Year 0015 PW [Post-War]
New Hope City
A man sits at the wall of a ruined building, in the shade. He looks up at the sky. 'It wasn't supposed to be like this', he thinks,
'...things were supposed to get better. The greatest moment in the history of mankind and we decided to destroy ourselves then.' He recalls
the sirens going off, the TV screens flashing, police sirens wailing, the blast doors closing, the monitor on the wall of the shelter. The sudden light, and
the darkness that followed.
Emerging into a world that was not the one he left.
20 years ago, man had created the first true AI. 18 years ago medical nanomachines were beginning testing. 16 years ago, the first Super-AI, a series of
networked AIs working together to simultaneously make itself work more efficiently and research technological advancements, was created and put into use.
15 years ago, the world fell apart.
All it took was a madman, a few weapon-producing nanomachines, and a few countries with itchy trigger fingers, and the world was
never the same again.
But humanity survived, salvaged what they could, and moved on. Nanomachines aided in the healing of the injured and the rebuilding of cities. Robotic and
cybernetic implants healed those injuries too large to fix with nanomachines. The regular AIs that remained were integrated into society. The world wide web
remained largely intact, uniting survivors across the world. Blank Nanomachines, nanomachine "blueprints" that have no programming, typically serve
as currency, in stead of now useless paper bills or coins.
But the world still has its conflicts and problems. Between the cities, one finds massive deserts, impossible to traverse on one's own. Raiders take what
they can from convoys to survive. Much radiation remains in the upper atmosphere, and the right conditions will create what is known as a "radiation
storm".
The man at the edge of town stands, seeing the dust cloud of an approaching convoy in the distance. He steps out of the shadows so those inside may see him.
OOC: Chatacter Profile:
Name: Fayte
Description: Tall ( about 5'10"), dark brown hair of medium length, somewhat tanned, green eye (singular). His left arm is robotic
and very slightly longer than his right arm. Left eye is cybernetic. His height, arm, eye, and his general look can make him seem somewhat imposing.
Abilities/Technology/Weapons: Fayte has used nanomachines to improve his nervous system, giving him faster reflexes, and his enhanced eye
gives him better eyesight and the ability to see much father than a normal human. However, his arm is his real strength: not only does it allow him to move
objects much heavier than normal, it also can change into a fully functioning railgun, however this takes a few minutes to recharge and reload.
Personality: Keeps to himself mostly, but isn't afraid to speak up if he has something to say. He's slightly on the optimistic side of being a realist.
History: After emerging from the center, he and the other survivors in the area set about attempting to rebuild the city into somewhere livable. Survivors from nearby areas found the place and joined in, and the city he grew up in quickly became a major trading center. To pass time, he joined an internet forum. With his connections to the city, he managed to accumulate enough wealth for himself and a few others to wander the world. Through the forum, he has invited those who would to travel with him, claiming to be in search of one of the super-AIs.
Other notes: Transhumanist: He beleives that through technology, humanity can better itself and eventually become something more. He beleives that the super-AIs are the key to bringing humanity through the singularity (the point where technological advance becomes so accelerated that essentially infinite resources are available to humanity), and that the world was in the midst of the singularity when the world as we know it was destroyed.
IC:
'That's right, that's why I called everyone together... If we can find that AIs... maybe...'
As the convoy moved closer, he stood and waited where the passenger cars would stop. Everyone would arrive, and then the adventure would begin.
The passenger cars stopped, opened their doors, and the passengers began filing out...
OOC:
Welcome to Dystopia! This adventure RP is centered mainly around technology, and rebuilding a devastated world. You can probably tell I've borrowed a few ideas from Trigun (Desert wasteland, advanced technology, whatchagonnado?) and a tad from Fullmetal Alchemist (Automail is more fun with lasers!) but I hope to make this RP a story of its own. So create a character and get roleplaying! Of course, there are a few guidelines you should follow:
- The forum where Fayte posted his notice will probably be the inspiration for most of your characters joining Fayte, but don't let that constrain you completely, if you have another way or reason a character would join, ask me either in OOC or through a PM if it would fit.
- Keep in mind: not everyone in the world thinks that finding a Super-AI is a good thing. Some people believe that the Super-AIs were the cause of the catastrophe, some fear or hate the Super AIs for other reasons. As such, don't constrain yourselves to using characters who just want to find the S-AIs (got tired of typing Super-AIs every time >>; ) to help the world- perhaps your character has just joined the group to destroy the S-AIs once found, or wants them to never be found at all. Perhaps your character is just joining for the change in pace, or wants to experience the thrill of fighting bandits who will inevitably show up sometime.
- Clean nanomachines are VERY valuable, because of their immense usefulness, just an ounce or so is worth about $10-$20, depending on who you're trading with. a few vials of them will get you far.
- For weapon strength, if it feels more at home mounted on a truck than it is in someone's hands, it's probably too strong. For nanomachine-based weapons, remember that nanomachines are expensive, so anything that, say, uses a ton of them to instantly dissolve something, is NOT cost effective, and probably overpowered. Laser weapons exist and work, but they mainly server as precise but weak weapons
- The mainly used power sources are those that are renewable, solar, wind, etc. Vehicles are almost exclusively electric, as finding gasoline is nearly impossible. However, there are also small but expensive nano-generators, that will use nearly any material as fuel to create electricity
- Your characters are mostly limited to human only, with a few exceptions. Nanomachines DO provide the ability to alter the
appearance of your body, but this is an extremely uncommon procedure seeing as programming nanomachines to do this is difficult and the procedure can be
painful. Mostly just keep it below the 10%
line. (PM me fore additional info, if you want.)
- AIs are also around, though in even fewer numbers than the surviving humans. They take many forms from just-short-of-human androids to hulking metallic monsters. The former are pretty easily accepted, while the latter often will make the more mistrusting members of society a bit fidgety.
- There will be times during the RP at which your characters will be free to buy new equipment or exchange weapons and the like. In this way, I hope that if after the first few battles, anyone feels that their character's fighting style needs a few tweaks to RP smoothly, they will be able to change equipment instead of being stuck with what was written in their profile for the duration of the RP. Furthermore, these will serve as places where you can power up your character over time, as to keep battles from getting stale and to allow more complex fights.
If you have any other questions, feel free to ask. If I feel it's important, I'll add it to the list above as a reminder. See you on the trail!
