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Oct 17, 2025 0300 EST(about 8 years from now). They called it the Wet Firecracker War. Things in the Middle East and Ukraine never settled down. ISIS flared back up with all new tactics. China and Russia both continued the arms race. China continued to challenge territorial laws by creating new islands. Then it happened. Who launched first? Does it really matter? In the end we all went a little mad.
Just one very, very odd thing. The nukes all fizzled. They were duds - all of them. Even the fissionable materials were never recovered. A Russian nuclear sub was placed on Kremlin Square. China suffered a similar fate - as did Washington DC - one vessel each. Beyond some minor injuries due to the movement, no personnel were harmed.
Thousands of people witness the ICBM’s detonating, producing brilliant points of light in the sky. But the miniature suns never blossomed into mushroom clouds. There was no fallout. There are rumors all around. Aliens. Top Secret SDI programs. The Second Coming. But the simple truth is that noone knows what happened.
Aftermath
Realizing you are still alive after your leaders have all bugged out and entered bunkers ready to kiss their respected arses goodbye can have a very sobering effect. The day after was the first in a very long time on which there was no combat anywhere on the planet. (This doesn’t count a little looting that went on.) There were many reports of suicides as some people simply gave in to fear of suffering from fallout. But the real story of the century came in the weeks that followed.
The UN held what might very well be the most historic meeting in history to declare peace. It has been an uneasy truce though. After all, it was begun in the wake of an attempt by many nations to slaughter one another wholesale with 4000 nukes. And there are still about 11,000 left - or are there? There are rumors that missiles vanished from their silos, mobile ICBM’s vanished. But only a very high level clearance will provide the knowledge that they all vanished. The public is being kept in the dark on that issue.
The Plot(s)
You are one of many whose curiosity will not be contained. Or you may be an agent working for people who want an explanation. People want an answer to the question: Who or what could possibly absorb the yields of about 2000 MT of TNT and get rid of it harmlessly? (An estimated 4000 warheads were launched out of a little over 15, 000 on the planet.) That’s over 8,000,000 TJ.
Yes, I have a very, very specific explanation for what happened. Don’t try to make it up and expect it to be the truth.
Those of you who are from agencies or military services can expect to receive orders. Reporters can expect to get assignments, be subject to expenses, etc. Civilians operating on their own will have no Press rights, have to deal with all expenses. You will need to explain how you can keep going.
Characters
You could be a reporter.
You might be FBI, CIA, Homeland Security.
You could be military intelligence. (You would need to be an officer.)
You could be a Civilian not affiliated with any of the above, but please no Average Joes. Have technical skills that relate to your purpose. For example if you are a UFOlogist, have some skills that relate to that. Otherwise this will be a very short lived character RP wise ie boring to roleplay.
As this RP may move all over the globe, you ought to bear this in mind as far as ID, Passports, legalities, languages, licenses etc all apply. How will you travel locally? That Florida issued driver’s license will be useless in Jerusalem or Russia.
See the full rp for the rest.
Oct 17, 2025 0300 EST(about 8 years from now). They called it the Wet Firecracker War. Things in the Middle East and Ukraine never settled down. ISIS flared back up with all new tactics. China and Russia both continued the arms race. China continued to challenge territorial laws by creating new islands. Then it happened. Who launched first? Does it really matter? In the end we all went a little mad.
Just one very, very odd thing. The nukes all fizzled. They were duds - all of them. Even the fissionable materials were never recovered. A Russian nuclear sub was placed on Kremlin Square. China suffered a similar fate - as did Washington DC - one vessel each. Beyond some minor injuries due to the movement, no personnel were harmed.
Thousands of people witness the ICBM’s detonating, producing brilliant points of light in the sky. But the miniature suns never blossomed into mushroom clouds. There was no fallout. There are rumors all around. Aliens. Top Secret SDI programs. The Second Coming. But the simple truth is that noone knows what happened.
Aftermath
Realizing you are still alive after your leaders have all bugged out and entered bunkers ready to kiss their respected arses goodbye can have a very sobering effect. The day after was the first in a very long time on which there was no combat anywhere on the planet. (This doesn’t count a little looting that went on.) There were many reports of suicides as some people simply gave in to fear of suffering from fallout. But the real story of the century came in the weeks that followed.
The UN held what might very well be the most historic meeting in history to declare peace. It has been an uneasy truce though. After all, it was begun in the wake of an attempt by many nations to slaughter one another wholesale with 4000 nukes. And there are still about 11,000 left - or are there? There are rumors that missiles vanished from their silos, mobile ICBM’s vanished. But only a very high level clearance will provide the knowledge that they all vanished. The public is being kept in the dark on that issue.
The Plot(s)
You are one of many whose curiosity will not be contained. Or you may be an agent working for people who want an explanation. People want an answer to the question: Who or what could possibly absorb the yields of about 2000 MT of TNT and get rid of it harmlessly? (An estimated 4000 warheads were launched out of a little over 15, 000 on the planet.) That’s over 8,000,000 TJ.
Yes, I have a very, very specific explanation for what happened. Don’t try to make it up and expect it to be the truth.
Those of you who are from agencies or military services can expect to receive orders. Reporters can expect to get assignments, be subject to expenses, etc. Civilians operating on their own will have no Press rights, have to deal with all expenses. You will need to explain how you can keep going.
Characters
You could be a reporter.
You might be FBI, CIA, Homeland Security.
You could be military intelligence. (You would need to be an officer.)
You could be a Civilian not affiliated with any of the above, but please no Average Joes. Have technical skills that relate to your purpose. For example if you are a UFOlogist, have some skills that relate to that. Otherwise this will be a very short lived character RP wise ie boring to roleplay.
As this RP may move all over the globe, you ought to bear this in mind as far as ID, Passports, legalities, languages, licenses etc all apply. How will you travel locally? That Florida issued driver’s license will be useless in Jerusalem or Russia.
See the full rp for the rest.