This is a concept for a cyberpunk role play set in the future of 2295 A.D. A series of nuclear wars and natural disasters across the world in decades past have devastated the earth we once knew. What of civilization that survived these tumultuous times is now a disorganized mass of rogue states, armed republics, and police states. Our story is set in the fictional New Seattle Commonwealth, or “NSC”.

Seattle was one of the few west coast cities that ultimately recovered from the last nuclear war that destroyed the United States as a whole. In the twenty years since it was first established, the Commonwealth has flourished compared to so many of the other states and republics across the precursor United States. It’s population touches nearly seventy thousand, and is completely self sufficient in terms of resources, from electricity to food to fresh water.

The Commonwealth itself is protected by a powerful ballistic missile system and a capable air force . Security is maintained by a police force (the Enforcer Police) and an army of cyborg special commandos. Until recently, the city was “ruled” over by a president. Six months ago, this all changed when an insurgency erupted. The Superior Council ousted the president and established its own absolute authority over the city.

The Council was able to do this by somehow seizing control of the cyborg army that majorities the Commonwealth’s defense force. And many among the Enforcers sided with the Council. The Superior Council affirmed its rule over the city through direct force while the former president staged a rebellion against the usurper councilmen.

The city is now plagued by war as the former president and his forces, “The Underground”, fight to reclaim the city from the Council. Based in the surrounding ruins outside of the city limits, the rebels regularly launch attacks against the city while Underground operatives within chip away at the Council’s power base through counter-propaganda, bombings, and information warfare and espionage.

In the fight for the New Seattle Commonwealth, everyone must choose a side.

•Players ultimately create their own custom character and choose a side in the conflict. (Open for discussion.)

•The Underground (an army of rebels and loyalists lead by the former president) VS The Superior Council’s new regime.
(Note: The Superior Council is actually a highly advanced next generation AI hidden away from public knowledge. The councilmen themselves are androids directly linked to the AI.)

•Examples of Existing Technology: Hovercraft, personal robots, cyborgs, drone technology, advanced bionics (a little redundant, but...), battle armor, etc.)

•The new regime under the “AI overlord” is maintained while remaining secret through a system of android emplacements and a “cut-out system”. Police sergeants have no idea that direct orders are given to them are the commands of an AI.

More TBA.