Schism RPG

 

But now are they many members, yet but one body.
And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary...
God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it...
--- 1 Corinthians, Chapter 12

The year is 2435. Through centuries of toil, bloodshed, and struggle man has emerged to grasp the stars. In the closing years of the 21st century, mankind embarked on its final journey outwards into the last frontier remaining. Armed with new technologies and knowledge he began carving worlds out of the vast blackness, terraforming what could be made habitable, and adapting to the few places that already were.

What man found in taking these first steps was a vast emptyness waiting to be filled, and fill it he did, the nations of the world raced for the stars, stretching their arms as far as they could, flinging would be colonists to the far reaches. With these travels, the usual demons reared their ugly heads. Space was no haven from War, Poverty, Strife, or Desperation. Bringing with him the troubles of the mother planet, mankind populated the galaxy as much with his sorrows as with his hopes and dreams.
Fill this in later...
Current Rules Rivisions
Web Rules Revision: Alpha 0.7.1
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