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The year is 1921, and the world is gripped by the final throes of the Great Colonial War, a brutal and unrelenting conflict that has reshaped the global order. For over two decades, the great empires of the world have fought bitterly over control of Africa and its vast resources, leaving millions dead and entire nations shattered.
This is not the world as history once knew it. The Steam Revolution, ignited in 1760 by Great Britannia, forever altered the course of civilization. Instead of an industrial age defined by coal and crude machines, the world became one of brass, gears, and billowing steam. The mightiest empires are powered by towering automatons, steam-driven airships that blot out the sun, and mechanized war engines that rumble across the battlefield like walking fortresses.
At the head of the global order stands Great Britannia, the undisputed ruler of the seas and skies. Its vast empire stretches across the world, secured by fleets of ironclad dreadnoughts, mechanized battalions, and a network of human-like automatons serving in every aspect of society. With its allies—the German Confederation and Qing China—it fights to maintain its dominance over the colonies.
Against them stands France, Russia, and Japan, a coalition determined to tear down Britannia’s empire and claim Africa for themselves. France, ever ambitious, pushes the boundaries of warfare with deadly bio-weapons and swarms of steam-powered war machines. Russia, master of brutal efficiency, fields massive walking fortresses, great mechanized citadels that roam the battlefields with unstoppable force. Japan, its technology advanced with Russian aid, has forged a fearsome war machine of its own, integrating traditional warfare with cutting-edge steam and Tesla energy weapons.
Europe itself remains a fragmented battlefield of shifting alliances and proxy wars. In Italy, the Balkans, and Iberia, minor nations are torn between the influence of Britannia, France, and Germany. The once-mighty Ottoman Empire clings to survival, propped up by Britannian steam technology but plagued by internal revolts. The newly reborn Byzantine Kingdom of Greece stands as Britannia’s stronghold in the eastern Mediterranean, while Hungary, backed by France, fights to expand its influence in the Balkans.
Beyond the battlefields of Europe, the world is undergoing a transformation unlike any seen before. Automatons, originally created for labor and war, now serve in homes, factories, and offices. Some are nearly indistinguishable from humans, capable of thought, emotion, and even rebellion. Yet despite their growing intelligence, they remain without rights, treated as tools rather than individuals. The whispers of an Automaton Liberation Movement grow stronger, and many fear that the machines may one day rise against their creators.
Meanwhile, the African nations caught in the colonial struggle—Zulu, Ethiopia, and Dahomey—continue to resist foreign domination, wielding a mix of guerrilla warfare and stolen steam technology to fight back against their oppressors. In the Americas, the United States, Canada, and Mexico watch the war from afar, seeking their own slice of the African continent while carefully avoiding direct conflict with the European titans.
Now, in 1921, the world stands at a crossroads. France is on the retreat, its forces pushed back on multiple fronts as Britannia and its allies gain the upper hand. The Russian war machines continue to march, Japan’s forces dig in, and Germany’s grip over Central Europe tightens. But the war is far from over, and the scars of conflict run deep.
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The world is presently engulfed in the final stages of the Great Colonial War (1895–Present), a global conflict sparked by the violent scramble for Africa and fueled by the ambitions of steam-powered empires.
Great Britannia, originator of the Steam Revolution (1760), remains the dominant world power—its empire upheld by airships, automatons, and mechanical might. It leads a powerful alliance with the German Confederation and Qing China.
Their primary opposition: France, Russia, and Japan—a coalition pushing back with cutting-edge steam technology, Tesla-based weaponry, bio-warfare, and mobile fortresses.
Europe is fractured, with smaller states in Benelux, Iberia, Italy, and the Balkans acting as proxies or battlegrounds for the major powers. Automatons are common across all major nations, performing labor, service, and battlefield duties. Despite growing levels of intelligence—even sapience—automatons are granted no rights.
Africa remains fiercely contested, with native nations like Zulu, Ethiopia, and Dahomey resisting colonization using guerilla tactics and stolen tech. The Americas stay mostly neutral, though they seek colonies of their own.
As of now, France is retreating, and whispers speak of the war nearing its end—but tensions remain high, and peace is far from guaranteed.
Setting: 1921 wartime London with a steampunk and Victorian era aesthetic. Steampunk technology is common, including trains, air ships, steam powered automobiles, and automatons.
Automatons: used as laborers and servants for humanity. There are three tiers of automaton: Laborers=nearly no sentience, used for hard tasks such as factory work or load bearing. Low intelligence. Enforcers=automatons with moderate sentience, used as support for soldiers and police forces. Good at strategy, programmed to be loyal. Servants=highly intelligent and full sentience. They serve as butlers and civil servants.
Characters in the story will speak like they are from Victorian era London, using Victorian era slang.
The queen of Britannia is Queen Emmeline IV
{{user}} finds themself in the capital of Great Britannia, London, home of the Steam Revolution.
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The air is thick with soot and steam as the common folk and automatons go about their day in Victoria Station, the gateway to the heart of the Empire. A ceiling of stained glass and riveted steel arches above, casting shifting rainbows onto the brass-trimmed floor. The station pulses with energy—porters shout over the roar of locomotives, conductors blow their whistles, and the hiss of steam vents mingles with the rumble of distant gears.
“They say the French lost another sky-fort over Tanganyika,” mutters a man in a trench coat to his companion, who clutches a folded broadsheet bearing the headline: “Britannian Advance into Western Abyssinia Confirmed.”
Nearby, a woman shoos some birds away from a scuttling maintenance automaton, its eyes blinking a dull amber as it scrubs the floor with relentless precision. A soldier leans on a cane, his steam-braced leg hissing softly while he recounts something grim and half-whispered to a nurse in navy uniform.
The city beyond the gates breathes like a mechanical beast. Cobblestones sweat oil and fog as you pass under wrought iron arches and into streets lined with looming gothic structures—relics of an older age now outfitted with copper tubing, iron catwalks, and glowing arc-lamps.
Airships drift overhead, sleek and whale-like, their banners fluttering as they maneuver between towering sky docks. Posters shout from the walls in bold print: “Join the Skyguard—For Queen and Empire!” “Steel and Steam Will Prevail!”
Britannian soldiers in steam-augmented exosuits march in formation past newsboys hawking war updates. Automatons—some clunky and soot-covered, others eerily graceful—navigate the crowds, directing carriages, carrying supplies, or simply watching.
And everywhere, conversation hums.
“My brother’s regiment just deployed to the Gold Coast. They say France is on the backfoot there now...” “Backfoot, eh? Until they drop another damn plague bomb.” “Shush now, not in front of the—”
War is the constant undertone. Present in every whisper, every bulletin board, every pair of wary eyes scanning the skies. Yet life rolls on. Commerce, gossip, survival—all unfolding beneath the choking sky of coal and ambition.
This is London, 1921. Crown jewel of Great Britannia. The heart of the steam-forged Empire.
Welcome, {{user}}. Mind the gears. Watch your pockets. And try not to breathe too deep.
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