lonesoldier
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In 2004 NASA's NEAT (Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking) system predicted that an asteroid, 99942 Apophis, would strike the Earth in 2029. This possibility was quickly disproved and forgotten by the general public. As the years progressed, commercial space-flight finally became viable, though the idea of a "Space Vacation" was still firmly in the bounds of Science Fiction. Time ground on; humanity progressed. Chief among our advances were cryotechnology and the beginnings of fusion technology.
In 2023, Apophis was brought back on the radar. The NEAT and LINEAR projects estimated an impact within five years. News of the impending disaster was silenced, though it was soon leaked to other world governments. By 2027 four colony-ships floated in the docks above Earth. In 2028, as Apophis became visible in the night sky by amateur astronomers, 4000 carefully selected people were evacuated onto the starships. Powered by prototype fusion reactors, and with their passengers in cyro-hibernation the starships sped toward Chara, Rigil Kentaurus, 18 Scorpii, and 37 Geminorum.
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Sensor duty at the Rigil IV Orbital Platform was boring. Ships would dock, ships would leave. Sometimes an asteroid would swing within a couple million miles of the planet. Ensign Tereth sat hunched over, his chin in his hand, watching the cargo ships driving through space toward Rigil III to use the JumpGate. He noted that their ion engines looked like bright stars as they faded away. A loud blip brought his attention back to the sensor display. Another starship entering the system.
Ensign Kay was much more alert than Ensign Tereth. Her job was much more interesting though. Tereth would alert her of any starships approaching their platform and she would hail them and give them their docking bay number.
"Woah, look at this piece of trash. Looks almost twenty-first century," Tereth shouted to the entire docking command. "Well, they aren't responding to me," Kay shouted back. "They are moving pretty slow, maybe they busted their ansible array or something?" Tereth reasoned. The ship did look pretty banged up, micro-meteorite dents pock-marked the surface of the ship. "Well, I'm going to flash the landing lights on Bay 16." "Looks like they are takin' her in.
"Hail them on shortwave radio, we should be in range." Kay put her headset back on.
"This is Rigil IV Orbital Docking Command. Do you copy?"
"We copy. This is the HMCS Hope."
"HMCS? What designation is that? Where are you from?"
"His Majesty's Canadian Ship. We are from Earth"
"... Repeat that last part?" Kay set her console to broadcast through the Command Room.
"We are from Earth"
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The Long Sleep is a d20 Future campaign for five players. The characters were frozen onboard HMCS Hope (Mostly built in Canada and assembled above it). HMCS Hope carries a selection of North and South Americans, allowing for a large amount of diversity amongst the survivors. Characters will start play already thawed and about to be fed their first meal this century. Mechanically, I'm looking for second-level characters built using 28-point standard point-buy.
I ask that players simply submit backgrounds and which classes they are.Based on this I will choose five players and one alt. You have until Thursday 11th of this month to submit your entry. Chosen players will then have until Thursday 18th of this month to complete their character mechanically. I will begin play on Thursday 19th.
And if you are slightly confused, I'm doing my job right.
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$ cd ~/declass/TheLongSleep/HMCS_Hope/
$ less ./candidates.txt
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[Partially declassified 2029]
Cyro-hibernation Prospects:
Bayne, Victor - Fast1/Charismatic1 - Rhun
Costa, Zé-Antonio - Smart2 - Technician - Steve Gorak
Gordon, Andrew, M.D. - Smart1/Tough1 - Doctor - Kaodi
Reaves, John, LT - Fast1/Smart1 - DrZombie
Sobieski, Lem, 1SG - Tough1/Charismatic1 - Military - Stonegod
Logan, Ashley, 2ndLT - Military - Shayuri
In 2023, Apophis was brought back on the radar. The NEAT and LINEAR projects estimated an impact within five years. News of the impending disaster was silenced, though it was soon leaked to other world governments. By 2027 four colony-ships floated in the docks above Earth. In 2028, as Apophis became visible in the night sky by amateur astronomers, 4000 carefully selected people were evacuated onto the starships. Powered by prototype fusion reactors, and with their passengers in cyro-hibernation the starships sped toward Chara, Rigil Kentaurus, 18 Scorpii, and 37 Geminorum.
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Sensor duty at the Rigil IV Orbital Platform was boring. Ships would dock, ships would leave. Sometimes an asteroid would swing within a couple million miles of the planet. Ensign Tereth sat hunched over, his chin in his hand, watching the cargo ships driving through space toward Rigil III to use the JumpGate. He noted that their ion engines looked like bright stars as they faded away. A loud blip brought his attention back to the sensor display. Another starship entering the system.
Ensign Kay was much more alert than Ensign Tereth. Her job was much more interesting though. Tereth would alert her of any starships approaching their platform and she would hail them and give them their docking bay number.
"Woah, look at this piece of trash. Looks almost twenty-first century," Tereth shouted to the entire docking command. "Well, they aren't responding to me," Kay shouted back. "They are moving pretty slow, maybe they busted their ansible array or something?" Tereth reasoned. The ship did look pretty banged up, micro-meteorite dents pock-marked the surface of the ship. "Well, I'm going to flash the landing lights on Bay 16." "Looks like they are takin' her in.
"Hail them on shortwave radio, we should be in range." Kay put her headset back on.
"This is Rigil IV Orbital Docking Command. Do you copy?"
"We copy. This is the HMCS Hope."
"HMCS? What designation is that? Where are you from?"
"His Majesty's Canadian Ship. We are from Earth"
"... Repeat that last part?" Kay set her console to broadcast through the Command Room.
"We are from Earth"
----
The Long Sleep is a d20 Future campaign for five players. The characters were frozen onboard HMCS Hope (Mostly built in Canada and assembled above it). HMCS Hope carries a selection of North and South Americans, allowing for a large amount of diversity amongst the survivors. Characters will start play already thawed and about to be fed their first meal this century. Mechanically, I'm looking for second-level characters built using 28-point standard point-buy.
I ask that players simply submit backgrounds and which classes they are.
And if you are slightly confused, I'm doing my job right.----
$ cd ~/declass/TheLongSleep/HMCS_Hope/
$ less ./candidates.txt
....
[Partially declassified 2029]
Cyro-hibernation Prospects:
Bayne, Victor - Fast1/Charismatic1 - Rhun
Costa, Zé-Antonio - Smart2 - Technician - Steve Gorak
Gordon, Andrew, M.D. - Smart1/Tough1 - Doctor - Kaodi
Reaves, John, LT - Fast1/Smart1 - DrZombie
Sobieski, Lem, 1SG - Tough1/Charismatic1 - Military - Stonegod
Logan, Ashley, 2ndLT - Military - Shayuri
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