Omac is an inhospitable planetoid-sized hunk of ice orbiting S-421, the Kodiak System. No one would ever want to go or live there, if it weren't thickly veined with the precious ore Coltain, an essential element in the manufacture of Distortion Drives and thus vital to interstellar trade. So vital, in fact, that Baron Zdrajca must capture and secure her before his fleet can move on to higher profile targets. The hitch? Omac must be captured intact. She cannot be bombarded. She must be assaulted. A simple matter, usually, but Omac is peopled by a Kerrn anarchist syndicate and they have risen against the Baron. Now it's bloody fighting, poorly armed anarchists against the imperial assault troops. You're playing the anarchists. Can you win this desperate fight to save your world and preserve your people's freedom? Or will Omac fall and your people be enslaved?
Buring Empires is Luke Crane's latest project -- a mix of Chris Moeller's brilliant comic fiction, The Iron Empires, and Luke's own award-winning system, The Burning Wheel. This is a science fiction game like none other. Come and explore the mechanics that allow you to play out impassioned arguments and blazing firefights while simultaneously using macro maneuvers to determine the fate of your world.