Re: DC263 2359 UTS pre-game from griminallyinsane
Well, Tom, I'll fill you in. Gather 'round children. I'll recount the
major rolls as I remember them. I'll try not to reveal any plot twists etc
so as not to blow it for you. It was an excellent series. You might enjoy
taking it in yourself someday.
And So It Begins (said in a Vorlon voice as if recounting a tale);
There is an alliance of races. They are allied against the Bad Guys, the
Essence of Evil, The Darkness This is a loose alliance and is always in
danger of breaking apart.
The Drazi symbolize the alliance. During episodes they do things (good bad
brave and not so brave) But their common theme is to be the voice of the
alliance. How do the members feel. What actions do they support.
The Drazi are/represent the backbone of the alliance
Babylon 5: An Earth station that broke away during a civil war. Hence, it
our game anybody who occupies can build there.
It is a place where all the alliance hangs out. Sort of a UN of the future.
It is HQ.
Mimbar: Mimbari may be the most intelligent race. They are very spiritual.
The Mimbars are technically very superior to Earth. Earth, out of
stupidity, Gets in a war with the mimbars. Mimbaris show mercy to earth.
It's all incestuous and really complicated and out of the scope of this
treatise. Mimbar & Babylon form the core of the alliance.
Narns & Centauri; Have been at war (or are currenlty at war, I forget).
The Centauri win. Narns engage in insurrection.
Hence, in our game there is no room between these races and the chance of
conflict is nearly unavoidable.
During the first seasons the Narns are unlikable. Kinda reptilian and
obsessed with taking Centauri blood. The Centauri are human and
diplomatically correct.
As time wares on though the viewer cannot help but sympathize with the Narn
cause.
And finally out of romantic relationship with their own history
the Centauri wind up allied with the forces of Evil and are thereby consumed.
Vorlons, How could we forget the vorlons? They are an older race and have
superior knowledge and technology. They know much more than anyone else
about the shadows. They are mysterious. Nobody has even seen one outside
of his 'encounter suit'.
Then, there is the Shadows. Bum Bum Bum Bum. These are the dark forces of
evil. These are a TITAN race as opposed to the OLYMPIANs of the Alliance.
Back in some good ol' day there two major forces. These forces somehow
fostered the younger races (alliance). One was white and good the other was
the shadow. The light (race/force/group) believed in nurturing the
youngsters and helping them to reach heights. The Shadows, in a rather
Nietzche world view, believe that through hardship, blood, & suffering the
younger races will rise and produce superiority.
Hence, in our game the only way to survive is to unite against the Shadows.
Oh, and somewhere along the line the hero of the story dies and is
resurrected. Well actually there are two heroes. They both die and are
resurrected.
--and ya just gotta see Lazerus.
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On 6/17/09 6:36 AM, "Tom Hopkins" <[u:23e1604d1f]Tom.Hopkins(at)ainc-inac.gc.ca[/u:23e1604d1f]> wrote:
[quote:23e1604d1f]Good day Gentlemen
Talk about feeling out of my element. Not only is this my first foray into
variants, I have never seen an episode of Bab5. I was thinking I should have
left the spot open for someone who knows the series, but this variant looked
too cool to miss out on.
So, I apologize if I miss the boat on any references to the show (I am an
X-Files kinda guy.)
I'd say 'Good Luck' but that would only apply to any games you play after this
one, so instead, I will say, 'Game on!'
Cheers,
Tom
PS Oh yeah, I will be using both [u:23e1604d1f]griminallyinsane(at)gmail.com[/u:23e1604d1f] an
[u:23e1604d1f]Tom.Hopkins(at)ainc-inac.gc.ca[/u:23e1604d1f] for communications.
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