Inspired by the hit sci fi series "firefly" and Orson Scott Card's Xenocide This is my brand new RPG in which you will be a captain of a ship. Your goal: To get rich, and survive
and here is the setting:
The year was 2436, Earth and the mars and Titan colonies were much over-populated, and so humans colonized a lot of planets, some already hospitable, some heavily terraformed moons. Half of the colonies made an alliance, a very modern government keeping the same culture and strict rules in every one of its planets. Some planets took the form of different cultures, a planet to live with only Chinese culture, one for only Arab culture, and so on... Yet a lot of planets did not want to keep the rules of the alliance, and so they rebelled. These rebels were called the "independence". Many bloody battles were fought, yet with all their willpower, the independence lost. The planets that rebelled now have very low technology, taking form of the technology of 18th century earth and weaponry of the 19th and 20th. In these planets there is a natural rule: money equals survival. A job means money. A ship means getting a job. A gun means keeping one. Everybody does the best they can to get money, some trade, collecting cheap resources in one planet and selling them for a lot in a planet that misses some... Some are mercenaries, get payed to do different jobs. Some are illegal, some are not... "Don't much care" they say, "If it means money we are gonna' do it". There are dangers. Alliance ships still go around hunting war veterans of the independence and in different places lurk grievers, pyscho humans that trap ships and do horrible things to whoever they find... A ship captain's worst enemy...
This is the point we reach you, you are a war veteran, a survival of the independence army... With all your funds left you buy a ship... Your eyes locked on one beautiful, yet un-respected ship, Firefly class... She will need good care, you and your 2nd in command will need to get a pilot, a mechanic, maybe a fighter or two and a doctor if life's too tough... And cargo... And money... Well what'ya know... There is a lot of stuff to do...
Welcome to Trade: Ruins of the independence
Character sheet:
general info: name- Ship name- -------------- perks:
personal perk:
(choose one):
-pilot vet: Knows how to fly the ship, doesn't need a pilot (unless you want a very skilled pilot)
-ship's best friend: knows how to handle the tech, doesn't need much of a mechanic
-Gunslinger: good at fighting... Handles a gun pretty well and can more than survive a fist-fight
-Jack o' all trades: Good at getting cheap prizes for trade
Ship perk: (choose one):
-fastest space-ship in the west!: Very fast and can reach different places quickly, also good at escaping enemy ships
-Firefly's got a gun: ship weapons are stronger and you already start with a basic turret
-Bullet-proof: better armor for the ship --------------------------------------------------------- crew info: crew: You start with *insert your name here* and *insert 2nd in command name here* You'll get more as the game starts and progresses moral: (starts with: neutral, can change when bad stuff or good stuff happens) -------------------------------------------------- items: MONEY: 10,000 credits cargo: non weapons: (choose 4, you may choose more than one of a weapon, EX: 2 rifles, one revolver, 1 shotgun)
-Rifle basic, 1940-50s rifle... not good at short range, good at medium, pretty good at long
-Shotgun good at close range, okay at medium, sucks at long
-duel revolvers quick and damaging, not very effective at aiming though...
-Submachine gun very quick and does a LOT of damage, horrible at aiming...
-Laser gun takes a lot of time to actually shoot and not very damaging but really good aiming at all rangers but close...
ship weapons: (start with non unless you got "firefly's got a gun" perk)
current jobs: non
and thats it, have fun!
Oh and (just because I feel like it) a picture of a firefly vessel from the show:
Name: Phelipe Vaz Ship name: This End Up --------------- Perks:Gunslinger,Firefly's got a gun --------------------------------------------------------- Crew:Phelipe(shotgun[5]), William (SMG[5]), Katie (mechanic), James (pilot), Danivan (merc: SMG[5], magnum pistol [10]), Tunis (Rifle[5], magnum pistol [10]), Doctor Shermel. Moral: neutral -------------------------------------------------- Items: Money: 5680 credits Cargo: non Weapons: Shotgun, Rifle, 2 SMG's, two .44 magnums (10)
The siren wakes everybody up and your crew of 5 men and 2 woman are shuffling to the cockpit "Your crazy, Captain" many of the crew say together in harmony "well, gonna give us a nice speech about our first day out of our nice little planet?" William asks
Name: Phelipe Vaz Ship name: This End Up --------------- Perks:Gunslinger,Firefly's got a gun --------------------------------------------------------- Crew:Phelipe(shotgun[5]), William (SMG[5]), Katie (mechanic), James (pilot), Danivan (merc: SMG[5], magnum pistol [10]), Tunis (Rifle[5], magnum pistol [10]), Doctor Shermel. Moral: neutral -------------------------------------------------- Items: Money: 5680 credits Cargo: non Weapons: Shotgun, Rifle, 2 SMG's, two .44 magnums (10)
"No i need to keep the element of surprise...SURPRISE!" i say as i put in the destination and suddenly go to full speed jerking the ship
"hehehe ok enough, Were going to *insert planet name* and doing a simple sale, shouldn't be too hard"
Name: Phelipe Vaz Ship name: This End Up --------------- Perks:Gunslinger,Firefly's got a gun --------------------------------------------------------- Crew:Phelipe(shotgun[5]), William (SMG[5]), Katie (mechanic), James (pilot), Danivan (merc: SMG[5], magnum pistol [10]), Tunis (Rifle[5], magnum pistol [10]), Doctor Shermel. Moral: neutral -------------------------------------------------- Items: Money: 1680 credits Cargo: Procelain and copper Weapons: Shotgun, Rifle, 2 SMG's, two .44 magnums (10)
You don't know how to fly it...
"Sell what? Copper? Procelain may not sell very good on Lamberion" William says
Name: Phelipe Vaz Ship name: This End Up --------------- Perks:Gunslinger,Firefly's got a gun --------------------------------------------------------- Crew:Phelipe(shotgun[5]), William (SMG[5]), Katie (mechanic), James (pilot), Danivan (merc: SMG[5], magnum pistol [10]), Tunis (Rifle[5], magnum pistol [10]), Doctor Shermel. Moral: neutral -------------------------------------------------- Items: Money: 1680 credits Cargo: Procelain and copper Weapons: Shotgun, Rifle, 2 SMG's, two .44 magnums (10)
****
"Well we'll unload copper there and find somewhere where we can unload the porcelain"
Name: Phelipe Vaz Ship name: This End Up --------------- Perks:Gunslinger,Firefly's got a gun --------------------------------------------------------- Crew:Phelipe(shotgun[5]), William (SMG[5]), Katie (mechanic), James (pilot), Danivan (merc: SMG[5], magnum pistol [10]), Tunis (Rifle[5], magnum pistol [10]), Doctor Shermel. Moral: neutral -------------------------------------------------- Items: Money: 1680 credits Cargo: Procelain and copper Weapons: Shotgun, Rifle, 2 SMG's, two .44 magnums (10)
"sounds good enough" Says Ryan heading over to the cockpit "This is half-a-day journey... Might be able to get you in contact with the landing port when we are close enough... Engines checked we are ready for lift-off" Says Ryan making the ship jerk up toward the sky "afterburner's prepped, everything's check... Might want to check the price and bargain sales before we get there" Ryan says. "We might as well get a chance to know each-other when we do" William says as you watch the sky getting darker and the ground now looking very, very faraway
Name: Phelipe Vaz Ship name: This End Up --------------- Perks:Gunslinger,Firefly's got a gun --------------------------------------------------------- Crew:Phelipe(shotgun[5]), William (SMG[5]), Katie (mechanic), James (pilot), Danivan (merc: SMG[5], magnum pistol [10]), Tunis (Rifle[5], magnum pistol [10]), Doctor Shermel. Moral: neutral -------------------------------------------------- Items: Money: 1680 credits Cargo: Procelain and copper Weapons: Shotgun, Rifle, 2 SMG's, two .44 magnums (10)
Name: Phelipe Vaz Ship name: This End Up --------------- Perks:Gunslinger,Firefly's got a gun --------------------------------------------------------- Crew:Phelipe(shotgun[5]), William (SMG[5]), Katie (mechanic), James (pilot), Danivan (merc: SMG[5], magnum pistol [10]), Tunis (Rifle[5], magnum pistol [10]), Doctor Shermel. Moral: neutral -------------------------------------------------- Items: Money: 1680 credits Cargo: Procelain and copper Weapons: Shotgun, Rifle, 2 SMG's, two .44 magnums (10)
thats how it goes, 5 hours pass with people greeting and telling stories... Then a shout comes from Ryan "sir, we got contact with Lamberion port"
Name: Phelipe Vaz Ship name: This End Up --------------- Perks:Gunslinger,Firefly's got a gun --------------------------------------------------------- Crew:Phelipe(shotgun[5]), William (SMG[5]), Katie (mechanic), James (pilot), Danivan (merc: SMG[5], magnum pistol [10]), Tunis (Rifle[5], magnum pistol [10]), Doctor Shermel. Moral: neutral -------------------------------------------------- Items: Money: 1680 credits Cargo: Procelain and copper Weapons: Shotgun, Rifle, 2 SMG's, two .44 magnums (10)
i finish with "and that's how i killed my third wife and got away with it"
Name: Phelipe Vaz Ship name: This End Up --------------- Perks:Gunslinger,Firefly's got a gun --------------------------------------------------------- Crew:Phelipe(shotgun[5]), William (SMG[5]), Katie (mechanic), James (pilot), Danivan (merc: SMG[5], magnum pistol [10]), Tunis (Rifle[5], magnum pistol [10]), Doctor Shermel. Moral: neutral -------------------------------------------------- Items: Money: 1680 credits Cargo: Procelain and copper Weapons: Shotgun, Rifle, 2 SMG's, two .44 magnums (10)
everybody laughs. Except Katie.
"We got contact with the port, they want to talk to you" Ryan says before you get in the Planet's Ionosphere
Name: Phelipe Vaz Ship name: This End Up --------------- Perks:Gunslinger,Firefly's got a gun --------------------------------------------------------- Crew:Phelipe(shotgun[5]), William (SMG[5]), Katie (mechanic), James (pilot), Danivan (merc: SMG[5], magnum pistol [10]), Tunis (Rifle[5], magnum pistol [10]), Doctor Shermel. Moral: neutral -------------------------------------------------- Items: Money: 1680 credits Cargo: Procelain and copper Weapons: Shotgun, Rifle, 2 SMG's, two .44 magnums (10)
i stand up "ut them through" is this like star trek their face on the view screen?