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PLOT ENGAGEMENT COMPANION
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This page acts as a companion page to the Plot Engagement post. It'll be a player-maintained page for Meadowlark, and the hope is that everything here will be easier to track and follow as Meadowlark progresses. Since most important information will be compiled here, we recommend that you track this page instead of plot engagement!
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COMPILATION OF MOD POSTS
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One for: underground fighting rings
and another for: general life in New Amsterdam
UNDERGROUND FIGHTING RINGS
GENERAL NEW AMSTERDAM LIFE
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RELEVANT INFORMATION:
→Can be a good source of income.
→With more fame someone can be asked to headline fights or become a defending champ. Their name can also become known to law enforcement.
URL OF COMMENT:Underground fighting ring: Championships
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→It's not too hard to find out about them.
→The fights are hard, more people with bodymods and enhancements are in the higher tiers along with the good fighters.
→If you win you get: A great deal of cash, notoriety among the fighting rings, and an opportunity for contact from some of the heavy hitters in New Amsterdam's underworld, as well as some of the corporate people who throw their support behind fighters in the ring so they can pad their pockets.
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→Yes. Bicycles are popular.
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I'd like to request heads for the Maeda family & Giles Bell!
CORPORATE FIGUREHEADS
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MAEDA FAMILY
RELEVANT INFORMATION: Maeda has a lot of connections thanks to her job, and corporate impropriety runs rampant in the city. Wrong the wrong person, and bad things happen. She has connections in the city and is apparently capable of using them to identify people should they wrong her or become too obvious.
URL OF COMMENT: Here!
RELEVANT INFORMATION: The Maeda family has been involved in Giles Bell for the past few centuries. They seem to inherit their positions through nepotism. They also appear to be involved in criminal activity, or at least in betting on the fighting rings.
Hideki maintains a Cooltalk presence mostly subsisting on partying.
Aoi Maeda: Board of Giles Bell
Unnamed Husband: Board of Pulsar
Hideki Maeda: Son
They also own a dog.
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Thank you!
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CITIES
HISTORY
GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE
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And one for Kaiju/Creatures, one for the death of the nurse and the 41st Street fire, and one for Morningstar?
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CRIMINAL UNDERGROUND
KAIJU
41ST STREET FIRE
MORNINGSTAR
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MAJOR CORPORATIONS
SHRINES
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RELEVANT INFORMATION:
— BOBBI MORSE uses her powers to question a fireman at the scene who "would tell her that they believe the fire started at the nurse's apartment, and the man was found dead inside. They do not yet know the cause of death. They are considering the fire itself suspicious, and will be doing a full investigation as soon as the building is safe."
— KYLO REN questions residents of the apartment building and scopes out the criminal perspective on the incident. RE: Residents, he learns that few neighbors recall the nurse and don't remember anything strange about that day other than the fire. RE: General and criminal opinions, he learns "that most think it's strange that all the chaos was caused by people who lived there, and wonder if there was any weapon deployed. Otherwise, they'll be irritated that news outlets tried to suggest that anyone from one of the big crime organizations would even dare to do something like that."
— BOBBI MORSE & LEO FITZ test samples of those affected and cured during the outbreak that followed the fire, finding DNA signifiers shared with the monsters in the affected sample and surge of white blood cells in the cured sample.
— LEO FITZ & KYLO REN test samples of residue found on the debris at the site of the fire; the residue shares DNA signifiers with the monsters
— LEO FITZ investigates AJJ Holdings and learns "the nurse's existence was completely erased... no records of his recent rent payments, his rental application, or anything else. That someone's records have been wiped like this would be extremely unusual, and AJJ would honestly be a little freaked out and inclined to believe the man was never a tenant in the first place, as that would be a more comfortable reality."
— LEO FITZ, BOBBI MORSE, & MARCOS DIAZ interrogate the morgue attendants and learn the following.
All of these findings are recorded in IC posts from @leo.fitz, @katelin.philips, and @daisy.johnson.
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— The origins of Morningstar and the Venus Riots: "Fitz would be able to find out that the "Venus Riots" happened in 2454. The records Fitz would find would say that the people were dissatisfied, that they ignored the warnings put out by the government and corporations that were funding these trips over to the colonies to begin the terraforming process. Numerous people died, proving that it was a tragedy of massive proportions, and new regulations were put into place to prevent riots like this in the future.
Gaby and El would tell a version of the story that is similar, but make it clear that the riots were a result of rising tensions on the colonies because of the poor conditions. Many of these people were promised a new life that would pioneer the future for humanity away from the increasingly difficult conditions on Earth. Gaby would describe it more as the government had picked up cattle to be slaughtered, people who would prove to be a part of the testing ground on one of the most dangerous environments out in space. Common people should have never been chosen as a part of the first wave of the terraforming project.
As for Morningstar's role, a number of people who were involved and lived would go on to help to form the organization as it's known today."
— What happened to Casper, the agent who first brought the Displaced to the safehouse: "Casper is fine! We're sorry for not finishing our log back in August to illustrate this, but after a stint in the medi-unit - which are highly advanced units that can revive people - he's back out and doing work for Morningstar."
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RELEVANT INFORMATION: "There are no known surviving AI! It is believed that all were destroyed during the war, and though it was a concern that some may have escaped, given it's been several hundred years now, it's considered very unlikely that they would not have resurfaced or been found since.
The Xelkoven War (named for Xelkov, the largest manufacturer of AI at the time), also known as the AI War, started in 2095 and lasted for 6 years, ending in 2101, with an estimated death toll of 1.2 billion (human). It began when Elysian, Xelkov's most popular smart home AI, killed 50 families simultaneously. Though the AI was deleted immediately after the incident and a thorough investigation started to find the cause and prevent anything similar happening again, the incident was a catalyst. Whether inspired by Elysian's actions or motivated in response to the anti-AI sentiment that spread in the aftermath, other AI began acting against humans, often violently. Within the span of 6 months, events soon escalated to all out war, fought on both the physical and digital battlefields. With AI having no need for food, sleep, and being able to manufacture new units whenever needed, the war was largely one of resistance against an overwhelming force for several years, and it was often believed that it would be lost, with humans exterminated. Eventually some breakthroughs were made in development of viruses and electronic disruption weapons, allowing for a few key battles to finally turn the tide of the war. The last AI was deleted in 2101. The end of the war has been celebrated annually since with the holiday of Resolution Day, remembering how humanity survived through resilience, tenacity and fortitude, and standing as a reminder for why the strict laws on Artificial Intelligence development are necessary and must be adhered to."
DATING AND SOCIAL MEDIA
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There are a number of different apps available for characters and NPCs to peruse, including an extension to the popular Cooltalk social media site, called Chill.
Others are: SYNCn (for couples who want long-term relationships), SCRATCH (for FWB type dynamics that could become something more), and GOTcha (hookups).
These sites primarily pull data into algorithms that allow users to search, filter, and target very specific interests or features about a potential date. The apps can also be used for microblogging purposes. The "swipe" exists in spirit through the implant, but you can still choose to view someone's more in depth profile if you want.
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RELEVANT INFORMATION: Traditional/classic ballroom dances (like the waltz, foxtrot, swing, etc) still exist, albeit with a futuristic twist! The Charleston is experiencing a revival currently and competitive dancing is still very much a thing — it's even a sport in the Olympics!
Dance clubs exist in New Amsterdam and would have a heavy VR influence.
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ELECTIONS
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• Elections are the last Monday in October 2512.
• There is no official reason or public statement as to why Governor Gill-Jade is stepping back from reelection. There are rumours within government that she can no longer handle the workload and has been absent from the office, but they are not widely discussed.
• "Public opinion hasn't made up their minds yet, but they seem to believe that Jovavich is a foregone conclusion, too. Polling backs Lynch, but that isn't with the same sentiments as anyone believing he can win."
• Background info on candidate Joseph Lynch as available on the internet:
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The UN Embassy acts as the agent to carry out a lot of the regulations, as well as granting and regulating travel between the megacities. It works to ensure that all megacity laws adhere to UN sanctions, as well as not breaking any major human rights violations.
City Hall, and therefore the governor's head of operations, is essentially an independent operating group from the UN, trying to handle and mandate laws and customs according to the needs of that megacity.
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New Beijing, as the capital of the United Nations, mandates all regulations related to environmental concerns, travel within megacities, and universal standards and laws that each city must abide by. Think of it as a major governing body, with the different megacities acting as independent hubs of activity (provinces, states, or similar entities). For instance, it's New Beijing that set up mandatory education until the age of eighteen, as well as universal health care. All UNA orders are approved from New Beijing and move down the ladder.