New: Earth II (free, open-ended, email, human, space, rpg) From: donotreply@pbm.com (PBM List Autoposter) Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 19:13:00 +0000 Name: Earth II Costs: Free EEmail: ahiuan zat yahoo.com Contact: ahiuan zat yahoo.com Type: Space, futuristic Last-Update: 2005Jun03 Keywords: free, open-ended, email, human, space, rpg Description: Earth II 'Mr. B.,' the only name the reclusive man has ever been known by, has for years applied his substantial financial resources to the research and building of the largest spacecraft on the planet Earth. It has been designed with three major compartments; the first for himself and his hand-picked professionals, the second for a year's supply of most anything anyone would need to begin a new life, and the third for the randomly chosen hundred 'just plain folks' over whom he would rule on his new world. For, you see, Mr. B. has foreseen and planned for the end of civilisation as we know it on Earth ... and as the world's governments stand poised for the final button pushing that will begin WW III and effectively end all life, Mr. B. has dispersed his gatherers around the English-speaking world to sedate and bring back his 100 to be placed into cryogenic preservation for the long voyage ahead. The year is 2032. The spacecraft lifts off with all passengers in stasis and the onboard computer's autopilot heads for the carefully chosen new home in space, leaving Earth behind to blow itself up at will. Two-hundred and seventy-three years later, a small chunk of asteroid collides with the spacecraft, dents an exterior panel and, just as Fate (and the game's creator) would have it, short-circuits a few wires which short-circuit a few more wires and causes the failure of the cryo units of the first compartment. Another five-hundred and thirty-three years later, the spacecraft lands at its destination and the computers begin the process of deactivating and opening the cryo units of the third compartment. One-hundred 'just plain folks' (between the ages of 15 and 45, please) then begin to awaken and emerge into this strange new world with no memory of how they've come to be here and the mystery of sixty-seven mummified remains found in another of the mysterious craft's compartments. Thus begins the tale of Earth II ..... Earth II will be a free-form, open-ended RPG written in narrative, third-person, past tense style with 'tags' and an emphasis on character development and interaction. To join this game, please e-mail a writing sample to the game's creator at ahiuan zat yahoo.com. Players must be at least eighteen years of age, seeing's we've no idea where this story might lead us ..... :-) [ This is a new entry for the PBM List. You can find the list itself, and instructions for adding games or comments, at http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/pbm_list/ -- greg ] Up