Final Frontier

***Final Frontier*** is a roleplay-based tabletop game created by Sean Noeth and Zander Preston that focuses on a sci-fi universe filled with oddball characters and bizarre species. The story takes place in the Milky Way galaxy, governed by the ever-expanding Galactic Union.

## History

*Final Frontier* began in 2017 following tests of an 8ball-themed Discord bot, which would reply to users’ questions with a response mimicking a Magic 8 Ball. Soon, this turned into a quasi-roleplay session, with server members interacting with each other and the 8 ball as their characters, inspired by the playable races in *Starbound*. These sessions were largely nonsensical, but were played in an episodic format, being treated like a tabletop game and eventually being dubbed “Final Frontier”, after the poetic slang for outer space.

Later, in June of 2018, Noeth and Preston began a new “reboot” of *Final Frontier*, appropriately named *Final Frontier 2*. The characters Seth and Emmett were brought over, with Emmett now being represented as a goatlike creature instead of a vespoid. This time around, many more people were invited to play, with a total of fourteen players before its discontinuance in November of 2018.

Following *Final Frontier 2’s* success, the players attempted a follow-up in August of 2019 entitled *Final Frontier: Third Time's The Charm*, as to not cause confusion with the satirical *UNDERTALE* spinoff *Final Frontier 3: Mission Failure*. However, this only ran for one episode, and FF would not be picked up again until April of 2020. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, it became easier for server patrons to participate in such a game, and such *Final Frontier 3* began. This iteration kept many of the same characters from its predecessor, with the main cast being largely the same, albeit with a time skip of 4 GUYs in-between.

*Final Frontier 3* eventually ended in June of 2020, with players becoming increasingly inactive. However, as the characters had become especially sentimental, a proper finale in the form of a short story. Eventually, after almost a year and a half of sporadic work, *Final Pummel* was finished and released, giving a proper sendoff to the beloved Vortox Pummelers and *FF3*. Due to their similar character rosters and timeframe, the single episode of *Final Frontier: Third Time's The Charm* is considered a “pilot” of what would become *FF3*.

In the years following the discontinuation of *FF3*, some players were eager to kickstart the next numbered iteration of *Final Frontier*. With the story post-*FF3* being fleshed out more and more, and the wiki slowly being filled out, it was the perfect time for a new season. In January of 2022, a form was sent out styled like an interview from the in-universe Llamanian Republic, hinting at an upcoming campaign. As expected, in May of 2022, *Final Frontier 4: Event Horizon* was announced, featuring all new characters in a story following the fallout of *Final Pummel*.

*Final Frontier 4: Event Horizon* quickly became the most elaborate campaign in the series. It boasted a revised combat system, more player actions, the introduction of a DM role (split between two people), and an all-new Vortox Bot to manage the game. Despite the difficulty in planning sessions, due to all players now being college students, *FF4* proved to be the most captivating to players, with unprecedented player retention. A more structured and goal-focused storyline was utilized, avoiding unwanted, large-scale derailments seen in previous campaigns.

*Final Frontier 4: Event Horizon* ended in December of 2022, becoming the longest-running *Final Frontier* campaign to date. With the galaxy-altering wake left by *FF4*’s ending, the series was ripe for the creation of new stories. A new side campaign, *Truth & Lies*, is planned to begin in January of 2023.

## Seasons

#### Characters

* Seth
* Emmett (vespoid)
* Matthias
* Serpile
* Jacob

#### Episodes

*Due to the deletion of* FF1*’s corresponding Discord channel, a full archive is unavailable.*

#### Characters

* Seth
* Emmett (Squoatling)
* Matthias
* Serpile
* Jacob
* Laav
* Asier
* Bail
* Garrick
* Jim
* Lucian Blackwater
* Maia
* Ibraxas
* Sanya
* Iris
* Victor Chomsky
* KYL-300
* Matieu
* Chase Sandeep

#### Episodes

*Main article: Final Frontier 2/Episodes*

1. Pilot / Fragile Beginnings
2. Fuck and Run
3. Shady Business
4. Dreamin' Scary
5. Police Brutality
6. A Killer Ship
7. Mickey's Hellhole
8. Siren Squoatlings... in Space!
9. Pirates v.s. Pummelers
10. Ups and Downs
11. Party at the Party Planet
12. Seeing Double
13. Crash and Burn
14. Barrier to ‘Entria
15. Pushing Up Daisies
16. Cruisin’ for a Snoozin’
17. Deep Space Dangers
18. Dam Hooligans
19. Bark and Bite
20. Feel the Heat
21. Lap of the Gods

#### Characters

* Seth
* Emmett
* Sanya
* Garrick
* Iris
* Diver / Burner
* Dakari
* Wemmfort
* Harlow Vega
* Wes Romaw
* Victor Chomsky
* Mateo Krovak
* Volentina Constantini
* Theylin Revane
* Rachell
* Vargas

#### Episodes

*Main article: Final Frontier 3/Episodes*

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### Final Frontier 4: Event Horizon

*Main article: Final Frontier 4: Event Horizon*

#### Characters

* Dutch Elkins
* Zion Daybreaker
* Seth Im'Kin'ki
* Morra
* Bellow Brightlight
* Edmin Kalvanzas
* Llawdon Brandanowitz
* Vec (“Fungus”)

#### Episodes

*Main article: Final Frontier 4/Episodes*

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## Trivia

* Seth is the only Final Frontier character to appear in every iteration of Final Frontier.