Alitheia In Space III: Hard Light
It has been approximately 7 billion Standard Earth Years since the Great Purge. Not that you would know what that is, of course, since it destroyed virtually all life in our galaxy. The waves of radiation and deadly particles, propelled at our galaxy by some unimaginably huge and unspeakably distant cosmic event, cut through our galaxy mercilessly and without end for a hundred thousand years, wrecking everything like a great tidal wave cross a small island. Skies were torched away, planets were melted and vaporized, megastructures rent asunder. The great empires that came before us, advanced and powerful as they were, were left as helpless as even the tiniest microorganism. Some tried to escape on great arks, sent on semi-random and frantic courses to try and escape the beam in intergalactic space: others built many crypts and bunkers, praying that mere stone would be enough, and that fate would be merciful. With tragically few exceptions, they all failed.
However, life finds a way. It was not, as many ancient minds had feared, the permanent sterilization of the galaxy: rather, it was merely a harsh pruning. Even after the extermination of life in Alitheia, the physical forces, chemical processes, and games of probability that led to the creation of life in the first place simply repeated themselves again, seemingly undaunted by the catastrophe. Once the seeds of life arrived from the miracle of abiogenisis, the indominable process of evolution and the unstoppable whims of chance did their work. In the place of the old order, new players took the stage: adaptable Humans, cerebral Faeson, ravenous Vresh, and myriads of others, all within a mere couple billion years of each other, are now beginning to take to the stars, and forge their destiny in the galaxy. However, hope must be tempered with fear, lest ancient evils and new perils endanger life in the galaxy yet again...
You, dear player, represent one of these new seeds of a galactic empire. You are in control of the fate of an entire people (or confederation of peoples, or hivemind, or AI network, or... you get the point). Will you delve into the secrets of our galaxy, attempting to finally answer eternal and fundamental questions? Will you wage grand wars against all others, seeking to conquer, dominate, and exterminate any and all foes? Will you advance your culture, guiding your fate by the light of your eternal brilliance and from the shadows of your unfathomably deep deceit? Will you advance your economy until every passing proton must pay its due to add to your splendid comfort and inalienable control? All of these options and more, are at your disposal as you face a bright and terrible future.
Welcome to the Galaxy. Welcome, to Alitheia.
Alitheia In Space III: Hard Light is the latest and greatest iteration of Alitheia's science fiction canon. After the last edition was essentially stillborn and abandoned, I decided to take another crack at it.
For returning players, the thing that will be most different about this one is the rules regarding technology. The groundedness requirements of this RP have softened significantly, from "aluminum can" to "spread it on toast for breakfast". I will elaborate further in the technology section, which you'll notice has been renamed "General Mechanics + Technology and Magic Guidelines", just to give you an idea of how much things have changed. Other than that, it'll be mostly the same, although I would still recommend at least skiming through the rules again before jumping in. Thanks for playing!
Link to the IC topic: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=502011
Link to our Discord: https://discord.gg/Zma5WY9k3s
NOTICE: The location of Earth and the closest systems (out to Bernard's Star) have all been lost to history, destroyed or deleted during the numerous different wars and migrations that the human people have experienced. If you want to find Earth, you have to do it IC.
Deputies/Co-OPs:
Parcia: Primary enforcement officer and second-in-command.
Anowa: Chief inquisitor and cartographer.