space opera

In the Wake of Glory The Dawn of Space Travel has brought mankind to the Precipice of Knowledge and Challenged its Will. Its will to Act, Explore, to Grow, and Change. And with that challenge came those to meet its expectations and surpass them. Science, Literacy, Culture, Music and Art...

(images via @IofTheBunny and artflow.ai) Hello, and welcome to Hic sunt Extraterrestris! This is a character-driven quest about exploration, diplomacy, and trying to avoid armed conflict, set in an original sci-fi universe. Subsequent posts will outline mechanics, lore, and ground rules for...

Me and some friends built a tabletop RPG. And.... it's kind of really great, and I think you should play it, because you will have a good time. So, what I have to offer: I have an adventurer's guide, with art by the very excellent zonked-eye (go check him out, if you are looking for a commision...

Avast ye Gravlubbers! At the Red Star Union’s premier Non-Orientable Wormhole factory in the Stonebeach system a shipment was being prepared for export. The Conjoined Church of Scensia (Transcendence branch) had decided that they would be making a new group of missionary Voidskippers, and since...

A new OP will be written when I have a better idea of where we'll end up. For now, I'll explain what the Threadmark categories mean, because I can't give them better names. Apocrypha is mostly lore, but also the "all notable characters" post. Informational provides information on rules...

A couple of friends and I have been working on a sci-fi grand strategy game for the past two months. We are calling it a "Space Opera Simulator" and the title of the game is "Glorious Dawn" inspired by Carl Sagan. I figured you folks here at SF might be interested in the project. PROJECT...

Also known as: Modern History. *badum tshh* I can recall the first time I saw this book as clearly as if it happened a month ago; a surprising feat considering how shoddy my memory can be. I was sitting on the wooden floorboards of my dad’s study, sunlight pouring through the louvres in equal...

“No-one can possibly attend continuously to an object that does not change.” William James Asteroid Belt, NAF Claim area Gamma 22 July 2148 Swish. Swish. The radar hand swept lazily across the screen, flashing white when it registered a contact. Swish In the northwest quadrant, a...

Discord: Join the SpaceOpera Discord Server! Map Example Applications (QM Faction) The Tyranids Mechanics: Martial: +30 (+10 from Traits) Intrigue: +10 (-10 from Traits) Stewardship: +20 Learning: +30 (+10 from Traits) Polity Name: The Tyranids Informal Names: Despoilers. The Great Enemy...

When you give a lecture there’s a moment of excitement before the first slide, a moment of dread that you might mess it up. It’s strange to think that in a world where many skills can be uploaded directly into a person’s brain, or new neural paths stimulated by direct brain interface that such a...

AN: Before anyone wonders why this exists twice: I posted one version in the Archive section for all the readers who feel that the comments in between would disturb their immersion. Hope that's alright! Other than that, nothing much to say right now. EDIT: So I came to the realization that...

AN: Before anyone wonders why this exists twice: I posted one version in the Archive section for all the readers who feel that the comments in between would disturb their immersion. Hope that's alright! Other than that, nothing much to say right now. EDIT: So I came to the realization that...

Prologue: The March of Progress, Collapse, and Rebirth The Dawn of Space Travel was supposed to be a time of Glory for Mankind. Many pioneers left to the Stars, to colonize new worlds, new frontiers, and new paths. Science, the beacon of mankind, became full of people who wanted to push the...

Alright, so, here's my deal. A few years ago, when I was14, I finished all 110 episode of Legends of Galactic Heroes and holy shit is it amazing. It's the gold standard of Both Anime Storytelling, Sci-fi and a grand Space Opera. I love it to bits. So much so that I wrote a little story for my...

Don't Call It a Comeback Golla Konda Station was technically a guard post, protecting the valuable cloud-skimmers of Kollur at the outer edges of the Za-Vant system. But Kollur hadn’t been threatened since the reign of the Samraat Chakravartin, and these days Golla Konda was a training station...

More than two millennia ago, a group of radicals, fleeing the increasingly oppressive conditions of Earth found an ancient ruin of the long-vanished precursors. Within this structure, they found a map that would take them to a place they called Paradise, a distant sector of space filled with...

There are no brilliant flashes of light, momentary discomfort, or even any signs of discordance as the ship makes it way through the threshold of the wormhole leaving one system. The only notice of the event was that the captain of the yacht pinged all the crew and passengers coms with the...

So I’ve commented on several occasions that the Asari seem tailor-made to survive Reaper purges as a species, and a while ago I started bouncing the idea around. The re-emergence of From The Ashes has prompted me to go ahead and make this a good old-fashioned CKII/empire-builder quest, so here...

It began with my deciding, for…some reason I no longer recall, that it would be fun to turn the Egyptian deity Osiris’ name into a backcronym. Somehow, I settled on the first two letters standing for “Outer Space“. From there, I began doing something similar with the names of other Egyptian...

Synopsis New technology allowed humans to reach for the stars. Now technology has led to war. Opposing AI systems battle each other in a monumental struggle for control of the galaxy. But one planet remains a refuge of independent thought. Lute is home to pirates, harboring ruthless companies...

@Liusfranrangel @Rowknan @Atma Warrior @Terran Imperium @Kensai You stand in the War Room of Mandalore the Ultimate, along with Cassus Fett and a number of Mandalore's most trusted advisors, which you count among, you suppose. You're gathered around the holodesk, in the process of...

It started in the first world, long ago. We solved the the first of riddles, the code of life. On the backs of slaves, we traveled out into the great dark void between worlds. And then... we created the gods. ________________________________________________ Nine Gardens is a Space Opera RPG...

Jesri shifted in her chair, trying to find a comfortable way to rest on the bare metal. Harsh lights shone down from above, deepening the far corner of the room in shadow that cloaked the trio of Kitan customs officers. Although their faces were indistinct, their whispered conversation carried...

So I've been thinking of... say, the Abh Empire in Crest of Stars, and I'm making a first contact story about it. So... I need technological capabilities, and culture shock. 1. Abh women see the use of natural birth as 'quaint', and 'eccentric'. And making use of the genes with the ones you...

The Fleets Scattered. It could be their only course. Away. Away. To where? Far. But that story is not yours. Earth Orbit: 11, October 2205. The flicker and fade of lasers. The static washout of Particle Annihilators. These are the truths spoken by the races of men. Of thunder...