1300 BC, man invents the wheel. 1450 AD, man invents the
printing press. 1862 AD, man invents the combustion engine. 1944 AD, man
invents the atomic bomb. 1961 AD, man is launched into space. 1969 AD, man
walks on the moon. 2001 AD, man invents hydrogen fuel cells. 2002 AD, man
clones man. 2004 AD, man makes the first ramjet space hoper shuttle. 2006 AD,
man sends pod to Mars to start converting it to a habitable environment. 2008
AD, man sends pod to Venus to start converting it to a habitable environment.
2011 AD, man invents the free radical reactor, one hundred and fifty five
people die in matter displacement field caused by the destruction of the
reactor. 2019 AD, man sends first people to Mars while another crew is sent to
Venus, each are expected to take three years before they return to earth. 2022
AD, mans first solar pilgrims return home, routine ships are set to be launched
to Venus and Mars. 2023 AD, man perfects the free radical reactor, it is used
in retrofitted nuclear powerplants. 2026 AD, man discovers that free radical
reactors put off minerva particles. 2032 AD, man discovers how to project
minerva particles into a beam that cuts holes in space called
"tunnels". 2034 AD, man kind invents jump gates, by using minerva
particles to punch holes in space and then adjusting the frequency to the same
as that of another jump gate or "tunnel" matter can be sent through
these gates, unfortunately the matter destabilizes but communication waves can
be sent through. 2037 AD, man invents "mektons", humanoid designed
robots piloted by people and powered by gas turbine engines or hydrogen fuel
cells, these mektons are soon used in construction and military. 2038 AD, man
invents the minerva dispersion field, allowing them to send matter through jump
gates without it suffering any consequences. 2039 AD, man begins construction
of a lunar colony with the help of jump gates and mektons. 2043 AD, man
finishes lunar colony and starts construction of orbiting colonies on the Lagrange
sites throughout the earth orbit. 2045 AD man sends several other pods for
colonization to all the remaining planets in the Sol system except mercury and
Pluto. 2046 AD man finishes twelve orbital colonies, each one is given a sign
from the zodiac, man begins its move to space.
POPULATION as of 2046, 8 Billion
people total, 7.9 Billion on earth, .075 Billion on lunar colony, .025 Billion
in various locations in space (in the colonies or on Mars or Venus.)
2048 AD,
man sends minerva beams to areas of space just outside of Venus and Mars, jump
gate material and man laborers are sent through. 2048-49 AD, man begins to
build a lunar colony on Venus’s moon and one lunar colony on one of Mars's
moons. 2050 AD, man sends minerva beams to all of the planets and starts
constructions of jump gates and lunar colonies on the moons of these planets.
2051 AD, man has made seven "sides" that each are placed in the
Lagrange points around the earth, each side houses twenty five colonies. 2052
AD, man finishes construction of lunar colonies on both Mars and Venus, colony
construction begins. 2055 AD, man finishes lunar colonies on all of the planets
of the Sol system and begins colony construction. 2058 AD, man starts mineral
depletion colonies on Pluto and Mercury by causing "tunnels" to both
planets and building jump gates. 2060 AD, man finishes mineral depletion
colonies, human birth rate increases by 25%. 2061 AD, world war three occurs.
2063 AD, world war three comes to an end with the Integrated Sphere Government
(ISG) forming. 2065 AD, man builds the "Ark", a large space craft
with a minerva tunnel system allowing it to travel through space in leaps and
bounds, one thousand people set off to see the stars. 2078 AD, each planet in
the Sol system now has several "sides" and several orbital satellites
and space stations, man has reached space.
POPULATION as of 2078 AD, 18 Billion
humans. Human population on earth, 4 Billion. Human population on other planets
varies between .5 and 3 Billion each. 15% of the Human population live in
colonies.
2093 AD, man discovers how to make the free
radical reactor small enough to fit in mektons, but it is anything but cost
effective. 2095 AD, on Saturn an organization called the Unified Space
Federation (USF) forms, it vows to abolition the tyranny caused by the
Integrated Sphere Government. 2096 AD, April 11th, USF declares
independence from the ISG, support rises in the outer planets towards USF and
revolts become more wide spread. 2098 AD, October 20th, USF declares
war against the ISG, Actual battles do not occur tell the 14th of
November when the space cruiser Neutron engages in a short fire fight with the
ISG ship called the Mora, neither ship is destroyed and in total only one
person is killed. A massive uprise in the war occurs, in the period of a month
massive losses are sustained on both sides due to the use of biological,
chemical, and nuclear weapons, especially on the colonies. 2098 AD, December 25th,
The Jovian contract is signed, it prohibits the use of biological, chemical,
and nuclear weapons and declares any such use would be an act against humanity.
2099 AD, January 4th, the war picks up where it left off and soon
battles arise all over the Sol system, the solar system is broken down the
middle with the ISG controlling Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars while the USF
controls Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, and Saturn. Jupiter is stuck in the middle and
is often a battle ground for both sides and a peaceful no combat zone in other
times. 2100 AD, the war starts to mellow down as the two sides realize they
cannot keep up this battle, for humanities sake. 2103 AD, June 28th,
the ISG and the USF form minor peace agreements that could be better taken as a
sign that both are worried that they could be pushing society to much. This
christens the end of the first war involving the entire solar system, it is
know only as the five year war.
2105 AD, February 17th, Hokuto Matsuzawa, the dictator who presided over the USF, dies. His son, Akito Matsuzawa, takes the chair of the Earth that his father once controlled the USF by. Akito is barely 3 years old and does not actually rule. Rather, Richard Dornkirk, the adviser to the young Akito, controls the descendent to the chair like a puppet. 2109 AD, little happens for several years as the entire Sol system shrinks into a depression. 2115 AD, a project run by the ISG dealing with the effects minerva particles have on human brain waves. It is theorized that these humans contaminated by minerva particles are more likely to be psychic and generally show higher IQs and faster reactions times then normal people. But the results of this study are inconclusive. 2118 AD, the depression finally comes to an end. 2121 AD, it is discovered (by both sides at roughly the same time) how to project free radicals in a beam, this form of weapon quickly replaces the much older plasma cannons used on ships, but cannot yet be made small enough to be used on mektons. 2122 AD, I cheaper, more cost effective, way is discovered to make free radical reactors, they can now be made small enough to fit in a mekton yet still put off enough power to make them effective. It does not take long for both sides to have this technology. 2123 AD, with the new smaller free radical reactors free radical beam weaponry can be placed on mektons, though it starts off big, it quickly gets small enough that beam sabers can be made.
2124 AD, August 7th, the USF declares war against the ISG, the war starts off slow, but its steadily getting faster. 2125 AD, January 3rd, Mark Shimazaki, the creator and leader of the Unified Space Federation, is assassinated. His wife, Alicia Anent, forms a republic to control the fate of the USF.
2125 AD, February 13th, Tuesday, today. The war still goes on, and its getting steadily stronger. Many new recruits are joining the fight. Each holds with them a small chance of ending the battle, and just as big a chance of destroying all humanity. And so the future rests in the hands of the youthful, the arrogant, the proud. The new blood will pave the way for humanity. Mankind will be left to follow these brash young hero’s who set the path with the massive metal feet of their mektons.
Character Creation: Each character is given 65 + the average of 3d6 points for designing their characters. Each player should role 1d10 during character creation (before skill purchase). If they think their character will be female on a 9-10 their character is a psionic. If they think their character will be male on a 10 their character is a psionic. If a character is discovered to be psionic have them role another d10, this is the psi stat. They then role 1d10 for the final time. 1-5, the character is a latent psionic. 6-10 they are a psionic who can control their powers (but they will need to buy some skills if they want to make use of this power). Psi stat is added to initiative and in combat awareness roles, it is also added to the piloting for only the determination of maneuver pool.
Starting character are not allowed to buy any mekton skills. Unless they gain approval from the GM and can come up with a reasonable background that could result in these skills, but skills cannot be higher then 1 on Mekton Melee, Mekton fighting, Mekton Gunnery, and Mekton Missiles for starting character. Mekton piloting cannot be above 2 for starting characters.
Rather then the life path resulting
in the bases in money now character use this formula to determine starting
cash. LUCK x LUCK x INTELLIGENCE x 1d6 the form to determine money gained
through jobs is still the same.
