Fading Suns

   The Fading Suns campaign setting is a sci-fi setting that takes place in an alternate version of earth's history around 5005 AD. There are several key alien races that eventually come into contact, and form a interstellar nation that is ripe with mercantile and political conflict. In between this you also have various factions fighting amongst themselves, so for religious or cultural purposes.

   In the ancient past it was believed that an alien race known as the Anunnaki created a series of "Jumpgates" to
assist with interstellar travel. These jumpgates are usually located just outside a solar system. As of to date there are approximately 200 known jumpgates connecting the Vau, Kurgan (Arabic), Vuldrok (Norse), and Imperial Interstellar nations. So far humanity has contact  several alien races; Acorbite (insectoids), Eytri (avians), Gannok (simians), Hironem (reptiles), Oro'ym (aquatics), Shantor (horse-like), Symbiots (parasitic entities), Vau, and the Vorox (lupins). They also encountered to human like races as well; the Ur-Oban and Ur-Ukar.

In 2100AD, the earth become one world government known as the First Republic. In2305 they discover ajumpgate past Pluto's orbit which introduces them to interstellar travel. By 2500 AD they have discovered over 25 solar systems and seeded many colonies throughout the galaxy. It wasn't until 2682 that first contact with alien life was made. During the subsequent centuries of expansion, colonization, the and trade the First Empire finally encounter the Vau, a larger intersteller empire. Yet despite the large elements of sci-fi, there are still some interesting themes that familiar fantasy players would find. Most of them involve the use of psionic powers. Many of the races are gifted with the ability to use psionics. Another facet is the The Church of the Universal Sun, founded by the prophet Zebulon. Sathraism is an other group of religious devotee that delve into the pseudo-religious and addictive qualities of jumpgates. These two religious groups have interesting histories of there own that play a significant part within the galaxy. There is also the backdrop of some darker things, as demonology and necromancy are no strangers to many of the worlds here.

Map of the Known Star System and Jump-Gates