THE CORE WORLDS – REBIRTH
DESIGNER NOTES
* THE CORE WORLDS IS DEDICATED TO SEAN YOUNG *
The Core Worlds was created by Sean Young. Although there may have been other people who helped to design his empires and ships, Sean Young was the driving force behind it all. Now, the Core Worlds undergoes a Rebirth, as I bring it back with modifications and changes to make it current.
The first and most important thing that needed to happen with the Core Worlds is that it needed to be divorced from the Alpha Sector. The Core Worlds Timeline, Map, and even Empire Backgrounds all referenced the Alpha Sector in various ways. The Map placed the Core Worlds next to the Alpha Sector and the Timeline indicated interactions with the Alpha Sector. In order to not contaminate the Alpha Sector in any way, the Core Worlds needed to stand on its own. This means no contact with the Alpha Sector and no reference to it. The Core Worlds Timeline, Map, and Empire Backgrounds would need heavy revision.
The Core Worlds used Standard Phasers. However, I wanted to make the Core Worlds different in this respect, so I implemented PHD’s Blasters instead. I have always liked the PHD Blasters, which were similar to Microphasers, but used two dice to determine a hit instead of just one die. But a change needed to be made to the Blasters.
The “Heavy” Blaster that PHD designed had maximum damage potential equivalent to a PH-2. This was most likely due to taking averages of PH-1 Damage, just like the Microphaser. Unfortunately, this would not do for my version of the Core Worlds, because I needed a “Phaser” which was equal to a PH-1. So the original PHD “Heavy” Blaster was redesignated as a Medium Blaster and I designed a new Heavy Blaster to take its place. Now there are effectively Three Types of Blasters in the New Core Worlds: Light, Medium, and Heavy.
The New Core Worlds will be different from the Original Core Worlds in the number of empires it contains. The Original Core Worlds only contained a dozen or so empires. But I plan on creating dozens of new empires for the New Core Worlds. Some of these will be brand new empires and many will be revisions of former empires. The revised empires will be drawn from other former galaxies, such as Pyxon, PHD, Xekandar, and others.
Finally, there needs to be a type of “barrier” that encloses the Core Worlds, keeping it (and all of its empires) to itself. This will be something like the Void, but more spherical in nature. This will allow the Core Worlds to be isolated, so that they can develop their own timeline, technology, cultures, and starships all on their own.
THE CORE WORLDS ARE REBORN.
