Here's a synopsis for you all: Looking for a slightly modified (tech and setting) Traveler game? Here it is.
Striker Rules Variant, Ship Technology more granular, set in 2300 without the 2300 rules or background. If you like "The Expanse", this is the game for you. If there
are players ready to go earlier, I'll be happy to move the game sooner.
In the year 2305, Humanity is now supposedly united under the
auspices of the UCP, United Confederation of Planets, or as it is
lovingly referred to as "ConGov". Unfortunately, humanity is still
divided by old blocs, economic needs, ideological purists, ethnic divisions, and the like.
Now the last vestiges of these hold-outs are threatening to tear apart
the united government and destroy the peace it built between these
blocs. What could be even worse, there is evidence of new ones forming
that will prove to be even more relevant than the old divisions and
begin the cycle again.
Standing between the the continuation of the Earth-centric
and the this dissolution is ConGov. ConGov draws from all of the blocs
of the human inhabited worlds, those that are "free planets" (much to
the irritation of many "colony worlds") and the blocs that form them.
Still it is an uphill fight as ConGov is thought by some as the savior
that will unite humanity, others as demons from hell bent on stealing
the livelihoods and freedoms of those under its yoke, but most feel it
is just another incompetent bureaucracy that taxes way too much for
stuff they don't want to pay for; they honestly don't use it, or worse,
that it just gets in the way of progress.
But now rumors of threats outside charted space are getting
too loud to ignore. From the proverbial "Grey Goo" that eats anything to
create new versions of itself, to alien invasions. Some feel these are
just lies from ConSec, Confederation Security, sly ways to increase
ConMil, Confederation Military, budgets. Then there are others who "just
know" they know facts and evidence showing the Grey Reptilians from
Praxalar 5 have finally arrived in force. The Reptilian overlords it
seems have been subverting human governments since that day in 1950.
There are even rumors of super advanced military hardware in use from
recovered alien crash sites in the backwaters of oort clouds that
surround most, if not all, stars.
What is the truth, if any? From tramp traders to corporate
vessels, the sleek para-military vessels of ConSec and the burgeoning bloc fleets, take a spin
to explore the stars and make yourself a good living. From the depths of barely charted space, get on a cruise liner and go to and from the vacation spots,
such as the idyllic Earth based Caribbean bloc and their incredible standard of living, while avoiding conscription into a corporate hell hole. There, you'll spend what ever time you have left in a company sweat shop until you die in some long forgotten asteroid,. Get lucky and find the adventure, wealth and fame are there to be had and you to take. Then again, the odds of certain death in a leaking and damaged
vacc suit as you are flung out of a doomed ship even more likely for
those who try too hard.
