The year is 2653. The Terran Confederation and its allies are at war
with the Kilrathi Empire. In the thick of the action is a cruiser named TCS Equinox. Assigned to this ship is a fighter/bomber squadron called "the Black Eagles." The Equinox is a "last chance" ship. That means the Equinox is the last stop for Confed military personnel before court martial or (since it's a time of war) execution. Consequently, the ship, crew and squadron are considered expendable. They usually get the suicide missions.
Our Wing Commander is totally nuts; the head trauma nurse is a real fox
(No...seriously...she looks like a fox); Winter and Shadow's tech crews
are constantly cleaning organic debris off of their figthers (again);
the XO has pointy ears (and she looks like a fox, too!); the plot is
somewhere between sci-fi space combat, bad horror movie, and
melodramatic daytime television; and the bar is always open (except when
we're on red alert, then it *gasp!* doesn't do deliveries).
If you seem incapable of producing roleplaying characters who are
well-balanced, productive members of society, this may be the RPG group
for you! We are the intrepid (or maybe just plain loony) pilots of the
TCS Equinox, a last-chance stop for screw-ups who for whatever reason
couldn't quite make it elsewhere. We meet on Sunday nights at 9pm EST
for chat-based roleplaying and fill in on the message boards in between.
