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AD ASTRA
A Science Fiction Roleplaying Game By Michael Wolf
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Table of Contents .................................2Introduction ............................................3
Introduc�on to Ad Astra ........................................3Credits ...................................................................3Copyright ...............................................................3License ..................................................................3
21st Century ........................................................422nd Century ......................................................4A New Beginning .................................................4
The Gaian Republic .............................................5The Tovenaar Empire...........................................5The SpaceCorp Corporate State ..........................5The Akkathon Federaon ....................................5The Psitech League ..............................................5The Twilight Star ..................................................5
The Gaian Republic ................................................6The Tovenaar Empire .............................................6The SpaceCorp Corporate State .............................7The Akkathon Federa�on .......................................8The PsiTech League ................................................9The Twilight Star ..................................................10Designer’s Note #2 ...............................................10
The Free Miners Guild..........................................11The Brotherhood .................................................11Ares SpaceWorks Ltd. ..........................................11The Raiders ..........................................................11The Venshran Principality ....................................11The Interstellar Red Sun .......................................11Interstellar Astrographic Society ..........................11
Spaceships and FTL technology ............................12Computer technology and the StellarNet .............12Personal Computers ............................................12Forcefields ...........................................................12Robo�cs ..............................................................13Medicine and Cybertechnology ...........................13
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NTRODUCTION
Introduction to Ad Astra
Welcome to the world of “Ad Astra”, a SF cam-paign seng. This document shall give players andgame masters a quick overview about the seng.The primer is presented in a system-free format to allowthe GM to use any rules system he likes.If you are looking for more informaon about “Ad Astra”and my other projects, check out my blog Stargazer’sWorld at
www.stargazersworld.com
!“Ad Astra” is set into the far future. Humanity has ven-tured to the stars. Aside from a few arfacts found in thelifeless deserts of Mars, there are no signs of intelligentlife. Humanity is all alone in space. Or so it seems.An ancient jumpgate found near Jupiter allowed us accessto a far away region of space: the Omega Centauri starcluster. In the early years of the 22nd century millions of humans travelled to the stars, seeking a beer life amongthe stars.Scaered among these human colonies live the espers,humans with amazing psychic abilies that are the legacyof an alien species, called the Elohim.Then suddenly the jumpgate was destroyed, the colonistswhere stranded in a far away sector of space. Hundreds of years later Earth is just a distant memory.This book contains all you need to play in the excingworld of “Ad Astra”.So, what are you waing for? Take some pencil, paper anda couple of dice and dive into the exing world of “Ad As-tra”!
Credits
Design, Wri�ng and Edi�ng
Michael Wolf
Artwork
Robin Stacey
Special Thanks to
Verena KnorppPeter NägeleMichael GarciaRobin StaceyPhilippe-Antoine MénardMichael Shortenand everyone else I may have forgoen
Copyright
The “Ad Astra” seng is copyright ©2009 Michael Wolf.All rights reserved.The artwork used in this document is ©2009 Robin Stacey.All rights reserved. The artwork is used with permission.
License
The “Ad Astra” campaign seng and all descriponaltext are licensed under the
Crea�ve Commons 3.0 At-tribitu�on Non-Commercial Share-Alike Germany
li-cense.
Aribuon-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Germany
hp://creavecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/de/deed.en
But please note that this license does not apply toeither the artwork nor the game rules (which are li-censed under the Open Gaming License). If you haveany quesons on using my works, please contact mevia info@stargazersworld.com!
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