Richard Garriot’s Tabula Rasa aims to change the way Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) games are played by introducing First Person Shooter (FPS) concepts into a dynamic science fiction environment. Even though the core of the game is like any other MMO, with missions, item gathering, and grinding experience, the fast-paced combat engages the player so that this process is much less monotonous and fairly addictive.

After being overrun by a massive alien force called the Bane, the people of Earth have resorted to traveling to planets in the far reaches of space by wormhole transports created by an ancient alien race called the “Eloh”. Your story begins as you step out of that wormhole as a new recruit to the Allied Free Sentients (AFS).