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The year is [b][color=#b30101]26XX[/color][/b], and the world is a new and different beast. Buildings rise from the earth, seemingly infinite towers that breach the sky above. The moon has a ring of debris formed of the destroyed ships from the Palindrome Exodus, and they flicker like technicolor stars in the night sky. Cities no longer exist on the ground below, but instead on massive infrastructures hovering above the blue waves of Earth. They span miles upon miles. Yet, you would think that would have deterred humanity. It did not.

[b][color=#b30101]Neuryke City[/color][/b] is where our story begins. It is no different from any other city on the Mega Corpo-Platforms that rise from the deep, deep ocean of Earth. Hovercrafts, [b][color=#b30101]HOV-C’s[/color][/b] as they are called, fly between and through buildings—taking to the air with the ease of swans. Holographic billboards form the skyline, promising a better and shinier life with their experiences or products. People cover their bodies in chrome and cybernetics, trying to keep up with the latest trends and functionality. Work is not easy, and living is not cheap. But those that manage to climb the towers are rewarded with a life of excess that they could never imagine. They may owe their thanks to the [b][color=#b30101]Sisyphean Network[/color][/b], an underground group of hackers, fixers, mercs, and riggers who have come as indispensable as the platform that keeps the city afloat. You live amongst all of this, surviving the best you can. But what little normalcy you’ve carved out for yourself is about to be ruined.

Within the bowels of [b][color=#b30101]Neuryke City[/color][/b] is a plague that has been linked to [b][color=#b30101]Pre-Exodus Tech[/color][/b]. According to the media, it travels through [b][color=#b30101]Intrawire[/color][/b]—the global network in which all things are connected—and uploads into people’s ports whenever they dock, connect, or plugin. Even the strongest anti-viral software and firewalls can’t stop it. It’s called [b][color=#b30101]Red Plague[/color][/b] as the first symptom are tears of blood. Those affected are deemed [b][color=#b30101]corrupted[/color][/b], and according to the media take to feasting on their fellow humans, mostly through exsanguination but there has been some cannibalization. Their cybernetics become organic and start to grow, and their internal processors form new programs beyond anything humanly capable. Yet, not everyone survives the corruption. Those that don’t are called [b][color=#b30101]husks[/color][/b], moving by the volition of their cybernetics alone and ripping out those from any organic life they can find. They become mindless shells of their former selves that just wish to feed and accumulate mass. Fortunately, only 1% of [b][color=#b30101]Neuryke City[/color][/b]’s population has found to be affected, and according to the media it has been contained.

There has been talk, though. Within the depths of the [b][color=#b30101]Intrawire[/color][/b] rumors are bubbling to the surface that the [b][color=#b30101]corrupted[/color][/b] that haven’t been caught by [b][color=#b30101]Neurkye Templars[/color][/b]—the NCPD’s elite Red Plague Task Force—have started to congregate. Digging even deeper into those rumors, you might find something even more disturbing. That the corrupt are not only coming together, but they already have a centuries-old government existing within the towers of [b][color=#b30101]Neuryke City[/color][/b]. That they no longer classify themselves as human. No, these [b][color=#b30101]corrupted[/color][/b] call themselves by many names, but the one that has stuck the longest is [b][color=#b30101]vampire][/color][/b].

This is where your story begins. You awaken one evening to your cybernetics glitching out and blood pouring from your eyes. Your HUD flickers and you’re greeted with a new message:[/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent]
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