Gritty sci-fi system suggestion (details in the description)
Hello everyone,
I was thinking to start a campaign with my friends for a gritty sci-fi setting.
In the last month I've been totally hooked on Rimworld, binged The Expanse, and remembered StarCraft and Firefly with nice melancholy (Firefly has always been one of my fav shows)
Therefore I wanted to look for a ttrpg system suited for what I want to do, still haven't written the setting but I'll make a list of what I am interested to for a sci-fi campaign, maybe you can help me finding the best game for what I have in mind; I have already looked on some similar threads but there are so many suggestions that I don't really know where to start since I have not all the time of the world to read every system.
WHAT I HAD IN MIND FOR THE SETTING:
- Mainly human focused, NOT a space opera. But maybe having some sporadic non intelligent alien menace such as insectoids (like Zergs, Arachnids, I like the sci-fi trope of insect aliens)
- Focused on a crew of misfits, my idea was giving the freedom to the players of assembling a nice crew and the Ship they go on should be a main character of the campaign, such as the Serenity or the Rocinante
- Somewhat space western, I like sci-fi with low technology, or gritty realistic sci-fi like the one in The Expanse
WHAT I LIKE AS A SYSTEM:
Mainly narration focused with high level of customisation. I don't like complex mechanics, I value narration and PC development first and foremost, but I like also a good level of customisation.
Especially ship customisation ;)
Savage Worlds is my favourite ttrpg HOWEVER I just finished a campaign in my fantasy setting which will continue later on, therefore I want to try new system, otherwise I would've stuck to SWADE Sci-Fi companion and wouldn't have written this thread.
Idk if you have something in mind. Reading in some similar posts I have seen suggestions for Traveller, Scum and Villany or Coriolis, and many other games.
Thank you in advance :)
PS: Already looked at game recommendations but there were a lot of options in the "crew" section and I don't really know what would be the best for me