History TabletopGame / MutantChronicles

** Bauhaus - Germany, Russia, France and Italy, served as 19th Century-style Aristocracy ([[AristocratsAreEvil Evil optional]]).

** Cybertronic gets things done. Somehow. [[spoiler:Actually, their CEO is a practically omniscient VirtualGhost that the higher-ups run their decisions by simply by typing in an inquiry. Assuming they aren't his hundred or so clones, all of which embody a different facet of his personality. So, a God-King, of sorts.]]

* AmazonBrigade: Lots. Etoiles Mortant, Mourning Wolves, Vestals and Valkyries to name a few. All supremely BadAss Special Forces within their respective organizations.

* MagicVersusScience: The conflict between Cybertronic and the Brotherhood in a nutshell. [[spoiler: The third edition Cybertronic splatbook teases that while defeating the Dark Legion is essential for humanity's survival, the conflict which will truly define humanity's fate is the one between the Durand brothers.]]

''Mutant Chronicles'' is a post-apocalyptic role playing game created by the Swedish company Target Games. It also spawned a semi-successful franchise: two {{Collectible Card Game}}s (''TabletopGame/DoomTrooper'' and ''TabletopGame/DarkEden''), three {{Board Game}}s (Fury of the Clansmen, Blood Berets and Doom Troopers: Siege of the Citadel) two tabletop wargames (War Zone and Mutant Chronicles: Collectible Miniatures Game), a VideoGame (''VideoGame/DoomTroopers'', the second one planned to be a RTS in the vein of ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'' was canned), a novel trilogy, a short ComicBook series and a film whose writers apparently just didn't know or [[TheyJustDidntCare Just Didn't Care]], not to say it wasn't still good on its own.

* {{Ubermensch}}: Vince Diamond. In short: bleached {{Cyborg}} VinDiesel. Some other Cybertronic troops also qualify. [[spoiler:And their founder, who effectively made himself the god of the internet.]]

''Mutant Chronicles'' is a post-apocalyptic role playing game created by the Swedish company Target Games. It also spawned a semi-successful franchise: two {{Collectible Card Game}}s (''DoomTrooper'' and ''TabletopGame/DarkEden''), three {{Board Game}}s (Fury of the Clansmen, Blood Berets and Doom Troopers: Siege of the Citadel) two tabletop wargames (War Zone and Mutant Chronicles: Collectible Miniatures Game), a VideoGame (''VideoGame/DoomTroopers'', the second one planned to be a RTS in the vein of ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'' was canned), a novel trilogy, a short ComicBook series and a film whose writers apparently just didn't know or [[TheyJustDidntCare Just Didn't Care]], not to say it wasn't still good on its own.

* BenevolentPrecursors: [[spoiler:Ancient Martians, who sealed the Dark Legion away and severely weakened it in modern times-just enough for humanity to stand a fighting chance.]]

* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Brotherhood Crucifiers. [[spoiler:Ancient Martians had this naturally.]]
* {{Mutant}}: Curiously downplayed. There's a lot in the Dark Legion, but very few everywhere else, to the point where mutation is seen as a sign of being a Heretic, because generally you're a Heretic before you mutate. [[spoiler:Entirely human mutants are descendants of Ancient experiments into inoculating humanity against the Dark Symmetry.]]

%%* McNinja: Mortificators, for example.

* Mutant: Curiously downplayed. There's a lot in the Dark Legion, but very few everywhere else, to the point where mutation is seen as a sign of being a Heretic, because generally you're a Heretic before you mutate. [[spoiler:Entirely human mutants are descendants of Ancient experiments into inoculating humanity against the Dark Symmetry.]]

** Mishima too, as a matter of fact, since they follow a particularly harsh brand of Tokugawa era Bushido, but their sourcebook exposits on the growing corruption within the noble families.

* ArmyOfThievesAndWhores: Capitol has two flavors. The conventional flavor is the Freedom Brigades, men and women who are trading ten years of brutal service in the most Light-forsaken hellholes in the solar system for a clean rap sheet and Capitol citizenship. The less conventional one is the Free Marines, which is a penal battalion for highly decorated Spec Ops veterans who for some reason have been sentenced to death.

* ArtificialLimbs: Domain of Cybertronic. Even if not entirely metal/plastic/inhuman, they will have metal bits and wires sticking out as a hint.

* BlackAndGreyMorality: Played with. All the megacorporations are amoral and/or arrogant in varying amounts, and regularly fight the Dark Legion, which is gleefully, sadistically evil...but it's also shown that opposing the Legion [[ALighterShadeOfGrey tends to bring out the best in people]] by necessity (otherwise the Dark Symmetry would corrupt them).

* TheBrute: Algeroth (GeniusBruiser version; he represents all aspects of war, including strategy and technology)

* TheCorruption: Dark Symmetry again. It is, however, curable, hence why the Inqusition is respected and liked by those in the know.

** Bauhaus - Germany, Russia, France and Italy, served as 19th Century-style [[AristocratsAreEvil Evil Aristocracy]].

** Bauhaus are also purely feudal, but less oppressive. Bauhaus nobles, unlike their Mishiman counterparts, have a strong sense of ''noblesse obligé'', and commoners who distinguish themselves can be raised to the nobility. That said, commoners are second-class citizens in Bauhaus, and no bones are made about that.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Dark Legion runs on those. Algeroth The Apostle Of War, Demnogonis The Befouler, Ilian The Mistress Of The Void, Muawijhe (''pronounced "moo-ah-jee"'') The Lord Of Visions, Semai The Lord Of Spite - and that's just the beginning. Their units have equally colorful names - Immaculate Furies, Gomorrean Emasculators and Zenithian Soulslayers, for example. The Nepharites, for their part, ave names mostly inspired from Abrahamic religions like Golgotha or Absalom. Not mentioning the ''weapons'', like Ashreketh, Azoghar, Kratach or Vassht.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The Imperials done this twice, first is when they went to Pluto they unleashed the Dark Legion, and again when they reached another planet beyond Pluto they released the Dark Symmetry.

* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Mishima and part of Imperial has this philosophy.

** Double-subverted in that [[spoiler:Cybertronic's supposed [=AIs=] are actually wetware/hardware interfaces (i.e. the main component is always a cybernetically-enhanced BrainInAJar)]].

** As of 3rd Edition, this is pretty clearly subverted. [[spoiler:Their founder is a WellIntentionedExtremist who believes [[TranshumanismIsAwesome cybernetic evolution]] is the key to defeating the Dark Legion. The reason nobody in Cybertronic becomes a Heretic is that he and his lieutenants ''are'' the Subnet the corporation uses-and as soon as they see signs of true Heresy, they eliminate it ''with extreme prejudice.'' They're pretty much entirely on humanity's side.]]

** Cybertronic - multinational corporate hive.

** Cybertronic gets things done. Somehow. [[spoiler:Actually, their CEO is a practically omniscient VirtualGhost that the higher-ups run their decisions by simply by typing in an inquiry.]]

* LostTechnology: Averted: Technology from before the arrival of the Dark Symmetry still exists, but has been deactivated. All corporations still have blueprints for targeting computers, laser weaponry and orbital attack platforms archived, just waiting for the day when someone figures out a way to shield them from Dark Symmetry.

* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Brotherhood Crucifiers.

%%* BadassLongRobe: Brotherhood elite units, like Inquisitors.

* {{Brainwashed}}: Dark Legion Cultists. And Cybertronic too,

* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: That's what The Brotherhood thinks about Cybertronic. They just wait for a bigger screw-up to round up the whole corporation and [[KillItWithFire burn them]]. Whether it's true or not is intentionally left a mystery. [[spoilers:Their founder, for example, thinks this is a good thing-and did it intentionally to himself, so it's even more ambiguous.]]

* TheDarkChick: Demnogonis, Dark Apostle of disease, who really doesn't fit the infiltration or blatant assault tactics his siblings favor.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Normally it is, but [[spoiler:Cybertronic, at least, has figured out how to use the Dark Legion's eldritch tech in the service of humanity.]]

* {{Brainwashed}}: Dark Legion Cultists. And Cybertronic too.

** Cybertronic gets things done. Somehow.

* NewTechnologyIsEvil: People are afraid to build too capable computers after the last ones they had went on the fritz, and murderously so, due to Dark Symmetry. Of course, Cybertronic just doesn't care.

* SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness: Hopelessly stuck on the serious end.

* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: That's what The Brotherhood thinks about Cybertronic. They just wait for a bigger screw-up to round up the whole corporation and [[KillItWithFire burn them]]. Whether it's true or not is intentionally left a mystery.

* {{Ubermensch}}: Vince Diamond. In short: bleached {{Cyborg}} VinDiesel. Some other Cybertronic troops also qualify.

* DeadlyDoctor: Most field medics are armed. The Dark Legion's Curators take this UpToEleven, however.

%%* TheDarkChick: Demnogonis, Dark Apostle of disease.

%%* GambitPileup: When you consider dominance of the solar system as the prize,

* MagicKnight: Most Brotherhood sergeants in Warzone. Most Brothehood personel period (yes, even the ostensibly noncombatant missionaries and administrators) in the RPG.

%%* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Cartel, some Megacorp officers as well.

* WritingAroundTrademarks: Sort of. Nothing is stated outright, but it's heavily implied that Bauhaus is the contemporary retail chain [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus_(company) Bauhaus]], and that Imperial grew out of clan Murdoch, which, in turn grew from UsefulNotes/{{Rupert Murdoch}}'s media empire. There is also mention in the fluff of ''[[{{Cats}} The Devil's Cats]], a [[LongRunner long-running]] musical by [[Creator/TSEliot T.S.]] [[Creator/AndrewLloydWebber Webber]].

* WritingAroundTrademarks: Sort of. Nothing is stated outright, but it's heavily implied that Bauhaus is the contemporary retail chain [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus_(company) Bauhaus]], and that Imperial grew out of clan Murdoch, which, in turn grew from UsefulNotes/{{Rupert Murdoch}}'s media empire. There is also mention in the fluff of ''[[{{Cats}} The Devil's Cats]], a [[LongRunner long-running]] musical by [[TSEliot T.S.]] [[AndrewLloydWebber Webber]].

* ColdSniper: Cybertronic Chem.IMN. Basically, a {{Terminator}} with sniper rifle and chemical weapons. Calistonian Sundancers (space demons with sniper rifles and {{Cool Helmet}}s) as well.
* CombatMedic: Most Corporations field them. Cybertronic "personality" Dr Diana is an example.

%%* BadassInANiceSuit: Cartel Field Agents, at least partially. Also Brotherhood Revisors, completely.

* BlingOfWar: Mishima with their samurai-styled armors, Brotherhood with {{Badass Long Robe}}s and Imperial Wolf Packs to name a few.

* OneWingedAngel: Stahler from Dark Legion. When you shoot him for the first time, the fun is only starting.

%%* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Mainly Stahler, but the backstory includes lots of others.

* TheDarkChick: Demnogonis, Dark Apostle of disease.

%%* TheSmartGuy: Muawhije and Semai (although actually [[MagnificentBastard Ilian trumps both]])

** Unfortunately, likely due to renewed efforts by the Dark Soul to crush humanity, [[CorruptChurch corruption]] has begun to take root in many of the less rigtheous individuals and subgroups.

* WritingAroundTrademarks: Sort of. Nothing is stated outright, but it's heavily implied that Bauhaus is the contemporary retail chain [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus_(company) Bauhaus]], and that Imperial grew out of clan Murdoch, which, in turn grew from {{Rupert Murdoch}}'s media empire. There is also mention in the fluff of ''[[{{Cats}} The Devil's Cats]], a [[LongRunner long-running]] musical by [[TSEliot T.S.]] [[AndrewLloydWebber Webber]].

* TheBigBad: The Dark Soul, leader of the Dark Legion and the closest thing to a genuine GodOfEvil there is in the setting. Thankfully it needs proxies to do anything.

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[[caption-width:300:The first boxed set]]