Post by DD on Aug 12, 2011 6:28:42 GMT -5
This is an Alternative Universe DRoP game. In this setting Lessa, F'lar, Jaxon and AIVAS never existed.
THE STORY
The Red Star was growing larger every day. The Star stones and eye rock constantly monitored. The riders knew soon they would be facing their age old enemy, Thread was returning to Pern and many held their breath in fearful apprehension.
There had been hope that Thread wouldnt return, the interval had lasted 267 turns, some had dared to hope. but then one morning the Red Star was back, bringing with it the dread of a planet. Thread was returning, and that meant some would not survive much longer.
There was another problem that faced the Weyrs. Only four Weyrs remained now, three on the Northern Continent, High Reaches, Fort and the newly established Vellinis Weyr. With Southern Weyr thriving on the Southern Continent.
But things hadnt gone well for Dragonkind over the past 10 turns. A nasty illness had swept through the ranks of dragons. From 2000 dragons some 15 turns before, now there was bearly 750. The illness had hit the senior ranking dragons hard. No new clutches had been seen in many turns, the old Gold Queens had not risen. People feared that now the old Queens were too old to rise. Hope was faultering, and now with the Red Star, people were beginning to wonder how they would survive.
But the people of Pern were soon to discover that Thread wasnt the only thing that fell from the sky. Meteors had been lighting up the evening sky for many months now, one night a bright explosion of color lit up the night sky, people wondered what it was. A loud roaring noise erupted through the quiet night, and people saw a ball of flame heading towards the surface. But it wasnt like any meteor that had hit Pern before.
Unknown to the people of Pern, visitors for Earth were heading to the planet. Earth had been attacked and the population had reached for the stars, heading off in colony ships. The smallest of the ships had been sent to Pern, a planet found in the archives of Earth colonisation records. They hadnt expected to find anyone here. The trip had taken 10 years, those on the ship in suspended animation, all except those on the crew who were needed to fly the craft and look after the sleeping evacuees, 4000 of them, and not one above the age of 24. Pern had been sent a ship of young people, all except the Captain and four other crew members. The average age of those on the ship was 12 – 24.
But on their approach the meteors struck, the ship lost propulsion and began to crash towards the surface. The people of Pern watched, realising that whatever was crashing towards them was not a lump of space rock. It was shiny, and seemed to have writing on the side.
Whatever it was it was about to hit the surface and Pern would find itself on a rescue mission.....
The worries of Thread and Dragons would be put aside for the moment. The people of Pern needed to come together, others needed their help....
THE PLOT
We join the game on the day the strange ship crashes. Morning breaks over Pern like every other day. People go about their chores, the Healers examine the Old Golds, the Weyrleaders meet to discuss the problem of dragon numbers.
In the evening a strange light is seen in the sky....the ship crashes and a rescue operation has to be launched. Can they help the stricken ship? What will those rescued say? They thought Pern was uninhabited.....