<span class="bbc_u">Celestial Abyss OOC &amp; Discussion Thread</span><br/><br/>Welcome to the Celestial Abyss.<br/>Setting information:  http://elliquiy.com/wiki/User:HeretiKat (http://elliquiy.com/wiki/User:HeretiKat)<br/><br/>The first thing we need to discuss is how the characters begin the campaign.  This is going to be a mission oriented action campaign with some sandbox elements.  Here are three broad flavors, so to speak:<br/><br/>1. Terrorists - There are many factions in the Spinward Marches sector (Empire, Zhodan, Aslan, Sword Worlds, independent planets, megacorporations, etc.) and all of them have an agenda.  The PCs are highly trained secret agents in the service of one of these factions and they operate outside what little law there is.  This was the original concept: different, violent, with the only restraint being don't let anyone find out who is behind it.  The PCs would consistently be on the attack.<br/><br/>2. Investigators - agents of a faction focused on supporting the current political status quo.  They are not secret, but may be undercover for some missions.  They could be independent contractors or on a faction's payroll.<br/><br/>3. Independent contractors - The PCs are specialists in their field (security, technical, professional, etc) who are hired by an organization or faction for a particular mission which requires their skills.  This will have less of a theme, but the missions will eventually draw together into a larger story arc.<br/><br/>Also, the system I'm leaning toward using is NEMESIS/ORE with some tweaks. http://www.nemesis-system.com/downloads/nemesis/download.html (http://www.nemesis-system.com/downloads/nemesis/download.html)<br/>