Lunar Rovers United

Lunar Rovers United Game Design

2005: PC

Deep in the Nevada Desert thousands of Space planes, rockets and shuttles blastoff as part the largest ever-single exodus from this planet. Their destination; the moon, their purpose; discovery! This comes shortly after a momentous decision was taken to establish the first permanent human presence on the Moon in Washington: 2019.

NASA and the American Military explain the purpose of this huge mission is to establish the first off-world base for humankind, to develop the moons natural resources and in time to create a launch pad to the far reaches of our solar system.

However, not long after the first American shuttles leave our atmosphere China & Russia swiftly proceed with their missions and begin sending unprecedented numbers of astronauts to the moon. The USA now closely followed by the Chinese and Russians astonish everyone by suddenly declaring large regions of the Moon to be “Exclusive American Territory” sparking a major political crisis on Earth.

The UK follows in 2020 then Germany, Spain and Japan all launch missions by September 2022. By 2023 even private corporations are transporting large specialist teams to join in the unexplained exodus, some of these teams are reportedly armed.

Meanwhile on Earth, public suspicion is escalating about the reasons for this sudden race to the moon and questions are being asked about why the American military have become involved. Rumours are rife that some sort of signal has been received. Other rumours suggest that the Americans found something significant during several recent manned missions prompting them to secure certain regions of the Moon. World governments continually deny any such rumours while fear begins to take hold on earth as uncertainty grows.

The player’s character is a low-level maintenance astronaut with a young family based in the Lunar base five. The demo mission begins in 2026 with the events that would eventually lead to the first off-world war in human history.