exploration

The stars are not right. Glimmer balls of fire mix with spirits rampant upon the black vale of night, mixing and switching places to pain a new tapestry among the heavens. Once familiar constellations change and mix into something new, sending sailors veering off well sailed paths. Trade...

Hi, folks! I'm Ajey, and I'm a game designer and play-by-post game master. I'm now trying my hand at writing a play-by-post quest, because that sounds like writing a serial novel with a small, lightly clamoring audience, so that I can literally Give The People What They Want. The World: This...

May 3, 2011 Today marks the beginning of Golden Week. For most people in Japan, Golden Week means crowds, holidays, and celebration. For you, however, Golden Week means – [] A three-day break from high school. Sure, you still have to study for the inevitable exams your teachers will give you...

Hello there, I'm Wandering_HEART. Call me OP or Wander, if you need a name. This is going to be a Jumpchain fic, the first one I'll actually be putting out there. Mostly I've lurked around the community. It's a fascinating concept from my point of view, so after countless private builds and...

AGARTHA A MERCHANT IN THE HOLLOW EARTH --- --- PROLOGUE - Letter of Summons I 143 APC (After Pickelhaube Conquest) New Agartha Trading Company Office, Trade District of Labalette, Free City of Labalette, The Surface World My Dear Nephew, It is to my understanding that you have...

The rope is rough in your hands, the fibers finally beginning to come apart after months of use. It would likely last through another dozen delves like this, but betting on “likely” is reserved for the lazy and the dead. Neither sounds particularly appealing, so you’ll be stopping to see the...

In the depths of space a massive explosion was swallowed up in the blackness. Metal and advanced composites twisted and shattered as a long cylindrical space station tore itself to pieces. Internal explosions ripped through its spine and it snapped, leaving two pieces drifting away into...

Is it possible, at all for a small number of Carthaginian ships to have ever reached the Americas? Could they possibly have survived the voyage across the Atlantic? Even taking into account "idea" weather conditions for the voyage.

Mass Effect: Broken Bow Crossed universe: Stargate stuff into Mass Effect Somewhere in the Attican Traverse Nelo'Xumar nar Rezay blinked from behind his encounter suit, the signal was getting stronger. "Signal strength increased, we're getting closer, whatever is putting out that signal should...

...To Chase the Songs of Distant Stars: A Star Trek: To Boldly Go… Companion Quest Prologue, Chapter I: Excerpt from the May 19th, 2312, edition of “Starlit Observer” An older human man in a stylish, if dated, black suit sits behind a sturdy desk smiling towards the camera as he waits for...

A quiet night in the city. Such a thing should logically be an impossibility, the dull roar of traffic and pedestrians ever-present in a place like this. The city never sleeps, after all. But tonight, it is quiet. Absolutely and entirely silent - or so it would seem. No cars honking or driving...

- - - - - Prologue: Brave New World - - - - - Sorcery. Witchcraft. Monsters. The Supernatural. Magic. One of the greatest mysteries in existence. A land where that which should not exist, does exist. Where the laws of man and nature are broken and left far behind. The stuff of dreams. Even...

Oceans are cool. We can really be in an ocean. Right now, Okeanos Explorer is streaming their current ocean exploration mission with continuous commentary from the researchers. Tune in for crinoids, squat lobsters, and chimeras!

The Dark Forest We found the first witness orbiting Procyon in an unstable orbit; an ashen planet covered in a web of country sized scars that bit deep into the core. The only planet in the entire system, surrounded by a halo of cometary debries bathed in the harsh white light of Procyon...

Asteroids are the supreme rudeness of space, you’ve decided. They deserve all the destruction the Prime Crystal gives them as abrupt test subjects. There you were, busy with your research into making a more functional wireless control point so you could manipulate things at a distance just as...

You arrived at the island by mistake. You know not whose mistake it was, but they couldn't have done this on purpose, could they? Back when it happened, you remembered who you were and where you were from, what year it even is. But so much time has passed on the island. Between that...

TL;DR Opportunity still hasn't responded, the upcoming Martian winter will likely do her in for good if she hadn't broke already, and tomorrow at 11 AM PST NASA admins will make a final decision. Good night, sweet Martian Princess.

Exaltation - A Complete Post of Everything That Has Happened So Far(TRADEMARKED) This quest is a port of the SB version, and I’ve now compiled what I’ve posted into one massive ensemble. Hope you guys enjoy it, and don’t feel too daunted by all of this. We are still in the beginning, believe...

New images of the distant Ultima Thule object have surprised scientists I could quote the article but a picture is worth a thousand words; So we are still early in the 2 year data download, and already we are finding new and exciting things. At first Ultima Thule was taken as proof that...

Something went wrong long ago. The exact details are lost, and even the broader strokes are argued to this day. A few things, however, are agreed upon. The Imperial Elven Magocracy fell. The majority of the elves chased either up into the mountains... or under them. The actions of that...

You were living an ordinary life on Earth when you decided to go camping. Specifically, in Yosemite National Park, March 2013. Someone has organized a spring camping trip, meant to camp with strangers to get away from the hustle and bustle of daily life. On the first day you are helping to set...

You were living an ordinary life on Earth when you decided to go camping. Specifically, in Yosemite National Park, March 2013. Someone has organized a spring camping trip, meant to camp with strangers to get away from the hustle and bustle of daily life. On the first day you are helping to set...

Chirp, chirp chirp chirp. Lazily looking up at the trees, you don't really put in a lot of effort to locate the birds. Frankly, it is just another boring day, and you've gotten fed up with doing nothing. Course, since you got nothing to do, there's really nowhere you're heading to. Glancing...

So, Im a newbie to leading roleplaying projects. But here I go anyways! Here is the setup snippet for attention gathering/equipment lore. The GDD (Gravity distortion Drive) project is a success. Multiple tests going between our local star and our planet Cadia (not related to the warhammer...

DARKSPACE ~ A SciFi Horror Rpg of Exploration and Survival ~ discord chat crew manifest Episode One ~ Awake Starring ~ * ~ Space Jawa ..... Cmdr Adams Kensai ..... Lt. Karjalainen Spectral Waltz ..... Lt. Montague Gamerlord ..... Lt. Kelly Romulus ..... Lt. Ellecon NathanMedium ..... Lt.Cmdr...