Starborn: Galactic Mercenary

Starborn is an Action Adventure space opera run on the Fate Core system. It combines elements of cyberpunk and sinister conspiracies with the rollicking action of being a renegade crew, not unlike Firefly, or Cowboy Bebop.

Twenty-Nine years have passed since humanity stared into the face of its own annihilation against an unknown, insurmountable foe, surviving only by the grace of an alien ally. The brutal invasion now behind them, mankind’s two great galaxy-spanning empires look to the future.

The peace treaty between the United Terren Empire and Independent Centauri Council allows, for the first time, mega-corporations to gain unparalleled holdings in both nation’s economies. A new era emerges as both nations have now begun to recover from their losses and turn their eyes upon both the galaxy…and each other. The vast difference of ideology begins to sink the two nations into a state of cold-war. The bank-account immunity of mega-corporations and lack of military support gives rise to legions of pirates – and mercenaries. The latter have become extremely glorified like the action-movie heroes of three hundred years ago. The newest generation of humans has taken to cyborg augmentations like never before, and the rate that psionic ability is emerging is unpresedented: a staggering 22% of the total population, despite UTE denouncement. The Na’Kiith, a race of nano-tech enhanced aliens decades beyond human technologies, have become fast allies of both nations and equally more involved in their affairs, and the Il’Kesh, mysterious beings who some believe are the spirits of the stars themselves, walk among the cities and ships of others with agendas none can fully understand.

This is the current era, one of mystery and adventure, here those who survive the dangers can reap the rewards of wealthy CEOs and the endless glory of being galactic mercenaries; and perhaps discover what the future of the galaxy holds, and what it means to be Starborn.

We are looking for 1-2 Additional Players for an Already In-Progress game.

This is a heavy roleplay campaign with a strong emphasis on story and character development and interaction. This is a galaxy-spanning sci-fi adventure that blends elements of cyberpunk and space opera. We play throug a combination of All-Text RP, and roll20's native voice chat for all OOC communications. (the voice chat is often very lively and humorous with this group)

The campaign summery:
Our players so far include a mercenary, who broke into a top secret research lab for a mysterious employer, an escaped psionics test subject that the merc rescued, and a disgruntled medical lab technician who decided to escape along with his test subject He took sensitive data along with him. Needless to say, they are actively being pursued by corporate assassins, and deeper conspiracies may be afoot.

What we're looking for:
Players who enjoy strong, immersive roleplay, with a proactive attitude towards adding to the story and developing character. This is a long term game, and we're looking for long term players to join in the adventure.

What we're looking for:

We will largely be sticking to the book As-Written, with only a few adjustments:
* Extras to model cybernetics and psionic powers
* A customized skill list that better suites the setting. (Such as Hacking, Psionics, and so forth)

If you'd like to join, please post below, and let us know the character concept/archetype you're looking to build.