Example Threat Force: Khalki Planetary Defense Force

By Patrick MurphyPosted on 27 December, 20246 April, 2024Cat AllianceTags Background, Character Design, Equipment, Threat Forces, Vehicles, WeaponsLeave a comment

Khalki is a fairly typical human-settled Alliance colony. It has a pleasant climate, low population, and nothing too weird going on to demand special training or equipment. Their function is military, and their role is that of a defense force. They’re there to protect their world, not persecute the current… Read More ►

Shipwrecks and Ghost Ships

By Patrick MurphyPosted on 29 November, 202431 March, 2024Cat AllianceTags Background, Technology, VehiclesLeave a comment

First, let's establish definitions. My definition of a shipwreck should be pretty intuitive: it's a wrecked or otherwise lost starship. Ghost ships aren't ghost ships of legend, spectral craft that drift in and out of reality snatching away those unlucky enough to have come aboard, damned to spend eternity as… Read More ►

Shipboard Emergency Equipment

By Patrick MurphyPosted on 22 November, 202431 March, 2024Cat AllianceTags Equipment, Starships, Technology, Transportation, VehiclesLeave a comment

Space travel in the Alliance and surrounding areas is a mature technology, about as safe as modern air travel. For most interstellar travelers, it’s almost identical to boarding an airliner or passenger train. You check your luggage, walk through a weapons scanner, get on board, and when you get where… Read More ►

Starship Cargo Operations

By Patrick MurphyPosted on 8 November, 202431 March, 2024Cat AllianceTags Starships, Technology, Trade, Transportation, VehiclesLeave a comment

While most settled planets in the Alliance are self-sufficient, very few can produce everything they need, and offplanet luxuries are by definition from another planet. For obvious reasons, this leads to a lot of interplanetary and interstellar trade. In-system trade largely consists of basic commodities being transferred as needed. Typically,… Read More ►

Technology in the Alliance

By Patrick MurphyPosted on 12 July, 202423 March, 2024Cat AllianceTags Behind the Scenes, Biotech, Drugs, Equipment, Medicine, Technology, VehiclesLeave a comment

I've been thinking a lot about what tech level I want for the Alliance. Too low and a lot of things become difficult if not impossible. Too high and there's no room for improvement, whether for the Alliance or higher-tech aliens. Since I try to run more dramatic, exploration and… Read More ►