Editing Rocket Age (section)

==The Rocket Age==
Unlike a lot of other D&D settings  rocket age is explicitly set in an alternate history of earth. The divergent point is that in 1931 Nikolai Tesla, Einstein and Goddard, (and yes they did all technically live at the same time period) launched a space ship to mars with Armstrong of all people aboard (Though not the famous one we know) which. . .set's the whole tone for the setting. Light hearten more then a bit tongue in cheek but it does have an edge to it. The actual historical information is only five pages long, but literally anybody can take a look at the dates and put two and two together. The 1930's was not just the dawn of pulp fiction, it was also a time when colonialism by great powers was a live situation and Rocket Age does not shy from that with it outright said that the six Great Powers of earth are in active competition with even allies often working against each other and various listed plot hooks include various colonial powers. 

Those great powers? The Empire of Japan, France,Germany, the Soviet Union (USSR), the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. ANYONE can rub two brain cells together and figure out that those are all the major combatants of WW2, and now your probably asking ''"hang on the setting is 1938, when did the [[Nazi|goose steppers]] take power? . . .1933. ."'' WW2 Started in 1939. And the setting is explicit about this a possible plot hook for Mercury being ''"Secret Nazi Research base"''. So yes not only would it be completely in tune with the setting to punch Nazis on the moon, the game defiantly encourages you to bash a fasc.

But really you don't need to know the setting in depth. Much like the pulp fiction it is inspired by you can just pick up at any point and have adventures set across the solar system.