Antarctica

[Josh Sinsapaugh]

Despite the fact that some people might groan about it, Antarctica does have a lot of potential.

Granted, as far as I am concerned, there would be very few humans there, if any.

~ Josh

[rat_bastard]

Teenage mutant Ninja Penguins!
Teenage mutant Ninja Penguins!
Heros in a Black Tux!

[Josh Sinsapaugh]

Despite the fact that some people might groan about it, Antarctica does have a lot of potential.

Granted, as far as I am concerned, there would be very few humans there, if any.

~ Josh

I like the fact that one may actually find some hidden alien spaceships that had laid there before human even evolved. Or a crashed man-made orbital space station with tons of info, special power source, and/or library with a great population of mutants.......

Plus, there is that lake - I forget its name - that is sealed far beneath the ice and has been sealed for a looooong time.

What's down there?

Heck, even in the real world the speculation over that question is interesting.

~ Josh

[Josh Sinsapaugh]

I was thinking of Lake Vostok.

Apparently, the continent has seventy or so sub-glacial lakes.

~ Josh

[LostOne]

Can't believe no one has mentioned it, but someone had done extensive fan work for Antarctica including maps, etc. It was on the internet 5-6 years ago when I was playing Rifts seriously. When I had it printed out at one point it was at least 10 pages. Maybe with a little googlefu it can be found.

Edit: Either my googlefu is weak, or the site is no longer up. The link I found to Rifts Antarctica on geocities is now a Star Trek fansite.

[Josh Sinsapaugh]

Why can't it just be a giant chunk of ice?

For a post apocalyptic world Rifts Earth sure isn't lacking in technology every 5 feet or some new civilization popping up. It wouldn't surprise me to find a CS contingent already on Antarctica and they found...I dunno...*pulls the slot machine's handle*...gold...uranium...and the last one says...brocolli? Sounds about right for Rifts.

Nobody here has suggested that it be covered in civilization.

Except for darkmax's joke about the TGE, that is.

~ Josh

[Josh Sinsapaugh]

Can't believe no one has mentioned it, but someone had done extensive fan work for Antarctica including maps, etc. It was on the internet 5-6 years ago when I was playing Rifts seriously. When I had it printed out at one point it was at least 10 pages. Maybe with a little googlefu it can be found.

I was going to mention it.

However, seeing as it is not available on the web anymore (at least as far as I can tell), I didn't want to tease anyone that really wanted to see it.

~ Josh

[Josh Sinsapaugh]

:roll:

Nobody here has suggested that it be covered in civilization.

Except for darkmax's joke about the TGE, that is.

~ Josh

My sarcasm flew over your head so fast your hair's still moving.

You do realize that tone of voice is usually unpercievable within a text-based medium, right?

Your post came across more as k'vetching (and bashing the idea) than it did as sarcasm.

~ Josh

[LostOne]

I was going to mention it.

However, seeing as it is not available on the web anymore (at least as far as I can tell), I didn't want to tease anyone that really wanted to see it.

I mentioned it because occasionally someone will post saying "I saved a copy of it, let me post it somewhere." I've even rarely had the actual author post saying "I pulled it because I thought no one liked it, let me put it back up."

Wishful thinking? Possibly.

[Josh Sinsapaugh]

I was going to mention it.

However, seeing as it is not available on the web anymore (at least as far as I can tell), I didn't want to tease anyone that really wanted to see it.

I mentioned it because occasionally someone will post saying "I saved a copy of it, let me post it somewhere." I've even rarely had the actual author post saying "I pulled it because I thought no one liked it, let me put it back up."

Wishful thinking? Possibly.

Possibly.

We can hope though.

~ Josh

[rifter72]

well maybe its a Splugorthian winter resort?

[MikePGS]

Maybe the creator just decided to make it a Star Trek Rifts Crossover?:) Seriously, its hard to say what it would have been like when the rifts came to earth (A date which i forget currently) . With the current belief of global warming its definitely not out of the picture to imagine a few scientific research stations on the continent at the time when the rifts came. And who's to say what would have happened? Would they have been wiped out due to radiation, would there be giant tsunamis that would have buried the stations and eventually frozen them into chunks of ice? It could be a real treasure horde as far as prerifts science goes. Then again, you could always just do the North Pole and make it a hollow earth, and or santas workshop:) Oh and you should throw in some mutant penguins.

[Larsen]

I was once in a campaign where the characters went there. We ended up there thanks to a random roll through the bermuda triangle. Once there we found ruins of the scientific stations that are there now. The rest of the campaign was trying to survive the harsh conditions and getting off that place to somewhere, anywhere else.

[LostOne]

Clearly it is occupied by a CS base complete with Penguinboys and Abominable Skelebots and Polar SAMAS.

I've been trying to remember what the Rifts Antarctica website had detailed for it, because I thought it sounded fun (never got a chance to use it, the group kept ignoring the plot hooks ). I think I remember there being a bermuda triangle type area on the ice and inside of it was a lush jungle oasis. So imagine walking from a blizzard where you can't see things 2 inches in front of you into a warm humid jungle.

[LostOne]

Nay, never the CS. They cannot even move themselves into South America.

South America is occupied. They probably could, but it would involve many battles. As far as we know Antarctica is unoccupied. First come, first served.

[Dr. Doom III]

Despite the fact that some people might groan about it, Antarctica does have a lot of potential.

Granted, as far as I am concerned, there would be very few humans there, if any.

~ Josh

I disagree.

There is plenty of potential. In the form of a basic blank slate.

How I'd play it.
About 3 massive enclosed human domed cities that were there pre-rifts and are struggling to survive.
One city that has fallen to alien/D-bee/demonic invaders.
One or two nomadic D-bee cultures.
Some Palladium Ice Giants.
Alien flora and fauna that can survive in the cold and darkness for half the year. Transforming the ice and rock environment into something that can support life.
And one alien/demonic invader that either has the technology or is naturally suited to survive down there.

[Rahmota]

Actually in my game world I have Antartica a vast icy wilderness with all of the old bases buried beneath the ice The Navy (they dont consider themselves new but still the same old Navy) have a small holdout base there they are working on.

As for the CS being able to get to Antarctica I am sure they could. The ships themselves are technically capableit is the politics that would stop them really.

[Aramanthus]

I remember that website. I also remember I copied the stuff from that website and printed the stuff out too!

[MikePGS]

Does it mention anything in underseas about a refueling station there or anything?

[Aramanthus]

I'd have to find it amongst the three boxes of printed material I have from the web I accumulated over the years. The boxes are printer paper boxes.

[Aramanthus]

In the stuff from the web, it was more than just refueling and outpost.

[Aramanthus]

The thing is, there may never be anything for Antartica. So therefore until there is it's the next best thing to being there!

[Aramanthus]

Not from my prespective. I've got all of that material, along with other things I've worked on over the years.

[Aramanthus]

Seriously! Cool! Could you post a link. I'd love to read about it. That does make sense with the extinction level that happened at the end of that era. Now they have a smoking gun for the cause of it! I hadn't heard about it until you mentioned it. WOW!!!