie wrote:
I see you point. But Tau have helped with the development of their technology.

While on the other edge of the Galaxy, the Tau are slowly being encroached by Hive Fleet Kraken as they desperately try to gain a foothold in deeper territory, whilst the Lynx are far to the north of them, trapped in the Ghoul Stars?

Unless your Lynx are Tau slaves, they wouldn't have Tau technology.

 LoneLictor wrote:
Unless your Lynx are Tau slaves, they wouldn't have Tau technology.

Rogue Traders scavenged some of the wreckage from the Damocles Crusade, and fled North when they were discovered by Tau vessels, accidentally being trapped in the Ghoul Stars where the Lynx found them, killed them, and stole small amounts of the technology they scavenged.

Only a suggestion, but potentially workable unless what is wanted is completely and utterly Tau-built, as opposed to reverse-engineered Tau with added Lynx.

A Tau connection adds nothing.

Yeah, the thing is, the Lynx shouldn't have the new bestest Tau technology and the bestest psychic abilities unless they have some to compensate for it. Like the Eldar; they have amazing technology and psychic abilities, but they're all dying so tough luck.

Please stay on topic and polite, thanks! - Mannahnin

Ok, I have thought about it, and maybe this is a decent idea.
Lynx ships are kind of primitive in their looks, but in spacial combat they can be quite deadly. They do use psychic weaponry that in some cases can subvert Void Shielding, but rely on "sails" to help propel them. If these sails are destroyed, the ship is a sitting duck against all attacks, but some experimental ships have energy shields instead of metal, and are much less prone to this.
If you want a good idea of what they look like, they resemble this:

For FTL travel, these ships will fold away their sails and resort to a form of teleportation that requires a lot of energy and can only make moderate jumps, but will transport the ship almost instantly to the target point.

Instant transportation should be out of the question. That's like giving the Lynx the Mass Relays and allowing them to hit anywhere from the Eastern Fringe to the Cadian Gate in seconds. And nobody else can use the Mass Relays

Even the Necrons, who just appear out of nowhere, don't move that fast.

When I said limited range, the jumps are only 5 light years or so. Max 10. Any more and teleport overlay mishap becomes too risky.
Would you like to become part of the ship? I wouldn't. However, following Tadashi's pylons earlier could make things like relay points for these ships to teleport to; if there is a Pylon, the ship could jump with extreme accuracy, kind of like a homing beacon?

I'm seeing more "We're great at everything" for less drawbacks the further we go into this.

Instant teleportation, the kind even Eldar can't do? No, just no. They have sails, what do these work on? There's no wind in space. I also think their naval abilities should be limited, especially if they're relying on metallic shields rather than power or void shields. Laser batteries would tear through them easily.

They have shields, obviously. The sails are made of metal, which refract energy onto solar panels on the side of the ship's hull. Ergo, they get energy from the stars, in a sense. The newer experimental ones have force-field refractors, but they're prone to shorting out.
The Lynx use a hell of a lot of experimental weaponry, as their fleet's are relatively new. So the Star Caste is actually quite a new addition.
And in which case I have no idea what to do for FTL travel. It'll be related to Tadashi's pylons. Probably.

I would go with the Pylons, to be frank. With how limited their ships seem compared to the other races, I might just ditch space travel altogether and go with their trans dimensional hops.

In the Star Wars Expanded Universe, before modern hyperdrives were created, hyperspace could only go between two fixed points. There were lighthouse networks of hyperspace conduits that would allow ships to travel between planets, but anything outside the conduits was pretty much doomed.

That sounds too much like a mass relay.

Why do lynx need to travel in space? Even if they have a few space travel ships so that they could inhabit a couple neighbouring planets they really don't need to have super awesome space fleet and stuff.

Can't lynx be just a small speck in the cosmos?

Except Mass Relays are instantaneous jumps. Hyperspace still takes time. (example: It takes two weeks to get from Endor (Outer Rim) to Bakura (edge of the Unknown Regions) by Hyperspace. Along more plotted hyperlanes, you can go faster, but when charting out new expanses, you are limited to much slower paths as you navigate around anomalies.

Solar Sails are very Eldar-like. Every Eldar spacecraft in Battlefleet Gothic uses sails to catch solar wind.

Right now, I think a combination of Star Wars like Hyperspace and Protoss Pylons as lighthouses is the best way to go. Its different enough from the other races to justify not using regular warp travel, but it has its own set of drawbacks that keep it from being overpowered.

Pros:
it is safer to travel, more plotted routes travel faster.


cons:
navigating to new systems is a nightmare due to how slow it takes to chart out anomalies and new hyperlanes.

 Azariah Kyras wrote:
Solar Sails are very Eldar-like. Every Eldar spacecraft in Battlefleet Gothic uses sails to catch solar wind.

Goddamn it.

 Arcsquad12 wrote:
Right now, I think a combination of Star Wars like Hyperspace and Protoss Pylons as lighthouses is the best way to go. Its different enough from the other races to justify not using regular warp travel, but it has its own set of drawbacks that keep it from being overpowered.

Pros:
it is safer to travel, more plotted routes travel faster.


cons:
navigating to new systems is a nightmare due to how slow it takes to chart out anomalies and new hyperlanes.

I'll go with that.