Postwar edition; It looks like Octopus unit didn't escape the last thread. How has war or other apocalyptic events shaped your setting in the past? Are there lots of augmented veterans, what about refugee crises? Is the war still going on somewhere, or is it definitely over?
I've got a couple more pictures since the last general.
What do you guys put as background music during your cyberpunk sessions?
I used to put a lot of industrial/noise music.
Asher Rogers
It took me quite a while, but I could reconstruct my old playlist (used from 1994 to 2008, roughly). Still, lots of stuff are missing or are getting deleted by YT.
My cyberpunk campaigns always had a lot of refugees. Most of the time they were ecological and economic refugees. I don't use the WW3 trope in my setting since I found it to be overused. There would be numerous bush wars, on the other hand. Thus, having a lot of psychotic veterans.
Brandon Howard
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Camden Clark
I like this. It reminds me of Mutant Chronicles.
Aiden Watson
Digital STDs
Corporate employees all get ID chips implanted. Access codes are stored on those chips and open doors, lifts, etc., give access to corporate mag-lev, serve during ID checks...
Sometimes the info on those chips get hacked - usually when the salaryman visits a yakuza club and spends some time with a geisha that is equipped with an ID chip scanner.
Cyberbrains are required to use cyberware. It is the man-machine interface, converting digital data in neural data. Cyberbrains often store a lot of information. They also get targeted by hackers. The hack is usually done during use of illegal SimStim or skill chips, or when jacked in shady adult VR worlds.
Joshua Murphy
Corporate policy is usually very strict about safety. GPS implants keep track of employees, but they are very creative when it comes to cheating.
>How has war or other apocalyptic events shaped your setting in the past? A while back there was the Chinese Civil War between the communists and the nationalists. Due to a lack of Russian military intervention as well as a Japanese/Korean allied force assisting the nationalists, the country split in two. Then there was the series of conflicts that the Russian Federation waged in the Middle East over resources and land, which allowed a German-led EU to form after the economic collapse of France, Spain, and Britain. >Are there lots of augmented veterans? Yeah, tons. After the Russian wars, many fled to North African countries like Egypt, Lybia, and Sudan. Others fled to countries like Greece or parts of Eastern Europe. And of course there were ex-military people that started/joined their own defense contractor corps or PMCs. And many more just flooded into central Russia or India to escape the war. >what about refugee crises? As alluded to previously, refugees from Middle Eastern countries spread all across Europe and North Africa, from countries like Afghanistan, Syria, and countries that were previously countries of the USSR. Many went into India as well though many refugees from Europe following the economic collapse >Is the war still going on somewhere Russia is gearing up for war with the North African Coalition and a Japanese-led East Asian Alliance is lobbying for war with communist China. But no wars are going on right now >or is it definitely over? The corps lend some semblance of peace and balance but even they have their own internal/external conflicts. So not everything is peaceful yet.
Ryder Ramirez
Suppose North Korea gets toppled. I wonder would some North Korean refugees not drop their faith in their Supreme Leader as a god? Would there be Juche radicals?
Brayden Cooper
But world war 3 makes for such a great cyberpunk start off
Nathaniel Phillips
Because I'm uncreative I'm using a slightly scaled back version of the twilight war from twilight 2000 to kick off my setting. Though that happened 50cyears ago, lots of wars have resulted from it, such as Manchuria's conquest of former China, the various wars in the former United states, and several fierce Hispanic vs Portuguese wars in South America
Owen Wright
>How has war or other apocalyptic events shaped your setting in the past? The Sino-Indian War turned radiological in the end, so even though the Chinese won, there was a flood of refugees from China to the US. Only global military deescalation over the prior decades kept things from going WW3. >Are there lots of augmented veterans, what about refugee crises? Not a lot of the former, but tons of the latter. The previously mentioned military deescalation, however, has led to an explosion in PMCs, security firms, independent professional troubleshooters, and other thugs for hire, so you still see lots of heavy hardware on the street. >Is the war still going on somewhere, or is it definitely over? War's over, but memories are more lasting, and survivors on both sides are keeping the violence alive using corporate shadow wars and inter-gang skirmishes over turf as a proxy.
Zachary Cooper
What are some plots that you've run or wanted to run? I'm worried that one centered around an ai might feel a bit played out.
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Austin Sanchez
I'm working out my own Megacorp for some unamed Cyberpunk universe, but preferably one where the technology for spaceflight is there, but it ain't as easy as just starting your car and going down the road — no, it's still tough, kinda expensive, and an untamed sort of spaceflight.
Anyway, here is what I got so far. (Pic semi-related, it's what I want the corporate logo, the vibe of it, the colors, to feel like.
TALISKA S.O.E.B. Trade & Transport Co.
Taliska - Syndicate for - Off-World - Exploration and - Business Trade & Transport Company
'The S.O.E.B.', 'Taliska', or 'the Bureaus' colloquially for short. Space Caravaners in the plainest of senses, composed in a Tetrarchy of Four Bureaus.
1. Bureau of Reconnoissance "Point A" "The Scout", the smallest bureau by number of employees * Facilitate Location Discovery / Exploration / Analysis * Facilitate procurement of assets and the refinement of said assets from discovered locations * Establish Mining operations or trade platforms * Facilitate the acquisition of goods for use of transportation to systems in need of said good * Finding the supply for the demand
2. Bureau of Transport "From Point A to Point B" "The Driver", the largest bureau by number of employees * Facilitate the transportation of goods and assets through space * Manage and maintain channels of goods and their shipping * Manage the pick up and delivery of goods and their transit by way of convoys and caravaners * Provide security for these assests
Zachary Brooks
3. Bureau of Trade "Point B" "The Broker", the second smallest by number of emplpyees * Monitor the Galactic Economy for optimum utilization of assets acquired and collected by the S.O.E.B * The selling of said goods to the highest bidder * Work in tandem with the Bureau of Reconnoissance for the allocation and resale of particular goods * Work in tandem with the Bureau of Trade for the dispensation of goods to buyers and markets * Handle Outside-Company diplomacy and ambassadorship * Establish contacts in the marketplace and further relationships with clients * Receive outside shipped goods for resale and dispensation to other markets * Broker the most cost-efficient allocation of these S.O.E.B. goods
4. Bureau of Superintendency "Point C" "The Overseer", the second largest by number of employees * Dictate the corporate direction and monitor the other Bureaus * Operate the finances and administration * Work in Tandem with the Bureau of Trade for the proper dispensation of company assets with regards to governmental practices and the law of hauling from system to system * Handle contracting companies [already with capital] that require shipping by way of our facilities and ships * Handle Inter-Corporate Diplomacy * Absorb ulterior contractors, teamsters, persons and assistance in the progress of our own company * Monitor the finances of the company and provide guidance to the most profitable areas in need of shipping and transportation * Manage accounting
Liam Watson
Sixteen (four from each Bureau) Head Staff Directors acting as a Board of Advisors that lobby along with the four Bureau Chiefs as a whole for innovation and guidance. Company decisions are made by the group as a whole - no majority votes any referendums and motions. No company wide CEO. The advisory council is made up each of the four Bureau Chiefs (with 2 votes each) and their respective four Head Staff Directors each (with 1 vote each), with thusly 20 members on the council, with 8 possible votes by the Bureau Chiefs and 16 possible votes by Head Staff Directors for the quarterly board meeting. Anonymous voting on measures following deliberation must reach a 5/6 consensus before the motion may be approved. While Bureau Chiefs govern their sector with sole authority if it falls within their purview, corporation-wide decisions must be made by all. While each bureau must maintain an executive strata of 1 Chief, 4 Head Staff Directors, and 4 Head Executive Managers per Head Staff Director, the number of managers, officers, and indeed employees etc. beneath each Head Executive Manager will vary with the requirements of the Bureau.
Ex: BUREAU OF RECONNAISSANCE Chief of Reconnaissance - Head Staff Director of Meteorologic, Geographic, and Hydrographic Research * Head Executive Manager * Head Executive Manager * Head Executive Manager * Head Executive Manager
- Head Staff Director of Pathfinding * Head Executive Manager * Head Executive Manager * Head Executive Manager * Head Executive Manager
- Head Staff Director of Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol * Head Executive Manager * Head Executive Manager * Head Executive Manager * Head Executive Manager
- Head Staff Director of Expedition Analysis * Head Executive Manager * Head Executive Manager * Head Executive Manager * Head Executive Manager
What would be some good job titles for the four Head Staff Directors wonker under the four other 3 other Chiefs of Bureaus?
Logan King
Always wanted to run a data-heist in a government grade black data bank. Or a "find this VIP" in a war-torn region /operator/ type deal.
Isaiah Wilson
Shirow has it both ways. Nuclear WWIII, and non Nuclear WWIV.
Alexander Foster
I lIke a world war 3 that goes from conventional to nuclear.
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Cameron Wright
It's a shame this game was kind of trash.
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Asher Sanders
>see college friend's private site >mfw he still has my scripts I lost a decade ago Holy shit user, this takes me way back.
The guy from DF2020 cannot draw for shit. Even the guns that were good looking to start with, look like shit when he redraws them. I'm all for gunporn, but having 1000 guns for a RPG makes no sense - especially considering that many will have the same stats anyway. Shadowrun makes about everything wrong, apart of their guns. There aren't that many, but they cover everything you need and they are well depicted.
Dylan Campbell
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Logan Perez
I don't know where these are from, I got them off a french site
Jonathan Myers
Stop posting that shit. It makes Cyberpunk 2020 look retarded.
Hunter Ward
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Dominic Ramirez
Me or the other guy
Josiah Stewart
You have them from here: annuairejdra.liber-mundi.org He was one of the first French Cyberpunk 2020 fan-site and he started with those pig disgusting drawings.
Christian Cook
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Jacob Reyes
I primarily wanted his Full-Borg conversion rules but these were interesting compilations.
Camden Morris
I find it strange that they have the obscure Korth semi-auto pistol but not the more well known Korth revolvers.
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Samuel Martinez
>well depicted.
Some of them. Some of them look like hot garbage and/or complete nonsense.
Also, cyberdecks, yes or no? I'm in favor of them because I find them incredibly iconic, even if it becomes increasingly difficult ot justify.
Kevin Nelson
Yes, just say its a genera thing
Jayden Rivera
Yes, keep cyberdecks. Just keep in mind that cyberpunk is effectively alternate history at this point, and throw all you know about the world post 1985 out the window.
Jacob Hughes
My justification has always been Psych-Bombs, the year is 20XX because no one can remember the actual date.
Jordan Thomas
Done
Colton Howard
I'm not sure psionics are really a standard for the genre but whatever you want.
Actually, a Psyberpunk game would be pretty cool; I tried to write a setting like that before but I never really managed to do it that well.
Kevin Carter
Well, the justification I've been using is that the internet, even with VPNs and the like, is too well policed and monitored to get away with the heavy duty computing necessary to crack modern encryption so you gotta bring your bulky hardware with you and try and crack stuff on site.
Which is all kind of bullshit, but I think it makes enough sense. It does mean that all hacking is "instanced" instead of doing it in the wilderness of the net like in classic cyberpunk though.
Camden Russell
Psych as in Psychology, their bombs designed to mess with the brain and produce effects ranging from disorientation to amnesia.
Psychic Powers are in the 3rd party Night's Edge Source book
Luis Jackson
>Some of them look like hot garbage and/or complete nonsense. Still look better than pic related. The murder/k/ube is crying .50BMG tears looking at that.
Ryan Wood
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Cameron Torres
>Psychic Powers are in the 3rd party Night's Edge Source book Yes which is non canon and is meant to be a crossover more than an actual cyberpunk world.
Anyways, I still think it seems like a really lazy way to do things but that's just me.
Bottom right looks alright, as does top right.
Benjamin Green
The only one of those that looks really shit to me is the second-from-bottom on the left, which looks like a gun from some 1994 3D game.
Chase Peterson
Reality is defined by consensus
That's why the corp hired you to try and take out those kids with the weird glowing demon things coming out of their heads.
Caleb Wilson
So what you're saying is you'd rather be playing WoD than cyberpunk
Connor Rogers
>FEN 091 >14mm Boy. 14mm doesn't even exist in SLA.
Bentley Brooks
Their pretty much the same, superheroes in a dark setting not made for it, but the rules encourage.
Anthony Myers
>implying psychic powers are in some way not cyberpunk Akira.
Justin Butler
Akira wasn't cyberpunk; it just possessed a cyberpunkish aesthetic, possibly a cyberpunk world even. But its core story does not relate to that of the cyberpunk genre.
Superheroes are a mistake
Kevin Jones
>superheroes in a dark setting not made for it Have you heard of Underground?
Charles Ross
>Akira wasn't cyberpunk >muh No True Cyberpunk Oh boy, here we go again.
Charles Young
yes, but the Washington DC sourcebook eludes me
Evan Allen
Okay everything is cyberpunk then if you want. Star Wars is cyberpunk, and Wargames is cyberpunk (It has a computer in it), and don't forget about the cyberpunk classic era of the 1930s (The great depression is cyberpunk).
Elijah Gonzalez
drivethrurpg.com/product/2877/Ways-and-Means?it=1 They're all on DTRPG. Also, if you have Hell Bent, Streets Tell Stories, Underground GM Pack, or The Notebook in PDF, post links. >mfw my physical copy of Streets Tell Stories has all the Notebook pages holepunched on the wrong side Is this a hilarious error in my copy, or are they all like this?
Michael Diaz
If you could stop being a faggot for 30 seconds, that'd be great.
John Jackson
>The great depression wasn't cyberpunk >muh No True Cyberpunk Oh boy, here we go again.
Brody Wright
cf
Jayden Cook
But he's at least right that Wargames and Starwars are cyberpunk
