Giant in the Playground
To Learn, one must sometimes stray off the lit path and into the dark.
It started with the Aberration.
The Overmind had found something, something valuable enough to dispatch an entire fleet after. Normally, such a movement would go unnoticed, yet, something most likely unprecedented happened.
A behemoth detonation occurred, and the Aberration fleet was obliterated. While traveling in FTL. This event would draw the attention of the entire supercluster, and some would be able to trace the detonation to its source, and dispatch a fleet to investigate.
Arriving far out into the void of Axiom, beyond where most other inhabitants had ever gone before, these intrepid explorers will encounter a dead world, belonging to an empire fielding technologies beyond their greatest fantasies. Yet, dark forces stir within, and as they explore the remnants of this once-proud megastructure, they will encounter mysterious constructs, elaborate mechanisms, and, perhaps, things that would've been better off left in their graves.
Hello there, welcome to Giant in the Playground!
In this RP, you play as a force of intrepid explorers from your nation to investigate a derelict Arkeyanan Megastructure known as an Orbital. Well, this was an orbital, it's been nearly destroyed by some unknown disaster. As you explore, you will encounter various "Events", decided by me, the GM. These events will be scaled and determined in part by your nation's power and it's nature, so a violent, low-tech nation may encounter issues that need to be dealt with using dakka, or, in an alternate fashion, with thinking, and a pacifistic, high-tech nation may encounter events based around cleverness and interfacing with repowered technology.
The Important Stuff
So, before we go any further, let me tell you about the setting of this RP.
You are on an Arkeyanan Orbital, a ring-shaped megastructure ten million kilometers in diameter and three thousand wide from edge-to-edge of its surface, and it is surrounded by a debris field stretching for a cubic AU outwards around it. Therefore, you have a lot of ground, and by extent, tons of possible events, to cover for the RP. Now, here are the basic details that you must know and acknowledge:
Vacuum and Temperature
For the most part, the Orbital and the surrounding debris field are both in vacuum, and at the background temperature of deep space, although some areas such as arcologies may be damaged yet still retaining atmosphere and heat, these are few and far in between.
Gravity
Initially, the Orbital relied on spin-gravity. It still does now, but has lost it's momentum to the point where rotation creates gravity equivalent to that of earth's moon. In some areas, backup AG has kicked in to restore Earth-level Gravity, but these are few and far in between, although, perhaps, one may be able to repower sections and restore gravity further.
Language
Arkeyanan Language is, for the participants in this RP, a never-before-seen alien language, so do not immediately decipher if when you encounter a holopanel or something with Arkeyanan writing on it.
Canonicity
Keep in mind that this RP is Non-canon, ergo, whatever you do here, is not to be added to your lore.
Reinforcements
If you want to reinforce your presence here, please do bring it up with me first, and I'll either accept or deny the request.
And finally, Participation
For those of you who didn't read the title, this RP is Invite-Only, if you wish to participate, shoot me a TG.
On to the Rules
OOC Rules:
~Standard Etiquette is required; no flaming, harassment, etc will be tolerated.
~My word is law, as is the word of any Co-Ops I may appoint.
~Do not be overly graphic. Looking at you, Kem
IC Rules:
~Standard Etiquette; no Godmodding, one-liners, Metagaming, etc will be tolerated.
~You are not invincible. Characters can and possibly will die if they make mistakes.
~Your Choices have consequences in this RP. Think before you make a decision.
Now that that's out of the way, let the RP begin!
