<em>"Entering high planetary orbit around Celestia, bringing ship to equatorial belt." The voice of the young lieutenant sitting at the pilot's chair sounded out across the bridge, and the crew was watching on several monitors across the ship how the ship neared the surface of the lush, green world. Celestia was the name given to a large, terrestrial world that the survey vessel had orders to investigate. <br/><br/>Celestia's green surface showed a lot of flora and fauna had developed on the world, and it would need to be studied if it was safe for colonists or not. Would the world need to be soaked in radiation and killing everything down to micro-organisms to begin the process of <span class="bbc_u">terraforming</span> on the world, or would the world be one that humanity could <span class="bbc_u">adapt</span> to with the use of bio-technology easier and faster. <br/><br/>Though humanity had reached out to the stars from Earth, the United Systems still only controlled few worlds, and many of them were still in the process of terraformation that might take years, decades, maybe even generations. Having a planet that was already in the proper solar orbit for human life and seemed capable of supporting life seemed like too good to be true.<br/><br/>"Alright everyone, welcome to Celestia. We have the honors of taming this world, and making it fit for colonists to arrive-" The captain's words began when there was a blaring siren sounding out and the lieutenant at controls shouted. "Collision alert, too late to evade, brace for impact-" The words had barely left the lieutenant's lips as a heavy shock could be felt through the ship. Inertial compensators tried their best but the hit was hard. The ship shook and began to fall.<br/><br/>"Losing altitude, several sensors are down, communication is down, contragravity is pushing to the safety margins and inertial compensators are working at a third of their usual strength. We'll have a bumpy ride down if we don't get things working." There was a firm voice from the captain all of a sudden, speaking up over the pilot's panicked tone. "Calm yourself! First off, get the ship over a clear, plain area, a desert sounds best, put us down on low-orbit and we'll use contragravity to try and hover at a geo-synchronous orbit. This ship was not built to land, but we can't maintain a high-orbit when there's someone capable of shooting at us like that. Get us to a low orbit, and we'll see what we can do." Taking a deep breath the captain spoke to the whole crew as the image shifted from planetside to the captain's face.<br/><br/>"Everyone, the mission is still on-going, but we're going to have to prepare for an extended stay while fixing the ship and also investigating the planet for any resources we can use to repair the damaged systems. I want the <em>Mission Team</em> members on the bridge as soon as possible."<br/><br/></em><hr/><hr/><strong>Game System</strong>: Generic Universal Roleplaying System (GURPS) 4th Edition<br/><strong>Genre</strong>: Science Fiction, Social Science Fiction, Action, Strategy (In limited quantity?)<br/><strong>Character Points</strong>: 200 points are available for building a character with.<br/><strong>Allowed Books</strong>: Basic Set, Space, High-Tech, Biotech, Martial Arts (Requested), feel free to suggest/request others.<br/><strong>Tech Level</strong>: 10, "Robotic Age" (2070+). Goal is to avoid super-science becoming a major part, but certain inventions like contragravity are expected.<br/><strong>Tone of the Game</strong>: Cinematic or Realistic ? Open to discussion, though I'd suggest at least partially Cinematic tone for this.<br/><br/>Alright, this is an<span class="bbc_u">invitation only</span>game, so I am not posting a game announcement about this, but this thread should serve the same reason here. I hope this thread can help both building ideas and concepts and to clarify things before the actual game thread is started up later. I have things planned to some scale, but there's a lot of room to change things still.<br/><br/>The survey vessel and planet's name are up for discussion still, Celestia was a suggestion for now, waiting to hear from those people already invited (3) and taking suggestions from the said people for any possible additional members to invite.