[b]Plot[/b] • The year is 2075. • The Universe has taken over the world and is a big part of many peoples day to day lives. It is a virtual reality experience that can make a persons wildest dreams a reality. • The major cities of the world have become countries within themselves, the sheer size and scale of each meaning that very few live outside of these hubs. Each City is broken into distinct districts, in this RP we'll be exploring the City of London. • The outer ring of the city is where the poorest live. The manual labourers, farmers and manufacturers all live here and it is similar in appearance to a favela or shanty town. Homes are either made of scrap metal and wood or people are found in the decaying remains of old buildings. Food is provided by special centres and require a key card. No key card, no food. A black market operates here in everything from food and water to vehicles and guns. [Also known as The Slum, The Favela and similar names] • The next ring is the Manufacturing Ring. Here is where everything is made, built and grown to ensure that the city and it's inhabitants can survive. Farms are now in multi-level facilities that reach down far into the earth. Some factories are as big as small sky scrapers as they try to produce enough for the cities residents. • The next and final ring is the City Ring. This is where the rich and middle class mostly live. Office workers, corporate stooges and high ranking CEO's all reside and work here. The City Ring is taller than it is long, reaching high into the sky. The poorest who are lucky enough to live in the ring live at ground level. Daylight is just a dream here as the many skyways and levels above block out most of it. As a person rises up the levels of the City Ring, their status increases. At the very top are the owners of the Corporations that run the city. Even with their vast wealth they are unable to leave this ring to reached the central area. • The central area of London is called Paradise and rightly so. What was once tower blocks is now a picturesque nature reserve for only the most elite and rich amongst the cities inhabitants. They number less than 100 but have the freedom to move across the vast open landscape they inhabit. Paradise is located above even the tallest skyscraper in the City Ring, providing a view that is unobstructed. Those who live here are the descendents of royalty, the last Prime Minister and super wealthy. • Each ring has the most high tech in security available. In addition to manned patrols there are automated defences that could hit a fly with a single bullet. Each citizen is given a chip at birth which in DNA coded to them, making it impossible to steal someone elses chip and to use it. Those in The Slums have access to the Manufacturing Ring during work hours and The Slums. They are completely unable to enter the City Ring unless they win the lottery or receive a promotion. Anyone caught trying to cross into the City Ring without access will be gunned down after only one warning. The same applies for people travelling from the City Ring to Paradise. Apart from a few courriers and security, access to Paradise is restricted to only those who live there. [hider=London 2075 (WIP)][b]The Slum[/b] [img]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/17/f0/d0/17f0d07d4759f03e8a9f3db8b5bd96d5.jpg[/img] [b]The Manufacturing Ring[/b] [img]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/bf/e3/d7/bfe3d7e6fae8954ebd2ccaea51cc07ed.jpg[/img] [b]The City Ring[/b] [i]Upper Tier[/i] [img]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c7/42/a9/c742a975970505f727c3e23e2a5cf6f5.jpg[/img] [i]Middle Tier[/i] [img]http://i.imgur.com/FDr66AB.jpg[/img] [i]Ground Level[/i] [img]https://img2.cgtrader.com/uploads/blog/posts/419/head_4421174a-3168-4905-9b62-f77067600fec.jpg[/img] [b]Paradise[/b] [img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v429/Shootingstar7123/Screenshot2013-02-19at105816AM_zpsc663434a.png[/img][/hider] [hr] [b]The Universe[/b] • Created by a small team of developers who continue to run the program from an undisclosed location. The rumour is they are in Paradise. • Use is so widespread that everyone has personal access, even those in The Slums. • Much like Ready Player One, there is very little that cannot be done within the confines of the Universes rules. There is loot, special items and artefacts and even an in game currency that can be utilised in the real world. • Clans are a big part of the world and are heavily utilised by Corporations to try and gain control of locations within the virtual world. • PvP and PvE are all accepted in game and are always on. However there is a clan that operates as a police force. They outnumber all but the biggest corporations. • Death from PvP does not yield a character reset when in hub locations. However when outside hubs Death can result in the dropping of all character loot. [hr] [b]Corporations[/b] • Five Corporations make up for 82% of the cities jobs and manufacturing output. • These five corporations employ people just to occupy The Universe and farm loot in search for the most rare items available. In addition to this they can often be found blockading locations whenever there is a competition running.