Scientist have predicted that in the immediate future a number of hundreds if not thousands of large meteorites will hit the planet. It's size comparable to the one's that killed off the dinosaurs. The impending damage will wipe out billions. Those that survive the initial impact will die when the earthquakes, tidal waves, thunderstorms, and volcanic eruptions hit in succession. Those who are lucky enough to survive will die a slow and painful death in an short ice age.
Humanity will not survive.
The United Countries devised shelters to protect humanity, they planned to destroy the meteorites, some even planned to escape to the stars and find land elsewhere, but even then they asked themselves what if they failed. What if everything they planned failed, what would happen to humans?
As a last ditch effort to save humanity countries devised a plan to save people that would one day repopulate the earth. They would be put under and kept hidden away where they sleep out the death of everyone they loved until the time has come for them to wake up and face the world at it rawest and wildest form.
One such plan was The Thirteen Colonies. Thirteen groups of eight people would be frozen, a reference to the thirteen colonies that came to the US. Each group would contain one guide, a trained survivalist, and seven young and healthy people. They would have nothing but the the clothes on their back, their wits, and their desire to live. Their only source of help would be each other and gifts from the past, bunkers. These bunkers would be survival pods containing rations, books, materials, tools and equipment that would help the survivors to live and rebuild society
The chosen seven would be plucked from anywhere in the country, unaware of what the future entails, so long as they met the physical and psychological qualifications. Outside of the physical requirements, they also wanted the elites, young people who were the best at their field, gifted, youths that would have the skills and abilities to survive and rebuild society. Their guide would be put under the same criteria, but they will be a trained adult who will protect, guide, and police the chosen seven eight. The only difference would be is that the guide would be fully aware that they would be leaving their lives behind, the seven were going to be kidnapped.
The seven would be observed, and studied from afar. They'd introduce people that would get to know them better, to see what kind of people they were. If they fit all criteria then they would be chosen. Their parents would be approached, would be informed of what is to come, and pay for their child's lives no matter how much it would cost. Once their parents, guardians, and family accept they'd given a few days to prepare for their last day. On their last moments before being put to sleep their parents could do something for them, maybe throw a party, maybe them leave them alone, or maybe seconds before they are put under they may say goodbye and tell them what is to come. Once all is said and done the seven will be taken while they slumber, and the next time they wake up it'll be in the future.
Originally, they only had ten groups, but they decided to add three more. Physically and genetically speaking they were still perfect, but unlike the elites, they were the opposite of the blessed. They were made up of social misfits, deviants, special cases, and people who did not fit in to an ideal society. They were the people who would be considered as failures in a modern world because they were flawed, ridiculed, and rejected by society because who they were, where they came from, and the labels put onto them. Their psychological profiles were blurry, and their skills were questionable if they had any. They were a gamble.
Regardless of who they were they were all going to be frozen with their guide and be launched into space. Years later, an on board computer would begin launching machines. These machines would scan a predetermined area to see if living conditions were stable. Once approved the computer will launch the group down to earth in a large body of water. One by one they would wake up and face what the new world has in store for them.
How It Will Work:
- Naturally we would be playing as the characters in one team. Unless someone explicitly wants to be the guide I will take up that role.
- You will notice that there are two kinds of groups, the "Elites" or the "Failures". I'm open to playing in either kind of group. Bare in mind the "Elites" are people who possess specialized skills so please be able to write a character whom you can use such skills instead of it just being an implied ability. These people were chosen because they have them so expect them to be used.
- This is going be a very slow paced story taken up mostly by dialog. Time Skips are also going to happen a lot as we will be skipping the quiet and lull moments of the story. Unless something relevant is happening it will be skipped.
- This RP will be heavy on the details as well so keep track on your characters belongings. What your characters has on hand is all that he has.
- This is a DRAMA. Most of what's gonna happen is your character being in his or her own head and acting in response to something going on. Sure there will be action and stuff, but for the most part those are limited to fighting creatures or with each other.
- The daily occurrences and the time consuming stuff will be skipped. As much as possible all we want is the meat of the story.
- This will be a heavily character driven story wherein each person has his or her thing going on, but we will be acting as a group. As the GM I will be setting up the scenario in advance to the players, and in turn they'll be telling everyone in the group what they'll have their characters do without spoiling the moment. Providing this information will allow the others to know in advance what you'll do without having your character pop in to mention the one thing everyone else needs to know. This will also allow us to plan how the story moves forward and avoid any pitfalls that will stall the story.
For example:- Who's going with who if the group splits?
- How will your character react to this one thing?
- What will your character encounter while moving alone?
- What will your character say when he/she talks with a character?
Setting:
- This is set in a Post Apocalypse world, but not in a civilization has fallen kind of way or in a desert wasteland or overgrown vegetation kind of way. This is a full blown planetary apocalypse that destroys most forms of life.
- If there is any remnant of the past modern world expect them to be either buried underground, underwater, collapsing, or infested with something. If somehow something remains they're relics, antiques, and dangerously inhabitable.
- As for the Fauna they're going to be similar to what's here and now, but don't be surprised if you see a giant insect or two, a feral saber toothed mammal, and some kind of weird bird and fish. Naturally they're all wild so you either tame it, kill it, leave it, or you run away from it.
- For the Flora they're just if not more weird. Don't even count on seeing wild vegetation that resembles anything like you've ever seen. Expect lots of weird looking trees, annoying grass everywhere, and possibly downright poisonous and inedible vegetation. If you want edible rice, plant or anything you'll have to plant in.
- If you think you'll find some kind of abandoned settlement expect that to be run down. Building your own house will be safer. In the rare occurrence that you do find something safe something probably lives there already. And let's say you find some sort of abandoned shelter well that place is abandoned for some reason.
Rules:
- 1. This RP is in the advanced section for a reason.
- 2. This is a group story, so we will be working in a group. Be available and conformable doing collabss with other players.
- 3. If you're thinking of applying be sure that you're willing to play for more than just a week. I want this to last as long as possible to the point where our character encounter another team and explore more than one arc.
- 4. This won't be a first come first save kind of thing. I'll accept those who seem like they know what they're doing and is actually going to be in it for the long run.
- 5. If you decide to apply for this don't expect me to just say that you're in. I will read it, provide comments and ask questions.
- 6. You need to be active IC and OOC. You don't need to be on everyday and I'm not gonna make you do so, but be there for the OOC to see what's happening in the IC on a regular basis.
- 7. Contribute to the story. You're a player not a spectator. React and provide commentary in the OOC, and don't just have your character exist and not you.
- 8. I'm just as much as a player in this as you all are. If you think I'm doing something wrong or dumb by all means call me out on it.
The Characters/ The Chosen One's (In General):
- Age: 10 to 24 for the chosen ones, and 25 to 33 for the guides.
- Physically: These people are healthy, fertile and have no predispositions for any types of diseases, illnesses, allergies, or any sort of disability when they reach a certain age or state. If these characters live a healthy, viceless, and safe lifestyle, they will die of old age. Genetically speaking they are perfect. They will most likely have a good if not better eyesight hearing, hearing, hair, skin complexion, teeth, height, weight, metabolism, etc. and will pass down those good genes to their young.
- Mentally: These characters will not be stupid, and that is a fact. They have an average IQ grade, if not downright superior without having any sort of disorder. They are perfectly capable of solving simple to complex problems as long as they have the chance to do so. They will, by no means, have any sort of disability when it comes to learning, which means that they will continue to become better, smarter, and be more capable if they choose to pursue it.
- Personality: Specific personality aside these people will be “good” people in that they will do the morally right choice six out of ten times, the four times they will not do the right thing is going to be because of heightened emotions, and morally ambiguous cases.
- Skills: These characters were specifically chosen because they have a or a set of skills that can contribute to their survival and the eventual reconstruction of society. These skills, no matter how they were acquired are things that they are capable of applying to most real world situations. These “skills” can range from having an in depth scientific knowledge of botany, anatomy, chemistry, or professional training in the fields of medicine, geology, astronomy, meteorology, etc. They could be talented in performing in arts like dance, music or even theater, or maybe their field is in sports like swimming, archery, baseball, chess, etc. or extreme sports like sailing, paragliding, scuba diving, etc. They could also be more occupational skills like political knowledge, farming, business, architecture, or something more cultural like fashion, cuisine, religion, and entertainment. They also are just skilled in something due to a hobby like rock climbing, pottery, hunting, etc. They’ll include any sort of field that a person can excel at, except for skills that are specifically geared to things that won’t be available to them in a world without energy, but they’ll include people who understand said things and will be able to recreate them. These skills are things that the government would assume are things that should be preserved when it comes to American society and surviving in general. However no matter how skilled they are in this field they are still fairly young so there are still some things they lack, but they are good enough in this field that they can apply it to the new world, and teach it to someone else.
- Diversity: America is a diverse country and this will show in the teams in the group. The first criterion for someone to be chosen is that person must be an American citizen born and raised in America. For the purposes of this RP we will go under the belief that the government isn’t racist, sexist, and inclusive to all kinds of people. Essentially they just picked those that are qualified which means that the candidates will be composed of racially, ethnically, and culturally different people with different ideologies, religions, and even philosophies.
- Opinions: A big part of the story is drama, introspection, and character development so things like their personal ideas, opinions and thoughts are a primary part of the story and the secondary cause of conflict right behind physical survival. These opinions they have on whatever sort of topic will be the secondary plot motivator. A lot of the times the characters will be subjected to things that deal with subjects such as loss, change, nature, evolution, government, death, religion, humanity, morality, sex, romance, friendship, family, nepotism, growing up, pregnancy, etc. so the characters are bound to, and should come into conflict with other people in certain areas.
- Sex and Sexuality: For the purpose of this story, the characters will mostly be heterosexual, but this is not to dismiss gender and sexual fluidity, homosexuality, bisexuality, etc. This is so because the idea behind the project is that these people were chosen so that they may repopulate the earth. I am however open to the idea that there will be characters that are open to having non heterosexual and monogamous relationships, since it would be more fun and realistic that way. Other cultures have done it before, are doing so now, and it will be kind of fun to have a group that is more open to a different kind of lifestyle than the traditionally viewed American man, woman and child combination. This also opens up the possibility of having someone who begins discovering his or her non-heterosexual lifestyle.
I'll provide more info as time goes on and if anyone actually wants to play. It will be ideal to have eight people total, including me, but if we have less than eight it's fine too. We have the option of someone or all of us playing multiple characters or just have those characters not survive the thawing out process. I'm also willing to do this as a 1x1.
If the premise seems familiar it is because I borrowed the concept from 7 Seeds, the award winning manga by Tamura Yumi.
OOC: CLICK ME!
