Considering how good Centurion is, I'll take that as a good sign. Thanks. ^^
So. What this is is a setting concept I had recently, after a bit too much Zeon Quest, Armored Core, and Deus Ex... if there is such a thing. The basic concept is simple. The Universal Century Gundam setting seems to have started with the premise 'What if 1970s Earth got into space colonization?'
I'm changing that to 'What if future cyberpunk Earth got into space colonization, and it still led to some form of the One Year War?'
We know UC 0001 is someplace in the late 2000s or early 2100s (or at least has been hinted to fit in there); what if the tech developed before that point was different?
The rub is that all those space colonies out there belong to different groups. FC Earth had a number of megacorps on it before the UC era began; who's to say that one of the cylinders out there doesn't belong to VersaLife, or Eurocorp, or even GENOM? Which 'corps will side with Earth, which ones will side with Zeon, and which will just sit back and backstab both sides while claiming neutrality?
Most of my ideas so far relate to how canon Gundam fits into this new structure- tying the return of magic in Shadowrun to the emergence of Newtypes, the sizably more complex political map at the start of the OYW, what all is left on Earth- that sort of thing. What I'm looking to create is a setting that would work for fic and for pen-and-paper RPGs- I'm informed Mekton, GURPS, and maybe BESM could handle it well enough. What I need is questions, ideas, and thoughts.
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.
So. What this is is a setting concept I had recently, after a bit too much Zeon Quest, Armored Core, and Deus Ex... if there is such a thing. The basic concept is simple. The Universal Century Gundam setting seems to have started with the premise 'What if 1970s Earth got into space colonization?'
I'm changing that to 'What if future cyberpunk Earth got into space colonization, and it still led to some form of the One Year War?'
We know UC 0001 is someplace in the late 2000s or early 2100s (or at least has been hinted to fit in there); what if the tech developed before that point was different?
The rub is that all those space colonies out there belong to different groups. FC Earth had a number of megacorps on it before the UC era began; who's to say that one of the cylinders out there doesn't belong to VersaLife, or Eurocorp, or even GENOM? Which 'corps will side with Earth, which ones will side with Zeon, and which will just sit back and backstab both sides while claiming neutrality?
Most of my ideas so far relate to how canon Gundam fits into this new structure- tying the return of magic in Shadowrun to the emergence of Newtypes, the sizably more complex political map at the start of the OYW, what all is left on Earth- that sort of thing. What I'm looking to create is a setting that would work for fic and for pen-and-paper RPGs- I'm informed Mekton, GURPS, and maybe BESM could handle it well enough. What I need is questions, ideas, and thoughts.
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.