Solas Tempus Setting

The Solas Tempus setting is a space-based science fiction setting based on Star Trek with elements from many other Sources of Inspiration.

Background

The fundamental happy and abundant vision of the Star Trek franchise is turned dark and sinister here. Where the Federation makes back room deals that are not always ethical and pursues a philosophy of the ideal utopia at the cost of diversity. The hegemony of the Federation is widely known outside of its boarders but within its boarders, the people are encouraged to be segregated with those who can easily pass for human operating in the upper social classes. The only exception in this is the Tellarites who have a large amount of social and political power, but often feel that the Humans and Vulcans are trying to undermine their position.

While the United Federation of Planets was established with idealistic intentions at its very heart, those intentions have become tarnished in the harsh realities of interstellar politics. The Federation enjoys a moneyless economy driven by an energy surplus and vast technological capabilities it has come at a cost. Often the high minded ideals are pontificated upon by philosophers, politicians, and thinkers without real meaning or understanding that it isn't enough to talk about ideals but an organization must find a way to live up to them. Having operated in this state of disconnect between actions, ideals, and truth for generations most of its populace truly believe that the interstellar united government do right by all those who fall under its umbrella without any knowledge of the realities outside the warm blanket of conformity.

When the chips are down fear, political maneuvering, secrecy, and the dark underbelly of deeply repressed racism dirty the choices being made. Inspiring decisions not with the high minded ideals which the organization was founded upon but instead on the ideal that it must survive, at any cost, for the greater good.

Time Travel

A small group of Section 31 operatives and researchers discover that someone is messing with the timeline and after their masters fail to choose the ethical choice to stop such behavior, the team realizes they are being used and have become part of the problem. After which, they form Solas Tempus an organization dedicated to defending the future by protecting the past.

Hope

Since Solas Tempus was born from the broken trust and dreams of the darkest elements of the Federation, it remains a dim beacon of hope in a sea of cold political conflict. The last beacon calling out that all species, all peoples, can work together toward a single common goal when they have need. That goal, to protect the truth of the past, for that may be the last battlefield for the survival of all.