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Something to keep hold of
Tweet Topic Started: Feb 12 2013, 09:56 AM (194 Views)
Nuke Feb 12 2013, 09:56 AM Post #1
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Northern Italian Confederation, Tarkka, Third French Empire
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United Federation of Planets
I've had a small urge to RP as of late, but I don't have the time to run a full RP on the scale of the NIC or the Federation. I like the idea of something smaller and more intimate, heavily character driven, and not dependent on continual activity. An RP on a single ship, perhaps....

I love the Unreal Tournament games: fast-paced, hectic, and absolutely bloody. They're quick, dirty, and additively thrilling (words which, ironically, do not describe the last game at all). There's hardly any story behind them, but what is there I find fascinating, and over the last ten years (good god!) I've sorta crafted out something in my mind that I've always wanted to toy around with.

There are two canon backstories for Unreal Tournament, one each for UT 2003 and UT 2004. They're so jumbled and contradictory that it's impossible to iron out the two to find the "real" story, so most players (that give a damn) simply run with the most recent story as being canon. That, however, is unacceptable to me, so over the years I've blended the two major timelines and filled in the many gaps.

The gist of the blended version is that humanity, as of the 24th century, has been conquered by a space-faring reptilian race called the Skaarj (or "scar" for us writers that aren't complete morons). To help pacify and control the population, gladiatorial combat is legalized in the form of "consensual murder," with criminals, malcontents, and anyone else the Skaarj emperor deems non-submissive thrown into the games. The system is organized into an official "tournament," with teams of fighters competing for the ultimate crown of Grand Champion....

I want to leave it at that, as I've grown over the years to believe that these OOC threads can sometimes kill the allure of a good story by laying everything out before hand. So, this'll be off and on, probably with opportunities here and there for other people to jump in and out. I may experiment with different post styles to try and avoid the monotony of massive text-walls, and to cut down on the labor I have to go through. But hopefully this can be a regular thing I can have here that I can look forward to working on in my (almost non-existent) free time.

So, stay tuned!
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