Saturday 26 November 2011

Series Overveiw

Hi all, We had the first game of the campain, but before I give the rundown here is the seris synopsis before the game:

Overveiw

The S.P.A.C.E Man (also known as SPACE man and The SPACE man) was a spyfy TV show run between June 1970 and July 1973. The show followed the explotes of John Redstone, an agent of the fictional Special Protection of America aganst Criminality Exectutive. The Show lent heavely on the themes of TV shows like “the man from U.N.C.L.E” but displayed many ideas simalr to the “Six million dollar man” which was created a year or so after the shows ending.

The SPACE man had some contriversy for its (at the time) secret funding from NASA. While the show was already in development as a more generic spyfy show, NASA financed the show and used it to harbour public support in the wake of the Apollo 13 acident. After Apollo 17 brought a end to the bulk of the apollo program NASA pulled funding. The show, now in its forth seris. Used heavy levels of product placement, but a public backlash ment the show was quetly canned halfway through its third series.

The show follows a genral layout in each episode. John Redstone goes to investigate either stolen tech, personell or some sort of unexplaned phenomina, and it is revealed to be the work of VOSTOK, A blatently Russian crime group led by General Vlademeer Zond. In this format, the show had blatent scenes where the benifits of the American Space Program was explaned, The Vietnam War was patrioticly endorsed and communist and Russian thinking was deomonised. Several genuine Astronughts and high ranking generals guest stared in the show untill the NASA involvement was pulled.

Background Story

Febuary 25th  1966, somewhere on on Route 13, Binh Duong provence

Private Redstone is involved in a operation led by Captain Bowman to clear mines from the Rute 13. In a effort to save a fellow soilder, Redstone is shot then falls on a mine. He is shipped back to a MASH where he is delared alive but in a coma. He is shipped back statesie to his home at Lakeland, Florida.











The S.P.A.C.E logo, used on all SPACE hardware, vehicles and equipment



1968

NASA Scientist Franz Atlas its tasked to lead a team to create the ultimate force for good, using technology gained from the Murcury, Gemini and Apollo program’s. The test subject chosen I John Redstone, both to his pre injury character and the hopleness of his situation. Over the course of the year John Redstone is revived and augmented with superhuman strength, speed and a boosted IQ. While sucsessful, the program is limeted to just Redstone.

1969

After the moon landings a mysterious agent knowen only by his codename SATURN reports that American tech and moral is at jepordy from a Russian Crime organisation VOSTOK. The Terror groups leader is named as renigade general VLadameer Zond. SATURN reveals that VOSTOK agents are all over America, stealing tech and sowing fear. He is given leave to form S.P.A.C.E, a counter esponage unit linked to the CIA and FBI but under control of NASA. John Redstone is assigned their primary Agent and Atlas is assigned as their technical expert and johns Handler. Just before S.P.A.C.E becomes active, it is joined by T.I.T.A.N, A robot with advanced A.I as a body guard. The Trio, along with NASA tech’s and Army guards, begin operating as a mobile unit. Their mission, to thwart the plans of VOSTOK using any and all means at their disposal.

Characters

John Redstone
DOB: 12/11/1940
Height : 5’10
Weight: 260lb
Gender: Male
Afilliation: SPACE
Rank: Special Agent
From:  Lakeland, Florida

Bio:

Born and raised on a Lakeland farm, John Robert Redstone was the youngest of three sons and two daughters. Having a strong aptitude for all things mechanical and taken by his fathers war stories he enlisted in the US Army and operated  a rome plow during the Vietnam conflict. It was during Operation Rolling Stone that, after narrioly escaping the destruction of his plow, he took a bullet to save the live of a close freind, then stubling, set off a mine. The damage should have killed him, but  he was left comatose and very badly damaged. After being shipped stateside to a vets hospital he showed no improvement, but was fortuanly selected for the Robotic Infanty Soilder Test (R.I.S.T), a  experement to create the ultimate soilder. On revial and recovery John’s physical atributes were increased 150% when compared to his enlistment results. John was left visably disfigured, with most of his body covered in a metallic synthetic covering and both eyes replaced with green glowing video cameras. He also can only operate for about 48 hours before he needs his fuel cells replaced or recharged (though he can survive on standby for a further 72 hours).  Due to his disfigurements, John elects to remain anonimous to his famly, and has dedicated himself to America and the elimination of VOSTOK.


Franz Atlas
DOB: 15/06/1921
Height:  5’8
Weight: 180lb
Gender: Male
Afilliation: SPACE
Rank: Technical Agent
From: Krefeld, Germany

Bio:

Born to a wealthly Jewish famly, Franz Johanson Atlas was a child progedy. He excelled in the sciences, finding electronincs especialy to his liking. The Atlas famly emmigrated to Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1935 to escape Nazi persecution.  In 1943 Franz found himelf transfered to Oak Ridge to help out in secret projects their. By the end of world war two he has his PHD. His thesis was titled “ The use of electronincs in biological support systems”. He was involved in operation paperclip and from their was  transpered first to Whitesands, then was later secconded to Avero Arrow to help design the Gemini capsule. In 1968 he was transfered to Lakeland and placed under NASA as part of the R.I.S.T Program. On compleation of R.I.S.T he was breifly assigned to Cape Canaveral before being placed in S.P.A.C.E as their technicla agent. Dispite his age and academic brilliance, he his also a tallented painter, a marathon runner, a sharpshooter and a dab hand with the double bass.

T.I.T.A.N
D.O.C: 07/07/1969
Height: 7’2
Weight: 350 lb
Gender: N/A
Afilliation: USAF
Rank: N/A
From:  White Sands, New Mexico

Bio:

T.I.T.A.N was a code word used for the United States Airforce’s verson of R.I.S.T. Rather than augment a human subject, the USAF created a pure robot with a advanced AI. Intended to be used in USAF space missions, its power limitations (simlar to Redstones’s) rendered it impractical for space operations. On hearing of SPACE, the USAF placed T.I.T.A.N at SPACE’s disposal on the ground of intelegence found was to be shared. T.I.T.A.N dose not stand for anything, more it was used so the accounts with the TITAN missles could be fuged to include this project.

Saturn
D.O.B: Classified
Height: Classified
Weight: Classified
Gender: Presumed Male
Afilliation: SPACE
Rank: Classified
From: Classified

Bio:

The whisleblower on  VOSTOK and cordinator of SPACE. His heavaly distorted voice is only ever heard. His intellegence is usaly spot on. Little is knowen of him but he is suspected to be a high ranking FBI or CIA oprative. 

General Vladamer Zond
D.O.B: 20/05/1919
Height: 5’6
Weight: Classified
Gender: Male
Afilliation: VOSTOK
Rank: General
From: Moscow, Russia

Bio:

A prominate proponent of the RIssian Space Program. VOSTOK is his pet project to gain intel on American Space hardware and to demoralise the Americam populas. Thought responsible for the consperasys surounding Roswell and some of the kennedy assasination theroys. Never directly seen but almost all SPACE’s antagonists are agents of his organisation.










CAST

Character
Actor






John Redstone





Rob Brun






Franz Atlas




David Krissiff





T.I.T.A.N





Peter Matthew




Saturn / T.I.T.A.N




Peter Dawkins (Voice Only)





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