Setting

• Reference TL: 9
• Reference Culture: Western
• Reference Language: English
• Magic System: None

Style

Pulp-style Action. Mystery-Thriller, not "Investigation."

• Style: Heroic Realism (ATE2 p. 49)
• Morality: Heroes Wanted (ATE2 p. 50)

Tropes

Crapsaccharine World; Settling The Frontier; Town With A Dark Secret; Wilderness of Mirrors

Central Tension

Greedy/desperate Homeline officials versus hopeful survival colony, struggling to grow, under the threat of the inevitable return of the corporate-backed PMC forces, pressure from the Homeline administration, and the need for more extreme measures to maintain stability and security in a hostile environment.

Expectations

• Espionage Wilderness of Mirrors: Never sure whom to trust
• Quite a lot of Social Engineering
• Occasional PC "family drama"
• May not be as combat-focused as usual

Intended Features

• Sandbox play; emergent narrative
• Dinosaurs & ray-guns
• Single "hub-town" (Terra Nova colony), surrounded by wilderness and dinosaurs
• Plenty of wilderness travel, random wilderness encounters, with dinosaurs
• Secrets, lies, and betrayals (possibly with dinosaurs)

Setting Details

Technology

Economy