SPACE MERCHANT INTRO

Welcome to the beginning of the the SPACE MERCHANT presence on the web. Space merchant is roleplaying game which combines the action and atmosphere of star trek with the intrigue of the AMIGA game EPIC.

The Story (so far...)

It is the year 2490 (+- 100 years!) and mankind is fighting a losing battle against a race called *unknown* (they never told us.). Outnumbered but not out tech`ed mankind build a time machine with the intention of sending high tech space ships and weaponry into the year 1997 so that by the time we meet up with the enemy in the future our technology with be sufficiently advanced (plus the fact that we are ready for them!)to give them a good kicking when they finally decide to show up.
One day in 1997 (surprise,surprise!) some guy looked out a radio telescope which a government kindly decided to give him and guess what he sees...
He sees this gigantic space ship, well, actually to be precise he sees several gigantic spaceships. As you might expect a manned mission was eventually sent up to investigate. They found the ships uninhabited and and inside them a manual with instructions on how to pilot them. A video tape was also left with tells the story of what will happen in the future if mankind doesent start learning how to fly these things and make them better. There was also a little note describing how a "World War III" would be a bad idea and is best avoided.

You might think that govermental agencies would research the technology on the quiet and pretent it doesent exist like they always do but it didnt exactly work out that way for some reason. This was the beginning of the age of the big corporations, some bigger than small nations and they too wanted this technology. Eventually by hook or by crook everybody, and I mean everybody got their hands on this potentially dangerous technology.

By the year 2060 people were building their own warp ships, flying around and generally colonising a planet or two. All this before the governments on earth could get some kind of space police together. As a result ALMOST anything goes in space, you can do what you want, go where you want, shoot who you want. Police ships are few and far between but if you meet one your in trouble... They`ve got the best ships going.


THIS IS THE SPACE MERCHANT IN ITS EARLY STAGES, I MAY HAVE LEFT OUT INFORMATION OR HAVE BEEN TO VAGUE ON SOMETHING. THIS PAGE WILL DEFINITELY BE UPDATED EVERY NOW AND THEN.

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