Alrighty, first things first. You're invited to the OOC because you have, at some point, expressed interest in playing in Steam City and this is the easiest way to get everyone together and brainstorm ideas for the new direction the game is going in. Second thing is you do not need to know anything about Cowboy Bebop to create a character (or characters) and play. I've basically always wanted to do something with the bounty hunting and/or space travel concept of Bebop and I finally went and did it coupled with a supernatural twist. In short, all you really need is a desire to write in a sci-fi and supernatural theme and you'll be golden.

Setting

If you haven't guessed by now, the physical location for Steam City as a whole is outer space. Originally, the actual city/town of the game was gonna be named Steam City and I think a good sci-fi replacement for that concept would be to make the main location/area of the game a massive space station of the same name that people can live in and pass through on their way to other locations.

Do you all want this to take place in the known parts of the Milky Way, or do you want to go completely fictitious and make it up from scratch? Technically the universe/setting of Cowboy Bebop takes place in the Milky Way, but given all the sci-fi fandoms out there, there is a ton of things we can draw from such as Stargate, Star Wars, Firefly, and Xenosaga for you gamers and anime lovers out there. Actually, there is a lot of sci-fi anime to draw from, but obviously we don't have to, I'm just tossing out suggestions.

Character Occupations

With the change in scenery, this may or may not make some of the occupations I've written seem a little weird. Specifically, I'm referring to Researchers and Tinkerers. The title of Researcher I think could be kept, but Tinkerer tends to be used, or at least in my little experience, in the Steampunk genre so, if you want, we can rename that particular occupation within the crews. But, we don't have to, it's just an idea that I thought might bother some with the new direction.

Other Stuff

Basically, these are some other ideas I've got rattling around my head:

• The supernatural. At this point, is it still unknown or do people as a whole know about vampires, werewolves, and witches? I bring this up since it's all futuristic and modern now. Information and discovery has probably made advances and all vs. little being known in the Old West, superstitions, traditions, etc. Thoughts? Ideas?
• When exactly do you all want this to take place?
• Don't be afraid to say, "Yes, this is a great idea!" or "No, that's a terrible idea because of X-reason," or "I like this idea, but what if we did this twist instead?", and "Here are my ideas."