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- Sci-fi, High Fantasy, Horror, Modern, Urban Fantasy/Paranormal, Surrealism, Supernatural, Alternate History (the Alien Bats kind)
~ General Overview ~
The year is 2107, and technology has advanced well beyond humanity's wildest dreams. Unfortunately, said advancements have been made solely to win the seemingly endless conflict that now rages across the Earth's surface, waged by the surviving corporate powers. As a result, a majority of the planet has been reduced to a smoldering, irradiated wreck, the thermonuclear armaments and relatavistic kill vehicles that were unleashed by governments the world over some thirty or so years prior thanks to their meddling having laid waste to anything that wasn't living in the heavily defended confines a company sponsored megacity (or other appropriately hardened facility) at the time. Meanwhile, humanity's other colonies within the solar system at large - left completely untouched by the hellish conflict due both to their distance from Earth and the megacorporations' current apathy towards them - continue to observe this self-destructive conflict with baited breath. Praying to any gods who might still be listening that the horrors feasting upon their once pristine home do not elect to hunt them also. To this end they have poured their collective military might into the creation of the ICDF (the Intersolar Colony Defense Force), though only time will tell if the largely unagmented members of this fledgling militia have what it takes to fend off the teeming hordes of technorganic abominations currently plundering the Earth's corpse at the behest of their profit-oriented masters.
~ The Powers That Be ~
The gods of this dark new world.
Nanosyne Industries
Slogan: "Building a brighter tomorrow on the augments of today!"
The uncontested leader in cybernetic augmentation and scientific development, Nanosyne Industries remains one of the few companies to survive in the bombed out wasteland the world has become. This is due in large part to their advanced technology, such as cybernetic implants, personal cloaking fields, infantry portable rail guns, and so on. Products that saw wide use in both the civilian and military pre-war markets and have since been repurposed to decimate their competitors. Unlike what their carefully tailored slogan might imply as well, Nanosyne was and is anything but squeaky clean. Indeed, even before the war began they had already stooped to engaging in illegal experimentation for the sake of furthering their knowledge of how much alteration the human form could take before breaking, trafficking, and other illicit activities. They are also the ones responsible for the most deaths in recorded history, as it was their R&D department that came up with the Revenant Program. The very same program that allowed them to produce implants capable of ripping the dead from their rest and sending them back into the proverbial grinder.
If it wasn't for Nanosyne, the war would have ended decades ago, and their competitors never would have been able to steal and utilize the secrets of resurrective immortality for their own nefarious ends.
Zeus Corp
Slogan: "Your family's peace of mind? That's worth any price."
Originally an American-based private military company, Zeus Corp (known more formally as the Zeus Corporation) would quickly outgrow these rather humble - and ethically dubious considering it dabbled in the illegal manufacturing and distribution of highly lethal weapon platforms - beginnings in the wake of rapid expansion due to several armed conflicts taking place the world over at the time (conflicts they themselves played a hand in sparking thanks to their aforementioned arms dealing), as well as the decisive acquisition of several smaller competitors littering the market. This would result in the company opening offices around the globe as part of a massive rebrand. Having positioned themselves as a beacon of domestic security in a world of uncertainty (comprised solely of the finest veterans national militaries had to offer, of course) they quickly pivoted into the private security sector, safeguarding not only the interests of high-level clients, but ordinary civilians and businesses as well - if you could afford their frankly exorbitant sign up fee. Naturally, it wasn't exactly easy to get out of a contract with Zeus once signed, impossible really, and the fine print gave them free reign to monitor all of you or your family's activities in the name of asset protection... but when you've got a whole squad of the best killers your country has to offer at your beck and call, can you really complain about the methods to their madness?
Aprico Foods
Slogan: "Growing the food of the future, today!"
Out of all the companies of the old world, Aprico Foods appeared to be the best when it came to avoiding ethical, moral, and PR-related pitfalls during their daily operations. Keyword there being "appeared". In truth, Aprico wasn't any cleaner than their peers, though they certainly tried to make themselves look that way. Naturally, one has to wonder just what kind of shady dealings a global food provider and supermarket chain could get up to. Surely it can't be too bad... right? Well, that's where you'd be wrong. Much like Nanosyne, Aprico also engaged in human trafficking for the purposes of research and development, but unlike them, they did not do so solely to advance their knowledge of cybernetic augmentation. Not as doggedly as Nanosyne anyway. Instead, they dove deep into genetic modification, biotechnology, and multipurpose fleshcrafting, growing and shaping a whole host of mutated monsters to do their bidding. This was aided greatly by their prior work with the growth and creation of various genetically modified foods (the bulk of crops grown on Earth at that point in time thanks to several crop failures, famines, superbugs and so on ravaging the planet's bread baskets), information they gladly turned upon their human test subjects. These days they've completely dropped that supposedly benevolent veneer, and have dedicated themselves whole-heartedly to the creation of increasingly terrifying bioweapons in order to win this newest war.
Moondust Avionics
Slogan: "New horizons, same great service."
The old world's premiere aerospace company, Moondust Avionics provided only the best when it came to the tourism of both Earth and the other planets in the solar system, having employed an entire fleet of spaceflight capable shuttles in order to better facilitate the latter. Despite their impeccable exterior, however, they also had more than a few skeletons in their closet. Unlike all of the other corporations listed up to this point, their issues were internal rather than external, and centered primarily around their inhumane work culture and environment. Impossibly long shifts, threats from management should employees fail to meet or exceed their monthly quotas, and rampant harassment of all kinds were just a few of the many issues plaguing the company at the time - at least until full-scale automation took care of that little problem for them. Throw in their unethical treatment of whistleblowers and other individuals who attempted to expose them (said treatment usually ending with a bullet to the head), and you can understand why they were considered such a terrible employer to work for. Finally, they did not shy away from making vehicles and weapons of war. Unlike Zeus Corp, they did so under the auspices of the United States military, much like General Electric before them. It is for this reason that they boast the most robust fleet of mechanized assets (atmospheric and intersolar) this ruined husk of a world has to offer. It is highly likely that, should they win this latest conflict, they will turn their attention to the intersolar colonies as well.
~ Character Sheet ~
Self-explanatory.
The year is 2107, and technology has advanced well beyond humanity's wildest dreams. Unfortunately, said advancements have been made solely to win the seemingly endless conflict that now rages across the Earth's surface, waged by the surviving corporate powers. As a result, a majority of the planet has been reduced to a smoldering, irradiated wreck, the thermonuclear armaments and relatavistic kill vehicles that were unleashed by governments the world over some thirty or so years prior thanks to their meddling having laid waste to anything that wasn't living in the heavily defended confines a company sponsored megacity (or other appropriately hardened facility) at the time. Meanwhile, humanity's other colonies within the solar system at large - left completely untouched by the hellish conflict due both to their distance from Earth and the megacorporations' current apathy towards them - continue to observe this self-destructive conflict with baited breath. Praying to any gods who might still be listening that the horrors feasting upon their once pristine home do not elect to hunt them also. To this end they have poured their collective military might into the creation of the ICDF (the Intersolar Colony Defense Force), though only time will tell if the largely unagmented members of this fledgling militia have what it takes to fend off the teeming hordes of technorganic abominations currently plundering the Earth's corpse at the behest of their profit-oriented masters.
~ The Powers That Be ~
The gods of this dark new world.
Nanosyne Industries
Slogan: "Building a brighter tomorrow on the augments of today!"
The uncontested leader in cybernetic augmentation and scientific development, Nanosyne Industries remains one of the few companies to survive in the bombed out wasteland the world has become. This is due in large part to their advanced technology, such as cybernetic implants, personal cloaking fields, infantry portable rail guns, and so on. Products that saw wide use in both the civilian and military pre-war markets and have since been repurposed to decimate their competitors. Unlike what their carefully tailored slogan might imply as well, Nanosyne was and is anything but squeaky clean. Indeed, even before the war began they had already stooped to engaging in illegal experimentation for the sake of furthering their knowledge of how much alteration the human form could take before breaking, trafficking, and other illicit activities. They are also the ones responsible for the most deaths in recorded history, as it was their R&D department that came up with the Revenant Program. The very same program that allowed them to produce implants capable of ripping the dead from their rest and sending them back into the proverbial grinder.
If it wasn't for Nanosyne, the war would have ended decades ago, and their competitors never would have been able to steal and utilize the secrets of resurrective immortality for their own nefarious ends.
Zeus Corp
Slogan: "Your family's peace of mind? That's worth any price."
Originally an American-based private military company, Zeus Corp (known more formally as the Zeus Corporation) would quickly outgrow these rather humble - and ethically dubious considering it dabbled in the illegal manufacturing and distribution of highly lethal weapon platforms - beginnings in the wake of rapid expansion due to several armed conflicts taking place the world over at the time (conflicts they themselves played a hand in sparking thanks to their aforementioned arms dealing), as well as the decisive acquisition of several smaller competitors littering the market. This would result in the company opening offices around the globe as part of a massive rebrand. Having positioned themselves as a beacon of domestic security in a world of uncertainty (comprised solely of the finest veterans national militaries had to offer, of course) they quickly pivoted into the private security sector, safeguarding not only the interests of high-level clients, but ordinary civilians and businesses as well - if you could afford their frankly exorbitant sign up fee. Naturally, it wasn't exactly easy to get out of a contract with Zeus once signed, impossible really, and the fine print gave them free reign to monitor all of you or your family's activities in the name of asset protection... but when you've got a whole squad of the best killers your country has to offer at your beck and call, can you really complain about the methods to their madness?
Aprico Foods
Slogan: "Growing the food of the future, today!"
Out of all the companies of the old world, Aprico Foods appeared to be the best when it came to avoiding ethical, moral, and PR-related pitfalls during their daily operations. Keyword there being "appeared". In truth, Aprico wasn't any cleaner than their peers, though they certainly tried to make themselves look that way. Naturally, one has to wonder just what kind of shady dealings a global food provider and supermarket chain could get up to. Surely it can't be too bad... right? Well, that's where you'd be wrong. Much like Nanosyne, Aprico also engaged in human trafficking for the purposes of research and development, but unlike them, they did not do so solely to advance their knowledge of cybernetic augmentation. Not as doggedly as Nanosyne anyway. Instead, they dove deep into genetic modification, biotechnology, and multipurpose fleshcrafting, growing and shaping a whole host of mutated monsters to do their bidding. This was aided greatly by their prior work with the growth and creation of various genetically modified foods (the bulk of crops grown on Earth at that point in time thanks to several crop failures, famines, superbugs and so on ravaging the planet's bread baskets), information they gladly turned upon their human test subjects. These days they've completely dropped that supposedly benevolent veneer, and have dedicated themselves whole-heartedly to the creation of increasingly terrifying bioweapons in order to win this newest war.
Moondust Avionics
Slogan: "New horizons, same great service."
The old world's premiere aerospace company, Moondust Avionics provided only the best when it came to the tourism of both Earth and the other planets in the solar system, having employed an entire fleet of spaceflight capable shuttles in order to better facilitate the latter. Despite their impeccable exterior, however, they also had more than a few skeletons in their closet. Unlike all of the other corporations listed up to this point, their issues were internal rather than external, and centered primarily around their inhumane work culture and environment. Impossibly long shifts, threats from management should employees fail to meet or exceed their monthly quotas, and rampant harassment of all kinds were just a few of the many issues plaguing the company at the time - at least until full-scale automation took care of that little problem for them. Throw in their unethical treatment of whistleblowers and other individuals who attempted to expose them (said treatment usually ending with a bullet to the head), and you can understand why they were considered such a terrible employer to work for. Finally, they did not shy away from making vehicles and weapons of war. Unlike Zeus Corp, they did so under the auspices of the United States military, much like General Electric before them. It is for this reason that they boast the most robust fleet of mechanized assets (atmospheric and intersolar) this ruined husk of a world has to offer. It is highly likely that, should they win this latest conflict, they will turn their attention to the intersolar colonies as well.
~ Character Sheet ~
Self-explanatory.
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