Try It Out! game session: TRAVELLER: THE NEW ERA

TRAVELLER: THE NEW ERA

“I don’t get it. How did the Imperials build an empire of 11,000 worlds and then throw it all away like it was a bunch of garbage? There are entire airless worlds out there where a billion people died when the life support ran out. There are bombed out starports that are still radioactive, and there are people out there that call themselves “human” who are murdering each other just to be king of some scrap heap that’s so deep in dead bodies that it just makes you want to puke.

“I’ve been out there a half dozen times, and if that doesn’t give you religion, I don’t know what does. Yeah, I know, religion, shmeligion, where did it get them? It’s not where it got them, it’s where we’re going. This is history, pal, from here on out. If you don’t want to be in on it, get the hell outta my way.

“We didn’t come this far to become extinct on 11,000 separate isolated worlds. By Allah, by Buddah, by Krishna, by God – we were created for better than that. Those stars out there – we had them once, and we’ll have them again. Nothing’s going to stop us.”

-- RCES Captain Rebecca “Rebba” Gutierez, 1201 Imperial Dating

A civilization ready to re-awaken ...

But it cannot do so by itself. Three generations ago, a star-spanning society annihilated itself in a furious war. The final weapon in this war was a new form of life – a malevolent electronic race that hates life itself. But among the ruins, life is stirring – a civilization is waiting to be rebuilt. You are one of those rebuilders, and you know that to regain the stars, humanity must be willing to pay the bill for a generation of carnage and destruction. That bill can only be paid with audacity, courage, and dogged determination. You are bold enough to pay that price, because you’ve seen what passes for existence in the ruins of civilization, and it’s not good enough. Not by a long shot.

Winning the stars was never easy, but you’re going to make that new future – one world at a time.

It’s time for a New Era.

Traveller: The New Era takes place several thousand years in mankind’s future. Humankind once settled and explored over 11,000 worlds in a volume of space hundreds of parsecs across. On its journey to the stars, it met dozens of alien races. It befriended some, warred on others, and maintained an uneasy distance from a few. It turned the worlds it owned into safe, pleasant technological wonderlands. Then, in less than a dozen years, greed and stupidity destroyed everything.

Now, 70 years later, small groups of humans are returning to the stars ...

Please note: I have a dog. She’s about 25 pounds – a border collie/terrier mix. BYOB and snacks to share – I’ll have some snacks and plenty of space in the fridge for anyone’s drinks. I’ll also have some coupons if anyone wants to order pizza.