Possible plot, just throwing it out
Jun 15, 2015 8:53:25 GMT -10
Post by LycanHeart on Jun 15, 2015 8:53:25 GMT -10
The board is getting kinda slow, and while working, it got me thinking of possible stories, and a bolt of lightning struck. Working in a restaurant where the major cineplex is is always a good thing, gets the mind churning, so here goes:
We're part of an integral and complex structure that makes up society, toiling away mundane tasks and jobs, earning papers which only worths as much as the economic world perceives and dictates. Until an anomaly strikes the planet. Out of nowhere and without warning, strange blue meteor-like orbs crashed down onto Earth, sending pulses of mysterious energy and throwing radiation throughout the surface of the planet. While the impact was nothing short of catastrophic, the planet somehow endured it, but at the cost of its energy radiating throughout the world. Many people died in the energy blast, so much that two-fifth of the population of the planet was killed, in the event that the religious world eventually dubbed it, "the Culling". Those that survived, after breathing in the fallout and having the strange blue energy washed over them, began to exhibit semi-visible lines on their bodies, similar to a glowing tattoo of symbols and patterns.
After two hundred years since the Culling, humans have, throughout the times, learnt to harness the energy that flows through them. While unable to do anything by themselves, humans have developed special gadgets that can amplify the energy generated through the circuits branded onto humanity by the energy from the Culling. This excess energy led to the development of several projects authorized by the government in secret, to prevent possible attacks from other countries. The United States, the newly-revived USSR, and the Red Army of China were those at the forefront of such developments, and soon the development grew from mere civilian tools and gadgets to military weapons and killing machines. Soldiers that were assigned into the special branches were given a variety of training and research options, that they were considered the newest elite classes. Cities were protected by these special units, and for the next century, the world was at peace. Energy crystals harvested from the crash sites proved to be a new source of power, and gone were the days of nuclear and the age of Protonium came, generating energy to enhance humanity's comfort drastically.
But the government was not the only ones capable of such researches. The underworld which included the infamous Mafias and Hassasshins have gotten hold of crucial information regarding the Protonium. While the government delved into the advancement of civilians and national security, the underworld cared only the power the crystals promised. Pushing the human's bodily endurance to the max through drugs, hellish tortures and training regimes, and unethical experimentation, they have developed monstrous creations, humans supercharged and enhanced by raw Protonium. Terrorists were quick to catch onto that development, and through moles and inside jobs, have gained the methods needed to create the ultimate weapon against the superpowers of the world.
Science quickly became a proving ground, and for a decade, the Allied governments have fought countless skirmishes with the underworld, and while they were busy fighting to secure precious Protonium, they have neglected a third, growing force that is threatening to devour all of humanity. It was not just the humans that were enhanced by the Culling. The forces of nature had also evolved to take advantage of the new, nearly unlimited energy. Beasts and animals grew to monstrous proportions, trees and vegetation spreading and growing larger and more resilient to diseases, and with the dead things that the flora had devoured, grew poisonous, and the resulting effect were spores mutated and airborne, spreading what was the first pandemic since the founding of Protonium. The underworld faction, unprepared for this, were almost completely wiped out and drew them into hiding, while the civilians caught the end result of it. Once blue circuits became green, and those that failed to reject the mutations became hideous plant-human hybrids the later generations called Zombies, due to their movements and stereotypically-driven desire to devour all of humanity.
Twenty years since the pandemic, and humanity have built themselves walls to protect themselves against the Zombies. The looming threat of both Zombies and the Underworld have put the government on high alert, and special schools to train students to combat the threats have been set up to cater to the need. Development of Protonium had advanced further, and now births several specifications and studies of Circuits, namely the Wizards who uses the energy in the circuit to perform bombardment type skills; the Battlemages who serve as the front-line physical combatants capable of utilizing their Circuits to enhance body capabilities; and Techs who specialize least in the Circuits, relying more on their brains to employ different tools and gadgets to perform their tasks which ranges from healing to sabotage and hacking, while using their Circuits for covert tasks.
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That's the general summary of the background. The plot is that we'll be playing the students who had signed up for the special training regime. While it sounds school-ish, it isn't. Classes are only in the morning, and then there's the patrols which would have our characters patroling the city for any signs of Zombie or Terrorism activity and whatnot.
But that's all I have. I'm typing this at 3am and I have class at 9am later, so my brain ain't functioning at its best. Also that I'm extremely tired from work. If there is interest, I would like us to discuss it, and if you have ideas to contribute that adds to or even modify the story, I'm welcome to it. In fact, I would appreciate help to improve on the concept. I intend to use this as a basis to write a light novel, and help would be much welcome to make it a better world. Pun intended xDD
We're part of an integral and complex structure that makes up society, toiling away mundane tasks and jobs, earning papers which only worths as much as the economic world perceives and dictates. Until an anomaly strikes the planet. Out of nowhere and without warning, strange blue meteor-like orbs crashed down onto Earth, sending pulses of mysterious energy and throwing radiation throughout the surface of the planet. While the impact was nothing short of catastrophic, the planet somehow endured it, but at the cost of its energy radiating throughout the world. Many people died in the energy blast, so much that two-fifth of the population of the planet was killed, in the event that the religious world eventually dubbed it, "the Culling". Those that survived, after breathing in the fallout and having the strange blue energy washed over them, began to exhibit semi-visible lines on their bodies, similar to a glowing tattoo of symbols and patterns.
After two hundred years since the Culling, humans have, throughout the times, learnt to harness the energy that flows through them. While unable to do anything by themselves, humans have developed special gadgets that can amplify the energy generated through the circuits branded onto humanity by the energy from the Culling. This excess energy led to the development of several projects authorized by the government in secret, to prevent possible attacks from other countries. The United States, the newly-revived USSR, and the Red Army of China were those at the forefront of such developments, and soon the development grew from mere civilian tools and gadgets to military weapons and killing machines. Soldiers that were assigned into the special branches were given a variety of training and research options, that they were considered the newest elite classes. Cities were protected by these special units, and for the next century, the world was at peace. Energy crystals harvested from the crash sites proved to be a new source of power, and gone were the days of nuclear and the age of Protonium came, generating energy to enhance humanity's comfort drastically.
But the government was not the only ones capable of such researches. The underworld which included the infamous Mafias and Hassasshins have gotten hold of crucial information regarding the Protonium. While the government delved into the advancement of civilians and national security, the underworld cared only the power the crystals promised. Pushing the human's bodily endurance to the max through drugs, hellish tortures and training regimes, and unethical experimentation, they have developed monstrous creations, humans supercharged and enhanced by raw Protonium. Terrorists were quick to catch onto that development, and through moles and inside jobs, have gained the methods needed to create the ultimate weapon against the superpowers of the world.
Science quickly became a proving ground, and for a decade, the Allied governments have fought countless skirmishes with the underworld, and while they were busy fighting to secure precious Protonium, they have neglected a third, growing force that is threatening to devour all of humanity. It was not just the humans that were enhanced by the Culling. The forces of nature had also evolved to take advantage of the new, nearly unlimited energy. Beasts and animals grew to monstrous proportions, trees and vegetation spreading and growing larger and more resilient to diseases, and with the dead things that the flora had devoured, grew poisonous, and the resulting effect were spores mutated and airborne, spreading what was the first pandemic since the founding of Protonium. The underworld faction, unprepared for this, were almost completely wiped out and drew them into hiding, while the civilians caught the end result of it. Once blue circuits became green, and those that failed to reject the mutations became hideous plant-human hybrids the later generations called Zombies, due to their movements and stereotypically-driven desire to devour all of humanity.
Twenty years since the pandemic, and humanity have built themselves walls to protect themselves against the Zombies. The looming threat of both Zombies and the Underworld have put the government on high alert, and special schools to train students to combat the threats have been set up to cater to the need. Development of Protonium had advanced further, and now births several specifications and studies of Circuits, namely the Wizards who uses the energy in the circuit to perform bombardment type skills; the Battlemages who serve as the front-line physical combatants capable of utilizing their Circuits to enhance body capabilities; and Techs who specialize least in the Circuits, relying more on their brains to employ different tools and gadgets to perform their tasks which ranges from healing to sabotage and hacking, while using their Circuits for covert tasks.
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That's the general summary of the background. The plot is that we'll be playing the students who had signed up for the special training regime. While it sounds school-ish, it isn't. Classes are only in the morning, and then there's the patrols which would have our characters patroling the city for any signs of Zombie or Terrorism activity and whatnot.
But that's all I have. I'm typing this at 3am and I have class at 9am later, so my brain ain't functioning at its best. Also that I'm extremely tired from work. If there is interest, I would like us to discuss it, and if you have ideas to contribute that adds to or even modify the story, I'm welcome to it. In fact, I would appreciate help to improve on the concept. I intend to use this as a basis to write a light novel, and help would be much welcome to make it a better world. Pun intended xDD
