Date:         Mon, 19 Aug 1996 14:16:23 EST
From: CJ Vaughan <Chris.Vaughn@SSA.GOV>
Subject:      INT: SF Story

     I'm back after a four day layoff - and I had to delete the 458
     messages from Writers in my mailbox (hope it wasn't anything too
     important.  For those people who expressed an interest in an
     interactive SF story - let me provide the following by way of
     background:

          Year:     4158 (distant future)
          Place:    Deep in the center of the Milky Way - in a densely
                    populated star cluster.
          Bckgrnd:  Mankind has journeyed for milenia in generation ships
                    to sow itself as far and wide as possible.  This is one
                    place where our descendents have taken root.  They
                    share this densely populated area with dozens of other
                    sentient life forms - and are considered by many of
                    them to be parasites (because they showed up late in
                    the game.
          Tech:     Nothing which breaks Einstein's theories - no FTL,
                    wormholes - etc.  The only reason all these life forms
                    interact in this area is that there are thousands of
                    planets within a dozen years of each other.
          Locale:   A space station in the center of it all called "The
                    Hub".  It's a refueling post and most serve all equally
                    by treaty.  The Hub is the size of a large moon, and
                    holds millions of aliens at any given time.

     I think this is the consensus of ideas offered to me by others who
     wanted to play.  I propose we call this story "The Hub".

     Rules:  Same as any other interactive story on WRITERS _ you are
     responsible for your characters - you should declare any reserved
     characters (ones only you can change or kill off); treat other writers
     and story-lines with respect.

     Interactive stories are really exercises - so it behooves you to keep
     the characters you create and the story-lines you invent as in-synch
     with the zone as possible (i.e. - write SF - no fantasy or such).

     If you have any questions, check out the FAQ.  Tink, where is it?????

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