Space Cruiser Amahara

Space Cruiser Amahara is a game about the eponymous ship and its adventures through the cosmos in a journey to save besieged humanity from destruction at the hands of the Lunarians. It is a soft (very soft) science space opera with fantasy elements.

Background

First Space Race

Following the conclusion of the Sixty Years War, the countries of the world settled into the Cold War, a military, economic and political staring contest between countries and power blocs across the world. Though hostile to one another, each side was held back by fear of more global war, the awesome power of the spin bomb and fresh memories of the self-destruction wrought by the previous three generations. The Cold War was thus about more about proxy conflicts, political maneuvering, economics, and ideology. At the same time, knowledge gained over the Sixty Years War had advanced human sophistication by leaps and bounds. Across the world, scientists sought to conquer outer space in a race to prove the superiority of their governments.

Lunarian Attack

The communist People's Confederacy of Lotus Asia first gained an upper hand in the Space Race by launching a series of attempts at lunar flyby and impact missions. S-01 was apparently successful as a flyby and announced in communist media with significant fanfare. However, much of the information on the probe and the data it collected were classified. A series of impact attempts followed by were all said to have failed mysteriously. The first non-communist mission, with a much publicised launch ceremony presided over by Napoleon X and the Princess of the Church, was the Luna α mission of 24 April 1999. On that day, the Lunarian fleet emerged from the surface of the Moon. Without warning, the Lunarians launched an all-out attack on the Earth, bombarding the surface and decimating most life on the planet. The remains of humanity have been driven into cavern layers deep beneath bedrock.

Space Cruiser Amahara

The Amahara is one of the results of an international project between members of the North Ectasian Economic Treaty.
length: 180m
mass: 13500t
complement: 99

Other Space Projects

Amahara is not the only country to field a ship into outer space. The other countries in NEET also launched vessels with technology from the A Project: the Albish Union is launching the Albion and the North Middle Republic is launching the All Under Heaven.

The Francian Empire launched a ship, the Joan d'Arc earlier in the year but it was quickly shot down by the Lunarians before it could complete its surface launch sequence.

Danuby have a larger ship under construction.

Consistent rumours place the People's Confederacy of Lotus Asia in the lead in the Second Space Race, supposedly having placed ships there in secret already.