B5-BeforeTheDawn

Babylon 5 - Before the Dawn

A play-by-post game using the Cortex Prime RPG.

Introduction

It was the end of the Second Age of Mankind, seven years after the Earth-Minbari War.

The Babylon Project continued its attempt to create a station in neutral space, despite the latest station disappearing without a trace 24 hours after it went online. In its absence, entrepreneurs set up small stations of dubious legality to handle the flow of goods and information in demand after the end of the Earth-Minbari war. In this chaotic environment, there were credits to be made, reputations to be rebuilt, and places of relative safety for those on the run. Smugglers, diplomats, wanderers, and refugees traveling all alone in the night, with danger lurking in every dark corner.

This is the story that few have heard, about a ragtag group who sought only to rebuild their lives, and ended up doing so much more.

The premise is that each of the characters has suffered a serious setback in their life, and the only option left to them is outside the law. They are drawn to Quadrant 15, which contains a covert trading post constructed on the edge of an asteroid field, disguised as just another rock. The only other thing of note in the system is a jumpgate used as a transfer point between Earth, Centauri, and Minbari space.

The person hiring the characters is Mr. Reno. He employs teams of 'finders' to acquire objects and data, and needs individuals with a wide variety of skills and backgrounds. If you can complete jobs with discretion and speed, he pays extremely well. The game would be run mostly episodic (for now), with each adventure being one finder job from Reno.

Characters

Character	Player	Concept	PP	Funds	Notes
Caspian Carmichael	strange behavior	Hacker	1	5	Approved for play
L'Taur	Muskrat	Narn Spiritual Seeker	3	1	Approved for play
Mendel Mortimer (aka Jordan Crandall)	Random Task	Former military in hiding	2	7	Approved for play
Cyrilla Typhlee	jmucchiello	Centauri telepath	2	6	Approved for play
Abigail Hayes	t@nya	Battlefield archaeologist	2	3	Approved for play
L'Taur's Project				14	Tracking donations
(Group Funds)				?	Used to track group resources
Aoife ni Muireen (Former character)	Stormraven	Lucky Pilot	1	7	Departed during I Am Nothing More

Complications in Play

Hidden Competition d12
False Paths d10

Diceless Assets

Shuttle

Timeline

The game begins at the tail end of 2255, seven years after the Earth-Minbari war.

Before the Dawn #1: Meet Me After Dark (late 2255)
Interlude: Babel (2255-2256)
Before the Dawn #2: I Am Nothing More (2256)
Interludes: Abigail, Mendel, Cyrilla, L'Taur, and Caspian (2256)
Before the Dawn #3: Only Night Could Hold You (2256)
Before the Dawn #4: Never Ever Wake Again (2257)
Before the Dawn #5 (2257-2258)
Before the Dawn #6 (2258) - Finale of campaign

Major events in the timeline:

• Babylon 4 disappears (War Without End, Part Two): 2254
• Babylon 5 opens/Londo's assignment to B5 (Dust to Dust): Late 2256
• Attempted assassination of Kosh (The Gathering): January 3-8, 2257 - Dawn of the Third Age of Mankind
• Invasion of Ragash III (Midnight on the Firing Line): February 28, 2258
• Ascension of Jason Ironheart (Mind War): April 26, 2258
• Reemergence and death of the Dilgar war criminal Jha'dur (DeathWalker): May 2258
• First appearance of Morden/Death of Lord Kiro (Signs and Portents): August 3-5, 2258
• Reassignment of Captain Sinclair / Captain Sheridan assigned to Babylon 5 (Points of Departure): January 2259
• Departure of the Technomages (The Geometry of Shadows): February 3-5, 2259
• Death of the Centauri Emperor (The Coming of Shadows): June 17, 2259
• The Shadows are revealed (The Fall of Night): December 27, 2259