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By the dawn of the [[23rd century]], [[human]]s have visited every planet in the [[Solar System]]. A roving mass of man-made satellites swarm about [[Sol]], and some three hundred million people do not call [[Earth]] home.
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During the American battle for independence, and the development of the mighty nation that arose from it, one of the founding notions has ever been:
  
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The vast majority of those who call themselves human are nearly [[immortal]]; over a billion people have entered their third century, and in the next few decades, a few will complete it. Genetic engineering has gone from curing the ills of aging and defects, to enhancing the [[human]] mind as well as the body. With each passing year, the limits of [[human]]ity's horizon seem to grow ever outward.
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''"All people are created equal."''
  
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Though the drums of war beat silently in space, all can hear them. The [[Solar Consortium]], fresh into its power, attempted to stamp out those that could one day challenge its might. The symbol of its failure is [[Ouranos Prime]], a gathering of whom their government would see extinct.
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That notion is dying, on several levels.
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Over a century has passed since the [[Prometheus Accords]], and the development of the [[Alpha Strain]]. This genetic modification divided [[human]]ity into two camps - those that [[exile|rejected technology]], and those who embraced it. The former cast themselves out of society, now living as hunter-gatherers, struggling alongside the common animals. For their faith, those who embraced technology, and the [[Alpha Strain]], no longer know age.
 
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With natural causes of death almost unheard of, genetic engineering is taking [[human]]ity to new heights. The [[Prometheus Accords]] called for further genetic modifications to [[human]]ity. [[Alpha Excelsior]], the [[Beta Strain]], and the [[Gamma Project]] all continue to seek a different idealized version of the [[human]] form.
 
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Those who left refused to call these strains [[human]].
 
  
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Shortly after the discovery of the [[mobius pattern]]s, the first team that worked on the [[Gamma Project]] made an exotic breakthrough, finding a similar alternate realm, and incorporating it into their work.  The official report of the [[Solar Consortium]] is that the experiment caused brutal, painful deaths for all involved.
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Are [[artificial sapience]]s people? What of people created by the hand of [[human]]ity, formed together out of organs, a synthetic fusion of flesh and machine?
  
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Some know better.
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Can one honestly argue that a normal, pureblood human is, in any way, equal to one of the advanced strains?
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During the American battle for independence, and the development of the mighty nation that arose from it, one of the founding notions has ever been:
 
  
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"All people are created equal."
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What of [[alien]]s?
  
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That notion is dying, on several levels.
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What of those who just want to live and be, not bettering themselves. [[Content]].  No desire to push any boundaries, or contribute to the greater glory of their kind, whatever the species or form?
  
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Are [[artificial intelligence]]s people? What of people created by the hand of [[human]]ity, formed together out of organs, a synthetic fusion of flesh and machine?
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Around countless utopias, there are things out there.  Things who seek an end to the great symphony of existence that fits their liking.
  
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Can one honestly argue that a normal, pureblood [[human]] is, in any way, equal to one of the advanced [[strain]]s?
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After millennia of staring into that dark abyss, [[mankind]], too, has become one of those things.
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There is a desire, for many people, to move up in the world, to take this power for themselves. Outside of the songs, much of it is firmly locked in the hands of those who already had power after the [[Martian Conflict]].
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[[Solar Storms]] has intense [[Gnostic]] and [[transhuman]] flavors.  A number of great dichotomies exist, and their interplay is the focus of the stories told.  Between hard science and fantasy, utopia and dystopia, technology and magic, the forest and the trees.
  
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And, for all that, no amount of money will allow a person to find their own [[Song]].  No amount of power will make one [[Chosen]].
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The initial, overall focus of this setting is to describe the 'big, massive picture', but the goal of the game it to describe events on a smaller scale.  It would seem that events unfolding in a single [[star system]] mean little on such a scope, but these seemingly small events can have a butterfly effect - or prevent one from spreading - and deceptively small events can have grand implications for the entire [[Universe]].
  
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Only one's own merits can prove worthy.
 
 
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Latest revision as of 18:14, 20 April 2007

During the American battle for independence, and the development of the mighty nation that arose from it, one of the founding notions has ever been:

"All people are created equal."

That notion is dying, on several levels.

Are artificial sapiences people? What of people created by the hand of humanity, formed together out of organs, a synthetic fusion of flesh and machine?

Can one honestly argue that a normal, pureblood human is, in any way, equal to one of the advanced strains?

What of aliens?

What of those who just want to live and be, not bettering themselves. Content. No desire to push any boundaries, or contribute to the greater glory of their kind, whatever the species or form?

Around countless utopias, there are things out there. Things who seek an end to the great symphony of existence that fits their liking.

After millennia of staring into that dark abyss, mankind, too, has become one of those things.

Solar Storms has intense Gnostic and transhuman flavors. A number of great dichotomies exist, and their interplay is the focus of the stories told. Between hard science and fantasy, utopia and dystopia, technology and magic, the forest and the trees.

The initial, overall focus of this setting is to describe the 'big, massive picture', but the goal of the game it to describe events on a smaller scale. It would seem that events unfolding in a single star system mean little on such a scope, but these seemingly small events can have a butterfly effect - or prevent one from spreading - and deceptively small events can have grand implications for the entire Universe.

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