MrReaves
Steamlord
In the far future, Earth is a galactic slum of mile-high concrete structures gleaming with neon, ruled by corporate greed and infested with gangs of mutants and cyborgs. The Moon was settled by the fleeing corporate elite and developed into palaces of glamour and excess. The march of technology has been unstoppable; humans have taken to the stars, the dead can return in robotic shells, and genetic modification varyingly improves or ruins the lives of the populace.
On Earth’s surface, most people are employed by the megacorporations that provide all products and services and enforce their own laws, using them as an endless source of cheap labor. There are those, however, who slip through the cracks of the iron-fisted rule of the wealthy and make a living through much more adventurous (and much less legal) means.
They are the smugglers, the hackers, the assassins and the freedom fighters;
They are the ones who stand between humanity and its subjugators.
They are the ones whose story we will tell.
Welcome... To the year:
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This roleplay is based on the Tabletop RPG “200XX”, a homebrew cyberpunk-themed tabletop system devised by Mai, who has also supplied me with the amazing pixel art you're seeing. I was once part of a 200XX text campaign GM’d by Mai and enjoyed myself so immensely in this engaging cyberpunk setting, that I gained her permission to make it into this RP!
As stated, in this RP our character will be members of society’s fringe, criminals in the eyes of society- but heroes, perhaps, in the eyes of the downtrodden. Creating your character will require you to choose a Race (Grounder, Loonie, Spacer, Nobody, Mute, or Techie) which I will describe in detail in the Lore thread!
The most exciting aspect of the world of 200XX, to me, is the fact that it isn’t a locked-in setting (beyond the lore I’ve described so far). The goal of the setting is to incorporate whatever we enjoy most about cyberpunk fiction such as Cyberpunk 2077, The Expanse, etc, which means that YOU get to pick and choose what you need to assimilate the character you would most enjoy playing!
Come with your character ideas, questions and anything else to the Lore thread and post here if you'd like to join me on this trip into Neo York!
