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Lore?
Aug 2, 2015 20:32:33 GMT -6
Post by bridgekeeper3 on Aug 2, 2015 20:32:33 GMT -6
To be honest, when I first applied for a faction I was a bit nervous for using the humans as a race. After all, I thought just what if that contradicted the lore or anything else pre established. Though I went the safe route and just played as a group of humans independent from earth's influence (short of the whole cargo cult thing, lol), I still think about mainline humanity. There are of course multiple possibilities for the history of earth in this universe, like maybe humanity held an empire with earth as it's capital (like most sci fi) and had fallen centuries before the events of the RP or that there is still a Terran empire but it's either a sleeping giant (for some reason) or just somewhere far away. But why limit this lore discussion to just humanity and maybe have some more possibilities for more shared history and lore. Any thoughts, ideas, arguments, rebuttals or random posts would be appreciated.
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Lore?
Aug 2, 2015 21:32:18 GMT -6
Post by killer spork on Aug 2, 2015 21:32:18 GMT -6
I mean what I like to envision is that Earth was dying and dispatched colony ships. Hence why my Asteran's are primarily based on Western Europeans and the Middle East, with each city having its own roots traced back to the individual colony ships that set down. It would be nice if the human factions had some sort of shared backstory for fun.
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Lore?
Aug 3, 2015 9:28:26 GMT -6
Post by Admin on Aug 3, 2015 9:28:26 GMT -6
I generally suggest avoiding having an "Earth" faction, since that puts anyone else who wants to play humans in an awkward position. They then have to coordinate with the earth player and why they are/are not subordinate to the "true earth," and if they have ideas for histories they have to match, etc etc. If you guys want to coordinate something for your pasts go ahead, could be fun. I just recommend against someone playing actual earth.
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Lore?
Aug 3, 2015 11:08:43 GMT -6
Post by I Like Turtles on Aug 3, 2015 11:08:43 GMT -6
We could be living long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away that also has humans in it.
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Lore?
Aug 5, 2015 0:15:36 GMT -6
Post by bridgekeeper3 on Aug 5, 2015 0:15:36 GMT -6
lol, I like turtles hehe, humans just happened spread via spores on space hulks. But in all seriousness, I would be open to discussing that shared history and stuff that killer spork mentioned. Right now I just imagine that the whole terran empire (if there was one in the first place) is some bygone era with only ruins and space junk indicating the time when humanity was more awesome.
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