House Intrepid

House Intrepid is seeking and accepting new members.

House Intrepid: An oddity; the Intrepid was a cryogenic ark ship sent out prior to the discovery of wormhole travel. They were discovered and thawed out about a century ago; since then, the crew has attempted to carve out its own place in this strange new future. Tend to have quaint notions about democracy and personal freedoms. Generally hard-working, stubborn, and independent.

Their planet: Almost out of pity, House Intrepid received the planet of Arroyo. It's a dry, windswept place, except when it's racked by flash floods. The native sentient lifeform is the Avestruz, which looks sort of like a reptilian ostrich. They had reached an Iron Age level of technology before contact.

Timeline:

 -- a while back: house intrepid gets unthawed    
 -- six months ago: political upheaval   
 -- a month or so ago: the Intrepid lands on Arroyo and takes over the colony from House Gwyne

About twelve years ago, someone discovered that the planet contains an abundance of hyperidot, one of the crystals required for tri-axis drive operation. Prospectors flocked to the region, putting pressure on the local government to maintain control. The Intrepid Rangers were formed to bring peace and order to the wild mining towns.

Technologies and equipment typical to House Intrepid: cavalry (mounted on other large indigenous bipedal quasi-birds), blasters of all sorts, obsidian vibraswords, smaller-than-usual spaceships generally in private hands, medical treatments based on cryogenic stasis, other stuff considered antiques by the Empire.

They are still behind the curve when it comes to technology; a lot of things that would be done by droids on any civilized planet are still done manually here, including the dangerous mining of hyperidot. In an attempt to remedy this, the government has quietly formed the Dreamcatchers, who are tasked with obtaining technological and scientific advances by any means.

Possible Aspects

• Meat Popsicles
• Back in MY day, we did things differently.
• Don't ask me how it works.
• When it doubt, hit it with a big rock.
• Emperor? I didn't vote for you.
• Thanks, but I'll do it myself.