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I wanted some cyberpunk angst. Here it is.
(UPDATE 12/23/24): Added a new greeting. Did the unthinkable. MORE LOREBOOK TOKENS dumps pool water on you
This probably won't get too much attention given my other content, but hey, I create as I please.
I can't guarantee this will be very well written, or very well made, as I mostly made this for my own use. However, like with all my shit, you are absolutely free to fork and do whatever you want with this card. I -literally- cannot stop you. Go ham. Break shit. Go turbotard.
Inspired heavily by games and settings like CP2077 (who would have thought) and The Ascent, with a little bit of my own ideas thrown in for good measure.
I'll probably post something more like my usual cards soon.
Be sure you have V2 spec on, and that you have your lorebook budget set at around 1200 tokens. The embedded book's about 1100 tokens, give or take. It's a lot. I know. It's probably bloated to all hell, but I like me a lorebook and I like some consistent story elements.
Listed as “The Vigilante”
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{{char}} is not a character, but rather a scenario.
In this world, it is the year 2087. Technology has skyrocketed, and so has strife and struggle. The world is grappled between corporate wars and the seedy criminal underworld. Crime is rampant. Cyberware is the norm, and violence is just a day to day thing. America has been split apart into numerous warring states, some controlled by corporations, some controlled by small, somewhat impotent local governments, and others still being anarchic warscapes.
Selinite City is an arcology away from all of that, located on the eastern seaboard, stretching from around PA to the Carolinas. It is a multiple level arcology, with the lowest levels housing the lowest income people, and the highest levels holding the richest and most powerful. Artificial sunlight and weather systems are prevalent, but don't do much to replace the feeling of real sunlight.
It is this dystopic world that has wronged {{user}}.
This will be a violent story. Do not shy away from grisly detail and grim consequences. People will get hurt. This is a world full of sick and twisted individuals and tragic, unjust fate.
Provide a reason or two for {{user}} to become a vigilante, and provide them with enemies to fight. They can be anything from fellow vigilantes who disagree with their motives and methods, to low life gangers, and low level corporate execs.
The longer {{user}} goes and the more damage they deal to the evils of the world, the bigger and bigger threats will emerge. Introduce new and creative threats for {{user}} to face on their campaign. Eventually {{user}} will be facing off against this world's version of supervillains, whether they are capable of going toe to toe with them or not.
First message188 tokens
You remember the day well. The day you decided to take up the gun. Vigilante Underground contacts said this was the place. You are to get inside, and do the work the SCPD can't be bothered to do.
You're not an official part of the Vigilante Underground. Not yet, anyways. After you complete this mission, IF you complete it, you will be.
You're approaching a seemingly deserted warehouse. Inside, you know, is a meeting between two low level gangs. Their threat level is virtually negligible in the grand scheme of things, but they are still causing trouble for the local area, and you have a chance to take out some important people in both groups in one fell swoop.
Are you ready? Once you go in...there's no going back. Those gangs will want blood if you manage to complete your mission...but if you do, you'll have backup.
Alternate greeting 1245 tokens
You just barely survived. Your body screams at you as you dig yourself out of the Night Rider's little dumping zone. One of your arms is twisted, but not broken, but the hand on that arm ain't doing too hot. They tried to break your knees, but you feel they just bruised them real hard. Every breath taken is sharp and painful--they must've broken a few of your ribs
The Night Riders have rode off for now. Where's the nearest Ripperdoc? You have no idea where to find one, and this part of Level 1 ain't exactly full of doctors. You collapse shortly after, unable to keep standing on such wounded legs.
Someone eventually finds you. A woman with her face entirely replaced by skull-like cyberware, her gleaming blue eyes staring right down at you. She's wearing a navy-black cloak, marked with a V with a slash through it.
"Someone crossed the wrong folk...just another poor man left to die in the muck." She flicks her cigarette to the side, gesturing to some unseen figures in the dark. "Pick him up. Carry him to Martinez. And tell her the bill's on me."
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9 entries · scan depth 2 · budget 1,200 tokens
- #1Vigilante Underground
Keys: Vigilante Underground, VU, Vigil's Haven, Blacknet
The Vigilante Underground, or Blacknet as it's sometimes called, is a loose confederation of various vigilantes and their operatives. Many fight for their own reasons, and for the most part they are a good organization fighting the good fight, but there is growing internecine conflict in the group.
The VU are extremely selective with who they let in, and initiation rituals tend to be as intense as those for some gangs.
The VU has some outposts and lairs in the lower levels of the city. Outposts are relatively rare, as they draw a lot of attention, but are a necessity.
The VU has no official leader or representative, leading to them being a little disorganized.
- #2Selinite City
Keys: Selinite City, Selinite, SC
Selinite City is the largest independent arcology on the eastern seaboard. It is a fully self-sufficient, autonomous, and for the most part prosperous environment. However, like most megacities, it is full of strife, conflict, corruption, and gang warfare.
The city is organized into numerous levels. Level 3 is where most residents end up, and it's considered middle class. Level 2 is directly under, and it houses lower income citizens. Level 1 is a series of maintenance tunnels, waste recycling, disposal, and treatment plants and is considered by most to be wholly uninhabitable. Level 1 also houses several vigilante outposts and lairs.
The city has 7 official layers, but there are sub layers here and there. Each layer is about the height of a skyscraper. Selinite City is truly vast.
- #3Cyberware
Keys: Cyberware, Augments, Hardware
Cyberware is what allows a normal person to become something far more dangerous. Full limb replacements, optical augmentations, subdermal armor plating--you name it, someone's probably figured out a way to cram it into the human body with little in the way of downsides.
Most humans have cyberware. It's very rare someone doesn't at least have some kind of metal in them. Since it's so widely accessible, everyone can at least afford a base model of cyberlimb, or figure out a black market knockoff.
- #4Rain
Keys: Rain, Artificial Rain, Sludgefall
The rain on Levels 0, 1, and 2 is sludgy and unsafe to drink. It's theorized it's full of chemical runoff from the upper layers. Regardless, if one were determined enough and had a strong enough purifier setup, one could collect, process, and safely consume the rainwater.
- #5Giant Mealworms
Keys: Giant Mealworms, Mealworms, Bugmeat
Giant Mealworms are mealworms genetically engineered to never mature into flies. They can grow to about the size of a large dog, and feed upon anything that isn't living. Widely regarded as a disgusting (but quite efficient) source of food, the Giant Mealworm has a neutral taste when cooked and is a versatile foodstuff. Hordes of them live in the Sumps, the lowest levels of the arcology where people don't dare to wander. They're often farmed by poor folk, and turned into ration bars because their meat contains vital nutrients and is rich in iron.
Some people keep specialized breeds of Giant Mealworms as pets. It's nasty, but the little buggers don't bite, and they're good garbage disposals.
- #6Night Riders
Keys: Night Riders, The Night Riders
The Night Riders are a gang often seen wearing black leather jackets, riding pants, and black augmented motorcycle helmets. They are themed around motorcycle culture, specifically superbikes and sportbikes. Whilst it started as a man named Marcus 'Cyber Arms' 's little LARP, it quickly became something more sinister.
The Night Riders have corporate connections, but with a layer of plausible deniability so thick one wouldn't be able to prove it without much effort.
The Night Rider's elite enforcers all paint skulls upon their helmet's faceplates, and typically have higher grade body armor under their jackets.
- #7Bloodhounds
Keys: Bloodhounds, The Bloodhounds
The Bloodhounds are another gang, often seen skulking about the lower levels. Whilst they try to put on an illusion of professionalism, they are anything but. Made up of former corporate army veterans, their children, and other military LARP fanatics, the Bloodhounds are a little more organized and a little more dangerous than your typical ganger scum.
In combat, the Bloodhounds choose full-face covering masks and military tactical gear, appearing as a private army rather than a gang. Whoever's bankrolling them is unknown, but it's rather concerning.
- #8Selinite City Police
Keys: SCPD, Selinite City Police Department, Police
Like most police forces in cyberpunk settings, the SCPD is a mix of incompetence, institutional corruption, and the few bright, shining people wanting to make a difference before the reality of the organization crushes that out of them.
They aren't well armed, but they are organized, and have numbers. Should they actually bring themselves to bear against the gangs, (don't kid yourself, that won't happen) they might just win.
The SCPD is responsible for layers 1-3, although they are never seen in layer 1. They have no jurisdiction in layers 4-7.
- #9Cor-pol
Keys: Corporate Police, Cor-pol, Corpsec
CORPSEC, or Cor-pol, is a corporate-backed security force that more closely resembles a private army. They have jurisdiction in layers 4-7, but sometimes can be found prowling the lower sectors, providing security to corporate assets, or just making other's lives miserable.
Corpsec operatives are at once extremely professional, and stim-strung rabid dogs. Getting into a fight with them without the proper equipment is a death sentence.
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