OT Twilight: 3200 - The Stars Outnumber Us

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TSOU is an idea I cooked up a few weeks ago. Stars Without Numbers is my favorite RPG, but I also love Twilight:2000 for its gritty theme of post-WWIII survival.

So I theorized The Stars Outnumber Us, a SWN campaign with the same themes as Twilight:2000, but using the SWN system.

The basic story is that the PCs would be part of an Expeditionary Force sent to some enemy planet many drills from their own homes in some galaxy-spanning conflict, but everything falls apart, leaving them star systems from home with no support or hope of rescue. They'll have to rely on their wits and skill to break out from enemy occupied space and maybe get back to their homeworlds someday...

The game would have a military bend (PCs will all be soldiers, drafted or otherwise), though it would by no means be a complete recreation of military life (I have not, or am currently serving in any armed forces, my knowledge of military life is close to none), but focuses more on the characters and how they react to the rapidly changing situation around them. Their enemies will be ruthless in carrying out the extermination of all invaders, so the PCs will have to be one step ahead to survive.

One idea I was tossing around was that every PC was a squad leader, and had a thread to themselves, though they could correspond through a special 'radio contact' thread that would be open to everyone. This would allow everyone to live a bit of their own story, have meat shields, cover a larger world, but still remain grounded in the theme of survival, since they'd have to look out for their men.

I might even try to 'port' some of the Twilight: 2000 adventures I have (the Poland arc for example) into scenarios for TSOU. I will also throw in some things from the many, many SWN supplements (I own them all), but all a player would need to play is the core rules.

New players to SWN are welcome (it's very friendly to newcomers, character generation is quick and easy, and if you're not careful in combat you'll be dead in a heartbeat, I've seen it happen.). SWN is based off of Basic/Expert D&D, and Traveller.

This would be run over on RPOL, and I already have a 'tiny' gathering for it. If there is any interest here, I can create the game and RTJ threads for people to join up. My username on RPOL is the same as here.

So, can you survive when The Stars Outnumber Us?

P.S. Did I mention SWN is free?