Murdergurl
will turn your insides into your outsides
In the third millennium, the world changed. Climate, Nations, all were in upheaval...
Through means of war, the Earth was transformed into a poisonous,
irradiated wasteland known as "The Cursed Earth".
Those that survived the cataclysm eventually congregated behind the walls
of what would be one of the last bastions of humanity.
800 million people were now living in the ruin of the old world and the mega structures of the new one.
Mega blocks. Mega highways.
Mega City One.
A cursed city of desperation and strife,
stretching from Boston to Washington D.C. in an unbroken landscape of concrete and steel.
Law as we knew it had long ago collapsed,
The justice system of a previous age had no longer been able to quell the chaos and violence of the new era:
Gangs, Plagues, Mutants, and other horrors that lurked in the toxic spaces of the world.
From the decay rose a new order, a society kept in line by an elite force...
a force with the power to dispense both justice and punishment.
Fighting for order in the chaos: the men and women of the Hall of Justice.
They are the Juries. The Executioners...
They are the Judges.
Hello, and welcome to my advertisement for a Judge Dredd-themed, Group Roleplay.
I have been on hiatus for quite some time and decided to come back with a bang!
This RP setting is a loose cohesion of Judge Dredd elements from both movies (the 1995 Sylvester Stallone film and the 2012 Karl Urban film), as well as the comic book iterations originating in 1977 from the 2000 A.D. Magazine all the way through to the fandom's current form under IDW.
I am looking to recruit a small group of NO LESS THAN FOUR OTHER PARTICIPANTS in order to get this roleplay going.
While I do not require participants to be Judge-Dredd-super-geeks in order to participate, I would very much expect interested parties to have a general understanding of the setting. If you've seen either of the movies, or read any of the comic books, you should have a decent grip on the notion of the RP. I believe there were even a couple of video games made, but I have no bearing on the mood or setting accuracy of those.
Now, the comic books are pretty wacky: Everything from Mutants to Alien Robots, to off-world colonies, to ghosts, to flying swarms of wasteland rats, to Undead "Dark Judges" that bear a purposeful semblance to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and even rival wasteland gangs that grew out of the Burger King and MacDonalds franchises. The movies are (slightly) less over-the-top, exemplifying Clones, Anti-Gravity Vehicles, Robot Bodyguards, A wasteland Mutant Cyborg, and a Judge with Psychic Abilities as the extent of their fantastical thematic.
For the focus of THIS particular storyline and setting, we are going to forego certain elements and not adhere strictly to the Canonical Timetables/Timestamps. Due to the multiple iterations of the fandom, and what is essentially a re-tell of the old Judge Dredd story with all the dates forward in "real-time", the timeline is... nebulous at best. So, let's clear some things up for this particular RP and outline what IS and what ISN'T.
- Is Joseph Dredd going to be a PC or NPC in the Roleplay? Actually, no. While this setting is made out of the Judge Dredd universe, the Character of Judge Dredd will not be roleplayed by anyone, including myself. We are all going to be Original Characters in this RP, using the fandom setting to define our stage.
- No Judge Dredd!? Then who exactly are WE going to be RPing as? I will be RPing as a Senior Judge for the sake of narrative control. The other players will be expected to take the roles of Cadets in their 12th year of training from the Academy of Law. However, if a potential player is familiar enough with the overall setting, I am willing to make an allowance for a Rookie Street Judge character. See the next tab, CHARACTERS, for more details.
- Are there extraterrestrials (aliens)? Technically, Yes. But Including aliens into this story setting will just add a lot of "extra" that we aren't going to acknowledge or use in the narrative. So, for all intents and purposes, aliens will not be mentioned or alluded to in this RP setting.
- Okay. No aliens mentioned, but are off-world colonies allowed to be referenced? Yes. For the sake of character origin, we can include a background that involves an off-world colony. However, let's limit this to labor colonies like mining operations and Agri-Colonies that are on the planet/moon/asteroid solely for the purpose of harvesting materials and sending them back to Earth.
- Are there mutants? Yes. Most definitely. They mostly live in various colonies outside of Mega-city walls. It is commonplace to find small mutant encampments built right up against the outer barrier. However, these camps do not often stay in place for very long, as the irradiated sandstorms of the Cursed Earth will often sweep away the exposed outposts. Mutants are banned from living within the walls of Mega-City One, and discovered mutants are deported to mutant colonies out in the Cursed Earth. That being said, many unregistered mutants live in the Undercity of Mega City One, the old ruins of New York that MC1 was bult over. In many ways, the Undercity is just as lawless and dangerous as the Cursed Earth.
- What constitutes a mutant? Most (but not all) mutants are simply malformed humans. Most of the time these malformations are hideous and debilitating. For this reason, mutants tend to have substantially shorter lives. However, there are less-common mutants that have special abilities that have been unlocked by their warped genetics. These abilities can manifest in things like gangly arms that let them climb across walls and ledges like a spider, large ears that give them super-human hearing, a prehensile tail, etc. The most documented form of mutation, however, is that of psionics. Varying in degree from minor mind-reading to deadly telekinesis, Psi-mutants are systematically sought out by a special branch of the Justice Department. They are detained and investigated to determine their threat level, as well as their potential to be used in law enforcement. The vast majority of these mutants are deported, but in very rare cases, such as Judge Anderson, they might succeed in becoming part of the Psi Judge division.
- Did you say psionics? Noice! I want to make a character with telekinesis- Whoa, whoa! Hold your horses, there! Yes, psionics of varying forms exist. However, these elements are mostly in play for reasons of possible encounters with hostiles and NPCs. The Player Characters are going to be relatively normal human beings. Psi-Judges are definitely a thing, but those are rare cases set aside and trained under completely different circumstances than the regular Cadet.
- Speaking of Cadets... Training a Street Judge takes fifteen long, hard years (although exceptional cadets may graduate earlier through a fast-track programme, usually in thirteen years). Many of the entrants to the Academy of Law never make it to the streets of Mega-City One as a full Judge. The Academy is sometimes referred to as "The toughest school on earth". Cadets are either cloned from proven genetic stock, or are recruited into the Academy, typically at the age of five (we'll give some wiggle room here in the RP). They are then expected to learn the basics of law enforcement very quickly, and any failing during their rigorous training is likely to lead to expulsion. Only two-in-seven cadets graduate. Upon graduating, cadets attain Rookie Judge status and are awarded their half eagle badge and white helmet.
Seeing as how the Cadets will be in their 12th Year of Training, what this essentially means is that no Cadet character should be younger than 17 or older than ~ 20.
A Rookie Judge would realistically be in their early 20s.
I will NOT be entertaining character concepts that have an OC joining the Academy late in life, such as in their teens or adult years.
- Can my OC be a clone of Joseph Dredd?
Joseph Dredd is actually a clone, himself. He and his brother Rico were both clones of Chief Judge Fargo. There is a canonical clone of Joseph, a man named Doleman who actually quit the Academy of Law to pursue his own life. No other clones of Dredd have been mentioned and we can assume that after Doleman, they have stopped using his DNA.
Short Answer: No. You cannot be a clone of Judge Dredd (Fargo).
- The Cursed Earth: This will be covered more under the STORYLINE tab. But let me give you a brief rundown anyway. The Cursed Earth refers to any lands outside the walls of a Mega-City. While the immediate zone outside of MC1 is arid desert much like the Sahara, there are regions further out that transform into various biomes, most with dangerous aberrations and mutants prowling their scape. Civilizations exist out in the Cursed Earth, though most is privy to the lawless savagery of gangs and raiders. However, small towns and settlements populated by mutants and exiles are there for those looking to discover them. Just don't expect their denizens to be welcoming to outsiders.
Any other questions that you may have can be addressed here in the thread for discussion.
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