New: GURPS: Space - The Unknown (free, open-ended, email, human, space, rpg)

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

Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:13:01 +0000

Name:		GURPS: Space - The Unknown
Costs:		Free
Email:		drwashburn zat worldnet.att.net
Frequency:		One per week
Type:		Space
Last-Update:		2006Dec03
Keywords: free, open-ended, email, human, space, rpg

Description:

It is early in the 24th century. On Earth, there is a growing divide
between the classes: the "haves" and the "have-nots." Entire people groups
starve while corporations and certain nations thrive. The UN's
replacement, the United Peoples of Earth (UPOE), is spending more and more
of its resources to prevent what some alarmists are calling the
soon-to-come global civil war.

In Space, Mankind has terraformed Mars over the past two centuries and a
small scientific colony exists there now. The asteroid belt is being mined
and is more-cheaply producing the same, now-diminished resources that were
once obtained on Earth. Spaceships and spacestations are now owned by
governments, corporations, and private citizens alike; as are new
starships that include gravity control, and that are capable of
faster-then-light (FTL) speeds. Surveys of the nearest significant star
systems have been completed. Recent talk in the news media includes
serious speculation of colonizing the stars! If Mankind only understood
what this expansion may cost....

The game uses GURPS 4th edition rules, with some 3rd edition material
included; a basic knowledge of GURPS character generation rules (only) is
required. For those familiar with GURPS Terradyne, note that some of the
background concepts have been taken from that work, but this is not a
Terradyne setting per se. The specific campaign will be designed based on
the characters that are developed for play. It is anticipated that the
characters will travel in space and will likely visit alien worlds during
their adventures, so these things should be kept in mind while creating
potential characters.

Characters will be created using 130 points at up to TL9 (player choice);
no more than 60 points in disadvantages may be selected. Stats below
average will count against the disad limit. Characters may have up to five
quirks in addition to the 60 disad points, but the quirks should be
involved in the role-play to some extent from time to time. Well-developed
character background stories will earn bonus points to use during
character generation.

Characters will be Terran/Human, and will be required to comprehend
English at accented or native levels of ability. Other modern languages
are also available. The UPOE is based in Brazil, which makes Portuguese an
emerging political language; Japan, several European nations, and the
United States are among the most technologically advanced nations, while
China is slowly becoming the industrial giant of the world.

Character ideas should be emailed to the GM for development/discussion.
Any concept will be considered, however certain items (racial/supers-based
items in particular) will likely be heavily restricted or rejected
outright. Psionics and supernatural abilities are possible, however more
mundane skill sets will generally make the character more useful.
Characters may or may not have space and/or military backgrounds as
desired and as suits the concept.

Play will be done by email, generally with one summary post by the GM per
week, though more frequent posting may be possible some times. Interaction
between GM and players, and PC's and NPC's will occur throughout the week.

Please email the GM with any questions or comments.

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