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Offline UnLimiTeD (OP)

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Reasons to move into a Nebula.
« on: April 18, 2010, 08:17:16 AM »
Well, so I was thinking about doing a type of RP campaign starting in a Nebula, and that race shouldn't be native there.
So I was thinking of why they should be there, and, yeah, WHY?

What reasons are there to move into a dense Nebula, specifically EXCLUDING a pure Mining operation?
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Re: Reasons to move into a Nebula.
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2010, 09:20:38 AM »
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What reasons are there to move into a dense Nebula, specifically EXCLUDING a pure Mining operation?

Because from the race's home system the nebula looks like the face of God (e.g. The Mote in God's Eye) and so there's a deep religious purpose in occupying a system that is at the center of God's brain.

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Re: Reasons to move into a Nebula.
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2010, 09:40:34 AM »
Or if they moved in there to escape something else, or someone else that was chasing them.  After all a dense nebula makes scanning for them very difficult.

Another option for a race fleeing someone would be to pick a distant companion star with no gas giants.  They would obviously need hyper engines once they want to venture out, but it would make finding them very difficult.

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Re: Reasons to move into a Nebula.
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2010, 12:33:22 PM »
Or because everyone knows that Nebulese woman are so much better looking.  It's all the star dust in their eyes.

Ok...  So, I got nothin'.
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Re: Reasons to move into a Nebula.
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2010, 04:25:47 PM »
Uses the nebula gas for vital purposes

e.g. nebula contains only known source of material X that allows race to survive.

Believed they originated from there due to ancient alien ruins (could be correct or not, your choice)

Resources, some significant place in the galaxy (i.e. farthest away from huge Black Hole gobbling the galaxy, center of the universe)

Defense (say a civil war and these guys are the exhiles/traitors/blasphemers)

Were led there by a supposed prophet who was just crazy (or was he?)

Corporate led government was convinced it could make a fortune selling "space gas"
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Re: Reasons to move into a Nebula.
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2010, 07:02:32 PM »
Reasonable amount of reasons.
I think I'll roll dice and reroll until I don't feel bad with the result^^
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Re: Reasons to move into a Nebula.
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2010, 11:43:23 PM »
They don't need to have a reason.  All right-thinking people live in nebulae.  What sort of cretin are you, that you don't? :)

My point being, that societies don't have to have reasonable reasons for what they do.  It can just be 'the way things are'.
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Re: Reasons to move into a Nebula.
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2010, 04:53:44 AM »
They need to go there first.
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Re: Reasons to move into a Nebula.
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2010, 04:54:33 PM »
They are being persecuted/pursued by a missile/shield dependant enemy?

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Re: Reasons to move into a Nebula.
« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2010, 03:49:58 AM »
Certain alien races don't like Nebulas so you would be safe there if you are in dire trouble

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