commeuneplume
Temptress Too Long
Exodus
a roleplay by: commeuneplume & mowgli
Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds. J. Robert Oppenheimer |
The year is 2962. Earth is virtually uninhabitable, ravaged by years of overpopulation and rapidly fading resources. The Government set out on deep space missions in all directions in 2817 to attempt to locate another viable planet to begin re-population efforts. Over the passing years our scout ships located many candidate planets that, upon further exploration, eventually proved to be non-viable for long-term population.
Humans are forced to live in small, single person pods and bound by government to a strict regimen. Human to Human contact is expressly forbidden, except for the annual Festival of Light. Since personal contact is taboo, the government was generous enough to allow small pets to be adopted. Dogs, cats, birds, things of that nature.
Only a very small percentage of the population is allowed to procreate, in order to keep the population from growing too rapidly, but to not allow the species to die off.
Each "pod" is outfitted with:
1. Personal Work Platform (This allows each citizen to work. The tech-savvy ones that have accessed the "deep web" have formed social groups for communication).
2. Training Chamber
3. Nourishment Station
In year 2880, we discovered another planet, it was named ED1478, codename "Exodus". The name would prove to be fitting and after 2 years of sending drones, droids, and test animals it was determined that Exodus was 100% habitable for human life.
Humans around the world rejoiced as the news reached us back home. Little did they know, that it only took about 6 months to determine that the atmosphere would support human life. The Government spent the next year and half enslaving, executing and exiling the native inhabitants to begin terra-forming the planet for our arrival.
Shortly after discovering the planet, the government established a recruitment branch to establish the guidelines of allowing citizens access to Exodus. It took 30 years but in 2913 they enacted their requirements onto the world, the Exodus Act.
1. Humans are micro-chipped at age 18 to begin assessment for Exodus, and are reassessed/re-classed every 2 years until age 30.
2. In addition to being chipped at 18, a "portal" is placed at the nape of the neck that allows every citizen to access the mandatory training, which is also highly monitored and scheduled by the government to determine which skills each citizen can bring to the new planet; medical, military, law enforcement, agriculture, etc...
3. If you are not chosen to be sent by age 30, you are considered "too old" and are removed from the candidate pool entirely.
As the 50-year anniversary of the Exodus Act approaches, there is something ominous brewing. There is talk all over the deep web about an expiration date for Earth and being close to capacity for repopulating Exodus. No one knows who the source is, or how they can possibly help, though it's suspected to be a government defector.
The next recruitment pool will be in 2963.
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