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SPACE EXPEDITIONS
THE   NEXT   GENERATION
The Latest Instalment of Wintreath's Cosmic Roleplay

Hello all and welcome to the discussion for the creation of the second generation of Wintreath's most successful roleplay to date!  Space Expeditions: The Next Generation aims to preserve the greatness of the previous Space Expeditions and go further into the vast unexplored cosmos of the Wintrean Universe.

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Let's reboot and re-energize it, folks!!

Nooice! So what are we saying happened with the previous one?

We shall eventually!  In fact, that's part of what this thread aims to figure out... or not figure out, to leave it to the IC new crew and ship

Well, I've never been much of an RPer, but I've been meaning to start getting into RP. I've looked up some basic RP 101 stuff, and I hope I'm not too terrible at it. I guess this could be a start for me. The hardest part for me is coming up with a good character in the first place.

And will rules and guidelines be posted when this starts? Or are the rules something this thread is intended to decide?

Well, I've never been much of an RPer, but I've been meaning to start getting into RP. I've looked up some basic RP 101 stuff, and I hope I'm not too terrible at it. I guess this could be a start for me. The hardest part for me is coming up with a good character in the first place.

There are plenty of people here in the Guild who can guide you in the creation of a character. You need only ask.

And will rules and guidelines be posted when this starts? Or are the rules something this thread is intended to decide?

I believe this thread is intended to be an open discussion for everyone to talk about every aspect of this potential roleplay. BraveSirRobin will have to clarify on that though.

I think HKR-47 would still be around.

I think HKR-47 would still be around.

I'd love to know how you'd pull that off.

I think HKR-47 would still be around.

I'd love to know how you'd pull that off.

Hes a robot. So long as there are replacement parts, he'll be there.

I think HKR-47 would still be around.

I'd love to know how you'd pull that off.

Hes a robot. So long as there are replacement parts, he'll be there.

He must first have survived the event that killed the first voyage then found a way back for the repairs.

Who said that there was something that killed the first journey? Besides, its a clever robot. Maybe it even uploaded its mind into a new body.

Yeah this thread is basically an open brainstorming discussion for what the next one will be @Mathyland

So, my ideas for what it should be... I think it should be an expedition(s)... in space!

Well, it seems to me like we have 3 choices for what happened to the last expedition:
1. The last ship and crew lost all contact with Wintreath-controlled space and are presumed dead. Cue conspiracy theories on what happened to them. The next generation's mission could be to explore again and try to find the last ship and crew if possible.
2. The last expedition ended in failure with the ship irreparably damaged/destroyed but some of the crew saved (possibly by TNG?) using an emergency beacon, either from an escape pod, the wreckage of the ship, stuck on a planet, etc. TNG's mission could just be to explore past where the last expedition ended (and possibly save the survivors of the old crew and find out what happened). If TNG saves the old crew, then we decide what happened: hostile species, disease from planet/new species, asteroid field crash/space anomaly disaster, mutiny, etc.
3. The last expedition ended in success with knowledge of habitable planets and possibly new species (or even some inter-species government -- Mass Effect's Citadel/Council, anyone? -- depending on how sci-fi we want to go). Depending on how far in the future from the last expedition, Wintreath could have expanded its control of space, and TNG's mission is to continue to explore to find more planets (or perform some mission for the inter-species government).

Thoughts or other ideas?

Well, it seems to me like we have 3 choices for what happened to the last expedition:
1. The last ship and crew lost all contact with Wintreath-controlled space and are presumed dead. Cue conspiracy theories on what happened to them. The next generation's mission could be to explore again and try to find the last ship and crew if possible.
2. The last expedition ended in failure with the ship irreparably damaged/destroyed but some of the crew saved (possibly by TNG?) using an emergency beacon, either from an escape pod, the wreckage of the ship, stuck on a planet, etc. TNG's mission could just be to explore past where the last expedition ended (and possibly save the survivors of the old crew and find out what happened). If TNG saves the old crew, then we decide what happened: hostile species, disease from planet/new species, asteroid field crash/space anomaly disaster, mutiny, etc.
3. The last expedition ended in success with knowledge of habitable planets and possibly new species (or even some inter-species government -- Mass Effect's Citadel/Council, anyone? -- depending on how sci-fi we want to go). Depending on how far in the future from the last expedition, Wintreath could have expanded its control of space, and TNG's mission is to continue to explore to find more planets (or perform some mission for the inter-species government).

Thoughts or other ideas?

Hmm, the first two options kinda remind me of a story I've been following over on /r/HFY, Missing in Action. Would certainly be interesting, and would (the second option especially) provide some plot direction.

Ooh humans being OP?  That's a really cool concept actually!