[Astromancer]

Red, White, and decidedly Blue

The course of the nineteen twenties was very much determined by the fact that only three nations had useful sources of Hyperium. The United States, the United Kingdom, and France. At first it seemed that the rise of Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia might cause another continental war. But when the French showed how easily they could drop rocks on enemy cities and kill them in one blow, both those nations, as well as Italy and Japan, became more circumspect in their behavior.


It's the distant future of 2021AD. The wonder metal Hyperium has made space flight easier than Airship flight and a lot more profitable. France, Britain, and America, have claimed vast extraterrestrial territories. Britain and France call their territories empires. America chooses only worlds without intelligent life The French and British extraterrestrial empires are wealthy exotic places. Meanwhile, America's extraterrestrial territories have a frontier feel.

Basically, it's a Golden Age Sci Fi set up. The American planets are pretty much transitional takes on the Wild West, a few worlds in the American sphere have left the Wild West phase behind. Others are on the verge of becoming Wild. The French and British empires have that exotic "East of Suez" vibe. Although the ideas of nationalism and anti colonialism are beginning to show up.

This is an adventure setting. A Tech Level 6+3^ take on 19th century adventure yarns. Hyperium allows fast interstellar travel suiting a Golden Age Sci Fi yarn.

Both the USA and France allow freer immigration to their colonies/settlements than to their mainland. Consequently the populations of France Outreterre resemble the non Arab population of Algeria in the 1930s. Whereas the American settlements have large numbers of immigrants much like the 19th century West or late 19th century American cities.