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The year is 2076.

The Mega Corporations have taken over the world, with their seemingly inexhaustible resources and ambition, they have bought out the world governments, and now rule over the civilian populace with an iron fist and they turn their thoughts to controlling the populace through consumer products and expanding the wireless world. Everything you can buy, from children toys to military grade robotics, will be branded to one of the Mega Corporations. Now their interests have turned to technological superiority, fight with one another, stealing technology and controlling the Stock Market through the Shadow War. The Special Forces of these Wars are the Corporation Agents, elite men and women enhanced with the best and most expensive technological advances for the sole purpose of murder and theft.

Life for the civilian population is not so bleak as what it may first appear. The governments exist, if only to answer to the needs of the people. The consumer market has advanced in the years, from fast moving products being delivered fresher and safer to technology that revolutionizes the way of life with Hover Cars becoming normal and for those in money, purchasing a flying car is not out of the question. The most important advance to the public is the complete wireless network called the wave. Everything is connected to the wave and the public is connected to the wave through devices called Comm-Units. They receive phone calls, text messages, emails, advertisements from passing local stores, see the personal profiles of those around them and most of all, allows them to purchase goods using their Personal Identification Number (PiN). Everyone is issued a PiN on birth and it is your key to living your life. You cannot do anything without your PiN, from buying groceries, to applying for a job, to purchasing Licenses for Civilian Classed Weaponry. There are those few who have no PiN and they generally live within the slum areas of Cities, or become hired mercenaries for the Shadow Wars.

The year is marked with the release of three new products that are being shipped to the market.

Digital Sense is a product that allows you to see the Wave through a 'Heads Up Display' projected onto the surface of specially made glasses (Come in Regular, Tinted or Mirrored). This allows you to see the condition of anything linked to your PiN or made public to you in real time. From knowing exactly how much money you have in your account, to seeing electronic advertisements in shop windows. The product uses a military technology called Smart-Link to perform these actions and it's now been made into a civilian grade product. It's the new craze sweeping the youth of the time.

Digital Touch is a twin product being released at the same time as Digital Sense. It is far more expensive than Digital Sense but the product allows those to perform live actions to the digital world. You can buy products with just a flick of the wrist, take calls, and type personal messages while wearing these special gloves.

'Better than Real Life' is new software for those who want to escape to the digital world. When connected with Digital Sense and Digital Touch, a consumer can literally put themselves into specially designed worlds on the net, interact with others as if they were there themselves. The hardware literally transports the consumers' consciousness there through a process called Soft Immersion Networking so the consumer is safe from feedback and are instantly pulled back to their body.

The World is full of the wonder of technology, the joy of finding the next new discovery and the potential of products already out on the market. How will you make your mark?

References and Examples: Shadowrun, Deus Ex, Syndicate, Blade Runner.

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2012-02-09 [Eyelash-Wishes]: i'll join this. Will be putting together a character soon ^^ (also pic fits fine with me lol)

2012-02-09 [Synirria]: It doesnt fit on my phone either, but its not really meant for phones...

*Hugs [Eyelash-Wishes]* Awesome, thanks

2012-02-10 [NOOOPE]: For curiosity's, when this gets started, what will the scenario be? There is a very well defined setting, but what are our characters doing together, what is their goal and what is the conflict?

I'm asking because before I make a character that fits the setting, I want to make sure they serve a purpose in the plot.

2012-02-10 [The Blood Angel]: Good question but it's still very much in the process of being thought out. The plan is to have social aspects, combat and travel.

2012-02-10 [Synirria]: Also, everyone will be pretty much battling the Mega-Corps...There meanies!

2012-02-10 [Asdroth]: If one was more interested in the money by chance. not to say it would happen. is there a opening for double agent?? ;P

2012-02-10 [Synirria]: Hmmm, well if you mean someone within the Mega-Corps but against them, sure, That's how Max is pretty much...but you'd have to explain what you are about and such

2012-02-10 [The Blood Angel]: It's not going to be as black and white as good guys and bad guys. After all at the moment the Mega's are pretty untouchable. They hold all the cards. And yes a double agent could fit but trust me that it's very hard to pull off a convincing double agent.

2012-02-10 [NOOOPE]: What about a sadistic gun for hire, most likely working for the Mega's 'cause they supply the prettiest toys?

2012-02-10 [Synirria]: Are you meaning weapons? If so, that's my area

2012-02-10 [The Blood Angel]: That works. The Corps hire PiNless all the time for that sort of job because they are deniable assets. Hell the PiNless more often or not don't even know who they are working for in those deals, all they know is that a 'Mr Doe' is paying them a healthy cash sum for dangerous missions.

2012-02-10 [The Blood Angel]: That works too. I'll send you a pm about it to arrange stuff.

2012-02-10 [Eyelash-Wishes]: ok need to clarify this, are pinless characters against the mega corporation characters? And are civilian characters just basically neutral characters? in the process of making my character for this

2012-02-10 [Synirria]: Yes

2012-02-10 [Asdroth]: most ever person is born with a PIN as far as I can see if it is like shadow run. only the lower income and those from forgn nations that got here illegibly would be missing pins

2012-02-10 [Synirria]: -Sighs-

2012-02-10 [The Blood Angel]: The PiNLess aren't necessarily against the corps, they just need to deal with the criminal underworld just to feed themselves, make money and scratch out a living. Civ's are your basic punters and Corp's are people who are affiliated with the Corps through having a high end job with them.

2012-02-10 [The Blood Angel]: And Meow to you all.

2012-02-10 [Asdroth]: well my character is almost ready for inspection.

2012-02-10 [The Blood Angel]: Cool. I donno if I'll do it tonight or tomorrow because I'm feeling rather shitty.

2012-02-11 [The Blood Angel]: just fixing some spelling and grammar mistakes.

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