https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/ 2026-05-08T15:17:30+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/ https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2019-06-11T17:29:29+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/achelia?rev=1560274169&do=diff Achelia “They say that from the wind's first sigh Achelia glistered in the sky, But as greed grew and business flourished Its natural riches were malnourished. The brutal planet went to battle For promises of wealth and chattel. But this greed was soon elided; text/html 2019-06-11T14:50:01+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/archive?rev=1560264601&do=diff Archive This page will allow access to previous versions of wiki pages. Please note that once you are in an archived section, the sidebar will link to archived versions of pages! Not all of the listed pages will have changed - generally, the priority for updating pages is as follows (with the ones nearest the top being the most likely to change, and the GM team getting to the others if we have time): text/html 2019-06-11T17:29:27+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/briareos?rev=1560274167&do=diff Briareos “We're leaving again. Sun's got too far over the horizon, so we're heading East to get into the next citadel. Helen says that there looks to be some scratching on some of the original Gasbag designs in the old city ruins. So, if you get back here before we do I've attached maps for how to find them. Best of luck to you both, and wish Julio fortune on their implanting tests. text/html 2019-04-22T15:42:23+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/character_creation?rev=1555947743&do=diff Character Creation Characters generated in CHRONOS have four major attributes: * a public bio - a short paragraph about your character which other players will see on the Characters list * a private bio - information about your character that you know but you don't want other players to know at game start. This can include anything from relatively innocuous backstory details to the darkest of dark secrets! Note that the GMs will be able to see and refer to this bio. text/html 2019-04-27T20:38:06+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/characters?rev=1556397486&do=diff Character Biographies text/html 2019-06-11T17:29:19+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/cheimeros?rev=1560274159&do=diff Cheimeros Barren, isolated and cold, there is little to endear Cheimeros to outsiders - and that is exactly how the Cheimerons want it. A tough and dour people, the Cheimerons are survivalists at heart and want nothing more than for the rest of the galaxy to leave them well alone. Although the planet has little by way of natural resources, its people have learnt to eke out a living from what it has: rocks, base metals and a lot of geothermal activity. text/html 2019-04-18T16:50:41+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/chronos?rev=1555606241&do=diff CHRONOS The CHRONOS project is a perfect example of a research project that was never intended to be this successful. Initially created as one of many experimental scientific forays funded by the GSP, the original purpose of the organisation now known as CHRONOS was far less glamorous than its current perception. With faster-than-light travel having recently been discovered on text/html 2019-06-17T23:30:33+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/contents?rev=1560814233&do=diff Start Introduction Style And Tone When And Where Equality And Diversity Privacy Policy Characters The GM Team News Archive Eternity Playground ---------- Setting The Seven Systems * Achelia * Briareos * Cheimeros * Eunomia * Kedalion * Kybele * Selas The Galactic Syndicate of Planets CHRONOS Pre-Ananke Timeline The Ananke Conference The War Space Travel Time Travel Technology ---------- Playing the Games Intro To The Wiki System Character Creation * … text/html 2019-04-18T16:47:55+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/equality_and_diversity?rev=1555606075&do=diff Equality and Diversity All games run by the Oxford University Role-Playing Games Society are subject to the Conduct and Acceptable Themes Policy which can be found on the OURPGSoc website. It is expected that all GMs and players will be familiar with this policy when playing CHRONOS. CHRONOS is a game which takes place in a war-ravaged futuristic society. As such, dark themes may occur - the GM team does not, however, want to make players uncomfortable. Therefore, please find below included … text/html 2019-06-17T23:30:04+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity?rev=1560814204&do=diff Eternity The Close of the Prometheus * The Immediate Aftermath * Birthday Party * Some time in the future... Character Eternities * Aphra Clayborne - Mim * Arachne Metaxas (Spider) - Robin L * Cadmus (Snake) - Fyr * Carmel Bell (Miriam Callisto) - Gemma C * Champion Aurora - Jaycee C * Champion Cyprian - Leah O * Champion Mars - Oli J * Champion Xarsa - Nix G * Charlotte - Nic L * Daphne Jupiter - Chloe S text/html 2019-06-17T13:24:15+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/eunomia?rev=1560777855&do=diff Eunomia Know that - There is no chaos, only order. There is no fluidity, only eternity. All creation is realization; all invention is discovery. Know that - No other paths exist. To tread the phantom paths is to struggle in vain. In empty struggle lies all suffering. text/html 2019-04-18T17:10:09+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/example_characters?rev=1555607409&do=diff Leslie McGuffin – Adventurous Researcher (They/Them) Home planet: Selas Age: 45 Skills: * Technology * Hacking * Software Development * Investigation * Scholarship * Science * Management * Planning Quirks: * (+) Inoculation text/html 2019-04-11T15:59:36+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/example_turnsheets?rev=1554998376&do=diff Example Turnsheet Summary * 1 Skill training: Security Bypass * 2 Investigate James Criss * 3 Time travel: Seek knowledge on the Selasian bioweapon, the Bleed. ---------- Action 1 Aim Gain the skill Security Bypass. Details / Plan Train with an expert onboard the CHRONOS space station to gain the Security Bypass skill. text/html 2019-05-30T23:12:38+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/id?rev=1559257958&do=diff Aphra Clayborne Email: <aphra clayborne@chronos.chaosdeathfish.com> BIO GOES HERE. bio text/html 2019-04-11T15:57:55+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/intro_to_the_wiki_system?rev=1554998275&do=diff Intro to the Wiki System For those of you who are new to OURPGsoc Society Games, this page is here to serve as a primer to the wikis and how we are using them for the game. As always, if you have any questions regarding any of this, don't hesitate to email the text/html 2019-04-18T16:46:40+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/introduction?rev=1555606000&do=diff Introduction: New Players, Read This First! Hello, and welcome to the website for CHRONOS, the Trinity term 2019 Oxford University Roleplaying Games Society Game. If you've never played any sort of roleplaying game before, never fear! Here's a quick introduction. If you're a seasoned roleplayer, feel free to check out the quick guide to sections of the site at the bottom of this page. text/html 2019-06-11T17:29:36+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/kedalion?rev=1560274176&do=diff Kedalion Welcome to Kedalion. The Corporate Council invites you to visit the Grand Showcase, and see what services we are able to provide. Visitors are reminded that they are responsible for their own personal and data security while on planet, and no liability is accepted by the corporations for the unsanctioned actions of any person. I am an Opti configured to help guide you through your visit - in the event of a question requiring human intelligence, I will be able to pass you on to a hum… text/html 2019-06-11T17:28:57+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/kybele?rev=1560274137&do=diff Kybele “The hearts of everyone across Kybele... No, the hearts of everyone across the Seven Systems! They're what we're all reaching for! We will grasp the world's spirit in our hands... and light it up with joy and truth! We will set the galaxy aflame from Kybele's stage! text/html 2019-06-04T18:00:31+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/news?rev=1559671231&do=diff News Once game starts, this page will include recent events within the game world. * Turn 2 - 1283.32 * Turn 3 - 1283.62 * Turn 4 - 1283.92 * Turn 5 - 1283.122 text/html 2019-05-28T15:48:49+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/pre-ananke_timeline?rev=1559058529&do=diff Pre-Ananke Timeline History prior to the standardisation of the galactic calendar is so far in the past that it no longer holds relevance to present-day activity. At the time of the standardisation, the nations of Kybele, Eunomia, Achelia and Briareos all existed and were in contact with each other. Cheimeros had been settled some years previously but lost contact with the other systems. These planets were all settled using slower-than-light travel as FTL technology had not yet been invented.… text/html 2019-04-11T15:51:57+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/privacy_policy?rev=1554997917&do=diff Privacy Policy Data We Keep * Your out-of-character (OC) name * Your primary out-of-character (OC) email address (i.e. the one which you receive in-game emails to, listed as “Email” on the “update profile” page) * Your secondary out-of-character (OC) email addresses (i.e. the other ones from which you can send in-game emails, listed as text/html 2019-04-18T16:52:24+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/quirks?rev=1555606344&do=diff Quirks The quirks on this page allow you to define specific advantages and disadvantages that your character has beyond what they can do, see Skills. These are split up into Personal, Relationship, and System quirks: you can take any Personal or Relationship quirks (as long as they don't mutually contradict each other), but you can only take the System quirks for the planet your character hails from. text/html 2019-06-11T17:27:59+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/selas?rev=1560274079&do=diff Selas ‘The Light has led us here, to this fertile ground. Here, shall we found our new society. Here, shall any who desire to follow their ideas be welcome. Here, shall those ideas be put to work for the betterment of all humankind. And here, shall those whose ideas do the most good be recognised as the greatest humanity has to offer. text/html 2019-04-18T16:52:11+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/skills?rev=1555606331&do=diff Skills Skills in Chronos are arranged into three tiers. Tier 1 skills have no prerequisites, and relate to a broad field of study or practice (e.g. “Biology” or “Athletics”). If you do not have the Tier 1 skill, then you are Unskilled in that area - i.e. no more skilled than the average person. text/html 2019-04-18T16:51:19+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/space_travel?rev=1555606279&do=diff Space Travel Summary * Faster than light (FTL) travel is possible, and reasonably common. * FTL is not instantaneous - it will generally take at least 4 to 5 days to travel between systems. * FTL travel can only be used a certain distance away from a massive object (the text/html 2019-05-29T10:05:49+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/start?rev=1559124349&do=diff CHRONOS " I imagine you're wondering why you're receiving this message. The answer is simple: because you are a person of extraordinary talents, and the galaxy needs you. I don't need to tell you about the explosion of the GSS Ananke. You've lived in this galaxy for the past two decades. It's impossible to escape the effects of that conference: the arms deals, the treaties, the assassination. The final explosion. You have witnessed the war which tore our galaxy apart in the twenty years … text/html 2019-04-18T16:58:56+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/style_and_tone?rev=1555606736&do=diff Style and Tone CHRONOS is a game about time travel, and a game about people. It's about what you could do if you could change the past. The scale we're looking at is as big as humanity itself: characters won't be working to fix that stupid thing they said in Year 9, they'll be looking at averting (or mitigating, or worsening text/html 2019-04-11T15:57:46+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/technology?rev=1554998266&do=diff Technology Technology in the Seven Systems is as advanced as you would expect from a set of spacefaring civilisations. Beyond the obvious development of the ability to travel between stars in something less than generations worth of time, one of the major developments has been in manufacturing. Industries that need to serve entire systems of planets, carried across the yawning void in vessels constructed in space in the millions per year. Each system has variations, but they are all capable of … text/html 2019-06-11T17:29:33+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/the_ananke_conference?rev=1560274173&do=diff The Ananke Conference On behalf of the Galactic Syndicate of Planets, I would like to welcome you all to this summit, an opportunity for all citizens of the Seven Systems – not just those gathered here today – to grow and learn from each other. text/html 2019-06-04T15:59:59+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/the_galactic_syndicate_of_planets?rev=1559663999&do=diff The Galactic Syndicate of Planets “For a unified and peaceful galaxy.” -- The motto of the GSP From the moment the idea of the 'Seven Systems' came into being, it became clear to all involved that without some kind of unifying force, discord and mistrust would tear the systems apart. The Galactic Syndicate of Planets (GSP) was designed specifically to prevent such an occurrence, unifying each of the seven nations in a proposed neutral audience chamber. text/html 2019-06-10T14:00:39+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/the_gm_team?rev=1560175239&do=diff Meet The Team This page is to give you an idea of who each GM is and which NPCs they've played. If you're not sure which GM you need to contact for a specific query, just email the GM team. NPCs may be played by multiple GMs. If so, we will update this page to reflect that. text/html 2019-04-18T16:49:12+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/the_seven_systems?rev=1555606152&do=diff The Seven Systems In this space-faring epoch, the Seven Systems are the unarguable leads on the stage of galactic politics. Those seven nations are not the only nations in existence, as there are outlying asteroids and space-stations that have declared their own independence, and have been recognised by the text/html 2019-06-11T17:29:30+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/the_war?rev=1560274170&do=diff The War The following, a note from Mirza Ruan, is all that is circulated on the topic: “You know, I can’t quite believe it, but I think you’ve done it. My regular sources are turning up nothing on the topic of interstellar wars beyond a few skirmishes and sabre rattling. I mean sure, there’s still some civil strife, and the planets aren’t exactly text/html 2019-04-18T16:51:28+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/time_travel?rev=1555606288&do=diff Time Travel Summary * Time travel is possible. * The first (and so far only) public demonstration of the CHRONOS machine was at the Ananke conference. * Reports indicated it was successful, but not much information was known by the world at large before the Ananke was destroyed. text/html 2019-05-01T20:46:12+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/turnsheeting?rev=1556743572&do=diff Turnsheeting Summary * A turnsheet period represents one month of in game time. * You have three major actions during this time. * Actions with a plan are more likely to go according to said plan; actions where you have relevant skills, quirks, and any other advantages are more likely to be successful. text/html 2019-04-18T16:48:35+00:00 https://chronos.chaosdeathfish.com/when_and_where?rev=1555606115&do=diff When and Where Due to the difficulty of booking rooms in Oxford, this is yet to be determined. Please note that while we are doing our best to find an accessible venue, we unfortunately cannot guarantee that any room we find will be accessible. If you know of a room which would be good to host this game, please do get in touch with the GM team.