The Jeffinator
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In 2912, Haldeman-Bjork Passenger Lines unveiled the magnificent CSV Titanic (Civilian Space Vessel). The naming was chosen in memory of the ocean liner that had sunk on Earth exactly one thousand years earlier, with the hope of carving a better fate for the name this time around. The ship had a place for people of all classes of society, from engineers and mechanics to private security forces to the rich and famous on the upper decks.
The Titanic was a passenger line first, but also had a secondary role as a cargo transport. The total capacity of the vessel was about two thousand people -- fifteen hundred tickets were sold, while the other five hundred spots were reserved for crew, support staff, Synth escorts, and utility droids. There were multiple restaurants, night clubs, game lounges, spas, and other recreational locations scattered about the ship, as well as a handful of medbays and security booths.
On the Titanic's maiden voyage, it departed from Earth's massive deGrasse Orbital Station and set a course for Edona Prime, with a three day layover at Port Velisar for refueling and passenger and crew relief. Velisar was a station in orbit around the gas giant Haladon, which also had a large Earth-like moon named Mu'atoya. Large ice sheets covered the north and south areas of this natural satellite, but the thin equatorial zone enjoyed a nearly constant tropical climate with strings of islands hosting many beach resorts.
The journey from Earth to Port Velisar was about three weeks and the Titanic arrived right on schedule. They had their three day relief layover on the beaches of Mu'atoya and then departed for the second, longer leg of the journey, an additional five weeks as they traversed the Voydian Expanse on course to Edona Prime. However, they were unprepared for the dangers that awaited them.
The Expanse was an unusually devoid area of space, with plenty of habitable planets and moons, but practically no traces of modern civilization due to it's distance from developed worlds and major trade routes. With the exceptions of Haladon on one side and Edona Prime on the other, the only significant habitation was a handful of scientific research stations, but those were sparse and scattered wide. Up until recently, all routes to Edona Prime skirted the edge of the Expanse, staying within range of emergency support relays, but at the cost of extremely long travel times. From the onset, Haldeman-Bjork designed the Titanic to provide it's own emergency support services, in the hopes of creating a much faster route directly through the heart of the Expanse.
But what they didn't count on was encountering an asteroid field that wasn't supposed to exist, nor the pirate haven that was hidden there. A heated struggle ensued, the ship barely escaped, suffered catastrophic damage, and made a desperate jump to the nearest habitable world, where the vessel ended up ripping in half in the upper atmosphere and crashing down into a wooded mountain range. The vast majority of the crew and passengers died in the pirate attack or the crash, while most of the rest perished in the days following. But our characters did not. We were the survivors.
The Titanic was a passenger line first, but also had a secondary role as a cargo transport. The total capacity of the vessel was about two thousand people -- fifteen hundred tickets were sold, while the other five hundred spots were reserved for crew, support staff, Synth escorts, and utility droids. There were multiple restaurants, night clubs, game lounges, spas, and other recreational locations scattered about the ship, as well as a handful of medbays and security booths.
On the Titanic's maiden voyage, it departed from Earth's massive deGrasse Orbital Station and set a course for Edona Prime, with a three day layover at Port Velisar for refueling and passenger and crew relief. Velisar was a station in orbit around the gas giant Haladon, which also had a large Earth-like moon named Mu'atoya. Large ice sheets covered the north and south areas of this natural satellite, but the thin equatorial zone enjoyed a nearly constant tropical climate with strings of islands hosting many beach resorts.
The journey from Earth to Port Velisar was about three weeks and the Titanic arrived right on schedule. They had their three day relief layover on the beaches of Mu'atoya and then departed for the second, longer leg of the journey, an additional five weeks as they traversed the Voydian Expanse on course to Edona Prime. However, they were unprepared for the dangers that awaited them.
The Expanse was an unusually devoid area of space, with plenty of habitable planets and moons, but practically no traces of modern civilization due to it's distance from developed worlds and major trade routes. With the exceptions of Haladon on one side and Edona Prime on the other, the only significant habitation was a handful of scientific research stations, but those were sparse and scattered wide. Up until recently, all routes to Edona Prime skirted the edge of the Expanse, staying within range of emergency support relays, but at the cost of extremely long travel times. From the onset, Haldeman-Bjork designed the Titanic to provide it's own emergency support services, in the hopes of creating a much faster route directly through the heart of the Expanse.
But what they didn't count on was encountering an asteroid field that wasn't supposed to exist, nor the pirate haven that was hidden there. A heated struggle ensued, the ship barely escaped, suffered catastrophic damage, and made a desperate jump to the nearest habitable world, where the vessel ended up ripping in half in the upper atmosphere and crashing down into a wooded mountain range. The vast majority of the crew and passengers died in the pirate attack or the crash, while most of the rest perished in the days following. But our characters did not. We were the survivors.
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. While this is the maiden voyage for the Titanic, you are free to have your character be a long-time employee of Haldeman-Bjork or an experienced pilot in general if you choose. Previous military service is awesome as well. 
