Spark260
Since: Jun, 2013
Ominae
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#4: Jun 26th 2013 at 7:07:08 PM
@ Spark 260 - To make something Bold, you put three apostrophes around it, like so:
'''Word'''
To make something Italic, you put two apostrophes around it:
''Word''
And to make something Bold and Italic...you put five apostrophes around it:
'''''Word'''''
Give the world the best you have and you will get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway.
Spark260
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Ominae
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Welcome to Task Force, an original setting law enforcement setting inspired by classic and new cyberpunk/postcyberpunk works. If this is your first time, then welcome. Stop by for the RP gaming and stay for the experience and enjoy. There is where we "Task Force" players take a break and chill, hang out or ask questions or suggest things to make the RP enjoyable in terms of plot progression. Anyone who wants to drop in and say hi on whether to join or not can join in the discussion. Just don't clutter the thread a lot, okay?
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This is not the RP thread, so you'll need to go here for that.
In the meantime, I started the first post similar to how the first episode of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex in terms of the year and the episode naming and stuff. Hope it's cool with you peeps.
I'll go ahead and post the geopolitics page of a 2038 Cyberpunk/Postcyberpunk world with the makeup of the task force:
Task Force structure:
2038 PHP/USD and USD/PHP exchange:
International geopolitics:
North America:
- Canada and the United States has been hit badly by the war, but not too seriously unlike in Europe. This resulted in the creation of several nations, which consisted of the former American states/Canadian provinces of Alaska, Hawaii, Quebec and Texas.
- Puerto Rico has voted for an independent country after a referendum vote was submitted thanks to a number of protests due to "Discriminatory redistribution" policies the United States implemented as a means of recovering from the damages of WWIII. It has a small defense force while it kept its police system.
- Cuba has undergone a change in government and is now a democratic country.
- Mexico has a security situation where the drug wars resumed after the end of WWIII when the Mexican military took advantage of the war in order to take down most of the drug cartels involved. As of now, only six cartels are left standing. It too has been affected badly similar to its American and Canadian neighbors.
South America:
- Aruba is an independent country with a small defense force, but they have strong ties to the Netherlands. The other islands throughout the Dutch Carribean have integrated with Aruba willingly after a referendum vote gave majority support. The United Socialist Party of Venezuela has protested the independence of Aruba, saying that most of its territory legally belongs to Venezuela. Some tensions continue to exist between the two nations.
- Guiana is now an independent country after a referendum vote showed an overwhelming support.
Europe:
- Ireland has unified with Northern Ireland under a referendum vote. Anti-unification violence by fringe elements of the Ulster Defense Association gave more conviction to the pro-unification camp after the British Army withdrew from Northern Ireland. UN-mandated police forces were deployed to the area to work with PSNI forces in order to quell the violence.
- The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has unified with the rest of Cyprus after a peace treaty was signed between Cyprus and Turkey. Some hardliners in Turkish politics have protested this move.
- Kosovo's independence was fully recognized by all nations after years of UN-assisted administration with the exception of Serbia, aside from being under the stress of WWIII. Hardliners in Serbia have called for the occupation and integration of Kosovo under Serbian rule.
- Various de facto states in Azerbaijan and Georgia have been officially unified. To this day, there are strong yearnings for these states to be independent from the two ex-Soviet satellite states.
- Sardinia and Sicily have received greater autonomy from the Italian government, allowing them to greatly preserve their language and culture.
- The Azores still maintains full autonomy from Portugal, although there have been new political parties that have called for full independence.
- A state of emergency is proclaimed through Corsica as FLNC fighters have engaged French military units throughout the island in a renewed bid to gain independence.
Oceania:
- French Polynesia and New Caledonia are independent with 89% of the vote for the former and 78% for the latter, although they do not have militaries. Instead, they rely on paramilitary police forces.
- Northern Mariana Islands has voted for independence in a referendum vote with 90% of the vote. The NMI also relies on paramilitary police forces.
- American Samoa has voted for unification with the rest of Samoa in a referendum vote with 99.7% of the vote.
Asia:
- Renegade Chinese Communist Party officials took advantage of the Asian War to launch an invasion of Taiwan in order to prevent its leaders from gaining independence. The Hong Kong and Macau SARs reacted violently to the attempted invasion, declaring independence while being able to drive out PLA forces with urban guerrilla tactics before the city-states have achieved independence as well. An American-led invasion force drove Chinese forces from Taiwanese soil, which resulted in the country's official independence.
- West and East Timor has unified, keeping the official name "Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste".
- The Republic of Maluku/Republic of Moluccas has gained independence when Indonesia has been affected by the Asian War as direct rule from Jakarta ceased to exist at the time, allowing South Maluku independence groups to gain control over the area. Fierce fighting started after the end of the Asian War for 3 years before international pressure made Jakarta yield. This consist of all the islands in Maluku (or Moluccas).
- West Papua has seceded from Indonesia from a referendum vote that has overwhelming support, unifying with the rest of Papua New Guinea. It also keeps the official name "Independent State of Papua New Guinea".
- Japan has better relations with all the countries in the Asia-Pacific after a reformist LDP prime minister and his coalition allies have passed into law that it takes responsibility for its action during WWII. Radical right-wing factions and terror groups have called for the deaths of politicians, celebrities/media personalities, government officials and their families and diplomats who support the law.
Africa:
- Somalia has unified together with most of the fragmented "states", including Puntland and Jubaland after years of fighting resulted in the destruction of Al-Shahab. They were also given more autonomy over local affairs under federal rule.
- The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic has integrated with Morocco after the Moroccan government allowed them full autonomy over their own affairs. Ex-Sahrawi People's Liberation Army forces have regrouped together under a new organization and fight for full independence for Western Sahara.
- Azawad's independence was not recognized by Mali or by the rest of the international community. Sporadic fighting continues to persist.
Philippine conditions:
Nothing has changed in terms of politics, except that the Communist Party of the Philippines has reformed with a new generation of leaders vowing to work for social justice after the New People's Army have been defeated, mostly through military deployments. A right-wing party has surfaced, being seen as an extreme party that campaigns for the expulsions of refugees and the permanent expulsion of any foreign troops deployed in Philippine soil, even if it's for training exercises.
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front has been disbanded after greater autonomy was given to the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao with most of its fighters integrated into its police forces. A few are hardliners and have joined up with criminal gangs or have created their own factions to fight for Bangsamoro independence.
A majority of the urban cities have been rebuilt thanks to massive reconstruction efforts with improved road conditions, giving better links between urban and rural areas. A new mass rapid transit system was created to replace the pre-war LRT/MRT systems linking the cities (At least in Metro Manila and in Cebu), based on the Malaysian mass rapid transit system. It's created as a part of the Philippine government's Strong Republic Transit System. The University of the Philippines Diliman Automated Guideway Transit System is going strong, creating a transit system for the university. A rapid bus transit system is also in place, replacing many privately-own bus companies in an effort to end traffic problems. Jeepneys and motorized tricycles still continue to exist.
Even though living standards continue to improve, there is still a lower class that continues to suffer as they didn't receive the benefits of the growing economy. Left-wing parties continue to campaign for better benefits on their behalf.
Cyberization has made little headway into the Philippines due to conservative views from some sections of the public, including the various Christian denominations, Islamists and Buddhists who oppose widespread use of prosthetics for mainly religious reasons, although there are others who challenge the use of prosthetics for anti-cyberization reasons with extremist factions willing to use violence to target corporate officials and their families, government officials, celebrities/media personalities and diplomatic personnel who are known to support cyberization. The Philippines, alongside Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand (except Papua New Guinea, Singapore and Vietnam, the only three countries that accepted widespread use of prosthetics), has seen little promotion of prosthetics in Southeast Asia aside from those who are in need of it for medical reasons. A few elite law enforcement units have allowed its personnel to use prosthetics if it would help them in their job. Rumors abound that the Philippine military host a few all-cyborg military units without much confirmation.
Androids are openly sold in the Philippines, though only for the most part as servants, drivers, tour guides and assistants. The black market is covertly selling combat-ready androids to criminal and terrorist groups. There are plans to introduce robotic pets, mostly for companionship with others sold as guard dogs.
Expats, both foreigners and Filipinos who have been living abroad for years with either dual or foreign citizenship, have also made the real estate market profitable, especially since Global City has a big construction boom in creating high-rise apartment buildings and residence-style hotels for locals and foreigners who have cash in their pockets to buy a unit for themselves or for their families.
edited 30th Jun '13 5:59:37 AM by Ominae