It is the distant future. The human race has expanded to control most of the Milky Way but has yet to expand beyond the borders of the galaxy. They live in relative peace, but how long can this peace last?<br/><br/>People and ships are disappearing from all across the human empire, no explanation presenting itself to even the most skilled scientists. An unknown force is striking at the heart of the empire but how...and why?<br/><br/>You are one of a group of people who find themselves on board a strange ship, abducted from their own craft or even their own homes. You must figure out where you are, how you got there, and what is behind your abduction before it is too late.<br/><br/>Rules:<br/>Beyond the fact your character must be human you can make whatever origin story you want, whether its a soldier, a cook, an engineer or just some random person plucked from their kitchen. It could be anything from a battle hardened soldier plucked from a battlefield to a doctor plucked from an operating theatre, the thing kidnapping these people isn't picky. Also be aware, since they don't know what's happened, they might not necessarily immediately trust my character.<br/>No superpowers/paranormal abilities allowed, these are meant to be relatively normal people.<br/>No powermodding.<br/>No godmodding.<br/>I'll make an OOC thread so that the bare minimum of OOC occurs within the main story.<br/><br/>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/><br/>Name: Rich Thompson<br/>Age: 35<br/>Occupation: Engineer<br/>Background: Rich has spent most of his life on merchant ships, he was even born on one owned by his parents. There are few problems on a ship he can't fix, making him worth a lot of money to a lot of people. Although he has some skill with a gun he tries to avoid conflict wherever possible.<br/><br/>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/><br/>The pounding headache helped Rich regain consciousness, his eyes opening to reveal a golden ceiling above his head. He closed his eyes and opened them again, confused as he realised he wasn't dreaming. He had been to pretty much every part of his ship at some point during his career yet he'd never seen a ship like this.He sat up, seeing that the bridge he was in was empty aside from him. The computers were off, the viewscreen was blank, in fact the only sign of any power were the lights.. He got up gingerly, walking over to the communications console and switching it on. He was dressed in a battered blue engineer's uniform, covered in oil and various other liquids from the various jobs he had been performing before he had been knocked unconscious. He had short blond hair and stubble on his chin.<br/><br/>"Is there anyone here?" he asked, more out of hope than explanation. "If you're trying to find me I'm on the ships bridge." He set about trying toactivate the rest of the systems with little success.