Icarus Fall

Solar Hard SF Setting

Icarus Fall is a science-fiction setting of the Solar System in 2330, two decades after the collapse of the Dedalus solar-mining project; named Icarus Fall, this disaster shattered inner-system infrastructure and long-held optimism.

Places

• First Orbital Zone: Mercury (GM)
• Second Orbital Zone: Venus (GM)
• Third Orbital Zone: Terra (GM)
• Fourth Orbital Zone: Mars (GM)
• Fifth Orbital Zone: Asteroid Belt (GM)
• Sixth Orbital Zone: Jovian System (GM)

Topics

• Icarus Fall Dictionary
• History (GM)
• Culture (GM)
• Technology (GM)
• Environments (GM)
• Spacecraft and Space Warfare (GM)
• Trade (GM)

Expanded Subjects

• Learning Neural Control
• Belters Guide to Asteroid Mining
• Jovian Government
• Posthuman Genetic Modifications
• Earthforce Navy
• Bern Orbital
• Belt Hazards
• Jovian Government
• Meteor Kill Chain
• Solar Alchemy

Touchstones

Anime

• The Girl Who Leapt Through Space

Western Media

• Outland

Books

• Suarez, Daniel. Delta-v. New York: Dutton, 2019.
• Suarez, Daniel. Critical Mass. New York: Dutton, 2023.
• Heinlein, Robert A. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1966.

Adventure Seeds (GM)

• Franz's Plasma Tunneler
• Centaur Ark

Rules

• Icarus Burning — Blades in the Dark hack.

Old Variants

• Original Main Page