Kill the Universe for Humanity
3:16 is an irreverent sci-fi blow'em'up aliens RPG that's ridiculously fun and easy to play. Mechanics in a game shell? You have two statistics: Fighting and Non-Fighting. Fighting is fighting. Non-Fighting is not fighting. I know, that's a lot to take. Slow down, let it sink in. There's more to it, but not much. Here's the blurb from the first few pages of the book:
It’s a Science Fiction setting where everyone plays members of the elite 3:16th Expeditionary Force. This military force left Terra over 10,000 strong many years ago with an explicit mission. Their whole mission was to fight, and defeat, everything in the Universe that they could find. Alien civilizations, intelligences and life of any kind were to be wiped out to protect the future safety of the people home on Terra. Threats were to be neutralized at their source.The players are part of the Lambert's Battle Group in the 3:16, and they are doing what the 3:16 does best.
Terra is a prosperous place. No one works any more and there is no disease, no hate and no crime or trouble. People are sterile and have to seek the permission of the Terran Council to have children. Successful applicants have medical modifications made that allow for procreation and the children themselves are sterilized at the onset of puberty. They leave childish things behind them and become a citizen of Terra.
Life expectancy is now essentially a meaningless statistic. How long do you want to live for? You only leave this life when you
want to, and who would want to?
