CREDITS

Design and Development Proofreading

J. Scott Zumwalt (www.reddit.com/u/DrainSmith) Anglea Zumwalt, W. P. Holloman

Artwork
Cover (NASA Photo)
Space Station Snow Queen (artist unkown)
Space Shuttle Heart of Gold (zlsadesign.com)
Centillion Lobby (Edited photo IBM lobby, J. Scott Zumwalt)
Observing Sol (Edited photos, NASA, https://benoit-godde.
deviantart.com/art/Mark-II-Benoit-Godde-Concept-Art-
ist-403081883, J. Scott Zumwalt)

Additional Resources
Space travel calculations:
http://nathangeffen.webfactional.com
/spacetravel/spacetravel.php

Genesys is a trademark of Fantasy Flight Games. Copyright 2017

The Sol System 2088, Sol 2088 Copyright J. Scott Zumwalt 2018

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 INTRODUCTION
The intention of this document is to give the details of the
Sol System 2088 science-fiction setting. A setting which gives
Game Masters and Players lots of room for a variety of sci-fi
stories. The aim is to project into the future a possibility for
humanity. Given our current trajectory, what is likely for us?
This setting is “hard scif-fi”, meaning everything is grounded
in reality and very little should push the bounds of what is
possible.
Like most sci-fi it should be a lens though which we view
ourselves and our surroundings. It should force us to ask
questions about how technology changes us as individuals
and us as a society. The goal is to show that there are two-
sides to every coin. Great advances come at a cost. This is not
only about the perils and pitfalls of the future, but also about
levels of greatness that can be achieved.
Humanity has crept out of its home planet and colonized
Earth’s moon and Mars. People live and work on a few large
asteroids and Jovian moons. Most of the extra-terran colonies
are ruled and controlled by traditional Earth governments.
Though a few are wholly owned and operated by fully autono-
mous and sovereign corporations.
These corporations act like governments in that they con-
trol large areas of geography, are responsible for infrastruc-
ture, and maintain civil peace, but are run like businesses in
that they exist to earn profit. Their “employees” are little more
than slaves. Many other colonies on Mars are fully indepen-
dent free nation-states. One Martian colony is even a fully
anarchistic society comprised solely of scientists working on
giving Mars a magnetosphere, which would enable dramatic
planet-wide terraforming ridding Mars of the need for under-
ground and heavily shielded structures.
The rise of artificial intelligences has lifted much of the
burden of daily life. Perfect automatic curated entertainment,
food, and socialization is available when you want it before
you know you want it. Simple AI controlled labor drones build
and maintain infrastructure without humans being in danger
or creating body stress. Human longevity is rising rapidly.
All of these advances are only for those that can afford it.
Out in the depths of the solar system, drones cannot connect
and use the AI systems thus human labor is the most exploit-
able. Without government oversight these laborers are akin
to slaves. Most people do not think about how extra-terran
resources reach Earth.
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TIMELINE
In 2030 the Chinese government with assistance from the
European Union began construction on the first permanent
Lunar base. This forced the United States to quickly increase
spending in their space program to develop their own Lunar
base. The Chinese/EU base completed construction in 2035.
One month later the US completed theirs.
The bases expanded slightly over the next few years. Joint
scientific operations were conducted including long-term
living experiments. The results of these studies sparked the
creation of a joint operation between the US, Canada, China,
the EU, Japan, India, and the United Korean Republic to build a
full colony on Luna.
In the year 2058 the first Lunar colony was built. It was
filled with a team of scientists and their families from several
nations of Earth including those that were not invested in the
join operation. In 2060 the first Lunar baby was born. They
showed that humans were not bound to Earth; that we could
move out into space. This gave hope to the masses. Most
importantly, it gave hope to corporations. They could, for the
first time, operate with impunity outside the jurisdiction of
any governing body. Those that could, quickly established
colonies using the open knowledge gained by the first Luna
experiment.
2061 saw the re-birth of humanity through the break-
through of sustainable fusion power, thanks to the efforts of
Lunar scientists. The discovery was made possible partly due
to the abundance of He₃ available to use and experiment with.
Luna is the greatest source for He₃ in the solar system and the
primary fuel source for fusion reactors. Corporate mines were
then built as fast as they possibly could.
By 2075 ten separate corporate-owned colonies had been
built and staffed. At the same time experimental colonies on
Mars were established. The first Martian baby was born in
2076. By 2080, the number of Luna colonies numbered thir-
ty-four and the Mars had nineteen.
Mining operations were anywhere humans knew they could
get any element or compound of any remote value. From
asteroids to Jovian moons.
In 2085 Martian colonies began declaring independence
from Earth. In 2087 the first corporation, Centillion, declared Many smaller corporations exist and have colonies, but still
itself a sovereign state spanning Earth, Luna, Mars, and its operate under the rule of their home countries on Earth.
asteroid holdings. With no governments remotely capable of By 2088 most Martian and Luna colonies have declared
countering this act, all governments secede in recognizing it independence, but a few remain loyal to their Terran gov-
after being threatened with withholding its technologies and ernments. A few dissident movements have been seen rising
mined resources. Mutual distrust prevented world govern- against the corporate nations, both within and without. Those
ments from uniting and the fact that Centillion essentially con- that speak out within a corporation are typically only heard
trols the world’s decentralized digital currency, CentCoin. from once.
Quickly to follow suit, was Z-Space and AgroPro. They
declared independence not only for selfish means, but also
because they knew Centillion had to be kept in check. Each
corporation relies on the others, ensuring the survival of all.

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SOVEREIGN CORPORATIONS
Each sovereign corporation needs the other in order to sur-
vive and profit. Centillion runs computer systems for all ships,
drones, and logistics. Z-Space supplies all ships and colony
structures. AgroPro feeds everyone. No one wants the out-
right destruction of the other. A full merger would be possible
should the leadership of each corporation be comfortable
with their power being diluted and so far they are not.
Centillion
The corporation that created the first advanced AI. The AI is
now referred to by the same name even though its real name
is technically the Centillion Director. This AI runs much of the
infrastructure of Earth and its Luna colonies. Offshoots have
been developed and are in-place at Martian and Jovian colo-
nies, but are not as sophisticated due to the lack of available
computing platforms. The AI is a mixture of centralized and
distributed components. The bulk of the centralized compo-
nents are enormous quantum computers that are housed in
several skyscrapers around Earth. Much of Earth’s population
live without making mundane decisions and simply let Centil-
lion run the minutiae of life.
Z-Space
Known to Americans as Zee-Space, but properly called
Zed-Space due to its British roots. Z-Space is the foremost
manufacturer of interplanetary craft and extra-terran coloni-
zation structures. Z-Space led the march to colonize Luna and
Mars. Though they were not the first to set foot on Mars, their
technologies made it possible. Nearly every structure in every
extra-terran colony and ship that moves around Sol were built
by Z-Space.
AgroPro
The leader in agriculture development and foodstuff supply
chain. Extra-terran colonization would not have been possible
without them. Their advances in crops that can grow in the ex-
treme situations found on Luna, Mars, and the asteroids gave
independence from Earth for the people there. Not everything
can grow or be cultivated everywhere. So AgroPro makes
what it can shipping necessary foods to demand markets.
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCES
There are four levels of AI. Basic, Intermediate, Advanced,
and Real.
Basic
This is the most common. Any device larger than 12 cm
cubed will typically have Basic AI installed. This is an intelli-
gence equivalent to a dog, but a bit more limited. The AI can
recognize a limited set of objects, interpret a series of voice
commands, and respond orally. All related to its intended
function. Anything outside of that is simply ignored. It is un-
able to make decisions it has not specifically been configured
for.
Intermediate
Very large systems will usually have an AI of this level.
Laypeople will incorrectly think of this as passable human
intelligence. Interplanetary military/corporate spacecraft
need Intermediate AI to handle the many complex situations
it may find itself in. It typically needs to hear, understand, and
execute orders from several people at once in split-second life
or death situations. Thus it can make decisions based on all
this incoming data, plus mission parameters and leadership
requirements. This can sometimes lead to situation in which
the ship will do things the passengers did not ask for, but the
outcome is always desirable by at least one person.
Advanced
Only one of these exist and it is called Centillion. The dis-
tinction between this and Real AI is subtle to the layperson,
but vastly different to the experts. Read more about Centillion
below.
Real
The holy grail of AI research. This would be AI that match-
es human intelligence in every way. The world believes that
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this has not been achieved yet due to the staggering resources
necessary to create and continuously run Centillion. But there
are rumors a secret group of Centillion engineers that left the
megacorp years ago went underground to build something
that would make humanity better.
SPACE TRAVEL
Efficient interplanetary travel is critical to an economy that
spans the solar system. The secrets of faster-than-light travel
still eludes humanity. Getting around inside the solar system
is not impossible, just takes some time and clever engineering.
Though Z-Space is the leader in spacecraft design, construc-
tion, and sales, there are many smaller organizations that pro-
duce their own craft. This along with Z-Space producing many
different craft for a variety of situations and budgets means
that the problem of space travel is solved in many different
ways.
The most common for large ships is the fusion engine. Ex-
pensive to run and maintain but pays for itself in the commod-
ities that can be extracted and shipped throughout the system.
Some ships are still chemical rockets, cheap but slow. A few
shipping corporations rely just on rail-gun type technology
to hurl containers to targets. These are extremely dangerous
(fatal) for humans to ride in.
SOL-NET
The speed of light is fast, but it is not instantaneous. Due
to the vast distances between objects in the solar system the
delay of signals is far greater than historical communication
systems have had to deal with. Thus a new system had to
be constructed in order to provide reliable communication.
Computer scientists had been working on this problem for
quite some time and had a working model called delay-toler-
ant networking. Centillion used this model when it put in place
all the necessary satellites and ground beacons then dubbed it
Sol-Net. The cost for this was immense, but they have value in
knowing where data is flowing.
 SPACE FLIGHT
The calculations for objects moving in space can be cumber-
some while running a game. Knowing where each planet and
asteroid is relative to each other at any given moment is even
more work. As planets move around the Sun their distance
from each other changes making static distances completely
inaccurate and removes an element that shapes the economy
of interplanetary commerce. One way to simplify the problem
is to identify when the shortest and longest routes are. Most of
your travel times will fall in between those.
The next part of space travel to understand is acceleration
vs speed. How fast a space craft can move is typically noted as
its delta-v, the change to velocity. Speed is typically noted as
distance unit per a time unit such as kilometers per second or
miles per hour. Because a space craft is continuously acceler-
ating with hardly any friction (near zero) its speed is con-
stantly increasing. This can also be a bit much to keep in mind
and calculate while running a game.
To keep space flight in the simplest terms possible any
spacecraft is rated for the amount of acceleration it is able to
produce. This rating is g-force or simply g. 1g is the basic unit
and is the amount of gravity felt when at sea level on Earth.
This unit will also give player’s an idea of the gravity that is
felt by the characters during spaceflight. Most craft will cruise
between .5 and 1 g. High end shipping or military vessels can
do up to 4g. This is around the limit for humans to experience
at a constant rate. This is also, gratefully, the limit of the tech-
nology at this point.
1 g is 9.8 meters per second per second. This means the
speed of the craft will start out at roughly one meter per
second in speed, increasing by 10 meters per second every
second that passes. After two seconds we’ll be moving 20 me-
ters per second and so forth. So the farther we go, the faster
we get.
Now that we know how fast our ships can travel we can
look at how far they want to go to see how long it takes to get
there. The typical method of moving from one body to another
in the solar systems (transfer orbit) has historically been nec-
essary due to the long travel time being measured in months.
However, with ships capable of achieving 1g acceleration that
table 1.2 - travel times
NAME .5g
Earth to Luna 560 s
Earth to Mars 2.44/6.62 d
Earth to Ceres 5.42/7.88 d
Earth to Jupiter 8.01/10.2 d
Mars to Ceres 4.48/8.39 d
Mars to Jupiter 5.57/10.70 d
travel time is significantly reduced.
We don’t accelerate all the way to our target though. We
have to slow down half there otherwise we’ll just wizz on
past. The ship will cease acceleration, perform a flipping
maneuver to point in the same direction it was just traveling
from, and begin deceleration by firing the engines again. This
maneuver is sometimes called a skew-flip turnover or more
popularly called flip-and-burn. Now the thrust is going into
fighting the inertia that was just built up and the speed starts
decreasing by roughly ten meters per second every second.
So the familiar equation of rate times time equals distance is
not so easy to apply to space travel and thus is ill suited for a
game mechanic.
At the shortest distance Mars is about 54.6 million kilo-
meters from Earth. This only occurs one every 2.2 years. The
reader will be saved from the math of the problem, but be
shown that the travel time of 54.6 million kilometers at 1 g
acceleration is about 1.72 days. With a travel time of less than
two days transfer orbits are hardly necessary and straight
lines with a bit of an over shoot to where the target will be is
very sufficient. We can therefore pre-calculate some typical
travel distances and times with normal accelerations that
characters would likely experience. Those are listed in Table
1.2. Each trip has the shortest and longest trip times listed
for any given acceleration. Typical travel times will fall in the
middle. Occasionally, another planet or planetoid could be
used for a gravity assisted slingshot maneuver, but they don’t
line up enough during frequent travel to really warrant con-
sidering for game-play. Narratively, a GM or player may wish
to include a slingshot.
Alternatively, a GM could determine the specific date in
which the game is taking place and then look up where all the
system bodies are at that time. (www.theplanetstoday.com).
For example, January 1 2088 Mars is nearly at the furthest
point it can be from Earth, so the longest distance should be
used and Jupiter is about half as far as it could be so splitting
the difference should be sufficient. Day to day, the distances
do not change that much, but month to month they will vary
significantly.
1g 2g 3g 4g
400 s
1.72/4.68 d 1.22/3.31 d .99/2.7 d .86/2.3 d
3.83/5.57 d 2.71/3.94 d 2.21/3.21 d 1.91/2.78 d
5.67/7.27 d 4.01/5.14 d 3.27/4.20 d 2.83/3.63 d
3.17/5.93 d 2.24/4.19 d 1.8/3.42 d 1.58/ 2.96 d
3.94/7.56 d 2.78/5.35 d 2.27/4.36 d 1.9/3.78 d
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NEW ARCHETYPES
The following list of archetypes supplements the list of
archetypes available starting on page 36 of the Genesys core
rulebook.
The Athlete
The Athlete represents a character who has a background
where their ability to move quickly and nimbly was of utmost
importance. You should choose this archetype if you’re going
to make a character that focuses on moving their body fast
and accurately or is steady with their hands. You should also
choose this archetype if your character has a background of
being a circus performer, dancer, or some kind of Olympian.
This archetype starts with the Agility characteristic at 3
and the Cunning characteristic at 1. You’re starting a charac-
ter with better than average Agility (which makes it easier to
improve Agility further), with the trade-off that your charac-
ter has a worse than average Cunning. You’ll have to either
spend valuable experience points buying that back to 2, or be
satisfied with this drawback.
Finally, this archetype gets a special ability that let’s you
add by your Coordination skill rank to a combat check that
targets your character. This could cause the attack to com-
pletely fail. This is especially useful since it can be applied
after dice have been rolled. The drawback is that it can only be
used once per session at the use of a Story point.
2 3 2 1 2 2
BRAW N AGILITY INTELLECT CUNNING WILLPOWER PRESENCE
Wound Threshold: 8 + Brawn
Strain Threshold: 12 + Willpower
Starting Experience: 100
Special Abilities: An Athlete starts with one rank in
Coordination during character creation. They obtain
this rank before spending experience points, and
may not increase Coordination above rank 2 during
character creation.
Evasion: Once per session, your character may
spend a Story Point as an out-of-turn incidental
when they are the target of a Combat check. If they
do so, they may add f equal to their Coordination
rank to the roll. This may be spent before or after the
Combat check is made.
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SKILLS
The following skills from the Genesys core rulebook are
available to starting characters.
Athletics, Brawl, Charm, Coercion, Computers, Cool, Coor-
dination, Deception, Discipline, Driving, Gunnery Knowledge,
Leadership, Mechanics, Medicine, Melee, Negotiation, Oper-
ating, Perception, Piloting, Ranged (Light), Ranged (Heavy),
Resilience, Skulduggery, Stealth, Streetwise, Survival, Vigilance
NEW SKILLS
Artificial Intelligences
This measures a character’s knowledge of and ability to use
AI. When your character needs to know what is wrong with an
AI that is seemingly out-of-control or needs to set what an AI’s
tasks are then they use this skill. AIs are extremely complex
systems that while are housed and interacted with on comput-
ers, the Computer skill is ill-suited to understand or maintain
them.
Your character should use this skill if ...
- Your character wants to adjust the job of a Basic AI
- Your character wants to change the mission parameters of an
Intermediate AI
- Your character wants to build a Basic AI for a new drone
- Your character works with a team to build an Intermediate
AI for a new ship
- Your character wants to investigate why an AI arrived at a
particular decision
Your character should not use this skill if..
- Your character wants to bypass the security of an AI system
- Your character wants to use the voice commands of an AI
system
NEW TALENTS
Vac Suit Veteran (Tier 1) - Remove one j from checks that
receive setback dice from the character wearing a vac suit
Zero -G Natural (Tier 1) - Remove one j from checks that
receive setback dice from the charcter being in zero gravity.
 GEAR
Hand Terminal
The ubiquitous communication device of humanity. Es-
sentially, a small computer, but interface is focused toward
direction communication (Voice, video, and text) and access to
public data such as news feeds, entertainment, and knowledge
archives. These can plugged into stationary docks to allow a
user to interact with the terminal on a larger viewing screen
or display complex three-dimensional imagery.
thrown out. Required for Medicine checks to heal wounds.
Surveillance Drone
A remotely operated robot that focuses on collecting visual
and audio data. Flying optional. The more discrete the drone,
the more expensive it is. Like other robots, it is possible to
give them basic intelligence and a series of complex instruc-
tions.

This device is unsuited to complex tasks such as scientific

data analysis or bypassing computer security systems. Espe-
cially skilled computer users have ways of massaging them
into performing unintended functions and may be able do
limited versions of some complex tasks.
Terminal Implant
A sub-dermal implant that provides many of the same func-
tions as a hand terminal. Data is displayed onto a removalable
lens that sits directly on the character’s eyes. The data that
can be displayed is much more limited (basically only text and
very simple images) than what a hand terminal is capable of
displaying. These are typically used by individuals that need
streams of data while keeping both hands free or do not want
to bring attention to the fact that they are using a terminal.
Input is done through either voice commands or wirelessly
tethered input devices.
Scientific Scanner
Larger than a hand terminal but with a much more narrow
range of capabilities. This scanner is capable of determining
barometric pressure, magnetic north (if available), map visi-
ble light area in three dimensions, determine which elements
and compounds are available in the air, give ambient air tem-
perature, and provide data on the levels of radiation (alpha,
beta, and gamma) in the immediate area.
All of this data can be easily transmitted back to a hand
terminal or to a full rig terminal.
Repair Drone
These robots come with basic intelligence and must be pre-
trained on the particular system or systems they are meant
to repair. This is usually a particlar building, station, or large
craft (from cruiseships to interplanetary spaceships). A single
repair drone can be responsible for repairing several types of
simpler systems such as small ground vehicles or an array of
personal electronic devices. They cannot diagnose problems
with these systems. That is done by a skilled human engi-
neer who then instructs the drone on what specifically needs
repaired or replaced.
Vac Suit
Short for vacuum suit, also known as an EVA (extravehicu-
lar activity) suit, this full body outfit allows someone to sur-
vive in many hazardous environments such as the full vacuum
of space or atmospheres such as Mars that do not provide the
proper elements for humans. These suits are typically ill suit-
ed to deep water diving, but can be used in shallow depths.
In fact, early space pioneers would test and practice in their
vac suits under water. The latest versions contain basic health
monitoring and a short range audio communication device.
Many will include electromagnetic boots when on spacecraft,
but rare when found in areas with gravity. Luna colonies will
usually have mag boots in their EVA kits due to the very low
gravity. All checks using Agility or require the use of the char-
acter’s hands while wearing a Vac Suit gain j j.

Mag Boots table 1.1 - gear

Boots fitted with an electromagnet to keep a person at- NAME cost rarity
tached to a metal surface while a ship or station is experienc- Hand Terminal 100 2
ing zero-g. Standard issue for anyone on a ship or station as Terminal Implant 2000 5
they are required for safety.
Scientific Scanner 1500 4

Medical Field Kit Medical Field Kit 500 4

Everything a first responder would need. Alcohol, bandages, Vac Suit 1000 4
pain killers (mild to extreme), antibiotics, adrenaline, and
Surveillance Drone 750 3
more. Many of the items will have a shelf life thus the whole
thing has a shelf life. The non-perishable items are typical- Repair Drone 150000 5
ly cheap enough that if a kit has expired the whole thing is

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ARCHETYPE:

CAREER:

PLAYER:

SOAK VALUE WOUNDS STRAIN DEFENSE

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SKILLS
GENERAL SKILLS CAREER? RANK COMBAT SKILLS CAREER? RANK
Athletics (Br) Brawl (Br)
Artificial Int. (Int) Gunnery (Ag)
Computers (Int) Melee (Br)
Cool (Pr) Ranged-Light (Ag)
Coordination (Ag) Ranged-Heavy (Ag)
Discipline (Will)
Driving (Ag) Charm (Pr)
Mechanics (Int) Coercion (Will)
Medicine (Int) Deception (Cun)
Operating (Int) Leadership (Pr)
Perception (Cun) Negotiation (Pr)
Piloting (Ag)
Resilience (Br) Knowledge (Int)
Skullduggery (Cun)
Stealth (Ag)
Streetwise (Cun)
Survival (Cun)
Vigilance (Will)

GEAR

WEAPONS
WEAPON SKILL DAMAGE CRIT RANGE SPECIAL

TOTAL XP AVAILABLE XP