_{"Know your place drekhead, or we'll bag and tag you!"}
- Myself and @tfd are GMs when we make decisions please respect them as they are final
- Obey guild rules, or the god-emperor was known as Hank may appear. Mercy is unheard of.
- Any OOC Drama should be dealt with off thread, in PMs or whatever medium that isn't the IC/OOC/CHAR
- CS are to be posted in OOC, or PMed to me and TFD. If you have any requests or questions about your character and want to speak so in private.
- Post at least once per week, or you'll be dropped.
- If you are away or unable to post, please let us know.
- One char per player
- Don't god mod/power game or we'll eat you.
- Realistic and semi-realistic (concept art, drawn etc) are allowed. No anime, or it's the bricks for you.



* = one slot avaliable

Rockerboy/girls - are punk musicians in the One and Twenty, a rebel rocker who uses music to rebel against authority. Usually on the stage jamming out, playing to crowds big and small. On tour, across town, state or country. Remember the three A's. Axe. Attitude. Audience.

Solos - are ex-military, killers, hitmen, assassins. All for hire, they live and die by the sword and the gun. You point and they shoot. Doesn't matter who if the money is right, they pull the trigger and don't look back. Allegiance is from wire transfer to wire transfer, they usually work for the corps some on contract while others as security forces.

Netrunners* - are geeks, the nerds who hit the net hard. They live for the thrill of cyber space, bustin' into dataforces and taking everything they can. It's not about gaining all the corporate secrets, government intelligence or blackmail. Getting better, getting faster. In net space, you never age, you're never slow. Unless your frontal lobe is fried by another runner, then what does it matter - if you're dead.

Techies - like to play Frankenstein, a lot. Need a grenade launcher in that cybernetic leg of yours? Done, need your augs tuned up. Done. Suffering from cyber-psychosis and don't want C-SWAT turning you into scrap? Call the Techies. Techies love technology and are absolute tech-o-files about it, don't touch that combat chip their working on, you could break it. If they could, they'd go full cyborg. If only we could live fully metal, no flesh. Some do surgery, ex-doctors, vets it's all the same. You get shot, you get fixed if they are good enough at least.

Media - searches for the truth, no matter what. The story is what matters, through thick and thin. Reporters hit the ground, security detail or not they will traverse a combat zone to interview survivors or record that fire fight that's raging by old city hall. Maybe you're a news caster, you cover the big story's on the big screen while your entourage of interns works on making you perfect. Down and dirty or high and mighty? How will you crack the story? Does it matter, the danger is the thrill anyway?

Cops - Local, State or Federal. Cops are the arm of the law, the enforcers of justice. You play it safe, write tickets and do traffic duty. Or you do your job for real, break arms, shoot first and ask questions when it's convenient. You're a loose cannon, you hate your sergeant and just want to get back to when society was simple - back in the old twentieth. Things aren't that simple anymore, maybe you're off the force or still on. Criminals who know you, want you in the floor or don't want to see you ever again.

Corporate - just seem to never have any problems in their life. The cars, girls, wealth it's all there for them. Either they inherited daddy's money or made it on their own in a mega corporation. They'll never know wage slave work, or the insecurities of one of those degenerates on the streets. If they want something they'll get it, somehow. For most, it's about the power, not the cash, if you cross a corporate, you can kiss your life goodbye as they send a security team to send you and your family's life. Watch your mouth, you dirty shit.

Fixers* - have everything, everywhere. Need that new rifle that Militech just dropped, a Fixer has it. Need to know where your boss lives? Not a problem, he has that information on his network. Need a fix of Hardfire, it's a call away. A Fixer has connections everywhere, big time Fixer's have connections to Washington and the military. Alone, a Fixer is just a common thug but with resources - a Fixer could take over a city.

Nomad - are homeless, no his home is on the move. He rolls in packs of dozens, maybe hundreds of others like him. Men, Women, Children all on the move in vehicles. Armed to the teeth, living off the land outside the cities. You see, if a pack comes into the city The Law will drive them out unless the cops or gangs haven't already. They are the cowboy of the One and Twenty, the law has never been in their vocabulary and never will be.

██ RELIGION IN AMERICA 2020 ██

The popularity of religion has fluxed greatly in recent years. A number of scandals in various religious organizations led many to question their faith, and abandon organized churches wholesale in the 90's. But as the years of martial law and ecological disaster literally ripped through communities, religion on the parish scale once again became popular; while Bishops and Cardinals sat on high, local priests mostly ignores their rulings and helped their own communities in any way they could, even feeding and sheltering them if possible. People regained their faith. Slowly this "grass roots" movement gained popularity, and in time modernized the religious structure of America.

♰ THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ♰

After the 2014 reforms, the Catholic church has seen a strong surge of popularity. With a more modern view of birth control a married priesthood, coupled with a revived image as a safe haven in times of need, the Church has enjoyed a following larger than it's had in the last fifty years.

More and more, Catholic churches have become a sign of stability in a hectic world. The church is still a world power, and the Swiss troops which the Vatican maintains and a standing army have been used, on more than one occasion, to counter Corporation-backed threats against church-owned lands. The Church, now more than ever, "looks after its own," and will go to great lengths to protect even a single member. There have been several cases of unlucky Catholics hunted by one Corporation or another, who have fled to the Church for sanctuary. The usually vanish into the structure of the church, never to be threatened again.

✡ JUDAISM ✡

Judaism in America has not fared well in the post-Collapse period. With the problems in the Middle east, and the cessation of Israeli relations in the wake of the meltdown (Isreal has never forgiven America for the lack of warning in that Crisis), the Jews in America feel cut off and alone. While Israel has its own problems dealing with the fallout of the melt-down, it still offers a homeland for any Jew who can make the trip. While there aren't many synagogues sitll in existence, the ones that are left have a firce and loyal following.

☪ ISLAM ☪

There has been a renaissance in the Islamic faith, the likes of which have not been seen since before the Crusades. In America this has been due to the purging of anti-ethnic terminology and doctrine. There is a mosque in almost every American city. People of all colors and backgrounds are flocking to this religion. During the collapse period, the dietary laws saved many Muslims from the septic conditions prevalent at the time. Both sects of the faith, Shiite and Suni, are here to stay. Islam is especially prevalent among the urban poor; the majority of Americans.

☸ BUDDHISM ☸

Buddhism has grown significantly in America. The change in form and doctrine are the slightest of any major religions. As people emigrated from India wholesale the sect of Jainism has also grown as well.

██ ADDITIONAL NOTES ON RELIGION ██

Many other religons are evident in America as well. Among Christian churches, three particular sects stand out. Since Mormons are, as a tenet of their faith, required to keep a year's supply of food for their family, this allowed a greater proportion of Mormons to survive the Collapse. Although the Mormons have been accused of being both fascist and racist by some critics, they are, adn will probably remain, one of the most properful blocs in the West.

The Scientologists have also fared better than most, probably due to their skill in using the media and an immense amount of stored wealth. During the Collapse, large numbers of believers were lost in both Florida and California, but the sect has been rebuilt through skillful advertising.

In the areas of Dixie that can actually support religion, there has been a resurgence of Fundamentalist Christianity. There are already six major Evangelical Televideo channels funded by opportunists.

██ FRINGE RELIGIONS ██

BEATIFIED CIRCLE OF THE CELTS

A small sect living in isolated communities far from any city. Mainly composed of people who ran away from the fear and aggression of modern life, the Circle tries to guide its flock back to the old celtic ways of communion with nature. led by a group of elders called Druids, they are a peace-loving group who just want to be left alone. They can usually be found either working on their farms or in forests (what's left of them), carrying out tree worship, it is only a matter of time before a corporation tries to get rid of them.

☥ THE IMMORTAL PYRAMID ☥

A strange group, the members of the Pyramid believe human beings to be nothing more than particularly intelligent animals. Therefore, humans don't have souls and thus do not surivve death. This religion draws heavily upon the belifs and ideas of the ancient Egyptian pantheon, incorporating aspects of Rosicrucian and Masonic ritual, with some signicance attached to the various Greek titles for academic exxcellence (Phil Beta Kappa, etc.). Although the ancient Egyptian considered life after death a fact, the cult has disregarded this and proclaimed the gods were actually a mix of animal and man, proving beyond a doubt that man IS an animal and nothing more.

This has led to an obsession with avoiding death. Cult members are very cautious, always carrying/wearing various forms of protective equipment, and fleeing from any mildly dangerous situation. They are currently trying to find enough money to build and enormous data-center shaped like a pyramid. If they succeed, they will try to download their minds into the memory banks and wait in safety until someone finds a way to make them truly immortal.

⚛ WORSHIPPERS OF THE NIGHT ⚛

The Worshippers are closer to a vilante group. Garbed in all white armored clothing, they roam the streets at night to "protect the night's holiness against the evil that surrounds us."

Considering the night a time of rest and of spirtitual purification which should be available to everyone, the Worshippers have decided to make the ultimate sacrifice and sleep in the day, thus keeping the night safe for the rest of us.

Despite their reliance on donations, the Worshippers are often funded by corporations for short periods of time. Several companies like the have the sect patrol their areas because they are less costly than mercenaries, don't require hazard pay, and will fight to the bitter end. On the other hand, they don't "work" during the day.

▩ CASFG (Coalition Against the Satanic Fellowship of the Gods) ▩

This is perhaps one of the most paranoid groups on the planet with an entire system of belief based on the assumption that a group of evil entities (gods) control the destiny of the entine human race. Fortunately, good gods exist, but in order to enable them to win, the CASFG must weaken the grip of evil on the world.

Coalition members have begun to kill various prominent persons they believe are used as puppets by the Evil Ones. Their suicidal tactics are hard to counter by security forces; some corporations are becoming alarmed/annoyed and may start their own "counter-cleansing" procedure soon.