DESOLATE EARTH Campaign [ WIP ]
It is 2189. Earth has fallen.
The United States never recovered from the 2020 era. Political division, authoritarian rule, corruption, these became the norm.
In 2030, COVID - 23 began to tear across the world, originating in port cities in the Middle East, India, Africa, and South America with a 10% morbidity rate and an even higher debilitating rate. Nations instituted curfews and martial law. International travel was halted. Emergency services were overwhelmed and crippled.
By 2035, economies were devastated. A second worldwide Great Depression was under way.
By 2040, American civil rights were all but eliminated under a fascist authoritarian government. Voting had been restricted to marginalize those that would oppose the power structure.
By 2050, democracy was dead. Economies had not recovered. Rule was by the elite.
Almost 150 years later, the world is still recovering.
The United States never recovered from the 2020 era. Political division, authoritarian rule, corruption, these became the norm.
In 2030, COVID - 23 began to tear across the world, originating in port cities in the Middle East, India, Africa, and South America with a 10% morbidity rate and an even higher debilitating rate. Nations instituted curfews and martial law. International travel was halted. Emergency services were overwhelmed and crippled.
By 2035, economies were devastated. A second worldwide Great Depression was under way.
By 2040, American civil rights were all but eliminated under a fascist authoritarian government. Voting had been restricted to marginalize those that would oppose the power structure.
By 2050, democracy was dead. Economies had not recovered. Rule was by the elite.
- Russia launched another invasion intent on taking all of Ukraine, and more.
- North Korea initiated conquest of South Korea and Japan.
- China annexed Taiwan, Nepal, and Mongolia.
- Russia, China, and North Korea were the new Axis-powers. World War III began with coordinated attacks on the United States. Russia: Cyber. China: Economic. North Korea: Ballistic.
- Disabling The United States was their primary goal.
- Domestic terrorist, supremist, and separatist groups penetrated and disabled local governments, infrastructures, and emergency services.
- Foreign fringe terror organizations revisited the U.S. with devastating results.
- Then came chemical warfare and tactical nukes.
Almost 150 years later, the world is still recovering.
DESOLATE EARTH is a post-apacalyptic campaign. Society is fractured at best. Nations are almost non-existent. City-states, pocket civilizations, and political factions are the rule, some advanced, some regressed, some violent. Some are in the dark ages. Some border on the space age. Some are almost cyberpunk. And then there are the wastelands.
This campaign will use a slightly modified Mongoose Traveller 2E system. The differences are more of scale than anything else. The characters are Freelancers, taking jobs as they come, trying to make a living and get ahead. But it is a world where you can trust no one, not even family. Everyone has their own agenda, and nothing is ever what it seems.
This campaign is a work-in-progress with an unknown start date, at least several months if not a year, as conversion and development takes quite a bit of time.
This campaign will use a slightly modified Mongoose Traveller 2E system. The differences are more of scale than anything else. The characters are Freelancers, taking jobs as they come, trying to make a living and get ahead. But it is a world where you can trust no one, not even family. Everyone has their own agenda, and nothing is ever what it seems.
This campaign is a work-in-progress with an unknown start date, at least several months if not a year, as conversion and development takes quite a bit of time.
HOUSE RULES:
Almost every game has at least one house rule. DESOLATE EARTH is no exception.
Almost every game has at least one house rule. DESOLATE EARTH is no exception.
- PLAY: RESPECT. Please try to respect the other players and try not to speak over each other.
- PLAY: MY WORD IS FINAL. I am very easy going, so when I make a ruling, I have thought about it. But, we all make mistakes. If you disagree with a decision I made, save it for offline so everyone can continue to enjoy the game. I am reasonable.