In 1882, Great Britain is close to achieving the pinnacle of her power. The British Empire always exudes conviction, solace, and spirit and is ever expanding. However, as during the Civil War, the strong will survive and continue making America the greatest country in the world. Severe winters threaten to wreak havoc for many ranchers. Though new farming machines are coming off production lines, horses, oxen, and people still provide most of the machinery's power. Farmers have started to organize into groups called Granges and Farmers' Alliances to address the problems farmers face. The era of cowboys, outlaws, and Indians has started to move in a different direction toward civility and, unfortunately, reservation.Ībundant rainfall and the promise of free land under the Homestead Act draw easterners to the plain. Thanks to Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell, the nation has begun to see light and sound transmitted from sea to shining sea. Thanks to the mass production of railroads, creating traveling and shipping conveniences, most western states are experiencing an economic boon. The Gilded Age is in full swing, ringing in an era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West. Consider it similar to Space: 1889.īy the 1880s, the United States stands tall. It takes inspiration from various 19th and early 20th-century sci-fi novels. This game is a GSRP starting in 1882 in a Steampunk world. Lead shielding is the only known technology capable of blocking the effects of Cavorite.Cavorite only causes gravity to cease affecting it when an electrical current runs through it.Cavorite is an artificially produced substance.Now, the Scramble for Space begins.Ĭavorite is a metal that resists and redirects the flow of gravity, allowing for flight and interplanetary travel. Now, a new race begins, for just as the secret spread, Dr Cavor has launched the first spacecraft, a simple pressurized metal sphere which entered earth's orbit and circled the globe, taking pictures. Unfortunately, not before a series of incidents spread the secret of the metal to the four corners of the earth. Quickly, his research has been seized by the British government. A British scientist, Dr Cavor, has invented an artificial metal that resists gravity. Here, miraculous things can occur and the solar system is not one we know. It is the late 19th century, but not the one we know.
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