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neosapienmods) wrote2019-12-22 12:16 am
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PREMISE & GAME CONTENT • AUs & APPLICATIONS • NETWORK
What is Neo Sapien?TOP.
Neo Sapien is an alternate universe cyberpunk-themed RP set in the fictional megalopolis of New Gate City. Players apping in can choose to have their characters be either typical humans or Meta-humans, an emergent genetic mutation among the human race. Meta-humans can have physical mutations, special powers, etc. They are considered a minority in this world, though, and face many struggles as a result. The Neo Sapien Organization is a privately funded group that aims to give aid and purpose to these Meta-humans that find themselves within New Gate City.So what does that mean?
Any characters apped to this game will be an AU version of themselves, meaning they have lived in this universe for all their lives. Characters won’t remember ninja-land, wizard-land or super-space-planet because they never lived there to begin with. This means you’ll have to come up with all new histories for where they lived and how they came to live in New Gate City and/or discovered their Meta-human status if you app them as one. Of course, you’ll probably want these events to mirror their canon lives as much as possible – and of course, if your character grew up on Earth anyway in canon, you may not have to change much at all! This setting is based in an alternate future in a world that is more-or-less the same as our own. It's still Earth, just in a cyberpunk dystopian future.What's this game's plot hook?
But the most important, common factor here is Meta-humans. If your character is one, you'll have to decide how that has affected their life within New Gate City. If your character is involved with the Neo Sapien Organization, you'll have to decide how that came to be. Normal humans will still have to engage with the Meta-human element of the game on some level, as they will be central to the plot.
The year is 2120.So, special powers?
In the 22nd century, humanity has seemingly reached the limit of its time on Earth. The environment and climate has been able to be bolstered and sustained by technological advances, but the clock can only be delayed so far. Most of humanity now exist within massive cosmopolitan, culturally-mixed megalopolis. This game primarily takes place in New Gate City, located on the East Coast of America.
While there is technically an existing city government, like most cities, New Gate City is for the most part under the control of corporations and oligarchs. The most influential of these is the Douman Zaibatsu, a conglomerate with its hands in many industries (but primarily in applied technology - aerospace, communications, and pharmaceuticals). New Gate City's growth and population has largely been shaped by the influence of this group, whom even have their own private military in order to "help" city officials enforce the law.
More about New Gate City can be found on our premise and setting page.
Yes. This will be applied multiple ways. Characters without any powers in their canon proper will be allowed to assign powers to that character. They do not have to be mundane. Characters with a laundry list of powers in canon, however, will likely be asked to scale things back. All powers need to be related in some way. You can't have a grab bag of random abilities. We suggest potential players stick with one power and go from there.What if I have trouble coming up with a special power for my character?
No worries; there's a wiki for this sort of thing. This site lists many many powers and abilities, but you're not limited to its lists. If you can make one more appropriate for your character, then go for it!Our characters can have super powers. Can they be superheroes?
The Neo Sapien Organization does not officially condone the use of powers in vigilantism, but, on the hush hush, they do sponsor it. Some of those working for the NSO can, in fact, be called superheroes. They can have identity hiding gear, codenames, the whole deal. Part of rehabilitating the public image of Meta-humans against the anti-Meta propaganda of companies like the Douman Zaibatsu is associating Meta-humans with the good their powers can do for society.Does the Neo Sapien Organization offer school and housing for characters that are young and/or have nowhere else to go?
But characters don't have to be heroes, either, and if your character is the type to be more likely to use their Meta-human gifts for more selfish ends, they are free to do so. Just remember that there are in-game consequences for those who are eventually caught. But of course there are some shady groups that are more than willing to sponsor the chaos, too...
Absolutely. The Neo Sapien Organization doubles as a private school and residence for several Meta-humans and provides housing for its staff, as well. They will be randomly assigned roommates if they choose to live at the organization, though.Roommates?
Yup. Your character will be set up in a room with another. Your roommate assignment will be randomized. Rooms are segregated by age, but not by gender, so co-ed living can and will be a thing. The rooms in question will generally have separated sleeping quarters, but shared living, dining, and cooking space, as well as a shared bathroom. Most of the younger characters will obviously be students, but not all adult characters need to be staff to actually live in the NSO headquarters.Is character death permanent?
In almost all cases, yes. If an exception can or will be made, the mods will absolutely communicate it, but for the most part, you should absolutely assume that death is permanent in this game.Is adult content allowed? Can I play smut in this game, or involve my character in drugs or other sordid topics?
We're a game that's positive towards adult content. We do require appropriate content warnings be used when dealing with these topics, but we will not disallow them from being played here or force players to take the threads off somewhere else. That being said, this is not a smut game and events will not be geared towards that content.What communities does this game use?
This is a community-based game, so we have a few communities to be used:This sure looks nice. Who can I thank?neosapien is the main community, where all the netork posts will go - these are IC network reply and response deals. Mostly text, but voice and video options are available. It's the cyberpunk future so communication tech is very advanced...
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So who can we app here?TOP.
Well, you can apply from pretty much any canon imaginable! If you can link us to it and show us it exists and we can understand it enough to judge your app, we’ll probably be willing to let it in. Original Characters are allowed as well.What kind of roles can our characters hold within the world?
Realistically speaking, most characters will be involved with the Neo Sapien Organization in some way, either under their care or employed by them, but this is a cyberpunk dystopia setting, so your imagination is kind of the limit here. Want to play an elite hacker? Hack the planet, baby. Want to play an outlaw bounty hunter? See you, space cowboy. Characters can even be involved with the Douman Zaibatsu if they choose - it's actually kind of hard to avoid having a legitimate profession that is not in some way connected to them. If you have a question about a specific scenario, by all means, ask!What are the limits of changes I can make to my character's AU self? Can they be a different age?
You can apply for any character at any age (within reason) besides just their canon age. This isn’t just so you can play your favorite nine-year old as a normal-aged middle-schooler or that edgy nineteen-year old as still having a couple years of high-school left, feel free to do stuff for the heck of it. Maybe you want to play that 13 year old as a high school student, or that 17 year old as a young adult. Of course, be a little reasonable – drastic age-downs (taking a full grown adult and dropping them back into middle school, say) and drastic age-ups (taking your teenager and making them forty) may need a lot more inspection, and if it’s judged that you’ve pretty much just struck out into OC territory, we may not allow it (though you could always make a similar OC…).What about changing sexes and/or genders?
That’s actually perfectly fine! Since this is an AU, the character can be whatever sex and gender you want, or present whatever gender you want. We’ll also allow other changes or tweaks that you may want, but don’t go overboard – when all is said and done, they should still be, at their core, the same character as they were in canon – just older, younger, with a different body, gender-identity, or whatever else. We reserve the right to judge you have jumped off the deep end and created an entirely new character.So with all these “variations”, does that mean we can have a girl version, a boy version, a grown up version, a kid version and a secret 2nd manga AU version of a character all running around?
Sort of. This will be done within reason and it's obviously something you'll need to work out with other players. If you can give us something that makes sense, we'll allow it. Remember, this is cyberpunk. Anything can happen. But just because anything can happen, doesn't mean it should. Also, keep in mind that a player may only app one version of a character; kind of unfair to hog all the different versions of that character to yourself, isn't it?Can I have my character be from an alternate timeline then? Or the future? Or from another planet?
In the interest of keeping a reasonable scope for this game's setting, they are not allowed to be apped to this game.People come to New Gate City from around the world. Will my character have to know English?
Nope! We feel that the individual players can decide what language, if any, their character will speak. Of course the school offers all sorts of language classes, as well. Besides, translation technology in the cyberpunk future is good for this kind of thing.What happens if I drop? What if I reapp? What if someone else reapps as the same character?
Characters that are dropped are considered to have left the city for one reason or another. Should you decide to reapp and pick the character back up again, you can come up with any number of reasons as to why the character was gone.. Even death is possible, though a bit discouraged for non long-term players. If someone else apps the same character, they have the option to re-do the AU and are not obligated to play what you already established, but communication is generally encouraged here.What if a canonmate wants to app in and coordinate AU Histories with my character but my character is already in play?
We understand that canon relationships are a lot of fun to carry over into AU, especially when such relationships affect a character's personality a lot. That being the case, with mod approval, we will allow retconning/rewriting of an accepted character's AU history to accommodate the new character.Okay, so this all sounds pretty awesome. Where do I apply?
Well, you can go to our application and reserve pages. We ask that players only submit two applications per month, even though they will always be open.When can I reserve and/or apply? And what about activity check?
We'll be following a schedule for these important dates. They are as follows:Reserves are Always Open and last for one week from the placement of the reserve. A week must pass before a reserve for the same character by the same player can be placed again.
Applications are also ALWAYS open.
This always open status is subject to being changed if necessary, but for now we expect this to remain the state of things.
Activity Check will be the last five days of any given month. Results will be posted on the first of the following month, along with a breakdown of what to expect in the game that month
Is the network exclusive to in-game characters?TOP.
ICly, the network is controlled and maintained by the NSO, one of the only networks in game that is not controlled by the Douman Zaibatsu, which is why in-game characters have access to it, but the NSO, in their general "if we didn't see it, it didn't happen" also maintains a completely non-monitored network. It's kind of the wild-west out there.How do you ICly access the network?
The NSO network can be accessed by any internet capable device, which as it turns out in this cyberpunk future, is a LOT of things.Can my character access non-NSO networks?
Yes, though fair warning, anything else is the Douman Zaibatsu's territory, and they do monitor and record and gather data on everything.What type of entries can be posted on the Network?
There are three types of entries possible - Text, Voice and Video. The city has multiple terminals that are capable of these functions, as are most portable devices, but if your character's personal device that you've chosen them to use does not contain a web camera, video posts would not be possible, for example. It is assumed characters have multiple ways of accessing and posting to the Network.What about hackers? This is cyberpunk after all.
The NSO network may be hands-off in terms of monitoring, but it's not insecure, and even the best in-game hackers will have trouble breaking any locked posts on it or causing any other kind of compromised security. If your character is a hacker and interested in a little breaking of the network, please contact the mods and we can see if it's possible, and how it'll work out if it is.Is anonymous posting available?
Yes! Posts can be posted anonymously, and given the NSO logs no data on users aside from basic identification information, it is nearly impossible to find out who posted what. For the purposes of the game, posts and comments are only labeled as anonymous. We do not allow actual, dreamwidth anonymous commenting in the IC communities.
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Okay okay one last question (for now): what sort of gear/weaponry is standard issue for the DZ Military Police members? Is adherence to this policed (heh) at all or does DZ turn a blind eye if, say, a corrupt officer brought in a gun with more firepower? I ask cause while she wouldn’t be using them the majority of the time and certainly not for sketchy purposes, Kiruko carries a pair of tonfa blades in canon - a carryover from her war days - and I’m wondering if that would fly here or if she’d have to settle for something else.
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