What are everyone's thoughts on sector-wide events that have the potential to make their presence felt in everyone's games? This might be a crazy idea that not everyone will like, but might get enough support so it can start being implemented for those who want to take part.
For example, every so often (week, month etc) myself or others will put up a massive 'live' event, that fellow Inquisitors can take into the next game that they play, tying everyone's storylines a little closer together but without inhibiting on the personal freedoms that Inquisitor is famous for.
One idea would be Astropaths across the sector have been falling ill, claiming a vast warp disturbance is washing over planets at a frightening speed. It appears to be a colossal psychic scream, emminating from an unknown origin on the eastern fringe of the sector. With the correct equipment, it can be traced back to the source for further investigation, but what happens when it hits... not even the Astropaths know.
In the next game that you play, the GM rolls 2D6 before the game starts - that is the turn the Psynami (heh) arrives. Each character must make a Wp test at -20 or be knocked down and stunned for D3 turns. Any further effects are down to the GM's discretion.
I can think of quite a few other ideas as well, perhaps the ammunition available on your planet is substandard, and projectile weapons start off with -D6 ammunition in every magazine, or the passing of a nearby solar flare in your particular region cause all forcefields to double any odds rolled, or half every evens rolled, or massive pulses of warp energy bubbling out a crack in the material realm give any Chaos-aligned characters +10 to strength and toughness, but -10 to Wp and Sg.
Loads of interesting things could be done with large-scale events, but it's up to individuals to decide whether to take part or not. If I started an event (one that could run for a few weeks/month or two, say, to give people time to have a game) how many people would join in? If it's enough, I'll write something up for the Carthaxian thread.