Post by OG Loc on Jun 16, 2005 21:56:47 GMT -5
The title of this RP, "You can't take the sky from me," is the name of the theme song to the science fiction show this RP is based off of, Firefly. Also, in October, a movie based on the show will come out called Serenity. You've probably never heard of either of those, but know that You don't have to know the show to be in this RP. All you have to do is read the following.
The show Firefly, as well as this RP, is set I think maybe five hundred years into the future, I can't remember exactly what it was but I think it's around that. Mankind has taken a big step forward in space travel; now nearly anyone can hop on a ship and go anywhere in the known universe. All the planets in this RP started out as colonies by humans, but several have turned into thriving planets with big cities, or at least many small towns. You'll notice that most planets on the show and in this RP are deserts. Not like Tatooine, most of the desert planets have some trees and cactuses, but many are still deserts with old western towns. (Though sometimes on the show you do see snowy mountain planets, forest planets, and so on.) Nearly all of the plant an animal life on other planets were brought over by Earth, and there have been no discoveries of intelligent alien life.
People in this universe do use lasers and stuff like that, but most of them (particularly the main characters on the show) often use old-fashioned western pistols and rifles. In case you haven't noticed by now, the show really brings up the whole "Space Cowboys" theme.
The main system of government is the Alliance, or "Feds". Although this organization are often "Villains" on the outlaw main characters on the show, you can create characters with the Alliance, as many of them do have good intentions. (The outlaws who are the main characters of the show do also have good intentions, they just choose the life of lawlessness, not to mention the people the Alliance were experimenting on in the crew.)
A lot of the stuff is the same as today. Although there are ships that can go really fast, there hasn't been any lightspeed travel or anything like that; that's just something that the universe still has to figure out how to do.
One thing you need to remember is Reavers. The Reavers are humans who were stranded out in the wilderness for years, and have become cannibals and savages. They do fly their own ships, and they might dock onto unsuspecting ships to eat their dinner. Many people believe that Reavers are just "Campfire Stories", but it has been shown on the show several times that Reavers are all too real.
EDIT: I almost forgot this, but Chinese is the dominate race in this universe. Almost everyone knows at least a little bit of Chinese, and when many people curse, they do so in Chinese.
That's it, rules are the same, no godmoding/powerplaying, be nice, romance allowed but don't just run up to another character and kiss 'em...(I've had bad experiances with that.) Blah, blah, blah.
The show Firefly, as well as this RP, is set I think maybe five hundred years into the future, I can't remember exactly what it was but I think it's around that. Mankind has taken a big step forward in space travel; now nearly anyone can hop on a ship and go anywhere in the known universe. All the planets in this RP started out as colonies by humans, but several have turned into thriving planets with big cities, or at least many small towns. You'll notice that most planets on the show and in this RP are deserts. Not like Tatooine, most of the desert planets have some trees and cactuses, but many are still deserts with old western towns. (Though sometimes on the show you do see snowy mountain planets, forest planets, and so on.) Nearly all of the plant an animal life on other planets were brought over by Earth, and there have been no discoveries of intelligent alien life.
People in this universe do use lasers and stuff like that, but most of them (particularly the main characters on the show) often use old-fashioned western pistols and rifles. In case you haven't noticed by now, the show really brings up the whole "Space Cowboys" theme.
The main system of government is the Alliance, or "Feds". Although this organization are often "Villains" on the outlaw main characters on the show, you can create characters with the Alliance, as many of them do have good intentions. (The outlaws who are the main characters of the show do also have good intentions, they just choose the life of lawlessness, not to mention the people the Alliance were experimenting on in the crew.)
A lot of the stuff is the same as today. Although there are ships that can go really fast, there hasn't been any lightspeed travel or anything like that; that's just something that the universe still has to figure out how to do.
One thing you need to remember is Reavers. The Reavers are humans who were stranded out in the wilderness for years, and have become cannibals and savages. They do fly their own ships, and they might dock onto unsuspecting ships to eat their dinner. Many people believe that Reavers are just "Campfire Stories", but it has been shown on the show several times that Reavers are all too real.
EDIT: I almost forgot this, but Chinese is the dominate race in this universe. Almost everyone knows at least a little bit of Chinese, and when many people curse, they do so in Chinese.
That's it, rules are the same, no godmoding/powerplaying, be nice, romance allowed but don't just run up to another character and kiss 'em...(I've had bad experiances with that.) Blah, blah, blah.