The Idea
A Racing RP set far in the future, between various species, various cultures and various star systems
Each character would come from a different star system, different species, which race against other star systems to gain the title of champion. Simple yeah?
There would be 7 races in total, each taking place at a different star system (Which I'm not going to shorten to SS to make typing easier). Each would be hosted by the native species of each SS, where they would put forwards a representative. They would then race against representatives from the other SS taking part for the title of Race Champion.
As each race would take place on a different planet, each race would also have different conditions. It may be air based, under/on water, land based, or a mixture of the three. This would give the Natives an advantage, as their technology would be geared more towards their home races. So winning a race is something special, it shows your technology is superior, and it shows your drivers are skilled in other environments.
Of course the natives having a complete advantage isn't going to be the case, just a little bit more, for RPing sakes to give each player a fair chance biggrin
There's room for lots of story and action in this idea, There's even room for drama! For an RP there is loads of possibilities and plenty of paths to take throughout the its course.
The Settings
The RP would be set in the culture of racing, the characters are all racers from various backgrounds and various worlds. A each race takes place on a different planet, ACTUAL setting would vary quite a lot, so to keep things more regular the main setting would be the race tracks, which although different, would have similar purpose built 'Race Villages' which would house the varying teams and all the rest.
Again, there's quite a lot that could be done here, loads of possible settings, different feelings for each place.
The Nitty-grity Workings
Posting would probably be fast paced with more action and detail than character interaction during the racing. And more laid back, more character interaction and much much less action off the circuit to give a good contrast.
Races are fast, and with speed you don't have time to take in all the surroundings, you're focused on the other racers and the turn ahead, maybe there's an obstacle to pass, what would your character do to pass said obstacle/opponent and how would they hamper the other racers efforts.
Players wouldn't have to be great writers either, it wouldn't have to be 2-3 paragraph length, but probably more 1-2, and they wouldn't have to be large either, just as long as they addressed the key points and added some more in.
Each character would ideally be a different race, and it doesn't have to be a race we've heard of either! It's up to the creator to work that out, go mental and let your imagination do the work biggrin
What they would have to be, is from a different SS than the other characters. But not to worry, I have a picture with the choices on it.
Each RPer would choose a star for their character, and choose a home planet for the characters species. It doesn't even matter if you chose a star without inhabitable planets, I mean what do we know about these planets? Nothing! and therefore we can make s**t up haha! Good times...
I'll give you a quick character example smile
Name: Jane Smith
Age: 26
Gender: female
Height/Weight: 5’9”/ 143lb
Race: Human (Solian)
Star System: Sol
Home Planet: Earth
Race Vehicle(s): The Sol Speeder, The Sol Flier, The Sol Diver
Physical Description: Jane is tall, she has white hair and wears overalls for practicality and comfort blah blah blah blah blah…
Personality: Hot headed, competitive, a right b***h, blah blah blah blah blah blah
Bio: Races for some reason like, the pride of her people, For the fame, she wants to show other systems that hers is just as good or something
Miscellaneous:likes shortbread
Theme Song Porter Robinson – Unison (Knife Party Remix)
So yeah, much the same as any other character., haha! Like you DON'T know how to make a character razz .
What would be different in the creation of your character, would be the creation of their Vehicle(s), which I'm currently debating as to almost give it's own profile. Nothing complicated like speed and weight, just a description and what it can do, E.G.
The Sol Speeder is a wheeled racer built around combustion technology. It represents the pinnacle of its racer type and can easily match, and even surpass, the speed of antigrav craft which have overtaken it as the main form of transport in the Sol system.
I also have mixed ideas about adding weapons to the vehicles. It would add a bit more action and rivalry, but would it be needed?
I'm entirely open to suggestions, ideas, criticisms, questions...
But, what I would must like to know is... Is anyone interested?
