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I hope so

I'm down for it all. Space Opera here we come!

If we did then I missed it too!

Questions I'd Like Answered

1) What do you want this setting to be typically referred to as? I mean this in the way that Firefly's characters call their setting the 'Verse, Star Wars has the Galaxy, and so on. In the setup material here I've referred to it as the frontier, to be as generic as possible, but if you folks have any ideas for what to call it, that'd be grand.
2) Do you want there to be interplay with a centralized, political government (or several)? I've mentioned the Central Systems a few times in the last couple posts as a generic placeholder for anything of that kind, but I'd love for players to give me their preferences on the matter. Playing in a relatively lawless setting without any far-reaching political states could be fun, as could an intrigue-filled frontier with multiple governments vying for control.

3) Do you want this to be "our" universe? For example, would you want folks to be able to refer to Earth, whether it's still around or not, and make other references to our history and cultures? For the sake of ease some things will remain no matter what, simply because a lot of our language and references today are so ingrained in our past, but there's a big difference between using Latin names for ships and having Space Buddhists or some such.

4) How would you feel about additional "Weird West" elements being included in the game? It's obviously going to have strong ties to science fiction, but what about fantasy or horror or the like? How "pure" would you like your Space Western to be (as much of an oxymoron as that may sound)?

1. Although I like the Frontier I'd like to expand on that concept. So there's "The Great Expanse", shortened to The Expanse, which is all of space as far as man has traveled and colonized. I'd assume it was coined by the first Space Age Colonization team. In the center of this (Centered on the Sol System for obvious reasons) are the Core Worlds which are the Sol System and a number of neighboring Systems. They are the most advanced and each colonized planet that hasn't been stripped for resources are basically giant city planets whose main export is human lives. Then there's the Known/Explored Sector, this is the largest space where planets become less densely populated the farther from the Core Worlds you get. Factories, Resource Planets, Agricultural Planets, all of these type of things exist in this area, as well as burgeoning City Planets similar to the Core Worlds but more akin to "small" towns / suburbs if you were to think in scale. Next is the Outer Rim / Frontier Worlds, this is newly colonized planets and is about as "rural" as you get in the space age. Finally is the Great Unknown or the Black. This is space that has yet to be explored or colonized. You can think of it like a giant target with a small solid center, the next circle is very wide, the 3rd circle is thick but much smaller than the 2nd, and then there is the rest of the paper.

Again, I like Frontier, I just feel like there is so much more to the Dominion of Man that just calling all of space "the Frontier" is rather narrow sighted.

2. So, in my backstory I wrote about the Coalition of Progenial Planets. This is the combined governments of the Core Worlds - similar to a "United Nations of Mankind" sorta thing. They choose to represent all of Mankind however the further from the Core Worlds you get the more likely you are to find planets that have their own governmental bodies or are completely ungoverned. In my own opinion I'd rather them not be "Evil Dictator" or "Benevolent Protector" they just are. Some policies may be skeptical but in the end they do what they feel is best for all of Mankind and the continued expansion into the Black.

3. I've been running with Earth exists and this is "our universe" but the timeline is basically XX15, so it's in the indeterminate future. Earth and by extension the Sol System is "The Center" of all of Mankind, and everything can originate back to that.

4. I don't mind some Weird West sorta things. I'd be hesitant on Fantasy elements but Horror I'd have no issue with honestly. Some weird stuff can happen in the dark reaches of the Great Expanse, and the Black is completely uncharted territory.

@Dinh 'Dizzy' Solomon: Also looks pretty good! The only real change I see in need right now is rolling for the values of your General Skills.

Sorry, I had posted that from my phone and I hate formating dice rolls or any post in general on my phone.

2d10 ⇒ (6, 9) = 15+1 = 16
2d10 ⇒ (2, 4) = 6+3 = 9
2d10 ⇒ (6, 2) = 8+3 = 11
2d10 ⇒ (4, 6) = 10+3 = 13

eehh...not the best but they're alright.

This is Volkners submission, Dizzy!

I'm posting from a phone so I'll get to the questions a little bit later.