Gintonpar
21-06-2006, 23:18
The Earth.
It's very structure has been turned upside down. The year is 2065, 40 years earlier a small comet smashed into the Southern ice caps and melted them, sea levels rose dramatically and the climate of the Earth was forever altered. Hidden under the ice caps was a huge deposit of hitherto unknown methane gas, this sudden release punched a huge hole in the ozone layer and as a result the Earth drastically overheated.
Despite the massive increase in sea levels the temperature rose dramatically, what land was left was turned mainly to desert. Only the North remained frozen and weather conditions were exacerbated here as well, Russia and the Baltic states were turned into a frozen wasteland all the year long. Governments fell and only the hardiest survived. There were survivors.
Monolithic conurbations, 'Mega-Cities' arose in survivable areas. Much like the petty city states of classical Greece, these cities are forever quarrelling and bicker over what resources are left. The Mega-Cities survive as fortified habitations in the midst of a wilderness. In this wilderness several warrior tribes have emerged. But more on these later.
Solar winds that have penetrated the huge southern ozone hole have shredded radar networks and frequently scramble aircraft instruments. Despite the poor state of communications, survivors are rumoured to be present in the Rocky Mountains in the US, which has become a snow capped fortress in the midst of a massive desert named Talon Peak. In the centre of China a rag-tag affiliation of Asiatic peoples have settled and founded The Haven. North in Russia, Frostfang has arozen out of the tundra, a massive fortress of ice and rock, peopled by the survivors of the Baltic states and Russia, they have taken up in increasing numbers a druidic religion and survive from day to day as best they can from the attacks of the Wind Runners, a collection of nomadic bandits that attack outpost held by Frostfang.
More are rumoured to have survived but who knows what state they are in?
The lands are in a state of constant conflict, outposts held by the Mega-Cities are frequently attacked by the numerous bandits and outrunners that attack any survivors of the Apocalypse.
Talon Peak's inhabitants have to contend with the Comets, a massive group of outrunners hell bent on plundering Talon Peak. The Haven has to defend itself from the Desert Dogs, who simply delight in combat without objective. The defenders of Frostfang in the meantime have to deal with constant threats from the aformentioned Wind Runners.
Who knows what lies ahead.
Ask to join here.
Then make a sort of News Thread for your civilisation and I shall post the link to it on this topic.
Notes: Science Geeks. I KNOW this is shoddy scientifically, don't pick me up on it.
You can all make your own settlements or take the part of the outrunner tribes. I have quite an extensive plotline for some of this so I'm sure I can accomodate you if you ask me :)
The Mega-Cities each hold around 450,000 people. Military hardware is limited, some civilisations have advantages in certain areas and I will moderate and allow advantages for your civilisations as long as they are balanced with disadvantages. The military tech level is not far advanced from modern day. And please don't say, 'BUT ITS SIXTY FIVE YEARS ON'. I realise that, this is just to stop people going, 'omg, my men have super body armour, your bullets don't go through them'. Also, sorry to nuclear buffs, all nuclear armament facilites were destroyed in the floods :p Nuclear energy is still around and very much in use, but the advanced communications needed to program a rocket carrying a warhead are scrambled by the 'solar winds'. lol.
Communications are awful, once you leave a Mega City, there is no way of contacting the city again. It is as if the air outside the Mega Cities have been hit by a giant chaff grenade. This also limits air travel as the instruments are cabbaged. The Mega Cities have internal comm facilities.
There won't be massive scale military action, more like skirmishes against the outrunners and then larger battles now and again, remember, even AMMUNITION is limited.
Nuclear technology has advanced enough for most vehicle engines and the citiy's to be safely powered by it so don't worry about energy. More likely you will be fighting about possesion of strategic territory, pride comes into it a lot with the survivors.
Ask to join and you can make up whatever civilisation of survivors you want, within reason :)
Frostfang - http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=488796
Nova Atlantis - http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=11215996#post11215996
Eagle's Hope - http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=11216741#post11216741
The Comets - http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=11222202
It's very structure has been turned upside down. The year is 2065, 40 years earlier a small comet smashed into the Southern ice caps and melted them, sea levels rose dramatically and the climate of the Earth was forever altered. Hidden under the ice caps was a huge deposit of hitherto unknown methane gas, this sudden release punched a huge hole in the ozone layer and as a result the Earth drastically overheated.
Despite the massive increase in sea levels the temperature rose dramatically, what land was left was turned mainly to desert. Only the North remained frozen and weather conditions were exacerbated here as well, Russia and the Baltic states were turned into a frozen wasteland all the year long. Governments fell and only the hardiest survived. There were survivors.
Monolithic conurbations, 'Mega-Cities' arose in survivable areas. Much like the petty city states of classical Greece, these cities are forever quarrelling and bicker over what resources are left. The Mega-Cities survive as fortified habitations in the midst of a wilderness. In this wilderness several warrior tribes have emerged. But more on these later.
Solar winds that have penetrated the huge southern ozone hole have shredded radar networks and frequently scramble aircraft instruments. Despite the poor state of communications, survivors are rumoured to be present in the Rocky Mountains in the US, which has become a snow capped fortress in the midst of a massive desert named Talon Peak. In the centre of China a rag-tag affiliation of Asiatic peoples have settled and founded The Haven. North in Russia, Frostfang has arozen out of the tundra, a massive fortress of ice and rock, peopled by the survivors of the Baltic states and Russia, they have taken up in increasing numbers a druidic religion and survive from day to day as best they can from the attacks of the Wind Runners, a collection of nomadic bandits that attack outpost held by Frostfang.
More are rumoured to have survived but who knows what state they are in?
The lands are in a state of constant conflict, outposts held by the Mega-Cities are frequently attacked by the numerous bandits and outrunners that attack any survivors of the Apocalypse.
Talon Peak's inhabitants have to contend with the Comets, a massive group of outrunners hell bent on plundering Talon Peak. The Haven has to defend itself from the Desert Dogs, who simply delight in combat without objective. The defenders of Frostfang in the meantime have to deal with constant threats from the aformentioned Wind Runners.
Who knows what lies ahead.
Ask to join here.
Then make a sort of News Thread for your civilisation and I shall post the link to it on this topic.
Notes: Science Geeks. I KNOW this is shoddy scientifically, don't pick me up on it.
You can all make your own settlements or take the part of the outrunner tribes. I have quite an extensive plotline for some of this so I'm sure I can accomodate you if you ask me :)
The Mega-Cities each hold around 450,000 people. Military hardware is limited, some civilisations have advantages in certain areas and I will moderate and allow advantages for your civilisations as long as they are balanced with disadvantages. The military tech level is not far advanced from modern day. And please don't say, 'BUT ITS SIXTY FIVE YEARS ON'. I realise that, this is just to stop people going, 'omg, my men have super body armour, your bullets don't go through them'. Also, sorry to nuclear buffs, all nuclear armament facilites were destroyed in the floods :p Nuclear energy is still around and very much in use, but the advanced communications needed to program a rocket carrying a warhead are scrambled by the 'solar winds'. lol.
Communications are awful, once you leave a Mega City, there is no way of contacting the city again. It is as if the air outside the Mega Cities have been hit by a giant chaff grenade. This also limits air travel as the instruments are cabbaged. The Mega Cities have internal comm facilities.
There won't be massive scale military action, more like skirmishes against the outrunners and then larger battles now and again, remember, even AMMUNITION is limited.
Nuclear technology has advanced enough for most vehicle engines and the citiy's to be safely powered by it so don't worry about energy. More likely you will be fighting about possesion of strategic territory, pride comes into it a lot with the survivors.
Ask to join and you can make up whatever civilisation of survivors you want, within reason :)
Frostfang - http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=488796
Nova Atlantis - http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=11215996#post11215996
Eagle's Hope - http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=11216741#post11216741
The Comets - http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=11222202