Death Becomes Her: A Space Opera

The year is 3651 and mankind's empire lies in ashes. The once great human race is now a scattering of fractioned empires jockeying for political position.

The Jump Gates fell over a thousand years ago. When the gates did fall not only were all the myriad human worlds cut off from each other. Another even more sinister fate was awoken within mankind. Like all obstacles that came to face humanity this disaster was treated in the same manner, something to be overcome. Thus, a thread of fate was woven into the great tapestry that is human history and all its magnificent and terrible designs would be realized.

Like the legend of the phoenix, all ends with beginnings.

Humanity suffered great and innumerable losses. The great planets of the days of the Mandate’s rule; fell into ruin, starved to death, choked on bureaucracy and corruption, were consumed by greed, and many other far more terrible fates. It is said that during the dark times of history many of former planets of the Mandate turned even to maltech in a desperate bid to survive.

From all this darkness emerged a new era of human space faring. Humanity concurred the metadimentional space and once again was able to reach out and touch the stars. Worlds that went dark were re-discovered and counted once again amongst the living. While some peoples were fated to be free of the darkness during this time there were other worlds where life could barely survive, much less produce new starships. Alas, as she weaves Fate cares little for the threads of her tapestry, as long as her vision is executed.

In the years that have passed since the silence humanity has advanced. Death is no longer the final word in existence. It was understood that once the human experience could no longer be distilled down to life then death, everything had changed. Crossing the threshold of humanity has ushered in a new age. Welcome to the post-human experience.

The dim echoes of the scream fade into the long-forgotten memories of most people. As some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. Experiences that were once dear and precious became arcane and superfluous. One thing remains constant. The call of the great black sea of stars, the sirens song of adventure.

The stars await you.

Stars Without Number Revised is an open world sci-fi setting with a literally limitless number of potential experiences. The whole of the system is focused on providing a sandbox experience. This can be taxing for some players that don’t have experience with a setting or adventure in this style. As a group we are welcoming to players of all experience levels and are always willing to help new folks get started. Improv skills are a plus but not required (you’ll develop the skills over play). What is required is positive group player mindset. My game highly emphasizes reverse metagaming and group storytelling.

In the setting you can basically play any classic trope you prefer. There are of course; space samurai, psionics, jedi, smugglers, war profiteers, demagogues, rogues, and all manner folk one could care to name. The whole game system is built from the ground up to encourage a sandbox experience. One of the best things about the system is that it relies on proven game mechanics to alleviate the rule “crunch” that some other tabletops suffer from. The rulebook is even FREE!

Game will run on Friday weekly. The group is open but the game will have a cap of 6 players. Players will need to pre-register their attendance to game via forum. First come first served. Please direct any questions to the correct forum and I hope that you will come explore the stars with us!

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System: Stars Without Number Revised
Adult Content: Yes, 18+ only
Required: Working mic, punctuality, positive group player
Comms: Discord
Rolls/ Sheets: Roll 20
When: Fri 20:15 CDT (2:15 BST)
Player per session cap: 6