New: Draconis Expanse RPG (free, open-ended, email, human, startrek, rpg, abstract)

From: donotreply@pbm.com (PBM List Autoposter)

Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:13:01 +0000

Name:		Draconis Expanse RPG
Costs:		free
Email:		draconis-expanse zat yahoo.com
Frequency:		2-3 per week
IP:		87.112.193.21
URL:		http://www.draconis-expanse.com
Type:		space, star trek open ended
Last-Update:		2007Jun12
Keywords: free, open-ended, email, human, startrek, rpg, abstract

Description:

About us: The Draconis Expanse, founded in 2006, is a community
established to provide a healthy and fun atmosphere for creative writing
and role-playing based on the world of Star Trek for people from all over
the world.

Back Story: The Draconis Expanse is an area of space located beyond the
edge of the Federation, about 300 light years from Earth towards the
Galactic Core. It is filled with an unusually high concentration of stars,
nebulae and other stellar phenomena which make navigation and unmanned
exploration difficult, leaving much of the expanse virtually unexplored.
The Expanse is so named because it is, from Earth, inside the
constellation Draco and also because it is home to a large nebula noted by
Cellerian Astronomers. From the Cellerian home-system the shape of the
nebula is suggestive, to Terrans, of an oriental dragon.

Located on the edge of this fiery expanse are several star systems under
the control of a little known and observed race known as the Cellerians.
The Cellerians are unusual in that they are a descended from plants, not
animals and also possess, even by Federation Standards, an advanced level
of technological sophistication in both botany and pharmacology. Having
developed warp drive late in the 21st century they have been tentatively
exploring their surroundings and establishing trade and political
relations with several Federation worlds, including Cait. Having observed
the workings of the Federation for some time, and acknowledging the
scientific, cultural and economic benefits that such an alliance could
bring they have petitioned for membership and invited the Federation to
use their system as base of operations.

To this end, the Federation has created an administrative unit for the
establishment and operation of a base and a number of ships within
Cellerian space and the Draconis Expanse.

The initial member of this unit was the USS Tian An Men, a refitted
Miranda Class cruiser. Though antiquated, she is a fine vessel in
excellent condition, staffed with the best and brightest available for
this important diplomatic mission. Her Captain, Theodore Draigon, has a
distinguished career in command and diplomacy. The Cellerian contribution
to their crew is their ambassador, Kr'atall Drahl'U, an experienced and
educated member of their military.

Due to the nature of the Expanse the Federation has never truly explored
this region of space with the exception of a few unmanned probes and small
scale reconnaissance missions to the areas closest to the Federation. The
mission of the USS Tian an Men, and the other vessels which will follow in
her footsteps will be to protect the Cellerian people and their assets, to
seek out new life and new civilizations and most challenging of all,
explore this dangerous and elusive area of space to finally reveal it's
age old secrets and it's dark and hidden past.

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