New Sci Fi Setting Seeds

Astromancer · 11-25-2018, 03:22 PM

Try this one...

Aliens came long ago. They said that humanity was like a pot-bound plant, we needed to be moved to someplace roomier. Someplace where we could spread out. The old ones said the horizon on our old world went down. A ship sailing away from you sank below the horizon. How strange the old world was.

In this setting, humanity was removed from the Earth several centuries ago. For a long time, people had trouble keeping track of time. It can be difficult to judge the time on a Ringworld. So the date humanity was first taken, June 3, 1914, was the last date everyone agreed on.

Humanity is very spread out. The English were placed on an island 15,000 miles away from the Irish. Not that the Irish had any complaints. Some cultural groups are so far away they haven't been recontacted.

Lack of resources slowed down technological development. Many places regressed to TL4 or further. The United States, or the republic based on the old USA, is a solid TL4+3. The PCs are explorers seeking lost nations like China, India, Tibet, or Australia. The explorers are using a TL4+3 Clipper Ship to sail oceans far vaster than Earth's to rediscover the wonders of humanity.

11-25-2018, 03:22 PM	#11
Astromancer Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: West Virginia	Re: New Sci Fi Setting Seeds Try this one... Aliens came long ago. They said that humanity was like a pot-bound plant, we needed to be moved to someplace roomier. Someplace where we could spread out. The old ones said the horizon on our old world went down. A ship sailing away from you *sank below the horizon.* How strange the old world was. In this setting, humanity was removed from the Earth several centuries ago. For a long time, people had trouble keeping track of time. It can be difficult to judge the time on a Ringworld. So the date humanity was first taken, June 3, 1914, was the last date everyone agreed on. Humanity is very spread out. The English were placed on an island 15,000 miles away from the Irish. Not that the Irish had any complaints. Some cultural groups are so far away they haven't been recontacted. Lack of resources slowed down technological development. Many places regressed to TL4 or further. The United States, or the republic based on the old USA, is a solid TL4+3. The PCs are explorers seeking lost nations like China, India, Tibet, or Australia. The explorers are using a TL4+3 Clipper Ship to sail oceans far vaster than Earth's to rediscover the wonders of humanity. __________________ Per Ardua Per Astra! Ancora Imparo Last edited by Astromancer; 11-28-2018 at 06:19 AM.