Backdrifts.... In 2041, the Prospect Horizon sits as the largest human-placed space station in orbit around the Earth. It has been there for the last four years, and houses a population of almost 300 scientists, technicians, astronauts and engineers, being comprised of the very best of humanity's achievements. It's a scientific station, but no less, has been put there for a good reason. In 2042, it is set to be the launch site for a return human mission to Mars, and has provided a huge volume of data of a community living in space. It has a strong future, and modules are being sent up, from countries such as Brazil, India, the ESA, NASA and Russian Space Agencies. It's an international hub, one that perhaps has proven to be the most unifying thing in humanity's history. A golden light in the sky, that shows what co-operation and a huge joint venture can do. While below the Prospect Horizon, the Earth still has a multitude of problems, the Prospect Horizon is a light to the future, to the next step in the human race's survival. On the 5th of September, 2041, catastrophe struck the Prospect Horizon. The fragile station suddenly exploded, with explosions of the Hydrogen fuel detonating in almost each module of the station, with almost all crew killed instantly. The Solar Panels, as well as the Hydrolysis systems, power and all sources of structural integrity went out the window, and this was the end of that shining light, the future salvation that many saw above as being vaporized in a matter of seconds. All crew, lost. Almost. This RP will be set among the lucky handful, the group that happened to be wearing EVA Suits while they headed out for a simple engineering task, on the other side of The Greenhouse, Habitation. The stricken station has bits of it falling out of orbit, whilst other parts are simply shells- other sections still have useful segments to it left, and potentially, tiny areas where there remarkably is pressure. Because of it, quite literally, they may be the only survivors left, and they aren't going to survive very long if they wait around for rescue- if it's even coming from any station that exists. One of the team has a severely damaged spacesuit, and it is unknown if there are any parts of the Prospect Horizon that are still pressured, since oxygen levels are dipping. It's unknown if there's top-ups of oxygen that are still functional, if there's anyone else that survived, or even if there's any rescue coming. Radio comms are down. The survivors have three hours of oxygen, even if it is en route. Worst, they don't know if there any escape pods intact, and even so...will everyone out of the group survive when they find them? --------------------------------- This is an RP that will definitely be a little more realistic, and be more about survival, than any other factor. Whilst set almost 30 years into the future, it will not have a massive Sci-Fi influence- whilst 3D Printers and a little more advanced technology than today can be seen aboard the Prospect Horizon, it matters little in terms of oxygen or supply. It takes some influence from Gravity (a film I am yet to see), as well the upcoming game, Adrift, as well as my own original ideas. The characters will predominantly be nobody that has fought to survive, yet are merely lucky to be out on the Engineering shift at this time- being characters that could be anything from tech-trained Scientists, to career Engineers aboard the Prospect Horizon. As I mentioned, it will be quite a harsh RP, and you'll see some quite horrible decisions to be made- one of the team has a damaged suit, whilst others may be not so skilled in dealing with zero-G. The RP will take place over four to six hours aboard the remnants of the station, kicking off with a bang right at the start- giving a highly concentrated feeling to the RP, being almost continuous. I'd want at least four people initially to make this RP run- anyone that joins and leaves immediately after, don't worry- your characters will die a fitting death, so anyone that gives up on this RP after signing up and posting in- I'm sure to RP that death too :D We can run at less, but at the end, I cannot say for certain if all the characters will indeed, survive the ordeal. Any takers?

*raises hand* If only to see if I can do a survival RP like this.

Seems cool

This does seem very awesome. I'll write my name here. Also you should totally see Gravity, it's very good. One of the very few films I've really really enjoyed in the last few years.

OOC to be going up shortly. I'll accept a couple more. I do have an interesting mechanic in this RP. You quit this RP, you die, in front of all of us. Whether you choose to see it or not, is your choice. I don't care about post order suprisingly enough- someone needs to post every two to three days, with anyone able to post in that threshold (no double posts)- just make sure a mention of it goes into the OOC- this might work better to keep this mechanic that I formerly mentioned running, and I'll kill that character off later on (the one that missed the post that is).

http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/76221-backdrifts-space-survival-rp/ooc OOC above.