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[overbringer]

Welcome to the Cygni star cluster. Three stars, Cygni Alpha, Beta, and Gamma, that are far enough apart to each have their own planetary systems, but close enough together that travelling between them by Nearlight drives only takes a few (objective) weeks. Well within the territory of the Karrakin Trade Barony, the Cygni stars are owned by the House of Starlight, one of the wealthiest of the great houses of Karrakis. Under the rule of Baron Braxton-Forrest of the House of Starlight, Cygni has flourished for over a hundred years and is one of the richest systems outside of the Core Worlds. His son, James-Forrest of the House of Starlight, is a rising star who shows every sign of following in his father's footsteps and leading his people to even greater heights when the time comes to take up the mantle of rulership.

Braxton-Forrest's single greatest accomplishment is the Dyson Web, a constantly growing network of power satellites in orbit of Cygni Alpha that gather solar energy and beam it to a collection station on Aman's (Cygni Alpha II's) moon Beleriad, from which it can then be distributed across the system. Once it's complete, it will grant the people of Cygni Alpha functionally unlimited power with which to do whatever they please. The day of the dyson web's first activation (at this point it will only be functioning at 1% of its predicted final power output), is soon.

The number of stars we have built dyson webs around can be counted on the fingers of one hand, so this is a big deal.

Cygni Alpha's bottomless need for raw material has led to the prominence of Cygni Beta. Not nearly as well as settle, Cygni Beta is mainly home to agricultural worlds and mining colonies, outputting tremendous amounts of raw materials back towards Cygni Alpha.

The Ungreatfuls have, of course, been poking around and making a nuisance of themselves, and the pirates that work out of Cygni Gamma have been raiding shipping between Alpha and Beta. Despite their efforts most sectors remain on schedule.

The Dyson Web will be activated any day now.

So what is James-Forrest doing right now?

No one is sure. No one has even heard from him for weeks. No one, but a small strike force of Lancers and other mercenaries that he has slowly been gathering without his father's knowledge. James-Forrest insists that his father has gone mad, and has sold out his people to make a deal with a dangerous entity of unknown power that will doom the entire Cygni System, and perhaps all of mankind everywhere.

It's a ridiculous claim, many would say. But for the mercenaries, renegades, and outcasts who are desperate enough, a paycheck is a paycheck. As the Dyson Web's inauguration ceremony goes on, you will be the ones to commit high treason and save the universe.

Hopefully.

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IF ALL THAT sounds pretty cool to you, you should consider joining The Anglerfish: A campaign of cosmic horror and giant robots. It will be a Lancer game playing on Roll20.net once a week in a 2-3 hour session, and will feature space pirates, alternate dimensions, evil rich people, and at least one masquerade ball. If necessary, I CAN supply a copy of the rule book to you.

If that sounds like a good time to you, respond to this post with the following:

<b>Name:</b> Who are you? <b>Availability:</b> What days/times would be best for you? <b>Character Concepts:</b> What kind of character are you thinking of playing? <b>Questions:</b> What do you want to know about the system or game world? <b>Suggestions:</b> What kind of characters or set pieces or plot elements do you want to see in this game, if any? <b>Meme:</b> Post something funny in here

The most likely times that will work for ME, just to get things narrowed down, are Monday after 5PST or Wednesday after 5PST. If we want to wait a month or two, the same time slot on Tuesday and Friday will clear up.

Comments

[overbringer]

Historically, reporters and such can only really survive being openly critical of a baronic house by having the support of another baronic house.

Once Union came on the scene it got a little better for the press, but it's still risky to give the Barons bad reviews.

I did know that about Stephen King, though. I understand he's also included SEVERAL graphic depictions of people getting hit by cars in his books, up to and including a book where all cars suddenly turned evil and started trying to kill humans.