BackgroundThe year is 2056. With the increased demand for cybernetic implants and augmentations, Cybernetics has been recognized as the new commodity for society. Megacorps dominate the vast collection of human interests and hold great sway over governments all over the world. It is an age of great progress and evolution for the human species, but also a time of intrigue and schemes.
Our characters will be a team of hired corporate spies, from an unknown client. We begin by meeting up in a campus of Macro Studios which is open to the public.
As for what is project ARAI, it will be shown as the plot develops.
TechnologyIn the present date, technology has begun to merge with everyday life, where cybernetics are used to control the environment around the user, for example a neural input chip to turn on the lights. AI in robotic housing, known as androids are now in the workforce, performing jobs with heavy labor at a much lower cost. Modern firearms now use Gauss technology, but have yet to phase out their gas-operated siblings.
Body armor now uses liquids to grant the wearer more flexibility. Additionally, with the rise of cybernetics, MaxStat suits have become increasingly popular with the law enforcement; suits of flexible armor which grant the user superior boosts in the wearer's abilities to match those who have received cybernetic augments in addition to providing reasonable protection.
CyberneticsWith production time and costs cut down, cybernetics have become increasingly available to the common man. They range from input ports to connect to a wired network to spinal-mounted modems to cybernetic body parts.
Introducing them always requires a surgery to create a housing to hold the implant or augment. However, once introduced one can swap out parts for the correct housing (eg. you cannot swap out an arm augmentation for the latest graphics chip implant, but you can swap it for a military grade arm augmentation).
Several clinics offer these surgeries but some do not have their practices certified by the Safe Cybernetics Requirements Association of Practices (SCRAP). It is strongly suggested by SCRAP that one avoids these clinics and report them to the authorities despite their reduced costs.
Cybernetics that are available for characters are:
Spinal-mounted modem augment
HUD retina & chip implants
Neural input chip implant
Networking chip & cable port implants
Dead Man’s Switch chip implant
Retinal Prosthesis
Limb Prosthesis
non-vital Organ Prosthesis
Bone lacing augment
Feel free to think up of more for yourselves!
GeneticsA relatively new field of augmentation, sped up by procedures optimized by SCRAP. Compared to Cybernetics, it is much less invasive and much more humane. Over the course of time, scientific organizations have realized that they could alter the human DNA to increase the abilities of a human to beyond what the body is normally capable of. The downside to this is that it is a relatively less available and is still under heavy research.
Introducing them always requires a surgery and the changes are semi-permanent, meaning that one may not be able to revert his genetic modifications. This will not result in the user being able to overcome the general limits for the human body; flying, unaided underwater breathing, etc
Genetics that are available for characters are:
Enhanced Parieto Occipital Junction (Increased eye-hand coordination)
Cranium Limiter Removal (Use body at full capacity)
Feel free to think up of more for yourselves!
PsionicsIt has come to light over the past decade that some humans possess the gift of Psionics. They are categorized as Greater and Lesser Psionics. Lesser Psionics allow for one to affect the world around them with one’s mind and Greater Psionics allow for one to affect other Human’s minds in addition to what Lesser Psionics are capable of. Humans with Greater Psionics are about as common as one in a million. Lesser Psionics are more common, one in a thousand.
Since Psionics are such a rare thing and there is not much technology at all to halt it, many research organizations and even the military seek to possess and control as many of these individuals. Psionics is an ability which must be trained or practiced, untrained used usually find that their ability is used subconsciously.
Additionally, the gift of Psionics manifests around each person in unique ways based on their cognitive process, for example user A may be able to influence things in an area around her, but user B may only influence things which are almost touching him, but with much greater control than user A.
(Characters with this ability has to be settled over PMs or Skype.)CorporationsGortan Cybernetics InternationalThe global leader of Cybernetic implants and augment production. They are also in charge of SCRAP. In order to receive a SCRAP certification, the medical center requires to pay fees annually for their auditors or doctors to come down to observe and approve of their practices.
In addition to producing cybernetics, they have begun producing androids and have begun releasing them into the market which usually leads to them ending up in the workforce.
Shinbok Energy and Architecture ConsortiumA company of monolithic size as they seek to continue dominating the energy and architecture market by buying over smaller competitors and liquidating them rapidly before it becomes a loss for the company. They also have a branch on the moon, mainly as a club for billionaires and a hub for their operations where things should remain relatively undisturbed.
AEGISA private military mercenary corporation which is a superpower which serves only money. In addition to having the military size of a global superpower, they also are researching unconventional warfare tactics. They have been known to be very forceful when it comes to negotiations and lawsuits. Several of their opponents had very coincidental “accidents”.
Macro StudiosThe most prominent developer of consumer electronic products with its origins tied in Korea. They are currently involved in the war against cybercrime, beginning with the release of software for enterprises to better defend their servers. They are also the parent company for several smaller software development companies, preferring to keep the teams intact to allow them to proceed with development undisturbed.
They have several IT schools around the world, mainly to bring more people in due to the increasing demands for IT professionals.
Global InfographA multinational company which specializes in internet services. From online shopping, to advertisements, to the most popular search engine, and infographs of existing markets. The information they obtain and publicize straddles the border of personal information and there is a lingering suspicion that this information is being handed to the governments of nations all around the world.
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