[Astromancer]

Try this one...

Due to the use of a bazaar precursor artifact, the Solar System of 2020 is overwritten onto a star system of near equal mass, the mass difference reducing the artifact to a boiling puddle of exotic material. A fairly benign, by their own lights, group of Parahumans visits the now deeply confused Earth and explains why they now find themselves halfway across the galaxy.

The Parahuman society (they're made up of several different Parahuman types, steal freely from Transhuman Space) moves into Earth's system. After giving a fairly honest and reasonably accurate description of Galactic politics and Earth's present predicament, they offer Earth's democracies a chance to up-grade their technologies and teaching systems, a chance to develop the resources of the Solar System, and to be something other than sitting ducks.

Yes, another attempt by me to allow you folks to play yourselves in an interstellar adventure. But there is more than that.

Non-democratic societies will cry foul. Some, like Iran, Turkey, maybe even China and Russia, will insist that they are democracies, or that several nations the Parahumans see as democracies are not democracies and never could be. Others will simply make the biggest nuisances of themselves they can. Either way you have intrigue and espionage.

Around the world, the changed circumstances, especially the economic transformations wrought by the new technology (as written TL12^, but your game your rules), will create resistance. One can see conspiracy buffs, Jihadists, Neo-Nazis, and others resorting to violence to stop the changes.

Also, the Parahumans will offer "up-grades." Allowing people to become Parahumans of several different types. Technophobic groups will go through the roof.

So the possibilities for adventure both on and off Earth are fairly good. Can you build the Federation? Or will your failure create a new First Order?