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The Void

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Into the Void

Beyond the anti-spinward edges of Earth’s territory in the galaxy lies the Void. A roughly spherical section of space approximately one hundred parsecs in diameter, the Void is a place spacers avoid—and with good reason—there are no stars to be found there. The Void is so full of dust, gas, and debris that it effectively blocks any starlight from passing through, making it a dark circle in the night sky of many worlds. Within the Void are dozens of shattered solar systems, each made up of burned and blasted planets slowly orbiting the remains of now-dead stars. These brown dwarfs are compacted and frozen cinders—all that’s left of once life-giving suns—with most of their mass having been ejected into space as some unknown event consumed them.

The Void is a mini-setting for science-fiction gaming, meant to be easily dropped into any RPG setting dealing with space travel and the dangers thereof. It's system-agnostic, and while there's a great deal of excellent, well-researched material here, plenty is left readily open to the Game Master's imagination and capacity for customization.

A Surbrook Press product from award-winning author Michael "The Professor" Surbrook.

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Richard K September 07, 2023 3:46 pm UTC
Awesome!!!
Easy to read. Easy to use. Full of incredibly unique concepts.

I inserted it into my campaign even before I finished reading it.
Then with a little research I’ve been able to expand it into a full set of linked scenarios.
It’s especially fascinating for amateur astronomy nerds like myself. (I loved the consideration given to the effects of stellar emissions on EM sensors.)
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James S April 29, 2023 5:28 pm UTC
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I tend to prefer Hard Scif and as such I don't believe in FTL outside of StarGates. But I could imagine a scenario where a corporation that wants to explore the void for resources and artifacts sents in a robot Gate-builder Ship travelling at near lightspeed. After decades it arrives at a system near the edge and finds each of the dozen shattered solar systems are connected by alien gates. So they higher the players to go into the gate and explore it. Horror and hilarity ensues.

Cheers this is a an awesome concept. Should be made into a source book.
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Ellen S March 13, 2021 3:44 am UTC
I'm curious if this is based on a real spot in the galaxy? Obviously the contents of the Void must be your invention, but is there a dusty dark spot without stars anti-spinward of us?
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Michael S March 13, 2021 5:57 am UTC
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Possibly? There are parts of the galaxy where immense dust clouds gather, but nothing (that I know of) exactly like what I described in this product.
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Ellen S March 13, 2021 2:09 pm UTC
Still, it's an interesting idea.
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