[b]IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT![/b]

I am starting the RP, however this is not a cut-off date to making an application! This RP is designed to allow you to make a character sheet with no prior knowledge of any previous events (though you have to understand the concept of the setting) and join in once your app is approved! [i]There is only one catch:[/i] Anyone who joins, leaves or returns has to explain in-universe how their character got there and then proceed from there (or in the case of leaving, how they get separated from the group or died). If you cannot do so for any reason, PM me to tell me whether your absence will be temporary or permanent and I will do it for you.

Thank you for understanding, I hope this unique approach will be much more appealing to everyone.

The plot will be timeline-oriented, with each timeline having a severe problem which our characters will try their best to fix out of the good of their hearts, or for other reasons. I'm also in the process of thinking up a long term story arc which will keep things interesting longer.

That said, I can't just go off and start it; I promised a vote on each universe we go to. (Yes this means that if your character leaves ahead of everyone else you will not be able to RP until after the others catch up!)

So without furthur ado:

[b]Timeskippers Vote #1[/b]

The options for our first point of arrival are...


[b][i]Option #1[/i][/b]
Timeline 3
[i]Global Kowloon[/i]
[b](3 votes)[/b]
Nobody actually knows the divergence point of Timeline 3. All records have been somehow lost. All that is known is that this YACHT (Yet Another Cyberpunk Hell Timeline) is home to a global society that seems to be falling apart at the seams thanks to a lack of architectural standards.

The average megacity of Timeline 3 is like an urban maze, similar to the former [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon_Walled_City]Kowloon Walled City[/url] of Timeline 1, and also like Kowloon the crime inherent in these labyrinthine alleys makes the very idea of entering this Timeline a scary thought.

[b][i]Option #2[/i][/b]
Timeline 2582
[i]Forever Train[/i]
[b](0 votes)[/b]
The automobile is not a certainty across the multiverse. In this world, Pennsylvania Railroad and B&O Railroad got wind of the Great American streetcar scandal in the 1930s from a whistleblower who was ignored by the government and the press. Realizing if it were to succeed the days of the railroad would be numbered, they sabotaged the conspiracy.

As a result, mass transit flourished in North America and cars fell out of use worldwide. Though air travel displaced the railroads in the 20th century, there is no US Interstate Highway system.

2014 is the 50th Anniversary of the Los Angeles Monorail system and the opening of its station on the Global Maglev Network. Reportedly a terrorist group (actually acting on behalf of Big Air) is out to destroy the station however, but the authorities assure the public they have it under control. What could possibly go wrong?

[b][i]Option #3[/i][/b]
Timeline 6735
[i]Magic vs. Technology[/i]
[b](0 votes)[/b]
What if Magic was real? Before this timeline diverged from 5190, the Huns managed to annihilate the Roman Empire plus all the Roman-conquered peoples. Shortly afterwards the Huns underwent a civil war that destroyed them. Europe was left uninhabited for centuries, and China is unable to find suitable markets for silk and opium which forces them to do business with the middle east, which redirects the silk road to Egypt and eventually the rest of Africa.

However, a secret civilization grew from the 9th century onward through the magical understanding of the aboriginees of what we know of as Australia. From that point on, this timeline splintered off from Timeline 5190, and in the 16th century the powerful magics of the "Jadu Bhumi" as the Indian Navy dubbed them and their continent became known to Afro-Eurasia.

After the Chinese and Indians get a hold of the magic by exchanging technological secrets for them, they formed the "Asian Federation". The Arabs joined shortly afterwards and the new force conquered Egypt.

Meanwhile, the "Jadu Bhumi" sent colonial forces in newly-developed magitech ships to the east, discovering the Aztecs. The three groups race to conquer as much of the globe as they can. By 2014 there are three separate communication networks proprietary to the three mega-nations, one of them entirely magic-based. Then someone discovers nuclear fission while experimenting with plastic explosives and uranium...