History Roleplay / TerrorAcrossTheStars

** During Chapter 5, the remaining players disabled the training program that was in place. This revealed that the space setting was fake and that they were actually 800 feet deep in the Pacific Ocean.

* GildedCage: Without the motives forcing them against each other, living out life on the Aurora wouldn’t be half bad. The common room is well-stocked with television, movies, and games, and the hydroponics area opens up access to a large supply of fresh food. The Aurora was tailored specifically for the Voyagers as a whole.

* OntologicalMystery: Though they are aware they are on the Aurora, the Voyagers have little idea of how they got there due to memory loss, and who is sending orders to Minerva and Plum.

* PublicExecution: The fate of murderers aboard the Aurora.

* PyrrhicVictory: ''Subverted''. Kohaku attempts to get revenge for his loneliness and no one mourning Milli, though ends up being caught and executed for his murder.

* BigBrotherIsWatching: There are cameras in almost every room, implying that Minerva and Plum are able to see everything the Voyagers are doing.

* GildedCage: Without the motives forcing them against each other, living out life on the Aurora wouldn’t be half bad. The common room is well-stocked with television, movies, and games, and the hydroponics area opens up access to a large supply of fresh food. In fact, the Aurora was tailored specifically for the Voyagers as a whole.

* OntologicalMystery: Though they are aware they are on the Aurora, the Voyagers have little idea of how they actually got there due to memory loss, and who is sending orders to Minerva and Plum.

** Also, in Chapter 4, everyone assumed someone was with and helping Kohaku, and no one actually ended up lending a hand until it was too late.

* PyrrhicVictory: ''Subverted''. Kohaku attempts to get revenge for his loneliness and no one mourning Milli, though ends up being caught and executed for his murder.

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Nathaniel is figured out to be the killer of Milli and Muschel, though Coella’s killer, the one being punished, had yet to be found.

Ella Tropes:

* AffectionateNickname: “Little Miss” to Rain.
* BreakTheCutie: Throughout the killing game, Ella has tried to keep up a positive demeanor and make friends in the dread that would ensue. It worked for a long while, though once she found her friends dead or the killer in question, she had begun to break. After Nathaniel’s reveal, Ella learns to BewareTheNiceOnes and keeps her distance from the rest of the cast, afraid he might hurt people on her behalf again. She spends the majority of her time in Chapter 4 crying.
* CuteMachines: Has a little robot friend named Robeep on her head. Isn’t he precious?
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: ''Subverted''. Ella feels guilt for things she is not the cause of, such as Nathaniel’s murder and subsequent death.
* ThinkHappyThoughts: Ella focuses on only making good memories to have something to look back on and smile at. It… kinda helps with the killing game, right? Right?

** BenevolentAI: Minerva is the sweet to Plum’s sour. She tries to give the Voyagers a happy life before she is inevitably forced to follow her code and force motives and executions upon them. She holds Nathaniel and Kohaku’s hands to their death.

* PuppeteerParasite: The ''Executioner Parasite'' introduced in Chapter Five as a motivation to kill. It takes over the body and mind of the person infected by it and forces them to be an unstoppable killing machine beyond their usual capabilities.

* BaitAndSwitch: The entire first day baits the cast into thinking they are en route to going through with their mission from ATLAS. It isn’t until the second day does the plan then switch to the killing game.

* BenevolentAI: Minerva is the sweet to Plum’s sour. She tries to give the Voyagers a happy life before she is inevitably forced to follow her code and force motives and executions upon them. She holds Nathaniel and Kohaku’s hands to their death.

* PyrrhicVictory: ''Subverted''. Kohaku attempts to get revenge for his loneliness and no one mourning Milli, though ends up being caught and executed for his murder.

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Nathaniel is figured out to be the killer of Milli and Muschel, though Coella’s killer, the one being punished, had yet to be found.

** BenevolentAI: Minerva is the sweet to Plum’s sour. She tries to give the Voyagers a happy life before she is inevitably forced to follow her code and force motives and executions upon them. She holds Nathaniel and Kohaku’s hands to their death.

Terror Across The Stars is a mutual killing game following eighteen Ultimates who wake from cryosleep aboard the Aurora, a spaceship controlled by two enigmatic robots, MINERVA and CPLUM#001. While their original purpose was to seek out a planet worthy of human colonization and build a home out of it, things quickly shift gears once the two robots received an update to their mission: kill to escape or die trying.

* BaitAndSwitch: The entire first day baits the cast into thinking they are en route to going through with their mission from ATLAS. It isn’t until the second day does the plan then switches to the killing game.
* BenevolentAI: Minerva is the sweet to Plum’s sour. She tries to give the Voyagers a happy life before she is inevitably forced to follow her code and force motives and executions upon them. She holds Nathaniel and Kohaku’s hands to their death.

* PyrrhicVictory: ''Subverted''. Kohaku attempts to get revenge for his loneliness and no one mourning Milli, though ends up being caught and executed for his murder.

* WinYourFreedom: The goal of the killing game.

** BenevolentAI: Minerva is the sweet to Plum’s sour. She tries to give the Voyagers a happy life before she is inevitably forced to follow her code and force motives and executions upon them. She holds Nathaniel and Kohaku’s hands to their death.

** ``Sacrificial Lamb`` in Chapter 4 doubles down on this, as after Nathaniel is sacrificed, Akari uses a lottery system to select the next sacrifice.

* DeathByIrony: Most executions Minerva and Plum use to kill the killers often are tailored around killing them through things or people they love (or, ``hate``, like Kohaku’s reflection of Adrian).

* LoopholeAbuse: ``Subverted.`` Akari plans to lock up all the weapons in either the nursery or the pool storage room, to which Plum confiscates and destroys both keys.

* PyrrhicVictory: ``Subverted``. Kohaku attempts to get revenge for his loneliness and no one mourning Milli, though ends up being caught and executed for his murder.

** `Sacrificial Lamb` in Chapter 4 doubles down on this, as after Nathaniel is sacrificed, Akari uses a lottery system to select the next sacrifice.

* DeathByIrony: Most executions Minerva and Plum use to kill the killers often are tailored around killing them through things or people they love (or, `hate`, like Kohaku’s reflection of Adrian).

* LoopholeAbuse: `Subverted.` Akari plans to lock up all the weapons in either the nursery or the pool storage room, to which Plum confiscates and destroys both keys.

* PyrrhicVictory: `Subverted`. Kohaku attempts to get revenge for his loneliness and no one mourning Milli, though ends up being caught and executed for his murder.

!! In space, no one can hear you scream.

This roleplay takes place on Discord and is moderated by Farore[[https://toyhou.se/farores] and Parker[[https://toyhou.se/parky]]

Isolated from contact with Earth and burdened with life-threatening incentives, the Voyagers must learn how to keep their heads before they tear one another apart more than they already have.

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[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tatslogo_9.png]] [[caption-width-right:200:Terror Across the Stars' logo.]]

Isolated from contact with Earth and burdened with life-threatening incentives, the Voyagers must learn how to keep their heads before they tear one another apart more than they already have.

[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tatslogo_9.png]] [[caption-width-right:200:Terror Across the Stars' logo.]]

Isolated from contact with Earth and burdened with life-threatening incentives, the Voyagers must learn how to keep their heads before they tear one another apart more than they already have.

Terror Across The Stars is a mutual killing game following eighteen Ultimates who wake from cryosleep aboard the Aurora, a spaceship controlled by two enigmatic robots, MINERVA and CPLUM001. While their original purpose was to seek out a planet worthy of human colonization and build a home out of it, things quickly shift gears once the two robots received an update to their mission: kill to escape or die trying.

Ultimates all across the world have been approached to be sent to space in the world's first-ever long-term space colony. They will be expected to use their unique and special talents in order to live peacefully in the vast vacuum of the stars, working together in order to live in peace and harmony away from Earth's daily strife. Of course, not everything is always as it seems, and it appears that maybe not everyone aboard this spaceship to the cosmos is ready to live a peaceful life...

The year is 2032. Since the year 2001, a program called the Ultimate Executive has been active all throughout the world. Funded by several national governments, the Executive seeks out those with extreme talent and rewards them for it through fame, fortune, and cultivating this talent. These talented individuals are called Ultimates. You are an Ultimate.

It's worth noting that those with Ultimate titles are not the exclusive holders of their titles. There can be many people who share an Ultimate talent, so long as they show extraordinary talent in their field. Ultimates can also be of any age, race, gender, etc.

Essentially, all Ultimates are like celebrities! Some Ultimates are only micro-celebrities, only well-known throughout their small communities, while others are dazzling names that anyone and everyone knows. The just of it is, to be an Ultimate is a highly coveted affair.

Aside from this, the world of Terror Across The Stars largely mirrors our own. While great technology leaps have been made throughout the years, there isn't, say, an overwhelming artificial intelligence uprising or anything. In fact, AI is still pretty rare in this world. Most technology leaps have been geared towards comfort or simplicity.

Still, even the future can't shake that civil unrest. Capitalism is in its late stages, a cancer on the Earth. Inflation is at an all-time high, and global warming is threatening to drown a quarter of the population in melted ice caps. Maybe it's not the end of the world... But if nothing happens, it might be.

But that doesn't matter to you. Because you, dear Ultimate, have gotten an invitation to travel to Dallas, Texas from global megacorporation, ATLAS. You have been invited to go to space.

What this trip entails or why exactly its happening is a little fuzzy to you, and the invitation is vague at best. But the just of it is that it's time for humanity to make the next great step. A celestial colony is being started somewhere in the cosmos, and they want you to join the mission, deeming your talents as an Ultimate perfect for the cause. There is no guarantee when or even if you'll be back... But any loved ones you leave behind will be compensated.

Your reasonings are entirely up to you, but for one reason or another, you decide to accept.

You're meant to arrive at Headquarters for the first time on September 25th, having arrived in Dallas in the days beforehand. It's the first time you'll be meeting all of your crewmates. Unfortunately, you'll find you won't remember doing so when you load into the game. This is the last date you remember.