Necroverse: Difference between revisions

* [[Magic From Technology]] -- The Necroverse scripting utilities appear to be this to the pre-industrial inhabitants.

* [[Mary Suetopia]] -- The Mac Collective. They're more plot device than characters.

* [[Meta Fiction]] -- The main theme is how narratives shape people's expectations, and what happens when experience doesn't match those expectations. That's why there's a bunch of crap about "neuroviruses" (meme complexes) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_relativism cultural relativism]. Characters will be comparing what's happening to them to stories they've read.

* [[Mind Over Manners]] -- Though the story uses technology rather than psychic powers, many of the ethical concerns are the same. Information relating to a brain upload is confidential, available even to Mac dupes only on a need-to-know basis. It's also a bit of an issue that the Mac Collective doesn't exactly have permission to scan people's past histories and upload their brain patterns.

* [[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.

* [[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.

 

{{quote| The Troubleshooters -- "We shoot trouble in the face." Paramilitary/mercenary force for hire. They do stuff besides shooting people.}}

** [[The Hero]] -- Stan Blan, b. 1984, enlisted in the Air Force 2003, d. 2014, uploaded 2045. [[Big Brother Mentor]], literally for Dan.

** [[The Lancer]] -- "Ninj," same age as Stan, former US Ranger, infiltrator/spy/assassin type.