Starting module other than Volturnus

For whatever reason, the Crash on Volturnus module has never really appealed to me. Is there another module designed for starting characters that is set on a populated, high-tech world?<br /><br />I'm simply not good enough with the system (yet) to write such a thing, or I'd do it myself and submit it for community review... but I can't be the only new SFDM to look at Volturnus and think, &quot;Man, I'd really prefer to run something else.&quot;<br /><br />Heck, even a lead-in adventure to Volturnus would be a big help. I think it's the whole &quot;everybody starts off on this ship&quot; thing that always bothered me.<br /><br />--Shannon