Board Thread:Roleplay Ideas/@comment-26119768-20151030044546

Date: November 27, 7039

Personal log of President Rowe:

Today is it. The 5,000th anniversary of leaving Earth. 5,000 years ago, we ensured the survival of humanity. Only 4,237 more years to go, and we will reach our new home. If we don't kill ourselves first.

End log.

A bit of exposition so you know whats going on:

The Ark Initiative was conceived of by the greatest scientists and engineers of their generation. 5,000 years ago, an abnormally large solar flare, combined with a genetically modified virus gone rogue, rendered Earth uninhabitable. In the years following that disaster, the Ark Initiative was started. It proposed to send 3 million humans to the closest planet that could sustain life. Or should I say, would be able to sustain life by the time we reached it. Obviously, this was a huge undertaking. Supporting 3 million humans for more than 9,000 years is no small task. So the world joined together to allow the human race to survive, building 3 enormous ships to send off into the universe. Each ship was entirely self sufficient, and supported 1 million people each. There was even equipment to sustain scientific research and discovery. While the engineers worked on the ships, the psychologists worked on the society. A near-perfect system was designed, made to prevent any sort of dissent which could end the mission. The 3 million were carefully selected, and then the ships were sent off.

And then Ark 02 exploded. Some foolish group decided to try and sabotage the program, and they succeeded. Fast forward 2,000 years later, and Ark 03 has a massive systems failure, which causes the population to either suffocate due to life support malfunctions, or starve from food distribution failures. It was impossible to rescue any survivors. And then only Ark 01 was left. The societal system slowly collapses, as human error left a few flaws in it. Over the thousands of years, there have been dictatorships, monarchies, and currently, a republic. And so, even as it nears its goal, Ark 01 falls to pieces, with warring factions and failing systems.

Ok, now for the fun part. There are several factions you can join:

The Loyalists: these are the people loyal to the original intentions of the Founders, and will do practically anything to keep the Ark on course and its mission viable. The leader is president Rowe. They are the largest of the factions.

The Dissenters: these are the rebels of sorts. They wish to set off to explore the galaxy, consequences be damned. They have a large following, and have better weapons than other factions.

The Mechanics: these people have one goal: keep the ship running. They watch over the ships functions, and are taught from an early age how to keep the Ark from falling apart. They have the knowledge of  and access to a good amount of secret passages and the overall layout of the ship. All in all, they are the most intelligent of the factions, and they know the Ark better than any other faction. The Mechanics are quite small, but this is intended, as they are a faction actually created/designed by the Founders.

The Imprisoned: this group wishes to escape through any means possible. They view the Ark as a prison, and believe that they are descended from prisoners who were sent off into the Arks to die. Their eventual goal is to head back to earth and destroy the utopia they think they will find there. They are after revenge. This is the smallest faction, but also the most fervent and ruthless.

The goal of the roleplay is... I have no idea, which is why I'm putting this on the ideas board, and not on the random rp board. Any suggestions? 