Re: [NetEpic ML] Re: Netepic Background

From: Peter Ramos <primarch_at_...>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 08:10:48 -0500

Hi!

hehe, I thought a lot about you Luca before I posted this. I may have found a compromise.

We could divide the timeline is eras and purposefully leave a specific time frame abstract. This way anyone can accomodate a specific amount of time, but everyone uses the same "era" shell. This is as follows:

Era of Legend (note names are suggested for sake of example)
This is the era the Emperor is born following the sacrifice of many driuds whom foresaw the arrival of the chaos gods. Most information of this era is speculation only the emperor knows for sure (and even him may not know).

Era of Guidance
The Emperor guides the fledgling human race to technological achievement, never directly, always from shadows. Main events of history as we no it in real life can be traced to the hand of the Emperor

Era of Technology ("Dark age of technology")
A long spanning era. Man achieves great technological hiehgts and colonizes the galaxy. A lot to flesh out here, mostly everything in 40k tech was invented during this time. The STC's are the product of this age.

Era of Strife (Age of strife)
Warp storm fragment the human empire. Eldar civilization is nearly destroyed. This period is long enough to account for mutant stranis of humans- like squats. Formation of Eye of terror.

Era of Man
This era encompasses most of the "official" GW fluff, it can be divided into:
1) Horus Heresy- Perhaps we can finally make a consistent version, GW has changed this a bit from original version
2) Age of stagnation- a varible period of time (as long or short as you like), due to fear of chaos, as a consequence of the Heresy, man was stagnant technologically (and morally), repression and witchhunts are the norm.

Era of change ??
We could evolve the timeline beyond what GW has. Examples:
1) Has the Emperor died? Did the Starchild come?
2) How would the Imperium evolve or collapse?
3) How would man deal with the invasion on all fronts?
4) What new technologies evolve?

This Era has ENDLESS opportunities.

As you can see everyone uses the same framework, but how long each lasts is a matter of taste. As a matter of fact you could play in different eras and rules for epic gaming in each could be made.

Peter
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: magnus_at_...
  To: netepic_at_yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 5:50 AM
  Subject: [NetEpic ML] Re: Netepic Background


> If there is interest let me know, so we could start some initial
> discussions.

  I'm in.... IF we modify the ludicrous "strictly fascist, patethically
  inefficient, galaxy-wide empire stands perfectly still for 10.000
  years managing to exercise total control in an unknown manner (it's
  inefficient, remember?) and managing to continually fight on
  something like 15-20 simultaneous fronts without any bloody military
  technological advancement taking place in a period of time longer
  than what it took us to start with lances and end up with nuclear
  weapons".

  If we are to rewrite the background, we might as well come up with an
  half-believable version, at least.


  Luca


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