— Edwin Hubble, The Nature of Science, 1954.
It is 2415...
Humanity has spread through the stars. 2001 saw the invent of the first RF Resonant Cavity Thruster (The EMdrive) by Roger Sawyer which eventually revolutionized space travel in the 2020's by allowing trips from Earth to its Moon in only four hours and from Earth to Mars in mere days. The 2050's saw advances in fusion power that would lead to the first commercially available EMdrive equipped space craft in the early 2060's which lead to what is known as the 'Space Boom'. Soon travel around the solar system became commonplace, colonies where established by Earth's nations and by private interests and resources where gathered from the asteroid belt and even surfaces of other planets.
The modern age of mankind did not truly begin however until near the end of the 22nd Century when physicist Jody Dilly harnessed the use of matter/antimatter reactions to produce usable energy (2142) and Doctors Thomas Kearny and Takaoshi Fuchida stumbled upon the secret to opening wormholes in space time (2177) that allowed humanity to travel thousands of light years in an instant. Since then humanity has settled in 17 systems and visited dozens more and now the time has come to search further into the deepest reaches of space to explore, catalog, and defend our species' claims from whatever may be out there.
You have been chosen to join the crew of Athena a starship like no other. Like her namesake Athena is a being of both knowledge and war, she is a vessel full of both soldiers and scientists alike tasked with expanding the boundaries of human knowledge and protecting the boundaries of human space. A champion for humanity which represents their two most defining traits; War and Peace. Welcome to the maiden voyage of Athena, welcome to her Odessy.
This topic is both an OOC and discussion thread, world building for the setting will continue to go on with participants in the RP having some influence over the UEC and the planets that exist outside of Earth's sphere of influence. I'm willing to take questions and suggestions to flesh out the Universe in which we will be RPing.
Rules
1. Read all of the rules here and in the character app section before making an application.
2. No godmodding. Godmodding is here defined as taking actions on behalf of other players without their prior consent, taking massive world changing actions without clearance from myself, and assuming that your attempt to affect another player will automatically succeed.
3. Treat each other with respect. If you are obnoxious or habitually rude to other players I reserve the right to cull you from this RP and its OOC.
4. Follow all the site rules. If you are violating the site rules in my IC or OOC I will call the wrath of mod down upon you as well as erase your existence in this RP.
5. Profanity, nudity, and violence, are all perfectly fine but make sure to keep things PG13. If you think Hollywood would give it an R rating then tone things down.
6. In my absence the word of my Co-OPs is law.
Crew
Commanding Officer: Captain Carter Washington, SaintB
Executive/Signals Officer: Commander Linus Charles Mencili, Kassarran
Chief Helmsman: Commander Lycares Van Houtent, NPC
Liaison Officer: Lt. Commander Jake Sadowski, Ontorisa
Security Chief: Marine Gunner Mahuika Cohen, Ularn
Chief Medical Officer: Commander Dr. Celsus Bell, D. O., Brusia
Chief of Engineering: Lieutenant Virgil Rhodes, Ubaria
Quartermaster: Ensign Hedy Pagano. NPC
Psychologists: Lt. Ahmad Easton, Lt. Rica Lestrange, NPCs.
Scientists
Xenobiology: Dr. Sebastian Forester PhD., NPC
Astrogeography: Dr. Annabel Man PhD., NPC
Astrophysics: Dr. Torben Accursio PhD., NPC
Linguistics: Dr. Marisa Fuentes PhD., NPC
Dr. Katrin Arima PhD., Escalan Corps-Star Island
Xebotony: Dr. Jovanka Negrescu PhD., NPC
Geology: Dr. Maximo Etxebarria PhD., NPC
Dr. Neil Lockwood PhD., Theyra