[h1][center]F A C T I O N F R O N T[/center][/h1][h3][center]The Terran Wars: A Quest Game[/center][/h3] [hr] [indent][b]It is the era of the Mega-Corporations...[/b][/indent] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/iFrCfrx.jpg[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/8bQCQ2am.jpg[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/aFv5Fw0m.jpg[/img][/center] [indent]A 3rd world war erupted sometime in second half of the 21st century. Earth has become a barren wasteland save for the massive cities and arcologies controlled by powerful corporations. Nearly a dozen of these corporations vie for control of dwindling resources on Earth, and newly discovered resources off-world. Sovereign nations no longer exist, and only a few isolated resistance movements remain. After the widespread destruction of WWIII, there has been a return to conventional warfare. (It's simply more profitable). Scores of mercenary companies have replaced traditional armies, often equipped with the latest and deadliest technology Corporate Labs can come up with. These mercenaries are handsomely paid and have a low survival rate. You are commander of one of these mercenary companies.[/indent] 1. What is your gender? A)Female B)Male C)Non-binary gender specific 2. What is your character background? A) Professional soldier. Came up in the ranks of mercenary companies learning the tricks of the trade. B) Product of Corporate Nepotism. Spending Corporate cash for a few kicks could be fun. C) A revolutionary. Damn the man! Fight the power! 3. What kind of company do you lead? A) Efficient, ruthless and profitable. B) Messy, raucous and just barely making payroll. C) Utterly green. It's our first gig! 4. What is your companies area of expertise? A) We get paid to blow things up. B) We get paid to make it look like other people blew things up. C) We get paid. 5. What is your favorite food? A) Cheeseburger. Fries. Pepsi. No Coke. B) A ROYALE w/ Cheese. Metric all the way baby. C) Ahi Burger. Probably wasabi. But only the fresh stuff. D) C-rations. Burger flavor. [hider=What is this?] This is a "Quest". A format popularized on 4chan a long time ago. It's also a selfish writing exercise for myself. [/hider] [hider=How do I play?] [list] [*]The GM (me) will give a short narrative about what's going on and a few questions. [*]Any forum member may vote on the options presented for each question asked. [*]Players (forum members) can [color=Dodgerblue]vote[/color] on as many questions as they like and come and go as they please. [*]Each round, you may make up your own option for one of the questions, but only one. You may change your vote as many times as you like until the GM posts an update. [*]The GM tallys the votes for each question and responds with a narrative post and some new questions. [/list] The narrative will continue based on the options that receive the most votes each round. Vote like this for each question. 1. A 2. C 3. B etc... [/hider]