Hi Tom.
I agree that we need more sf games, but I'm afraid I disagree that modifying
existing fiction is intrinsically a good idea.
For instance, if I was playing a game in which you were captain cook of the
star ship endeaver, exploring planets on behalf of the union of confederated
worlds, encountering races such as the war like Kringor and the cunning
rymans, it would just feel like a cheap copy to me, and indeed the
similarity to existing material would make it feel unoriginal.
Rather, I'd love to see a game that used basic sf concepts, eg, travel
through hyper space, alien races etc, to tell a new story, and give us
something to explore that we haven't seen before.
For instance, in startrek the federation is sort of the goodie two shoes of
the galaxy, ---- what would happen if the federation were a bit more like a
real human country, ie, mostly out for their own interests. While Babylon 5
explored this idea, babylon 5 also had humans as one of the five or so major
powers, ---- well what would happen if humans weren't! a major power, but
comparatively miner in scale, perhaps being employed as mercenaries or pawns
in alien wars.
Also, where do humans get! the technology able to fly through space, ----
perhaps it's alien in origin to begin with.
The heechee novels by fredrich pohl (or at least the first two), for
instance imagine humanity discovering an asteroid full of alien ships, but
nobody has any idea how to fly them so it's just a case of set the preset
controls and see where you end up. Perhaps near some valuable alien tech or
astronomical data that could make you rich, or perhaps too close to a
neutron star!
Same goes for planet exploring really, indeed one of the things that always
confused me a bit in startrek was the way that so many alien races looked
human, ---- what happened to the real! aliens, (this was actually one thing
I think Doctor who got right).
Just some thoughts, but personally sinse it's the exploration of different
worlds I' appreciate, it'd be nice if those worlds could! be different,
rather than just a rehash of what we've seen before.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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