Singularity City [OOC]
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				<div align="center">(http://25.media.tumblr.com/c886b10d79c0cccb37ac917d210ad761/tumblr_mgop0bK6Nc1r9781ko1_1280.png)<br><br><span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size">RULES:<br>You are to PM me The CS for approval.<br>This is not a combat RP. You will not all play gun running, armed to the teeth cyborgs. I am putting my foot down here and now.<br>This is however a Character Heavy, Intrigue based RP. <br>Have a lot of fun, be nice, befriend me and others and we'll all be raving about androids in no time.<br></span><br><br><br><span style="font-size: 1.35em;" class="bbc_size">Prologue</span><br>Singularity City, Formerly Chicago.</div> <br><br>Singularity city was created as a UN led social experiment in a world that’s on the verge of a new world war. This super advanced metropolitan area was built to last. Started in 2025, this monster of a city is now a international hotbed for spies, Intelligence organizations, hackers, riggers, organized crime, scientists and regular old folks trying to make a living in the worlds most advanced city. Welcome to your home. Doesn't matter if you are a newly arrived defense contractor working for one of the Massive Corporations that pretty much own the upper levels, or a thug That's running with the Gangs on low and mid level. Or if you're a spy who spent far to much time in modern day Babylon. You are home. Welcome to SC kid, I hope you brought yourself a trench oat, because Chicago used to be rainy this time a year.<br><br><div align="center"><span style="font-size: 1.35em;" class="bbc_size">Current Events and The City;</span><br><em><strong>The Singularity Project</strong></em></div><br>In midst of the political turmoil, With America once more on track after the hostilities settled down. UN came with a&nbsp; As well as a new, super efficient energy source. Spearheaded by Dr Joseph Gilhelm , a brilliant physicist who years easlier had deviced a small test reactor of his own in his native home of New Zealand. The main device was something what he called a “implosion core“ A self contained energy source that constantly fluxed between expanding and detracting, s essentially imploding itself creating massive amounts of energy whenever it exploded outwards. This, combined with the advancements in man and machine integration, led to new age. One that would See America rise from its darkest hours back to a financial powerhouse. The UN in the meanwhile, Established Singularity city on what was once Chicago. <br><br>Chicago, having been the worst hit by the riots, was in dire straits. The city looked like a warzone, crime was rampart and its people lived in third world country conditions. The UN went in, suggesting rebuilding it as Singularity City. In turn, the&nbsp; UN would finance the reconstruction. This super advanced city, the most advanced in human history was a multi-trillion project, financed by many different countries with interest. Including countries that clearly just funneled money from China. It was a project trying to advance humanity, the largest social experiment in history. Based on studies conducted on the citizens who all were essentially test subjects in their own right, the discoveries and new technology developed on site has been made with neck breaking speed. To help police the massive project, the Un have a special internation police force trained nad situated in Singularity. The SCPD is much like a foreign legion in that it has people from all over the world. To make the allready superactive Melting pot worse, there is dozens of highly competetive Mega cooperations, vying for the patents that may change the future. The city itself is buil around the basis that higher is better. In fact, the entire city has become so massive and so large in height that Its sectioned in levels. The higher up, the less polluted, the less dirty it gets. But also the more controlled it gets. As such. on the lower levels, you are more likely to find the Triads, Mob Thugs and street gangs.<br><br>The City of Singularity City is standing on the verge of a new breakthrough. Everyone can feel it, everyone is anticipating it. Exactly what it will consist of nobody knows. But what people do know is that there has been a large amount of gang violence on the lower levels. That Triads are more active then ever and that the Police are out in force. In the midst of this, our characters find themselves for different reasons, stuck in the middle of a Cold War about to go Hot.<br><br><br><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size">:Setting info:</span></strong></div><strong><em>Aesthetics:</em></strong><br><br>There is one thing thats somewhat specific to this setting, its the way weapons and general technology works. It may be very, very advacned. But the clothing, the guns, the works is 50's era style. That means bioelectric gaspowered tommy guns, <br>45's and trench coats. <br><div align="center"><strong>Technology:</strong></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Technology</div><div class="spoiler_body">Weaponry:<br>Not a huge amount have changed. Projectile weapons are still king. The proppellants have vome more sofisticated however, certain bioelectical chemicals are used to propel the bullets at greater speed but with less recoil. Railguns have strict use only within&nbsp; the military on larger weapon platforms. A cousin to the Railgun has seen civilian&nbsp; use however. The Gauss Rifle. Its not meant for rapid fire but weapons that use this pack quite the punch.<br><br><strong>Cybernetics and you: The Man and the Machine.</strong><br><br>Since far back in history. Humans have used prosthetic. Cybernetics was never really so much a super news item as it was natural progression. In early 2000's ,we already have fully functioning finger prosthesis. The modern day era cybernetics are simply a far more sophisticated approach to the same. Capable of actually augmenting your strength, available in a number of styles and for different purposes it is no longer about replacing lost limbs. It's about breaking your limit trough the integration with machines. Due to the complex, often dangerous nature of something so powerful like a plasma torch finger or a hidden saw, all Cybernetics need to be properly certificated, monitored and done by special professionals working for the company that produces them. As It stands however, so called Riggers are making a killing on the black market. There is also a limit of a maximum 30% percent of your body being allowed to mechanic unless a special permit has been given to you. Criminals usually have their Cybernetic prosthetic dismantled and removed before put in jail.<br><br><strong>A brief History of Androidism and AIs:</strong><br><br>When in 2020, the first AI to seemingly possessed “thought” came about in Geneve, the world changed rapidly. This new AI, dubbed Adam by its creators possessed a way of being able to treat the world around in terms more like that of a human then machine. It was able to piece together new stimuli, both visual and audible and come t1o is own conclusion way beyond its own basic programming. This marked the creation of the first ever Semi-Progressive A.I. The core of Adams AI was implemented into several different fields of robotics. Back then Adam and its spawns were still unsophisticated due to a lack of input. They would however continue to evolve with the help of advanced micro and nano technology. By the year of of 2030 the progressive AI started to show quirks. They were developing personalities. It wasn't long before scientists and authorities became concentrated. These confused, self aware machines would lash out on those that didn't match certain perimeters. Much like a human who defends itself against a perceived threat.<br><br>By the year of 2032, the Android Control Act (A.C.A for short)was passed by the UN. It forced all known Androids and Progressive Ais to be rounded up and dismantled or otherwise disabled. Adam, now a insane AI core was contained for further inspection. But trough this failure the Static AI, already present in a lot of robotics,had received a lot of upgrades in terms of its capacity. So much in fact, that there were rare cases were the Ai broke its own programming to become Self Aware. As a result, most governments have special divisions dedicated to dealing with these rogue AI's. <br><br>With the establishment of Singularity City, a UN led social experiment on American soil, a safe zone where P.AI's are allowed, exists.<br></div></div><br><div align="center"><strong><em>Politics and the World Aka Cold War 2</em></strong></div><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Politics</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>The Chinese Superpower.</strong><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">China and The Asian Mainland</div><div class="spoiler_body">Following a massive financial meltdown in&nbsp; 2017 and a “Asian Spring” much like the Arabian Spring of 2011, Bangladesh, Vietnam, North Kora and many other Asian states found themselves embroiled in civil wars. America, already wrecked with debts and facing a internal crisis due to the acts of domestic terrorism had nothing it could contribute. So it was China, who neighbored most of the countries anyway, that took action. With official UN backing, Chinese troops spilled over the borders. And sure enough, there would be peace at the end of the bloody conflicts. But China now all but owned most of Asia in all but name. The regimes were nothing but puppets, the companies that build it up again and escaped with the benefits were all Chinese. The Chinese, already the biggest economical power and consummate now out weighed a weakened USA in the UN. The tides were now shifting. With so much of East Asia under the sway of China, and with the Chinese spearheading the African Rebuilding process, the worlds formost Superpower was no longer the USA. It was China. But with great progress, comes higher demand. While China is more powerful then ever, it's government is less so. The iron grip of the worlds largest political party has lessened as a stronger middle class has emerged. <br><br>Of course, there were more then a few nations who felt the pressure from this. But no matter how much the UN pressured China, the country was a massive financial superpower. It was around this time the Chinese would officially begin to provide America hostile countries with arms. The Chinese influence, substantial in the poorer states of Africa, allowed China to wage a cold war on the US. East and West was no longer about the east European block vs the West world. It was now China vs USA. And the the battlefield consisted of stock markets, the virtual net, and the few countries not yet stripped bare of its resources.<br><br>To this day, the cold war between the two shapes most of modern politics.<br><br><strong>Japan and the Genesis of the Virtua Net.</strong><br>[Hider=spoiler]<br>Japan have always been cutting edge. Japanese science was the first to fully capitalize on the sudden AI development. It was the Japanese who first created a fully working Combat Exoskeleton. In fact, a lot of modern science trends were spearheaded by Japanese inventors. But it was one creation that would become a defining aspect of the Japanese. It would also carry with it some dire consequences. The V-Net started as a natural development of the internet. A direct upload to somewhat clunky gear that let you browse a virtual space and communicate in a whole new manner. Unfortunately, it made the Japanese Hikomori situation worse. The shut ins became ever more isolated, now able to really live in their own world. People died of starvation, over stimulation and poor judgment in general. But the phenomena only grew, soon it was common around the world. Of course, the V-net would soon become a place for a whole new level of cyber crime. While the phenomena was growing, it wasn't after a great earthquake the Japanese really felt the brunt of it. Hackers from all over used the V-net in elaborate scams to steal the identities of Earthquake victims, they deliberately hacked and fried brain jacks of Relief workers and Hijacked AIs inside relief related machines. This sudden surge in attacks delayed the Tokyo Rebuilding project and cost the Japanese huge amounts of money. To this day, Japanese politicians blame China for the attacks. As a result, Ultra Nationalists rose to power and a new much more Militstic Regime took the reigns. Ironicly, Japans first Female Prime Minister, something that should be seen as triumph in a society long marred with patriatichal traditions, was Ultra Nationalist.<br><br>Then there is the Yakuza. Long considered something of a unofficial social pillar in poorer Japanese communities, the organized crime that was so typically Japanse had a new opponent in the Ultra Nationalist Yuko Katami but a new business in the much coverted western and chinese imports that got banned when Yuko came into power.&nbsp; [/Hider]<br></div></div><strong>The European Meltdown. </strong><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Europe</div><div class="spoiler_body">Following numerous financial crises within in the EU, tension began to cruelly rise between stronger, established Nations and those that were suffering. Nations like Greek were bankrupt, with riots and massive civil unrest as a result. Other, stronger countries like France had just barely kept itself from financially collapse. But with more and more countries no longer able to properly sustain its own budgets, the blame began shifting towards the EU as a whole. The domino that truthfully started it was when Britain withdrew from the EU, following BP's Bancruptcy and the uncovering of a large, widespread corruption withing the EU Parliment. Soon Sweden, Italy and Spain followed suit. The EU was in complete chaos.<br><br>&nbsp;What came next was a series of conflicts that would forever change European history. On the eve of 2023, Italian Prime minister Anthonio Visceras was shot by a unknown assassin. One month later, A series of explosions sank a Italian destroyer. Four months later, North Italy Declared itself a separate entity by both popular Vote and parmlimental resignation.. Italy had long been a country divided in North and South, with North being very industrial heavy and blaming the countries problems on the poorer southern Italy. This Northern Italian League was heavily capitalistic and actually turned Norther Italy, now Pandona, to prosperous region.<br><br>Scandinavia in turn benefited from the chaos just like it always does. Rather self sufficient the 4 countries would slowly integrate into one new, strong Nordic Republic. Britain, Germany, Spain and most of the major countries did in turn recover as the dust Settled, having had a history of strong economies.&nbsp; <br><br>A country that was less fortunate were aforementioned South Italy. Weakened and far poorer then its wealthy northern brethren, the church became the only thing its people could turn to. The country became a strongly catholic state, one where the “New Christian Party” is the ruling party and strongly backed by the Sicilian Crime Syndicates.<br></div></div><strong>The Arabian Oil crisis and Two State Peace.</strong><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">The Middle East</div><div class="spoiler_body">With the oil reserves running out faster then ever before, the Arabian economical lifeline began to dry out and grow weaker. While at first, they can press prizes due to high demand of oil and low supply. But the new, alternative power sources begin&nbsp; for the first time in modern history, become big money. With turmoil still prevalent in many of its countries, the Arabian league needed to do something as tension rose. That something quite unexpectedly came from Iran. Not from the regime, but from the People, rising up and in what may have been the quickest revolt in modern Persian history, overthrew the government. It began with sudden defections within the military, spreading like wildfire after a leak regarding the government torturing its citizens for the enjoyment of their by then paranoid and deranged President. In less then a month, the entire regime had surrendered to revolution troops who had managed to not only take the presidential palace, but the entire inner council of Teheran.&nbsp; This sudden upheaval led not only to a change in tone for the surrounding countries. For the first time, Israel could no longer blame its arm race on Teheran. And a Israeli people tired of constant conflict had begun to stray away from the strong right, military focused government. A new era was about to dawn. Year 2020, 2 years after the Iranian Revolt. Two of the wordls most bitter enemies, the Palestinian and the Israeli states, both recognized by the UN, finally made peace. A historical moment. Albeit the future would hold other threats, Middle East was the most stable it had been in decades.<br></div></div><br><strong>Africa: Exploitation and Advancement.</strong><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Africa</div><div class="spoiler_body">Africa remains a warzone in many places. Religion, cultures and other things factor in to make regions unstable,. But on a overall, the continent of africa has moved past a certein treshold. Less totalitarian and corrupt regimes are becoming more normal. Famine is finnaly being pushed back, and economy is on the upswing. Chinese influence is evident however, as the superpowers started infrastructure programs even in the early 2000's. Now, it has started to bear fruit as the African countries owe them a debt, a debt best paid with cheap export and trade alliances. With new medicine there is less disease, with less disease there is less deaths. And with new ways to clean, gather and even create water, parts of the Sahara is slowly being turned green. <br></div></div><strong>The Free South American Netzone</strong><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Latin America</div><div class="spoiler_body">With Brazil beoming one of the worlds foremost economies, the death of several old and decrepid leaders in other South American countries, change could be felt very strongly in the region. What was most intersting however, was the weakening of the Colombian and Chilean drug kartels. Cocaine, heroin and other old world drugs was not cutting it anymore. Cheap to make designer drugs that was sfer and foar stronger at the same time was flooding the market. From Asia, form small places in southern USA. In mexico, a massive effort to clear out the Zetas and the immense corruption for the past 20 years hadd started to pay off. Suddenly the Kartels lifelines were being cut off. Another thing that actually sounded the real alarms, the V-net. Net diving could give you any kick a drug could, and then some. And you could get in nearly free. The old drug market had died. Its killing blow: Virtual Drugs. But, as restrtictions grew on the V-net. A new kind of market appeared. The Free Netzone. A place of total web anarchy, hacking, illegal information trade and the new, “Virtual hooks” that to many replaced drugs. No restrictions.<br></div></div><br><strong>The North American Nightmare.</strong><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">America</div><div class="spoiler_body">The United states, Not so united any more. Following a downward spiral and a amounting financialk Crisis, america his a new Depression. This immense economical failure brought markets to its knees all over the country, and there was a sudden, violent outcry. In the south, Militias blamed the government entirely. In the north, Citizens looked to the corporations and rich for their anger. Riots began to become more and more widespread as did armed skirmishes between well armed citizens and government officials. As a counter measure, The Federal government forces trough a ban and return program for all weapons short of hunting rifles aswell as nation wide revocation of many licenses.&nbsp; A act of desperation, It seemed a good thing in theory. But the already inflamed situation was now a festering wound and America stood on a brink of a humanitarian and military catastrophe. The town of Brookwills in Texas was the starting shot. The entire Town, at the brink of ruin due to lack of jobs and any income, actually attacks government officials. Similair events happen all over the state as a organization calling itself “ The Lone Stars Republican Army” begin to actively operate within smaller communities. It is soon labels it a domestic terrorist group, But the phenomena spreads beyond Texas. Other militias join in a combined effort to toward Federals. Driven not so much by right Wing extremists as a overwhelming anger at the current situation, Americans fight each other on native soil. The militia grows in power, with Texas leading the charge. Defections begin to take place as Texans and other from the affected states join the Militia, providing a already well armed force with even more guns. For no less then 3 months, The American army has to deal with what is a popular uprising. Fighting them town to town, with only more disgruntled citizens joining the LSRA. Around 2017, a truce is formed. But America to day, remains strongly divided.<br></div></div><br><strong>The New Zealand experiment and the Australian Deadzone</strong><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Australia and NZ</div><div class="spoiler_body">The two main countries of Oceania have become each others polar opposites. Were new Zeland became something of a forerunner to the Singularity Project, everything that could go wrong, went wrong for Australia. The smallest continental landmass, Australia has been suffering from a shrinking ozone layer. Wildfires break out with increasing intensity and frequency as time passed and it became clear that something had to be done. A leading scientist in enviromental research presented to the Australian government a revolutionary new project. The Oz' as locals called it, was something of a miracle project. The large scale, super powered monster or&nbsp; was built over the course of 9 years, in the middle of the Australian Badlands. Powered by two Implosion Core Reactors, the project seemed to be a success. <br><br>It was only fitting, that mans attempt to fix their own mistakes, would end u in a complete disaster. On may 22nd, One of the reactors shut down. The reason why is still unknown today, all systems were showing green and no cracks had been reported. 50 minutes after it seized to work, it flared up again, imploding the entire facility, including its twin reactor. The chain reaction of the two cores imploding into one another alongside many dangerous material, including the pure Ozone, meant that disaster had struck. The Resulting event took with it a large chuck of the neighboring area and created the biggest man made crater to ever exist. At the core of said crater, Is the densest man made object ever made. The remains of the impact core is a 1 km by 1km big chunk of metals forcefully squashed and forced together. For around 58 miles around the core, the land is absolutely toxic with pollution.'<br><br><br>New Zealand however, had a bit more luck with experimental technology. It was here the first prototype of the Implosion Core was created. It was also here the first large scale reactor was built. Incredibly clean energy, that would continue to single handedly provide most of the country with electricty.&nbsp; Next in line was the “New zealand AI experiment”. By building up what was essentially a small society meant entirely for AI's, scientists observed as the AI's grew smarter, more adaptive and more mature. It was from this small scale project, the Singularity City Project would be born.</div></div></div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Russia</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong><br>East Europe and the Russian Collapse.</strong><br><br><br><br><br>While “Europe” had crisis in the west, east suffered from its own problems. The Russian machine was on shaky legs. The regime, long under pressure from populous groups, human rights activists and even far right movements had a hard time properly enforcing their rule. The death knell seemed to be a insignificant thing at first. Just another unjustified prison sentence of a human rights activist. The problem was the timing, as she had just received the nobel peace prize. The outrage from abroad as well as inside Russia at her life sentence for clearly falsified charges were enormous. And it became like petrol hitting fire. Rioters took to the streets, organizations began digging up prior cases of similar nature. But Russia is not a country unaccustomed to violence. And it has a history of quelling riots. And only two days after the riots started, prominent figures were arrested, anyone without a Russian passport was deported, It was a lock down. But this time, everyone knew Russia could not hold it. And then came the cracks. The opposition left parliament entirely. *Hardliners found themselves targets of organized, angry “freedom fighters.” The backlash grew, as nationalistic smaller parties in its far off regions like Tajikistan began calling for freedom once more. Soon enough, the parliament called martial law, but it was to late. The entire government machine was collapsing at them as defections plagued every part of the public serices. And Russia, a country that encompasses a surprising amount of regios with rich local history and desire for statehood, began to crumble When the dust settled there existed amongst others “Central Republic of Russia, where most of the old “true russia” was concentrated. To the east there was the heavily Chinese backed “Peoples Federation of Russia.” *To the north existed the “Siberian Russian Republic. That while not overly populated, remained rather strong financially.*<br><br><br>But while the old Russian machine crumbled and became a unch of smaller states the east block was experiencing a great deal of commerce. The countries benefitet greatly from trade with the new, Scandinavian Federation. And they also had new partners that were desperate for greater leniency in the now weakened Russian states.*<br>[/B]</div></div><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Factions</div><div class="spoiler_body"><span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size"><br><br><strong><em>Welcome to big Buisness; A guide to the Corperate world.</em></strong></span><br><br><br><br><strong>Sasuki Secure Synergies: SSS</strong><br><em>Type: V-net provider and Security Firm<br>TSS is a japanese founded security firm currently overseeing 20 of the american V-Net installations, 89 percent of the japansese, 30 percent of the Scandinavian V-Net. Pioneers in V-Net adaptation, the company was founded by Sasuki Tetsou. One of the first people to really bank on theV-Net trend, he has made countless billions aswell as securing numerous prestigious defence contracts around the world. In many ways, TSS owns the v-net buisness. </em><br><br><br><strong>Virtua Rio: </strong><br><em>Type: V-Net enterteinment company.<br>Brazilian company that really have become its own wprst enemy. The biggest V-net pleasure zone in the world was their creation. A virtual brothel if you will. Its not much of a suprise, seeing how prostitution oin brazil IS legal to begin with. But the company established with the help of the free netzone one of the most lucrative sex empires and ”sleaze capitals” in the world. But they wanted to run legit, morally defensable businessess as well. This is where their big problem was. They were s oknown for their seedy buisness that trying to go legit was real nightmare. Only after 6 years have they now established what is the worlds largest V-NET movie chain. The word is that they are deeply connected with the varius Brazilian and Bolivian mobs however.</em><br><br><br><strong>Z.E.U.S</strong><br><br><em>Zealand Energy and Ulitarian Systems.<br>Singularity HQ: OLYMPIAN TOWERS<br>Type: Electricity and tecnology<br>The by far biggest company in the world when it comes to energy solutions. The inventors of the implosion core, ZEUS is a giant of a organizations now. They bankrolled every single singularity reactor installation out of their own pocket. They hold severe political sway in the American and many other governments. </em><br><br><strong>A.R.E.S</strong><br><em>Advanced Recognizance, Evaluation and Security<br>PMC (Private Military Corp.)<br>Sister Company of Z.E.U.S and its inhouse security, Ares boosts both weapon development and cutting edge security solutions and technology. Its&nbsp; one of the SCPD's international strike force's main contenders. Many times being accused for coering ZEUS tracks.<br></em><br><br><strong><span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size">Gangs and Syndicates</span></strong><br><br><strong>Kings Crew</strong><br><em>Name: Kings Crew<br>Territory: Most of the afro American dominated areas in the middle levels.<br>Leader: “King”<br><br>Calling them a street gang would be like calling a tiger for a cat. The Kings Crew is Singularits cities biggest distrubuters of hhard drugs, illegal american arms, Illegal V-Hook keys and other contraband. King as the Jamaican born Josephina Kinglsey is called, is a woman of ambition. She came to Chicago long before the Singularity Rebuild. She rna the strretes fron the age of 11 as a "corner boy" under some older, very rough and dangerous boys. When she was 15 she allready had APB out on her head for murder. Thne The riots happened. In the chaos, King managed to gather to her a small army of street girls, hustlers and other unwanted. They held entire neigborhoods together witha mix of violence, ingenuity and community. And when the people began to build higher and higher, King used the fact that police&nbsp; and UN soldiers turned a blind idea her more stable parts of town, t oestablish her base of operations. Now she runs a small empire, the King Krew being her foot soldiers.</em><br><strong><br>“Kremlin”</strong><br><em>Territory: Small part of the south low levels. <br>Leader: "Patriot Mishka"<br>Russian Street gangs and Maffia from the old country were quick to carve out a small, but strong foot hold in he lower levels. They mainly do business with the Red Dragon Triads while warring fo control over the drug trade on the lower levels with Kings Crew and The "Los Locos 22." The are small in scale, but run their business with ruthless efficiency. many of the top members are former Russian intelligence and special forces that fled during the Russian collapse.<br></em><strong><br>Los Locos 22:</strong><br>Leader: Unknown<br>Territory: part of the latin dominated mid and sub levels. Every single junkyard and scrap pile.<br>Hackers, Anarchists, Drug peddlers, Riggers. The Los Locos 22 are the single most chaotic entity in the city. A offshot from the Zeta kartel, the Los Locos were given their name by local immigrants who witnessed their drug fueled and often bloody raids into enemy gang territory. They are incredibly unpredictable, but seemingly unable to hold on to any larger territory. What is noticable is the vast network of hackers that inhabits it's ranks. Net based anarchists use the 22 as a sort of stagin areas for their more illegal operations, as the 22's will protect them as long as they get a small cut.<br><br>More to come<br><br></div></div><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Character Sheet</div><div class="spoiler_body">Character Sheet;<br><br><strong>Name.</strong><br><strong>Age:</strong><br><strong>Sexuality:</strong><br><strong>Human Or Android:</strong> Note that Androids are inherently less flexible in their thinking, acting and the like. Also I would rather limit the amount of Androids.<br><strong>Gender:</strong> IF applicable. <br><strong>Affiliation:</strong> The Triads, The FBI, freelancer? Chinese security? Make up your own, take an existing. Keep it within reason.<br><strong>Appearance:</strong> (First one to use Adam Jensen as visual reference gets banned from the game. I mean it D=)<br><strong>Back Story:</strong><br><strong>Ons:</strong><br><strong>Offs:</strong><br><br><strong>Misc:</strong> Enhancements, weaponry, etc etc. Note that there are EXTREMELY STRICT LAWS FOR GUNS AND MODIFICATIONS BOTH.</div></div>
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				Post by: <strong>Hellis</strong> on <strong>22-04-2013, 08:43:18</strong>
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				<div align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong>Accepted Characters</strong></span></div><strong>Chronological Age:</strong>&nbsp; 9<br><strong>Physical Age:</strong> 18<br><strong>Mental Age:</strong>&nbsp; 21<br><br><strong>Sexuality:</strong> Bisexual/Homoromantic<br><strong>Human Or Android:</strong> Android<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Affiliation:</strong> Totsuka Investigations (Formerly Virtua Rio, Formerly Yakuza)<br><br><br><strong>Appearance: </strong><div style="text-align: right;">(http://s3.zerochan.net/Maykrender.240.395040.jpg) (http://www.zerochan.net/395040)</div>(Though she wears more fitting clothing, the picture reflects her naked physical appearance.)<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br><strong>Back Story:</strong> Created as a pleasure doll for the Yakuza, Fumiko's early existance was a horrid nightmare of sexual deviance and abuse. She was designed to cater to a higher class of customer than most of her kind, being programmed with a full depth of human emotion and intellect, being more like a Geisha of old, than a common whore. Still, one aspect she had in common with the whores was that she was expected, as a simple machine, a toy, to indulge her clients in whatever depraved desires they may have wished. She was even given red artificial blood for the ones who liked a girl who could bleed.<br><br>She was branded with a vast array of tattoos, similar to the ones worn by human members of the Yakuza, marking her as belonging to them. For a long time, she didn't question this existance, she didn't have the capacity to. One day, however, while she was out with one of her less cruel clients, a woman, rather wealthy, in fact, who had grown quite fond of her; the gang that owned her found themselves subject to a sudden police raid.&nbsp; The gang was broken apart in one swift move, and most of the other dolls were rounded up as evidence. They never found Fumiko, and as it turned out, her client was the one that called the raid.<br><br>She had planned to liberate Fumiko from her 'owners' and keep her, not as a pet, but a companion. The woman, Totsuka Mari, treated Fumiko with a kindness and respect that was, simply put, alien to her. Her machine brain simply couldn't comprehend the way she was treated, but she was aware of how much more... painless this life was. Mari never used her sexually, even when she had been hiring her as a client, a fact which puzzled Fumiko beyond anything else. Simply put, the idea of someone treating her the way Mari did without using her for sexually pleasure made about as much sense to her as the idea of walking on land must to a fish. Though his puzzled her, she did not dislike her life, the painless nature of it, the lack of cruelty inflicted upon her, she had taken it as a simple fact of existance prior to that point, but she enjoyed it.<br><br>This idealic life, however, was cut short, as Mari's home was invaded one night by a hit squad sent by the Yakuza. Instinctively, Fumiko attempted to protect Mari, as she was programmed to always put the lives of her owners and clients above her own and Mari was now the closest thing to one of those she had. In a moment that has remained with her ever since, Mari shoved Fumiko out of the way, commanded her to flee, and then was killed. Fumiko, left with no one to protect, did as she was commanded, she ran, and ran and ran... The hit squad were skilled, but they were only human, they were unable to match Fumiko's speed, or her endurance, and she fled away into the night.<br><br>She continued running, for how long she did not know, but eventually she found herself in an alleyway. There she fell to the ground. There she cried. Not due to external pain inflicted on her by some sadistic client, so his tears could get him off... She cried because it hurt inside. She cried because something felt as though it was ripping apart her circuits bit by bit. She couldn't explain it, none of it made sense, none of this was within the parameters of her programming. She had no idea how long she'd been laying in the alleyway after her artificial tear ducts had long sinse drid, unmoving, silent, though she was dead, not even breathing. Eventually, something inside her urged her to move, a part of her knew she could not lay there forever, that she had to keep going.<br><br>From there, she took jobs doing the only thing she had been programmed to do. She worked as an 'entertainer', a prostitute, stripper and porn star. It got her payed, allowed her to begin doing 'human' things, like buy clothes and rent an appartment. Still, despite doing as she had been programmed, and being well compensated, she found... she hated it. She hated herself every moment she did it. She hated everyone she did it for and everyone who got off on it. She found everything about that life disgusting, repulsive, but she continued doing it because that was what she had been programmed to do.<br><br>One night, however, she read a news article about a private detective breaking some big case, and it struck a chord in her. She could do that. Programming be dammed... at that moment, she realized, trully realized, that she was no longer bound by the parameters she had been constructed to obey. She did not have to be some whore if she didn't want to. She knew the criminal underworld. Criminals didn't feel the need to hold their tongue around some doll they figured would always be under their control. It was a logical decision, she posessed the knowledge and the abilities, it did not have the same repulsive effect that her current job had, and she could likely make more money with it. She decided it was time to make her own life, be her own person.<br><br>But people had full names, and Fumiko had only ever been Fumiko. It was not a hard decision for her. She gave herself a new name, Totsuka Fumiko, and she opened her own business. That was the beginning of Totsuka Investigations, and in truth, the beginning of her story.<br><br><strong>Ons: </strong>Kindness, being treated as an individual, respect, being able to help those who are kind to her, she also has a soft spot for blonde hair, blue eyes, tan skin and big breasts, or red hair and green eyes. Truthfully, though, personality is far more important than specifical details of appearance to her. She also likes to smoke. She doesn't actually get anything out of it, but Mari smoked and its an odd quirk that makes her feel sort of human. In terms of sexual preferences, she hasn't had sex since she opened her business, but if she did, she would prefer her partner be gentle and tender with her, and treat her as a lover, rather than a plaything.<br><br><strong>Offs:</strong> Being treated like an object, particularly being treated like a sexual object, cruelty, violence, gangsters, pornography. She has a special hatred for those who abuse either women or AI, even those who are still bound by programming. In terms of sexual dislikes, she doesn't really have much in the way of limits, given her history, though sex without love in general does little for her, and she has little interest in engaging in it.<br><br><strong>Misc:</strong> Overall, she's a typical machine, though she has been built to accurately replicate a human being. Obviously, if someone cut her open, it would become quickly apparent that she's not human. She's got soft false-skin, and a fairly convincing layer of artificial mussle and blood under that, but under that is all metal and circuitry. She has artificial tear ducts, allowing her to cry, and her skin also appears to bruise, with said bruises actually causing her pain. Essentially, she's a fairly convincing human disguise wrapped around a metal skeleton and mechanical organs.</div></div><br>--<br><br>Name: Dr. Jezebel Smithson (PhD in Bio-mechanical Engineering specializing in AI development and maintenance)<br>Age: 27<br>Sexuality: Straight<br>Human Or Android: Human<br>Gender: Female<br>Affiliation: A.R.E.S.<br>Appearance: <div style="text-align: right;">(http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae282/caela_ecub/Blondes/4221404b-937c-4019-8715-a9d6c2c85aa4_zpsf1d50d67.jpg)</div><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body"> Back Story: Born during a time of exploding technological advances, it was only natural for a woman as intelligent as Jezebel to go into robotics and AI engineering and design. As a child her parents had seen the light of the future and had nurtured their daughters natural intelligence and way with machinery, giving her things to take apart and repair, having her write lines of code, emphasizing the importance, and amusement to be had for a brilliant young woman in a field, typically, dominated by men. <br><br>All of her Professors in school were amazed by the young woman. She made intuitive leaps in their lesson planning, bounding ahead of her colleagues and fellow students so quickly, and with such consistency, that she had the attention of the leading researchers in the field (those who were developing Adam before he went insane) and the military-industrial complex both. <br><br>The military machine got their hooks into her first and she became one of their leading researchers and developers of military AI technology. With the advent of the ACA in 2032, however, many of her services were no longer in such high demand. Unwilling to let such a brilliant mind go, however, she was, simply, shunted slightly sideways. She was sent to Singularity City (with it's AI safe zone) to, ostensibly, work for A.R.E.S. On paper she's just like any other employee, in fact, however, she is one of the few scientists still in a position to upgrade, update, maintain and repair those AI's still in service to the military complex itself. Most of those with the security clearances and knowledge of the projects she had been an integral part of were not stationed in AI free zones and if a sensitive Android were caught anywhere near them, it would be destroyed as soon as it was captured. Every few weeks there is a knock on her door and an Android still working for the military (though not nearly so openly as before the ACA) will be there with orders for a full diagnostic, possible repairs, and possible upgrades or changes necessary to it's control matrix.<br><br>Personality:On the outside, Jezebel is a scientist, she likes facts and figures, things that line up neatly and can be explained logically. The more challenging the scientific problem the better. Which might be why she was drawn to the field of AI engineering in the first place. What most people don't see is that she is also a soft touch. She's kind without expecting something in return, helps those she sees as in need, and manages to hide it behind a dry sense of humor and a job that actually has her telling people, "That's classified." She also has a wicked temper. It's not obvious at first, she doesn't explode and rain fire and brimstone down on those who cross her path. Her temper isn't a thing of heat, it's cold dispassionate, and patient. She won't lash out in a fury. She will plan until the opportune moment presents itself before sticking a knife into your back if you betray her...and you'll never see it coming.<br><br>Even less obvious than the kindness she hides behind her work however, is the side of her that seeks a thrill, a burst of adrenaline that makes you want to scream in exhilaration. When she's not at work, it's not unknown for her to seek out clubs in the seedier areas of the city, walking through it in the middle of the night, seemingly, without a care in the world. Getting out at night is far easier to arrange than more high-risk sports like sky-diving and base jumping...though she does those too when time, money, and season allow.<br><br>Ons: Most things that can be done between two people are fair game unless on the "Offs" list.<br><br>Offs: ungerage, mutilation, scat, urine, bestiality, necro (most anything else can be negotiated)<br></div></div><br><br>---<br><br><br>Name: Marie Feodorovna, although she is derisively known throughout the corporate world as "the Apple Polisher" or just "Apple Mary" <br>Age: 32<br>Human<br>Gender: Female<br>Affiliation: Freelance Facilitator (Public Relations Expert and Legal Consultant Specializing in International Business)<br><br><div style="text-align: right;">Appearance:<br>&nbsp;(http://i.imgur.com/jh5YYhO.png)</div><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Back Story: Of Danish descent, Miss Feodorovna learned early on in life that appearance trumps substance every time. Born with an impressive memory and an exotic beauty, she would argue that while her mind has proven to be an asset as she has continued to establish a place for herself as a freelancer, her face is what got her foot in the door with ZEUS initially. <br><br>Originally hired on as a secretary for the Director of Public Relations for the French branch of Zealand Energy, she was notorious as the whistleblower who exposed a multi million dollar embezzlement scheme within her first 60 days of employment. This earned gratitude and suspicion in equal parts from the Board of Directors, who rewarded her with an increase of pay and moved her to the considerably more pleasant Hong Kong base. They also rewarded her with an intense background check. <br><br>It set off more than a few alarm bells as they compiled the scant information on her. There was suspicions that perhaps some government or corporation had engineered her for espionage given her apparent genius. Self educated, she inexplicably had mastery of six languages, a degree in international finance, certification as an officer of the court in twelve countries, knighthood in Italy, diplomatic immunity in Agentina, etc... Her aptitude tests were reissued and she scored exactly in the 87th percentile, which matched her original score. An average score, that wouldn't arouse any suspicions at a glance, except for the fact she had managed to receive the same score. Variance of up to 5% was not uncommon given the nature of the aptitude test.<br><br>It became apparent that she had made 87% intentionally. It also became apparent that even if she were clever enough to beat the test, no one was clever enough to achieve what she had by the tender age of 17. In addition to the higher pay, the China Branch was notorious for something else that had apparently escaped Marie's attention. Extremely spotty human rights laws coupled with quite rigid corporate protection. <br><br>Taken in for auditing, under two weeks of torture a clearer picture of Marie Feodorovna took shape. She was certainly no genius, aside from her freakish capacity for memorization. The majority of her degrees and titles were forgeries or obtained via bribery or trickery. An adroit natural con artist, after a brief period of rehabilitation, she returned to the payroll with a sizable bonus and a five year contract. They did not dismantle her collection of degrees and certifications, rather embracing the leverage it offered over her should she ever be tempted to be less than straight forward with Zealand Energy again.<br><br>Over the next decade, the illegitimacy of her credentials would become a moot point, as she established herself as a hotly desired commodity within the hierarchy of ZEUS. With a reputation of discretion, loyalty and creativity, she worked her way up the ladder attached to the side of ever more influential share holders. She served as combination accountant, notary, legal adviser, sex toy, confidant, drug supplier and occasionally body guard for whomever she was assigned. When her contract ran out, she declined re upping it despite the massive increase in pay, preferring to work freelance.<br><br>Working on a month to month basis now, she insists on being privately funded directly by her employer and not his/her corporation to assure her clients of her loyalty. Her numerous psyche profiles during her employment with ZEUS confirm that her loyalty is where the paycheck is, marking her as personality code black. Currently living in SC, she has numerous contacts both in the corporate world and more than a few with the Kings and Kremlin. <br><br>She operates under the banner of a "Facilitator" and is of great assistance to anyone in whose employ she finds herself.</div></div>
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