The Colonist

Summary

The Colonist are a group of highly qualified individuals that were sponsored by United Corp. to be the first settlers in the Andromeda Galaxy. The United Corp. Colony Ship H1-732 was one of the first hyper-class ships built that made intergalactic travel feasible, with travel time to the outer rim of the Andromeda Galaxy estimated to be around 40 years. Also to be noted, with great advances in medical science humans now have a much longer life expectancy, around 110 years.

The ship itself was a great floating city seemingly able to warp time and space to bridge enormous distances. It represents a truly substantial investment and risk for The United Corp., one of the last decent ruling corporations in the Milky Way Galaxy. While nearing the end of it's journey the Colony Ship H1-732's hyper-drive was sabotaged and it dropped out of hyper-space in Andromeda's outer rim. The captain of the ship was able to able to crash land on a nearby habitable planet, it was only fate that there happened to be one close enough. The life support systems were failing forcing most colonist to flee to the emergency pods. When the captain maneuvered the ship close enough to the planet he ordered the emergency pods ejected and the ship abandoned. Only the captain remained on board to steer his fiery vessel into the unknown below. Many of the colonist's emergency pods land in time to watch the haunting meteor shower above.

The survivors are scattered and all communications are down. Some are hunted by the Kalamali and dangerous creatures while others are helped. The Colonist are isolated being the only humans in the galaxy, save some scout ships, with the earliest hope of rescue being 40 years; if they can even call for help.

The Colonist immediate goals
 * establish local communications and find survivors
 * scavenge the wreckage and build a colony
 * establish a rapport with the Kalamali people
 * fend off the inevitable war
 * re-establish extended communications and call for help
 * survive

Colonist Factions
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