May I request a summary of recent in-game history and tech level? just so we dont make any mistakes or go overboard (dont really want people whipping out plasma rifles too soon ).
The only truly advanced form of tech is the FTL Warp Drives. For the most part, things are at about the current level, but with more processing power and the like. The reason for this is something you'll likely need to find out in game, but one can conjecture that when Earth was overtaken by taint, the world's top scientists rushed production in that field in an attempt to save some of humanity. That combined with the fact that it's more profitable to make small technological advancements in public-sector technology than it is to make leaps and bounds, and the apocalypse-level event that led to the mass exodus from earth, has kept things from advancing too quickly. There's also very little reason to make plasma weapons when a quarter of the population can be trained to summon fire kami to light your enemies on fire, and when, culturally, everyone's decided to step back and start appreciating melee weapons and personal duels a bit more.
I'll get a timeline of the past 100 or so years up in a bit which might explain this further. Working on writing some papers for class at the moment.
Also, I want to let people know that the reason I'm not really posting is that I don't feel like there's much for my character to be doing right now, other than the planning I'm in the process of.
I'm aware of this, and how much it sucks. I'm trying to rush things ahead so that everyone has something to do, but during preparation sequences like this, sometimes it's just not possible. With any luck, we'll eventually hit a stride where nobody is left without a clear goal for too long.