A variety of anime and other TV shows,
as well as several movies, had a definite influence upon Solar
Echoes. Long before I first started thinking about designing an RPG,
I had just started to get into anime. I remember during my childhood
when "Voltron" was on TV, and I assumed all anime was the
same. I'd tried "Akira," and though I thought it was
impressive, the anime bug still hadn't bitten me. A fellow
role-playing gamer, convinced I had too narrow a perspective on
anime, introduced me to "Cowboy Bebop," and I was suddenly
hooked! Many years later, I've watched more anime series than I can
count, and I can look back at a few that had a definite influence on
the direction of Solar Echoes. Consider the anime Cowboy Bebop, where
criminals had more influence than police forces. It always made sense
to me that the more we expand across space, the more difficult it
would be to govern and police. Though Cowboy Bebop focused on crime
fighters that were actually bounty hunters, the concept of a force
that operated a little outside the law was appealing, especially when
the intent was to stop crime using whatever means necessary. The
Union Guard of Solar Echoes are not bounty hunters, but the methods
of this special force aren't entirely different—they just have
government funding to back them as well.
As seven alien races struggle to co-exist in an uneasy alliance, the Inter-Stellar Union sends Union Guard agents on missions to preserve the crucial balance. These specialized operatives must do what regional security cannot, dealing with smugglers, pirates, terrorists, and even greater challenges in order to bring stability to a universe that needs it desperately. Without the Union Guard, the races will not be prepared to face a looming alien threat they can only hope to defeat together.
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