OVERVIEW
This post is to clarify major themes and setting details for the C.A. games I run. Everything posted here is more or less general knowledge that all characters would have.
BOUNTIES FROM HUNTS
(Excerpt from the White Holiss Operations Manual, published 5-6-190 C.A., Most current revision: 8-19-280 C.A.)
For other monsters yet requiring identification The White Holiss reserves the right to append a bounty that constitutes fair compensation to the hunter. For published bounties, The White Holiss reserves the right to change the Creature Bounty Compensation Standard Operating Procedure (CBCSOP) (located on page 1099 of your Operations Manual) at any time. The White Holiss is not required by any regulations in the Corporate States of America (both the Northern and Southern Supervisory Districts) to inform its employees of these changes to the CBCSOP.
THE FERTILITY AND REPRODUCTION REGULATIONS
The Fertility Regulations are a set of multiple standard operating procedures made by the Corporate States of America in the 120's and 130's that were made to protect man from extinction given the threats presented by the Miasma and the vitaephages. They have evolved since into some of the most important SOP's on the books for the CSA. Put briefly, the regulations state...
- Men and women are not allowed to use any form of contraception, except in special cases (becoming a hunter, for example).
- Women at and beyond the age of 18 must bear at least one child every 2 years up to a minimum of 5. At age 40, this requirement is no longer enforced.
- Childbearing before 18 is rewarded by the CSA
- The CSA provides orphanages and adoption services, they reward adoption. Many women have children with no plans for raising the children, and they are put up for adoption.
- Abortion is, for the most part, illegal.
- Infertile women must volunteer their services as midwives, nurses, or at nurseries.
- Fertility clinics are subsidized, along with the service they provide. Many women find it easier to be implanted with fertilized eggs than becoming married and starting a family, despite the CSA's push for the "nuclear family."
- Becoming pregnant is big business, and many fertility clinics receive money from the CSA to offer "designer baby" services.
These stipulations in the regulations have led to great social change in the years of the Corporate Age. Though all life is valuable and the CSA has aggressive anti-discrimination regulations, it is not uncommon for male babies to be abandoned in favor of female babies, as females are the limiting factor in sexual reproduction. Currently it is common for cities like Corporate Seattle to have a female to male ratio of about 6 to 1. This gap has been steadily widening, with females preferable to males. Many women drop out of higher education to fulfill their child bearing requirements, making men the leaders of industry by de facto, as they have time to focus on studies and careers. There is a common saying; "people are only as valuable as their fertility."
CHAT LOG TIDBITS
- Japan has reverted to a Bushido code, and is now a feudalism practicing harsh isolationism. The Fortresses of Tokyo and Kyoto are the only places "free" of the miasma. The Americas are now the Corporate States of America. The North Administration is Canada, USA, Mexico and Central America. The Southern Administration is South America.
- The Caribbeans... there be dragons. Warlords hold them, and without resouces the CSA isn't interested. The islands can rot. Hawaii is lost to the miasma. Parts of Alaska are lost to wilderness, and Anchorage is a prime target for vitaephage activity. The Blue Maegons are active there. Rio is still there. The Jesus statue is now a monument to the New Capitalism. It's been demolished and rebuilt. Religion is not looked upon kindly by the corporations because religious holidays distract people from work.
- The National Dismantlement War was not kind to Europe. The EU shattered when the combined forces of the corporations attacked.
- Iowa, and the farming belt of the Former US is now mostly owned and controlled by a large farming corporation that holds most of the market for food production in the CSA. West Virginia is owned primarily by mining corporations, but they've fallen on hard times. Fossil fuels are not used very often anymore, save for cars and trucks. Most power plants use chemical or nuclear reactors to produce electricity. The CSA has standardized all of the SOP's dealing with the different corporations underneath it, states are no longer unique and all follow the same rules.
- [What level of technology are the vitaephages operating with?] Nothing is known, not truly anyway. They seem to produce an awful lot of rubberized clothing, most likely to deal with the acid rains that are presumed to fall in China and Russia. Many believe that they are working with a diesel powered level of technology. There is no reason to advance medicine when all vitaephages can regrow blown off limbs and never seem to get sick. Artifacts recovered, like the scythe, almost seem magickal, the composition of the metal alien to Western science due to the fundamental changes the Miasma has produced in living and non-living entities.
- There was once an Explorer branch of the CSA military, but following heavy losses in the late first century C.A. they were disbanded. The war with the East is now defensive in posture with no plans of reclamation.
- During the National Dismantlement War it was seen prudent to dispose of the nuclear stockpile for a multitude of reasons with complete disarmament by 1 C.A. Now, nuclear weapons are illegal, as are corporate wars. The power of the dollar holds sway. The stock exchange is the battlefield of this future.
- The fight for the Eastern Hemisphere was lost for good by 20 C.A. The small PMC's (Private Military Companies) that formed the corporations armies were numerous, but were equipped with basic arms, nothing more fancy than bombers and cruise missiles. Because the Miasma seems to have halted, for the most part, at the shores of the oceans, there is no drive to fight for the East. the CSA is worried primarily about internal affairs as the lost lands have no population anymore.
- Space has been abandoned. The flirtations with space by the nations before the Dismantlement War yielded no promise of wealth for the corporations.
- It has been 280 years since the Corporate Age has dawned. it is December 15, 280 C.A. The loss of the East and the war has destroyed much of the world's history, and it is unclear what year it would be by the Julian calendar. The National Dismantlement War was fought primarily by economics and in shadow. Nations disappeared as the corporations came from the shadows and governed directly, instead of through special interest groups and super pacs.
- Due to the nature of the war and propaganda of the corporations, people left the Old Communisms behind for the bright dawn of the New Capitalism. This is 1984 stuff. The CSA is all about war being peace, freedom being slavery, and ignorance being wisdom.
- [Are there rebel groups?] Not that anyone talks about. the CSA HR department logs complaints, and corrective actions are published periodically to amend the CSA SOP's and regulations. Folks seem happy enough with it, because the corporations are self policing now. Food companies play nice because disease kills, all life is sacred.
- Men's rights have changed radically since the dawn of the Corporate Age. Men can work. they are physically able to fight. They are used as soldiers. Harsh physical labor. Many males are killed via abortion or homicide before they can become adults because men have little reproductive value. Men that do make it must be better than the rest. Strong. Tough. Resilient. Intelligent.
- [How long do games run?] For this game, I take as long as necessary.
- Women in the Corporate Age are protected class of human. Crimes against women are prosecuted to the highest degree the SOP's allow. Women are given many benefits and recompense for bearing children... however they are forced, by SOP, into pregnancy. Women are put onto a pedestal because they are the limiting factor to sexual reproduction. All women are valuable. Infertile women are required to work as midwives, nurses, or foster parents.
- Reproduction is required, and fertility clinics are big business. Many things are possible without genetic engineering. Banks and banks of male reproductive material are kept on ice at all times, and mothers-to-be can pick which samples they want to become pregnant by. Genetic screening of male reproductive material allows mothers-to-be to select many traits, just like purchasing a set of dishware. Hair color, eye color, potential intelligence, potential personalities, even sex, can all be determined before a woman chooses to become fertilized.
- [Why aren't babies made in a factory?] Artificial wombs have come a long way in the biotechnologies arena, but they are not high enough quality to produce humans en masse. Beyond this, the Humanities SOP safeguards man from becoming a product of industry himself. The nuclear family is a protected group in the CSA.
- [Do men have to donate their genetic material?] The amount of men willing to donate their reproductive materials is large, and fertility clinics never run out. So far, no SOP has been made to force donation. Many programs reward marriage and the more natural way of things.
- [Can people still be virgins into their twenties?] Yes. Sex is not forced. Reproduction is. Rape is still a vile crime.
- [How is the government of the CSA structured?] The CSA is a conglomerate of corporations, a grand pax, controlled by the economy. The CSA has profits and stocks, just like any other company. The services it provides are things like criminal prosecution and legal services. They sell goods as well, mainly everyday items. Clothes. Food. tools. etc. For example, you have to pay for police service, like electricity or water. These used to be called, "taxes," but now they're simply known as purchases. All land is owned by the CSA, forcing everyone to become tenants. as well. That's where the CSA gets its money. Also, since war is illegal and bad for business, PMC's are ill-equipped to deal with threats, like the East directly. PMC's now a days, like the Hunter companies, are private industries that provide security services, bounty services, and other things of that nature. They put down insurgents (think of riots and the like) and are kept small by regulation.
- [Are people entitled to mates?] No one is entitled to anything in the CSA. Ideally, it is a meritocracy, with actions rewarded with good, services, and money. Hunters are allowed to get married, have children, and do anything anyone else would be allowed to do. However, Hunters may ignore the regulations requiring reproduction
This post is to clarify major themes and setting details for the C.A. games I run. Everything posted here is more or less general knowledge that all characters would have.
BOUNTIES FROM HUNTS
(Excerpt from the White Holiss Operations Manual, published 5-6-190 C.A., Most current revision: 8-19-280 C.A.)
Gaunt: $4
Shambler: $8
Pluto: $12
Reaper: $45
Feral Phage: $50
Vitaephage: $250
For other monsters yet requiring identification The White Holiss reserves the right to append a bounty that constitutes fair compensation to the hunter. For published bounties, The White Holiss reserves the right to change the Creature Bounty Compensation Standard Operating Procedure (CBCSOP) (located on page 1099 of your Operations Manual) at any time. The White Holiss is not required by any regulations in the Corporate States of America (both the Northern and Southern Supervisory Districts) to inform its employees of these changes to the CBCSOP.
THE FERTILITY AND REPRODUCTION REGULATIONS
The Fertility Regulations are a set of multiple standard operating procedures made by the Corporate States of America in the 120's and 130's that were made to protect man from extinction given the threats presented by the Miasma and the vitaephages. They have evolved since into some of the most important SOP's on the books for the CSA. Put briefly, the regulations state...
- Men and women are not allowed to use any form of contraception, except in special cases (becoming a hunter, for example).
- Women at and beyond the age of 18 must bear at least one child every 2 years up to a minimum of 5. At age 40, this requirement is no longer enforced.
- Childbearing before 18 is rewarded by the CSA
- The CSA provides orphanages and adoption services, they reward adoption. Many women have children with no plans for raising the children, and they are put up for adoption.
- Abortion is, for the most part, illegal.
- Infertile women must volunteer their services as midwives, nurses, or at nurseries.
- Fertility clinics are subsidized, along with the service they provide. Many women find it easier to be implanted with fertilized eggs than becoming married and starting a family, despite the CSA's push for the "nuclear family."
- Becoming pregnant is big business, and many fertility clinics receive money from the CSA to offer "designer baby" services.
These stipulations in the regulations have led to great social change in the years of the Corporate Age. Though all life is valuable and the CSA has aggressive anti-discrimination regulations, it is not uncommon for male babies to be abandoned in favor of female babies, as females are the limiting factor in sexual reproduction. Currently it is common for cities like Corporate Seattle to have a female to male ratio of about 6 to 1. This gap has been steadily widening, with females preferable to males. Many women drop out of higher education to fulfill their child bearing requirements, making men the leaders of industry by de facto, as they have time to focus on studies and careers. There is a common saying; "people are only as valuable as their fertility."
CHAT LOG TIDBITS
- Japan has reverted to a Bushido code, and is now a feudalism practicing harsh isolationism. The Fortresses of Tokyo and Kyoto are the only places "free" of the miasma. The Americas are now the Corporate States of America. The North Administration is Canada, USA, Mexico and Central America. The Southern Administration is South America.
- The Caribbeans... there be dragons. Warlords hold them, and without resouces the CSA isn't interested. The islands can rot. Hawaii is lost to the miasma. Parts of Alaska are lost to wilderness, and Anchorage is a prime target for vitaephage activity. The Blue Maegons are active there. Rio is still there. The Jesus statue is now a monument to the New Capitalism. It's been demolished and rebuilt. Religion is not looked upon kindly by the corporations because religious holidays distract people from work.
- The National Dismantlement War was not kind to Europe. The EU shattered when the combined forces of the corporations attacked.
- Iowa, and the farming belt of the Former US is now mostly owned and controlled by a large farming corporation that holds most of the market for food production in the CSA. West Virginia is owned primarily by mining corporations, but they've fallen on hard times. Fossil fuels are not used very often anymore, save for cars and trucks. Most power plants use chemical or nuclear reactors to produce electricity. The CSA has standardized all of the SOP's dealing with the different corporations underneath it, states are no longer unique and all follow the same rules.
- [What level of technology are the vitaephages operating with?] Nothing is known, not truly anyway. They seem to produce an awful lot of rubberized clothing, most likely to deal with the acid rains that are presumed to fall in China and Russia. Many believe that they are working with a diesel powered level of technology. There is no reason to advance medicine when all vitaephages can regrow blown off limbs and never seem to get sick. Artifacts recovered, like the scythe, almost seem magickal, the composition of the metal alien to Western science due to the fundamental changes the Miasma has produced in living and non-living entities.
- There was once an Explorer branch of the CSA military, but following heavy losses in the late first century C.A. they were disbanded. The war with the East is now defensive in posture with no plans of reclamation.
- During the National Dismantlement War it was seen prudent to dispose of the nuclear stockpile for a multitude of reasons with complete disarmament by 1 C.A. Now, nuclear weapons are illegal, as are corporate wars. The power of the dollar holds sway. The stock exchange is the battlefield of this future.
- The fight for the Eastern Hemisphere was lost for good by 20 C.A. The small PMC's (Private Military Companies) that formed the corporations armies were numerous, but were equipped with basic arms, nothing more fancy than bombers and cruise missiles. Because the Miasma seems to have halted, for the most part, at the shores of the oceans, there is no drive to fight for the East. the CSA is worried primarily about internal affairs as the lost lands have no population anymore.
- Space has been abandoned. The flirtations with space by the nations before the Dismantlement War yielded no promise of wealth for the corporations.
- It has been 280 years since the Corporate Age has dawned. it is December 15, 280 C.A. The loss of the East and the war has destroyed much of the world's history, and it is unclear what year it would be by the Julian calendar. The National Dismantlement War was fought primarily by economics and in shadow. Nations disappeared as the corporations came from the shadows and governed directly, instead of through special interest groups and super pacs.
- Due to the nature of the war and propaganda of the corporations, people left the Old Communisms behind for the bright dawn of the New Capitalism. This is 1984 stuff. The CSA is all about war being peace, freedom being slavery, and ignorance being wisdom.
- [Are there rebel groups?] Not that anyone talks about. the CSA HR department logs complaints, and corrective actions are published periodically to amend the CSA SOP's and regulations. Folks seem happy enough with it, because the corporations are self policing now. Food companies play nice because disease kills, all life is sacred.
- Men's rights have changed radically since the dawn of the Corporate Age. Men can work. they are physically able to fight. They are used as soldiers. Harsh physical labor. Many males are killed via abortion or homicide before they can become adults because men have little reproductive value. Men that do make it must be better than the rest. Strong. Tough. Resilient. Intelligent.
- [How long do games run?] For this game, I take as long as necessary.
- Women in the Corporate Age are protected class of human. Crimes against women are prosecuted to the highest degree the SOP's allow. Women are given many benefits and recompense for bearing children... however they are forced, by SOP, into pregnancy. Women are put onto a pedestal because they are the limiting factor to sexual reproduction. All women are valuable. Infertile women are required to work as midwives, nurses, or foster parents.
- Reproduction is required, and fertility clinics are big business. Many things are possible without genetic engineering. Banks and banks of male reproductive material are kept on ice at all times, and mothers-to-be can pick which samples they want to become pregnant by. Genetic screening of male reproductive material allows mothers-to-be to select many traits, just like purchasing a set of dishware. Hair color, eye color, potential intelligence, potential personalities, even sex, can all be determined before a woman chooses to become fertilized.
- [Why aren't babies made in a factory?] Artificial wombs have come a long way in the biotechnologies arena, but they are not high enough quality to produce humans en masse. Beyond this, the Humanities SOP safeguards man from becoming a product of industry himself. The nuclear family is a protected group in the CSA.
- [Do men have to donate their genetic material?] The amount of men willing to donate their reproductive materials is large, and fertility clinics never run out. So far, no SOP has been made to force donation. Many programs reward marriage and the more natural way of things.
- [Can people still be virgins into their twenties?] Yes. Sex is not forced. Reproduction is. Rape is still a vile crime.
- [How is the government of the CSA structured?] The CSA is a conglomerate of corporations, a grand pax, controlled by the economy. The CSA has profits and stocks, just like any other company. The services it provides are things like criminal prosecution and legal services. They sell goods as well, mainly everyday items. Clothes. Food. tools. etc. For example, you have to pay for police service, like electricity or water. These used to be called, "taxes," but now they're simply known as purchases. All land is owned by the CSA, forcing everyone to become tenants. as well. That's where the CSA gets its money. Also, since war is illegal and bad for business, PMC's are ill-equipped to deal with threats, like the East directly. PMC's now a days, like the Hunter companies, are private industries that provide security services, bounty services, and other things of that nature. They put down insurgents (think of riots and the like) and are kept small by regulation.
- [Are people entitled to mates?] No one is entitled to anything in the CSA. Ideally, it is a meritocracy, with actions rewarded with good, services, and money. Hunters are allowed to get married, have children, and do anything anyone else would be allowed to do. However, Hunters may ignore the regulations requiring reproduction
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