Antares: Prequel

The Antares prequel will be a one off session set before the events of the main game. It is intended mainly to test the system and app in preparation for the main game, but will also form a small part of the story, but playing the prequel isn't required to play the main game.

Story

The SS Daedalus has just completed its 6 month journey through hyperspace and has arrived in the Antares system.
Within the ship, 12,000 colonists sleep in hibernation pods, while a skeleton crew (who have stayed awake to guide the ship on its journey) prepare for the final approach to the planet.

Commander Robert Hodson calls the crew together on the bridge and points out that back on Earth the time is 11:49pm, December 24th, 2217.
There are four more hours until the ship reaches its destination, and that's more than enough time to celebrate Christmas!

As the clock counts down to Christmas day, somewhere on the ship, another clock counts down to chaos.
This will be the ship's final journey and reaching the planet is the only chance for survival.

Characters

The prequel will use premade characters, below is a list to choose from.
Characters will be first come, first served, so email us your choice.

Command Staff

Commander Robert Hodson (Taken)

Human, Unaligned

Commander of the Antares Project. Veteran military hero, well liked by most of his subordinates. The only individual all three corporations could agree on to run the project.

Rumour: The commander once fought a crinoid thrasher with only a knife, saving a superior officer from its jaws.

Lieutenant James Grant (Taken)

Human, Unaligned

Second in command. Experienced officer and diplomat well known for being well liked by aliens. Some think he would have been a better choice to lead a mission to an alien world but he seems happy to follow.

Rumour: The Lieutenant is said to be the only human to ever set foot on a Veratha ship. These mysterious aliens normally don’t welcome outsiders.

Political

Hanni March (Taken)

Human, Drax Corp

The nicest shark in a suit you will ever meet. Hanni is here to ensure that Drax Corp’s interests are protected and that all the little fish play nice with each other.

Rumour: Hanni goes to a firing range to relax.

Aris Van Doeslaar

Human, SolTech

A SolTech product designer, a genius at creating items with mass appeal, but sometimes too brilliant for their own good. Here to manage SolTech’s next big leap.

Rumour: Aris was the manager in charge of the team that created ODIN-3.

Harper O’Reilly (Taken)

Human, Meridian

The face, the voice, and the brain behind the Growing Greener Growing Smarter campaign, Harper is loved by the masses and feared by their peers.

Rumour: Harper used to be a be a musician and a few years ago there were some nasty accusations connecting them to an explosion in a Drax Corp factory but nothing was ever proven.

Kris Taunnenburg (Taken)

Human, Earth News Network

A reporter who is on board to document and record this momentous event in sentient history and to create a pro-colonisation documentary.

Rumour: Kris was hired from an external media company because the three corporations didn’t trust each other enough to use their own media people.

Military

Milan Dubois (Taken)

Human, Drax Corp

Career military veteran who decided to retire to a nice private job. Jaded by the conflict they’ve seen, they’re all about practical results, not ideals.

Rumour: Milan once killed a man with a spoon just because they sat in the wrong seat.

Valentine Blanc (Taken)

Human, Drax Corp

An experienced private security specialist, who prefers the simple job of protecting staff to deskwork and office politics.

Rumour: Valentine grew up not far from the Azure spire, some say people born that close are… different.

Nomi-ota the Unshaken (Taken)

Sygarian, SolTech

A soldier and field medic. Nomi-ota comes from honoured family of warriors and joined this human expedition to shape their own destiny.

Rumour: Nomi-ota may be the greatest warrior the Sygarians have ever produced.

Farrago Incandescent (Taken)

Ortani, SolTech

A stern Ortani who studies the ways of humanity with keen discipline. They are the quiet sort, who let their actions speak for themselves.

Rumour: Farrago wrote a book on the nature of humor and in it claimed to have explored all forms of humour. They don’t seem to laugh much now though.

Tahato Ariki

Human, Meridian

Ex-security for the Martian colony, Tahato is experienced in countering corporate espionage.

Rumour: An expert investigator.

Lahja Thangarajah (Taken)

Human, Meridian

A little too happy to wade into a brawl, Lahja is an affable security officer, cheerfully making friends among other corps and other species.

Rumour: Practices kickboxing and brought a baseball bat on board.

Science

Sivan Marchant (Taken)

Human, Drax Corp

Someone with their mind on greater things, Sivan has moved from surveying asteroids to climbing the ladder. Passionate about the potential of the Antares Project.

Rumour: Everyone thinks Sivan is a bit odd. They sometimes act a bit strangely or say odd things.

Seoul 9 (Taken)

Chanor, Drax Corp

Born on Earth, Seoul 9 has a fascination with archaic human technology, especially combustion engines. They are accustomed to human irregularity, and their peers find them easier to understand than other chanor.

Rumour: Seoul 9’s family were killed many years ago when Purist terrorists attacked a chanor community.

Deepika Kyo

Human, SolTech

An renowned expert on Precursor technology, especially jumpgates. Deepika’s expertise gives SolTech an edge in this Project, but they seem to be oblivious to their position.

Rumour: Deepika and Davi are famous for wandering the ship together, engrossed in complex discussions about math and science, often in the middle of the night.

Davi Harrison

Human, SolTech

Focused, humourless and dedicated, Davi often puts in long hours in the lab and volunteers for extra duties. Friends with Deepika.

Rumour: Deepika and Davi are famous for wandering the ship together, engrossed in complex discussions about math and science, often in the middle of the night.

Chiaroscuro Fortissimo (Taken)

Ortani, Meridian

A student of humanity and it’s potential, Chiaroscuro serves as the ship psychiatrist. They also have a fascination with human spirituality and superstition.

Rumour: Before coming on this mission, Chiaroscuro used to study whether it was possible for humans to develop psionic ability.

Capri Ferro (Taken)

Human, Meridian

Capri is the ship’s doctor, responsible for the hydroponics as well as crew health, so there is a lot to look after. Patients speak highly of Capri’s professional manner.

Rumour: Capri has been looking a little bleary eyed and disheveled this past week.

Engineering

Jaska Virtanen (Taken)

Human, Drax Corp

Used to be the chief engineer at a mining facility. Friendly, talkative, and just so dang excited to be here.

Rumour: Jaska always volunteers to lend a hand on a group assignment and keeps morale high while working with a constant stream of jokes and chatter.

Tyler Jones (Taken)

Ortani, Drax Corp

Friendly and pleasant to work with. Not the best engineer but someone must have seen something in Tyler or they wouldn’t be on this mission.

Rumour: “Tyler” is an odd name for an Ortani, positively... humanish. They behave more human than most Ortani as well.

London 14 (Taken)

Chanor, SolTech

A leading alien expert on Precursors, London 14 has travelled to numerous sites across the Galaxy. SolTech managed to entice them with the prospect of studying an actual Precursor city.

Rumour: London 14 seems to speak of the precursors with… devotion? Seems to be so fascinated with them that it’s almost religious.

Lindsey Pilgrim (Taken)

Human, SolTech

Chief Engineer of the Daedalus, Lindsey remains a staunch advocate for humanity to travel to the stars, even after the loss of her family and friends in the Mu Alpha disaster.

Rumour: Lindsey left Mu Alpha a mere week before it suffered a complete life-support failure killing 30,000 people. Some believe Lindsey may have been responsible.

Rastekki the Steadyhanded (Taken)

Sygarian, Meridian

When they aren’t crooning over the engines, Rastekki enjoys pitting their strength against fellow crew in feats of athletics.

Rumour: Rastekki earned their name by repairing a broken oxygen-exchange at a deep-sea facility entirely by touch and in total darkness.

Brook Mason (Taken)

Human, Meridian

Brook is one of the cheeriest grease monkeys you would ever meet. Always willing to get their hands dirty, and has a genuine love for machines - but also a genuine love for people.

Rumour: Brook doesn’t seem to like computers doing things that they can do themselves and often goes out of their way to take on a task that ODIN-3 would be capable of doing.