After the discovery of faster than light travel, humanity begun a new era of expansion as worlds anywhere from perfect for humanity to inhabit to ones rich in valuable resources and largely uninhabitable. At first it was "unaffiliated" NATO colony vessels, but soon after others began making their own ships and as a race to settle virgins world began. During this second space race and gold rush of epic proportions humanity made first contact, and soon after second and third contact with non-FTL capable aliens. After the initial race for territory claimed all of the habitable (or worlds rich enough in resources to make it worth it), the spread slowed down but with the only means of fast enough travel and communication between star systems being through the massive and hard to produce FTL capable "motheships" several more economically independent planets broke off and formed their own governments, many splitting from the UN as soon as they too had their own motherships forming various independent worlds and coalitions of systems. Eventually after a small spat, war broke out and escalated until entire planets burned under orbital bombardment and far flung asteroids.
By the end of the war, not even Earth, the home of humanity was left untouched, but the UN (now including almost all nations of Earth to provide a united homeland of humanity feel) eventually had to concede to let the other systems go completely independent and drawing back to Sol and a few loyal colonies. For the now acknowledged independent systems a Pyrrhic victory was achieved. Many places remained unscathed but several planets had been devastated by the warring to an extent that it seemed they would never recover.
Several opportunists began taking advantage of the situation, and the lucrative business of salvaging began on many of the habitable but utterly devastated worlds where law was in the hands of those who had the most guns. The Galactic War may be over but a new war of proxy powers, corporate interests, Sol's interests and the interests of other systems begins.
Skills (You start with two of them)
Heavy Weapons - Allows you to use more powerful weapons
Scouting - Allows you to get a sneak peak on the next area
Infiltration - Allows you to make sneak attacks
Medical - Allows you to heal people
Mechanics - Allows you to fix mechanical devices
Piloting - Allows you to fly aerial vehicles
Electronics - Allows you to fix and hack electronics
Equipment
Species Human: There's lots of humans everywhere and their primary skill is being everywhere. They also have a reputation for being the oldest and most technologically advanced race, as well as the most likely race to tear itself apart. Humans are the reason why many of the other species can travel the stars, but also the reason why the Galactic War broke out.
By the end of the war, not even Earth, the home of humanity was left untouched, but the UN (now including almost all nations of Earth to provide a united homeland of humanity feel) eventually had to concede to let the other systems go completely independent and drawing back to Sol and a few loyal colonies. For the now acknowledged independent systems a Pyrrhic victory was achieved. Many places remained unscathed but several planets had been devastated by the warring to an extent that it seemed they would never recover.
Several opportunists began taking advantage of the situation, and the lucrative business of salvaging began on many of the habitable but utterly devastated worlds where law was in the hands of those who had the most guns. The Galactic War may be over but a new war of proxy powers, corporate interests, Sol's interests and the interests of other systems begins.
Skills
(You start with two of them)
Heavy Weapons - Allows you to use more powerful weapons
Scouting - Allows you to get a sneak peak on the next area
Infiltration - Allows you to make sneak attacks
Medical - Allows you to heal people
Mechanics - Allows you to fix mechanical devices
Piloting - Allows you to fly aerial vehicles
Electronics - Allows you to fix and hack electronics
Equipment
Species
Human: There's lots of humans everywhere and their primary skill is being everywhere. They also have a reputation for being the oldest and most technologically advanced race, as well as the most likely race to tear itself apart. Humans are the reason why many of the other species can travel the stars, but also the reason why the Galactic War broke out.