Welcome to Gaia! ::

Hey guys, I'm just gonna throw out an idea that I got and see if people like it to find out if it would be worth putting down on forum paper in more detail.


The year is 2187 F.T.A.(Free Terran Age), one-hundred sixty-eight years after the resources war officially ended. One-hundred sixty-eight years since the earth's surface was laid to waste over a couple hundred tonnes of oil and gas. One-hundred years since humanity emerged from the underground caves and safe-houses that had been their salvation to rebuild what little was left. Countless amounts of knowledge were lost in the war and to time, entire technological theories and methods disappeared utterly. Religion was all but wiped from the earth with only the ruins of a few ancient bastions left.

The earth had surprisingly adapted quickly in the aftermath of the fallout, new life had appeared that held resemblance to old and, in some cases, ancient life forms. New forms of sentience had appeared and established tribes and even a few small settlements of their own. Humans returned to the surface and beheld the world in the glory of it's rebirth. They decided to rename the planet Terra to commemorate the death of the old world and the birth and existence of the new world.

Immediately after surfacing, humans divided into groups of the good and the evil. The evil humans established themselves into gangs of thieves, killers and rapists. These groups eventually became known as marauder gangs and became notorious for causing chaos and unrest all across the face of Terra. The good became everyone else from settlers to farmers, mercenaries to Lawbringers, scientists to doctors, merchants to soldiers and so forth. The humans of Terra built themselves a couple handfuls of towns, livestock ranches and even a couple cities. Terra became sparsely populated and a number of historians now compare it to the Earth's wild west. Many speculate that this is for the better and many others speculate that the wild west was when the earth had been first set on it's path to destruction.

Technology is now almost entirely run by Krogfire. To elaborate I must first introduce the Krogen. The Krogen (K-raw-g-en) are a species of large reptiles resembling a bloated iguana that weighs two-hundred pounds in adulthood and whose scales are almost impervious to physical harm yet the beasts seem to be extremely sensitive to sharp points. They are very easy to domesticate, even easier to breed and amazingly easy to care for as they eat dirt and excrete a powerful fertilizer. They burn perfectly clean as a fuel source. In fact, a single average three year old Krogen can burn long and strong enough to run an ironclad train (the heaviest, most fuel-guzzling and most reliable land-crawler in existence on Terra) for an entire week.

To now elaborate, the energy given off by burning Krogen has become known as Krogfire and it continues to be the greatest source of fuel, heat and induced light on all of Terra. Thus, Krogen have become the most useful livestock creatures in the entirety of Terra.


That's all I have so far, I still need to come up with a basic goal for the potential RP but there's the back-story. Lemme know what you guys think.

Thor is a little dazed and tired still. I didn't have a huge part in developing this, however I did offer my ideas to its creation.
I shall try to answer to the best of my ability.

The Human race was on the brink of extinction. Knowing this, major companies and people started investing on survival.
They built complete underground societies to live in, but I would imagine that they didn't have infinite supplies. Underground greenhouses will only last as long as you got the energy to shine on them and the water to well, water them. This is the point where I propose they would have left, desperate for the supplies needed to sustain life. With news of the nuclear holocaust over, they would have left out onto the land to make the best of what was left.
The Humans are still alive, although their population must have been decimated about four times over. Although small in number, they strives to recreate their old lives.
They resorted to old technologies and whatever could be salvaged from the nuclear wasteland. Life would have been reduced to a standard not seen since the 1800's. Towns were built out of metal scraps and salvage. People were paid to scavenge the wastes and trades like this became a way of life.

The fallout would have had a huge impact on the world, with both its appearance and its wildlife. Simple creatures would have been twisted right down to their DNA because of the radiation sweeping the lands. The Krogen were a result of such a aftermath.
As Thor was saying, the Krogen are now cattle. Bloated, cow-like lizards. Its blood is basically gasoline, and even the bodies burn easily and cleanly, yet slowly. If you need an idea on their behavior, I say they are slow in the head, but imagine cows. You can herd them easy, they don't have much of a mind of their own, and doesn't seem to care about humans as long as it is fed. Heck, they will even let you push them over.

Well, at least this is the direction I thought we were going in.

hey, I kinda wanted to jump back in with an update on ideas.

I've come up with three different scenarios so far.

Lawbringers, Outlaws and Settlers

Lawbringers: A particularly large and dangerous gang of marauders calling themselves 'The Dust Wolves' have been terrorizing the settlements of Terra for the last two decades. They've become something of a legend among the outlaws. Every cutthroat from coast to coast has done business with them at one point or another. As Lawbringers, it is our sworn duty to bring justice to those beyond the reach of the lawmen.
"We are order in chaos. We walk the path of the righteous. We are the law."
(A group of Lawbringers start in their HQ and set out to hunt down The Dust Wolves. Playable characters; Lawbringers, Dust Wolves. Story driven.)

Outlaws: You and your friends have struggled to raise a ranch or open a shop, you have grown tired of being short on luck and money. There's a fortune to be had out there in the wilderness of Terra and its about damn time that you had your slice of the pie. In fact, ******** the slice. You deserve that whole pie and you're gonna take it. So you round up your best friends, rob a bank and then skip town leaving nothing but wanted posters, empty pockets and dead would-be heroes in your wake.
(A gang of people start in the aftermath of the bank robbery escaping the town. Your objective, get as rich as possible and then disappear with your riches. Playable characters; Outlaws, a couple bounty hunters and maybe two or three Lawbringers.)

Settlers: (Prelude campaign. See Broken's post for more details.)


Feel free to contribute ideas.

...Uh...yeah. The entirety of earth was given a hundred-year bath of heavy fallout so all life forms on the surface have mutated in some way.
(That's an invitation to dump ideas by the way. I may be the lord of all things awesome but I can only come up with so much on my own, you know?)

The Gom'gek.
A race of multi-terrain humanoids evolved from humans that have been exposed to extreme amounts of radioactive mutagen. Their culture and appearance vary from area to area but they all share a deep hatred for humans. They all share certain physical similarities such as thick skeletons, big powerful arms and broad chins filled with sharp teeth. The language of the Gom'gek sounds similar to human speak but is much more guttural and simplistic. The average lifespan of Gom'gek is twenty to twenty-five years as their chosen living areas are usually incredibly volatile and filled with dangerous wildlife. Gom'gek have sickly-green skin and incredible muscle mass. They are shorter than the average human male at 4.5 ft. average, but weigh an average of 400 lbs. They are incredibly brutal and warlike, often decorating themselves and their crude settlements with the bones of slain humans and other sentient creatures. They enjoy hunting humans and even consuming humans who they see as the ultimate enemy of their people.