the ship is damaged, adrift, the command crew is dead. Beseiged by alien attack and cosmic radiation the damaged ship has long since missed its original destination and now aimlessly drifts through galaxy. As a character you will either awake from cryo sleep to find your world dramatically changed or begin the game as a mutant hybrid venturing out into the ship alone for the first time.

The ships security systems - these play an important role in the game concept. As access to the ships systems everything from opening a door, controlling the environment in a section of the ship, to accessing a weapons locker is controlled by biometric / DNA readers. The readers were coded to the original crew / passengers and since it is colony ship they are also programed to recognize and encode new members that are decendents born during the journey. Unfortunately if the original DNA or biometric data can not identified in the person the A.I computer will not allow access to the controling systems on the ship.

Character Classes

Pure Strain - These characters are un-altered pure genetic strain with no special abilities or modifiers due to mutation or technological augementation. The major advantage that pure strain characters has is that they are able to access the ships technology because the still functioning biometric systems will recognize them by DNA or biometric data. This allows pure strain player characters access to controling the ships systems as well as weapons cache's. Some technology may be locked out to the characters at lower levels but they will have the means of learning what they need to get that equipment eventually.

Meta's - The meta's are decescendents of some of the first passengers and crew members to have awoken from cryo sleep only to be subjected to a damaged ship beseiged by cosmic radiation and alien attacks. After generations of surviving on the ship the meta's minor mutations have helped them adapt to the harsh reality of life adrift in space. These player characters can choose from a list of attribute enhancements resulting from their mutations. However. each mutation has a cost. The contamination of the character's DNA and attributes allows for modifiers but it decreases the players ability to interact with the ship and use its technology. The more mutations the less of a pure strain the meta is and the less the ship's computer system will recognize the character as a crew member. It may eventually not recognize the character at all and determine it is a threat which requires the dispatch of security robots to neutralize.

Cyborgs - cyborgs have the same issues as meta's. Instead of accepting the mutations these characters used the ships technology still at their disposal to either augment or replace organs, limbs, or tissue effected by the mutations. The more technology the cyborg adds the less recognizable as crew the character becomes limiting the crew members access to the ships technology. For a cyborg this maybe very important as limited access to technology will effect the ability to upgrade or make repairs. A careful balance between man and machine is necessary to play this class of character.

Mutants / Hybrids: These player characters have chosen to  play a fully altered or mutated character. These characters will have special abilities or attributes based on their mutations. The major penalty of this class is that they have no ability to control any of the ships systems because their altered and contaminated DNA is not recognized by the A.I computer. These characters stand a strong chance of being considered intruders and hunted by the ship. Mutant hybrids will only be able to use the most basic tools, technology, and weapons on the ship. Commonly these characters will have to make, improvise or adapt salvaged components to use as weapons and tools. Depending on their mutation these characters may not be able to use human type tools and weapons at all. Most Mutant Hybrids will have some form of natural weapon or defense as part of their mutation.  

Androids  & Robots (Normally NPC's but could be played as a PC) These are the servants of the ships A.I. and work to keep the ship flying while the crew and passengers are in cryo-stasis. Of played as a PC they will begin the adventure becoming disconnected from the ship's A.I. due to malfunction and have to learn to function on their own within the world of the ship.