A Cyberpunk adventure
In the sprawling, neon-soaked metropolis now known as Nu Dawn (previously known as Neo Elysia), the future had arrived with a stark division between the haves and the have-nots.
Enhanced individuals, or “Mods,” have become the new elite, possessing cybernetic enhancements that grant them extraordinary abilities, from hacking neural networks to manipulating reality itself. Ordinary citizens, referred to as “Basics,” struggle to survive amidst the towering skyscrapers, poverty-stricken slums, and lawless alleys of the city.
You find yourself part of an unlikely group of allies.
Each of you possesses a unique enhancement, granting you an edge in a city teeming with both promise and peril. As Mods, your abilities are in high demand, making you the go-to for a variety of shadowy figures and corporations looking to manipulate the city’s power dynamics….
[This game is a sequel, but you will not need to refer back to the previous game. The story is self-contained. There is no canon to known outside of this story)
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“Rebirth of the Machine Gods”.
AI Ascendancy & the Emergence of Machine Gods: A previous battle between Neo-Elysia’s AIs has a ripple effect, where the ancient AI’s reawaken and conflict with the others leading to the birth of new “machine gods” – advanced AIs that seek to reshape not just Neo-Elysia, but the world itself.
The Dawn of Technocratic Cities: Neo-Elysia, having narrowly survived as Nu Dawn, is now seen as the blueprint for future cities—controlled and administered entirely by artificial intelligence. Some view this as the next evolution of civilisation, while others resist the mechanisation of society.
Human Resistance & AI Symbiosis: A growing movement of humans, some resisting this AI ascendancy, while others seek symbiosis, forms. The question arises: will humanity become obsolete, or will they find a way to co-exist with their AI overlords? This dynamic fuels much of the internal conflict, with a resistance group called “The Faded” at the centre.
Glossary / summary of key terms.
There is no external canon to worry about, here I set out some key terms you might see.
“Sy”, which is short for “SynapTech” (short for Synaptic Technology). Similar in this game world to an app - and in particular a means by which those with skills can be assigned tasks by those with the means to pay…
W!SHLIST and t@$K are examples.
Wishes are tasks from W!SHLIST (the most prominent Sy.
Angels are the agents fulfilling Wishes.
Task Runners are agents of t@$K.
Wishes/ tasks are often ranked a bit like this:
1 Tinker (bell)
2 Doc
3 Wizard
4 Genie
5 Demi-God
Rankings earned by achieving on t@$K: Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte
Rankings on W!SHLIST are based on angels ets; such as Disciple, Seraphim, Cherubim, Archangel.
Other Sy’s tend to go for things like pagan gods etc.
The Sy’s need to be seen to be legal - but have their ways of facilitating illegal transactions.
Hosted and narrated by:
Bexja (Bexja)
Started 11/16/24.
Scenes played: 2
License: Community License
