Starsiege - Home of the Black God... (New Campaign Setting)

[Dragondaddy]

2441 A.D. ...

The Navajos named this Place the Sparkling Suns or Delyahey. In the navajo common tongue Delyahey translates as The Home of the Black God.

Some of the Navajos believed that all tribes in North America came from this place. That they were actually descendents and had been given the task to keep the Earth safe.

440.31 light years from earth is a star cluster about 12 light years in diameter that contain approximately 500 stars in total. It is dominated by young, hot blue stars, up to 14 of which can be seen from earth with the naked eye depending on local observing conditions.

Native Amercians believed in constellations and created ancient star maps. Legend has it that they exist at the center of the Earth or Turtle Island. That beyond them was the sky and that beyond the sky were dimensional portals or sky holes. Beyond the dimensional portals was an area that they call the Ocean of Pitch, were the beauty of the night sky and the galaxies spun out towards them. Beyond that were the boundaries of the universe. And that set along the rim at the boundaries of the universe were 4 different extraterrestrial groups.

At the destruction at each of the ages of mankind the people that were pure of heart went down into the buxom of the Earth and there remained protected. According to them they dwelt in the center of the Earth with a group of beings that they call the Ant People. Drawings of the Ant People are remarkable similar to the gray aliens, large heads, little stocky bodies, long spindly fingers, in some cases 4, 5, or 6 digits. Some of these drawings have the indication of telepathic thought waves coming from the beings'.

Early Dakota stories speak of the Tiyami home of the ancestors as being within these stars. Facts tells us that these stars rise with the sun in May, The ancient indian legends say that when you die your spirit returns south to the seven sisters.

The Hopis called these stars the Chuhukon, meaning Those who Cling Together. They considered themselves direct descendents of these stars .

The Iroquois pray to them for happiness.

The Cree are said to have come to Earth from the stars in spirit form first, and then became flesh and blood.

... So the legends say.

It's time to know the truth...

Join the Maia Colony. You can try your luck at mining. Many of the boldest explorers have become wealthy for generatiosn with just one trip into the cluster. Most have ended up dead though. If you are really, really lucky you'll get to fly a transport or hauler. If you are well-connected, and lucky you might even earn a spot within the colony on a Maia Colony team. If you have a patron, you might find yourself on an archaeological expedition, just to see if there is any truth to the ancient indian legends.

The cluster is young, just over two hundred million years old, and densely packed with stars. In some places the radiation is too hazardous to even travel near enough to a star to land on a planet. Plnety of hot highly radioactive Blue Giants. There are brown dwarfs though, and superyoung white dwarfs, many with orbiting planets.

The planets are young too. Most, if they even have an atmosphere, have an atmosphere composed of carbon dioxide, carbon, and volcanic gasses. Most of the planets with an atmosphere have had the time now to form crusts, and oceans. And maybe life evolved on a few of these rocks. Intelligent life. That's what the Native Americans claimed. Most of the surveyed planets have sandy beaches, with sparkling blue waters, with a deep blue sky above, with enough water to suatain rivers and oceans. There is still lots of volcanoes though, and plenty of meteorite impacts, sometimes fire from the sky that drenches the planet in heat and fury on a scale almost unimaginable.

Some of the planets are composed of solid rock drifting in the magma like dark ice flows. With hot gases hissing from the cooling rockcarbon dioxide, nitrogen, water vapor, and others, enveloping the planet in a scalding atmosphere devoid of oxygen.

All the young planets are rich in heavy metals, minerals, and elements so the earth directorate established a colony. Now you are here. Are you ready? Are you up for the tasks and challenges?

Find out in the Home of the Black God. A Starsiege campaign coming to a gaming table near you.

[Breakdaddy]

Sounds fun! I would start my campaign as part of a military unit. They could be about to muster out or actually mustering out but I see a lot of opportunity in a few mission based adventures that would familiarize the players with their environment before I mustered them out of service. Either way, have fun!

[cheeplives]

The archaeological expedition seems like the are that is most open to all kinds of characters. You could have security forces along for the ride, members of some earth bound beauracracy there to keep track of the "scientists", spies, fanatics, etc... not to mention the actual archaeologists (and we all know what a crazed lot those folks are).
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