Heavy Metal NOISE!
By 21XX the earth had developed reliable interplanetary travel to Mars through mostly private industry due to the collapse of international space agencies. Within a century the earth went interstellar, finding alien contact with the beings of a planet called Terra in the Alpha Centuri system. The earth humans would inhabit or help colonize 9 other habitable planets, during which time they met other species eerily similar to various fantasy races in both eastern and western culture. Interestingly, they also met other humans, who strangely followed a similar evolutionary path. It struck a heavy blow for western "One True God" religions to discover our own kind on other planets...
The question arose whether their souls could be saved. The answer was mostly unsatisfactory. There were a few religious wars on Earth, and occasional uprisings on other planets. The latter were easy to deal with since the people who were totally blind to the irony of preaching the spiritual purity and "Chosen" nature of The Earth were few and far between.
While that never went away, it was mostly sorted out as part of "Joining the Intergalactic Federation". The Terran and Earth humans were part of the Federation for a few centuries. It all came to a head later, when a "Necromundus" was discovered when the Sol System planets Earth and Mars lose contact with Terra-1 on Alpha Centauri.
The Galactic Federation is falling apart. Several Terran planets have already been destroyed by this mysterious force. Often times when it is first discovered on a planet, they have less than 200 hours before complete organic destruction. The Prevailing opinion is that it isn't magic, or if it is, it doesn't affect spacecraft in the area. So far investigations have been fruitless. Those who investigate are largely pooled from the masses who have no choice but to help, and maybe a few people whose bravery is only exceeded by their stupidity.
We're using Modern AGE and a Heavy Metal AGE supplement I wrote.
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