Ok so I've been procrastinating the past few days but i said i would provide some info on the lore that i have created and what i am potentially looking at in terms of mechanics for this game.
The Story
- the initial conflict
- corporations greed
- sinking ship
- grasping straws
- The escape
1) So the story in SEGDX takes place after the Arboros Empire(where you currently reside) has just won a long fought war against the Kartek United Federation. Although achieving victory was essential for their continued existence , due to war expenses and massive amount of casualties the empire entered a great depression. In this depression a lot of people starved and others decided to take matters into their own hands and turned to a life of piracy.
2) In the events following the war a coalition of some of the richest corporations saw an opportunity to take control. Although they had the economic might they still could not match military power of the great Arboros Empire... Not until now of course. They banded together to create what we now call the Sha'kt belt Alliance: known for the region of space where most of these entities mined for Dridium. Once supplying the empire with about 70% of their Dridium(element used to produce energy and make star travel possible) the Sha'kt belt Alliance now held the considerable upper hand .
3) Seeing their empire crumbling and with the promise of better living conditions a small segment of the Arboros Empire defected to join the SBA. This group was led by a high ranking general of the empire name Sebastian A. Goezm.
4) The Arboros Empire once known throughout for their great military power now stood weak and crippled on the verge of defeat. In their desperation the Empire declared that all able-bodied subjects were to immediately join the ranks of their military or face drastic consequences(possibly death), And thus the Great Draft began.
5) Your father and the only family you had just passed. He left you his delivery ship as your inheritance along with a nicely sized plot of land in some low pop planet. When you hear that the empire is in your system enforcing their mandatory draft you begin to fear that your freedom is at stake. You take what little you can carry and leave immediately as you would rather try and survive in the vastness of space then die for something you didn't believe in. Here is where our story begins.
Forgive me if i made any grammatical errors as english is not my first language and i am also not a writer lol.
I actually wrote a lot more lore but decided to cut it out for this small bit that i was posting here. The left out parts include an explanation for the initial confllict which brings light to events prior to the great war. Also a little backstory about General Sebastian A. Goezm more widely known as the Scourge of Meeanor. Not to forget to mention there is also a small bit about how the Arboros Empire was formed.