In the year 2139, a tired Earth was reeling from war. The breakout of the Third World War altered the surface of the world permanently with weapons beyond anything the soldiers of centuries before held in the worst of nightmares. Any country unable to sustain itself against the nuclear winter was quickly enveloped into chaos, leaving only the most advanced of nation-states standing. The United Federation of States (formerly North America and Great Britain), the Eurasian Alliance (Germany, France, Spain, and Russia), and Panoriental Territories (China, India, and Japan) all emerged as the three controlling world powers.
Still, Earth was no longer fit to survive the conflict. Radioactive contamination of the unshielded areas was quickly destroying what was left of the world’s natural resources and the technology that protected the three powers could not support the large population. The leaders of the world turned to the heavens for an answer.
For the United Federation of States, that answer came in the form of three massive ships designed to find a new hope somewhere in the stars. The UFS Kennedy, Roosevelt, and Churchill were the pinnacle of modern engineering. Each capable of holding a population up to 1,200 each, the ships were launched in three separate directions from Earth, all headed to distant stars in the hope of one day reaching a world where humanity would settle and someday live on. The pioneers boarded the ship knowing that it would take far longer than their own lifetime to reach a destination, pinning the hope of new life on their grandchildren and further down the line.
The pioneers of the UFS Kennedy are our ancestors. Their hopes live on in our story.
Welcome to The Future Adrift! This sci-fi story should be a tremendous amount of fun. We’re looking for talented writers that are looking to work with others to create a story for everyone to enjoy. This game is in a definitely futuristic setting and I’d like to encourage creativity among the players by leaving a lot about the Kennedy and the in-game reality open for imagination, but I will request changes to character applications if things get a little too out of hand. That said, apply and enjoy!
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[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Occupation aboard the ship:[/b] (Options are almost endless, choices including medical staff, security personnel, flight crew, educators, etc. This is a generation ship that operates as a city over generations, so the opportunities are wide open.)
[b]Appearance:[/b] (Pictures and written descriptions are both accepted.)
[b]Personality/background:[/b]
[i]Personal history is optional since all the characters have been on the ship since birth. Feel free to build a back history between families and other characters as necessary.[/i]
Name: Taryn “Dodger” Bennett
Age: 21
Occupation aboard the ship: Computer/mechanical engineer
Appearance:
Personality/background: Dodger’s personality is as fiery as the red hair on her head. Raised as something of a tomboy, the girl has been trying (rather successfully, at that) to shed her given name from the day she began to walk. Unafraid to say anything and fire off her mouth at the worst moment, the stubborn girl has no problem going toe-to-toe with the childhood friends she once had that now proudly wear the uniform of the Kennedy’s security force.
Fiercely loyal to her friends and slow to let go of a grudge, Dodger slowly began to come into her own about the time she hit the age of seventeen, beginning to look at the men of her metallic world as something other than another obstacle. As passionate in her personal life as she is in her work, Dodger is a determined young woman that has no problem expressing herself or making her intentions clear in any situation.
