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SilvercatMoonpaw · 07-10-2018, 02:18 PM

7) Parachronic-Punk

Let's take the "power corrupts" aspect of parachronics, dial it up to 10*, and insert the PCs into an unenviable social strata.

Some group of oligarchs (governments, corporations, cults masquerading as religions with hair-trigger lawyers, etc) managed to restrict parachronics and the benefits and profits of it to themselves. Everyone else gets their scraps. Sure it's probably implausible**, but who doesn't love Sticking It To The Man?

*I'm working with modern premises that dystopias the protagonists can fix in their time, rather than earlier ones like 1984 where the protagonist just exists to get crushed.
**By which I mean I don't know enough dystopiopology to make a guess.

8) Parachronic Rebels

Homeline has all the firepower, and none of the other lines have more than mid-19th century war tech. Also we dialed "power corrupts" up to 10. Time to conquer.

This is basically #7 without The Secret and maybe with nobler protagonists.

07-10-2018, 02:18 PM	#8
SilvercatMoonpaw Join Date: Jun 2017	Re: Alternate Versions of Inifinite Worlds 7) Parachronic-Punk Let's take the "power corrupts" aspect of parachronics, dial it up to 10, and insert the PCs into an unenviable social strata. Some group of oligarchs (governments, corporations, cults masquerading as religions with hair-trigger lawyers, etc) managed to restrict parachronics and the benefits and profits of it to themselves. Everyone else gets their scraps. Sure it's probably implausible, but who doesn't love Sticking It To The Man? I'm working with modern premises that dystopias the protagonists can fix in their time, rather than earlier ones like 1984 where the protagonist just exists to get crushed. By which I mean I don't know enough dystopiopology to make a guess. 8) Parachronic Rebels** Homeline has all the firepower, and none of the other lines have more than mid-19th century war tech. Also we dialed "power corrupts" up to 10. Time to conquer. This is basically #7 without The Secret and maybe with nobler protagonists.