noremac
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The year is 2260 and humans have just begun their expansion into the universe. A lunar base has been on the moon for 180 years now, and colonies began to sprout on Mars 130 years ago. For the last 120 years Mars has been undergoing a terraforming project. There have been strange rumors and conspiracies about Mars ever sense the first failed colonization attempt. These rumors consist of...well I'll let you ask around to find out for yourself.
You are engaging in the next monumental step of mankind. For the first time in our 4500 thousand years of civilization we have confirmed that humanity is not alone in the universe. In a solar system much like own, on a planet similar to earth sentient life has been found. The Destination is the system Tau Ceti, planet Ketos, the forth planet of five from the sun. Although earth has attempted to contact Ketos no response has been received. You are part of the 200 person crew that has been sent to make first contact.
When you join this rp I will pm you a set of mission instructions, and perhaps some secret information that suits your characters back ground. Use this information how you wish. But be careful it may be the key to your survival. Join and find out more.
A History of Earth:
Tension in the middle east during the 21st century culminated in a third world war. The war began in 2065 and ended 2068. This war was the shortest of all the world wars but far more devastating. Much of the Middle East and east coast United States became a nuclear wasteland. Governments crumbled, millions of people died, and the earth suffered from radiation. The will to fight was lost and everything that was fought for destroyed.
With the start of WWIII the Christians, Judaists, and Islamics all believed that the day of final judgement was soon to come. Due to this, each nations religion was active in supporting the military. The three Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Islam, and Judaism) believed that it was their holy duty to purge the earth of sinners and nonbelievers. However, the destruction of Jerusalem and very prominent threat of nuclear holocaust made nonbelievers out of everybody. The people of Christianity, Judaism and Islam saw that WWIII could not lead to naught but destruction.
From the ashes of the final years of the war a new religion was conceived: the Sons of Abraham (SoA). The goal of this religion was to unify the Abrahamic religions so that peace could be achieved. It took all the shared beliefs of each religion and selected scriptures from the Old Testament that all could believe in. Because the SoA consisted of members from all sides of the war and due to their predecessor's military influence the SoA was able to bring an end to the war rather quickly.
63% of earths population are of the Sons of Abraham, about 13% are Eastern Religion (i.e. Hindu, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucian ect.), 4% other, and 20% nonreligious.
To prevent another calamity, such as a world war, from every happening again the SoA worked with the United Nations to create the Planetary Police and Military. This power was comprised of members from all nations, but in order to remain unbiased was controlled evenly by the SoA and the United Nations. Because the post war governments were weak and the SoA held the hearts of the people and controlled much of the Planetary Police it was an easy task for the SoA to shape the U.N. into the United Global Government.
The United Global Government was in charge of all legislative and executive maters. The Planetary Police and Military saw to the judicial maters and enforced the peace. The Sons of Abraham acted as the connection between the people and the government, making sure that the people were happy with the laws of the government. The SoA was also the main religious affiliation for more then half of the earths population.
These three super powers (commonly called the Big 3) began joint rule of the world around 2072. By 2079 each claimed to be autonomous in their internal govorning, but there is much speculation over whether or not one super power controls the rest.
The Big 3 has ruled peacefully for 188 years.
A history or humanities endeavors in space:
The first colony attempted on Mars was funded and pursued by private companies in 2060. The project was going well until it was abruptly terminated for undisclosed reasons. All colonies were shut down and abandoned in 2063. For a while strange rumors were going around on why the development was abandoned.
Along with the restoration of a disheveled humanity the big 3 reopened the space program 2075. Funds were easily collected now and with high radiation levels on earth the necessity progress drove the project quickly. Strangely though, instead of reopening the perfectly habitable domes on mars a lunar base was first constructed in 2080. The Planetary Police and Military set up military basses and reopened the citizen colonies on mars fifty years later.
In the year 2090 two extraordinary events happened. A method was found to terraform Mars and sentient life was discovered on the planet Ketos of the Tau Ceti system. There was speculation over how this fact was confirmed. The Big 3 asserted that a satellite sent by the United States over 300 years ago had just sent back images and data. Unfortunately there are not enough surviving NASA records to confirm this (due to the WWIII).
Tau Ceti is 12 light years away from earth, a distance was considered unreachable. However, it took research facilities on Mars and Earth only 150 years to develop and construct a ship that could travel at the speed of light. The expedition for first contact is under way in the year 2260.
Note: I have put a great deal of research and thought into this rp. If certain do not seem reasonable (to an extent) remember that things may not be how they seem on the surface. While you play this rp you will be able to find out more information from the characters I will control. Ask the right question or the right people at the right time and you may be rewarded.
Rules:
1. No god moding
2. Don't kill other players
3. Characters may not be high up in the command ranks on the ship. By high up i mean in a position that would require you to know certain secrets that I, of course, havent told anyone yet. An exampke is the leader pf the research team or commander of military. Don't worry though, this will all become obsolete soon.
4. Positions that you may choose are:
5. There are no starting weapons, but don't worry you will get them soon.
6. If at any point in the rp you feel the need to have a completely private word with another player you must do a post that puts your character in the position to talk to or leave some sort of message for them too find. You will not put the actual message in your post, but rather you will pm me the message and I will relay it via pm to the player. Be creative with your intel passing. If you do it sloppily someone else will probably find out.
Character skeleton:
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Appearance:
Special skills:
Position in mission:
Personality:
Name: Takio Habe
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Appearance: Tall Japanese man with shoulder length black hair often in a top knot, dark blue (almost black) eyes. He is tall for a Japanese man at 6 foot.
Special skills: Masters degree in biology, 4th Dan in Karate.
Position in mission: Researcher specifying in biology. Medic capable of basic field treatment.
Personality: Takio is a kind person in general but believes that strength comes from taking the necessary course of action even if it may not be the moral choice. This is highly contradictory to his religion of Buddhism and Shinto. People often call him a hypocrite or even a bad person due to the brutal practicality of his choices. In most cases, though, he has good intentions, believing that what he does is for the greater good.
You are engaging in the next monumental step of mankind. For the first time in our 4500 thousand years of civilization we have confirmed that humanity is not alone in the universe. In a solar system much like own, on a planet similar to earth sentient life has been found. The Destination is the system Tau Ceti, planet Ketos, the forth planet of five from the sun. Although earth has attempted to contact Ketos no response has been received. You are part of the 200 person crew that has been sent to make first contact.
When you join this rp I will pm you a set of mission instructions, and perhaps some secret information that suits your characters back ground. Use this information how you wish. But be careful it may be the key to your survival. Join and find out more.
A History of Earth:
Tension in the middle east during the 21st century culminated in a third world war. The war began in 2065 and ended 2068. This war was the shortest of all the world wars but far more devastating. Much of the Middle East and east coast United States became a nuclear wasteland. Governments crumbled, millions of people died, and the earth suffered from radiation. The will to fight was lost and everything that was fought for destroyed.
With the start of WWIII the Christians, Judaists, and Islamics all believed that the day of final judgement was soon to come. Due to this, each nations religion was active in supporting the military. The three Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Islam, and Judaism) believed that it was their holy duty to purge the earth of sinners and nonbelievers. However, the destruction of Jerusalem and very prominent threat of nuclear holocaust made nonbelievers out of everybody. The people of Christianity, Judaism and Islam saw that WWIII could not lead to naught but destruction.
From the ashes of the final years of the war a new religion was conceived: the Sons of Abraham (SoA). The goal of this religion was to unify the Abrahamic religions so that peace could be achieved. It took all the shared beliefs of each religion and selected scriptures from the Old Testament that all could believe in. Because the SoA consisted of members from all sides of the war and due to their predecessor's military influence the SoA was able to bring an end to the war rather quickly.
63% of earths population are of the Sons of Abraham, about 13% are Eastern Religion (i.e. Hindu, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucian ect.), 4% other, and 20% nonreligious.
To prevent another calamity, such as a world war, from every happening again the SoA worked with the United Nations to create the Planetary Police and Military. This power was comprised of members from all nations, but in order to remain unbiased was controlled evenly by the SoA and the United Nations. Because the post war governments were weak and the SoA held the hearts of the people and controlled much of the Planetary Police it was an easy task for the SoA to shape the U.N. into the United Global Government.
The United Global Government was in charge of all legislative and executive maters. The Planetary Police and Military saw to the judicial maters and enforced the peace. The Sons of Abraham acted as the connection between the people and the government, making sure that the people were happy with the laws of the government. The SoA was also the main religious affiliation for more then half of the earths population.
These three super powers (commonly called the Big 3) began joint rule of the world around 2072. By 2079 each claimed to be autonomous in their internal govorning, but there is much speculation over whether or not one super power controls the rest.
The Big 3 has ruled peacefully for 188 years.
A history or humanities endeavors in space:
The first colony attempted on Mars was funded and pursued by private companies in 2060. The project was going well until it was abruptly terminated for undisclosed reasons. All colonies were shut down and abandoned in 2063. For a while strange rumors were going around on why the development was abandoned.
Along with the restoration of a disheveled humanity the big 3 reopened the space program 2075. Funds were easily collected now and with high radiation levels on earth the necessity progress drove the project quickly. Strangely though, instead of reopening the perfectly habitable domes on mars a lunar base was first constructed in 2080. The Planetary Police and Military set up military basses and reopened the citizen colonies on mars fifty years later.
In the year 2090 two extraordinary events happened. A method was found to terraform Mars and sentient life was discovered on the planet Ketos of the Tau Ceti system. There was speculation over how this fact was confirmed. The Big 3 asserted that a satellite sent by the United States over 300 years ago had just sent back images and data. Unfortunately there are not enough surviving NASA records to confirm this (due to the WWIII).
Tau Ceti is 12 light years away from earth, a distance was considered unreachable. However, it took research facilities on Mars and Earth only 150 years to develop and construct a ship that could travel at the speed of light. The expedition for first contact is under way in the year 2260.
Note: I have put a great deal of research and thought into this rp. If certain do not seem reasonable (to an extent) remember that things may not be how they seem on the surface. While you play this rp you will be able to find out more information from the characters I will control. Ask the right question or the right people at the right time and you may be rewarded.
Rules:
1. No god moding
2. Don't kill other players
3. Characters may not be high up in the command ranks on the ship. By high up i mean in a position that would require you to know certain secrets that I, of course, havent told anyone yet. An exampke is the leader pf the research team or commander of military. Don't worry though, this will all become obsolete soon.
4. Positions that you may choose are:
- SoA correspondent and religious missionary
- military grunt
- research member
- mercenary of a powerful earth corporation
- medic
- A combination of 2 of the above options
- If there is a position you feel like I have forgotten use it and I'll let you know what I think.
5. There are no starting weapons, but don't worry you will get them soon.
6. If at any point in the rp you feel the need to have a completely private word with another player you must do a post that puts your character in the position to talk to or leave some sort of message for them too find. You will not put the actual message in your post, but rather you will pm me the message and I will relay it via pm to the player. Be creative with your intel passing. If you do it sloppily someone else will probably find out.
Character skeleton:
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Appearance:
Special skills:
Position in mission:
Personality:
Name: Takio Habe
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Appearance: Tall Japanese man with shoulder length black hair often in a top knot, dark blue (almost black) eyes. He is tall for a Japanese man at 6 foot.
Special skills: Masters degree in biology, 4th Dan in Karate.
Position in mission: Researcher specifying in biology. Medic capable of basic field treatment.
Personality: Takio is a kind person in general but believes that strength comes from taking the necessary course of action even if it may not be the moral choice. This is highly contradictory to his religion of Buddhism and Shinto. People often call him a hypocrite or even a bad person due to the brutal practicality of his choices. In most cases, though, he has good intentions, believing that what he does is for the greater good.
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