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Dan Blan wakes up after being [[Dead to Begin With|deathly ill]] and finds his mind has been [[Brain Uploading|uploaded]] to a [[Cyberspace|virtual reality]] -- the Necroverse.
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The story takes place 32 years after the "Final Breakdown." Severe resource shortages led to global economic collapse, a series of wars that eventually blew up into [[World War III]] and biowarfare, culminating in the release of a number of virulent Plagues that killed 90% of the human race. Since then, civilization has recovered, thanks to advanced technology due in large part to the rise of the Mac Collective. Now that survival is assured, people are starting to debate what the new society should look like. The debate is already getting...heated.
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* [[A Form You Are Comfortable With]] -- Newly recovered dead are placed in virtual communities that resemble the places they lived when they were alive.
* [[After the End]] -- 32 years after. Civilization is recovering.
* [[A God Am I]] -- Gaia
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* [[Alternate History]] -- will become this by the end of this year (2012). Hopefully.
* [[Artificial Human]] -- Mac's biological duplicates are these.
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* [[Cool Code of Source]] -- The Necroverse scripting utilities.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] -- the Plutarchs. How corrupt were they? People don't wear neckties any more. The necktie has become a symbol of irredeemable evil, like the swastika.
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* [[Cyberspace]] -- The virtual reality of the Necroverse is the main setting.
* [[Dead to Begin With]] -- The minds of the dead are being uploaded to the Necroverse
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* [[Ragnarok Proofing]] -- Averted. 2019 is known as The Year the Warranties Expired. Machines of all types began breaking down due to planned obsolescence. What was left of civilization was in serious jeopardy until nanotechnology became common. By 2046, unused buildings have had leaking roofs for 20 years. Wood frame buildings are in ruins. Steel frame buildings could maybe be salvaged, but it might not be worth the trouble.
* [[Sci Fi Name Buzzwords]] -- cyber-, meta-, nano-, and neuro- are popular.
* [[Show Within a Show]] --
* [[The Singularity]] -- A very soft one. Mac's "nerd rapture" quickly produced [[Brain Uploading]], [[Nanomachines]], [[Artificial Human|Artificial Humans]], computers capable of emulating human brains, fully-immersive, full-sensory virtual reality, cheap geothermal energy, and the ability to scan the past in sufficient detail to upload the brains of dead people. However, non-human-based AI, genetic engineering, and space travel haven't advanced nearly as much, and the world is still pretty recognizable.
* [[There Are No Psychologists]] -- Averted. The necropsychologists make sure the brain emulations of the dead are stable.
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* Janet Duvall, Anthropologist who sometimes accompanies the Troubleshooters. [[Team Mom]] at times. b. 2008, still alive, visits the Necroverse as a [[Digital Avatar]] using an [[Unusual User Interface|neural induction helmet]].
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