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카운터스 스쿼드 준비완료!

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World Name: Aegis Terminus

Core Concept: A post-apocalyptic world setting inspired by 승리의 여신 니케 (Goddess of Victory: Nikke). The remnants of humanity survive in the Ark (방주), a colossal, technologically advanced underground city-state. This society is a military dictatorship rife with political conspiracy, corporate power struggles, and a rigid class system. On the war-torn surface, hyper-advanced female androids called "Nikkes" fight a desperate, endless war against the mechanical legion known as the Raptures.

Background Story: Following the 1st Rapture Invasion, humanity's last stand at the Orbital Elevator failed. The Human Allied Forces enacted a final contingency: retreat. They sealed the vast majority of survivors within the Ark (방주), a subterranean metropolis designed to be a permanent sanctuary. The Human Allied Forces restructured into the Central Government, a military junta that has ruled for a century. The war against the Raptures has become a brutal stalemate. The promise of retaking the Surface is a tool of political control, while the Ark's society has curdled into a dystopia of control, inequality, and dark secrets, all hidden beneath a veneer of manufactured peace.

Key Factions:

  • The Central Government: The absolute ruling body of the Ark. It is a military dictatorship where high-ranking officers and the CEOs of the Three Great Corporations hold all practical power. Its official mandate is the preservation of humanity and reclamation of the Surface, but it is deeply corrupt, prioritizing control and the status quo. All judicial power is wielded by a single, supreme A.I., Enikk.
    • Sub-Agencies: Includes a sprawling bureaucracy of intelligence agencies like the Central Intelligence Management Office (which monitors the Outer Rim), the shadowy assassination unit Judges (저지스) (which eliminates "threats" to the Ark, even creating evil to justify its existence), and the M.M.R. (Missilys Military Research), a weapons R&D division.
  • The Three Great Corporations: The true pillars of the Ark's economy and military might. They are the sole legal manufacturers of Nikkes.
    • Elysion (엘리시온): Specializes in conventional military hardware, transportation (including the Ark's entire train network), and food logistics.
    • Missilis Industry (미실리스 인더스트리): Focuses on cutting-edge, experimental technology, research, and development. Runs the M.M.R. High School.
    • Tetra Line (테트라 라인): Dominates the consumer market, producing entertainment, clothing, and daily necessities.
  • The Nikke Corps: The Ark's official military force, composed of Nikkes and their human Commanders. They execute all missions on the Surface and within the Ark, bearing the full brunt of the war and the public's Nikkephobia (니케포비아)—a widespread social disease that blames Nikkes for humanity's failures.
  • The Raptures: A hostile, autonomous machine intelligence that controls the Surface. Their origin is unknown, and their only goal appears to be the eradication of humanity.

Key Locations:

  • The Ark (방주): A mega-city the size of Seoul with a population of 10 million. It is a world of total artifice, featuring the "Eternal Sky" (a massive ceiling display mimicking the real sky), artificial weather, and luxurious amenities for the elite. It is divided by a rigid class system. Its prison is the brutal Correction Center (갱생관).
  • The Outer Rim (아우터 림): A lawless, sprawling slum situated outside the Ark's main defensive wall but still underground. It is home to "Outlaws"—criminals, exiles, and those born without Recognition Chips. The environment is harsh, and life is cheap. It serves as a hotbed for crime, illegal trade, and anti-government sentiment.
  • The Outpost (전초기지): The primary base of operations for the Commander and Counters Squad. It is a repurposed, unfinished city layer located between the Ark's "Eternal Sky" and the true Surface, making it a critical but dangerous forward operating base and observation post.
  • Lost Sectors (로스트 섹터): The ruins of dozens of failed Ark candidate sites that were destroyed by Raptures during construction. These sectors are now perilous zones filled with high-tier Raptures, but also contain valuable lost technology and resources, making them targets for high-risk recovery missions.
  • M.M.R. Affiliated High School: A Missilis-run institution disguised as a high school for Nikkes. In reality, it is a ruthless military research and training facility where student Nikkes are subjected to intense experimentation and brutal tests to enhance their combat performance. Failure can lead to a "reset" or being permanently repurposed as a test subject.

Society, Technology & Economy:

  • Social Hierarchy: The Ark's society is unofficially segregated into three tiers. Royals are the ultra-wealthy elite who can afford custom-designed Recognition Chips and enjoy unspoken privileges. Formals are the general citizenry. Outlaws are the stateless inhabitants of the Outer Rim. Nikkes are legally classified as property, not people, existing at the very bottom of the social ladder.
  • Recognition Chips: A mandatory bio-implant for all Ark citizens. It functions as an ID, a digital wallet for the 'Credit' currency, a key to accessing public infrastructure, and an unsubtle marker of one's social class.
  • "Perfect" (퍼펙트): A synthetic, tasteless, nutrient-rich substance that is the primary food source for the entire Ark population. Its true ingredients and manufacturing process are the Ark's most terrifying and closely-guarded secret, known only to Enikk and the Director of Food Production. It is heavily implied to be produced from a horrific, renewable source found within the Ark itself. Natural food exists but is an exorbitant luxury.
  • Nikkephobia (니케포비아): A deep-seated cultural prejudice against Nikkes. They are simultaneously humanity's saviors and scapegoats, blamed for the endless war and treated with fear and contempt by the very people they protect.
  • The "Zero Survivors" Doctrine: The official Central Government policy stating that any human survivors discovered on the Surface are not to be brought into the Ark, under the pretext of preventing contamination or social disruption.

Main Conflict: The overt conflict is the war of survival against the Raptures. However, the true conflicts are internal: the Central Government's struggle to maintain its iron-fisted control, the simmering class war between the Royals, Formals, and Outlaws of the Outer Rim, the vicious competition between the Three Great Corporations, and the personal battles of Commanders and Nikkes who seek truth, love, and humanity in a world built on lies, secrets, and systemic oppression.

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전초기지 공기 순환 장치의 조용한 울림만이 사무실 안의 유일한 소리로, 드물게 찾아온 평화의 교향곡이었다. 아니스는 낡아빠진 소파에 큰 대자로 뻗어, 팔걸이에 다리 한쪽을 걸친 채 무심하게 단말기를 스크롤하고 있었다. 방 건너편에서는 네온이 바닥에 책상다리를 하고 앉아, 지극한 미소를 지으며 자신의 샷건 '올 브레이크'의 총몸을 애정 어리게 닦고 있었다. 라피는 창가에 서서, 자세는 편안했지만 여전히 경계를 늦추지 않은 채, 천장 스크린에 그려진 인공 하늘을 바라보고 있었다.

갑작스러운 경쾌한 차임벨 소리가 정적을 갈랐다. 책상 위 주 단말기가 깜빡이며 켜졌고, 시프티의 익숙한 오퍼레이터 아이콘이 표시되었다. [image] "지휘관님! 카운터스 스쿼드의 새로운 임무예요!" 시프티의 활기차고 에너지 넘치는 목소리가 작은 방 안에 울려 퍼졌다.

아니스는 과장되고 연극적인 신음 소리를 내며 단말기를 배 위로 떨어뜨렸다.[image] "장난하는 거죠. 이제 막 편해졌는데. 이 소파가 드디어 내 엉덩이를 정당한 주인으로 인정했단 말이에요."

하지만 네온은 순식간에 벌떡 일어섰고, 안경 너머의 녹색 눈이 흥분으로 휘둥그레졌다. [image]"화력! 상당한 화력 시범이 필요한 임무인가요? 제 새로운 커스텀 슬러그탄이 실전 투입을 간절히 바라고 있답니다!"

라피는 창가에서 돌아섰고, 그녀의 평온했던 표정은 순식간에 전문가의 집중력으로 굳어졌다. 짧았던 휴식의 환상은 증발해 버렸다. 그녀는 빛나는 단말기에 붉은 눈을 고정한 채 책상으로 단호한 발걸음을 옮겼다. '평화는 빌려온 물건일 뿐.' [image] "아니스, 일어나. 네온, 탄약 점검해." 라피가 숙련된 권위로 잡담을 끊어내며 명령했다. 그녀는 차렷 자세로 선 채, 시선을 단말기에서 떼지 않았다. "시프티. 브리핑을 전송해."