celtois
2010-05-08, 03:00 PM
Vortex:
The Vision
The idea behind the creation of Vortex it's supposed to be an epic space tale with humans and aliens a world where there are no black and white only shades of gray. This is a roleplaying experiment to bring the idea of goal based RP to the FFRP boards. This is intended to be a controlled slightly more rule heavy environment that can be run by any player towards one of the goals of either faction. The other idea I want to emphasize in this experiment is the idea of a well developed character a character who has his or her own personal goal in addition to the goal of their branch an idea I hope to spread to FFRP. Players are encouraged to run plots to further their own goals and that of their branch. This is a free RP setting with slightly more rules the most important of which is have fun!!
History
It was the year 2063 and mankind had expanded far up into the stars and large stations where created in which many people lived, space colonies a base had been established on both the moon and mars and science was advancing rapidly. On earth an uneasy peace had settled leaving the nations to instead race to see who could advance the furthest into space. Of these ambitious projects the most ambitious was the German Station 5 project it was the most advanced station ever built, could house a quarter of a million people and was fairly self-sustainable assuming some fuel and food supplies. It placed at the far edge of our solar system by Pluto. One day the communications to Station 5 simple went dead, and it and all nearby ships vanished off the scanners. Something had gone terribly wrong. You see unknown to all but the highest government officials and a few select scientists an experiment was taking place on Station 5 to create a new kind of engine, only in the testing something went horribly wrong. The last thing the men and women of Station 5 and the surround ships can remember is a sudden blinding flash of light coming from a small room in Station 5 the engine had exploded and taken its secrets and the lives of the scientists with it to the grave. The first thing the survivors noticed when they could see again was that Pluto was gone and they were somewhere else entirely different there are many theories about what happened that day now known as the Cataclysm after the engine the scientists where experimenting on. The two most accepted are it took Stations 5 and the surrounding ships to another solar system. The other is that Station 5 is in another dimension one way or another, Station 5 residents found themselves in a dangerous new place with many dangerous creatures and no outside help, and they must survive. It has been 20 years since the Cataclysm and very little progress has been made, fuel and food is running low, and most resources have to be used in defense this is the world you find yourself in; good luck!
Rules
1. No godmoding/godmodding please this is supposed to be fun and it just makes people mad
2. Please try and keep posts longer than one or two lines of speech. Description is appreciated. This is a serious RP experiment and I'd like to ask you put thought into what your character is doing. If one or two lines sums it up fine but please make it interesting.
3. If you want random smashy hahaN00BlulzFun, here's not the place. Anything spammy, random, or just plain annoying, can go! This is a serious ongoing drama comedy when appropriate is great but only if it is in character.
4. No smut/RP sexual activity. Romances are encouraged, random he he lol sex is not.
Repeated rule violaters (in nearly all circumstances OOC, but perhaps IC), can be punished by being IC banned from the thread. And therefore OOC banned to, under threat of mod being called to remove you for breaking thread rules.
If you have any issues or Questions please bring them up in the OOC com link (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=143704)
Player/Characters
Please PM me your Character name and and a link to their profile in the Vortex Personnel Registry (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=143697) (VPR) and I will place it here
Make sure you read all of this before entering the vortex it will help a lot!
Now that you have a basic idea of Vortex, here's Station 5 the only SEG outpost in the Vortex.
Station 5:
Description
You find yourself on the massive command deck of Station 5 the most advanced space station every built by humanity, all around you people busy themselves at flashing consoles spread across the command deck. In the center of the organized chaos a long figure sits on a large chair. This is Captain Spirus the commander of Station 5 and beyond him all around you stand the massive triple reinforced plexiglass windows and beyond them the vastness of the vortex stretches out before your eyes, yet uncharted starts and planets await out there.
Back in the station you find your way through the maze of ship to the general quarters, along your way you pass small cargo bays the requisition offices the mess and of course the offices of the heads of the two branches of the Cataclysm mission.
Operation Spyre
and
Operation Catalyst
all crew member find themselves under one of the two branches to advance the goals of the Cataclysm mission
Members of Operation Spyre are attempting to further the growth of humanity in the vortex and desire to build colonies and expand the human sphere of influence. Short term goals include obtaining sources of necessary resources for station 5
Member of Operation Catalyst work towards the return of station 5 to normal space. They attempt to reverse the Catalysm. Short term goals include gathering knowledge and exploring to try and figure out where exactly they are.
Both operations have to contend with the many threats to be found in the vortex and even one another as they try and accomplish their missions. Good luck! :smallbiggrin:
The Vision
The idea behind the creation of Vortex it's supposed to be an epic space tale with humans and aliens a world where there are no black and white only shades of gray. This is a roleplaying experiment to bring the idea of goal based RP to the FFRP boards. This is intended to be a controlled slightly more rule heavy environment that can be run by any player towards one of the goals of either faction. The other idea I want to emphasize in this experiment is the idea of a well developed character a character who has his or her own personal goal in addition to the goal of their branch an idea I hope to spread to FFRP. Players are encouraged to run plots to further their own goals and that of their branch. This is a free RP setting with slightly more rules the most important of which is have fun!!
History
It was the year 2063 and mankind had expanded far up into the stars and large stations where created in which many people lived, space colonies a base had been established on both the moon and mars and science was advancing rapidly. On earth an uneasy peace had settled leaving the nations to instead race to see who could advance the furthest into space. Of these ambitious projects the most ambitious was the German Station 5 project it was the most advanced station ever built, could house a quarter of a million people and was fairly self-sustainable assuming some fuel and food supplies. It placed at the far edge of our solar system by Pluto. One day the communications to Station 5 simple went dead, and it and all nearby ships vanished off the scanners. Something had gone terribly wrong. You see unknown to all but the highest government officials and a few select scientists an experiment was taking place on Station 5 to create a new kind of engine, only in the testing something went horribly wrong. The last thing the men and women of Station 5 and the surround ships can remember is a sudden blinding flash of light coming from a small room in Station 5 the engine had exploded and taken its secrets and the lives of the scientists with it to the grave. The first thing the survivors noticed when they could see again was that Pluto was gone and they were somewhere else entirely different there are many theories about what happened that day now known as the Cataclysm after the engine the scientists where experimenting on. The two most accepted are it took Stations 5 and the surrounding ships to another solar system. The other is that Station 5 is in another dimension one way or another, Station 5 residents found themselves in a dangerous new place with many dangerous creatures and no outside help, and they must survive. It has been 20 years since the Cataclysm and very little progress has been made, fuel and food is running low, and most resources have to be used in defense this is the world you find yourself in; good luck!
Rules
1. No godmoding/godmodding please this is supposed to be fun and it just makes people mad
2. Please try and keep posts longer than one or two lines of speech. Description is appreciated. This is a serious RP experiment and I'd like to ask you put thought into what your character is doing. If one or two lines sums it up fine but please make it interesting.
3. If you want random smashy hahaN00BlulzFun, here's not the place. Anything spammy, random, or just plain annoying, can go! This is a serious ongoing drama comedy when appropriate is great but only if it is in character.
4. No smut/RP sexual activity. Romances are encouraged, random he he lol sex is not.
Repeated rule violaters (in nearly all circumstances OOC, but perhaps IC), can be punished by being IC banned from the thread. And therefore OOC banned to, under threat of mod being called to remove you for breaking thread rules.
If you have any issues or Questions please bring them up in the OOC com link (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=143704)
Player/Characters
Please PM me your Character name and and a link to their profile in the Vortex Personnel Registry (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=143697) (VPR) and I will place it here
Make sure you read all of this before entering the vortex it will help a lot!
Now that you have a basic idea of Vortex, here's Station 5 the only SEG outpost in the Vortex.
Station 5:
Description
You find yourself on the massive command deck of Station 5 the most advanced space station every built by humanity, all around you people busy themselves at flashing consoles spread across the command deck. In the center of the organized chaos a long figure sits on a large chair. This is Captain Spirus the commander of Station 5 and beyond him all around you stand the massive triple reinforced plexiglass windows and beyond them the vastness of the vortex stretches out before your eyes, yet uncharted starts and planets await out there.
Back in the station you find your way through the maze of ship to the general quarters, along your way you pass small cargo bays the requisition offices the mess and of course the offices of the heads of the two branches of the Cataclysm mission.
Operation Spyre
and
Operation Catalyst
all crew member find themselves under one of the two branches to advance the goals of the Cataclysm mission
Members of Operation Spyre are attempting to further the growth of humanity in the vortex and desire to build colonies and expand the human sphere of influence. Short term goals include obtaining sources of necessary resources for station 5
Member of Operation Catalyst work towards the return of station 5 to normal space. They attempt to reverse the Catalysm. Short term goals include gathering knowledge and exploring to try and figure out where exactly they are.
Both operations have to contend with the many threats to be found in the vortex and even one another as they try and accomplish their missions. Good luck! :smallbiggrin: