I just had an idea

Okay, so, for the first time in history, mankind is going to leave the solar system for new lands. It's a huge giant ass colony ship. With around three million people on it. Earth is a bit of a mess, but that's backdrop to the story.

Our cast of characters are special, though, among everyone else who boards the ship. The roleplayers are put into cryo-sleep. The journey would take a generation, so everyone else is expected to have children.

So the cryo-sleep people are put under. Mysterious circumstances arise, the cryo-sleep people wake up to find the ship a mess and nobody is around. Something terrible happened on the ship and the players must investigate what happened and try to survive the ruins of a dead space craft.

One of the key elements to survival I imagine being in there is surviving the cold. Space is cold. And since the players start off with no actual clothing on because of cryo-sleep, it'll be harder to survive. Food or water won't be a problem because I intend to have the players find a big stash of space-food early on because nobody really likes to look for cans of beans.

The thing is, is that whatever mysterious event happened on the ship that apparently wiped everyone out, happened almost just as they were about to reach the planet because, as space travel goes, it's not that far away.

the people in cryo-sleep are all young, because I don't think people would invest in expensive cryo equipment to bring along a person in mid-life; considering the idea is that these young cryo-sleep people will live a long life on the planet they are going too.

So yeah.
First scene: Going into cryo-sleep
Second scene: Literal instant transition to hell because that's how sleeping actually works.

Anyone interested?

I might be interested. What's the age range? 18-30?

@BlackRose24
Actually, yeah-
18 to 35.

My guess was very close, nice.

What did you have in mind for the type of background they would come from? Whoever they could get or those with a better record?

@BlackRose24
You'd be invited based on your skills and usefulness in an alien environment. So while capable people are invited onto the craft, their children would be more rigorously trained and educated. People who are invited to cryo-sleep were deemed too valuable to be "wasted" on taking care of the craft and the first generation.

EDIT: In other words, your character has to particularly excel in a skill-set that is applicable to the situation you were supposed to be in. Botanists, doctors, engineers, and a few (FEW)"soldiers".

Makes sense. I'd likely want to play a soldier / military type but I'd also try to give them another skill set that would make them valuable. They wouldn't be a simple jar head with muscles and a gun. lol

am really interested in this RP idea

Oh, count me in!

Do you think the ship would deem "psychologist" a sufficiently important job to freeze somebody for it?

If not, I'd be open to playing an engineer or a doctor, too.

How many players / characters do you want?

@Twilights Curse sweet, thanks

@Illogical Jim Not particularly, but your character could have pulled some strings to get on board.

EDIT: And by "pulling some strings" I mean having a sentence written into your bio that says you had some contacts on the administration of the ship.

@BlackRose24 I'd prefer 5 people, but I can start sooner. People could join later if they wanted too, and I'd find a way to get them in. There's way more than just one group of cryo people on the ship. :P

Sorry for asking so many questions. I'm just trying to get an idea of if this will be something I can / will want to get into. My life is pretty crazy so my schedule is unpredictable at best. If I do join I promise not to just drop. I'll write my character out if I can't stay in.

@BlackRose24
questions are fine
questions are good

nooo problemo

cyro-sleep and hell r 2 of my favourite things count me in

@LetterA@BlackRose24@Twilights Curse@Illogical Jim

If any one of ya are still interested, I got the RP up (about time)

roleplayerguild.com/topics/138984-xind..

Hmmm