After quite a bit of planing, calling, no shows, and organization, I was finally able to gather the gang and sit down for a much anticipated first game of solar echoes. I had read the rules. I had learned all of the races, archetypes, skills, scenarios and I'm not going to lie I was excited going into this. However, I wasn't sure if my friends would like it as much as i thought I would. So I figured I would start with just the introductory scenario. I passed out all of the character sheets and quick reference sheets of abilities and skills (Which are seemingly endless and full of possibilities). Luckily they were able to adopt the character management system fairly easily with little help from me. I also had to remind them that it is a highly team based game, so they wanted to have abilities that not only reflected the archetype they were going for, but fit instrumentally well with one another. Friend A, chose the Reln race (known for their way with words) named Salem Marsec (I don't know how he came up with that one). Mixed in some speech craft, a bit of stealth and deceit, with a nasty katana and a sniper rifle pair. Friend B, chose the Erwani race (a crazy looking sentient plant species), named Cloran Fyl. He was a techy that was good with hacking and had a floating orb companion that he named 'Bean Pod' as well as an arsenal of grenades. Friend C chose a Chiraktis (a praying mantis style bug class) This one comes in either warrior or worker. Naturally he chose the warrior. Equipped him with some biotech abilities so he could dole out quick heals, a quick use pistol and some martial art abilities and a tricky little grenade that has a deadly swarm of nano tech (that i will let you discover on your own). After spending about 30 mins nerding out over character building (which surprisingly is less time than we normally take) everyone was eager to jump in and use their new finely tuned avatars. Without giving out too much detail into the scenario. We were essentially sent to take out a weapons dealer. The combat in this game was very different compared to anything else we had tried. It is all about co operation, quick actions and reactions, and a fast paced all at once game play system that we found to be easy to pick up and fun to adapt to. If situations did not play out as they did I could for see a multitude of out comes at every turn. As the GM I ran through every trick in the book, and the players fought hard and achieved the goals set in front of them, of course not excluding loss, trial and tribulation along the way. At one point they used the Relns speech craft and a guards disguise they looted off of a dead body to sneak through a security clearance and hijack a space ship, which they had to hack into and override systems (also a fun mini-game attached to this). All in order to pursue an enemy that tried fleeing into space which then lead to an epic space battle. The game came with some pretty nice images that you could use for the space ships and vehicles, but we decided to use various ships we had lying around the house (made for a much cooler space battle). After completing the objective, rewards were doled out in the form of Loot and Xp for completing various achievements throughout the mission I.E. completing in a timely manner, RP MVP, killing/not killing certain NPCs, ect. We ended up having a great time and we are cycling sessions in for once or twice a month. This game is fun and keeps you interested. It feels like you are on the crew of Firefly or Cowboy Bebop. LOVED THIS GAME.

Tl;Dr: The game is fun, fast paced, original concept with varying environments, creative, and imaginative races with an easy to learn system. It feels like you are apart of the crew of your favorite syfy space craft with endless possibilities.