Outlands (2008)

From the game's introduction:

Outlands is a science-fiction role playing game, designed to capture a cinematic atmosphere. It is not space opera, and is not concerned with creating a wholly believable future world. Instead it attempts to create an environment where players can take part in a gritty science fiction movie.

The setting is not a utopian future, and neither is it a grim, black future where the citizens hold no power. The background to Outlands lies somewhere in between. Like the modern world, there is justice and injustice, and people are not tangibly good or evil; they are just people.

The players play central characters to whatever storyline is being enacted. They are not necessarily heroes, but they are the centre of the action. Similarly, the players provide a supporting cast of people that their characters know - friends, lovers and adversaries - that the Gamesmaster uses to build and act out the plot.

The rules cover creating characters and supporting casts; creating weaponry, vehicles and starships as well as combat,
psionics and a host of other areas essential to creating a cinematic adventure.

Full Credits:

• Original concept by Chris Bateman & Simon Apps.
• First edition rules by Chris Bateman & Simon Apps.
• Second, third, fourth and fifth edition rules by Chris Bateman.
• Reprinting and revisions by Chris Bateman.
• First buyer Shane Arnold.
• Firearms consultants Shane Arnold & Charlie Winckless.
• Astrophysical consultants Professor Andrew Lyne & Dr. Pete Wilkinson from the Manchester University department of Physics.
• Computer consultants Professor David Brée (Artificial Intelligence), Dr. Linda Brackenbury (Optical computing), Dr. Jon Shapiro (Neural networks) & Dr. Mary McGee Wood (Natural language processing) from the Manchester University department of Computer Science.
• Philosophical consultant Cathy Bryant.
• First edition play testing by Shane Arnold.
• Third edition play testing by Shane Arnold, Simon Apps, Chris Bateman, Neil Bundy, Tom "Source-of-all-Evil" Burden, Sam Ineson & Andrew Wightman.
• Fourth edition play testing by Rob Baranowski, Chris Bateman, Richard Boon, Rob Briggs, Jonathon Bruce, David Brumby, Neil Bundy, Nick Elliott, Keith Garrett, Dave Gazey, INVALID OBJECT ID=34995, type=person, Aaron Lewis, Jon Rouse, James Rufus, Brian "Scarlet Pseudopod" Towlson & Charlie Winckless.
• Fifth edition play testing by Chris Bateman, Nick Elliott, Keith Garrett, INVALID OBJECT ID=34995, type=person.
• Additional fifth edition play testing to be announced.
• Vehicle designs by Chris Bateman, Dave Gazey & INVALID OBJECT ID=34995, type=person.
• Porta-loo and Kinky boots designed by Simon Apps.
• Everything else by Chris Bateman.
• Special thanks to Astounding Comics, Robert Briggs, Neil Bundy, James Cameron, Phillip K. Dick, Epic comics, Lawrence Watt Evans, Dave Gazey, Michael Golden, Frank Herbert, Peter Hyams, INVALID OBJECT ID=34995, type=person, Bill Mantlo, Marvel comics, Katsuhiro Otomo, Rudy Rucker, Ridley Scott & Walter Jon Williams without whom everything would have been a lot quicker...