Welcome to the 23rd century, where mankind has expanded into the stars and claimed a total of ninety two worlds beyond the edge of Sol. Other than the breadth of our territory and technology, you'll find not much has changed. Each world is largely independent and likes it that way, acting as a single nation among many out in the galactic ocean. Extraterrestrial life was encountered just seventy years after leaving our home system in the form of a peaceful race called the jin fo. Through them medical sciences, alloy fabrication and FTL have seen rapid leaps in efficiency. That was not all they brought. Whispers, at first. Small rumors and a resurgence of old paranoias. Most people ignored it or didn't notice at all. We would have been better off listening. For hundreds of years now the jin fo have been dominated from behind the scenes by a shadowy entity employing largely more advanced sciences and genius manipulative tactics. We have not been spared this fate. Our governments - even the nation of Sol itself - are under the sway of a force more frighteningly powerful than we could have ever assumed. Ignorant of this sentencing at large, now some of us have joined the resistance. Thousands aware amidst billions of the blind poised against an enemy we cannot see- though they can see us. Every camera is an eye, everyone a potential spy. Nowhere is safe, and no one is free. It is time to take our worlds back into our own hands.

You are a citizen living on the unassociated planet Dahl's Cradle, a world right on the border of the human-jin fo territories. Whether you are a member of one of the resistance's many cells or an ordinary person without knowledge of the war going on right under your nose, you're about to be pulled into the conflict like it or not. When a small starship comes plunging down through the planet's atmosphere you find yourself in the presence of a woman bearing the key to bringing the enemy to their knees. They know. And they will do anything they can to stop her from getting off-world and completing her task.

Welcome to the 23rd century, I'm sure you'll enjoy your stay.


The human half of the resistance is divided into many smaller cells, all working separately with minimum interaction. The enemy seems to have had a hard time combating a threat so widely dispersed and uncoordinated. The most effective - and actually most defined - is the House of Horus, named after an era theorized by Aleister Crowley wherein humanity would begin to take greater control of their destiny as opposed to being ruled by the gods. The House is an extensive information front employing fast-moving agents to ferry important data to high profile nodes, attacking the enemy on their most important front: Their technological dominion. Recently, they have gone noticeably quiet. All contact cut off and no word of their operations to any allies. Either they have finally been quelled, or something's caused them to go to ground.


Human: The children of Earth. Humans are resourceful and cunning predators capable of rapid advancement and enormous devastation under the best and worst circumstances. We can be arrogant, prideful, and often belligerent- but we are not without bite. Thousands of years of warfare has made us into survivors. We resist odds almost religiously and are experts at finding solutions to impossible problems. Territorial pack animals, we are only moderately collaborative as a race. With the exception of the worlds within the Sol system, every human colony is governed largely independently. Our divisiveness has some obvious downsides. One of the most rampant is that there are no colonies devoted to agriculture. Real, organic food is expensive and in short supply for most people, making the cheaper synthetic foodstuffs more necessary and widely available. Most humans are in some way augmented with cybernetics- or "amps". Most are purely neurological, allowing for instantaneous monetary transactions and tapping into the extranet among a plethora of other uses with little more than a thought. One danger that has arisen out from this is "mind hacking", where either law enforcement or, much less commonly, a criminal can influence, control or shut down a person's brain wirelessly. The prevalence of these upgrades has instigated a further societal split between the "digitals" who embrace these changes and the "analogs" who refuse them.

Jin Fo: A peaceful, anthropoid race hailing from the planet Yalinga. Physically they are similar to us in many ways. They are more agile than humans, able to run faster for longer stints and recover quicker from exerting themselves. Conversely they are not as sturdy as humans, or as strong. Psychologically they are noticeably less aggressive. As a result, their cultures tend to emphasize - rather than simply preach - nonviolence, levelheadedness, and self fulfillment without societal detriment. Many of the jin fo are ethical vegetarians due to societal mores based on ingrained religious philosophies from bygone times. They do not differentiate between race and beliefs, resulting in far fewer wars during their history. Thus they have had more time to advance non-military technologies, but have very little experience in any form of warfare. They prefer speed, diversions and electronic interference as opposed to human partiality for devastating weaponry. They live longer than humans due to more sophisticated medicine, and despite the frail appearance of their technology it is in actuality considerably more durable than anything humans have yet made.

The resistance has its origins with the jin fo government. Upon uncovering disturbing data, the intelligence branch attempted to warn their leaders. All communication was blocked, and as incentive this new species set a star to prematurely supernova, killing thousands of jin fo in the process. Shortly after they received a message, just one line of script: This is not our desire; do not force our hand again. They never attempted a loud rebellion since, but that was where it began. Trickles of truth passed here and there, and the enemy could not find all find every leak. Those they did they usually managed to get rid of. Thus, it took centuries for it to reach even its meager size of thousands among the jin fo, and similarly as long for humans once they started realizing something was wrong.

[GM's Note: As a kind of cop out, I have decided to forego an original appearance for this species and substitute it with an existing design for ease of use by anyone wishing to play a character from this race. As such, should you decide to, the race I picked is the quarians from the Mass Effect universe.]

Vyras: Irony is the sweetest betrayal of fate. Born on the colony called Harmony - now secretly known as the Fountain - as the product of extensive genetic augmentation and bioengineering, this race exists in the grey underneath human civilization. Physically and mentally superior by enormous degrees, the vyras (as they call themselves in their own culture) most closely can be compared to mythological vampires, with the stipulation that they lack pronounced canines or fangs of any kind. They only require blood to survive as infants, however, and sustain themselves on real food once they have begun to grow; some still feed on blood for health reasons when older. They are not perfect, of course. Their massively increased capabilities come with several side effects, including a need for excess food to sustain themselves. One interesting feature of note is that the spine of a vyras will glow when they are overcome with extreme emotion. Their average body temperature would be considered fever level for any human, and they could almost be diagnosed with ADHD. By contrast their culture emphasizes control. Control of the body, of the mind, and of others. They deem humanity, and all that they rule, to be theirs, and they aim to dominate their weaker cousins. Despite their goals, the vyras still consider themselves humans; merely a superior, more perfect version. Most vyras have minimal amps installed, either seeing them as unnecessary or diluting. All vyras possess mental powers more in line with empathy, and the older ones - the truly powerful - can even control humans with this ability. This can be used to create a thrall. A willing subject to a vyras' power, who will serve them without question. With most humans and jin fo unaware of their presence the vyras went about their agendas unobstructed.. until they became targets of the hidden power that now rules humanity. Realizing they had been recognized as a potential threat, the vyras revealed themselves to pockets of the human and jin fo resistance, offering a level of cooperation along with their substantial might. [Property of Imperial Waltz]

Android: An android has two definitions: An artificial intelligence encased within a humanoid body, or a human who has been downloaded into a mechanical form to prolong their lifespan. Androids of the former definition have been considered legal citizens in any associated human world with laws passed to protect their rights as sentient lifeforms, disregarding their synthetic makeup. Androids are physically and mentally superior to humans; faster, stronger and many times more durable. The range of their physical likeness varies, with some possessing definite human features like skin, eyes, nose and a mouth while some are obviously constructs. AIs are fully aware, and capable of simulating and even experiencing emotion if so wished. Most AIs as well see themselves as the superior offspring to humans, but harbor little to no ill will for their creators.

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