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Glossary of Terms:
  • CETM - The Committee for Extraterrestrial Threat Management, created to combat the impending alien threat through the establishment of four branches/projects.
  • First Branch: Project Olympian - The CETM project utilizing Hyperians.
  • Second Branch: Project Colossus - The CETM project utilizing giant piloted robots.
  • Third Branch: Project Titan - The CETM project utilizing space monsters.
  • Fourth Branch: Project Myrmidon - The CETM project utilizing existing military, intended to support the other projects.
  • Space Monsters - Alternately known as 'kaiju', 'aliens', or simply 'monsters'. Refers to the gigantic extraterrestrial entities that have begun attacking Earth. Conventional force does little against them, and the repeated use of nuclear weapons is not a viable strategy.
  • Hyperians - A species of seemingly benevolent space monsters. So far, two have been encountered, dubbed Hyper Man and Hyper Man X. The first Hyperian, Hyper Man, has defended Earth from space monsters, giving humanity time to prepare our own defenses. Hyper Man X arrived later to continue Hyper Man's mission.
  • The Central Dogma of Xenoarcheology - ██████████████████

Public Timeline of Major Events Concerning CETM:
  • 2095 C.E. - An enormous alien vessel is discovered, hidden deep within the Mariana Trench. Research on it begins immediately as mankind attempts to reverse engineer the technology and decipher the language. The aliens to which the vessel belongs are named 'Hyperians' by the researchers. A preliminary study reveals that Hyperians seek out budding civilizations in order to protect them from 'ravenous' threats, and that this vessel and its 'inhabitant' were sent to Earth thousands of years ago to protect us.
  • 2100 C.E. - At the turn of the century, a sealed chamber within the vessel is finally opened. Inside, the inhabitant, Hyper Man, is discovered, having locked himself in the chamber alongside a 'space monster', the Vega Alien, to prevent its escape. Surprised at the chamber door opening, Hyper Man is dealt a mortal blow by the monster, who proceeds to leave the vessel and head eastward, wreaking havoc on the surface. Weakened, Hyper Man explains that he requires the life force of a 'pure-hearted' human in order to reinvigorate himself and finally end the Vega Alien once and for all. One of the children of the research team, Shigeru Kawakami, volunteers and merges with Hyper Man. Hyper Man leaves the vessel and destroys the Vega Alien but not before it has devastated two United States' cities, Los Angeles and San Diego.
  • 2101 C.E. - In the aftermath of the first extraterrestrial incident, CETM is founded. With the knowledge and guidance of Hyper Man, the Hyperian Vessel is relocated to Tokyo, Japan.
  • 2115 C.E. - In the intervening years, space monsters begin to attack regularly. Hyper Man explains that, during its escape, the Vega Alien destroyed the 'Civilization Dampener', a device in the Hyperian vessel that hides the presence of young civilizations from monsters, and that the device can no longer be repaired. Fortunately, the invading monsters are aware of Hyper Man's presence and are drawn to him, allowing humanity to choose where Hyper Man is to engage these creatures. With this knowledge, Tokyo is transformed into the fortress of Meta-Tokyo, the site of extraterrestrial research, the headquarters of CETM, and the battleground for all subsequent fights with space monsters.
  • 2116 C.E. - The second Hyperian, Hyper Man X, arrives on Earth to check on the status of Hyper Man's mission. The Hyperians have a secret meeting in the vessel and Hyper Man X agrees to swap places with Hyper Man, allowing Hyper Man to return to their 'home' to recuperate.
  • 2123 C.E., Present Day - Hyper Man X has protected Earth since, but CETM is finally ready to unveil the fruits of their research.
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@Stern Algorithm Will get around to it either later tonight or tomorrow.
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Now that you have some more context of the world, come up with a backstory for Ryuuto. For example, was he originally part of Project Myrmidon in which case he'll be familiar with some of the CETM personnel already and Major General Tsukamoto would have been his former superior officer. Or maybe he's a complete newcomer from the actual JSDF or even the US military, possibly with secret orders to spy on CETM. Let me know if you need more setting info, I'm happy to help brainstorm.

As a pilot, Dr. McCulloch will be Ryuuto's direct superior. Your mech will also be directly linked to the supercomputer, Omniac, who will provide technical support.

Feel free also to suggest your mech's (referred to as a 'Colossus') load out and provide an image if you would like.
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I keep hitting a wall when it comes to writing. I have a general idea of a backstory, but I'm not sure if it would work.
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I can help you brainstorm if you want
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@Stern Algorithm I'd appreciate that. Hope your New Year's Eve goes well.
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Happy New year. What did you need help with as far as backstory?
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Sorry for the delay. The idea that I had is entirely dependent on one thing: have kaiju and mecha genres been a thing in the timeline?
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That's...a good question. I rarely think of the media of a world I create, so that's a good thing to consider. It really wouldn't make sense that a world in which something fantastical happens, said fantastical event is never portrayed in their media. But I think humans would fantasize about giant robots in any universe, or have modern media portrayals of monsters outside of mythology. I will say that an Ultraman-like story might be specific enough as to be feasibly not represented in this world.

So I'll say this, yes, kaiju and mecha genres exist, but a specifically Ultraman-style story/franchise doesn't.
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Sorry for the delay. Things have been… difficult IRL.

Specifically, are not-Super Sentai/not-Power Rangers series a thing? That's sort of the angle I was going for.
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I see. I'm pretty ambivalent about it since it shouldn't have a huge effect on the world at large. So I think for the sake of stream-lining character creation, since you're the only other player in this RP, I'll say it's whatever you want it to be, regarding the existence of super sentai shows.
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Okay. I'll work on hammering it out after work.
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