And now a word from Andrew

Andrew has been working on a re-boot of our old Knights of Orion campaign for Savage Worlds, as the game that will follow our current D&D campaign.   He's asked me to post his pitch for the game, and so here it is:

In my spare time I've been writing a sequel to the Knights of Orion
game. For those of you who don't know about or don't remember the
original campaign you can find more information here:

http://www.lordsofhack.com/orion/

Here's my pitch for the new game:


The Kings of Orion

In the past, the Kingdom of Orion was an interstellar government
ruling over 1000 star systems in the Orion Galaxy. The government was
overseen by a single king, elected out of members of a royal line by a
representative assembly and serving for life. Each world maintained
its own separate planetary government and defense force while
providing tribute in the form of personnel and resources to the royal
government.

The kingdom was founded when the galaxy was in the grips of a
devastating interplanetary war against a “race” of robotic marauders
bent on destroying all organic life known only as "The Machines". For
over 500 years, the Kingdom of Orion oversaw the protection of member
worlds from outside threat and normalized trade relations between
worlds. All that changed when the Kingdom was plunged into civil war
after the abolition and execution of the Knightly order of Orion in
486 and the death of King Lothar VIII in Royal Year 505.

Several men with power took deadly steps to be named the next king.
After several initial quick and bloody conflicts, the kingdom was
shattered. Interstellar trade and travel ground to a halt in fear of
being destroyed for crossing an unknowable border or doing business
with the wrong people. Piracy became commonplace as warships were
called on to defend borders rather than police shipping lanes.
Communications between worlds dried up, and those without the means to
travel through interstellar space had to make due with whatever
resources they could muster on whatever rock they were on. The
kingdom’s worlds were divided up as each planet pledged their support
behind one of the main warlords. These five men are the new Kings of
Orion.

Now, it has been three decades of an uneasy armistice as the kings
re-arm themselves for the next round of interstellar war. A few men
have retaken the noble mantle of the Knights of Orion in hopes of
healing a shattered kingdom and protecting it from forces from outside
threatening to consume the kingdom whole. Are these heroes deserving
of their title, or are they just the useless dirtbags they seem to be?