Worth the price... Or is it?
In the year 5168, Humanity and everything that comes with it has spread far and wide
across multiple galaxies, both colonizing planets, and claiming the the already
colonized. The early settlers and soldiers were met with great success on the first
expeditions, setting up the foundation for the now great Empire, feared even into
unknown space.
The General of the First, as those original soldiers are now called, was the first
human to make contact with extraterrestrial life, a humanoid race who called themselves
the She'een. The She'een took a liking to this new, and biologically similar species,
and became the benefactors of the human race, and later their closest allies.
Throguht this alliance, the Empire was forged, with humans superseding the She'een in
social and political status. Tensions grew over the centuries, leading to what began as
a civil war, but has since altered to two empires warring against one another, after
the She'een abandoned the Empire, and Humanity, as a whole.
As things stand.
Now, in the current year of 1568, the She'een are devastated, the longest war in the
history of human race coming to an end. Nonetheless, the brutality continued, as the
current Emperor, Ocenaro, or shithead, as the lower classes call him, plans to make a
final example of the She'een, to show that all who oppose Humanity will be met with a
fatal end.
Even as that war comes to a tragic close, the Empire is still unsettled; A rebellion has
taken form in addition to the half dozen more minor wars the Empire is almost
traditionally engaged in, but none of those are the Empires true concern; Rebellions are
It certainly wasn't the first, and the Emperor was determined to make sure it wasnt the
last.
Warships and expedtions to the fringe of known space have been coming back heavily
damaged, with either all the crew dead, or missing. Several times the have been all body
parts, no heads, other times they were all crammed in the chips head, a filthy slurry
the result. Ships of unknown origin have been seen demolishing outpost and settlements,
with no clue as to where they come from or go. Its been kept under wraps, but the truth
has a way of getting out....
The characters.
With the Emperor desperate to combat this threat, and find out who is behind it, he sent
Special Forces Units to locate and capture a one of these ships.
They failed.
With limited resources, he made use with what he an almost infinite supply of:
Criminals, and the occasional volunteer, offered a pardon and a small fortune for the capture and delivery of
the enemies Technology. They gave the criminals a small Skirmisher class war ship to
complete the mission, with small crews of or 5 or 6. No one has succeeded, many have
died, and at any given time, there are roughly a dozen ships loaded with criminals, the
empires best, and perhaps only, hope.
You are the crew members of one of these ships.
Races
When it comes to races, there is alot of freedom. In this world there are perhaps dozens
of different ones, so go ham.
Locations
Dolovan
The Metropolis planet, capitol of the Human Empire, where the rich and powerful live and
decide the lives of trillions of others. It has a strict immigration policy, allowing only
those they deem worthy to so much as enter the atmosphere. Known as Heaven, by the masses.
The Fringe.
The poor, frontier regions of the empire, filled with outlaws warlords and everything in
between. Most folks here are armed and dangerous, more than willing to kill a partner for
his share. Lawless.