Last of Us
Temporary barring further interest
2112: Cryus Corporation announced the successful creation of the first independent AI machine. The bankrupt corporation quickly skyrocketed to the most powerful entity in the world. Mass distribution of the machines are assembled in undisclosed locations.
2115: The machines have been further refined for cheaper assembly. Almost every household now owns a personal machine.
2116: Ethics Community created to protect the rights of the machines. However, human bias of the committee made each law work in the interest of mankind. Machine sympathizers began riots in the streets. Minor domestic disturbances, only a few deaths reported. The same cannot be said of the machines.
2127: Learning from the past, strict rules were enforced. Law enforcement has become integrated into the Ethics Committee. Many anti-synthetic extremist carry out atrocious crimes against humanities synthetic siblings.
2129: First reported crime of murder by the hands of a machine. Law enforcement and civilian alike treat machines with heavy prejudice. Strong resentment and disregard for the platforms begin. The streets of every nation is set ablaze with violence. Initially, the machines don’t retaliate. However, it didn’t stay like that for long.
2130: Military forces are called in. The revolt of the machines have begun. Every corner of the once great megalopolises are filled with death. The machines begin to develop weapons of their own through the salvage and rapid research that they can command. Slowly, humanity is slowly losing their ground.
2131: Humanity resorts to WMDs in hopes of destroying their creations. With heavy regret, death reigns from above as whole cities are leveled. Families unable to flee to safe distances are vaporized under the extreme heat of human made missiles. However, the objective was successful. The machines were halted... for now.
2133: Earth has become polluted with radiation and nuclear winters. Humanity has quickly fled to underground cities. There, new generations are born. Life goes on, but new dangers have arrived.
2135: First encounter with the mutated has been confirmed. Studies have confirmed the infectivity of a bite from the infected. Anatomy has revealed that and saliva or any particle of blood can cause immediate infection. Infectees are enraged and show extreme aggression as do they have superior speed. All combat personnel are ordered to kill on sight. Distance kills recommended.
2137 (Present Day): Humanity has lost any hope in reclaiming the surface. The infected and the machines have supremacy. Contact has been lost with many underground cities while surface settlements have also been lost. The population is slowly diminishing. The golden age of humans is over.
Premise
You, the survivors of the great calamity, have survived natural selection and are the last hope of humanity. Being part of the city residing underneath the appalachian mountains, you are part of the elite Shadow Task Group. While on a routine patrol, a marine patrol came across intel that can possibly lead to a virus that counteracts the virus of the infected. Thus, you, a team of expert special ops and combat scientist, must traverse the great wastelands of Old Earth to the location that the intel states. Washington D.C., the site where the great war between the machines took place. Though the machines haven’t been sighted in a long time, the danger of the infected are there. You are the final hope of humanity. You cannot fail.
Expectations
As per advanced section guidelines, those should be followed as well as overall guild rules. Please refresh as needed. However, quantity should not be mistaken for quality.
There is no set posting order or timeline. Exercise judgment when to post or wait for another to reply. If, however, you should be gone for an extended period of time, please notify myself or the Co-GM. I will reach out via PM two weeks without activity. If a month goes by without any activity from you, I will exercise my right to kill off your character after one last try to establish communication.
Collaboration with other characters is highly encouraged. Otherwise, respect another's character. Do not write another characters thoughts, reactions, or anything your character wouldn't know of another. However, physical reactions of physically interacting with another character is fine. An example (your perspective is Jackson):
This roleplay is very linear with specific story points outlined by myself and the Co-GM. There will be points of freedom to wander about and conduct indepedent action if you'd like. However, we have a story, and we'll be following it. If you have a suggestion on a story plot, PM either GMs. We'll talk.
Romance is not at all an emphasis in this story. If you'd like to incorporate it, it'll be minimal. There's no time for love in war. Certainly not for this squad. Bear that in mind.
If you're not having fun, let us know. We'll either talk about it and find a remedy or simply part ways. If you should not alert either GMs to this, either of us will exercise the 'kill order' expectation with much enthusiam.
Emulating a squad setting, we're looking for 4-5 characters excluding GM characters and NPCs. This is not first come first serve. GMs will post the final roster post character acceptance date, which is to be announced.
