Aug 25, 2020 22:51:17 GMT
ARENA o6 [OOC]
ARENA o6 [OOC]

Setting: present-day, (fictional) Earth. Modern city.
Genre: Dystopian, Biopunk, Action.
Synopsis: Legislation enacted in the 90s enables large corporations,
organisations and businesses to settle conflicts and business deals by
sending race crews out to determine the victor in organised matches.
Matches range from pure speed, to long range navigation/stamina tests, to ARENA BATTLES

“Welcome, Gladiators, to ARENA o6!”
In this world, societal norms don’t help those not born in the top 3%. The latest advancements of biotech may give us the tools to work against the Elite, but the Law will never be on our side.
In the late ‘90s, Scientists backed by greedy corporate CEOs who wanted more control over their profit margins, were willing to perform experiments that were considered forbidden by most ‘normal’ scientist colleagues. Gone were the days of backroom deals being settled over cockfights and back alley street fights. These businessmen wanted more. While the scientist racked their brains at just how to give them the world, activists and lobbyists for Animals worked hard to push more legislation to make animal testing illegal--but the testing on human subjects remained hidden.
It was then that business owners and merchants with cash to spare, invested in manipulating the DNA of their GLADIATORS, making them stronger, faster, more resilient. It was no longer enough for brute force and fist fights. These elite wanted a better way to test their GLADIATORS skills and put them in more cerebral tests of courage, endurance and merit.
The system works. The impoverished that reside in the HAZE see their only way out of the slums and into the perceived Elite by being the best GLADIATORS and winning their way to freedom.
ARENA o6 shows the concerns about the shortcomings of modern society and explores the consequences of creating genetically engineered gladiators and what happens when the 97% ban together and attempt to carve out an existence away from or within the Corporate complex.
#dystopian #biopunk #streetrace #thriller
In the late ‘90s, Scientists backed by greedy corporate CEOs who wanted more control over their profit margins, were willing to perform experiments that were considered forbidden by most ‘normal’ scientist colleagues. Gone were the days of backroom deals being settled over cockfights and back alley street fights. These businessmen wanted more. While the scientist racked their brains at just how to give them the world, activists and lobbyists for Animals worked hard to push more legislation to make animal testing illegal--but the testing on human subjects remained hidden.
It was then that business owners and merchants with cash to spare, invested in manipulating the DNA of their GLADIATORS, making them stronger, faster, more resilient. It was no longer enough for brute force and fist fights. These elite wanted a better way to test their GLADIATORS skills and put them in more cerebral tests of courage, endurance and merit.
The system works. The impoverished that reside in the HAZE see their only way out of the slums and into the perceived Elite by being the best GLADIATORS and winning their way to freedom.
ARENA o6 shows the concerns about the shortcomings of modern society and explores the consequences of creating genetically engineered gladiators and what happens when the 97% ban together and attempt to carve out an existence away from or within the Corporate complex.
#dystopian #biopunk #streetrace #thriller

“Welcome to the 97 percent”
{roster}
Eila Magnisos played by Orca : a smart and sly young woman who has a very strong sense of justice and loyalty. She has no family and was raised by her brother, who did not return after being sent out in a arena battle. #2 driver for a small business struggling to keep the lights on but paid for her enhancements anyways and has been with them for over a decade.
Leoben Devler played by limbo : Teenage hoodlum and tagger on of things. Rewarded for standing up for his little sister with botched enhancements, he still believes being a part of a crew is better than being back on the streets where the corporate jackwads that put him in a wheelchair find him and finish the job.
{npcs}
Doc Caddell :: off the record biomedical engineer. Treats bioenhanced inhabitants of the haze.

Along with bio-engineered enhancements, players are also gifted with vehicular modifications to use in ARENA o6 BATTLES. Quality level of all body and vehicle mods are direct correlation to the sponsoring companies profitability margins. Low quality enhancements can be debilitatingly painful and can even cause death.
Bio-acceptable enhancements: Generally involve slowing down sense of time, allowing the driver to slow down time while driving any land vehicle. maneuverability increases. Handling increase.) Any enhancements that allow the driver to withstand high speed driving and high speed impacts. [incomplete]
Vehicle Modifications: tiers depend on patron investment. Certain enhancements illegal depending on race type--Speed Race vs Arena Battle [incomplete]
Bio-acceptable enhancements: Generally involve slowing down sense of time, allowing the driver to slow down time while driving any land vehicle. maneuverability increases. Handling increase.) Any enhancements that allow the driver to withstand high speed driving and high speed impacts. [incomplete]
Vehicle Modifications: tiers depend on patron investment. Certain enhancements illegal depending on race type--Speed Race vs Arena Battle [incomplete]
{gladiator census form}
Name
Age | SEX | STATUS
Crew | Crew Position
Brief bio
Age | SEX | STATUS
Crew | Crew Position
Brief bio


◘ The world of ARENA o6 has the potential to be its own UCRP. however, I don’t have the time nor the patience to run that right now. I will close out story lines and open new threads if/when storylines come to a natural ending. I have to give myself limits or else the world falls apart. This also leaves y’all free to come in and out of the story at your own leisure to lessen the time commitment for all of us~ Please keep this in mind, and be thoughtful of others if you start storylines with other people. Communication is key! {Click me for an article about Common Courtesy on the boards}
◙ DARPA: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military. Takes the best of the best racers for higher level bioenhancement (corrupt governmental agency). [distant Future plotline]
◘ INSIDE SCIENCE: Kinesiology assistant professor on what driving a race car does to a body. {Why write a world with bi-enhanced race car drivers? read this fun article!}
◙ DARPA: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military. Takes the best of the best racers for higher level bioenhancement (corrupt governmental agency). [distant Future plotline]
◘ INSIDE SCIENCE: Kinesiology assistant professor on what driving a race car does to a body. {Why write a world with bi-enhanced race car drivers? read this fun article!}
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