The_Universe
First Post
It's come down to this - I've managed to narrow down what I intend to run to the following two choices:
"You tell 'em I'm coming, and Hell's coming with me."
Welcome to the developing ground for a new campaign (currently untitled) set in the late 1800's of what, on the surface at least, appears to be the real world. We'll be using a combination of D20 Modern, Sidewinder: Recoiled, Grim Tales, Darwin's World, and D20 Past to help set the framework of this new campaign. The latter half of the 19th century was a strange confluence of the old and new worlds. Europe played out some of the last of their border wars while spreading colonies across the globe. Americans pursued their manifest destiny with an unbridled passion, and tamed an untamed continent in the process. By the end of the era, the world had become something that we could recognize as our own. But it took many brave, rough men and women to make it so.
With Victoria of England passed the last of many ancient traditions, and her death marks the birth of a recognizably modern earth. This is the era upon which we will focus. A time of war, sorrow, and heroism; a time of wilderness and civilization - a time of the last true frontiers.
But not all the wars made it into the history books. Some were fought on battlefields that few men will ever see. There is a world behind the world, and this will be part of our story, as well. Come with me, and make sure that old Colt Navy is loaded. There are things man was not meant to know. Kill them.
"Keep your distance, but don't look like you're trying to keep your distance. ...I don't know! Fly casual!"
Welcome to the developing ground for a new campaign (currently untitled) set in the beloved Star Wars universe. The Empire has ruled the galaxy for a generation, the Old Republic and the Jedi are little more than faded memories. The New Order is a harsh reality. But, not all the citizens of the galaxy are willing to take Emperor Palpatine's predations lying down. Word of rebellion spreads through the galaxy like wildfire, a burning hope for a better tomorrow. Two sectors in the outer rim are already in open rebellion, and those in the know whisper that they are merely part of something larger - a Rebel Alliance.
This is an era of stormtroopers, Star Destroyers, and starfighters. It is a time of war, rediscovery, and loss. It is a time of smugglers and blockade runners, royalty and regency, rogues and knights.
Life below the Empire's scanners isn't easy, but you've got a few tricks up your sleave. Tricks, and a ship. There's a life to be made in the shadows of the galaxy, live it like a pro.