The OOC
You know those apocalypses everyone thinks might happen? They did.
In 2025, aliens came to Earth. It turns out that several governments had been sending people to other worlds to steal tech for them. When the aliens decided to come here to capture those responsible and to put an end to it, they abducted the politicians and military officers responsible for the crimes. The government's didn't like that, and declared war on the aliens, calling them hostile invaders, and even terrorists. They then launched Nukes at the alien vessels, as it was the only weapon they had that might penetrate the alien shields.
Not all of the missiles hit their targets, though, and the countries that were hit accidentally retaliated with nukes of their own. The EMP from the bombs took out much of the electronic devices in the world, and the world economies collapsed. Now the Preppers, who everyone thought were nuts just days before, were the only ones with supplies. This lead to mass riot and roving gangs trying to capture what they could get. Also, it turns out that some of the virus labs around the world had actually found a Zombie virus, and when the rioters and looters ransacked their labs, some of them became infected.
Though humanity managed to partially recover, building towns in the less irradiated sections of the world, it hasn't recovered completely, despite the fact that over 100 years have passed and numerous groups of aliens have come to help us rebuild.
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Use alien tech, old world tech, mutant powers, whatever. Be a zombie if you want.
Think Defiance + Fallout.
You know those apocalypses everyone thinks might happen? They did.
In 2025, aliens came to Earth. It turns out that several governments had been sending people to other worlds to steal tech for them. When the aliens decided to come here to capture those responsible and to put an end to it, they abducted the politicians and military officers responsible for the crimes. The government's didn't like that, and declared war on the aliens, calling them hostile invaders, and even terrorists. They then launched Nukes at the alien vessels, as it was the only weapon they had that might penetrate the alien shields.
Not all of the missiles hit their targets, though, and the countries that were hit accidentally retaliated with nukes of their own. The EMP from the bombs took out much of the electronic devices in the world, and the world economies collapsed. Now the Preppers, who everyone thought were nuts just days before, were the only ones with supplies. This lead to mass riot and roving gangs trying to capture what they could get. Also, it turns out that some of the virus labs around the world had actually found a Zombie virus, and when the rioters and looters ransacked their labs, some of them became infected.
Though humanity managed to partially recover, building towns in the less irradiated sections of the world, it hasn't recovered completely, despite the fact that over 100 years have passed and numerous groups of aliens have come to help us rebuild.
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Use alien tech, old world tech, mutant powers, whatever. Be a zombie if you want.
Think Defiance + Fallout.
