Beckoncall
World-Weaver and servant to the most-holy PC
The Setting:
The Federation -- an offshoot of the long fractured "Interstellar Alliance" -- has known peace now for centuries, the races of the federation have settled into unsteady peace and once again eyes turn outward towards exploration. The most recent endeavor? The stabilization of an unstable wormhole to another quadrant of the galaxy entirely -- previous expeditions have never returned, but recent breakthroughs in space/time technology have finally allowed trips through the wormhole. Will exploration here reveal other lost shards of the interstellar alliance? Are there new worlds and races seeking trade, friendship, or conflict? What awaits in the vast darkness of the titanic nebulas and space thereround? And last of all, how is all of this going to make you rich? Spaceward Ho!
The Situation:
The mission does not seem to have gone to plan. Mega-ship "Calypso" was sent through the wormhole with the intent of colonizing the "Heaven" system and surrounding space. It's sister ship, The "Tantalus" was launched afterwards, but due to advances in subspace travel was expected to arrive on the other end of the wormhole 11 years ahead of Calypso exiting Hyperspace. Calypso's mission is to arrive at the Heaven system and assist the Tantalus already underway in it's colonization and conquest of the new quadrant.
The Tantalus is nowhere to be found. The heaven system is completely unscanned and unscouted. Something happened during hyperspace and military and science factions on the spacecraft seemingly broke into violent altercation that was suppressed by the ship's onboard AI. Calypso has come to a violent and possibly permanent landing on Rhea, the second most habitable planet in the system.
AI no longer trusts Military or Science factions to handle the perilous situation as it stands and will keep said forces in stasis.. Independents and specialists in cryo-stasis (You) are being awakened to troubleshoot the situation before more/all of the Calypso Colonists will be revived from Hibernation. AI has cannibalized non-essential systems of Calypso to build an "Ark-Ship" -- an independent vessel piloted by an independent revived crew must solve the mystery of what happened to the Tantalus, search the system and surrounding stars for resources and intelligence vital to the success of the original mission,
Calypso's legion of robots and onboard AI are unable to resolve the situation on their own. The powers that be have proven themselves unfit to carry the mission forward at the present time.
Welcome to Heaven.
Please remain Calm.
ABOUT THE GAME:
Players will create their own characters (race, profession and backstory) as well as play a co-operative role in designing the Party's "Ark-Ship" -- selecting what systems and capabilities the Ark-Ship has to confront a universe of danger and mystery. Looking for 8-10 players total so we can have a small party willing to play in real time as frequently as we like.
Vital information, Ship data and major plot points and interactions will take place on RPN, while day to day real-time RPing will take place on a designated discord server.
Thank you for your attention and your interest!
The Federation -- an offshoot of the long fractured "Interstellar Alliance" -- has known peace now for centuries, the races of the federation have settled into unsteady peace and once again eyes turn outward towards exploration. The most recent endeavor? The stabilization of an unstable wormhole to another quadrant of the galaxy entirely -- previous expeditions have never returned, but recent breakthroughs in space/time technology have finally allowed trips through the wormhole. Will exploration here reveal other lost shards of the interstellar alliance? Are there new worlds and races seeking trade, friendship, or conflict? What awaits in the vast darkness of the titanic nebulas and space thereround? And last of all, how is all of this going to make you rich? Spaceward Ho!
The Situation:
The mission does not seem to have gone to plan. Mega-ship "Calypso" was sent through the wormhole with the intent of colonizing the "Heaven" system and surrounding space. It's sister ship, The "Tantalus" was launched afterwards, but due to advances in subspace travel was expected to arrive on the other end of the wormhole 11 years ahead of Calypso exiting Hyperspace. Calypso's mission is to arrive at the Heaven system and assist the Tantalus already underway in it's colonization and conquest of the new quadrant.
The Tantalus is nowhere to be found. The heaven system is completely unscanned and unscouted. Something happened during hyperspace and military and science factions on the spacecraft seemingly broke into violent altercation that was suppressed by the ship's onboard AI. Calypso has come to a violent and possibly permanent landing on Rhea, the second most habitable planet in the system.
AI no longer trusts Military or Science factions to handle the perilous situation as it stands and will keep said forces in stasis.. Independents and specialists in cryo-stasis (You) are being awakened to troubleshoot the situation before more/all of the Calypso Colonists will be revived from Hibernation. AI has cannibalized non-essential systems of Calypso to build an "Ark-Ship" -- an independent vessel piloted by an independent revived crew must solve the mystery of what happened to the Tantalus, search the system and surrounding stars for resources and intelligence vital to the success of the original mission,
Calypso's legion of robots and onboard AI are unable to resolve the situation on their own. The powers that be have proven themselves unfit to carry the mission forward at the present time.
Welcome to Heaven.
Please remain Calm.
ABOUT THE GAME:
Players will create their own characters (race, profession and backstory) as well as play a co-operative role in designing the Party's "Ark-Ship" -- selecting what systems and capabilities the Ark-Ship has to confront a universe of danger and mystery. Looking for 8-10 players total so we can have a small party willing to play in real time as frequently as we like.
Vital information, Ship data and major plot points and interactions will take place on RPN, while day to day real-time RPing will take place on a designated discord server.
Thank you for your attention and your interest!
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