Eye of the Needle

Welcome to 2048

The future is not the dystopia of many predictions, nor the utopia many hoped for. There are still wars and rumors of wars, the desperate poor and the connected rich. However, technology has marched on. Cybernetics and biotech have brought the tales of cyberpunk authors to life, while the modern battlefield is all but unrecognizable. Artificial consciousness always seems just right around the corner. Nanofabrication is a household technology, though it's not perfect

The most notable discovery was something unexpected - gravity control. It is now practical for many objects to be levitated, including the long-awaited flying car. This has opened space to exploration and exploitation, and drastically changed many industries. Fusion power finally arrived, although only in massive facilities

The Situation

What the vast majority of people do not know is where GC tech came from. The scientists who hold the Nobel for it were only a part of the real story. Most of the work was reverse engineering technology recovered over the years - technology not off this world. Several extraterrestrial craft have been recovered, but the strangest finding was found on Earth via archaeology. The ancient texts referred to it as the Eye of the Gods, our scientists call it a antimass wormhole stabilizer, but around here we have a different name for it:

The Stargate.

We have sent several probes through the Stargate, and our intelligence reveals something grim - advanced and hostile extraterrestrial life exists. They possess actual combat oriented space vessels and some mysterious energy weapons. Strangely, there appear to be humans enslaved by these aliens. We have covertly recruited you, some of the finest operators in the world, to investigate the worlds beyond the Stargate.

The Game

This is not exactly SG-1 Cyberpunk Edition, but it is close. The universe of 2048 is significantly different from the universe of the show - don't expect Jaffa to be completely useless, for one. Rules are light.

Operator Types

Operators come in a variety of types depending on their upgrades and experience.

Controller - Drone specialist. Some soldiers, most commonly women, have cybernetic processors installed in their brain to be able to perform incredible feats of multitasking. Controllers can pilot a small flock of simple drones or a few complicated drones. This level of multitasking makes more conventional combat upgrades quite difficult.