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| − | + | [[Image:TalesFPZ cover 0 small.jpg|frame| [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Episode_Guide_-_Arc_0 "PRELUDE TO ADVENTURE"] cover image -- [http://wiki.rpg.net/images/2/29/TalesFromPZ_cover.gif LARGE] ]] | |
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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''' | ||
| + | * '''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. | ||
| + | * '''[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. | ||
| − | ** '''[[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!! | + | ** '''[[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> |
| − | ** '''[[Episode Guide - Arc 1]]''': | + | ** '''[[Episode Guide - Arc 1]]''': ''Chapter One'' - '''"THE ROCKET TO OBLIVION"''' |
| − | + | ** '''[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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===TWO-FISTED HEROES=== | ===TWO-FISTED HEROES=== | ||
| − | * ''' | + | * '''Intrepid Explorers''': The main cast of The Tales from Planet Zero; the player characters |
** '''[[Maxwell Marshall]]''': The hard nosed actor known for the role of a lifetime - [[the Masked Marshall]] TV Hour, the last line of defence for the common man! (as amazingly acted by Sammy) | ** '''[[Maxwell Marshall]]''': The hard nosed actor known for the role of a lifetime - [[the Masked Marshall]] TV Hour, the last line of defence for the common man! (as amazingly acted by Sammy) | ||
| − | ** '''[[ | + | ** '''[[Bubblegum Robinson]]''': The American Icon of sports, from gridiron to baseball diamond his - [insert Bubblegum Squad name]! (as magnificiently manned by Cat) |
** '''[[Lucy Lester]]''': The spirit of the air, making news and history at the same time she's a barnstormer in her - [insert plane model here]! (as perilously played by Dede) | ** '''[[Lucy Lester]]''': The spirit of the air, making news and history at the same time she's a barnstormer in her - [insert plane model here]! (as perilously played by Dede) | ||
| − | ** '''[[Doctor Kessler]]''': The square-jawed professor, with a laundry list of [ | + | ** '''[[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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| − | ===DOLLS, FELLAS, | + | ===DOLLS, FELLAS, ALIENS, PALOOKAS, & OTHER SPACEFARERS, DASTARDLY VILLAINS, MANIACAL RULERS, DESPOTS & OTHER SCUM, CREATURES, MONSTERS, FLORA, FAUNA, & OTHER ENCOUNTERS=== |
| − | * '''[[ | + | * '''[[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. |
| − | + | ==AGENTS OF CHANGE, EMPIRES, TRIBES & OTHER GATHERED== | |
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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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===EARTH AND THE SOL SYSTEM=== | ===EARTH AND THE SOL SYSTEM=== | ||
* '''[[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=== | |
| + | '''[[RA]]''': the large star of the system. | ||
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| + | ==!! IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE !!== | ||
| + | ===ALIEN ARTIFACTS=== | ||
| + | * [[Turbo-Pistols]]: | ||
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| − | === | + | ===ITEMS EQUIPMENT & VEHICLES=== |
| − | * | + | For specific ships and equipment of each race/culture please see their entry section. |
| + | * [[Rocketship General Equipment]] | ||
| − | ===FUTURISTIC CREATIONS=== | + | ===WONDEROUS INVENTIONS & FUTURISTIC CREATIONS=== |
| − | ' | + | * [[Auto-Thinker]]: a machine cable of creative thought processing and action for large mechanical units such as a rocketship. |
| − | * | + | * [[The Gill Equation]]: Unlock the potential of the body with the power of the mind! |
| + | * [[Nebula Array]]: An amazing point-defense laser system, built into the hull of Lucy's Luck. | ||
| + | * [[Phase Pistols]]: One blast from these will un-stick you in space and time! | ||
| + | * [[Rocketron]]: The power of a jet plane in a pack on your back! | ||
| + | * [[Subconscious Genius Routine]]: Solve multiple problems at one time; just like having two brains inside one skull! | ||
| + | * [[Ultra-Skin]]: As thin as cotton, but tough enough for any environment! | ||
Latest revision as of 14:20, 27 October 2006
...... calling planet zero ......
...... calling planet zero ......
..... come in planet zero ....
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When the very existance of the human race is at peril,
When planets cry out for heroes, you stalwart few step forward to blast into oblivion!
THRILL at the daring-do of adventure!
AWE in the face of the great galactic spanse!
SHRILL with terror from evil abundant!
For one world is not enough for ROCKETMEN and RULERS!
Yet one world will change everything.
The zero quotient ... a planet called Uuuurthhh...
.........................................
STAND STAIGHT
ROCKET JOCKEIES
IT'S ZERO HOUR!
"PRELUDE TO ADVENTURE" cover image -- LARGE
"THE ROCKET TO OBLIVION" cover image -- LARGE
Welcome to the wiki for "TALES FROM PLANET ZERO", a pulp-action, tabletop role playing campaign featuring the Atomic Pulp of Sci-Fi Action thrillers, played with White Wolf Game Studios' 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
- YAHOO DISCUSSION BOARD: Tales From Planet Zero Yahoo Group: For planning game gatherings and group chit chat.
- 1956: A timeline of major events for the year the campaign begins
- EPISODE GUIDE: This is the spot for game session recaps. Tales from Planet Zero is in the traditional style of comic book classics science fiction comic strip. You might imagine our tales were originally drawn by Alex Raymond, first published on August 31, 1934. Created to compete with Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. Tales from Planet Zero Serial Campaign is broken into Story Arcs set in the mold of the classic comic strips that ran in syndication across thousands of newspapers every week.
- 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!!
- Episode Guide - Arc 1: Chapter One - "THE ROCKET TO OBLIVION"
- Episode Guide - Arc 2: Chapter Two - "ROCKET PISTOL DIPLOMACY"
- 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!!
Contents
CASTING CALL[edit]
Herein lies the various characters of our tales, from the main cast to the mooks and minions of mention.
TWO-FISTED HEROES[edit]
- Intrepid Explorers: The main cast of The Tales from Planet Zero; the player characters
- Maxwell Marshall: The hard nosed actor known for the role of a lifetime - the Masked Marshall TV Hour, the last line of defence for the common man! (as amazingly acted by Sammy)
- Bubblegum Robinson: The American Icon of sports, from gridiron to baseball diamond his - [insert Bubblegum Squad name]! (as magnificiently manned by Cat)
- Lucy Lester: The spirit of the air, making news and history at the same time she's a barnstormer in her - [insert plane model here]! (as perilously played by Dede)
- Doctor Kessler: The square-jawed professor, with a laundry list of 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.
DOLLS, FELLAS, ALIENS, PALOOKAS, & OTHER SPACEFARERS, DASTARDLY VILLAINS, MANIACAL RULERS, DESPOTS & OTHER SCUM, CREATURES, MONSTERS, FLORA, FAUNA, & OTHER ENCOUNTERS[edit]
- 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.
AGENTS OF CHANGE, EMPIRES, TRIBES & OTHER GATHERED[edit]
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.
EXOTIC PLACES[edit]
Where have our heroes been? Where do the villains lurk? This is your guide to the locals of our stories.
EARTH AND THE SOL SYSTEM[edit]
- Wallops Flight Facility: Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia is the research and launch facility for all modern US space ventures.
THE "FATHER EMPEROR" SYSTEM[edit]
RA: the large star of the system.
!! IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE !![edit]
ALIEN ARTIFACTS[edit]
ITEMS EQUIPMENT & VEHICLES[edit]
For specific ships and equipment of each race/culture please see their entry section.
WONDEROUS INVENTIONS & FUTURISTIC CREATIONS[edit]
- Auto-Thinker: a machine cable of creative thought processing and action for large mechanical units such as a rocketship.
- The Gill Equation: Unlock the potential of the body with the power of the mind!
- Nebula Array: An amazing point-defense laser system, built into the hull of Lucy's Luck.
- Phase Pistols: One blast from these will un-stick you in space and time!
- Rocketron: The power of a jet plane in a pack on your back!
- Subconscious Genius Routine: Solve multiple problems at one time; just like having two brains inside one skull!
- Ultra-Skin: As thin as cotton, but tough enough for any environment!
RESOURCES[edit]
- What else can I Wiki? Wikipedia
- What is a RPG? RPG Wiki
- What is a GM? Game Master
SPOILERS[edit]
- TFPZero Spoilers: GM EYES ONLY, NOT for players of this campaign!!
