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(E) · 02-22-2016, 04:01 AM

As of the year 3116 Earth is a work in progress, the post warming mega-storms are now relegated to the history books. But the damage they left is still apparent. The efforts to eradicate the now rampant alien flora and fauna that were introduced to process the excess CO2 are continuing apace. The city covering arcologies now are open to the atmosphere. Though there is much debate whether they should be demolished or kept. The huge government funded planetary restoration project is paid for by the prodigious output of the Mercury Foundry mines and the state of the art Sky hook at Jupiter.

Sol is a very busy place that suffers from the typical home systems dilemma, there is a bewildering array of habitats, ships, drones, stations, navigational hazards and navigational aids left over from previous stages of technological development.

Politically the grumblings about the erosion of central authority seem louder than usual. The martian ship yards are being refitted and many traders are enjoying profitable visits to Valles Marineris to supply the burgeoning workforce.

Race
The robotic Xylysus are from a heavily forested world that suffered a catastrophic solar incident. All life was wiped out. The sentient pre-ftl native species predicted the event and prepared by digitizing the consciousness' of as many Xylysus as possible and storing them on a deep space vessel.

The Xylyus now use robotic bodies that resemble their old organic bodies, 3 meter tall bipedal arboreal hunters that have a passing resemblance to an earth fossa with a more canine head. Inhabiting more than fifty systems the Xylyus have only recently developed ftl technology. They are just starting to establish relations with other species. Their biggest weakness is that they cannot reproduce consciousness' they have a finite number of minds for their population. Advanced in robotic technology but well behind in all other fields they seek to recreate their own race in biological form but it is an astoundingly difficult task as their home world was lost in fire.

Question.
Is it possible to block or track FTL travel?

02-22-2016, 04:01 AM	#32
(E) Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: New Zealand.	Re: [Game] Generate a Space Trader Setting As of the year 3116 Earth is a work in progress, the post warming mega-storms are now relegated to the history books. But the damage they left is still apparent. The efforts to eradicate the now rampant alien flora and fauna that were introduced to process the excess CO2 are continuing apace. The city covering arcologies now are open to the atmosphere. Though there is much debate whether they should be demolished or kept. The huge government funded planetary restoration project is paid for by the prodigious output of the Mercury Foundry mines and the state of the art Sky hook at Jupiter. Sol is a very busy place that suffers from the typical home systems dilemma, there is a bewildering array of habitats, ships, drones, stations, navigational hazards and navigational aids left over from previous stages of technological development. Politically the grumblings about the erosion of central authority seem louder than usual. The martian ship yards are being refitted and many traders are enjoying profitable visits to Valles Marineris to supply the burgeoning workforce. Race The robotic Xylysus are from a heavily forested world that suffered a catastrophic solar incident. All life was wiped out. The sentient pre-ftl native species predicted the event and prepared by digitizing the consciousness' of as many Xylysus as possible and storing them on a deep space vessel. The Xylyus now use robotic bodies that resemble their old organic bodies, 3 meter tall bipedal arboreal hunters that have a passing resemblance to an earth fossa with a more canine head. Inhabiting more than fifty systems the Xylyus have only recently developed ftl technology. They are just starting to establish relations with other species. Their biggest weakness is that they cannot reproduce consciousness' they have a finite number of minds for their population. Advanced in robotic technology but well behind in all other fields they seek to recreate their own race in biological form but it is an astoundingly difficult task as their home world was lost in fire. Question. Is it possible to block or track FTL travel? __________________ Waiting for inspiration to strike...... And spending too much time thinking about farming for RPGs Contributor to Citadel at Nordvörn Last edited by (E); 02-22-2016 at 04:05 AM.