The End of the World
Common History
"None can remember the cause, but tales tell of two great tribes that went to war with such savagery and horrible weapons, they blotted out of the sun and scorched the earth. They had put a curse on the land and it twisted and contorted the life that sprung there for generations to come. Those able to survive crawled among the wreckage of great cities and slowly found their senses. The beings in this altered earth rebuilt and grew prosperous on the bones of the old world."
"None can remember the cause, but tales tell of two great tribes that went to war with such savagery and horrible weapons, they blotted out of the sun and scorched the earth. They had put a curse on the land and it twisted and contorted the life that sprung there for generations to come. Those able to survive crawled among the wreckage of great cities and slowly found their senses. The beings in this altered earth rebuilt and grew prosperous on the bones of the old world."
Some claim to know old speak, but many feel they are simply spinning tales of fancy. Others claim that some of the old race exists, hidden away in deep holes in the ground, or even fallen from the sky. Again, many in the world think these legends and tall tales to pass time at the fireside. But no one can deny that a great race of man had existed. They had flourished and created a fantastic world of marvelous magical items. What happened to them, what the cause of the Great War was, no one can say. The people of the world now only hope they can avoid a similar fate…
True History
2030
Large scale cold fusion breakthrough is made. Learning capable AI is achieved. Advances are made in gene therapy. Russia is able to drive the Ukrainian war to a stalemate and retain captured territory. Some eastern European countries sway towards Russia. With the United States unwilling to commit unwavering support of Article 5, NATO is fractured. Western Europe scrambles to make their own alliance as the UK retreats into further isolationism breaking from the EU entirely.
2030
Large scale cold fusion breakthrough is made. Learning capable AI is achieved. Advances are made in gene therapy. Russia is able to drive the Ukrainian war to a stalemate and retain captured territory. Some eastern European countries sway towards Russia. With the United States unwilling to commit unwavering support of Article 5, NATO is fractured. Western Europe scrambles to make their own alliance as the UK retreats into further isolationism breaking from the EU entirely.
2035
Greater understanding of molecular biology has led to the discovery of selective tissue cloning. This allows for rapid regeneration of tissues and leads the way for stunning medical advances, allowing doctors to selectively turn off (and on) genes, almost eliminating many forms of cancer. Mini nuclear fission reactors that can power campuses and building complexes are common and greater efforts are made for miniaturization. Alternate energy technologies are frantically implemented to reduce fossil fuel use due to an ever-heating planet. China incorporates Taiwan after a two year blockade.
Greater understanding of molecular biology has led to the discovery of selective tissue cloning. This allows for rapid regeneration of tissues and leads the way for stunning medical advances, allowing doctors to selectively turn off (and on) genes, almost eliminating many forms of cancer. Mini nuclear fission reactors that can power campuses and building complexes are common and greater efforts are made for miniaturization. Alternate energy technologies are frantically implemented to reduce fossil fuel use due to an ever-heating planet. China incorporates Taiwan after a two year blockade.
2040
Fusion power at large scale facilities is possible. Automated robots with limited AI are commonplace. The development of cybernetic implants has become a reality with the first quadra-transplant conducted on military volunteers. Genetically modified crops and livestock which are drought and disease resistant are the norm, all done to head off the increasing challenges from climate change. Some parts of the world experience widespread famine and these countries commonly have border skirmishes over access to water. Several Southeast Asian countries are enveloped by China’s political influence to become the United Federation of Asia, breaking away from the west. Billionaire Sydney Founder begins to recruit like-minded individuals in the US to create Vault-Tec.
Fusion power at large scale facilities is possible. Automated robots with limited AI are commonplace. The development of cybernetic implants has become a reality with the first quadra-transplant conducted on military volunteers. Genetically modified crops and livestock which are drought and disease resistant are the norm, all done to head off the increasing challenges from climate change. Some parts of the world experience widespread famine and these countries commonly have border skirmishes over access to water. Several Southeast Asian countries are enveloped by China’s political influence to become the United Federation of Asia, breaking away from the west. Billionaire Sydney Founder begins to recruit like-minded individuals in the US to create Vault-Tec.
2045
Wide scale gene manipulation becomes common for most developed countries. Nearly 5% of all children in the world are altered to express selected traits. Greater implementation of genetic engineering is such that practically all agriculture and livestock have altered genomes. Sentient AI is achieved in large supercomputers. The moon is colonized by competing individual nations. The United States, desperate to keep up with the greater superpowers of China and the United Federation of Asia, uses genetically modified human clones extensively for this endeavor. It is rumored that China and the United Federation of Asia have been able to create androids which aided in their space endeavor. While almost a third of personal vehicles are electric powered, fossil fuel engines are still used in even the most developed nations striving to stave off economic recessions in their own respective countries. Vault-Tec begins to establish shelters to survive world-wide collapse due to political instability, disease, or war. A competing corporation, Plimski Solutions, offers an alternative using cryostasis technology which would freeze occupants for a set period of time.
Wide scale gene manipulation becomes common for most developed countries. Nearly 5% of all children in the world are altered to express selected traits. Greater implementation of genetic engineering is such that practically all agriculture and livestock have altered genomes. Sentient AI is achieved in large supercomputers. The moon is colonized by competing individual nations. The United States, desperate to keep up with the greater superpowers of China and the United Federation of Asia, uses genetically modified human clones extensively for this endeavor. It is rumored that China and the United Federation of Asia have been able to create androids which aided in their space endeavor. While almost a third of personal vehicles are electric powered, fossil fuel engines are still used in even the most developed nations striving to stave off economic recessions in their own respective countries. Vault-Tec begins to establish shelters to survive world-wide collapse due to political instability, disease, or war. A competing corporation, Plimski Solutions, offers an alternative using cryostasis technology which would freeze occupants for a set period of time.
2049
With weapon platform satellites, manned space stations, and colonies on the moon from its respective counterparts, Russia is desperate to remain relevant in the space race. Physicists initiate a test to create a faster than light travel engine and a warp field generator is tested in Russia. It is suspected this creates a rift into an unknown dimension. Bizarre creatures are reported to infest Russia, and a week later collapses with reports of China also being invaded. A large-scale nuclear strike into Russia from the United States and Europe is done in an attempt to close the interdimensional rift (some claim it was an excuse to strike at the greater neighboring superpower, China). As a response, the remaining Chinese provinces, remnants of India, and the United Federation of Asia launch a counter strike towards US and European countries. It is unknown if the nuclear strike was successful in closing the rift. The great decline begins.
With weapon platform satellites, manned space stations, and colonies on the moon from its respective counterparts, Russia is desperate to remain relevant in the space race. Physicists initiate a test to create a faster than light travel engine and a warp field generator is tested in Russia. It is suspected this creates a rift into an unknown dimension. Bizarre creatures are reported to infest Russia, and a week later collapses with reports of China also being invaded. A large-scale nuclear strike into Russia from the United States and Europe is done in an attempt to close the interdimensional rift (some claim it was an excuse to strike at the greater neighboring superpower, China). As a response, the remaining Chinese provinces, remnants of India, and the United Federation of Asia launch a counter strike towards US and European countries. It is unknown if the nuclear strike was successful in closing the rift. The great decline begins.
2065
Records are unclear, but some claim the worldwide nuclear winter finally lifts. Society has collapsed and the world man has known is gone.
Records are unclear, but some claim the worldwide nuclear winter finally lifts. Society has collapsed and the world man has known is gone.
2140?
Very little knowledge of the past is retained. Some are forever altered with pliable genomes susceptible to intense radiation and chemical mutagens. These mutants stand side-by-side with the remaining humans in this strange new world.
Very little knowledge of the past is retained. Some are forever altered with pliable genomes susceptible to intense radiation and chemical mutagens. These mutants stand side-by-side with the remaining humans in this strange new world.