======PIONEERS======

As the 27th century draws to a close, six great Civilisations occupy a volume of space in the core of one of the spiral arms of the milky way galaxy.

The [[Earth Empire]], inheritors of Humanity's homeworld, proud, progressively feudal and pious.

The [[Federation of Humanity]], former revolutionaries, now the ultimate expression of objectivist capitalism.

The [[Co-Operative]], the fringe element of the human race. anarchist groundbreakers, egalitarian glory hounds.

The [[Many]]. an arthropodic species with a religious drive to expand their civilisation throughout the universe

The [[Collegiate Assembly of the Tribe of Zebulon]], a society of reptilian hominids for whom knowledge truly is power.

The [[Distributed Process]], a non organic civilisation exploring the boundaries of space and thought.

Each is dependant on the exotic element [[ardanium_and_space_travel|ardanium]] for trade, travel and war. with ardanium a ship can bend spacetime and traverse the gradient thus created, defeating the circumstances limiting normal velocities to 300000 kilometers a second.

But ardanium is rare, and while each civilisation has many commercial and civilian ships, and maintains a modest military fleet, stockpiles are dwindling. less and less is found each year, despite concerted survey efforts on all fronts.

Six Years ago, though, the newly discovered world of [[the_discovery_of_reddeluto|Reddeluto]] looked set to change the balance. A shaky treaty, signed by all six Civilisations, prevented all out war, and limited exploitation of the planet's mineral resources to on-foot, old fashioned prospecting and the staking of claims. Because Reddeluto held many, many times the amount of ardanium so far gathered by //all six Civilisations combined//.

Disaster struck, in the form of a gargantuan interstellar Gigafauna. A creature the size of a moon, that drew sustenance from the temporal distortions caused by Ardanium powered gradient travel. The creature left a trail of worlds aged prematurely to distruction behind it, and looked set to consume Reddeluto. The operatives of the Six Civilisations built a weapon to slay the beast, but when it was activated, the death throes of the monster transported them... elsewhere.

Now, lost far from home, six thousand personnel with only a glorified customs enforcement fleet and a badly damaged administrative space station to call home, activate the Ulysses Protocol. 

Can they find a way home? And if not, can there be a life for them out here, wherever that is? 


See [[Events]] for the details of our next exciting adventure



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[[https://www.facebook.com/oliver.facey/media_set?set=a.10152726514830291.1073741826.624060290&type=3|Photos from event 1.]]

[[https://www.facebook.com/oliver.facey/media_set?set=a.10154116715155291.1073741866.624060290&type=3|Photos from event 2.]]

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