IC: Gurps Space: Flat Earth
This not an original idea, but something I read in a book years ago, and adjusted for an RPG game:
A scout ship, far past the fringes of Known Space is mapping new star systems when it finds an anomaly floating in space, light years from any start: A flat planet, with sun and moon orbiting around it. And not just any planet: the continental placement and shapes match that of Earth itself.
The characters would be an exploratory force sent after the scout ship's message torpedo arrived back in known space and gave it's report update. While the planet is obviously a construct, built by a technology that far outstrips Humanity's current levels, it's more shocking that it's a match for Earth, of all planets. Coincidence, message, or something else entirely?
I'd be setting the game at TL10 (for the characters), and an all human setting. There would be no support outside what the ship brings,as the distance is much too farr for FTL comms, and the crew likely spent most of the trip in hibernation, given the distances involved.
Character points would be around 200, maybe a bit more, and limited Psionics would be allowed. Some Variant Tech would be allowed, but how much is uncertain at this time. No cybernetics or genetic redesigns. Human means Human.
This message was last edited by the user at 04:47, Fri 01 Dec 2017.