ATLANTIS PRIME RETRIMAP
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V6.1.2.3086.4.1.1&Mjoelnir MT C-Server 321
Courtesy of ArchNet AVA Protocol 186757442-8
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Latest News | Personnel Gallery | CorpSec Database | Areas of Interest
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<intro-to-atlantis>
After the devastating FERAL-outbreak in 3012, and the subsequent infection or death of 94% of the Earth’s population, most mainland areas were overrun by the FERALS, dead humans and animals controlled by Flesh-Eating RAvenous Leeches. As nations dissolved and governments crumbled under the weight of the outbreak, chaos and anarchy spread across the globe. It was then that six of the world’s leading corporations got together to build a number of sanctuaries to house the remaining human population. These sanctuaries, dubbed “the Atlassian Grid”, consisted of several enormous island-cities, placed across the North Atlantic Ocean. Today, more than 99% of the 1.2 billion human population that is left on Earth live on the Grid.
During the outbreak, some humans demonstrated a different response to the FERA-Leech infestation. Where most humans would become terminally ill and die, these other humans instead mutated, their bodies changing in unpredictable and often horrifying ways. Mutated humans are mostly shunned by the rest of humanity, and often referred to as orcs, goblins or trolls. As the years has passed, more and more humans have become “goblinized”, and today almost 30% of the human population are subject to mutation – some humans even wilfully expose themselves to infection in an attempt to become “something more”. Commonly, these mutated humans are known today as “meta-humans”.
<latest-news>
Horizon Broadcast – Channel ANY1
BREAKING EVOLEAN REVEALS PLAN FOR EXPEDITION TO THE THIRD HORIZON
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TOP NEWS MJOELNIR AND ARCHNET ENTERS NEW CORPSEC AGREEMENT
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FAMOUS NEWS ANCHOR VOLT MCNIERS ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
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SYNDICATE WARS REFUELLED BY RUMORS OF CORP RATS IN INNER CIRCLE
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LEAK AT PIPELINE GT46 IN SOUTH OILFIELDS CONTAINED
BREAKING GRIDRUNNER ATTACK FOLLOWING BREAK-IN AT SINAR APTS
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TOP NEWS 3088 OLYMPIC GAMES MOVED FROM ASGARD TO THULE DUE TO RECENT INSTABILITIES
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TOP NEWS ARCHNET AVASYS EXPERIENCE CRASH: SHADEMAW HACKER GROUP CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY
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HORIZON LAUNCHES NEW BEN&JERRYS "KISS OF THE DANCER" TASTE
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PROTESTERS PREVENT LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR NEW DISPOSAL PLANT IN PORT NORFOLK
TOP NEWS HUGE STIMTOWN-BUST LEADS TO CAPTURE OF ALLEGED SHADEMAW HACKER
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WUXING REVEALS PLAN FOR NEW COLONY ON HYPERION
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BREAK-IN AT SINAR APPARTMENTS: RENOWNED SCIENTIST MISSING
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RENRAKU CEO ARRIVES IN ATLANTIS FOR 50-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF GRIDLOCK HQ
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DUNKIN’ DONUTS OPENS UP NEW CHAIN IN WESTBROOK
<personnel-gallery>
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//Mega-Corp Info
Atlantis Prime, and its surrounding island-cities, as well as the rest of the Grid, are controlled by six mega-corps. Each corporation has primary control of one of the six sanctuaries, but also retains a powerful presence on each of the others.
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ArchNet Group: Pioneers of the wireless MATRIX and the world-spanning 8G WIFI, and global leader in AI, VI as well as many other digital products.
Evolean Corporation: A corporation that focuses on nano- and bio-technology, genetics research and products made specifically for meta-humans.
Horizon Group: A media corporation, primarily invested in media, entertainment and consumer goods, but also real estate and pharmaceuticals.
Wuxing Incorporated: An industrial conglomerate focused on shipping and finance, as well as the production of steel and heavy-industrial goods.
Mjoelnir MacroTech: The world’s largest conglomerate of the arms, automobile and space industries, as well as provider of private security.
Renraku Systems: A computer- and arms-producing giant, as well as energy production, biotech and environmental procedures.
//Facts and Terms
Gridlock: An island city-state owned by the six largest corporations in the world – the “mega-corps”. Atlantis is made up of numerous island-cities, connected at the center by the island-fortress and corporate hub, Atlantis Prime.
Cycles: Each year is calculated in four cycles. Once every cycle, the corporations bring in new workers, who give their lives in servitude as the price for a life of relative safety (compared to the feral-infested badlands that now make up most of the Earth’s mainland)
Icons: A collection of entities or universal forces, worshipped by many as a pantheon of godlike creatures known only as "Icons".
AVASYS: Advanced Virtual Assistant Security System. Controlled by corp resident VI (Virtual Intelligence).
Meta-humans: Humans mutated by the FERA-Leeches.
GridRunner: Catch-all term for those dabbling in contract work across the Grid - especially those who often find themselves on edge with the law.
Supes: The mechanical service bats of the DeepStink.
Syndicates: Seven powerful crime families that control much of Atlantis' underworld.
The Third Horizon: A term often used to describe the farthest regions of humanity's interstellar expansion across the universe.
<areas-of-interest>
Innara
The ship and base of operations to the Squad. While currently a mostly-derelict pile of metal and wires, the Squad have plans to get the ship up and running, allowing them to escape the confines of Atlantis Prime.
Mjoelnir MT – Atlantis Citadel
The Atlantis HQ of Mjoelnir MacroTech is situated on a small, private plateu in the eastern corner of Orion Heights, surrounded by blocks of industrial warehouses and production facilities owned by the mega-corp.
The DeepStink
The DeepStink constitutes the deep subsurface levels of Atlantis Prime. Few humans live here, and those who do would rather be elsewhere. Vast pipe networks, expansive MATRIX-sheets and other feats of macro-engineering disappear into the dark abyss below the city.
Evolean - Pylon of Atlantis
The Atlantis HQ of the Evolean Corporation is often praised for its beauty. The enormous structure is located near the center of Harbor View, facing a huge plaza that is lit up day and night by projections from the Pylon, detailing their latest services and projects.
Waste Disposal
The main part of the expansive wastelands that make up Atlantis' waste disposal is located in Lower Atlantis, between Stimtown and the Warrens. Here, the city dumps everything that is used and needs to be forgotten - from everyday trash and furniture to dangerous chemicals.
Whitehall House
The home of super-rich painter, antiquarian, artifact collector and all-round eccentric Arkon Thais, also known as 'The Collector'. Whitehall House is situated near the center of Melrose, very close to the Olagor Theater.