I am hosting Wissleon County, a western roleplay, but I like to discuss things so let's discuss, shall we? If anyone else wanted to host this they could. Let's build us a roleplay, eh?
Hundreds of years into the future... FTL travel... aliens... the usual.. Typical Star Wars and Mass Effect mumbo jumbo. It takes place in a region of space known as 'Deadzone'. If you divided the Milky Way into four quadrants Deadzone would take up one of those quadrants. You got an array of various factions out there in the galaxy like the Alliance, the Federation, the Confederacy, etc, etc and they're dealing with their politics and wars and whatnot... but that ain't got nothing to do with Deadzone.
Deadzone is unique in that it is one of the only regions in space where government forces have absolutely no power. It is where good for nothin' outlaws, criminals, gangsters, slavers, assassins, sumbags, drug-lords, and such go. I mean, this is a real shady, real seedy area of space, and if you ain't equipped for a showdown chances are you're gonna end up dead - or worse!
In the center of Deadzone is Deadlight. Deadlight is a massive space-station, and despite being built and commandeered by criminal scum it's actually quite a marvel. See, like other regions of space, Deadzone actually has quite a few important planets; they're rich in resources, but without proper funding they ain't gonna develop no time soon! Deadlight was originally a space-station, built as a 'resting stop' for spaceships; it's like a gas station in the middle of space. Overtime it grew; a warehouse was added onto it, then 'motels' and 'hotels', an inn, a nightclub... and the rest is history. Deadlight continued to grow, and layers upon layers upon layers were added and it evolved into this missive space-station; it's truly a spectacle! The inner-most layers aren't used as much, as the old fueling station is long-gone, but some of the more nastier crooks and poorest folks live down there... they're like the sewers of the whole thing and where much of the waste winds up. It's quite large to, and millions of individuals have lived on it at once. The only real 'government' here is the mercenary gangs, who have often fought over control for Deadlight.
You got some major businesses, such as Strattix Corporation, or BlasTech. They develop weapons, technology, armor, gadgets, vehicles, and all sorts of things. They're also fairly corrupt. And so when they're getting taxed to heavily in the more desirable regions of space... they turn to Deadzone. The mercenary gangs in Deadzone offer cheaper prices for important materials needed for manufacturing, and the mercenaries are happy to comply since they get a decent paycheck. some of the more 'evil' groups are slavers, and they kidnap all manner of species to force them to work in mining operations throughout Deadzone. This place is a haven for drug-lords, crime-lords, mercenaries, criminals, outlaws, assassins, slavers, smugglers, killers, thieves, vagabonds, road agents, bandits, and so much more!
The basic plot would involve a team of individuals united for a single cause. There's a Big Bad, but along the way to kill the Big Bad we deal with out own personal problems, helping each other on our personal quests and going on all sorts of interstellar missions! It ain't about elite commandos, or galactic wars, or whatever... this is about the dcriminal underworld, the shady parts of science fiction, the gritty, horrible, gangster, outlaw type of stuff... with drugs, and strippers, and nightclubs, and mob bosses, and that sort of thing.
Hundreds of years into the future... FTL travel... aliens... the usual.. Typical Star Wars and Mass Effect mumbo jumbo. It takes place in a region of space known as 'Deadzone'. If you divided the Milky Way into four quadrants Deadzone would take up one of those quadrants. You got an array of various factions out there in the galaxy like the Alliance, the Federation, the Confederacy, etc, etc and they're dealing with their politics and wars and whatnot... but that ain't got nothing to do with Deadzone.
Deadzone is unique in that it is one of the only regions in space where government forces have absolutely no power. It is where good for nothin' outlaws, criminals, gangsters, slavers, assassins, sumbags, drug-lords, and such go. I mean, this is a real shady, real seedy area of space, and if you ain't equipped for a showdown chances are you're gonna end up dead - or worse!
In the center of Deadzone is Deadlight. Deadlight is a massive space-station, and despite being built and commandeered by criminal scum it's actually quite a marvel. See, like other regions of space, Deadzone actually has quite a few important planets; they're rich in resources, but without proper funding they ain't gonna develop no time soon! Deadlight was originally a space-station, built as a 'resting stop' for spaceships; it's like a gas station in the middle of space. Overtime it grew; a warehouse was added onto it, then 'motels' and 'hotels', an inn, a nightclub... and the rest is history. Deadlight continued to grow, and layers upon layers upon layers were added and it evolved into this missive space-station; it's truly a spectacle! The inner-most layers aren't used as much, as the old fueling station is long-gone, but some of the more nastier crooks and poorest folks live down there... they're like the sewers of the whole thing and where much of the waste winds up. It's quite large to, and millions of individuals have lived on it at once. The only real 'government' here is the mercenary gangs, who have often fought over control for Deadlight.
You got some major businesses, such as Strattix Corporation, or BlasTech. They develop weapons, technology, armor, gadgets, vehicles, and all sorts of things. They're also fairly corrupt. And so when they're getting taxed to heavily in the more desirable regions of space... they turn to Deadzone. The mercenary gangs in Deadzone offer cheaper prices for important materials needed for manufacturing, and the mercenaries are happy to comply since they get a decent paycheck. some of the more 'evil' groups are slavers, and they kidnap all manner of species to force them to work in mining operations throughout Deadzone. This place is a haven for drug-lords, crime-lords, mercenaries, criminals, outlaws, assassins, slavers, smugglers, killers, thieves, vagabonds, road agents, bandits, and so much more!
The basic plot would involve a team of individuals united for a single cause. There's a Big Bad, but along the way to kill the Big Bad we deal with out own personal problems, helping each other on our personal quests and going on all sorts of interstellar missions! It ain't about elite commandos, or galactic wars, or whatever... this is about the dcriminal underworld, the shady parts of science fiction, the gritty, horrible, gangster, outlaw type of stuff... with drugs, and strippers, and nightclubs, and mob bosses, and that sort of thing.