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''[[https://web.archive.org/web/20130523140949/http://www.atonementrpi.com/ Atonement RPI]]'' was a [[RolePlayingGame roleplay]] intensive {{MUD}} that combined the genres of [[ScienceFiction science fiction]], [[SurvivalHorror survival horror]], and [[AfterTheEnd a post-apocalyptic setting]].

'''Alpha''' placed the players in the role of one of several crew members of a spaceship trying to return Home. Recently woken from [[HumanPopsicle cryogenic sleep]], these survivors found themselves with [[LaserGuidedAmnesia no memory of their past lives]], why they boarded the ship, where they're from, or even where they're going. Additionally, they soon learned that they're not alone, and the Ship was home to several ugly threats standing in the way of their survival.

In '''Beta''', the theme shifted to a post-apocalyptic setting, following the tale of a fallen Lunar Colony. The Outlanders of Grungetown strove for survival against each other and the ever present "EvilEmpire" New Phoenix, which had retrieved a fair amount of Utopian resources and instated themselves as lords of the moon. In addition to this, a new threat came with the Genetic Terrors, the hive-minded zombie like creatures which crashed with the Survivors of the SBS Phoenix II. As New Phoenix and Grungetown warred with each other and discovered long-lost aspects of Utopia, the Terrors presented their own threats...

In '''Gamma''', the overwhelming power of the Terrors forced the remaining Lunar survivors to flee on the original colonization ship, the SBS Atlas, with the intent to go to Alpha Centauri, the only known successful human colony remaining...

The game ran from 2010 to 2012 before being deliberately shutdown by the creator to avoid the game going stale. It's spiritual successor ''[[http://forum.parallelrpi.com/portal.php Parallel RPI]]'' is still running.

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!!This game provided examples of:

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[[folder:Alpha]]
%%* AHouseDivided: Various factions fought against and amongst each other.
%%* ActionGirl
%%* ActionHero
%%* ActionSurvivor
%%* AffablyEvil
%%* AgeAppropriateAngst
%%* AmnesiacDissonance
%%* AmnesiaDanger
%%* AntiHero
%%* AntiVillain
%%* AnyoneCanDie: By code, or by plot which might almost purposefully have ended in your PC's death.
%%* ApocalypticLog
%%* ArtificialGravity
%%* AssholeVictim
%%* BadassBookworm
%%* BadassCrew
%%* BadAssNormal
%%* BattleCouple
%%* BeautyIsNeverTarnished
%%* BodyHorror
%%* BoringButPractical: Most weapons fell under this.%%How?
%%* BreakTheCutie
%%* TheCasanova
%%* CharacterDevelopment
%%* ChestBurster: Class zero mutants were a variation of this trope.%%How?
%%* CodeName
%%* CombatMedic
%%* CombatTentacles
%%* CrapsackWorld
%%* CruelAndUnusualDeath
%%* DarknessEqualsDeath
%%* DeadlyDoctor
%%* DeliciousDistraction
%%* DespairEventHorizon
%%* DisasterScavengers: Most items possessed by players were scavenged from somewhere in the ship.
%%* DualWielding
* DuctTapeForEverything: Many crafts in the game required the use of duct tape. These crafted items ranged from makeshift spears, clubs etc. to helmets, pants and other assorted equipment.
%%* EldritchAbomination
%%* EmotionsVsStoicism
%%* EyeScream
%%* FemmeFatale
%%* FetchQuest
%%* FluffyTheTerrible
%%* GenreBlindness
%%* GiantMook
%%* GigglingVillain
%%* GhostShip: The ''S.B.S''. Phoenix, the setting of the alpha phase of the MUD, was an example of this.
%%* {{Gorn}}
%%* GreyAndGrayMorality
%%* HumanPopsicle
%%* IAmAHumanitarian
%%* IdentityAmnesia
* ImprovisedWeapon: Only a handful of characters possessed actual weapons. Most people used scavenged everyday objects that were transformed into crude weapons.
%%* ItemCrafting
%%* LaserGuidedAmnesia
%%* LatexSpaceSuit
%%* LivingShip
* KleptomaniacHero: Many of the items that existed in the game were looted from a corpse, stolen, or otherwise scavenged from some place initially.
%%* MacheteMayhem: A rare weapon in the MUD.
%%* MadScientist
* MissionControl: Personnel in the panic room of the ''S.B.S. Phoenix'' fed information to others in the ship through the intercom.
%%* MultiNationalTeam
%%* MysteriousWaif
%%* NeuralImplanting
%%* NightOfTheLivingMooks
%%* NotQuiteDead: Downed mutants (or people) could rise back up.
%%* NothingIsScarier
%%* OffWithHisHead
%%* OurZombiesAreDifferent
* PlayerPersonalityQuiz: During character creation, the MUD would ask you a series of questions involving the personality and traits of your character that would determine his or her starting skills and stats.
%%* PlayerVersusPlayer
* PowerEqualsRarity: Only a handful of characters possessed the real weapons and armour. Most had to make do with makeshift ones, which were considerably weaker.
%%* PsychoPartyMember
%%* QuestForIdentity
%%* RageQuit
%%* RagtagBunchOfMisfits
%%* ReadyForLovemaking
%%* RedShirt
* RespawningEnemies: Zombies continue to rise out of corpse piles until the source had been destroyed.
* SceneryGorn: Blood everywhere, the ship torn apart, and disturbing messages written in blood and chunks of flesh and/or brain matter.
%%* ScienceHero
%%* SenseLessSacrifice
* ShoutOut: One of the scavenged items players could find is a copy of an ''Magazine/Analog'' magazine. Which in the future had apparently changed formats to include pornography.
%%* ShroudedInMyth
%%* SociopathicHero
* SoundOnlyDeath: The MUD gave off random echoes to the players. One of these echoes mentioned a scream of death coming from another deck of the ship.
%%* SpaceshipGirl
%%* SpaceOpera
%%* SurvivalHorror
%%* TeethClenchedTeamwork
%%* TheresNoPlaceLikeHome
%%* TheReveal
%%* TheUndead
%%* TheVirus
%%* TokenMinority
%%* TooDumbToLive
%%* UndeadChild
%%* UnwantedHarem
%%* WasOnceAMan: The various mutants in the MUD.
%%* WizardNeedsFoodBadly
%%* WrenchWench
%%* YouAreInCommandNow
%%* YouAreNumberSix
%%* YouShallNotPass
%%* ZombieGait
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[[folder:Beta]]
%%* AffablyEvil
* AfterTheEnd: Beta's moon setting was more Post-Apocalyptic than SpaceOpera, taking place in the ruins of a fallen lunar colony.
%%* AntiHero
%%* AntiVillain
%%* AnyoneCanDie
%%* ApocalypseHow: Planetary societal collapse.
%%* ArtificialLimbs
%%* BadBoss: Anyone involved in TheTeaser "How the West Was Won" knows who.
%%* BeautyIsNeverTarnished
%%* BigBad: Ambiguous.
%%* BitPartBadguys: Bandits, zombies, and Peter.
%%* BlackKnight: Jack liked to say that he's a knight, while attacking [=PCs=].
%%* {{Bloodsport}}: One of the more popular forms of entertainment in Grungetown, including the arena and the local sport of "Flashball".
%%* BodyHorror
%%* CrapsackWorld
%%* TheChessmaster: In Alpha it was Betty. In Beta maybe was Sky Gaiman or Angelique.
%%* TheComputerIsYourFriend: Probably Atlas.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Inverted. Cyborgs bore a heavy social stigma, not for the belief that their implants make them less human, but because they were assumed to have done something at least shady -- though more likely abominable -- to even afford them.
%%* {{Cyborg}}: One of the playable races living in Grungetown.
%%* DeadlyDoctor
%%* DesertPunk
%%* DisasterScavengers
%%* {{Dystopia}}
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: The lunar ecosystem was incredibly harsh. If it breathes, it probably wanted to eat you, or wait around for something else to kill you and eat what's left.
* FantasticRacism: Mutants and cyborgs both labored under severe social stigma for varying reasons.
%%* GreaterScopeVillain: Also ambiguous. Who was the villain?
%%* LaResistance: The Revolutionary Army (aka, the Anarchists).
%%* NewOldWest: Grungetown and the Outlands.
%%* ReadyForLovemaking: You could never get away from this in the game. Even the mutants were doing it.
%%* RedShirt
%%* RespawningEnemies
%%* ScavengerWorld
%%* ShroudedInMyth: Rumored creatures such as "Atlas", "Devarado de Mundo" and "Audrey".
%%* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Was way, way on the cynical side.
%%* {{Terraform}}: Beta took place on a barely-terraformed version of Earth's moon.
%%* TheBadGuysAreCops
* TheTeaser: The pre-open timeline RPT for Beta, "How the West Was Won", showed how the water plant around which the game's main settlement, Grungetown, grew was captured by the Wilmingtons.
%%* WorldHalfEmpty
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gamma and Part Four]]
%%* AGodAmI: Gaiman
%%* AlternateUniverse
%%* ApocalypseHow: Universal Species Extinction/Class 3.
%%* ArtisticLicenseSpace
* BreathWeapon: [[OurDragonsAreDifferent The Blighter]] spat out DeadlyGas and lightning. And it had [[HydraProblem three heads]] that could only be dealt with with [[KillItWithFire a flamethrower]].
%%* BugWar: These guys just would not leave us alone
%%* CrapsackWorld
%%* CreatingLifeIsBad: Where the bugs came from.
%%* DefiantToTheEnd
%%* DownerEnding
%%* EarthThatWas: And never again.
%%* EverythingIsTryingToKillYou: Because they were.
%%* ExplosionsInSpace: [[OutrunTheFireball Rode the fireball]] right off to the next destination.
%%* FateWorseThanDeath: Dying to infection.%%Why?
%%* FightingForAHomeland
%%* HeroicSacrifice: The End, and several notable characters.
%%* HiveCasteSystem: Not hyper-organized, but there were definitely different classes.
%%* HiveQueen: Red, the motherships.%%... what?
%%* HopelessWar: Turned out to be quite.%%What does? How?
%%* HumansAreTheRealMonsters
%%* InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves
%%* ItHasBeenAnHonor
%%* LastStand
%%* LawOfInverseFertility: In the form of DoubleSubversion.
%%* KillItWithFire: The Blighter.
%%* MassOhCrap: The End -- when it turns out to be an accident.
%%* MindControl: The HiveQueen happened to be telepathic.%%Telepathy isn't mind control.
%%* NukeEm: Nuked the moon before ditching it. Sort of nuked the motherships, too.
%%* OrificeInvasion: Facehuggers.
%%* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Blighter
%%* OurZombiesAreDifferent:
%%* SpaceFriction: Coolant at thirteen percent.%%What?
%%* SyntheticPlague: What caused the collapse of the [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas United Lunar Nation]]. ScienceIsBad GoneHorriblyWrong.
%%* TakingYouWithMe
%%* TheVirus:
%%* TragicMonster: Plenty of characters went this way.%%How?
%%* VirtualGhost: Eve, and Gaiman later on.
%%* YouCantGoHomeAgain
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