I. SETTING

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Setting Centuries ago, the people of Earth began moving into space, building colonies in the moon and in orbit. In the last century, tensions built between the Earth (the “Terran Confederation”) and the colonies (the “Panpolies”), finally blossoming into all-out war. Five years ago, a massive freak solar flare rippled through the Earth sphere. It caused severe agricultural disruptions, directly leading to the current conflict… but it also affected a certain subset of the human population throughout the Solar System, granting them low-level psychic powers and freezing their aging. These people are known as “Flares.” Many of them have been encouraged (some would say “forced”) to join the militaries of either side of the conflict, because both sides have developed fighter craft that tap into Flares’ low-level psychic powers. But something that isn’t commonly known happened during that solar flare. Never-before-seen power sources known as Solar Quartz or Apples of Discord were scattered across the solar system – golden gems ranging from the size of a marble to the size of baseball. Synthetic reproductions called solar pearls have revolutionized heavy industry across the solar system, and are widely known, but they just can’t beat the real thing… And even less widely known? The solar flare let something else into this universe, too – You, trying to survive long enough to find a way home. Open Space Open Space is a game set 500 years in the future. Earth colonized the solar system, but the colonies have recently declared themselves independent, and the two sides are at war. Giant robots are involved. The freak solar flares have dropped magical Macguffins and your character into this universe. Characters will have to navigate this strange new world before they're able to escape it, collecting the magical Macguffins that will restore their strength, reuniting the halves of the machine that brought them to this world, and unraveling the mystery of how they came here in the first place. ☆ This is the main Setting page. You may also be interested in the Timeline, PC Roster, Locations, and Home-Grown Giant Robots page.