Cosmic Survival

One day, without warning, countless people were swept from their lives on earth and isekai'd into the depths of space, granted only rudimentary pod craft with minimal capabilities but a scanner and fabricator to let them progress. The system is bleak, inhospitable and hostile. Threats, limited resources and uncertainty lurk in every corner. Yet with thousands of people caught up in this the greatest threat might be other survivors.

All humans who ended up in this game of cosmic survival have access to a fabricator and scanner. the scanner lets them gain tech points to unlock new crafting options, the fabricator crafts things using alloy and crystals. Through this humans can make items, tools, weapons, bases and spacecraft.

Alloy is a common resource and the primary constraint on construction and fabrication. Crystal is a rare resource used for higher tier equipment, as the tier of the item increases above 2 the amount of crystal required increases.

Tech points are how humans unlock new fabrication and construction options to increase their capabilities, upgrade or replace their ships, or construct bases.

Tech points are gained for scanning objects and successful missions. Alloy can be scavenged or refined from ore. Crystals can be found or mined in dangerous areas.

All machines and ships have a 'tier' of how advanced it is. higher tier is better, but unlocking it is more expensive and higher tier equipment uses crystal in its manufacture. Ships and bases cannot have systems or machines on them that exceed their own tier.

The themes are survival, resource struggles, human to human interaction and conflict and ultimately the negotiation of power blocs and factions. The story starts with struggling to survive the environment and transitions to working to get along with your fellow humans..or not. There is no civil order or law except that imposed by the strength of other humans.

All humans have access to a shared forum similar to reddit accessible from their ship terminal regardless of where they are in the system. However all posts are public so secret communication and those not wanting to advertise their vulnerability will use other communication methods.

Cosmic survival is set in an inhospitable and dangerous starsystem.

Astrography:

The inner system: Distances between planets and other locations in the inner system are more manageable, leading to reduced fuel costs.

Planet 1: Crucible. A barren scorched world, lifesupport is strained due to the intense heat and there's no water so resupply is tricky. But one can mine crystals in the inner system here and nowhere else.

Planet 2: Altar. A strange world, has abundant sources of water, extensive brightly hued xenoplants, an unbreathable toxic atmosphere and an infestation of aggressive alien insects.

Altar has two barren rocky moons orbiting it with some ice in deep craters.

Planet 3: March. A world akin to mars with a thin unbreathable atmosphere, a geography of deserts, badlands and mountains, and ice deposits at the north and south pole. March has one rocky moon, with minimal ice deposits.

The outer system: Distances in the outer system are larger meaning unless going from a planet to its moon or something in its orbital vicinity fuel costs are increased and more time can be spent on the travel.

The asteroid belt: at the edge between the inner and outer system, some rich ore deposits that can be mined and refined into alloy can be found here.

Planet 4: Monarch. A gas giant, hydrogen can be scooped from its atmosphere. But it cannot be landed on. Monarch has four rocky moons.

Planet 5: Consort. Another gas giant similar to monarch but surrounded by a ring of rocky and icey asteroids.

Planet 6: Purgatory. A frozen world, abundant in water but with numerous reptilian patrols and bases making it hazardous.

Opportunities and points of interest: Scattered across the cosmic survival system are derelict spacecraft and facilities that can be scavenged for equipment, alloy, scannables and crystals. However these ships and facilities can contain hostile aliens, robots or still active security systems.

The reptilians maintain bases and ships in the outer system. However these while lucrative in terms of resources are defended formidably.

Threats: a sampling of the threats to survival in the starsystem.

Alien insects: Exclusive to Altar. armoured exoskeletal creatures that range from dog sized for foragers, to mansized for workers, to car sized for soldiers. They're hive based creatures and in general a hive will intensify its attacks on intruders the longer they remain in its territory. First forager scouts, then increasing attacks. worker bugs can burrow through earth and rock, soldier bugs are proof against small arms that lack armour piercing capabilities.

Spacebug: A horrifying vacuum adapted predatory with a parasitic lifecycle and long dexterous limbs, only found on derelicts. Crawls swiftly on walls in zero G and gravity alike. Bite contains a paralytic toxin, paralyzed humans are dragged back to the nest and cocooned as food for the spacebug larvae. Comes in small, medium and large.

Androids: present on some derelict ships, tend to be hostile to intruders unless credentials or reprogramming is used. They're tough and relentless due to their robot physiology and unwavering programming. Androids with weapons can be incredibly dangerous.

Attack drones: automated spacecraft that attack human vessels and personnel upon detection. attack drones come in light, medium and heavy variants.

Reptilians: An enigmatic hostile alien military occupying the system. Reptilian soldiers use squad tactics and firearms and they operate spacecraft in the system. While oddly passive and not going on hunting and punitive expeditions against humans unless in reprisal for attacks on the ships and bases the reptilians are a formidable threat and their patrols and sentries will move to attack humans on sight and pursue a distance before returning to their existing behaviour. Reptilian ships include starfighters, patrol gunships, cruisers and carriers. The reptilians have bases and ships in the outer system.

other humans: with limited resources and no system rules against PVP its quite possible for humans to prey upon eachother to acquire more of the resources they need. And humans can organize and be proactively mean to eachother in a way other threats are not.