Welcome to Ascendancy
Dynamic, Immersive & Text-Based Roleplay Experience
Your Story, Our Galaxy.
On 29 March, Ascendancy returned, as the most immersive, automated and politically driven Ascendancy experience yet. We said goodbye to the Galactic setting we had become accustomed to, and begun exploring a new political reality on the fledging planet of Novum Domitros, 1000 years following the collapse of the Galactic Federal Alliance. Novum society is starting its journey back into space, but must balance the needs of citizens, government, laws and opportunities at home.
Players design a unique character and choose a specialisation as they explore a dynamic political career on Novum Domitros.
"A political server with a unique setting where decisions have a noticeable, recordable impact on everyone and everything is really refreshing..."Player Testimonial, 2024.
Technocracy
The political situation on Novum Domitros is sturdy. Players join by being appointed to the nation's functioning and realistic Parliament. A new ideology has been rising in strength, technocracy. This means, players are not elected officials, but instead appointed to Parliament by elected officials to manage the matters of state as experts in a particular field.
This Parliament of experts design and take ownership of the nation's long-term plan and then elect a Prime Minister from within their ranks to establish a Government to implement the plan for a term of four months.
Nation Building in the Novum Domitros Union
Nation building plays a key role in Ascendancy. Players will have to balance the financial books while prioritising the nation's competing interests at home and abroad. What will the people of Novum Domitros think if funding for space exploration is increased over a new hospital they desperately need?
Players use a dynamic and informative Parliamentary Report, News and Intelligence to gain an understanding of how the population is feeling. As experts in various industries, players design the framework of society to maximise progress and secure the Union from threats at home and abroad.
The future of the nation is in the hands of players!
The Constitution is the founding document of the Union and has changed over many generations. It sets the highest level direction of how to manage matters of state and secure political stability as the Novum Domitros Union expands.
Story & Events
Story will be designed in six month seasons with an 'episode' per month. You feel the mood of the nation, see the statistics change and interact with a highly dynamic political environment impacted by events.
Players in Parliament and the Government have to keep careful watch of what is happening across the nation to build a response worthy of the Novum Domitros Union.