Welcome to Strange New World
A Sci-fi-Fantasy-Space-Colonisation-RP-game
IC
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And now...
The game mechanics...
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A Sci-fi-Fantasy-Space-Colonisation-RP-game
IC
Note: This Op is subject to editing
Earth, 2072
Over 10 billion humans are struggling to cope with climate change and energy shortages on a dying planet. Since the "Cold War" of 2067 - fought for control over the remaining Artic oil reserves, The global economy has crashed and production is shrinking by 5% per year on average. Much of the planet's forests and arable land has been destroyed by erosion and change in weather patterns. Unrest and instability is spreading like wildfire as nations struggle to keep order. Technology has only provided half-solutions: Hydroponic gardening and Nutrient paste synthesis provides efficient alternatives to food production, but they require Hi-tech equipment and large amounts of energy to operate. A Functional Fusion reactor prototype has been built, but the materials used in its construction are so rare and expensive that no other reactors have been assembled every since. Nano-medicines and cybernetic implants can greatly increase people's lifespan, but only for those few who can afford it.
Humanity's situation seemed impossible. Many feared that the collapse of modern civilization is around the corner... when out of nowhere a space-Time anomaly appeared in close proximity to the moon. The International lunar colony, which was the only off-world settlement humanity has ever established - with the goal of mining rare minerals from the depths of the moon - immediately dispatched a probe to study the anomaly. The probe disappeared from radar when approaching the anomaly, but it kept sending back radio signals. Millions of coffee mugs shattered into tiny pieces as The Probe's Video feed was broadcasted worldwide.
A Strange New World...
The Anomaly is surrounded by Small chunks of land and tiny planetoids, each with it's atmosphere, floating around in empty space, defying the laws of physics! There are also Large Nebulas of gas emitting colorful lights and in the distance, an even larger anomaly that engulfs the entire horizon. Soon, more probes with wast arrays of sensors and live animals arrive to study this new, mysterious universe, sent by the World's Superpowers. The animals survived the trip, and the system was successfully mapped:
http://i.imgur.com/3tsjS1k.jpg
In the center lies a large, disk-shaped landmass. On one side, Its covered by an almost breathable atmosphere,nutrient-rich soil and alien ecosystem. On the other side however, lies yet another space-time anomaly from where no probe has returned. The disk is surrounded by 3 small moons, each rotating at precisely the speed of 0.016213... RPM, so it takes roughly one hour for them to turn around. They seem to have their own gravity wells, ecosystems and atmospheres. There is also an enormous nebula, right above the habitable parts of the disk which prevents all space traffic from taking place above the disk's habitable surface.
Finally, There is a volatile chunk of volcanic landmass that has an toxic atmosphere but is rich in resources.
Planet Earth's former 5 Superpowers...
- The NAAFTA (North American Alliance and Free Trade Agreement) -
The world's leading military power, Lead by Powerful mega-Corporations who rule over Mexico, The US and Canada. Rampant with Crime, Corruption and Consumerism.
- The European Union -
The World Largest investor in the study of climatology, renewable energy and biotech research. Has the weakest but most stable economy of the 5 superpowers.
- The Russian Federation -
Masters of Rocketry and Nuclear Fission. The Russian elite controls most of the world's nuclear energy, and a large portion of Hydrocarbon extraction.
- The People's Republic of China -
The 2nd most populous country in the world. Its once mighty industry has been hit the worst by the energy crisis, but the modern, energy efficient agriculture manages to keep the economy afloat.
- Technocratic Japan -
Holds a Near-Monopoly over production of Robots, cybernetic implants and anime, despite losing one tenth of its population and infrastructure to devastating storms and sealevel rise during the last decade.
...have decided to fund the establishment of colonies on this strange new world to securea place where the heads of government and the 0.01% can be evacuated In the likely event of an armageddon a new home for humanity. Each Superpower has enough credit limit left to fund 1 expedition. They will grant A Space Shuttle, 1000 colonists and a "colony center" module, initially built for the abandoned mars colonization program to a trusted associate, who happens to be...
Over 10 billion humans are struggling to cope with climate change and energy shortages on a dying planet. Since the "Cold War" of 2067 - fought for control over the remaining Artic oil reserves, The global economy has crashed and production is shrinking by 5% per year on average. Much of the planet's forests and arable land has been destroyed by erosion and change in weather patterns. Unrest and instability is spreading like wildfire as nations struggle to keep order. Technology has only provided half-solutions: Hydroponic gardening and Nutrient paste synthesis provides efficient alternatives to food production, but they require Hi-tech equipment and large amounts of energy to operate. A Functional Fusion reactor prototype has been built, but the materials used in its construction are so rare and expensive that no other reactors have been assembled every since. Nano-medicines and cybernetic implants can greatly increase people's lifespan, but only for those few who can afford it.
Humanity's situation seemed impossible. Many feared that the collapse of modern civilization is around the corner... when out of nowhere a space-Time anomaly appeared in close proximity to the moon. The International lunar colony, which was the only off-world settlement humanity has ever established - with the goal of mining rare minerals from the depths of the moon - immediately dispatched a probe to study the anomaly. The probe disappeared from radar when approaching the anomaly, but it kept sending back radio signals. Millions of coffee mugs shattered into tiny pieces as The Probe's Video feed was broadcasted worldwide.
A Strange New World...
The Anomaly is surrounded by Small chunks of land and tiny planetoids, each with it's atmosphere, floating around in empty space, defying the laws of physics! There are also Large Nebulas of gas emitting colorful lights and in the distance, an even larger anomaly that engulfs the entire horizon. Soon, more probes with wast arrays of sensors and live animals arrive to study this new, mysterious universe, sent by the World's Superpowers. The animals survived the trip, and the system was successfully mapped:
http://i.imgur.com/3tsjS1k.jpg
In the center lies a large, disk-shaped landmass. On one side, Its covered by an almost breathable atmosphere,nutrient-rich soil and alien ecosystem. On the other side however, lies yet another space-time anomaly from where no probe has returned. The disk is surrounded by 3 small moons, each rotating at precisely the speed of 0.016213... RPM, so it takes roughly one hour for them to turn around. They seem to have their own gravity wells, ecosystems and atmospheres. There is also an enormous nebula, right above the habitable parts of the disk which prevents all space traffic from taking place above the disk's habitable surface.
Finally, There is a volatile chunk of volcanic landmass that has an toxic atmosphere but is rich in resources.
Planet Earth's former 5 Superpowers...
- The NAAFTA (North American Alliance and Free Trade Agreement) -
The world's leading military power, Lead by Powerful mega-Corporations who rule over Mexico, The US and Canada. Rampant with Crime, Corruption and Consumerism.
- The European Union -
The World Largest investor in the study of climatology, renewable energy and biotech research. Has the weakest but most stable economy of the 5 superpowers.
- The Russian Federation -
Masters of Rocketry and Nuclear Fission. The Russian elite controls most of the world's nuclear energy, and a large portion of Hydrocarbon extraction.
- The People's Republic of China -
The 2nd most populous country in the world. Its once mighty industry has been hit the worst by the energy crisis, but the modern, energy efficient agriculture manages to keep the economy afloat.
- Technocratic Japan -
Holds a Near-Monopoly over production of Robots, cybernetic implants and anime, despite losing one tenth of its population and infrastructure to devastating storms and sealevel rise during the last decade.
...have decided to fund the establishment of colonies on this strange new world to secure
30 weeks after the expedition was launched, The wormhole began to rapidly expand, and has swallowed the earth and the moon into the discworld... however, before the swallowing took place, a massive time dilation phenomena has caused decades of time to pass in earth's universe while only a few minutes passed in the discworld. The Current date on earth is... somewhere around 2119-2120. Meanwhile, an Unknown spacefaring alien race has arrived in the Strange new world.
Colony App - Note we need new earth factions before these can launch again!
Earth/lunar Faction
Telegram Harkback Union if you are interested in this.
Meanwhile, In the Depths of the alien forests, strange powers awaken...
Native App: !TELEGRAM TO Harkback! !DON'T POST HERE!
There are also some on earth, plotting to enrich themselves...
Corporate App:
(Note: Corporations may start at turn 10 with a Freighter and 10 b C~)
Other note, 1 Nation = 1 APP !
- Code: Select all
Director Name:
Director Bio (short):
Colony Name:
Supporting superpower:
Earth/lunar Faction
Telegram Harkback Union if you are interested in this.
Meanwhile, In the Depths of the alien forests, strange powers awaken...
Native App: !TELEGRAM TO Harkback! !DON'T POST HERE!
- Code: Select all
Species name:
Species Bio (short):
Rest will be discussed in TG
There are also some on earth, plotting to enrich themselves...
Corporate App:
- Code: Select all
CEO Name:
Corporation Name:
CEO Bio (short):
Corp Bio (short!):
(Note: Corporations may start at turn 10 with a Freighter and 10 b C~)
Other note, 1 Nation = 1 APP !
And now...
The game mechanics...
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1.01: Aug 15
-Rebalanced Native Card: Smelt
-Rebalanced Native Card: Urbanize
-Added Native Card: Inflame
- Did mega factory production and module production: USJR
1.02: Aug 16
-Added Rare Earth Metal Refinery: USJR
1.03: Aug 17
-Rebalanced Rare Earth Metal Refinery
-Added Space Combat Mechanics
-Added Space Modules
-General Formatting Fixes
1.04: August 28
Added Ionic Frigate
-Rebalanced Native Card: Smelt
-Rebalanced Native Card: Urbanize
-Added Native Card: Inflame
- Did mega factory production and module production: USJR
1.02: Aug 16
-Added Rare Earth Metal Refinery: USJR
1.03: Aug 17
-Rebalanced Rare Earth Metal Refinery
-Added Space Combat Mechanics
-Added Space Modules
-General Formatting Fixes
1.04: August 28
Added Ionic Frigate
The World's superpowers are broke. In order to expand and maintain your colony, you will need to buy new colony modules from earth (or produce them in your colony later on), and to do that, you need Moneyyyyy Creditsssss
CREDITS is the global cryptocurrency used in international trade. 1 unit of Credits in the game accounts for 1 billion Credits ( 1b C~ )
You can make credits by:
- Selling resources to earth (more options will be added as the game progresses)
- Selling condominiums to wealthy people.
- "Mining" credits with massive supercomputers (1RP>1bC~)
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You can use credits to :
-Purchase New Colony Modules
-Purchase Resources (from earth)
-Train new Colonists (you can't just put anyone in a space shuttle)
-Purchase units
-Bribe Politicians
-Support Earth's economy
-Maintain armies (2 bC~/supply)
-Maintain spaceships (1bC~/AP used to land, takeoff or travel in space)
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In the IC op, you will find a "Markets" Section. It will be shown here how
CREDITS is the global cryptocurrency used in international trade. 1 unit of Credits in the game accounts for 1 billion Credits ( 1b C~ )
You can make credits by:
- Selling resources to earth (more options will be added as the game progresses)
- Selling condominiums to wealthy people.
- "Mining" credits with massive supercomputers (1RP>1bC~)
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You can use credits to :
-Purchase New Colony Modules
-Purchase Resources (from earth)
-Train new Colonists (you can't just put anyone in a space shuttle)
-Purchase units
-Bribe Politicians
-Support Earth's economy
-Maintain armies (2 bC~/supply)
-Maintain spaceships (1bC~/AP used to land, takeoff or travel in space)
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In the IC op, you will find a "Markets" Section. It will be shown here how