It will probably be easiest to make it up. Let's start with the core principals. It is an Earth-9 based corporation, and its power base is here. Earth-9 is focused on not losing it's TL4 technology to entropy and collapse. It has customers who fund its work.Craigers07 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 04, 2021 4:26 amI don't know which tech company yet. Is the core SWN book the best place to look at tech or are there some better sources to look at?
Region/City: Pick either Russian or Greek influence for the society (tying to the same region as our religious folks). Make up a city your company is based in (or use the heavily-theocratic-influenced Deluga). Tell us something about the city.
Business: Chose one area that the company used to perform at TL4, and is desperately trying to keep from sliding to TL3. Or, it is a new wildy-successful upstart company providing a TL3 good (i.e. real world feasible) product better/cheaper than ever expected.
Postech: Tech Level 4 (page 63)
- The poor in the Badlands (i.e. everyone can afford it, it is a staple good. A TL4 method of manufacture, not a TL4 end-product.)
- The masses in the city (cheaper product sold to everyone, part of the city's standard of living, considered a "must have" to set themselves apart from the poor)
- The wealthy of the city (why are they willing to buy it? What do they use it for?)
- The Oligarchs on Glendore station (can only they afford it, or do they demand exclusivity?)
- A secret contract with Langtang station that you weren't even supposed to know about
- The dwindling number of Space Traders (why is the trip to Earth-9 for your commodity worth it?)
I like this name generator: https://www.scifiideas.com/scifi-compan ... generator/
That works for me. A fugitive with a bounty on them (especially an unjust one) is a great place to start a story.Craigers07 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 04, 2021 4:26 amIndentured servitude is going to be part of the background story.
My escape is going to be 2 years ago. I think that would fit into the timeline based on the House Rules section.
Sounds good! Touch base with cybersavant and greyarea on if you wanted to coming on a common offworld ship, or if you've been here a while.Mister-Kent wrote: ↑Thu Feb 04, 2021 10:50 am Great cast of characters so far! Today I'm going to try to finalize Faraday's backstory details. Also the Agent can be sort of a quarrelsome asshat (it's his Mutation's Flaw, so I interpret it as his *sensitivity* makes him extra touchy) but he'd get along well with any of the PCs.