No human alive knows when or where the DISCO was originally built - any literature on the subject not burned many BilSpins ago to warm the families of the bow was most likely destroyed during the Mutant Heresy. According to legends whispered among the citizens of Fordek, the massive vessel comes originally from the NOoF (Nearer Orb of Flame), though the concept is laughable in modern academia; after all, how could such a marvel of technology possibly be developed inside an inferno? Many now contend that the most sensible origin of the DISCO is the Point of Little Grey, although Kohman telerotorscopes have yet been unable to pinpoint any sort of civilization on the rocky surface. At any rate, few aboard have the time, inclination, intelligence, or luxury of pondering such things...
Enter the decks of the UESF DISCO - a truly colossal wonder of ancient civilization, stuffed to the bulkheads with all manner of freaky individuals and wondrous locales. Roam the floors of Fordek and mingle with all sorts of oddball characters and absurdist factions, from the snobbish academics of Kohman Bredj-Too who work tirelessly day in and out to gain sense of bearing in the black void, to the impoverished masses and rat breeders of the twisting darkness in Lewahdek, to the deranged hoarding cannibals that nest in Man-Ketchun.
If you plan on testing your mettle, do as the young braves of Creeyo-Stasi-Own do and cross the Fractured Gap of Inky Fires over to ERIES, where you can go toe-to-toe with all manners of mutant (the slathering, shifty Valits, the chaotic and oddly-insightful Mashiniks, or the unspeakably brutish yet unscrupulously hygienic Maydee). If you're lucky, you might find an unsealed Argoba stuffed to the brim with pristine supplies, but be on the lookout for rampaging Shinefolk - their strength is many orders of magnitude greater than that of any man. The Kohmandars claim that the ERIES was shunted a few million rotations back by some outside force... who knows what unspeakable thing may have been unleashed in the depths of Gindek?
About UESF DISCO
UESF DISCO (the United Earth Super Freighter DISCOVERIES) is my intended setting aboard a derelict super colony ship, left to twist in space above the charred remains of Earth after a catastrophic engine explosion ripped the craft in two. This setting is filled with all manner of factions, having to start societies from scratch all over again after awaking completely anew from cryonic sleep. Play is divided between the settled cabins of the ship's bow (the Forward Deck, or "Fordek"), where player interaction is tantamount to survival, and the chaotic radioactive remains of the ship's stern, ERIES, where paths to untouched riches must be carved in mutant blood, robotic lubricants, and alien plasma.
The UESF DISCO posts on this blog will serve as an ad-hoc gazette for such explorations, until such a time as we can assemble a properly packaged product intended for play. Be sure to check in periodically as we highlight people, factions, locations, foes and concepts intended for upcoming play in this exciting new setting!
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