Outland 17: Void of Liberty is a tactical RPG based around the American Revolutionary War, but set in the future when earth has become overpopulated. Space stations have been built to alleviate the burdening population and explore resource possibilities throughout the galaxy. Earth has offered impoverished people the opportunity to pay back their debts to corporations by working on these “Outlands.”
However, with indentured servitude comes demoted citizenship, ghastly working conditions, suspension of legal equality, and martial brutality. As in the 18th century, the strain of mercantilism, distance of the colonies, shift in values, and gap between classes have pushed the colonies to the breaking point.
G. Martin Wallace, citizen of the People’s Republic of Earth, hears rumors of civil unrest in the colonies. Despite official reports of peace, Martin Wallace decides to investigate these rumors himself. The game begins with Martin Wallace landing on Outland 3 and subsequently organizing a more effective force to counter the martial transgressions.
