Apologies for such a late response, I've been extremely busy today.

[quote=@bobbananaville]
That said, the question that first comes to my mind is "What is 'evil' here?" Do people use all of their powers for evil because evil is awesome, or are you saying people are generally amoral in their decision-making, and it just looks evil to us?

Do people IC register what they do as evil, even? Or is genocide just your average news story, not worth mourning in the slightest unless you're a psychotic vigilante?
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Allow me to offer you an analogy- Imagine the worst neighborhood in a city you've ever heard of. Some place plagued with gangs and crime, some place so scary that even the cops don't like thinking about it. The people in it aren't evil for the sake of evil, or necessarily amoral. People do bad things for many reason, be it wanting power or money, greed, revenge, having a bad background, anything.

To answer IC response, once again, return to the analogy of the terrible neighborhood. Imagine that neighborhood, except it expands across a few solar systems. Somewhere, somehow, there will be at least once depraved bastard who thinks genocide is a perfectly moral thing. On the other side of the same coin, there will be those who realize what they do is wrong, but keep doing it anyway out of necessity. As for public response, people generally try to put it out of thier minds. Politicians will make a show out of some kind of effort to improve economy there, or brings jobs and clean up to that sector of the galaxy, when in reality they simply say those things to scrounge of extra votes. There was a time when the place would make the news, but now such terrible things happen so often there, nothing except the most monstrous activities ever make galactic news.

[quote=@bobbananaville]
And what's the focus of this? What are the characters we're playing as trying to accomplish, if we're trying to do anything? Truth be told, a single-thread RP is rarely fun for me unless it's got a clear goal for the characters to try to reach, even if it's just a MacGuffin, because it's a reason why protagonists don't just go on their merry way and enjoy their own story completely separately from other characters.
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Every character will be advised to have their own goal, but there will be two main plots that will intersect with each other at various points.
The first is the pursuit of the legend of one of the greatest criminals of all time. Their ill gotten gains and the secret of their power are all said to be hidden somewhere in the galaxy, and it's up to the scum of the universe to find it. There will be plenty of back stabs and shootings and a generous amount of homicide and explosions in the hunt for the fabled treasure.
Of course, characters may also choose to pursue an alternate interest, partaking in the crime of the century. A genius man has been going around the seedy part of the galaxy, taking on anyone that will help him in his plan- Stealing everything in the Governments federal reserve, then making off with it through use of the fastest space faring vessel in the Government's hands.