PSA: This is a work in progress and a direct copy/paste of a rushed, three year old thread. There are inconsistencies in this interest check, grammar and code mistakes are also rampant throughout. These will be addressed and worked on over the next day or two. In the meantime feel free to browse, work on and drop a CS for pre-approval. Looking forward to getting more involved with some of you.
Current players: 3
/SmileyJaws/
/Americore/
/TheTwistedOne/
Timeline
2017 – Decline in natural resources, over population, threats from asteroids, climate change and the possibility of nuclear warfare, a few of the dangers that faced Earth and ultimately led to a plan being enacted to reach the moon again and set up a permanent base of operations for eventual colonization of the moon.
2020 – It is announced worldwide through the combined efforts of namely America, Russia, the United Kingdom, Germany and India a plan to launch ten pioneers to the moon after an initial trip brings supplies and materials to the moon’s surface in a decades time. Over the course of the next decade technology is developed thanks to brilliant minds and billions and billions of dollars.
2030 – Terra, the first rocket dubbed to transport cargo to the moon explodes on launch. It was back to the drawing board and this was a massive halt in sponsors, investment and eyes on the program to colonize the moon.
2035 – Just five years later after influence from private corp SpaceEX it’s announced that Terra I and Terra II sister ships and descendants of the original rocket would launch in Fall of that year. The launch was successful which lead to a huge media and interest surge towards the seemingly revitalized colonization program. First manned ships to begin building the first moon-base are announced for the new year.
2036 – January 15th, the date when man left for the moon to begin the long realized dream of colonizing space, the plan originally designed to send ten pioneers now doubled in size with half of the boarders being robotic rover types designated as dangerous terrain navigators and performing tasks humans can not. The journey took three days and was televised much like the original moon landing, after a tense and turbulent landing period the mission was announced successful. Temporary habitats are set up as construction of the moon-base begins.
2040 – Moon-base Eden as dubbed by residents is fully functional and on target two years away from becoming 90% self-sustainable. Plans are being discussed to expand Eden and there are murmurs of some private corporations looking to set up their own habitats on the moon. If one day there is to be a New Earth they want to be among the first to have a foothold.
2045 – Eden reaches 80% self-sustainability but is three years late on targets for higher numbers. However, the base has expanded and the human population has grown nearly 90. Rover type vehicles have been developed by or sent to Eden and are being used for aiding scientific research particularly over longer distances away from the base by the dedicated SpaceEX science corp at Eden as well as engineers and others from the original residents.
2050 – The population remained steady over the last five years with no increase and only four deaths, unrelated occasions with two being on exploratory missions, the others an undisclosed malfunction within Eden. The base has been expanded more again now and could potentially hold up to 300 permanent residents, talks back on Earth indicate towards the first space citizenship being at Eden, however these were whispers in the wind not to be enacted for at least another 20 years.
Overview
The year is 2050, the Earth’s population is about to push 10 billion, vast mega cities reign over 65% of the world’s land mass, demand for energy has doubled. The question “how will we adapt?” seems to have been realized in some small way by the success of Eden, a moon-base of 90 denizens with the potential to hold up to 300 and plans to have this as the Earth’s first outer planetary city. Humans now had the potential and the means to become a two-planet species. Dreams of colonizing Mars having been around for decades were now no longer mere fantasy but “the next project”. Governments, private investors, corporations all are pumping extreme amount of money and willpower into furthering the space frontier.
However, the expedition that lead to the fruition of Eden was no and can remain to be no easy task. Adapting to a life that is while in many ways eased thanks to terraformed habitats within the confines of Eden is not for everyone and over the course of the program some have wished to opt out despite the no turn back clause. Work and life is rewarding however for those who are willing to put in the work and most on Eden see themselves as a community.
This role-play will take part on Eden with the potential to also take part on Earth in the future and will cover the lives of some of these residents from the trivial and mundane to thought provoking and intense tasks and doings. Ideally I’d like a large enough group of 10 to play out this role-play but somewhere between 5 and 10 should suffice. Sorry for not giving out too much information here but I figured I’d give a general overview of what this is about and try gauge some interest before providing the fleshed out details in a thread.
I’m looking for fairly active writers, I’m not a grammar-nazi but I appreciate that you don’t text speak and have some grasp on creative writing. If you’re active and willing to post at least 2-4 paragraphs every 3 days, the more active the better and take part in a sci-fi story that may branch off in any direction in the future but for now being about life on the moon then express your interest. Of the maximum ten players I’m looking to fill out a few roles and professions which will be explained in greater detail later including: Medical personnel, Engineers, Researchers, Mechanics, Technicians. Get your creativity hat on because I want to hear your ideas as well.
That's one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.
Plot?
The 60's and 70's were an incredible era for space exploration. Missions from NASA's Ranger and surveyor to Russia's Lunokhod all gathered data on the moon whether from orbit or on the surface in order to prepare for man's landing. The climax of the era of exploration of course, was Apollo where humans stepped on another body in our Solar system for the first and only time in history.
This role-play imagines a fictional alternative where man revisits the moon and sets up permanent base there while talks of colonizing the entirety of the moon are in talks back home. EDEN is the first and so far only base built on the moon with a capacity for 300 people and a current population of 90. EDEN is located on the far side or dark side of the moon at the South Poles, a region known to experience long periods of darkness and sparce light. While originally starting and still acting as a scientific outpost, in it's efforts to become self-sustainable and supported by numerous expansions still continuing, EDEN has become the first step in building a city in space that can house citizens rather than purely a workforce dedicated to scientific research or upholding EDEN.
While the main idea is to keep this relatively open to be able to go in any direction in the future; Lighting, supplies (EDEN is 80% self-sustainable and relies on quarterly deliveries from Earth costing in the billions each), hazards, espionage (Private corporations and countries are looking for their own foothold on the moon and may have sent spies to EDEN underhandedly to try and gather intel or sabotage) among other things and possibly the introduction of alien life will give plenty of story arcs to work along to keep things interesting. The idea is depending on occupations will effect a group of 2 or 3 players in a certain arc more than others.
Occupations
These are just examples, feel free to get creative.
Mission Specialists - Responsible for the management of the science or other major payload elements of the mission. Please specify in Passport.
Flight Engineer - Serves as systems and field engineer, copilot or driver on moonscape vehicles, and would assist Mission Specialists in performing any other mission objectives.
International Mission Specialist - Same as Mission Specialists but usually assigned payload missions by home agencies i.e. Russia, America, UK.
Manned Spaceflight Engineer - Military personnel who accompany military payloads from EDEN - Earth and vice versa.
Doctor - Deals with most medical issues that require more than first aid/first responder attention.
Flight Medic - Paramedics in space
Citizens of EDEN
EDEN Passport
Thanks for reading this far if you did, let’s see if this thing can generate any interest.
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Current players: 3
/SmileyJaws/
/Americore/
/TheTwistedOne/
N̷e̷w̷ ̷E̷a̷r̷t̷h̷:̷ ̷2̷o̷5̷o̷
E̷D̷E̷N̷
We are all tired of being stuck on this cosmical speck with its monotonous ocean, leaden sky, and single moon that is half useless. Its possibilities are exhausted, and just as Greece became too small forthe civilization of the Greeks, so it seems to me that the future glory of the human race lies in the exploration of at least the solar system!
— John Jacob Astor, Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future, 1894
— John Jacob Astor, Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future, 1894
Timeline
2017 – Decline in natural resources, over population, threats from asteroids, climate change and the possibility of nuclear warfare, a few of the dangers that faced Earth and ultimately led to a plan being enacted to reach the moon again and set up a permanent base of operations for eventual colonization of the moon.
2020 – It is announced worldwide through the combined efforts of namely America, Russia, the United Kingdom, Germany and India a plan to launch ten pioneers to the moon after an initial trip brings supplies and materials to the moon’s surface in a decades time. Over the course of the next decade technology is developed thanks to brilliant minds and billions and billions of dollars.
2030 – Terra, the first rocket dubbed to transport cargo to the moon explodes on launch. It was back to the drawing board and this was a massive halt in sponsors, investment and eyes on the program to colonize the moon.
2035 – Just five years later after influence from private corp SpaceEX it’s announced that Terra I and Terra II sister ships and descendants of the original rocket would launch in Fall of that year. The launch was successful which lead to a huge media and interest surge towards the seemingly revitalized colonization program. First manned ships to begin building the first moon-base are announced for the new year.
2036 – January 15th, the date when man left for the moon to begin the long realized dream of colonizing space, the plan originally designed to send ten pioneers now doubled in size with half of the boarders being robotic rover types designated as dangerous terrain navigators and performing tasks humans can not. The journey took three days and was televised much like the original moon landing, after a tense and turbulent landing period the mission was announced successful. Temporary habitats are set up as construction of the moon-base begins.
2040 – Moon-base Eden as dubbed by residents is fully functional and on target two years away from becoming 90% self-sustainable. Plans are being discussed to expand Eden and there are murmurs of some private corporations looking to set up their own habitats on the moon. If one day there is to be a New Earth they want to be among the first to have a foothold.
2045 – Eden reaches 80% self-sustainability but is three years late on targets for higher numbers. However, the base has expanded and the human population has grown nearly 90. Rover type vehicles have been developed by or sent to Eden and are being used for aiding scientific research particularly over longer distances away from the base by the dedicated SpaceEX science corp at Eden as well as engineers and others from the original residents.
2050 – The population remained steady over the last five years with no increase and only four deaths, unrelated occasions with two being on exploratory missions, the others an undisclosed malfunction within Eden. The base has been expanded more again now and could potentially hold up to 300 permanent residents, talks back on Earth indicate towards the first space citizenship being at Eden, however these were whispers in the wind not to be enacted for at least another 20 years.
Overview
The year is 2050, the Earth’s population is about to push 10 billion, vast mega cities reign over 65% of the world’s land mass, demand for energy has doubled. The question “how will we adapt?” seems to have been realized in some small way by the success of Eden, a moon-base of 90 denizens with the potential to hold up to 300 and plans to have this as the Earth’s first outer planetary city. Humans now had the potential and the means to become a two-planet species. Dreams of colonizing Mars having been around for decades were now no longer mere fantasy but “the next project”. Governments, private investors, corporations all are pumping extreme amount of money and willpower into furthering the space frontier.
However, the expedition that lead to the fruition of Eden was no and can remain to be no easy task. Adapting to a life that is while in many ways eased thanks to terraformed habitats within the confines of Eden is not for everyone and over the course of the program some have wished to opt out despite the no turn back clause. Work and life is rewarding however for those who are willing to put in the work and most on Eden see themselves as a community.
This role-play will take part on Eden with the potential to also take part on Earth in the future and will cover the lives of some of these residents from the trivial and mundane to thought provoking and intense tasks and doings. Ideally I’d like a large enough group of 10 to play out this role-play but somewhere between 5 and 10 should suffice. Sorry for not giving out too much information here but I figured I’d give a general overview of what this is about and try gauge some interest before providing the fleshed out details in a thread.
I’m looking for fairly active writers, I’m not a grammar-nazi but I appreciate that you don’t text speak and have some grasp on creative writing. If you’re active and willing to post at least 2-4 paragraphs every 3 days, the more active the better and take part in a sci-fi story that may branch off in any direction in the future but for now being about life on the moon then express your interest. Of the maximum ten players I’m looking to fill out a few roles and professions which will be explained in greater detail later including: Medical personnel, Engineers, Researchers, Mechanics, Technicians. Get your creativity hat on because I want to hear your ideas as well.
That's one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.
Plot?
The 60's and 70's were an incredible era for space exploration. Missions from NASA's Ranger and surveyor to Russia's Lunokhod all gathered data on the moon whether from orbit or on the surface in order to prepare for man's landing. The climax of the era of exploration of course, was Apollo where humans stepped on another body in our Solar system for the first and only time in history.
This role-play imagines a fictional alternative where man revisits the moon and sets up permanent base there while talks of colonizing the entirety of the moon are in talks back home. EDEN is the first and so far only base built on the moon with a capacity for 300 people and a current population of 90. EDEN is located on the far side or dark side of the moon at the South Poles, a region known to experience long periods of darkness and sparce light. While originally starting and still acting as a scientific outpost, in it's efforts to become self-sustainable and supported by numerous expansions still continuing, EDEN has become the first step in building a city in space that can house citizens rather than purely a workforce dedicated to scientific research or upholding EDEN.
While the main idea is to keep this relatively open to be able to go in any direction in the future; Lighting, supplies (EDEN is 80% self-sustainable and relies on quarterly deliveries from Earth costing in the billions each), hazards, espionage (Private corporations and countries are looking for their own foothold on the moon and may have sent spies to EDEN underhandedly to try and gather intel or sabotage) among other things and possibly the introduction of alien life will give plenty of story arcs to work along to keep things interesting. The idea is depending on occupations will effect a group of 2 or 3 players in a certain arc more than others.
Occupations
These are just examples, feel free to get creative.
Mission Specialists - Responsible for the management of the science or other major payload elements of the mission. Please specify in Passport.
Flight Engineer - Serves as systems and field engineer, copilot or driver on moonscape vehicles, and would assist Mission Specialists in performing any other mission objectives.
International Mission Specialist - Same as Mission Specialists but usually assigned payload missions by home agencies i.e. Russia, America, UK.
Manned Spaceflight Engineer - Military personnel who accompany military payloads from EDEN - Earth and vice versa.
Doctor - Deals with most medical issues that require more than first aid/first responder attention.
Flight Medic - Paramedics in space
Citizens of EDEN
EDEN Passport
Thanks for reading this far if you did, let’s see if this thing can generate any interest.
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