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The Stargate Chronicles:
It was only a few months ago when you and a small group of friends found an artifact half buried while you were camping. You pulled it out of the ground and were shocked to see that it was a perfect circle about twenty feet tall. Along with it there were also these... Gauntlets which you could wear, and for some reason had essentially LCD screens. Believing it was the discovery of a lifetime, you got one of your trucks and towed it back to someones house.
One of you had the smart idea of trying to figure out just what this thing was before you called any news agencies. Going based on the fact that the Gauntlets had a type of LCD screen, you somehow managed to wire up some power to start charging the Gauntlets and the Stargate. At first it seemed like nothing was happening so you all decided to leave it overnight. What was the harm after all?
When you woke up in the morning and checked on the items, you found that they were all powered at least to a point. The Gauntlets were active and could be interacted with- Although there were only seven symbols present on the screens as well as a icon that looks similar to a battery which currently is displaying 0/11.
Through messing around you were able to figure out a small bit of how the items work. You are able to press four of the symbols and provided they were a correct code a large blue light would fill the Stargate and the Gauntlets power said 1/11. Curious, someone started up Facetime and threw a phone through the light. Once it passed through, the video began to output what looked to be the inside of a pyramid like you would have seen in National Geographic.
Equipping dust masks and the like you traveled through to retrieve the phone and realized that you were somewhere in Egypt thanks to your phone's GPS. On this side was another of these Stargates, although this one wasn't buried like the only you found originally. After returning back home all of you tried to fathom what had happened when someone brought up the idea: "What if we enter five symbols instead of four?"
After trying different combinations for several hours you finally found a five digit code that worked. The battery level on the Gauntlets said 11/11. You duct taped one of your phones to a very long stick and began to Facetime while sticking it through the Stargate. What you saw on the otherside absolutely shocked you. A fully red area which you identified as Mars after noticing Rover tracks off in the distance.
One of you theorized that 4 Codes and 1 Power is necessary to go to other Stargates on the same planet. 5 Codes and 11 Power is necessary to go to other Stargates in the same Solar System. 6 Codes and presumably 111 power allows you to travel to other solar systems, although that can not be confirmed for the time being.
You all have found something which could completely change the course of human history and so far no one other than this group of friends knows of it. Although the occasional disagreement may come up the general consensus is to use the Stargate to explore and find objects to use, reverse engineer or sell. If the Government were to hear of this discovery immediately, they would most likely militarize it or go as far as to destroy the entire thing, so as far as you're concerned you're in the right.
How will you expand the Stargate Project? Who will you hire to assist you later on as NPC's? How will you lead humanity? All of this and more is for you to decide in: The Stargate Chronicles!
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Hey guys!
So this is actually a concept I had come up with for my tabletop group, however it doesn't fit their style unfortunately. This game is going to be more of a tactical basebuilder rpg where every decision you make matters.
You'll find more symbols to download into the gauntlets on other planets, can find weapons and equipment and can even set up colonies later on! Need more power to get further out? Find some Naquadah reactors somewhere! (Something Stargate fans might have noticed is the 4/5/6 coded Stargate passwords. This is so that it's not ENTIRELY open world at the start and allows me to curate at least a few posts in the beginning until we get into the swing of things. 6 codes allows the Stargate to dial out up to 40 LY away, while the full 7 allows you to dial anywhere in the Galaxy. 8 codes still allows you to transport to other Galaxies in this Galactic Cluster and the 9th code allows you to transfer to other Galactic Clusters.)
I decided to go with this approach rather than a straight SG1 styled roleplay, because I like the concept of setting up the entire program from scratch rather than just reporting back to the military brass. It also gives you guys more of a sandbox to do whatever because every single non-enemy NPC working alongside the Stargate Project will be handpicked by your characters allowing you to custom tailor your group.
Another thing I think will make this a bit more interesting is that the general plot layout means you guys are starting out roughly middle class, maybe higher middle class at most. So throughout the progression of the game, we'll get to see how your characters react suddenly coming into lots of money if that's what you guys start to pursue.
I'm open to suggestions on how to modify the game if anyone has any, this is just an interest check to see if anyone actually wants to play.
As far as gameplay structure goes: I will not have a character. I'll be all the NPC's and send challenges your way. If I can figure out a way to use dice on Iwaku, I may implement that for any potential combat or skill challenges.
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