Mercenary Inc. (Cyberpunk, Steampunk, Magic, Medieval Fusion)

[Work_U_Dumb]

The world is divided. Some areas are hugely advanced while some are still stuck in the medieval. The Mercenary Inc lies in a Cyberpunk city, but that does not mean everyone is technologically advanced in the company. Some people use Plasma swords while some still use Spears and shields. I don't have a story yet but if this gets off the ground I will try and put something together.

[Gisk]

Do you have anything in mind about guns? Because if any gun or laser exists in a world with medieval tech, guess who loses.

[Work_U_Dumb]

Guns are outlawed except early flintlocks.

[Gisk]

Well alright, sweet.

Do you have anymore actual lore about the world in mind? Why does this division exist?

[Work_U_Dumb]

Different empires want to stay loyal to there culture. I am thinking up some more lore. If you want to give me some ideas you can.

[Gisk]

Maybe the medieval culture actually has a fanatical devotion to magic, and shuns technology on principle. That would explain why there's a massive technology gap.

As for steampunk: Probably exactly as you said: cultural preference more than anything. Probably steampunk tech can do most of the same things as cyberpyunk, just in a much different way.

Empire names:

Steampunk:
Mistvale(an allusion to the ever present steam clouds in the air)
Avolire

Magical:
Avalon
Aurelia

Cyberpunk:
Ecrion
Zoze

Just some random possibilities.

What does Mercenary Inc do, and why are they allowed to do it?

[Work_U_Dumb]

They kill monsters. They are kind of like the police who also kill monsters.

[Gisk]

What might be cool is to take a departure from the normal cultures associated with those genres.

For example: Steampunk is often aristocratic British, but we could instead have industrial age Asia for inspiration.
Conversely instead of Japanese influenced Cyberpunk we could make it Middle Eastern.

[Gisk]

So wait, are they a government agency? Do they have jurisdiction and law enforcement duties?

[Damiann47]

I don't have any ideas, but I'm game for what I see so far.

[Work_U_Dumb]

Gisk said
So wait, are they a government agency? Do they have jurisdiction and law enforcement duties?

The only rule is they are not allowed to kill people who are not proven guilty.

[Gisk]

How does that work? Who decides when someone is proven guilty?

[Work_U_Dumb]

The Government.

[Gisk]

Okay, with every question I ask this is looking more and more poorly thought out.

I'm just going to back away.