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The Darkness Within (Adult Space Opera / Horror)

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The Darkness Within (Adult Space Opera / Horror)

This game is being run on Elliquiy

The Darkness Within (Adult)

Game "Universe": http://ntsar.byethost24.com
Concept: Space Opera - Fugitives fleeing a corrupt empire stumble on a ship adrift in space.
Genre: Science Fiction, Horror
Proposed Category: Extreme Small Groups
Game Style: Plot driven
Gaming System: Freeform
Posting Rate: Minimum once per week.
Number of PCs Desired: 5-7
GM Time Zone / Posting Frequency: GMT+0 (UK) - Can post Mondays and Thursdays

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Out of Character (Anyone can post, even if unapproved)
In Character (Coming Soon)

quote:
"When the pain is great, when the mind breaks and the soul cries out in anguish. That is when the veil tears. That is when they shall pass amoungst us. By sorrow shall you know them. They will come with fear and madness in their wake. They will look into your hearts and conjure up all your demons to torture and abuse your mind just as they will torture and abuse your bodies. Your suffering will be their  sustenance. Your sorrow their wine. They shall feast on your pain and insanity and when they are done with you nothing shall remain."

- Passage from "Servants Of The Old Gods", The Sselthilllisss, chapter two.


It is said that the reach of the Queen is always farther than you expect. Whilst Urioth was one of the few Border Systems that enjoyed autonomy from the Empire it was still frequented by some of the more jaded members of Imperial aristocrasy. It was a place where anything could be obtained, for a price. A strange place where less hostile Ddraxall warriors play cyber chess with exiled Janae workers, whilst Icarian jackheads slot the most disturbing BTL chips into their heads in a vain attempt to escape the banality of their futile existences. You can get an Edener pleasure slave here that will satisfy your every whim. Of course she is likely to be a normal human with some genetic modifications but who cares when you're soaked in Ilnarian frostbite vodka or high from smoking Yat'hallian vision leaves?

It is for this reason that the RSS ShadowStalker waited for the Freedom's Refuge to make an outsystem jump before pursuing. Any other system and the ShadowStalker would have just gunned her down and any ship that came between them but Urioth attracted so many people on both sides of the Queen's will that to do so here could end up with one the Queen's hounds being given a bloody nose before it could tear the fox apart.

The advanced scanners aboard the ShadowStalker recorded the gravimetric waves generated by the ship's jump bubble just before it opened the tunnel and calculated the destination and eta of its prey. The Zorn System. A four day jump for a class three drive. Zorn was supposedly a dead system. One of the many dead systems on the border of Imperial space that marked the beginning of the infamous 'Dead Zone' - An area of emptiness and ruin left after the Third Intergalactic War. No doubt a secret base had been hastily erected there. The ShadowStalker fired up its warp engines and set course for the system at Warp 7, timing its speed so that it would arrive a day ahead of its prey. The hunt was almost over and another group of losers who thought they could defy the will of her eternal Majesty would be wiped off the face of the galaxy, like a speck of dirt.

Players Wanted

The players will all initially be crew of a starship known as Freedom's Refuge. It is a non-military vessel and so feel free to be creative with your character concepts, but you should all be useful in some way, either as part of the crew of a starship, or as a passenger with specialist skills. Suggested crewmebers are:-

Captain
Pilot
Engineer
Medic
Security
Communications
Catering

I don't expect all roles to be filled with players nor do I require all players to operate the ship. The common theme is that they are a group of political 'dissidents' being hunted by a corrupt empire run by an insane and cruel ruler that is worshiped as a goddess by the rest of the galaxy. Think of the Star Wars Galactic Empire on steroids but with no organised rebellion against them.

Very early on the game the crew will have to abandon ship and take refuge on an unidentified vessel found adrift in space. That is where the game will begin and that is where the horrors will slowly be revealed ;-)

Please look through the website so you have an idea of the universe that this game is set in. You may play any of the races listed on the site or you may create your own, but please if you are creating your own try to stick to the 'feel' of the universe that the game is set in. I also reserve the right to use any material you present on the website and possibly in future games set in the same universe.

Players will NOT be accepted on a first come, first served basis. I will pick a good 'match' of characters. Preference will be given to male characters played by lords and female characters played by ladies.
This message was last edited by the user at 19:44, Thu 09 Jan 2014.
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