Post by Jo KIM on Feb 26, 2017 14:55:35 GMT -5
This is a game set in the Silver Millennium, so the setting is a combination of high-tech sci-fi and fantasy elements.
Mercury is the big technology hub of the Silver Millennium; they are able to create spaceships, glass and metal skyscrapers, personal hovercraft, and computers (although most would not have access to the advanced technology that created Sailor Mercury's mini supercomputer). The stereotype of Mercurian people is that they are stuffy and humourless, focusing on learning above all else, yet they also seem to have invented computer games, techno music, electronics shows, and raves, so they can't be all bad, can they?
Venus is the planet of romance and hedonism. It's a popular destination for weddings, honeymoons, romantic dream vacations, and illicit affairs. On the dark side, it has a very large, very active red light district with gambling dens and "massage parlours" on nearly every street corner. Popular vacation adverts proclaim that "What happens on Venus, stays on Venus."
Earth's Moon is an artificial structure placed in Earth's orbit long ago to look after the young, developing planet. It is considered the centre and ruling power over the Silver Millennium. There is only one city on the artificial satellite, the Moon Kingdom, which exists under a bubble. It is the only place on the moon that can sustain life. Since there are no native life forms to the moon, its flora, fauna, and citizens hail from other planets all around the Sol system. The Lunarian Queen, for example, is of Venusian lineage. She's never married and is known as a virgin queen despite having a now teen-aged daughter. Some, knowing the queen's Venusian roots, speculate that she became pregnant through either an affair with a commoner or a rape, but no-one dares say as much in public.
Earth is the world on which we will focus in this story. It's a young world whose best days are still ahead; as of this game, the seven wonders of the ancient world aren't even yet a twinkle in anyone's eye. There are no cars, no TV and movies, no computers and internet. People get around on foot, by boat, or with horses and buggies, lead simple lives, and take old-fashioned jobs like farming, blacksmithing, selling wares at the market, etc. Children are taught at home to follow in their parents' footsteps, or take on apprenticeships to learn a chosen trade. Cooking is done with fire, light with candles or lanterns, washing done in a natural body of water or by drawing water and heating it over a fire. For fun people tell stories, play games (like cards, darts, sports, etc.). Think of a fantasy setting with knights and castles and you'll be close.
Mars is the planet of war, but ironically, also home to a spiritual Mecca to which Martians and interplanetary travellers alike make pilgrimages. Deep within their capitol city lies a great, ancient shrine several thousand years old. It is attended by warrior monks who pass out charms, do blessings and fortune readings, and let people watch martial arts demonstrations. The stereotypical Martian is usually calm and polite, but also hot-tempered and quick to anger. Psychic abilities are rare but prized among the Martian natives; most of those with such powers are monks or nuns working in the shrines.
Jupiter is the largest of the so-called Inner Planets, a stormy gas giant with many moons which are populated by similarly large and often stormy-tempered natives. In the past, the Jovians had been a conqueror race who tried to take over their neighbouring worlds, until the rise of the Moon Kingdom and Queen Serenity struck a (sometimes uneasy) peace. The Jovian society is matriarchal, ruled by a queen, with mothers acting as heads of household and female warriors heading up armies and fighting right alongside their men.
Saturn is a gas giant with impressive rings made of space dust and debris. The people of Saturn tend to be short, slight, pale-skinned, and delicate. Perhaps because they are so fragile, evolution has gifted some of them with healing powers. By their own choice, the Saturnians don't often associate with people from other worlds, so it's likely most people in the system have never met one in real life.
Uranus is a turbulent gas giant which is aberrant in the fact it rolls on its side through space rather than travelling upright; its people live on the world's many moons. The stereotype of Uranians is that they are all tall, blond, and athletic. Competitions of strength or speed are popular on that world.
Neptune, contrary to the name, is not an ocean planet, but a gas giant. Its people live on the moons, which hold vast oceans beneath the surface. While they are not a race of mermaids, many of them do live in sophisticated underwater cities.
Pluto is still a planet, since it will be thousands of years before NASA demotes it to dwarf status. Its people are the total opposite of what one might expect; tall, willowy, and dark-complected. There isn't a large population, but they are hardy (they have to be to survive on such a cold, dark world). Pluto is considered the last outpost of the Sol system. It and the other "Outer" planets keep watch for threats coming in from outside the system.
Mercury is the big technology hub of the Silver Millennium; they are able to create spaceships, glass and metal skyscrapers, personal hovercraft, and computers (although most would not have access to the advanced technology that created Sailor Mercury's mini supercomputer). The stereotype of Mercurian people is that they are stuffy and humourless, focusing on learning above all else, yet they also seem to have invented computer games, techno music, electronics shows, and raves, so they can't be all bad, can they?
Venus is the planet of romance and hedonism. It's a popular destination for weddings, honeymoons, romantic dream vacations, and illicit affairs. On the dark side, it has a very large, very active red light district with gambling dens and "massage parlours" on nearly every street corner. Popular vacation adverts proclaim that "What happens on Venus, stays on Venus."
Earth's Moon is an artificial structure placed in Earth's orbit long ago to look after the young, developing planet. It is considered the centre and ruling power over the Silver Millennium. There is only one city on the artificial satellite, the Moon Kingdom, which exists under a bubble. It is the only place on the moon that can sustain life. Since there are no native life forms to the moon, its flora, fauna, and citizens hail from other planets all around the Sol system. The Lunarian Queen, for example, is of Venusian lineage. She's never married and is known as a virgin queen despite having a now teen-aged daughter. Some, knowing the queen's Venusian roots, speculate that she became pregnant through either an affair with a commoner or a rape, but no-one dares say as much in public.
Earth is the world on which we will focus in this story. It's a young world whose best days are still ahead; as of this game, the seven wonders of the ancient world aren't even yet a twinkle in anyone's eye. There are no cars, no TV and movies, no computers and internet. People get around on foot, by boat, or with horses and buggies, lead simple lives, and take old-fashioned jobs like farming, blacksmithing, selling wares at the market, etc. Children are taught at home to follow in their parents' footsteps, or take on apprenticeships to learn a chosen trade. Cooking is done with fire, light with candles or lanterns, washing done in a natural body of water or by drawing water and heating it over a fire. For fun people tell stories, play games (like cards, darts, sports, etc.). Think of a fantasy setting with knights and castles and you'll be close.
Mars is the planet of war, but ironically, also home to a spiritual Mecca to which Martians and interplanetary travellers alike make pilgrimages. Deep within their capitol city lies a great, ancient shrine several thousand years old. It is attended by warrior monks who pass out charms, do blessings and fortune readings, and let people watch martial arts demonstrations. The stereotypical Martian is usually calm and polite, but also hot-tempered and quick to anger. Psychic abilities are rare but prized among the Martian natives; most of those with such powers are monks or nuns working in the shrines.
Jupiter is the largest of the so-called Inner Planets, a stormy gas giant with many moons which are populated by similarly large and often stormy-tempered natives. In the past, the Jovians had been a conqueror race who tried to take over their neighbouring worlds, until the rise of the Moon Kingdom and Queen Serenity struck a (sometimes uneasy) peace. The Jovian society is matriarchal, ruled by a queen, with mothers acting as heads of household and female warriors heading up armies and fighting right alongside their men.
Saturn is a gas giant with impressive rings made of space dust and debris. The people of Saturn tend to be short, slight, pale-skinned, and delicate. Perhaps because they are so fragile, evolution has gifted some of them with healing powers. By their own choice, the Saturnians don't often associate with people from other worlds, so it's likely most people in the system have never met one in real life.
Uranus is a turbulent gas giant which is aberrant in the fact it rolls on its side through space rather than travelling upright; its people live on the world's many moons. The stereotype of Uranians is that they are all tall, blond, and athletic. Competitions of strength or speed are popular on that world.
Neptune, contrary to the name, is not an ocean planet, but a gas giant. Its people live on the moons, which hold vast oceans beneath the surface. While they are not a race of mermaids, many of them do live in sophisticated underwater cities.
Pluto is still a planet, since it will be thousands of years before NASA demotes it to dwarf status. Its people are the total opposite of what one might expect; tall, willowy, and dark-complected. There isn't a large population, but they are hardy (they have to be to survive on such a cold, dark world). Pluto is considered the last outpost of the Sol system. It and the other "Outer" planets keep watch for threats coming in from outside the system.
