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INFORMATION
intro
i. the basics
ii. terms/people
a) baskhara virus
b) diamond dogs & red ruby
c) gypsies
d) infected
e) meat cleaver/butcher
iii. geography/politics
a) north
b) south
c) gypsy hubs
ctrl+f the baby numerals with period/parenthesis to go to where you'd like.
we're only playing cops & robbers.
The Cliche: Gangs run the outer city zones, fighting for dominance beneficial to their survival while the Suits just want to put them down.
Without citizenship, they can't get into the cities - gypsies, if you will; they live outside of the system and so breed outside it. Radiation imminent, but for the most part, powerless. However, sudden reappearance of advanced chimera effects puts their entire world on the defensive gearing up for the offensive - kill off all the gypsies, kill off all the disease.
Or so this is what we're being told.
But the gypsies know better - chimera is brewing from within the cities and it is growing...
i. b a s i c s ;
「 LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS
BE SENSIBLE & USE YOUR HEAD 」
Setting by default is Starlight City in the remnants of the United States.
Players also have the freedom to choose elsewhere, if they prefer.
Aftermaths of bomb & chemical warfare → radiation, scorched landscapes. Distinct geographical dichotomy & lack of lawful unity across once united countries.
War has withered the world into a completely new system: trains connect the nation's leftover cities but are few and far in number, running but once an hour at most; world population has fallen to but an estimated 3 billion people, underestimating the gypsy population. Each city has their own ruling structure; the more powerful the structure, the more capable they are of controlling a whole state - the only known state remaining with military outposts monitoring outside of the city is New Vegas.
The southern half of the United States has been reduced to a growing desert, threatening to swallow the north's greener stronghold; Canada is quiet, but nothing grows in Mexico and much of Central America, where one of the more detrimental bombings took place. Further down into South America, life prospers, but unclear on how much. There is very little to no contact with other continents; your only hope is through anything with a wire and radio waves.
Travel outside of your city is both expensive and unpopular (rare outside of rail), but not impossible or unheard of.
ii. t e r m s & p e o p l e ;
All "legal" citizens can be identified by the barcode in their eyes - a social security imprint at birth reflecting white in proper light; indicates where they were born, if not naturalised & their personal identification number in their home city's system.
a) BASKHARA VIRUS
◆ Taken from baskhara - "shining", derived from a combination of Sanskrit भास (bhasa) "light" and कर (kara) "making". Another name of the sun and the Hindu god Shiva. Named for its effects on infected eyes, creating a layer just behind the retina that, depending on the stage, reflects a certain colour.
◆ Stages:
・ Slight - yellow
・ Advanced - green
・ Severe - blue
・ Chimera - red; short-circuit stage that, with treatment, is said to last only several hours before killing the sufferer. Rabid stage.
◆ "Mutation caused by radiation", now treated primarily as a (hereditary) disease, although it can be contracted by just the right chemicals and circumstances, with or without an explosion. Treatments available, but no cure. Estimated life expectancy from diagnosis or trigger, 15 years.
◆ Most discerning symptom is a black patch in the skin similar to a haemorrhage; once triggered, it will continue to spread until it consumes the person.
◆ Those with pale-coloured eyes are said to be at higher risk for contracting or carrying viral/virus-susceptible genes.
◆ Derogatory names for the "infected" are baskies, hounds, pups & mutt-related insults/etc.
◆ Citizens who find themselves infected are required by law to report in for routine checkups and monitoring so they don't get out of hand. Remember: you can't control what you can't measure.
b) DIAMOND DOGS & RED RUBY
◆ Muscle for the ruling family of New Vegas and the shadow of New Vegas. Primary result of Finnish/Russian mafia cooperation just before the war began. Intimidating. Trademark dobermans and high fashion black suits.
◆ Red Ruby nicknamed for the red dress she wore or perhaps those trademark lips when she made this city hers - leader of the Diamond Dogs.
◆ Rumour has it they're just infected gypsies with ulterior motives.
c) GYPSIES
◆ Positioned as dangerous, ruthless, uncivilised, and dirty. Many suffer radiation effects, but this varies from place to place.
d) INFECTED
"COYOTES"
◆ INFECTED - ANARCHISTS
◆ KEYNOTE: Esper connections.
Common. Most can't control what they hear, but they can eventually control what they do. Constant headaches are common and they are prone to being junkies and chem-cooks in order to numb the pain. They usually travel in packs, brought together by their mutual suffering and ability to communicate; usually the ones that raid supply trains and attack storage houses. Potential kamikaze threat in the eyes of the Suits. Named for their ability to outlive and prosper near cities despite the majority against them.
"CLOCKS"
◆ INFECTED - SEERS
◆ KEYNOTE: Blind or going blind with the ability to search fate.
Rare. Fastest to approach chimera, they usually give up their lives with the hope of balancing things with their deaf premonitions, albeit often subjective → extreme visions cause them to bleed from the eyes and nose, open wounds. Named for their relation and concern with time.
"DUSTERS"
◆ INFECTED - GHOSTS
◆ KEYNOTE: Telekinetics.
Uncommon. Often found in the company of coyotes, as they're useful during attacks and reap radiation-slowing benefits from the drugs coyotes engineer. Second fastest to approach chimera due to the constant use of their abilities & usually carelessly so. Named for their short stamina, often having to be carried out within moments of carrying out a large attack.
e) MEAT CLEAVER/BUTCHER
◆ Urban legend. Said to prey mainly on women and children close to the city limits, but will not hesitate to cut down anybody who stands in his way. Some say he carves them down with an axe, others say a butcher's knife with which he skins them after hanging them upside-down from a ceiling hook.
iii. g e o g r a p h y / p o l i t i c s ;
a) NORTH
Suffered the least from destructive warfare and so what remains continues to exist peacefully, aside from the flooding of Mississippi River-side cities being flooded over and swallowed by green-life.
More (random) information about cities/towns can be found in the Q&A.
◆ AMBRE、REMNANTS OF NEW YORK。
◆ EMPIRE、MICHIGAN。
◆ MAINE、DAKOTAS。
b) SOUTH
Mexico was previously a factory site for weapons and so was targeted to stop production. As a result, salt flats and dried land cover much of the vast area around it.
More (random) information about cities/towns can be found in the Q&A.
◆ STARLIGHT CITY、REPUBLIC OF NEW VEGAS。
High city walls keep the monsters out. A refined but contained metropolis in the new state of Vegas. Known for its busy nights and quiet days - despite this, it gives off the appearance of safety, big brother commanding corners and straightaways from any angle you can possibly imagine.
Run by the usual white collars and enforced by black suits who puppeteer the face of the people to protect their interests.
◆ ALEXIS SALT FLATS/GUADALUPE、WEST TEXAS。
◆ 34、ALABAMA。
c) GYPSY HUBS
While the gypsy term implies wanderers and vagrants, there are some places where they can be found or call home - for reference purposes or resources they cannot usually get elsewhere.
◆ PASTURE、NEW VEGAS。
Located somewhere near Philo, with whom they quietly have an agreement, as others turn their head. Diamond Dogs suspect, but have no proof, therefore are unable to act. A safe place to raise your kids, maybe grow some things, although they are also dependent on coyote raids or goodwill when it comes to medicine and other such technological luxuries.
◆ WINDMILL、NEW VEGAS。
Located somewhere between Starlight and the ruins of Eureka. Rumoured to be the actual hollows of a city, but with the number of empty towns between the two, which is unclear. Drug haven, as it is a central hangout and home for coyotes and dusters.
i. the basics
ii. terms/people
a) baskhara virus
b) diamond dogs & red ruby
c) gypsies
d) infected
e) meat cleaver/butcher
iii. geography/politics
a) north
b) south
c) gypsy hubs
ctrl+f the baby numerals with period/parenthesis to go to where you'd like.
we're only playing cops & robbers.
The Cliche: Gangs run the outer city zones, fighting for dominance beneficial to their survival while the Suits just want to put them down.
Without citizenship, they can't get into the cities - gypsies, if you will; they live outside of the system and so breed outside it. Radiation imminent, but for the most part, powerless. However, sudden reappearance of advanced chimera effects puts their entire world on the defensive gearing up for the offensive - kill off all the gypsies, kill off all the disease.
Or so this is what we're being told.
But the gypsies know better - chimera is brewing from within the cities and it is growing...
i. b a s i c s ;
BE SENSIBLE & USE YOUR HEAD 」
Setting by default is Starlight City in the remnants of the United States.
Players also have the freedom to choose elsewhere, if they prefer.
Aftermaths of bomb & chemical warfare → radiation, scorched landscapes. Distinct geographical dichotomy & lack of lawful unity across once united countries.
War has withered the world into a completely new system: trains connect the nation's leftover cities but are few and far in number, running but once an hour at most; world population has fallen to but an estimated 3 billion people, underestimating the gypsy population. Each city has their own ruling structure; the more powerful the structure, the more capable they are of controlling a whole state - the only known state remaining with military outposts monitoring outside of the city is New Vegas.
The southern half of the United States has been reduced to a growing desert, threatening to swallow the north's greener stronghold; Canada is quiet, but nothing grows in Mexico and much of Central America, where one of the more detrimental bombings took place. Further down into South America, life prospers, but unclear on how much. There is very little to no contact with other continents; your only hope is through anything with a wire and radio waves.
Travel outside of your city is both expensive and unpopular (rare outside of rail), but not impossible or unheard of.
ii. t e r m s & p e o p l e ;
All "legal" citizens can be identified by the barcode in their eyes - a social security imprint at birth reflecting white in proper light; indicates where they were born, if not naturalised & their personal identification number in their home city's system.
a) BASKHARA VIRUS
◆ Taken from baskhara - "shining", derived from a combination of Sanskrit भास (bhasa) "light" and कर (kara) "making". Another name of the sun and the Hindu god Shiva. Named for its effects on infected eyes, creating a layer just behind the retina that, depending on the stage, reflects a certain colour.
◆ Stages:
・ Slight - yellow
・ Advanced - green
・ Severe - blue
・ Chimera - red; short-circuit stage that, with treatment, is said to last only several hours before killing the sufferer. Rabid stage.
◆ "Mutation caused by radiation", now treated primarily as a (hereditary) disease, although it can be contracted by just the right chemicals and circumstances, with or without an explosion. Treatments available, but no cure. Estimated life expectancy from diagnosis or trigger, 15 years.
◆ Most discerning symptom is a black patch in the skin similar to a haemorrhage; once triggered, it will continue to spread until it consumes the person.
◆ Those with pale-coloured eyes are said to be at higher risk for contracting or carrying viral/virus-susceptible genes.
◆ Derogatory names for the "infected" are baskies, hounds, pups & mutt-related insults/etc.
◆ Citizens who find themselves infected are required by law to report in for routine checkups and monitoring so they don't get out of hand. Remember: you can't control what you can't measure.
b) DIAMOND DOGS & RED RUBY
◆ Muscle for the ruling family of New Vegas and the shadow of New Vegas. Primary result of Finnish/Russian mafia cooperation just before the war began. Intimidating. Trademark dobermans and high fashion black suits.
◆ Red Ruby nicknamed for the red dress she wore or perhaps those trademark lips when she made this city hers - leader of the Diamond Dogs.
◆ Rumour has it they're just infected gypsies with ulterior motives.
c) GYPSIES
◆ Positioned as dangerous, ruthless, uncivilised, and dirty. Many suffer radiation effects, but this varies from place to place.
d) INFECTED
"COYOTES"
◆ INFECTED - ANARCHISTS
◆ KEYNOTE: Esper connections.
Common. Most can't control what they hear, but they can eventually control what they do. Constant headaches are common and they are prone to being junkies and chem-cooks in order to numb the pain. They usually travel in packs, brought together by their mutual suffering and ability to communicate; usually the ones that raid supply trains and attack storage houses. Potential kamikaze threat in the eyes of the Suits. Named for their ability to outlive and prosper near cities despite the majority against them.
"CLOCKS"
◆ INFECTED - SEERS
◆ KEYNOTE: Blind or going blind with the ability to search fate.
Rare. Fastest to approach chimera, they usually give up their lives with the hope of balancing things with their deaf premonitions, albeit often subjective → extreme visions cause them to bleed from the eyes and nose, open wounds. Named for their relation and concern with time.
"DUSTERS"
◆ INFECTED - GHOSTS
◆ KEYNOTE: Telekinetics.
Uncommon. Often found in the company of coyotes, as they're useful during attacks and reap radiation-slowing benefits from the drugs coyotes engineer. Second fastest to approach chimera due to the constant use of their abilities & usually carelessly so. Named for their short stamina, often having to be carried out within moments of carrying out a large attack.
e) MEAT CLEAVER/BUTCHER
◆ Urban legend. Said to prey mainly on women and children close to the city limits, but will not hesitate to cut down anybody who stands in his way. Some say he carves them down with an axe, others say a butcher's knife with which he skins them after hanging them upside-down from a ceiling hook.
iii. g e o g r a p h y / p o l i t i c s ;
a) NORTH
Suffered the least from destructive warfare and so what remains continues to exist peacefully, aside from the flooding of Mississippi River-side cities being flooded over and swallowed by green-life.
More (random) information about cities/towns can be found in the Q&A.
◆ AMBRE、REMNANTS OF NEW YORK。
◆ EMPIRE、MICHIGAN。
◆ MAINE、DAKOTAS。
b) SOUTH
Mexico was previously a factory site for weapons and so was targeted to stop production. As a result, salt flats and dried land cover much of the vast area around it.
More (random) information about cities/towns can be found in the Q&A.
◆ STARLIGHT CITY、REPUBLIC OF NEW VEGAS。
High city walls keep the monsters out. A refined but contained metropolis in the new state of Vegas. Known for its busy nights and quiet days - despite this, it gives off the appearance of safety, big brother commanding corners and straightaways from any angle you can possibly imagine.
Run by the usual white collars and enforced by black suits who puppeteer the face of the people to protect their interests.
◆ ALEXIS SALT FLATS/GUADALUPE、WEST TEXAS。
◆ 34、ALABAMA。
c) GYPSY HUBS
While the gypsy term implies wanderers and vagrants, there are some places where they can be found or call home - for reference purposes or resources they cannot usually get elsewhere.
◆ PASTURE、NEW VEGAS。
Located somewhere near Philo, with whom they quietly have an agreement, as others turn their head. Diamond Dogs suspect, but have no proof, therefore are unable to act. A safe place to raise your kids, maybe grow some things, although they are also dependent on coyote raids or goodwill when it comes to medicine and other such technological luxuries.
◆ WINDMILL、NEW VEGAS。
Located somewhere between Starlight and the ruins of Eureka. Rumoured to be the actual hollows of a city, but with the number of empty towns between the two, which is unclear. Drug haven, as it is a central hangout and home for coyotes and dusters.