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So you want to tell me a story, eh? Fine, listen up.
In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to slip the silky bonds of earth's atmosphere and fly free into the void beyond humanity's sheltered home. A few months later, Alan Shepard, joined the then exclusive club. Back then, space travel was the hope of humanity that would usher in an age of unparalleled prosperity and with it a utopia unknown in all of time.
Those 20th century dreamers were partially right.
As humanity spread through the Sol system, there was prosperity aplenty to be had, as long as you were the shareholder of a company with the billions of credits to spend. Yes, on occasion, some lone wanderer playing their luck and taking the chances on the frontier struck it rich, but for most of humanity, life got a lot harder and a lot more expensive.
Now in 2469, people are born to live a life of untold opulence or they are born to die toiling to earn enough to buy a lungful of stale air and a splash of recycled water. For most of humanity, destiny now follows birth, but the human spirit is nothing if not resilient. For those few souls brave or crazy enough to risk everything, well they can always do as people did in the tales of myth and legend, and run away to sail the solar seas as a Free Booter, or as most authorities call them, Pirates. The life expectancy isn't great, but to some, dieing free matters more than living in a cage. Besides, they might just do the impossible and strike it rich. Now that would be a hell of a story.
OK yup, I'm thinking pirates in space. Think Mass Effect or Cowboy Bebop mixed with Treasure Island and an Elder scrolls game. I'm still nailing down a plot, but I wanted to see who was about and might be interested in this.
@Doctor Jax @Kuno @Red Thunder @Nemopedia @DayDreamer @Ritual Lobotomy
In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to slip the silky bonds of earth's atmosphere and fly free into the void beyond humanity's sheltered home. A few months later, Alan Shepard, joined the then exclusive club. Back then, space travel was the hope of humanity that would usher in an age of unparalleled prosperity and with it a utopia unknown in all of time.
Those 20th century dreamers were partially right.
As humanity spread through the Sol system, there was prosperity aplenty to be had, as long as you were the shareholder of a company with the billions of credits to spend. Yes, on occasion, some lone wanderer playing their luck and taking the chances on the frontier struck it rich, but for most of humanity, life got a lot harder and a lot more expensive.
Now in 2469, people are born to live a life of untold opulence or they are born to die toiling to earn enough to buy a lungful of stale air and a splash of recycled water. For most of humanity, destiny now follows birth, but the human spirit is nothing if not resilient. For those few souls brave or crazy enough to risk everything, well they can always do as people did in the tales of myth and legend, and run away to sail the solar seas as a Free Booter, or as most authorities call them, Pirates. The life expectancy isn't great, but to some, dieing free matters more than living in a cage. Besides, they might just do the impossible and strike it rich. Now that would be a hell of a story.
OK yup, I'm thinking pirates in space. Think Mass Effect or Cowboy Bebop mixed with Treasure Island and an Elder scrolls game. I'm still nailing down a plot, but I wanted to see who was about and might be interested in this.
@Doctor Jax @Kuno @Red Thunder @Nemopedia @DayDreamer @Ritual Lobotomy
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