Colonists from Earth travel to make a new home on another world, only to discover calamity has already struck it by the time they arrived.
This story is an experiment in using Microscope and Storium mechanics, recording a history of the colonists’ journey and struggles, from when the colony ship leaving Earth, until the colony is struggling, but surviving.
Full timeline is here.
Big Picture: Colonists from Earth travel to make a new home on another world, only to discover calamity has already struck it by the time they arrived.
Bookends:
Starting Period: Colony ship leaves Earth. (Dark)
Ending Period: Colony is struggling, but surviving. (Light)
Palette:
Yes: (these are expressly permitted, but not required)
- Artificial Intelligence
- Multiple Intelligent Alien Species
- Distinctly non-humanoid species
- Cybernetics
- Consciousness-as-Data/Consciousness Switching (e.g. Altered Carbon, Free Jack, Old Man’s War)
- Multi-generational journey
- Evidence of cultural drift
No: (absolutely cannot be included)
- Skynet-like AI overlords/plot devices
- Godlike Aliens (Sorry, Q), or extant aliens of broadly superior tech
- Foolproof universal translators
- Mutant survivors
- Surviving alien natives
- Psychic powers or psychic-like tech (telepathy, mindreading, empathy, etc.)
- Any Broadly Superior tech (including FTL), unless it: a) belongs to extinct species, b) cannot be replicated, c) carries a heavy cost, and d) has a big effect
Hosted by:
JPL (Prester)
Rotating narration
Completed 01/06/20.
Scenes played: 5
License: Community License
