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Jovian Republic Flag and Military Crests

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TBRMInsanity TBRMInsanity's picture
Jovian Republic Flag and Military Crests
I'm in the process of creating a Jovian Republic site and to go with it I've created some "official" government branding. First as any good military dictatorship, the Jovians need a flag to be put on display behind the president during official speeches. Since there is not wind on Jovian habs, a traditional flag would be useless, so I created a hanging flag instead. I've also created a first draft system chart for the Jovian system (only showing habited systems). Full blue are Jovian controlled systems, White are Hypercorp controlled systems, and light blue are Jovian partially controlled systems. The Roman numerals indicate both the military district and the astrological label for the moon (example III is Ganymede (Liberty)). Ganymede's orbit is gold as it is the capitol of the Jovian Republic. Finally I've created the military insignia that would most likely be on the hull of every Jovian Navy Ship. The insignia is the military district that the ship is from (and protects). The numbers are taken from the Bibcode (astrological label). The Jovians would also have a Navy Ensign on their ships, but that is most likely the Jovian sysmbol. I plan to create crests for each hab that would be based on the family crests of the families they were named after. So Metis (Bush) will be based off the Bush family crest. EDIT: I've put all this info on my website for everyone to see. http://boxall.no-ip.org/game/eclipse/welcomeJovian.html
Jovian Motto: Your mind is original. Preserve it. Your body is a temple. Maintain it. Immortality is an illusion. Forget it.
Axel the Chimeric Axel the Chimeric's picture
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I figured that the Jovians used a lot of Orange, White, and Brown in their colours, but I like this. This is good stuff. I like the hanging flag in particular.
Arenamontanus Arenamontanus's picture
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Me too! I wonder about the numerals. Wouldn't the numbers rather refer to parts of the jovian navy rather than particular moons? I like the idea of the crests. Maybe a bit of an injoke to base them on the crests of the people giving the name. I think the Jovians will want to have some cool colors in their symbols - there is far too much reds and oranges in their environment. Hence the focal blue. Having just arrived in Bucharest, Romania, I am getting some great inspiration for Jovian government architecture.
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Tyrnis Tyrnis's picture
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I particularly like the hanging flag. Nicely done. How soon do you think you'll have the site up and running?
TBRMInsanity TBRMInsanity's picture
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Tyrnis wrote:
I particularly like the hanging flag. Nicely done. How soon do you think you'll have the site up and running?
Given my busy schedule at work, it will be quite some time. That being said I have the base set up. http://boxall.no-ip.org/game/eclipse/welcomeJovian.html
Jovian Motto: Your mind is original. Preserve it. Your body is a temple. Maintain it. Immortality is an illusion. Forget it.
Tyrnis Tyrnis's picture
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Perfectly understandable. I'll just watch the thread for updates, but I'm rather looking forward to seeing the 'official' Jovian Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs website when you do get it done. Hmm. Given that I'm about to start running a game set on Mars, you've got me thinking about what sort of page I might be able to put together that could serve as both fanpage and useful game resource. Not sure my skills are sufficient to build the sort of site I'd want, though...I don't get much beyond a WYSIWYG editor. Will have to see.
TBRMInsanity TBRMInsanity's picture
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Tyrnis wrote:
Perfectly understandable. I'll just watch the thread for updates, but I'm rather looking forward to seeing the 'official' Jovian Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs website when you do get it done. Hmm. Given that I'm about to start running a game set on Mars, you've got me thinking about what sort of page I might be able to put together that could serve as both fanpage and useful game resource. Not sure my skills are sufficient to build the sort of site I'd want, though...I don't get much beyond a WYSIWYG editor. Will have to see.
I recommend Bluefish ( http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html ). It is easy to pickup, plus is a good learning program to get into HTML (as you can see the code created). I've put the basic info on the Jovian Republic on my site for people's use. Enjoy.
Jovian Motto: Your mind is original. Preserve it. Your body is a temple. Maintain it. Immortality is an illusion. Forget it.