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#1 romulus_lonewolf Aug 09, 2004 11:38:13	Been reading up on Warhammer 40K and I couldn't help but think that refitting a Spelljammer setting along those lines would be interesting. Amongst the factions could be: -The Orcs and other goblinish races becoming an aggressive military empire with a war-obsessed, Klingon/Predator-esque culture; -the Illithids being powerful psionis as well as genetic engineers and enslavers, capturing new slaves to increase their reserve of genetic material to breed and clone new slaves for both manual labor and for food diversity; -The Dwarves and Gnomes, an old Federation of more technologically-minded engineers and warriors, perhaps with Warforged warrior servants and other such constructs; -the Elves having an ancient, highly advanced techno-magic/biomechanical civilisation that's now on the decline, even if the Elves refuse to accept it; -A dark sect of Stellar Death Cultists who use Necromantically-powered engines and wander the stars, ravaging worlds and reanimating their dead as undead servants, like combination of Warcraft's Undead Scourge and Star Trek's Borg; -Dragons who can navigate the stars via ancient occult secrets, playing ancient games of manipulation, fighting an old, secret war between the Chromatics and the Metallics (think Shadows vs Vorlons) -and the Humans, a growing power in Spelljammer space, earning their place in the cosmos by fighting for it the hard way amongst other races who look down at them as "inconsequential."
#2 nightdruid Aug 09, 2004 12:07:35	Heh, sounds like a mis-mash of sci-fi ideas from a dozen different movies/series rather than a SJ/40k crossover. Maybe something on par with Dragonstar, but if you change SJ so extensive (biotech and all), it really isn't SJ anymore but something new.
#3 wyvern76 Aug 10, 2004 3:59:33	Originally posted by Nightdruid Maybe something on par with Dragonstar, but if you change SJ so extensive (biotech and all), it really isn't SJ anymore but something new. Dunno what makes you say that. To me, it sounds like he took a bunch of classic SJ elements and turned them up to eleven. And FYI, the elves already have biotech in SJ, what with their living ships and their living weapons. Anyway, I like it! Wyvern
#4 bluebomber4evr Aug 10, 2004 23:58:58	What? No neogi?!
#5 nekode Aug 21, 2004 6:18:41	Originally posted by Bluebomber4evr What? No neogi?! He hasn't read enough literature, obviously.
#6 zombiegleemax Sep 08, 2004 12:56:33	why does everyone feel the need for a necromantic cult... and why are humans always the rising stars? with all this 'engeneering' and 'bio-tech' mentioned, it kinda reminds me of dragonstar... blearg... I recall the living elven ships... and i vaguely recall the only real races to used sealed hulls were the "night races" like illithids and dark elves... don't see why goblins would have their own ships... stikes me that orcs/goblins/that stuff would be scavengers at best... they'd prolly be your main live/death-jammer users (necro-powered)... not that i'm an elf/dwarf fan... but why not make the human empires the ones crumbling... having a shorter lifespan means they're a little more open to corruption... elves, with their long lifespan could fare from a fairly concealed location (they don't share maps lightly) and use their lon lives and advanced magiks to act as advisors to what few human lords will pay attention, generally in exchange for an area to drop an elven colony or two... dwarves could easilly sport the same methods... since asteroid belts are not exactly easy to navigate, their homes would prolly be within them (or on ringed planets mostly) putting them close to massive wealths... neogi (at least in my expierience)have always been the darker side of the international trade business... slavers and smugglers... and thus similarly wouldn't have a major need to reveal their homeworlds to the masses.. and as we all know, halflings are always the shining beacon of light in the darkness... the only race with an uncorruptable government...... but i'll let that gag drop there...