The planet of Ravage, humanity's lone rock of survival. After having crashed upon the planet and being left to develop for 150 years, civilization has formed into something of a western world, small towns and cities of stone and wood. Crime is common, bandit gangs and crime lords rule the wastes and law enforcement is rare, only seen in town organised militia and sheriffs. These days, anyone who can use a piece or has any experience in shooting is highly sought after. Carving ones own fate in Ravage is the only way to survive.
The year was 2157. The lush blue and green planet of Earth was slowly turning grey. Resources were running out, the atmosphere was choking its inhabitants and land was being swallowed up by an ever encroaching ocean. With lives beginning to fall apart, the last hope of humanity was poured into a single expensive project. Space travel had been conquered a long time ago and alternatives for habitation had been looked into. But the other planets in their system had been pillaged too and unfit for habitation. So humanity was herded aboard the 12 ships that made up the “ARK fleet” and set off for the stars.
After 200 years of cryo stasis, automated systems and travel, the ships encountered something they hadn’t planned for; A horrible incident on their travels brought the entire ARK fleet crashing down upon the closest planet to them, a dry and desolate land of sand and rock. Most of the crew manning the ships died on impact and the cryostasis banks containing their human cargo spilt out. With no chance of escaping, humanity was forced to settle down and use whatever they could. Using the technology left behind in the ships, humanity turned the 12 ARK ships into the 12 major cities of the world. They used whatever terraforming technology that was left to try and change the desert and canyon planet into something more manageable and using the ship’s engines and power cores to provide power. Their development was rough and spanned many a man’s life time.
Now, in the year 2502, the planet now called Ravage has become humanity’s lone bastion. The 12 major cities have become the centre for politics and economics across the planet. Technology is isolated in pockets from these cities, some given to flourishing new towns. Buildings have been constructed from the relatively sturdy and easily formable Slakestone. Most of the local wildlife has been identified, some used and some feared. Law is nearly non-existent with no overarching police force across towns, instead using Sheriffs to keep the peace and organized militia. Crime is everywhere with no clear law enforcement and so the need for bounty hunters and assassins or anyone who can handle a piece is at an all-time high. These days, the current generation don’t even remember how they came to live on their new, dusty home world…
So with that said, RP will focus on a Western setting with pockets of high tech, a lot of exploration elements, an overarching story but freedom is still a bit deal. Plus some reputation elements, bounty hunting and currency management.
