Destiny's Wings (An Alt. Reality Sci-Fi RP)

Destiny’s Wings (An Alt. Reality Sci/Fi RP)

   *A screen in the darkness alights, registering in its basic control systems before allowing strong fingers to wave and tap across it through the darkness. A voice scattered and electronic rings out…Data Log, Star Date 110.02AA Personnel Number- 44162… a voice almost hoarse tries to speak before the distinct sound of water dripping comes from the darkness and a strong, affluent, commanding voice speaks*

   "Ankara had seen its peace for the whole of its existence, not for profit or gain but for the sake of its own people. Ankara’s early civilizations had seen their wars of power and control, and the whole of their civilization watched our world spiral into chaos. An early decision was made, not a decision of and by one body of power. But a declaration that came straight from the spirits that inhabited the very soul of the planet, no Ankaran would raise his hand except in defense of his own kind."

   "And it was through this decision that a civilization of prosperity and growth began. We Ankarans made vast leaps in technology that made our society clean and efficient. Nothing was wasted to forge weapons, only to invent new things to make the things around them better. We had conceptualized the idea that no culture could advance to freely travel space without being peaceful, self-destruction was their ultimate demise. I questioned this theory quoting that a society whom working together towards a larger conquering goal would be peaceful within itself but violent to any other species, incredibly violent. If they had just listened! Damn bastards!!"

*The clear sounds of smashing is heard through the darkness, the occasional limb showing up in the light before hands returned this time holding the head of the older man whom had been ranting. No discernable features are noticeable as he comes into the light but as he leans back into the darkness more water could be heard as he took hard swallows. His voice came on once again.*

"They came speaking of how much we could learn from each other, nobody knew weapons designs so it wasn’t apparent to anybody else that they had brought warships to our planet. But no, you see I am smarter, I am the next step. They call themselves the Riyuals and they have created a perpetual blackness on our planet that is slowly killing all of us. But what they didn’t expect is that at least one of us has the sense enough to know that our planet needs defending. The projects are based on using our own genetic modification to create human-beings with enough power of mind to do anything from power a ship to crushing one like a can. The true manifestations of power will not be known until they have had time to grow. You must protect your people until that time, DO NOT believe the Deceiver. They will be coming for you next. I am sending my three projects along with this video-disk to hopefully help you escape the same fate of Ankara. I know who you are because I have heard the transmissions, don’t let them in…don’t let them through."

*The commotion was that of a man on a mission, the sounds and lights coming about all around the room as it became apparent it was some kind of mission control room. He took the camera into his hands and pointed it directly at his face in the now lit room. He was an older human male of about 55-60 years. His brown well kept hair didn’t disguise the panic and sickness in his face as he began to speak in that strong voice unbecoming of the frail man before the camera*

"I send them now, to you, on destiny’s wings…."

*The view of the scene widens, showing an even larger screen with an even larger audience. The video was a live showing by the Lexmada Trade Federation (Here on out referred to as LTF) to its people on its many system planets and colonization vehicles orbiting various moons and asteroids large enough and orbiting around a planet or the star. The view switched to a grizzled old man who seemed to have a permanent scowl on his face, his eyes however, told a different story. They were soft and sympathetic as if his eyes touched all of those on the other side of a billion screens. His voice had strength but it had fear, it reached out and touched the very souls of the citizens whom were listening.*

“It gives me much grief to tell you that even though we have been in possession of this disk for some time now, but we have only recently been able to uncover it validity. All of our armed forces have been set on high alert as it seems we will not be given the deception the Ankarans received. I have good news and bad news. The good news is that our armed forces have been adequately alerted and we have had time to make preparations for the general public and to fortify our positions. The bad news is that initial skirmishes happening at the outer rims of our space haven’t been promising. The VD may be well over three hundred years old but the Riyuals are at a level of technology at least five hundred years more advanced than our own. Our only strength is in our numbers, it seems preliminary reports are that their combat strength is only 1/8 the ships and personnel than our own. This is a call by your leaders for the young men and women of this federation to stand up and defend their homelands from an enemy whom will seek to sink us into darkness. This will not be easy and things may be bleak but if everyone does their part, we can avert the crisis.”

And that’s the story folks. If you have any questions about the story please post a message and I will be glad to answer. Now we will move onto playable character types.

Character Types: Humans will make up the vast majority of the players in this game. Ankaran survivors will be limited during the beginning of the game, and we will expand on the idea as/if the story develops. Federation characters will be the easiest and most welcome start point. But don’t let this limit your imagination. Provided the right developmental processes, humans are capable of so much more than we appear to be now such as; the survival of extreme temperatures. That may not be too superpowerish but here is a short list of the things I find acceptable: telepathy, telekinesis, pyrokinesis, extreme mental focus, super strength through the replacement of biologic muscles with immune system safe pneumatic systems, control of electricity by manipulation of positives and negatives in the air, and I am always open to new things provided you can provide a viable theory as to why it would be possible in our own future.

   I will not accept any characters for the Riyuals until I have decided a crucial part of their society. This is an INTEREST CHECK, and I capitalize that so that if you are interested, you will be more inclined to message me either on this thread or in the chat room, I haven’t decided on creating a room but my current screen names are Damien_TetDuMorte and Fyre_Volarae. If I see that there is sufficient interest in the subject-matter then I will begin to work on and post character templates, settings for various areas, and of course the means by which we can begin this story. Thanks for reading and I hope you have enjoyed it.