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overbringer) wrote2016-04-03 07:30 pm
overbringer) wrote2016-04-03 07:30 pm
Destination: Space! A Valor Campaign
This is an official interest post for a Valor campaign that will be an homage to early-mid twentieth century Science Fiction. VALOR is a tabletop RPG system that you can read more about here. It is a flexible system that is good for high action high drama campaigns, which I fully intend for this to be. It's a really good system and I recommend picking up a copy for yourself, but if you need me to I can lend you a copy of the eBook.
DESTINATION: SPACE!, A brief history
In the mid twentieth century, in this universe, Earth received it's first alien visitors: A trade delegation from the planet Mercury. Mercury was the first planet in the Solar System to develop space travel, and they sent out ambassadors of peace to every other planet, leading to a golden age of prosperity and trade. It all came crashing to an end around the year 2070, when a rogue planet in a highly elliptical orbit around the sun reached the perigree off it's 22,000 year orbit, and passed within a few million miles of the Earth itself. This mysterious "planet X" was the home to a horrifying alien race which were dubbed the "Exians". the Exians immediately went on the offensive and almost overwhelmed the combined military powers of the rest of the Solar System until simple physics proved their downfall. After about three years of war, Planet X simply moved along its orbit until it was too far away to support their war fleets, and eventually everyone else was able to get the upper hand.
It is now 2114AD. The Mercurians got the worst of the assault, having been wiped out completely by an Exian bioweapon, but the rest of the solar system is still recovering from the war. It's a dangerous universe out there, but if you're willing to take some risks and roll with the punches, it's also a universe full of amazing opportunities. Grab your trusty sword or raygun, fuel up your spaceship, and set your destination for SPAAAAAAAACE!
This campaign will be:
- Played on Roll20.net, so you will need an account there
- Potentially scheduled weekly on any day other than Monday, Friday, or Sunday.
- Largely open world. You'll have a spaceship of some kind, and will be able to go to any planet in the solar system. There will be things to do on all of them.
- I'm capping the party size at 5
What I need from you:
I will be appending this post with blurbs for each of the planets, to share a bit of worldbuilding and maybe jumpstart the creative process.
DESTINATION: SPACE!, A brief history
In the mid twentieth century, in this universe, Earth received it's first alien visitors: A trade delegation from the planet Mercury. Mercury was the first planet in the Solar System to develop space travel, and they sent out ambassadors of peace to every other planet, leading to a golden age of prosperity and trade. It all came crashing to an end around the year 2070, when a rogue planet in a highly elliptical orbit around the sun reached the perigree off it's 22,000 year orbit, and passed within a few million miles of the Earth itself. This mysterious "planet X" was the home to a horrifying alien race which were dubbed the "Exians". the Exians immediately went on the offensive and almost overwhelmed the combined military powers of the rest of the Solar System until simple physics proved their downfall. After about three years of war, Planet X simply moved along its orbit until it was too far away to support their war fleets, and eventually everyone else was able to get the upper hand.
It is now 2114AD. The Mercurians got the worst of the assault, having been wiped out completely by an Exian bioweapon, but the rest of the solar system is still recovering from the war. It's a dangerous universe out there, but if you're willing to take some risks and roll with the punches, it's also a universe full of amazing opportunities. Grab your trusty sword or raygun, fuel up your spaceship, and set your destination for SPAAAAAAAACE!
This campaign will be:
- Played on Roll20.net, so you will need an account there
- Potentially scheduled weekly on any day other than Monday, Friday, or Sunday.
- Largely open world. You'll have a spaceship of some kind, and will be able to go to any planet in the solar system. There will be things to do on all of them.
- I'm capping the party size at 5
What I need from you:
I will be appending this post with blurbs for each of the planets, to share a bit of worldbuilding and maybe jumpstart the creative process.
Earth
Earth and Mars both had tectonic bombs dropped on them by the Exians during the war. The science is complicated, but basically Earth took far more damage than Mars did. Europe is gone, as are most of Northern Africa and Western Asia. The crust was shattered, leaving endless expanses of massive shards of rock alongside abyssal fissues, both of which are constantly being slammed by Earthquakes. The damage decreases the further away you get, leaving large swathes of the world largely uninhabitable, but the lands around the pacific rim are still pretty much untouched. The people living there have bounced back from the war admirably, and are rapidly working on rebuilding from the damage and re-establishing Earth's place among the stars.
Most Earthlings today come from southern Africa, Australia, The western half of the Americas, eastern Asia, or from various Polynesian islands.
IMPORTS: Raw materials, tourist crap.
EXPORTS: Manufactured goods, adventurers.
EARTHLING STEREOTYPES: Arrogant, Determined, Passionate