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No rest for the wicked (Cyberpunk rp with Vigilantes and crime lords)

Hmm, I'll pm you about some stuff, but other than that it looks pretty good

Werewolf Roleplay - OPEN

Emil hopped out of the vehicle wit no small amount of energy. It had been a while since he was last in town, and there was much to do, at least as long as the Ulfric didn't need him. Still he waited for a small bit, and receiving no orders, he began to wander, letting his nose and ears guide him past a couple coffee shops and down the street a ways. Finally he reached a all to familiar corner, the sounds of the light traffic and the placement of the streetlight and stoplight being the most tell tail markers. Turning Emil stared blankly at the large stone structure, a small grin on his face. Today was probably a slow day, the cold keeping most people home, but the other Librarians he had once worked with were probably all still there, doing inventory or other busy work. He would have liked to once more opened the door, to immerse himself in the musty smell of so many books. But, sadly, the old library was no longer where he belonged. Emil smiled and turned, making his way back to one of the coffee shops that he had passed, resolving to use his pocket change to get a small muffin.

A bell jingled as he opened the door to the warm shop as Emil quickly entered, not wanting to give the heat a chance to escape. Using his cane Emil made his way to the counter, a light rustling sound giving the person behind the counter away as the slowly stood from where they had been hunched over doing something. "Ah reading a magazine, that's it." Emil thought with a grin as the smell of the heavily inked pages filled his nose, mixing with the smell of coffee and baked goods."Can I help you?" the cashier said as Emil came to the counter.

Emil beemed as he rested his cane and fished through his pockets "Just one muffin please, really anything but chocolate. Ooh Blueberry if you have it!" He heard the small, repressed chuckle that the cashier made at the sight of the grinning blind man digging through his pockets, debating witch muffin to get. Finally he felt the familiar edges and imprints of a four dollar coins he kept. With the crackling of the paper he reached reached out with the coins and traded them over the counter for the small bag. "Four should be enough right?"

"Yah, its good. Let me get your change."

Emil shook his head "Keep it, and have a great day." he said as he gathered his cane and set off back towards the group as he exited he he would pass Acacia and Ryan, tuning his ears to their conversation as he did so, but continuing on his way as not to be overly rude. When he finally found the Ulfric and Marrec, he was ripping pieces of the muffin off and slowly chewing it "So those two seem to be getting along."

No rest for the wicked (Cyberpunk rp with Vigilantes and crime lords)

Wooohoo! I'll start making an IC and will post when we vet a good number of CS's finished

No rest for the wicked (Cyberpunk rp with Vigilantes and crime lords)

just gonna bump this a small bit

Werewolf Roleplay - OPEN

Awesome, will get to work then

Update**

Post is almost done, got surprised with a 10 hr shift yesterday (yay), but I will get it up today without fail

No rest for the wicked (Cyberpunk rp with Vigilantes and crime lords)

Alright!

No rest for the wicked (Cyberpunk rp with Vigilantes and crime lords)

@Dondude@Litepow@Pathfinder

I would like to announce that the OOC Is up!

No rest for the wicked (Cyberpunk rp with Vigilantes and crime lords)

Name: Aldo Corvatta

Gender: Male

Age: late 30's

Appearance: Around 6'3'' with emerald green eyes

Augmentations: Muscle fiber and bone weave (increased stamina, resistances and strength), augmented left eye

Equipment (normally): Communications earpiece, collapsible holotablet, suit

Equipment (When preforming less than savory acts): A mask, a pair of compact rail-handguns, a stiletto knife, suit and gloves

Job: CEO of the Tetri-Corvatta Medical technologies company, Crime Lord

Aliases (If necessary): The Gargoyle

Notoriety Rating: A

Personalty: Calm, confidant, manipulative, collected

History: To say that Aldo Corvatta came out of nowhere a good number of years ago, would be an understatement. One minute no one knew his name, and the next he was leading a bio-medical company that was slowly eating the proud Teri Technologies, and forging what would become Tetri-Corvatta Medical technologies from its bones. The canopy was abuzz with whispers about this newcomer, some saying he was just some low tower nobody that had made a few lucky decisions and had found himself in the big pond. Others that he was the lone child of some eccentric tycoon, that had inherited his parents wealth. Perhaps all the rumors had some truth to them, perhaps they didn't, it honestly didn't bother Aldo that much as he sat in his own grand apartment in the glittering canopy. Over time the rumors faded, parties were held and attended, auctions won, advancements made. Throughout all of it Aldo maintained his public figure and standing and that of his company, and now ask any soul above the ground floor what they think about them, and you will only hear good things. Aldo has even made a name on the ground, with Tetri-Corvatta owning, and opening, many of the free clinics that treat the masses. But like all things on the ground, they only really care that its there, not who id behind it. As they have another figure to deal with.

Almost as suddenly as Aldo appeared on the canopy, so too did the Gargoyle appear on the ground level. He started out small, his group only running small scale stuff until they suddenly exploded outwards, engulfing smaller gangs first the Gargoyle's group carved out a large section of the underbelly for themselves, and it only grew over time. Especially when they began to run spice, on of the few groups to do so, securing the Gargoyle as one of the primary Crime Bosses of the Under City and and spot on the NRPD's most wanted wall. Still through all the horror stories surrounding the group, it is said that they stay loyal and only follow a small set of rules
1) What Gargoyle says goes
2) Never betray your own
3) You are to not to harm without reason
4) You are to keep the peace within the Territory

No rest for the wicked (Cyberpunk rp with Vigilantes and crime lords)

What is the technology level for things like transportation, combat, and personal communication?

How difficult is it to move from one level to another. IE. From canopy to ground and vice versa.

I'm interested!

@Noble_

Transportation is usually done with your own two feet (due to the lack of space for cars), but for long trips across the city there are Vactrain systems in place that are much like the metro systems of today, but only really in the canopy, roof, and under city. Air transport is also used, and mainly consists of VTOL craft designed for tight spaces.

Combat varies quite a bit, with your common Ground Level weapon would be very much like they are today (semi auto handguns for your normal thugs, shotguns, automatic rifles, etc). But with the police forces (and private security firms) of the canopy useing compact railgun designs, and compact gauss cannon tech for the mechs. But also encompassing anything in between.

Communications are usually done with small hand held devices, or tiny earbud like devices. In the case of the small hand held devices, they are no bigger than our average credit card and are made of a clear material on which their semi transparent display is rendered. Other than that they are used very much like cell phones, video communications included. With the earbud version being simply like bluetooth, that can hook into augmentations in your eye to display information.

Now moving from one level to another can be done a few ways. Using lifts that dot around the internal structures, and vary in size from small 4-5 person elevators to huge cargo lifts (the most common way), using the literal stairs (usually only done if your going up a level or two), the maintenance ladders around the outside of the Hab Towers (if your feeling a touch suicidal), or you could take a VTOL (if your rich). But in the case of going down its not that hard, push a button and your on your marry way. Going up however might require an id check and a lift scan at least (and maybe a check by an armed official depending on where you coming from). But really it depends on what level your going up to, and what method your using to ascend.

Hope that helps and thanks for your interest!

No rest for the wicked (Cyberpunk rp with Vigilantes and crime lords)

The year is 2055, and the world is a much different place. The world’s population has exploded in the past few generations, causing the already crowded streets of the world’s major cities to fill to near bursting. This plus upheavals in cultural and the international infrastructure, strained many of the worlds old governments to the near implosion point, a few actually falling in the upheaval. But the chaos was to be short lived, as mega corporations used this moment to seize power from most of the old governments of the world. They restored order, their kind of order, without much of a fight.
To compensate for the population demands huge public works projects began. Great Hab towers began erupting from the skylines, soon coming to dominate the view. As the great towers reached their final heights huge platforms began to be constructed between them, sealing them as the crowns of the sky, and the Rich away from the masses.
These cities were aptly named Neo Cities, for their new approach and the new order which they served.

That was the hope anyway.

Welcome to Neo Roma Built over what was once called Chicago, it was one of the original Neo cities (Now commonly called hives by the people of the lower city). It was once the shining example of what the New Order and the new cities were supposed to represent, a fresh start for us all. For a time it embodied this dream, but as time went on and the population of the city just kept rising, due to immigration and natural births, the city changed. It began with the Police losing their already tenuous grasp on the Ground Level, allowing the crime lords to infest and control that part of the city, and has continued with the introduction of the drug only known as Red Spice.

Now what was once called "The city of dreams and new hope", seems to not be able to make itself dream past tomorrow. Still that has not stopped motivated individuals who have taken up the good fight in the under city, but theirs is an uphill fight as new players on the top and on the ground have entered the game.

The only question I pose to you now is this. Will you be the one to save the city, or will you seize what its underbelly has to offer?

But no matter what you choose remember this, nothing in Neo Roma is ever as it seems.

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Setting

Neo Roma

Ground Level:

The slums, the outcasts, the dregs of society. All of these names could describe the dark, dirty, cramped, streets of the Ground Level, or "Under City" as it is also known. It is here that Spice has really taken hold. There are no police here; as no person with a badge would set foot down here, out of fear of the street-lords. There is little light down here, besides what the shops, apartments and flickering street lights put out, this is because the entirety of the Under city is covered by the over hangs of the Mid-Low.

Wealth Level: Poor – Very poor

Average Living Conditions: Large “Apartment Buildings” where the “Apartments” are simply small sleeping pods built into the walls in large stacks and numbers.

Above Average Living conditions: A small single room Apartment

Notable Places: Dosen Street, Hive block A, The ghost-town (ruined industrial complex from the old city)

Notes: The Under City is the most populous by a large margin, leading to very cramped conditions. Spice flows like water down here and crime is a common way of life. Most Healthcare is run out of free Clinics, which of often overburdened by the demand. Due to near to no police presence at the bottom, vigilantes are usually the only thing keeping the Crime Lords and gangs in check.

Mid-Low Level:

The Mid-Low, or the Roots district, makes up the lowest spots on the Hab Towers and the surrounding platforms. The Mid-Low is also the beginnings of what one could call the “Middle Class” though even that would be a slight stretch of the truth of the matter. The entirety of the Mid-Low is split up into 3 “Rungs”. The first being the parts of the mid-low built on the platforms that form the roof over the lower city. The second Rung is the first homes and businesses located in the tower proper, with the smallest Rung being the third (which takes up the five floors beneath the Mid-Up).

Wealth Level: Lower Middle class - Poor

Average Living Conditions: Single room apartments, with most appliances being able to be stored in the walls, thus giving it a bit more space when required

Above Average Living conditions: Two roomed apartments, usually a bed room and a living space (with attached bathroom), though this is not always the case. They can be fold away like the single rooms or can have (what we consider to be) normal furniture.

Notable Places: The outer deck, Lift C (The “Gateway to the ground level”, really it’s one of many, but is simply the biggest), The roof

Notes: It is here that one would begin to see Spice users out in the open, though not as prolific as they would be in the Under City. The police force will patrol this area, but only in large groups and only sparingly from time to time.

The Veiw from the third Rung of the Mid-Low

Mid-Up Level:

The unofficial buffer zone between the Upper level and the lowers, the Mid Up encompasses much of the middle portion of the Hab Towers, ending right before the Canopy begins. It is here that the higher parts of the middle class make their home and do their business. Unlike its sibling, the Mid-Low, the Mid-Up is not separated into Rungs and is instead treated as a whole.

Wealth Level: Upper Middle Class – Lower Middle Class

Average Living Conditions: Two (or three) roomed apartments with an attached bathroom. Usually using variable furniture, instead of the fold away furniture.

Above Average Living conditions: Apartments that have more than three rooms, usually around four but no more than 5. Almost exclusively using variable furniture, these apartments are the beginnings of the opulence that is most predominant in the Canopy, but can be shown here.

Notable Places: Sorinsen Library, The “Staircase” (large mall like area)

Notes: Any Spice done here is done behind closed doors, as the police patrol around this level quite regularly. It is also on this level that augments would begin to be seen.

Upper Level:

The home to the rich and their entourages. The Upper Level, or "Canopy", is the shining example of what money can buy. Always clean, police wherever they can be spared, trees and flowers running down the center of the streets from the recessed plant boxes, not a sniff of spice anywhere in the open. Holoscreens dot the sides of the streets, and in small kiosks, advertising things of all sorts, as well as running the news a set intervals during the day and night (this is in contrast to the ground level where near to all of the screens are bugged, broken, or behind protective barriers) . It is never poorly lit here as well, being bathed in the sun in the day, and illuminated with multiple recessed streetlights as well as overhanging ones during the night. Truly it can be said that here the only worry a person would have is when and where the next dinner party is, or if the business deal will go through.

Wealth Level: Ultra Rich - Rich

Average Living Conditions: Multi room apartments that usually have the same square footage of a small house, or open concept with modular furniture.

Above Average Living conditions: Multi room apartments with the same square footage as an average sized home, or in rare cases slightly bigger.

Notable Places: Tetri-Corvatta Headquarters, City Council chambers, The Gardens, Police HQ

Notes: Spice is almost unheard of here and is only used in private behind at least two locked doors, due to its Opulence police are everywhere. Augments are much more common here.

Augmentations

<///The history of the modern Augmentations is a long history, beginning in the early 2000's with breakthroughs in prosthetic limbs. The greatest breakthrough, however, can be traced to 2029 with the discovery of Amalgam, a synthetic substance which acts as a bonding agent and as a communication conductor between the non-organic augmentations (now commonly referred to as Augs) and the organic tissue of the host. At first the Augmentations were limited to large things like bones and full limbs, but recent breakthroughs have allowed doctors to weave augmentations into the muscle tissue of a host and even (reportedly) into synaptic pathways of the body. While the great expense of Augmentations has been historically seen as a limiting factor in who could receive them, Tetri-Corvatta (Neo Roma's foremost medical technologies company) has continued to express that it stands by its pledge to the people and will continue research into creating cheaper and more accessible Augs.///> - Article snippet from the Neo Roma News, dated March second 2055.

Red Spice

The newest drug, Red spice has come into the scene in a big way. No one knows where it comes from, and it appears few criminal organizations can actually replicate it, driving prices up. It is inhaled or ingested and is usually sold by the half gram (or less). The drug itself comes in two forms, which dictate appearance and effects:

1) Unprocessed. This variation of Red Spice is untreated and unprocessed, making its appearance that of coarse crimson sand. It has the strongest effects with psychoactive elements (such as auditory and visual hallucinations), a state of absolute calm, and reduced metabolism. It is however the easiest to burnout (overdose) with, as no two cases are alike

2) processed. Just as the name implies, this variation of red spice has been treated with a purifying process, giving it the texture and appearance of fine blood red flower. It lacks the visual hallucinations of the unprocessed and cuts down on the auditory as well, but keeps the feeling of calm and the reduced metabolism. It is the hardest to burn out with, as two and a half grams usually needs to be used within a very short span for burnout to occur

What is Burnout?: Simply put, Burnout iw when so much red spice is used that the synapses of the brain literally begin to become confused and misfire, resulting in uncontrolled speech and seizing and ending with death as the synapses deteriorate rapidly.

General Tech and aesthetic

The general aesthetic of this 2055 is easiest to be seen in Deus ex Human Revolution, with holo screens replacing the LED and plasma of today, as well as "dumb" AI's being used in various processes around the city (such as in smart homes, manufacturing, database maintaining, etc..). Another thing that should be noted, is that most of the maintenance work of the city is run by robots, and the police also have access to security droids.

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CS

Name:
Gender:
Age:
Appearance:
Augmentations: (If applicable)
Equipment:
Job (Vigilante, criminal, crime-boss, Etc) :
Aliases (If necessary):
Notoriety/Fame Rating:
Personalty:
History:

Fame/Notoriety

Notoriety/Fame is on a ranking scale of C-A with C being the lowest. The ranking of C means that you are a unknown, no-one knows your face or name, B would be you are well known among the lower levels (and this is where the divide of fame and Notoriety would begin) with a B rank in Fame security in the Mid-Low might turn a blind eye and most low level criminals will fear you. For Notoriety it is the opposite the Guards might fear you, but they will also pursue you with some amount of vigor.

The A rank is recognition in the Upper Level, everyone knows you, and loves you or hates you. Fame at this level would be an almost mythical status, you are known to everyone (or just the criminals you hunt, depends on how well of a low profile you keep). Notoriety at this level however is abject control and fear, at this point a Criminal or Crime-boss would probably be running a large operation and be known by all departments of the Neo Police, but most would be too panicked by them to even attempt an arrest, save for the most dedicated officers among them.

If you need any more info on the system, feel free to ask.