it is the heart of the dark ages.The black plague spreads like wildfire, and europe is torn with international conflict. all of that is about to change. A new technology has been developed, know as Starjammer ships. they are built on earth, and launched into space. to protect the ship from a loss of oxygen, or from burning up while leaving the atmosphere, the Starjammer engines create a special type of magnetic force field. Now, all of europe is hurling its resources into space exploration.
A summary of playable nations:
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France: the great empire of king louis XI was one of the first nations to invest in space travel, and thus has more experienced crews aboard their ships. They are currently allied with the British, and are not at war with anyone. the french can have up to 3 full crews before they are no longer playable.
Great Britan: the mighty British empire was one of the latecomers to the fronteir of space exploration, but its enterprises off earth were saved by a quickly forged allience with the french. they do not have many experienced crews, as they are new to space exploration. but they have a signifigantly higher quality fleet than most other nations. they are allies with the french, and at war with Germany.
Germany: King Franz is proud to be the host of the first sucessful Starjammer ship, invented by a scientest named Randolf Heinz. Being the first nation in space, they have the most experienced crews. their ships employ a special design which allows them to carry more cargo through the atmosphere, so their ships can carry double cargo and still move normally. They are at war with the British, who they feel stole the early prototypes of the Starjammer engine for their own use. they are allied with nobody. They can have 4 full crews before they are no longer playable.
Spain: The spanish were another latecomer in the space game, but they quickly eshtablished themselves as rulers of a small but extremly importent swath of space. They are well known for trading with everyone, so they will never attack ships that enter their territory without being provoked. the spanish control a sliver of space between Germany and Great Britan. both factions must move their troops through spanish territory to get at eachother, so the spanish took the oppertunity to tax troop movments through their territory. they are loosely allied with all, and at war with none. the spanish may have 2 full crews before they are no longer playable.
Rules of the game:
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You take the role of a captin or other crew member aboard a starjammer ship. you may be creative as to what your charecter can do, but nothing stupid, or wildly unbalanced. charecter applications should look like this:
Name: your charecters name
Nation: where your charecters from/who he works for
Position on the ship: your job (captin,gunner,ect.)
Equipment:what you have on you
there you have it!
