World of Restarter
​Set in the dystopian future of a Titan Corporation universe, players become a part of the Restarters; a rogue group of Titan experiments gone awry.
THE RISE OF TITAN CORPORATION
& THE PRANATRON PARTICLE
Titan Corporation finds its humble beginnings in the year 14BT, which approximately dates back to 8.5147e+10 seconds from January 1, 2023, in legacy time measurement units. Initially, Titan Corporation entered the inter-galactic economy within the scope of logistics and terraforming services provided for the civilian and military industries.
In the beginning, Titan Corporation had to compete with a seemingly infinite number of competitors. It had to ‘innovate’ to ‘succeed’. None could predict how they would soon turn that concept on its head.
The discovery of the Pranatron Particle, later marketed as ‘the p-particle’, changed the course of history and set the stage for the galaxy we live in today. In essence, matter's physical and chemical properties are determined by the alignment of the electrons that orbit each atom.
Scientists working for Titan corp discovered that the p-particle could be used to harness matter particles and recycle them into new objects instantly. Gone were the days of back-breaking labor and hours of toil in factories. The Pranatron Particle allowed for manufacturing efficiency to reach dazzling new heights of productivity. The main component was a Pranatron chamber, where matter got exposed to p-particles to be reprogrammed. The raw matter could be collected, deconstructed, and repurposed in a matter of minutes.
TITAN SECURITY DOMINATES
THE GALAXY
TITAN SECURITY DOMINATES
THE GALAXY
Along with the massive expansion of industry and living space, also came the repercussions of rising criminal activity, and various xenomorphic threats. With such a vast area of space to cover, the former Titan Security Forces were thinly stretched. Although well trained they were unable to keep up with the human and financial costs of maintaining security on its colonies. In addition to human forces, TSF created a vast army of Automatons to fill the gaps.
With the ever-growing need for efficiency to maintain its control of the galaxy, Titan Corp spearheaded a new way to create… and recreate its top soldiers. Members of the top secret “Restarter” project were recruited from various walks of life. Once they entered into the program, every life moment, thought, memory, and physical characteristic of a person was backed up to the nearest cloud, upon termination, they are reassembled up to the last save point. However, some data that was not backed up in time, could be lost forever. Titan Corporation had found a way to make the chosen, or the cursed few, immortal. Death was simply solved by a re-print.
THE WORLDS
During the pre-Titan Corp era, often referred to as, “the legacy years,” the massiveness of the inhabited galaxy was an impossible-to-navigate quagmire of bureaucracy and unpredictable interstellar travel. The implementation of Pranatron technology not only allowed for a distinct upwards curve in the development of anti-matter-powered drives but also established safe interstellar travel paths through previously unpredictable parts of space.
With the ability to travel at light speed, came the need for advanced navigation AI development. A supercomputer was developed, and in turn it developed itself, into a construct and named himself Dirigent. He now calculates the flight paths for all Titan Corp ships on the official Titan registered travel lanes. Dirigent controls the main space hub for Titan Logistics, a veritable ‘truck stop in the sky,’ known as Terminus station.
TERMINUS STATION
Terminus Station has 8 main terminals from which all ships dock and are launched. Each launch terminal is equipped with a null catapult. This mechanism nullifies the mass of the ship inside of a Pranatron field, once the ship has reached neutral mass, it can be launched into light speed with just a slight push. The whole station slowly rotates. Once the terminal has reached the correct position for the trajectory a ship is traveling in, there is a small window of launch time available. Miss your launch time, and be prepared to wait...and wait, and then wait some more.
The most crucial function of Terminus Station is its AI, which calls itself ‘Dirigent’. Its primary function is to calculate the flight paths for ships. However, over time it has slowly become sentient.
EURIBOS
Euribos Prime, is the capital of the Euribos system and the only habitable planet, but due to its tidally locked position, it features a radioactive and arid surface landscape on the near side of the planet while the far side remains an uninhabitable frozen waste. The landscape of the planet features a ‘karst’ topography which on the surface appears to be a flat glass-covered yellow ash, supported by layers of sediment with very high attenuation. This causes minute particles of water to seep downward, dissolving crevices in soluble rocks, and creating an underground drainage system of sinkholes and caves. This provides a temperate and usually radiation-free area for water and life to develop. The unusual topography has resulted in living creatures preferring to live under the surface, shielded from the intense radiation exposure from the sun. The depths of the planet are a network of natural caves, tunnels, and active and abandoned mines. Various gangs, cults, and xenomorphic creatures have created their homes and established territories in these spaces.
KALDAHAR IV
The system of Kaldahar hosts planets ranging from small lava balls to gas giants, but its most fascinating planet is a frozen world in the outermost orbit. Kaldahar IV is the icy treasure trove of the Kaldahar system. To those familiar with the planet, it’s often referred to as “Ice Maiden”. It’s considered an exoplanet and maintains a distant orbit from its star. It is completely covered in a tectonic layer of ice, followed by layers of liquid hydrogen near its core. The bleak, frozen environment of Kaldahar IV has led the few plants and animals to evolve some very unique adaptations.
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After initial prospecting of the planet, Titan Corporation was quick to respond with automated mining modules that operate below the surface to mine massive amounts of raw Pranatronic material. This planet provides a significant .2% of the ‘managerial luxury market products’ resourced for the entire galaxy. Unfortunately, Titan Corporation encountered a clan of ice pirates that competes for the materials. They call themselves the Ice Caliphate of Kaldahar.
HELIOS PRIME
The entire planet of Helios Prime has been developed into one continuous city. More than a megalopolis, it is a true ‘ecumenopolis’, where no natural features nor oceans are remaining on the planet. The dark side accommodates the majority of the population of Helios and contains its residential, commercial, and entertainment centers. Before the schism, artificial lighting from the millions of buildings and skyscrapers guaranteed that the dark side was perpetually lit up like a Christmas tree.
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It is considered the “jewel” of the galaxy, but mainly because it’s shiny. This tidally locked city-planet has a ‘bright side’ and a ‘dark side’. Despite these ominous names, it’s simple geophysics that dictates how each section of the planet is utilized. Since one side of the planet is always facing the sun, that side is used for solar energy production, manufacturing, and artificial photosynthesis production. Humans can travel on the bright side, but they must use protective gear, or stay inside the production facilities or else risk the harmful effects of prolonged sun exposure. Therefore, much of the work on the bright side is carried out by Automatons.
CHARACTERS
Meet the rebels...
LARRY LASTNAME
If there was ever an archetype of the 21st fiscal era, Larry Lastname would be the standard used to quantify humanity. Born on the planet New Texico 3, Larry, just like any other citizen of the galaxy grew up in a world without opportunity or any foreseeable prospects available to him.
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A product of the current times, most of his life has been spent in ambivalence towards all things. Larry remained on New Texico 3 until he was 23 Titan years old, and there were no significant events or accomplishments in Larry’s corporate file until the moment he was selected to join the Restarter program.
Like the other rebels, karma has dealt Larry a strange hand. Although he is average in every way, in his recent life a complex set of circumstances has forced him to be extraordinary. His induction as a Restarter agent not only imbued him with a specific set of skills and occasionally the will to make a difference.
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REBECCA CLEVELAND
80lbs of pure rage, gunfire, flames, explosions, and things that are pink. Growing up with the privilege of being the 9-year-old daughter of Titan Corporation’s current tyrant and CEO, Bartholomew Joseefus Cleveland, Becca has spent most of her youth training in acrobatics and gun play. Although Rebecca is clearly motivated by the pure blood-lust of combat, her actions to date, and especially her willingness to join a group of misfits bent on causing the downfall of Titan Corporation, state more ethical conflicts are at play inside her pre-teen brain.
However, after finding out that she is actually a reprint and possibly 300 Titan years old, angst and rage has grown inside of her. This rage has motivated her to train and educate herself in the fine art of spreading death and destruction in shades of pink anywhere her father’s company operates. The future holds many new and strange things for Rebecca...
PROXIMANTOV SMERTYANOVIC
The red-menace of the galaxy, apostatized space Cossack and rogue Restarter agent, Proximanatov was born to a space Cossack family on the industrial planet of Beladon 6. Never knowing where they fit in, Proxima initially decided to follow the path of the space Cossacks. However, this has had adverse effects on Proxima’s ethical core and virtue/value-based universal perception, and with the added circumstance of Proxima still having a hard time fitting into the “normal” galactic environment, becoming an apostate was almost a predestined point in her life.
Proxima’s centuries of experience have allowed them to be nearly tactically unstoppable on the battlefield. Proximanatov is trained in a wide range of weapons and explosives. They are a no-nonsense combatant and knows from experience and memory, the exact amount of particles, bullets, and explosions to disperse to cause the most amount of destruction to adversaries.
