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What follows is a collection of overviews covering the setting of [[Solar Storms]].
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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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=== [[Solar Storms Timeline|Timeline]] ===
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''"All people are created equal."''
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A history of the previous two centuries of [[humanity]]:
 
  
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* The [[21st century]] saw [[artificial sapience]], the discovery of the [[soul]], [[immortal]]ity, the [[Prometheus Accords]], the advent of [[fusion]], and the [[Great Exile]] are the highlights of this period, though it is also notable for the near-brush with [[World War III]].
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That notion is dying, on several levels.
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* The [[22nd century]] saw the terraforming and colonization of [[Mars]], inexpensive [[Earth]]-to-orbit propulsion, the colonization and development of the [[Moon]], the discovery [[tachyon]]s and of primitive life around [[Alpha Centauri]] and the subsequent launch of the [[Centaurus Mission]], and the [[Martian Conflict]] overthrowing the governments of [[Earth]] to give rise to the [[Solar Consortium]].
 
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* Though nascent, the [[23rd century]] has seen the discovery of the [[mobius pattern]]s, the appearance of [[angel]]s, [[pyrrhan]]s, and [[striatvari]], as well as [[wraith]]s and the [[infested]].  [[Human]]s complete the first true [[megastructure]]s, [[Ouranos Prime]], the [[Clark Ring]] and the [[Martian Ring]], during the first decade.
 
  
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=== [[Solar Storms Developments|Developments]] ===
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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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Kind of the 'miscellanious' setting section, mostly linking to specific important discoveries that don't fit elsewhere, and ones that do that deserve to stand out. These have shaped the [[Solar System]] over the past two centuries.  Some key ones are:
 
  
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* [[Immortal]]ity and the [[Prometheus Accords]]
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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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* The discovery of the [[soul]]
 
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* The [[mobius pattern]]s
 
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* The [[terraforming]] of [[Earth]] and [[Mars]]
 
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* The [[Great Rings]] - the [[Clarke Ring]] and the [[Martian Ring]]
 
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* The adoption of the [[Solar Calendar]]
 
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* Miscellanious points, such as [[solipsism syndrome]], [[Rare Earth]], and the [[suicide problem]]
 
  
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=== [[Solar Storms Technology|Technology]] ===
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What of [[alien]]s?
  
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=== [[Solar Storms Organizations|Organizations]] ===
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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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=== [[Solar Storms Systems|Systems]] ===
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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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=== [[Solar Storms Society|Society]] ===
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After millennia of staring into that dark abyss, [[mankind]], too, has become one of those things.
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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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=== [[Solar Storms Constructs|Constructs]] ===
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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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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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