THE ACADEMY
This idea came to me quite randomly, like most my ideas do. ADHD seems to give me the advantage of randomly catching strokes of creative genius, but also gives me the disadvantage of them quickly flying right back out. My procrastination and laziness also stops me from producing new ideas, so it takes a lot of mental effort to push my ass up and type something. But then I thought 'Why push myself up to make a RP that people will possibly not like' then after I thought that, I thought 'Wait.. What do people like anyway?'. So, I decided to do two things. The first was to make this thread before I posted a whole new RP (with a poll I'd like you all to answer and comment on please), this would help me get a general idea of what people thought of the roleplay before I posted it. The second was to modify the original idea that popped into my head, so that it would fit the poll Eris generously made. That poll told us what people like, so without further walls of text, here's the idea
The Story:
This is a story that takes place far in the future of ponykind. In the early days of space exploration, the entire planet of Earth joined together to form Epsilon, a nation that was every previous country put into one, for the purpose of venturing out into space. The decision to unite worked well, ponykind had spread across the stars in multiple colonies on different worlds. However, very much like the discovery of the new world, colonies soon wanted to form into separate nations. This was actually accepted by the original Epsilon, as long as all the countries stayed in a allied power, known as the Alliance. The plan's intentions seemed well, but the clause put multiple restraints on the new formed nations, making them still the equivalent to colonies. For more separation, and more freedom, the large tension exploded into what was the worst war of all ponykind. The Alliance was split into two, one half being the original Epislon and a good portion of countries siding with it, and the other being Omicron, a alliance that formed between the nations that wanted complete freedom. Epsilon's greed for power, and Omicron's irrational reasoning, turned into a bloody conflict that eventually ended at what was truly a stalemate. Omicron got their wish, the nations were completely free of The Alliance that Epsilon originally created, however, they still stayed under their own, much more fair Omicron alliance.
Although the war ended, another war was always predicted, because of how the Epsilon alliance still had plenty of power, and that there was no true winner. Both sides lost with their casualties, the whole reason Epsilon let up is because of this, but they still had plenty of fight left in them. That's why there is a fear that they are planning to come back and reclaim the land they lost, because they weren't put all the way down. It was a fear that made both sides build up a large military, similar to the cold war, thinking the conflict would eventually start again. One of the most productive forms of soldiers for the war, was bringing them through an academy.
The academies were Omicron's idea. Large military institutions formed for the training of cadets from ages 6 to 12 for future service. Some strict, and others forcing service after education, they had different policies, but all the academies proved one thing; young children could be trained to be lethal weapons in the war when they grew older. They would be trained in anything that was in galactic combat, such as being a pilot, engineer, navigator, or captain for a ship, or maybe fighting and knowing the battle on land. The academies made future armies, usually in a space station in the upper atmosphere of a lowly inhabited planet, so that the terrain could be used for training. The story will take place in one of these academies, and you're character will be a filly or colt that was shipped of to this boarding school, from where ever there home was in the Omicron alliance. They will train, but also, they will have time to interact, since the planned academy isn't going to be strict military.
The Set-Up:
The set-up is simple. The roleplay will start with your OC joining everyone else in a new company. A company is a group of foals in a team that often perform tasks together, and live closely in the same hall. The first posts of the RP will be about moving into the new company from your old one, unlike Freshman Year, this will not be your first day, your OC will have a fair idea of how everything already works on the station. From there, your character will team up with the rest of the characters in the story, and work as a team with them. All different professions will have to come together, and work together on 'Missions' that will happen often, where a new challenge is given to the company to complete in a certain amount of time. This can be a puzzle that takes 5 minutes to complete, or a journey to the planet below that will require 1 week of survival. This is the only thing you, as the player, are mandatory to participate in. When your character goes to his/her own special classes for their profession, is up to you.
The Poll:
So you ask, where does the poll come in? I took each field everyone in the poll, and inserted it into the FULL story. These groups are; School RP, Passive RP, Sci-fi RP, Survival RP, and Discordant. Bellow is how each part is in the story
Sci-Fi: If it isn't obvious enough, this is set in the future. It will have futuristic things in it. Being that this story was sci-fi, it was very hard to fit medevil in somehow, but it got a low amount of votes on the poll anyway. However, it won't be too much sci-fi, and most of your OC's professions in the academy won't NEED to revolve around it. If you want your OC to be something sci-fi related, this is why it's this type of RP. Though, this is the most present branch of roleplay, so if you hate sci-fi, the RP may not be for you.
Survival: Missions in the roleplay will be conducted where survival will be needed on the planet below. This is also a kinda 'Lord of the Flies' set-up, a lot of the time, kids are not going to have adults around at the station. The academy will be self automated in a lot of parts, so kids can fight, and stand their ground. This isn't the same as living in the wild though, not even close, and there will be SOME discipline. Depending on your OC's profession, he/she can also have to go to a survival class, that teaches everything about surviving in the wild.
Passive: Foals! Aww, sweet colts and fillies. We honestly can't make them fight too much, or really have too much violence, can we? For those who will have their OC's fight, have their OC's fight! But nothing requires the other characters to fight with each other, they can just live a average life style in their rooms about the station. One thing though, if you want a passive roleplay out of this, you have to set up your OC as such. Just like in Survival, your OC has to have a profession that doesn't require anything violent, which, there are plenty of those.
School RP: It's a boarding school, with professions. Your OC will take classes, based on their skills. Enough said, really.
Discordant: Your OC can be a cyborg. Wait, what? A sci-fi roleplay allows your OC to have technologies that can give them the powers in Equestria they never had. Also, your OC does have a 'power' in a way with his or her profession. Your OC can be training to run a entire armada, or do nuclear physics. These are foals that are geniuses, unique, 'special', to be able to get into a school like this. So your OC can have powers, and abilities, a normal foal never had. When I say this, I don't mean they can have super powers, but their large mind and technology can surely make it seem so
Tell me what you think, if I get positive response, I'll make the roleplay



