The year is 2028; the month of February has only just begun. Less than a year ago, a single man in Panchaea caused one of the globe's most catastrophic tragedies to ever come around. Known simply as the Aug-Incident, the use of human augmentations becoming mainstream within society had sparked unprecedented danger at the press of a button. From a bio-chip almost every augmented human located on the planet, whether or not the augmentation was their own decision in the first place, was given to, mass aggression and uncontrollable actions of violence spouted from the lips and heads of these puppet souls. More than 50,000,000 innocent lives across the atlas were brought to an end, with hundreds of thousands more being simply injured. Whilst the man behind it all originally had good intentions, his morals were the result of the boiling point of one of humanity's greatest crisis's. This event tore apart not only minds, families and communities, but it divided humanity apart. It was from this day forward that not only the world would be plunged into an uneasy chaos, but the unity and progress of the New World Society had fallen closer to the clutches of a hidden-from-view Order with mankind at its fingertips.
The aftermath took less than no time to settle in. Riots broke out instantaneously. Those affected, injured or scarred by the unintentional hostility augmented individuals had brought upon them began to take a fight back, taking individuals from the streets to never be seen or heard of again. Vigilante groups formed who sought only to push their extremist and oppressive views out past the government in the newfound proxy war between mercenary and terrorist organisations. Many nations deployed their finest law enforcement firms onto the streets, but even the hearts and minds of many officers of the law would too fall under this corrupt and biased view on the augmented. As soon as the martyr's wish of the dangers of augmenting humanity, the corrupted spread their influence like wildfire. Those who were innocent were caught between an ever-growing oppressive battle between transhuman-augmentations thrown into complexes designed to imprison and captivate the masses and the pro-human collective. Unsure of whether or not this threat would ever cool, the boiling point was reached and the rise for resistance finally began to show.
February 5th, 2028. Less than three weeks ago, a woman under the alias of 'Frihet' gathered a select group of trusted collaborators within the confinements of the now infamous Abri Complex located on the outskirts of Amiens. Officially the successor to the Útulek Complex, located in the Czech Republic and primarily prominent in 2029. This French Refuge shelter built by an unknown contender to the Santeau Group had this location built to ideally build a community for those in need within French cities, as well as within nearby European countries. Yet, as some might suspect, the complex fell into corruption as anti-augmentation activists both within the police force and vigilante groups evicted many "Unregistered" augmented civilians here, where power and abuse came at the hands of the stationed enforcement units. From an urban paradise to what seemed to be a futuristic slum, those like 'Frihet' were left at the brink of death and defeat. That was until she came into contact with several friends.
Frihet began to orchestrate her own movement from within the shadows of the Abri Complex, rearming themselves to finally take back the dignity and innocence that was unlawfully stripped from their circuits. Smuggled weapons, and the advantages of having one or numerous augmentations to their bodies allowed for an extra edge to compensate for a lack of training that those without military background suffered from. The group was small, intentionally small. Frihet couldn't risk anyone who became under their new title. Several more recruits that Frihet personally trusted were taken into the ranks, bulking up a very small fraction of their minute numbers. She even outsourced to a few non-augmented individuals who agreed with their cause. But with the tensions rising, the upcoming siege for the Abri Complex and an unknown goal set by Frihet herself, will those under her command be able to come to terms with her true final act of revolution?
Welcome to my upcoming idea for a new roleplay, stationed around a unique story within the Deus Ex franchise. As some will be able to speculate, this is set in-between the events of Human Revolution and Mankind Divided, where the struggles of a smaller group become an act of corruption within itself. Whilst the franchise itself does require some knowledge of what is required for the Roleplay, I am not exactly expecting a huge amount from you. If you wish to join without any prior knowledge to the series, a few visits to the wikia page will allow you to find whatever details you need. Anything else can be answered by myself or others.
Now, as for a bit more information on the roleplay itself. The setting is obviously going to change after a while, but begins in the Abri Complex. Here, new and already established members of the Augmented Coalition will be introduced, as played by us. With numerous side characters to be implemented, the size of the group depends on how we see fit. As stated in the introduction above, there isn't actually a restriction on non-augmented individuals, however that does come at the restriction of several aug-capabilities that are allowed for these characters, which can be compensated with the potential acceptance into society. These characters will work under the woman of command, Frihet, who acts as a mysterious figure in charge of this small militia force building up inside the corrupted city walls. With the chance to cause an uprising or inspiration of survival, many of those within the organisation itself would believe they are fighting to unite humanity once more, aiming only to harm those who threaten the coexistence once more. But a secret meaning is being hidden from plain site...
Specifically on the characters, there are a number of unique backgrounds you can choose from. The most common would be a civilian volunteer, having known or made contact with Frihet in the recent weeks prior to the beginning of the story. Some may have a bit of experience in the field of revolutionary combat, whilst others will only have the training that the organisation could spare under incognito. Following that, you have the backgrounds of high-end supporters. This includes businessmen, augmented manufactures, medical staff etc; all of these would have seen the devastation and perhaps signed up to re-balance society, whether it was for their benefit or everyone's'. The least common background allowed will be Law Enforcement, and the potentially Military Background prior to the Aug-Incident. These will need to be recommended, to which only one or two will be accepted at most. Supporting these backgrounds can also be a list of roles or specializations each character is trained within. So far, though subject to change on interested's requests, there are the roles of 'Enforcer', 'Infiltrator', 'Hacker', others along those lines of stereotypical Deus Ex traits. Others, such as weapon masters and proficient espionage personnel can also be up for debate.
Overall, the plot itself is getting a few kinks here and there, but with its completion nearly done, I hope to see how much interest this can attract. Thanks for reading this, and if you have any questions regarding the Roleplay at hand then by all means ask away!
