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Welcome to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki] for "TALES FROM PLANET ZERO", a pulp-action, tabletop role playing campaign featuring the Atomic Pulp of Sci-Fi Action thrillers, played with [http://www.white-wolf.com White Wolf Game Studios'] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure%21 Adventure!] game.  This wiki is designed to serve as a "series bible" and resource for the players and GM, to help keep better track of everything that appears in game.  Anyone is free to edit the wiki and add to our game.
 
Welcome to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki] for "TALES FROM PLANET ZERO", a pulp-action, tabletop role playing campaign featuring the Atomic Pulp of Sci-Fi Action thrillers, played with [http://www.white-wolf.com White Wolf Game Studios'] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure%21 Adventure!] game.  This wiki is designed to serve as a "series bible" and resource for the players and GM, to help keep better track of everything that appears in game.  Anyone is free to edit the wiki and add to our game.
  
  
 
'''CAMPAIGN CONNECTIONS'''
 
'''CAMPAIGN CONNECTIONS'''
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* '''YAHOO DISCUSSION BOARD''':  [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/SupersRPG_AMERICAN_GODS/?yguid=140900971 '''Tales From Planet Zero Yahoo Group''']:  For planning game gatherings and group chit chat.
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* '''YAHOO DISCUSSION BOARD''':  [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/SupersRPG_AMERICAN_GODS/?yguid=140900971 '''Tales From Planet Zero Yahoo Group''']:  For planning game gatherings and general group chit chat.
 
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956 1956]''': A timeline of major events for the year the campaign begins
 
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956 1956]''': A timeline of major events for the year the campaign begins
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* '''EPISODE GUIDE''':  This is the spot for game session recaps.  Tales from Planet Zero is in the traditional style of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Strip_Classics comic book classics] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction science fiction] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip comic strip].  You might imagine our tales were originally drawn by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Raymond Alex Raymond], first published on August 31, 1934. Created to compete with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Rogers Buck Rogers] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Gordon Flash Gordon]. Tales from Planet Zero [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial Serial Campaign] is broken into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_arc Story Arcs] set in the mold of the classic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip comic strips] that ran in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication syndication] across thousands of newspapers every week.
 
* '''EPISODE GUIDE''':  This is the spot for game session recaps.  Tales from Planet Zero is in the traditional style of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Strip_Classics comic book classics] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction science fiction] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip comic strip].  You might imagine our tales were originally drawn by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Raymond Alex Raymond], first published on August 31, 1934. Created to compete with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Rogers Buck Rogers] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Gordon Flash Gordon]. Tales from Planet Zero [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial Serial Campaign] is broken into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_arc Story Arcs] set in the mold of the classic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip comic strips] that ran in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication syndication] across thousands of newspapers every week.
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** '''[[Episode Guide - Arc 0]]''': Herein we see what brought our daring heroes and heroine together... A strange messege for each of the stalwarts left in the past... Each uncovered within a year of one another. Each just preceding our hero's emergence into the public spotlight of their careers!!<br>
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** '''[[Episode Guide - Arc 0]]''': Herein we see what brought our daring heroes and heroine together... A strange messege for each of the stalwarts left in the past... Each uncovered within a year of one another. Each just preceding our hero's emergence into the public spotlight of their careers!!
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** '''[[Episode Guide - Arc 1]]''':  ''Chapter One'' -  '''"THE ROCKET TO OBLIVION"'''
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** '''[[Episode Guide - Arc 1]]''':  Season One -  "THE ROCKET TO OBLIVION"
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** '''[http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Episode_Guide_-_Arc_1?wikidb_session=b91a2a47143adc03b894ee4ecb6da999 Episode Guide - Arc 2]''':  ''Chapter Two'' -  '''"ROCKET PISTOL DIPLOMACY"'''
 
  
  
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** '''[[Doctor Kessler]]''':  The square-jawed professor, with a laundry list of [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Doctor_Kessler#KESSLER_DEVELOPMENTS Theories and Inventions].  Some men know everything - he knows more!  (as poignantly portrayed by Jason)
 
** '''[[Doctor Kessler]]''':  The square-jawed professor, with a laundry list of [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Doctor_Kessler#KESSLER_DEVELOPMENTS Theories and Inventions].  Some men know everything - he knows more!  (as poignantly portrayed by Jason)
 
*** [[Zero's Private Journals]]: The personal journal of each explorer, filled with private musings on their fellow travellers, the villains they face and the discoveries they make.
 
*** [[Zero's Private Journals]]: The personal journal of each explorer, filled with private musings on their fellow travellers, the villains they face and the discoveries they make.
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===DASTARDLY VILLAINS===
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* '''[[The Usual Suspects  (zero)]]''': They say you learn the measure of a man by looking at his enemies.  Collected here are some of the vilest rogues ever to walk the earth, and some of the noblest too - but all have crossed swords with our daring heroes.
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===DOLLS, FELLAS, JANES and PALOOKAS===
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* '''[[Bit Players  (zero)]]''': The characters who've touched our heroes' lives. This page describes their family and friends, as well as the dozens of people who've walked into and out of their sight in countless smaller ways.
  
  
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===DOLLS, FELLAS, ALIENS, PALOOKAS, & OTHER SPACEFARERS, DASTARDLY VILLAINS, MANIACAL RULERS, DESPOTS & OTHER SCUM, CREATURES, MONSTERS, FLORA, FAUNA, & OTHER ENCOUNTERS===
 
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* '''[[The Usual Suspects  (zero)]]''': They say you learn the measure of a man by looking at his enemies.  Collected here are some of the vilest rogues ever to walk the earth, and some of the noblest too - but all have crossed swords with our daring heroes.  Also herein the characters who've touched our heroes' lives. This page describes their family and friends, as well as the dozens of people who've walked into and out of their sight in countless smaller ways.
 
  
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==AGENTS OF CHANGE, EMPIRES, TRIBES & OTHER GATHERED==
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==AGENTS OF CHANGE==
 
Here we look at the various organizations of note in our dramatic presentations.
 
Here we look at the various organizations of note in our dramatic presentations.
 
* '''[[The Lazarus Trust  (zero)]]''': An old explorer's society, the Trust employs our heroes and is the common glue that binds them together.
 
* '''[[The Lazarus Trust  (zero)]]''': An old explorer's society, the Trust employs our heroes and is the common glue that binds them together.
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*  '''[[Wallops Flight Facility]]''':  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallops_Flight_Facility Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia] is the research and launch facility for all modern US space ventures.
 
*  '''[[Wallops Flight Facility]]''':  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallops_Flight_Facility Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia] is the research and launch facility for all modern US space ventures.
  
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===THE "FATHER EMPEROR" SYSTEM===
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===THE "CHIKE" SYSTEM===
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'''[[RA]]''':  the large star of the system.   
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'''[[CHIKE]]''':  the large star of the system.  ''FYI - I have all the planets names and such, but you'll learn them in-game not on-line'' :)
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* '''Planet 1''':  the 1st planet of the system.
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* '''Planet 2''':  the 2nd planet of the system.
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* '''Planet 3''':  the 3rd planet of the system. 
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** moon of Planet 3.
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* '''Planet 4''':  the 4th planet of the system.
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** moon of Planet 4.
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** moon of Planet 4.
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* THE BAHITI BELT:  a large astroid belt between the inner and outer planets.
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* '''Planet 5''':  the 5th planet of the system.
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** moon of Planet 5.
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** moon of Planet 5.
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** moon of Planet 5.
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** moon of Planet 5.
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* '''Planet 6''':  the 6th planet of the system.
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** moon of Planet 6.
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** moon of Planet 6.
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** moon of Planet 6.
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* THE "Planet 6" RING-LANDS:  habitable disc rings of Planet 6.
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* '''Planet 7''':  the 7th planet of the system.
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** moon of Planet 7.
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** moon of Planet 7.
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* '''Planet 8''':  the 8th planet of the system.
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** moon of Planet 8.
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** moon of Planet 8.
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** moon of Naunet.
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* THE HEH DRIFT:  a field of ice particles and debri.
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** THE PIT OF NASSOR:  within the Drift, a hole anomoly.
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* '''Planet 9''':  the 9th planet of the system.
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** moon of Planet 9.
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** moon of Planet 9.
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* '''Planet 10''':  the 10th planet of the system.
  
  
  
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==!! IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE !!==
 
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===ALIEN ARTIFACTS===
 
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* [[Turbo-Pistols]]:
 
  
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==WEIRD SCIENCE==
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===ARTIFACTS===
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===ITEMS EQUIPMENT & VEHICLES===
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===ITEMS & EQUIPMENT===
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For specific ships and equipment of each race/culture please see their entry section.
 
 
* [[Rocketship General Equipment]]
 
* [[Rocketship General Equipment]]
  
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===WONDEROUS INVENTIONS & FUTURISTIC CREATIONS===
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===FUTURISTIC CREATIONS===
 
* [[Auto-Thinker]]: a machine cable of creative thought processing and action for large mechanical units such as a rocketship.
 
* [[Auto-Thinker]]: a machine cable of creative thought processing and action for large mechanical units such as a rocketship.
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* [[The Gill Equation]]: Unlock the potential of the body with the power of the mind!
 
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* [[Nebula Array]]: An amazing point-defense laser system, built into the hull of Lucy's Luck.
 
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* [[Phase Pistols]]: One blast from these will un-stick you in space and time!
 
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* [[Rocketron]]: The power of a jet plane in a pack on your back!
 
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* [[Subconscious Genius Routine]]: Solve multiple problems at one time; just like having two brains inside one skull!
 
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* [[Ultra-Skin]]: As thin as cotton, but tough enough for any environment!
 
  
  

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