The Galactic Federation is at war. A large-scale Rebellion has caused Federation space to be consumed from within, shattering the tranquility and harmony that the Galaxy had known for years.
Two jumpcycles ago, a Federation loyalist intelligence ship picked up some very interesting information. Now they knew how the Rebellion started. Now they knew how to stop it.
And now, they are all dead. The Rebels don't like to leave loose ends.
They may have perished, but their information survived. Not everyone was on duty that day, and a last desperate message back to their home base reached four new recruits, and a newly delivered warship. Messenger duty is a reasonable job for a Federation soldier's first mission. Running for your life isn't, but what can you do about it?
This game is a interactive playthrough of (a modded version of) the computer game
FTL: Faster Than Light
. The playthrough functions as follows: I as the moderator will be playing the game on my own computer, but according to the instructions the various players send me privately, with each player operating a single character within the game. So any large-scale decisions will be made by the players. However, nobody (but me) will have a full picture of everything that's going on; I'll keep individual players updated on their own part of the ship, but not on what's going on elsewhere, and players will be making decisions independently using the resources they control (although public discussion about what to do is permitted and welcome). So the playthrough will function similarly to tabletop RPGs like Dungeons and Dragons; it's just that we'll be following the computer game's rules engine, not those of a more freeform system. Each player will have their own, non-public victory condition; these are broadly compatible with each other, but may cause conflicts in the details.
Current players:
- the worst (Engi)
- Iconeum (Rock)
- Varsoon (Mantis)
- Gammagooey (Slug)
Queue of players who might join later (if events in-game cause new characters to join our ship, or possibly if replacements are needed):
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