New: Lone Pilgrim (free, open-ended, email, human, space, rpg) From: donotreply@pbm.com (PBM List Autoposter) Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:13:04 +0000 Name: Lone Pilgrim Costs: Free Email: lebanonburns zat gmail.com Frequency: N/A URL: http://groups.google.com/group/lonepilgrim?&hl=en Type: space western (Firefly), cooperative storytelling Last-Update: 2007Nov05 Keywords: free, open-ended, email, human, space, rpg Description: This is a PBeM (Play-By-e-Mail) role-playing game loosely based on Joss Whedon's television series 'Firefly.' It is set almost a century from the present, where human civilization is slowly expanding out into a mostly-unknown galaxy. The story revolves around a casino-hopping space ship called the Solitaire, captained by a dubiously sane gambler and crewed by spacers too desperate to work for anyone else. It is the end of the twenty-first century, and humanity is reaching out to test the near reaches of space. Back on Earth, the ecosystem is degrading faster than the miraculous new technologies can repair it, prompting waves and waves hopeful migrants to depart for greener pastures. A sprawling corporate technocracy maintains peace for profit on homeworld and the colonies, but the dark that stretches between inhabited worlds remains a dangerous frontier. Faster-Than-Light travel is still an expensive and dubious proposition in and of itself. Even a sojourn across the core planets of the solar system may pose hazards ranging from mechanical failure to debris fields to space pirates. Farther away from civilization lie the outer colonies: Proxima Station, the largest space station ever constructed, Rigil Two and Three, Lalandia and others. These frontier stations and planets withstand the constant pressure of taxes and outmigration from the core. Rumors run rampant there about mad brigands and horrifying aliens preying on the unwary or unlucky traveler. Yet it is in the black that freedom can be found, and many are those who seek it there. This is the story of the Solitaire's crew, their lives and their struggles. Owned and commanded by a gentleman gambler, the Solitaire is ostensibly a pleasure yacht that conveys its master between the outer colonies and space station casinos at his whim. Said gambler, however, seems to harbor other, more shadowy agendas... If you love reading and writing quality soft science fiction, you may find yourself at home aboard the Solitaire. Join us as we embark on a journey of interpersonal exploration across the dim and silent reaches between islands of decadent glitz. You may find that the true danger does not lie outside in the cold, hard vacuum. [ 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