The Day The World Went Away by Nine Inch Nails
The year is 4258. Advancement in space technology allowed interplanetary travel to be achieved in a matter of hours. Mercury, Venus, the Moon and Mars have been completely terraformed within five centuries. The pioneers of these planets and their descendants have develop their own identity and culture. Planetoid size space stations inhabit the Lagrange Points of Earth and numerous lesser size stations across the Goldilocks. Mining Colonies have also been establish in the Asteroid Belt. Though the human race have yet to extend their presence outwards and into the outer sphere, they have their sights set upon it.
But great achievements come with great costs. The considerably rapid colonization of the inner sphere has placed a toll on the system’s natural resources. Common food shortages, displacements both in materials and people, and depletion are some of the issues planetary governments are facing. Intraplanetary socio-political tension is rising and rumors of a system scale war are spreading. Riots, rebellion and small military skirmishes have broken out with a red dawn on the horizon. Due to the increasing tension, the decennial Inner Sphere Summit (ISS) is being held two years early. The planet Luna* is hosting the 31st ISS and the whole human populace is watching and anticipating the outcome of the summit. The final decision would either mean the first intraplanetary war or years of turbulent peace.
*The Moon was one of the first heavenly body to be complelety terraformed and has been vital during the terraformation of Mars and Venus as a midway station. To commemorate the achievement and the satellite’s role, Political leaders has deemed the Moon a planet (though scientifically it’s still a satellite) with a sovereign government. The first ruling of the intraplanetary government was to establish its official name as Luna. These happened during the 30th century.
Theme & Setting: Lonely Planet/Pompeii is a sci-fi political and military themed RP and is set millennia in the future, wherein the inner solar system has been colonized. I'm planning to make Lonely Planet an open persistent world i.e. their is no player limits and player can join any time during the RP. Anything that happens during the RP is considered canon, unless a post breaks one or more RPverse rules.
Game Flow Summary: Players, via their characters, act as a planetary representative and are in charge of their planets political interests. There is no victory conditions nor losing either. The RP is about leading your planet to success during troubled times. The GM will provide political scenarios to keep the RP engaging.
Expected Standards: Due to politics, and in relation moral, ethical and philosophical debates, being an underlying theme, I believe this RP would be best suited for High Casual to Advance Players who enjoy a lesser scale Character Role in a Nation RP with a grand setting.
If this generates enough interest, I'll post an OOC.
P.S. Originally Posted in General Interest Check but I kinda had my doubts if it would get any attention there 'cause base on my on habits, People, and by people I mean myself, rarely check the forum...
