Ace of Spades Posted September 7, 2003 Report Share Posted September 7, 2003 Hi Hero Games! Here is one approach to a Star Hero campaign set in the Terran Empire setting. Players are the captain and crew of The Gunslinger Betty, a battered old survey ship turned into salvage vessel ( read - space going garbage truck ). Where there are bright and shining examples of gleaming pinnacles of technology in the fleet the Betty is on the extreme -other- end of the spectrum. Barely functional from voyage to voyage and loving referred to as "The Coffin" or "That @!*# Death Trap..." the Betty carries it's ship's compliment and crew on salvage missions picking up on worlds which the line of colonization, high adventure and blazing starship battles have left far, far behind. If you break out your copy of the map of the Terran Empire and look at that region of space between the stable and productive outer core and the young and exciting frontier you'll find a forgotten region of space known as the "old" frontier. This is where humanity first encountered the Xenovore and epic, history making space battles were fought...400 odd years ago...battered by interstellar warfare these old colony worlds were first placed under Imperial quarantine and later opened up for slow resettlement..but that was all a long time ago. Now, with the technology of the hyperdrive carrying shipping from point A to point B without the inconvenience of physically passing through all the points in between ( hyperdrive = teleportation effect ) the forgotten middle ground of the empire has become something of a frontier of it's own but without the glowing rewards and gleaming resources to steer an Imperial fleet in it's direction to protect it. This region of space now lovingly called "Kansas" or "The Ass End of Space" by those who are working in it is run with a definate forgotten wild west theme with lots of odd anachronistic technology and cultures mixed in. One sector in "Kansas" called New Georgia may have starports with that tumble weed, dusty feel of an old western however New Georgia was named after the region of Georgia in the old earth bound USSR - signs are in cyrillic and the local strong man the heroes have to negotiate with is the somewhat corrupt Eastern Orthodox Cleric turned mobster who runs a forced labor camp outside of town. This has been a fun campaign to write. Happy to post notes about it and share information for other avid Star Hero GM's. Ace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted September 8, 2003 Report Share Posted September 8, 2003 Sounds fun, Is it a FTF or a PBEM? If the later, need a player? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted September 8, 2003 Report Share Posted September 8, 2003 Ace, that sounds great. I like the "flying coffin" twist on things, and hadn't thought of working with the "old frontier" in that fashion. Very creative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Cloud Posted September 13, 2003 Report Share Posted September 13, 2003 Old West Great idea! It brings to mind some old sci-fi campaigns I used to run. And what would the old west be without "the Law". A sheriff/ranger with a posse' of deputies chasing after the bad guys. DC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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