Other Dead Sector Sci-Fi Apocalypse Roleplay

Dead Sector is a serious roleplaying server with a custom-built script that blends themes from genres of survival horror, post-apocalyptic science fiction with seizures of cyberpunk, and a flavor of pessimistic reality. The year is 2477. Forty years ago, the Final War began. Waged between the Mega-Corporations, the religious fanatics, and the governments of the future age, it has since seen the destruction of colonized planets, and an end to civilized life as we knew it. Those escaping the catastrophe found themselves on a planet called Proxima. An exo-planet that managed to survive the War, but nonetheless is engulfed in another destructive one. It is here the story begins - will the survivors manage to establish a foothold on the planet and build a home? Or will they give into the violence around them? Forums and discord linked below:

http://deadsector.boards.net/

https://discord.gg/qjMz2Yz

How does your character fit into this?

The Final War has been burning for well over forty years. Those 'lucky' enough to be alive after the destruction have been born into a state of constant conflict and have never known peace. While the war started over ideologies and beliefs, it is now waged for the simple need of resources; food, water, and space to live. Most planets have been destroyed from the conflict, as well as space stations. Those who cling to life do so in pain and shadow, and every day they survive is a blessing. The governments and factions of the old world have been burned out long ago, now there are only those who embrace the corpse of their beliefs and continue to fight in the forsaken war.

You are on Proxima, an exoplanet in the Centauri system. Long ago governed by the Sol Central Government, a violent civil war had its leadership ousted, and bringing forth a change of government. Now, it is home to the Holy Kingdom of Proxima. A Kingdom founded on a new, pessimistic strain of Christianity, the Monarch ruled with an iron fist, forcibly discouraging any discontent or unrest. Although life was tough under the new God-King, many looked up to him with upmost love and faith due to the protection he was able to provide. However, just a few years ago, disaster struck the Kingdom when the beloved and feared ruler was assassinated during a terror attack. The power has shifted to Sherold II The Fat, one of the God-King's many children. Unfortunately for him, he was struck by inaction. Because of this, the King's Peace was broken, and Counts, Princes, and Barons were soon fighting each other for power and territory.

Things got even worse. There was one thing protecting the Kingdom from the horrors of the Final War, and sparing the planet from ultimate destruction. An experimental planetary protective system called the Grand Shield. Developed long ago by the finest minds of TNC and SCG, it is unknown just how many were constructed or on which planets. Most did not complete the designs before the Final War, but Proxima had managed to. Unfortunately for the Kingdom, another well-executed plan destroyed the system, rendering the shield useless and opening the planet to the dying sector. As if on cue, the floodgates were opened, ushering forth a flow of survivors and refugees from the Final War. With the Kingdom reeling from these attacks, they were nearly helpless to combat it.

Your character can come from a wide arrange of backgrounds and occupations. Whether you lived on Proxima your whole life as a noble believer of the Church and the God-King, or you were a out-lander living in the wilderness and away from the oppressive patrols. Or perhaps, you entered Proxima along with the countless others, a survivor of the war who seeks shelter, safety, and food. You can decide what your background is, a soldier from the now silent SolGov, a simple engineer working aboard one of the many dwindling Space Stations, an ancient, forgotten android or robot, or even a Noble living on his owned land in Proxima.

Basically, think of Rimworld if you've played that.


Full Timeline

Pre-Fall

2023 – Mutual bombings of offshore bottling facilities by Pepsi and Coca-Cola (the first mega-corporations) signal the evolution of their conflict from marketing warfare into direct combat.

2031 – The Hays-Bishop Bill passes. Corporate entities may form local governments if they employ two-thirds of a given region's population. Lobbyist pressure leads to a steady increasing of region size, allowing mega-corporations to become de facto sovereign nations.

2034 – USSR was officially established once again, with union of 18 republics from Greek SFSR in the West to Chinese SFSR in the East.

2037 – The colonies of Mars and Venus are quickly expanding; this is achieved by high level of migration from Earth. Industrial reclamation rate is on the same level as colonies’ expansion rate. Titan Mining Facility was founded the same year.

2038 – The last of the United States is merged with Tri-Net Corp, using the Hays-Bishop bill.

2045 – TSV Verloc, running on the Lorenz-Fitzgerald engine, has made its, and humanity’s first, interstellar flight. Overall Flight duration have reached the six weeks’ border. The Colonization Era has begun.

2069 – Tri-Net scientists have finished the development of the first human-like AI called BRAFFCON. A rapid development in the field of Artificial Intelligence begins.

2070 – The Second Dissolution of USSR has occurred. The republics became independent but for a short while: during the following years they'll be shared between the Japanese zaibatsu and European megacorporations.

2070 - Alongside the androids, whose minds were working similar to a human brain, appeared some projects of AI which approached information handling in a completely different way. The first of these machines were called TuRING-1.

2071 – TuRING-1 was installed on the battle station “Ellison” as an board AI. One week later some glitches started to occur in all station systems, often with lethal outcome for its crew. According to a report from one of the survivors, the crew was eliminated almost entirely just in a few days, and the others became some sort of TuRING's toys. "Ellison" was out of control. After several failed attempts, which cost Tri-Net's 7th squadron, the idea of overtaking the station was dropped, and it's still in Jupiter’s orbit, ruled by the malfunctioned AI.

2072 – Incident on “Ellison” was the loudest, but not the only one. UC (United Corporations) was established as a result of the Lunar Conference VII. Following one of the first of its decrees, any research in the field of AI was declared illegal. Operating androids were deactivated and AIs were eliminated or frozen. There were rumors that hiding androids were hunted by special forces till the 20s of the next century, and some of the AIs of that time are still active.

2103 – Earth was recognized as a non-profit property by the Corporations, whose attention has shifted to other planets. The polluted and overpopulated planet begins to suffer a great deal of unemployment besides other disasters.

2190 – The Third USSR was established with the capital on Earth by Immanuel Goldstein (rumoured to be a distant descendant of J. Stalin).

2195 – Start of the War of the Sickle between mega-corporations and the USSR.

2196 - A strong weakening of corporations' influence on the “shore” forced all colonized planets that were not in the structure of the USSR to group up and form the Terran Commonwealth, which, nevertheless, is forced to establish trading relations with corporations.

2222 - Due to the result of using WMDs by the united forces of the corporations, the index of life suitability of Earth fell from 35 to 7. The third USSR fell from existence. The War of the Sickle was won by the corporations. The remains of the Red Army that didn’t want to surrender would go on to form an underground terrorist group called “The Old Union”.


Beginning of the End

2237 - The Sol Central Government formed, renamed out of the previous Terran Commonwealth with many neutral colonies, and relocates its capital onto Olympus, Mars.

2240 – SolGov, using the equipment bought from the corporations, begins expanding and through various methods forces almost all neutral colonies to join it, along with all the old colonies under the USSR's sphere of influence.

2244 – It was found that an overwhelming amount of children that survived the catastrophe on Earth have visible physical and mental defects. Shortly after the word “earthling” becomes a popular insult.

2370 – Expeditions, in which science vessels TSV Luna and TSV Magellan have been sent by Tri-Net, were met with success – first, a new source of energy named by the mass-media called “plasma” has been discovered, second, in the conditions of extreme secrecy, new AI prototypes were mounted on the science vessels, which gave good results.

2392 – The positions of TNC have been noticeably reinforced: it became the first hyper-corporation in history; a giant off-planet government. Although almost limitless in space, TNC was struggling to hold its grip on planets, consistently pushed aside by SolGov's influence. To combat TNC, a row of corporations formed the Syndicate.

2398 – Spontaneously, the interest of the populace to religion rises. On Luna, a New Christian Church is founded, remarkable for its pessimistic opinions. It was led by a 90 year old man Nestor Meknos, thinking of himself as one of the other numerous incarnations of Jesus.

2412 – The ban on AI research and cyberspace has been lifted, which causes massive protests in the populace. TNC and a row of other corporations place a ban on demonstrations.

2415 – The execution of protesting workers of Station 12AR caused an extremely negative reaction on the workers of Tri-Net; on various objects protests have been exposed, and almost everywhere the security agreed with the rebels. Following rumors, agents of the Old Union were involved in the development of the protest. To stop the rebels TNC hires a private security force – InterSecure, which from that moment on protected all of TNC's assets. Now the security force of TNC is composed of just a couple of elite troop squadrons and a fleet.

2419 – With big losses, TNC cannot get people to work in their projects. A decision by the directorate is made, that allows TNC to take prisoners from overfilling SolGov prisons and put them to work.

2425 – A destructive Trans-humanist cult, often referred to as 'Splicers', gathers even more cultists. They are famous for mass suicides and acts of violence against those un-augmented. It is said by the cult leaders that the world will end in three years.


End of the World

2429 – Unlucky year for Tri-Net. Making a bet on multi-tasking stations that are V-class and using slave labor, but not equipping the stations with enough qualified personnel, TNC took a massive hit to its finances – protests (made by the Old Unions and by themselves), destructive “unlucky accidents”, straight forward attacks made by the Syndicate, and numerous registered outbreaks of disease and contact with unknown and hostile life forms – all of that put TNC on the edge of financial ruin.

2432 – The cooperation between SolGov and TNC becomes more and more close. The Hao-Gammon pact is signed, giving SolGov access to Tri-Net’s top notch technology in return for food and equipment. The construction of – The Shield –, an experimental planetary defense system, begins.

2435 – The traces of a conspiracy are found, formed by an unknown force. Agents have gotten almost everywhere, where they could get access to even a shred of power. Not so long ago enemies: leaders of corporations, SolGov senators, guild masters, leaders of the Old Union and other people wary of the conspiracy work for the good of one cause.

2436 – More than thirty TNC space stations are destroyed by systems of self-destruct, activated remotely. Unplanned attacks of corporate battle groups happen to the closest of company assets, causing a row of conflicts. Attempts to find the culprit or a scapegoat were ultimately unsuccessful.

2436 – Walter Enc, a general of the SolGov forces, receives an order to prepare for “quarantine work”, including some fast eliminations of more than five hundred strategic positions on Proxima, a planet in the Centauri system that supplies the war with a much needed surplus of metal and energy. As well as the destruction of the biggest factories and warehouses on the planet. Start of an operation called “Screaming Hammer” is planned for January next year.

2437 – Using his contacts within the New Christian Churches, in which he was secretly involved, Enc secretly distributes (including the military in the farther regions) copies of secret documents about the incoming catastrophe with his own instructions. He offers his own soldiers to be baptized. Those, who declined, were burned. Operation “Screaming Hammer” fails, as they encounter an armed encounter with renegades with general Enc in the lead and New Christian militia. A civil war begins.

2437 – The whole situation in the human sector gets worse. Planets get bombarded by corporation fleets, cultists, and Christians.

2438 – A victorious, but destructive civil war on Proxima ends with a surrender from the Senator. The senators and the highest military ranks, involved in leading the counter-revolt were publicly executed, neglecting the peace treaty. The executions were brutal tortures which showed that the tortured victims were indeed a part of the Splicers, standing behind the global conspiracy with the goal of destroying the world order. The loyalist of the Splicers got a choice – “Cross or Death”.

2438 – With everyone gaining knowledge of the cultist conspiracy, the level of trust to the New Christian Church rose greatly. A rapid radicalization of Proxima happens, followed by threats on cultist members and atheists. Walter Enc, now called Enoha, gains full control of the planet. The government is separated between the most trusted of his followers who stay in power for their whole life and have the right to make their children the next governor. Not a single one of the planets owned by SolGov agrees with the religion-heavy course that Proxima is undertaking. The Sol Central Government continues to fracture and dismantle from the violent war, giving many reason to look to the Kingdom for support and guidance.

2442 – In the capital of the planet, a celebratory coronation of the God-king Enoch I, the first monarch that was just out of the newly formed Holy Kingdom of Proxima. Members of his family were named the Enhigov dynasty. To find and destroy Splicer agents, and also various other enemies of the crown, a “Holy department of investigation of heretical depravity” was reformed, earning the name of The Holy Inquisition, and its leader, famous for his brutality, Archbishop Leopold I.


The Eternal Night

2444 – War actions in the sector, led by Splicer nihilists, come to Proxima. Rating the colossal loss of the fleet and the imminent defeat, the God-King gives an order to activate the experimental planetary shield. The planet is now defended from the chaos going on in the sector but at the cost of severely limiting the sunlight coming to the planet. The planet starts freezing.

2445 – A big part of worlds outside of the Kingdom borders, in which miraculously there are survivors – aren’t great to look at. Poisoned air and water, burned deserts instead of cities – these are somewhat saved planets. Those, who didn’t die, had a terrible fate – sick, weak and deformed kids being born – fate of Earth repeated.

2453 – Hiding from the cold, some of the populace of Proxima goes underground. Scouting groups, visiting the much deeper caves, found traces of an old civilization that was once on the planet. As the scouting groups keep investigating, they became “sick”. Symptoms included losing skin and losing your mind, followed by aggression to healthy humans. Despite the visible madness, “skinless” were quite smart and sly and even organized attacks on Proxima's inhabitants.

2455 – Thanks to previous trade routes with TNC, Proxima reserves were full of solid plasma, however the Shield (that also made solar panels useless) required a colossal amount of plasma. Energy became an expensive thing to afford, and the life of most people of Proxima lands became the same as of a medieval peasant.

2460 – The Kingdom Science Center has successfully found the cause of “skinless”. The substance that earned the name Zialcin initiated changes in the organism, affecting the brain. Isolated in lead prisons skinless stopped acting out whatsoever and didn’t do anything until they starved. With this it is believed that the sick are controlled.

2461 – Thanks to further research of zialcin, something called the Elixir was made – a substance that stopped growth of the organism. After the first successful testing seasons, multiple boxes of Elixir were given to the God-King himself, earning the nickname Immortal. Using this substance to prolong your life if you were not the God-King was punishable by death.

2474 -Terrorists have made a successful assassination attempt on Enoch I. The power now goes to Sherold II The Fat, one of the many children of the Immortal King.

2475 - Because old space stations have been decommissioned, the remaining peoples of humanity that survived the Splicer conspiracy are forced to move to the war-scorched planets. However, the repair of the planets doesn’t just require new technology, but also massive physical work.

2476 – Multiple large groups of slave traders appear. The biggest one being the Huntsmen.

2477 - Present Day. Another terror attack happens: a powerful explosion destroys the Shield generator protecting Proxima from the dying sector.

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This is a serious roleplay server, so script features aren't something that even really need to be teased. You can have the greatest script in the world but a crap server because it's bland and unoriginal. But, that being said, we have a trait system, crafting, farming, quests, multiple forms of currency and a highly detailed plan for a systematic economy. If you want to gripe about the amount of lore here, then this obviously isn't the type of server for you. If you think it was too much to read, you likely won't fit in with people who populate our community. If you want to complain that the script isn't unique, you don't fit into the category of being a serious text roleplayer. This is the Dark Souls of RP quality, and it is very niche. We plan to bring this up before the end of the month, and we hope to see you there. If you have suggestions or more questions, feel free to come say hello to us on our discord server or forums!

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Wow! This looks like a lot of fun, I am excited to roleplay here. It's been a long time since I've seen a server worth my while!

 

Server launching on Friday, time not specified yet.

IP: 192.223.27.78:27015

 

LAUNCH DAY LAUNCH DAY LAUNCH DAY!
Everyone find some time to go check out this server today. Launch parties are always the best.

 

Interesting lore, any inspirations?

 

This lore was completely stolen from other game
Source of lore: http://lfwb.ru/index.php/Setting

 

I never liked anyones 'lore' anyways. Everytime I see 'custom lore' I think 'some dumb guys idea of a cool universe'

 

Lmao some of this is straight from the System Shock wiki too https://systemshock.gamepedia.com/Timeline

Good luck though

 

Checked the link. Lifeweb.

This can only go one way.

 

For people who decided to derail and act partially hostile in attempts to demotivate the community for an attempt to seek some sort of response or perhaps simulation due to the lack of decent RP you clearly haven't been able to find on GMod lately, you really put minimal efforts into this. Had you taken a minute to actually look into the forums/community, and read into things you'd come to the realization that props were given where they were due, and the inspirations for the lore- which you have already listed above for the community, thank you in advance are: System Shock, Lifeweb and Baystation twelve. As mentioned in the Timeline thread.

>Cyberpunk 2020

Thank you for wishing the community luck, I am sure this is heavily appreciated. Thank you for also linking the inspiration, glad you did the work for free.

Consider reading the posts above.

 

I have, not convinced. Then again, I don't think you need to convince anyone. I do wish you luck on your efforts, though.

 

@dinguspocket https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk_2020


But forreal let's all go check out this server. See you there!