StarDustCYOA
About
Star Dust CYOA is a CYOA created by /tg/ that is about building star ships and star ship fleets. The player uses a credit system (in millions) to make their builds and have a selection of things like ship size and class, manufacturers, faction origins, weapon mounts, crew members, interior rooms, and more. The main CYOA features 7 pages, and there is also a simplified 1-page version that features things mostly from page 2 and 3 from the main CYOA. Be prepared to use a calculator and probably spreadsheets.
Star Dust recently received an update, adding both more content and simplifying the math somewhat. Alongside said updates was an unofficial /tg/ DLC adding 7 factions from the Space-Opera Refugee. The Commonwealth, Fellians, Kriegenfist, Gigacell, Titan Labs, New-Soviets, and the Satorcians. The DLC includes unique Ship Subsystems and Crew Archtypes for the factions.
Lore
Much of the lore is hinted at within the CYOA itself; most of everything has a description detailing backgrounds, such as brief character bios or location histories. Page 7 has the bulk of the lore detailed along with the star map of the Star Dust universe.
Star Dust revolves around three main factions: the powerful galactic Federation who owns the largest sovereignty, the different groups of Pirates who reign supreme in the 'outer rims', and also the Independent entities such as relevant mercenary organizations or wealthy corporations. The name "Star Dust" comes from the large, popular space station that the players start out in; a neutral part of space that is strictly cease-fire between all hostile factions, even the powerful Federation. Players first choose their origins which details how they got to the station and how they got the 500 million starting credits. Their origin will also determine which faction they're loyal to and even give perks like ship discounts or a free buddy from one of the crew pages.
In the timeline of Star Dust, the CYOA happens almost right after the fall of the largest pirate organization formerly known as the Luos Syndicate, having felt a galaxy-wide assault from the Federation and their mercenary allies, the Blackhawk Elite.
Additional Reading
"Unofficial Lore" by Federation Diplomat Alec Donovan (endorsed by SDA)
Design
These are the design details for those who would like to create accurate-looking add-ons to the Star Dust CYOA. The sample .psd source file containing the CYOA's designs is available in the source files section.
- Titles font: "Orator Std"
- Descriptions font: "Franklin Gothic Medium"
Source Files
- Star Dust v1.0.2 Source Files (87.9mb .rar file containing 7 .psd files made in Photoshop CC)
- Star Dust Design Sample File (2.1mb .psd file made in Photoshop CC)
Player Builds
Note: These were all builds created before the update.
