Archived: RIFTS-1 - Revision history

Reliant at 01:43, 19 April 2019

2019-04-19T01:43:32Z

Reliant: Reliant moved page RIFTS-1 to Archived: RIFTS-1

2019-04-19T01:25:50Z

Reliant moved page RIFTS-1 to Archived: RIFTS-1

Staren at 02:38, 16 November 2018

2018-11-16T02:38:39Z

Staren at 02:37, 16 November 2018

2018-11-16T02:37:38Z

Staren: Updated a bit

2018-11-16T02:09:04Z

Updated a bit

Staren: Noticed it was incomplete -- updated for a year's passing and finished it.

2017-09-09T23:28:45Z

Noticed it was incomplete -- updated for a year's passing and finished it.

Staren: Removing stuff I wasn't actually allowed to declare, general update and overhaul.

2016-01-16T07:06:19Z

Removing stuff I wasn't actually allowed to declare, general update and overhaul.

Staren at 19:37, 20 May 2015

2015-05-20T19:37:35Z

Staren: Notes on tech introduced to Lazlo.

2014-09-02T07:46:13Z

Notes on tech introduced to Lazlo.

Staren: Page created.

2014-06-24T22:24:04Z

Page created.

New page

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|Desc=300 years ago it was a golden age; Humanity was poised to leave its birth world behind for what lay beyond the solar system. But that was not to be... a nuclear exchange by two third world nations on the summer solstice brought about something no one save a handful had guessed: <b>Magic</B> returned with a vengeance and the world as it was known ended.

But humanity did not die that day. It fought back as best it could and now the remains of Earth's natives slowly work to reclaim their world but they are no longer alone. Aliens, demons and other beings prowl the Earth, and now both science and magic of amazing sorts can be found in this changed world -- but can humanity overcome its oldest problem? The urge to hate, fear and destroy that which is different?
|Cat=Themes
}}
==Time==
As of AU 22, on RIFTS-1 Earth it is 116 PA by the common calendar, or 2402 AD by the old calendar.

==Metaplot==
The Coalition v Tolkeen war and the secession of Free Quebec has happened, with Tolkeen being destroyed. Despite dire prophecies, the Mechanoids have not appeared, and the Xiticix are not yet approaching the point of becoming overwhelming within the next few years.

For 4 years Lazlo struggled with the huge number of refugees, but an influx of multiversal technology in late 114 PA (AU 20) ended the shortage of supplies for them and allowed for the rapid construction of new housing projects on the outskirts of the city. Nanofabrication and advanced computers decades ahead of most of RIFTS Earth are becoming increasingly common, and an experimental new method of civilian-grade 'borg conversion (actually conversion into a Transferred Intelligence!) is being used to save an increasing number of the terminally ill and elderly at an affordable cost.

The long-term ramifications of these changes are as yet unclear...

==Warpgates==
There is one publicly known warpgate east of Lazlo and west of the nearby human supremicist settlements, near the northern shore of Lake Ontario. A second warpgate appeared in Federation of Magic territory but was hidden by those who discovered it so that neither the Federation of Magic nor any other power of the world would find it -- its gate address is not ICly known by any played elite.

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 For the most part, RIFTS Earth is not largely changed by unification with the Multiverse -- it was already part of a multiverse, after all! However, warpgates are easier to use than dimensional rifts, and some enterprising explorers and traders have started to spread some Multiversal technology to the more advanced settlements, primarily better computers. Settlements are hesitant to adopt nanotechnology and advanced AI large-scale due to stories of causing an apocalypse on another world, but don't really care about individual use of such things. Adventurers get their hands on all sorts of things, of course, and as long as they're not committing crimes with them, any settlement already friendly to adventurers doesn't care that much what they're carrying.
-We have yet to give much thought to what's happened in the 9 years since the current canon timeline.
+We have yet to give much thought to what's happened in the 11 years since the current canon timeline.
 ==Warpgates==

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 '''2098 AD''' - The Coming of the RIFTS, beginning of the Three-Hundred Year Dark Age
-'''2287 AD / 1 PA''' (Post-Apocalypse) - Founding of the Coalition States from the union of Chi-Town (Chicago), Iron Heart (Sudbury), and Quebec. Over the next century, the PA calendar becomes the de facto calendar in North America and the states of Missouri and Lone Star (part of former Texas) join.
+'''2287 AD / 1 PA''' (Post-Apocalypse) - Founding of the Coalition States from the union of Chi-Town (Illinois), Iron Heart (Sudbury), and Quebec. Over the next century, the PA calendar becomes the de facto calendar in North America and the states of Missouri and Lone Star (part of former Texas) join.
 '''2387 AD / 101 PA / AU7''' - Approximate end of the Three-Hundred Year Dark Age.

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 }}
 ==Time==
-As of AU 25, on RIFTS-1 Earth it is 119 PA by the common calendar, or 2405 AD by the old calendar.
+As of AU 26, on RIFTS-1 Earth it is 120 PA by the common calendar, or 2406 AD by the old calendar.
 ==Metaplot==
@@ Line 24: / Line 24: @@
 This is just a list of warpgates that have been established in RP so far. There are surely others!
-Lazlo gate - About 33 miles east of Lazlo, near modern-day Bowmanville. It is observed but not locked down by locals, and a village has sprung up nearby to support travelers and traders, with a road connection (and public transport) to Lazlo itself.
+Lake Ontario gate - About 33 miles east of Lazlo, near modern-day Bowmanville. A trading town has sprung up around it, loosely affiliated with Lazlo, with a road connection (and public transport) to Lazlo itself.
-Melissa's gate - Somewhere in Federation of Magic territory, hidden from the outside by magic.
+Federation of Magic gate - Somewhere in Federation of Magic territory, hidden from the outside by magic.
-Germany gate - There is at least one gate in the forests of Germany, which is currently a warzone.
+New German Republic gate - There is at least one gate in the forests of Germany, which is currently a warzone.
 ==Timeline==
 '''2098 AD''' - The Coming of the RIFTS, beginning of the Three-Hundred Year Dark Age
-'''2287 AD / 1 PA''' (Post-Apocalypse) - Founding of the Coalition State of Chi-town. Over the next century, the PA calendar becomes the de facto calendar in North America.
+'''2287 AD / 1 PA''' (Post-Apocalypse) - Founding of the Coalition States from the union of Chi-Town (Chicago), Iron Heart (Sudbury), and Quebec. Over the next century, the PA calendar becomes the de facto calendar in North America and the states of Missouri and Lone Star (part of former Texas) join.
 '''2387 AD / 101 PA / AU7''' - Approximate end of the Three-Hundred Year Dark Age.
@@ Line 43: / Line 43: @@
 '''2394 AD / 108 PA / AU14''' - Free Quebec gains independence
-'''2395 AD / 109 PA / AU15''' - Sorcerer’s Revenge. CS-Tolkeen war ends with Tolkeen’s destruction.
+'''2395 AD / 109 PA / AU15''' - Sorcerer’s Revenge. CS-Tolkeen war ends with Tolkeen’s destruction. El Dorado (Arkansas) joins the Coalition States.
-'''2399 AD / 113 PA / AU19''' - (April) The Oblivion Orb causes RIFTS Earth (and solar system) to recombine in the Void - Space-Time Storms.
+'''2399 AD / 113 PA / AU19''' - (April) The Oblivion Orb causes RIFTS Earth (and its solar system) to recombine in the Void - Space-Time Storms.
-'''2404 AD / 118 PA / AU24''' - Present Day
+'''2404 AD / 118 PA / AU24''' - The NGR warpgate appears. The NGR accepts nonhumans into its military, becoming slightly more accepting of them, and rebuffs the Gargoyle offense, but doesn't quite finish them. The gargoyles in Germany are left divided, waiting for a new leader to rise and unite them against humanity.

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 }}
 ==Time==
-As of AU 24, on RIFTS-1 Earth it is 118 PA by the common calendar, or 2404 AD by the old calendar.
+As of AU 25, on RIFTS-1 Earth it is 119 PA by the common calendar, or 2405 AD by the old calendar.
 ==Metaplot==
 '''(Where the theme is compared to canon)'''
-The Coalition v Tolkeen war and the secession of Free Quebec happened on time, with Tolkeen being destroyed. Despite dire prophecies, the Mechanoids have not appeared, and the Xiticix are not yet approaching the point of becoming overwhelming within the next few years (they have not spread further presently than they had in canon 105 PA -- they first appeared a few years later or were slower to spread for some reason.)
+The Coalition v Tolkeen war and the secession of Free Quebec happened on time, with Tolkeen being destroyed. Despite dire prophecies, the Mechanoids have not appeared, and the Xiticix are not yet approaching the point of becoming overwhelming within the next few years (they have not spread further presently than they had in canon around 105 PA -- they first appeared a few years later or were slower to spread for some reason.)
-The New German Republic has largely driven the gargoyles back, and is preparing for a final push to finish them off. (TP is ongoing)
+The New German Republic has largely driven the gargoyles back, and is preparing for a final push to finish them off.
-For the most part, RIFTS Earth is not largely changed by unification with the Multiverse -- it was already part of a multiverse, after all! However, warpgates are easier to use than dimensional rifts, and some enterprising explorers and traders have started to spread some Multiversal technology to the more advanced settlements, primarily better computers. Adventurers get their hands on all sorts of things, of course.
+For the most part, RIFTS Earth is not largely changed by unification with the Multiverse -- it was already part of a multiverse, after all! However, warpgates are easier to use than dimensional rifts, and some enterprising explorers and traders have started to spread some Multiversal technology to the more advanced settlements, primarily better computers. Settlements are hesitant to adopt nanotechnology and advanced AI large-scale due to stories of causing an apocalypse on another world, but don't really care about individual use of such things. Adventurers get their hands on all sorts of things, of course, and as long as they're not committing crimes with them, any settlement already friendly to adventurers doesn't care that much what they're carrying.
-We have yet to give much thought to what's happened in the 8 years
+We have yet to give much thought to what's happened in the 9 years since the current canon timeline.
 ==Warpgates==
 This is just a list of warpgates that have been established in RP so far. There are surely others!
 Lazlo gate - About 33 miles east of Lazlo, near modern-day Bowmanville.
 Melissa's gate - Somewhere in Federation of Magic territory, hidden from the outside by magic.
 Germany gate
 ==Timeline==

@@ Line 3: / Line 3: @@
 But humanity did not die that day. It fought back as best it could and now the remains of Earth's natives slowly work to reclaim their world but they are no longer alone. Aliens, demons and other beings prowl the Earth, and now both science and magic of amazing sorts can be found in this changed world -- but can humanity overcome its oldest problem? The urge to hate, fear and destroy that which is different?
 |Cat=Themes
 }}
 ==Time==
-As of AU 23, on RIFTS-1 Earth it is 117 PA by the common calendar, or 2403 AD by the old calendar.
+As of AU 24, on RIFTS-1 Earth it is 118 PA by the common calendar, or 2404 AD by the old calendar.
 ==Metaplot==
-The Coalition v Tolkeen war and the secession of Free Quebec has happened, with Tolkeen being destroyed. Despite dire prophecies, the Mechanoids have not appeared, and the Xiticix are not yet approaching the point of becoming overwhelming within the next few years.
+'''(Where the theme is compared to canon)'''
-For 4 years Lazlo struggled with the huge number of refugees, but an influx of multiversal technology in late 114 PA (AU 20) ended the shortage of supplies for them and allowed for the rapid construction of new housing projects on the outskirts of the city. Nanofabrication and advanced computers decades ahead of most of RIFTS Earth are becoming increasingly common, and an experimental new method of civilian-grade 'borg conversion (actually conversion into a Transferred Intelligence!) is being used to save an increasing number of the terminally ill and elderly at an affordable cost.
+The Coalition v Tolkeen war and the secession of Free Quebec happened on time, with Tolkeen being destroyed. Despite dire prophecies, the Mechanoids have not appeared, and the Xiticix are not yet approaching the point of becoming overwhelming within the next few years (they have not spread further presently than they had in canon 105 PA -- they first appeared a few years later or were slower to spread for some reason.)
-The long-term ramifications of these changes are as yet unclear...
+The New German Republic has largely driven the gargoyles back, and is preparing for a final push to finish them off. (TP is ongoing)
 ==Warpgates==
-There is one publicly known warpgate east of Lazlo and west of the nearby human supremicist settlements, near the northern shore of Lake Ontario. A second warpgate appeared in Federation of Magic territory but was hidden by those who discovered it so that neither the Federation of Magic nor any other power of the world would find it -- its gate address is not ICly known by any played elite.
+This is just a list of warpgates that have been established in RP so far. There are surely others!
 ==Timeline==
@@ Line 23: / Line 32: @@
 '''2287 AD / 1 PA''' (Post-Apocalypse) - Founding of the Coalition State of Chi-town. Over the next century, the PA calendar becomes the de facto calendar in North America.
-'''2386 AD / 100 PA / AU6''' - Approximate end of the Three-Hundred Year Dark Age.
+'''2387 AD / 101 PA / AU7''' - Approximate end of the Three-Hundred Year Dark Age.
 '''???''' Unification of RIFTS Earth Americas in the Vast Marshes. (The rest of the Megaverse unifies elsewhere in the Multiverse)
@@ Line 35: / Line 44: @@
 '''2399 AD / 113 PA / AU19''' - (April) The Oblivion Orb causes RIFTS Earth (and solar system) to recombine in the Void - Space-Time Storms.
-'''2403 AD / 117 PA / AU23''' - Present Day
+'''2404 AD / 118 PA / AU24''' - Present Day
-−
-==Technology Timeline==
-Timeline of Multiversal tech being introduced to Lazlo:
-−
-'''114 PA''' (AU 20)
-−
-Sept 26
-−
-After extensive testing, Staren brings transhuman technology to the Council of Learning. It is agreed to begin testing the technology with several independent researchers, and then to first put it into production for the following uses:
-* Recyclers used for waste disposal, retrofitted into sanitation systems.
-* Fabbers for food and clothing provide for the poor, primarily the Tolkeen refugees. Nanoprogrammers develop food and clothing programs for D-Bees.
-* Advanced computer systems (ectos and servers) are sold at a slowly-decreasing luxury price, the profits going towards a research nonprofit working on uses for all of this technology.
-* Healing Vats - a few are installed in each hospital and used for human patients that cannot be saved (or who are at great risk) by conventional means. Healing and stasis functions only. Research begins on making them work for D-Bees.
-* Mods (Basic biomods, mesh inserts, medichines, cybertools) - Used for experiments only
-* Ego Bridges - Transfer to robotic bodies offered as a voluntary procedure for terminally ill human patients only.
-−
-−
-Winter
-* Fabbers - Food and clothing for D-Bees now widely available.
-* Healing vats and ego bridges - In testing for near-human D-Bees.
-* Healing vat use expanded to free up Body Fixers and Cyber-docs to work on the refugees.
-* Mods (Basic biomods, mesh inserts, medichines, cybertools) - Offered at luxury price, NO CORTICAL STACKS, profits go to nonprofit.
-−
-−
-'''115 PA''' (AU 21)
-* Healing Vats and Mods work for an increasing variety of D-Bees
-−
-−
-May 15
-* Staren recieves his Abstractum. Medical technology (Including the Ego Bridge!) can now be rapidly adapted to almost any manner of D-Bee.
-−
-−
-'''116 PA''' (AU 22)
-−
-Late April
-* FullDive technology is introduced for training and entertainment.
-−
-−
-Late June
-* Staren licenses multiverse-based weapon designs to the Lazlo SDF at very favorable rates, including guided mini- and micromissiles, force fields, and variations on his personal powered body armor and mecha. Most items are restricted to the Lazlo SDF and trusted adventurers, but versions of the forcefield and powered body armor are available in mass-market models.

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	==Warpgates==		==Warpgates==
	There is one publicly known warpgate east of Lazlo and west of the nearby human supremicist settlements, near the northern shore of Lake Ontario. A second warpgate appeared in Federation of Magic territory but was hidden by those who discovered it so that neither the Federation of Magic nor any other power of the world would find it -- its gate address is not ICly known by any played elite.		There is one publicly known warpgate east of Lazlo and west of the nearby human supremicist settlements, near the northern shore of Lake Ontario. A second warpgate appeared in Federation of Magic territory but was hidden by those who discovered it so that neither the Federation of Magic nor any other power of the world would find it -- its gate address is not ICly known by any played elite.
		+
		+	==Technology Timeline==
		+	Timeline of Multiversal tech being introduced to Lazlo:
		+
		+	'''114 PA''' (AU 20)
		+
		+	Sept 26
		+
		+	After extensive testing, Staren brings transhuman technology to the Council of Learning. It is agreed to begin testing the technology with several independent researchers, and then to first put it into production for the following uses:
		+	* Recyclers used for waste disposal, retrofitted into sanitation systems.
		+	* Fabbers for food and clothing provide for the poor, primarily the Tolkeen refugees. Nanoprogrammers develop food and clothing programs for D-Bees.
		+	* Advanced computer systems (ectos and servers) are sold at a slowly-decreasing luxury price, the profits going towards a research nonprofit working on uses for all of this technology.
		+	* Healing Vats - a few are installed in each hospital and used for human patients that cannot be saved (or who are at great risk) by conventional means. Healing and stasis functions only. Research begins on making them work for D-Bees.
		+	* Mods (Basic biomods, mesh inserts, medichines, cybertools) - Used for experiments only
		+	* Ego Bridges - Transfer to robotic bodies offered as a voluntary procedure for terminally ill human patients only.
		+
		+
		+	Winter
		+	* Fabbers - Food and clothing for D-Bees now widely available.
		+	* Healing vats and ego bridges - In testing for near-human D-Bees.
		+	* Healing vat use expanded to free up Body Fixers and Cyber-docs to work on the refugees.
		+	* Mods (Basic biomods, mesh inserts, medichines, cybertools) - Offered at luxury price, NO CORTICAL STACKS, profits go to nonprofit.
		+
		+
		+	'''115 PA''' (AU 21)
		+	* Healing Vats and Mods work for an increasing variety of D-Bees
		+
		+
		+	May 15
		+	* Staren recieves his Abstractum. Medical technology (Including the Ego Bridge!) can now be rapidly adapted to almost any manner of D-Bee.
		+
		+
		+	'''116 PA''' (AU 22)
		+
		+	Late April
		+	* FullDive technology is introduced for training and entertainment.
		+
		+
		+	Late June
		+	* Staren licenses multiverse-based weapon designs to the Lazlo SDF at very favorable rates, including guided mini- and micromissiles, force fields, and variations on his personal powered body armor and mecha. Most items are restricted to the Lazlo SDF and trusted adventurers, but versions of the forcefield and powered body armor are available in mass-market models.