Diaspora is a "Hard" Sci-fi role-playing game based on the FATE engine from Evil Hat Productions.
VSCA Publishing of Canada released the first edition of the science-fiction game, Diaspora in 2009.
[1]: 429 Fred Hicks considered Diaspora one of his favorites, and used his Evil Hat Productions to republish the game in 2010 to release it into wider distribution.
[1]: 426 M Harold Page commented for Black Gate that "Diaspora uses the Fate mechanics to abstract elements of SF adventure, making it easy to — say — run a political campaign on a planet, or fight a space battle, and still preserve some sense of realism.
"[2] Page then reviewed Diaspora and stated that "Buy Diaspora if you want to enjoy exploring a Hard Science Fiction universe and don't have much patience for fat rule books and fiddly minutiae.