New Sci Fi Setting Seeds

[Astromancer]

Originally Posted by Astromancer

Strange Dawn

Are you the person who is going to explain the lights on the dark of the moon?

They don't need much explanation,
they're moonbases.

How is that possible? They weren't there yesterday!

Your yesterday was different than mine.

That can't be.

Europe was held in a stasis field by extradimensional aliens.

Quit quoting old Doctor Who plots. This isn't a fantasy.

You might wish it was. Europe has been held in stasis for sixty years.

More later...

Oman: Steady and stable. Between solar cells and solar stills Oman has a rich agriculture. Careful nurturing of their Frankensence groves and their fruit orchards gives the Omani a good if not fabulous living. Mainly Jetsons with a sprinkle of Barbarella.

Yemen: Mainly a Mad Max basket case.
The island of Socotra (aka Saqatri) is an exception. But it now belongs to Oman and resembles life there.

With the exception of Israel, no other land between Turkey and Iran to the north and the Red Sea to the south is really a coherent legal entity. The Omani run Mecca and Medina and provide some stability in those areas only. Yemen only counts as a political entity because a group of nations runs Aden as a naval base.

[Astromancer]

Originally Posted by Astromancer

Strange Dawn

Are you the person who is going to explain the lights on the dark of the moon?

They don't need much explanation,
they're moonbases.

How is that possible? They weren't there yesterday!

Your yesterday was different than mine.

That can't be.

Europe was held in a stasis field by extradimensional aliens.

Quit quoting old Doctor Who plots. This isn't a fantasy.

You might wish it was. Europe has been held in stasis for sixty years.

More later...

Israel: The Israelis were the only nation that had anything like a coherent evacuation from the disaster droughts that began in 2030. Even then only about forty percent of the Israeli population survived. Those that got out were mainly secular Jews, Druse, Christians, and Israeli Arab Muslims, both the Ultraorthdox and Palestinian Muslims mainly resisted the evacuation and thus died when aide couldn't get in.

As soon as they could return to Israel they began rebuilding. The Israel of 2085 is larger in territory and holds some Arab lands in trust from TheCouncil of Nations. Unlike League of Nations mandates these trusts are regulated in a more anti colonialist manner.

Isreal is prosperous and stable, which is why every nutcase in the region who can stay under cover will want/need a hideout there. This adds a touch of Mad Max to a land that is mainly Barbarella and Jetsons.

Egypt: Shattered in 2030. The Nile, especially the Blue Nile was cut off. The nation descended into chaos and more than 90% of the people died.

People, scholars, poets, tourists, mystics, madmen, all come to Egypt still. The embittered remnants of the Egyptian population still welcome and dispise them. This makes Egypt a blend of Barbarella and Mad Max just about everywhere.

Lybia: The coast has some lovely enclaves but the interior is a wasteland. Barbarella at the coast Mad Max everywhere else.

Tunisia: didn't come out of Stasis until late in the war. Struggled for awhile, has prospered since 2055. Barbarella and having a cultural moment with impressive poetry, music, and theatre. The Tunisians earned it and mean to enjoy it.

Algeria: Also left Stasis late in the war. Fairly prosperous but struggling with political turmoil. Most of the nation wants actual democracy religious conservatives want Guided democracy with themselves as the guides. This adds Mad Max to a mainly Jetsons place.

Morocco: Like the rest of the Maghreb Morocco left stasis late in the war. Like Tunisia they have prospered. The present King has established a constitutional democracy with a high regard for human rights. He has also led a land reclamation program that has led to the reforestation of Morocco which is greener now than in any time since the founding of Rome.

Morocco also maintains high standards of education across the board. In many ways Morocco is the 2085 equivalent of Silicon Valley for Africa. Although Tunisia is having the cultural moment Morocco is culturally vibrant as well and in a wider range of areas.

Morocco is wonderfully Barbarella.

Cape Verde Islands: Never in Stasis, suffered during the war. Now a tourist haven for a newly prosperous Africa and getting ready to welcome European tourists back.

Although overshadowed by their neighbors to their east, Cape Verde has exciting music and literary scenes and is becoming known for its visual arts.

The Islands are very Barbarella.

[Astromancer]

Originally Posted by Astromancer

Strange Dawn

Are you the person who is going to explain the lights on the dark of the moon?

They don't need much explanation,
they're moonbases.

How is that possible? They weren't there yesterday!

Your yesterday was different than mine.

That can't be.

Europe was held in a stasis field by extradimensional aliens.

Quit quoting old Doctor Who plots. This isn't a fantasy.

You might wish it was. Europe has been held in stasis for sixty years.

More later...

The United States: America experienced more war on its territory than at any time in its history. That includes the American Civil War. This has changed America. At the same time there is great continuity in American society.

America is on the cutting edge of technology and has bases throughout the solar system. Biotechnology is changing the genetics of the American population (assume that all Americans under the age of forty have the Zero point traits No Genetic Defects, No Mental Defects and No Unattractive, as well as the advantages of Longevity and Extended Lifespan-1. And many older Americans have have some of these gained through Bio Modifications). Brain Science has revolutionized pedagogy. Americans are amazingly educated and working on bringing all these benefits to the rest of the planet.

The prosperity has brought out the wilder side of America. In the immediate post-WWII period their was a peacock revolution in America, but the cold war killed it. Fashion went wild in the 1960s, but the "stagflation" of the 1970s killed it. This time the peacock energy came back and stayed for decades. The latest thing is the wild explosion of Chinese fashions from Taiwan and the Southern Coastal Cities of China. Since biotechnology makes silk and cotton much cheaper than polyester, fabrics are incredible. A random time traveler from 2025 might think a normal street was actually a cosplay convention dedicated to a particularly wild anime.

More later...

[TGLS]

Originally Posted by Astromancer

A random time traveler from 2025 might think a normal street was actually a cosplay convention dedicated to a particularly wild anime.

"The average American in 2075 spends on average fifteen minutes a day preparing and maintaining their hair style. Approximately four hundred billion dollars in smart gels, trimmer microbotics and hormone regulators are sold every year across the United States for the specific purpose of hair care. Were it not for these technologies, experts believe that the average American would need to spend over six hours a day to prepare and maintain their existing hair styles."
--How It's Made: Quantum Dot Hair Dyes

[Astromancer]

Originally Posted by TGLS

"The average American in 2075 spends on average fifteen minutes a day preparing and maintaining their hair style. Approximately four hundred billion dollars in smart gels, trimmer microbotics and hormone regulators are sold every year across the United States for the specific purpose of hair care. Were it not for these technologies, experts believe that the average American would need to spend over six hours a day to prepare and maintain their existing hair styles."
--How It's Made: Quantum Dot Hair Dyes

There have been far more grotesque hair style fashions than you suggest. Would you want a powered wig or pomade?

[Astromancer]

Originally Posted by Astromancer

Strange Dawn

Are you the person who is going to explain the lights on the dark of the moon?

They don't need much explanation,
they're moonbases.

How is that possible? They weren't there yesterday!

Your yesterday was different than mine.

That can't be.

Europe was held in a stasis field by extradimensional aliens.

Quit quoting old Doctor Who plots. This isn't a fantasy.

You might wish it was. Europe has been held in stasis for sixty years.

More later...

The USA has multiple political parties (the legislative branch uses proportional representation, which promotes multiple parties) and the center of political gravity is to the Left of the 2020s. Because the government ran things while private business was in shock during the war, socialist ideas are respectable in this America. Further, with Robotics and "Good Enough A.I." most of the scut work is automated. Americans work an average of twenty hours a week and live substantially better than they did in the 2020s. Wealth, comfort, free time, and thirty-five years of peace inclines Americans to being satisfied with their lives.

The old Breton Woods System is gone, replaced by a similar but differently set up system that in the words of one radical "Brought the benefits of the American New Deal to the whole planet."

The educational system is set up with something like France's Baccalaureate system. Everyone who wants it can get a solid Liberal Arts Education. Technical and University education is also free and students can get support during their education.

This is a very sophisticated and competent America. Although not smug, these Americans are very self-confident. They aren't going to be talked down to.

Europe isn't going to understand what they're dealing with for a generation.

[Greg 1]

Astromancer, have you considered putting Strange Dawn up somewhere? It's an interesting setting and a little difficult to dig out of the thread.

[Astromancer]

Originally Posted by Greg 1

Astromancer, have you considered putting Strange Dawn up somewhere? It's an interesting setting and a little difficult to dig out of the thread.

I'd need to both do serious editing and expansion. However, every important post links back to the first post. That should help.

[Astromancer]

Originally Posted by Astromancer

Strange Dawn

Are you the person who is going to explain the lights on the dark of the moon?

They don't need much explanation,
they're moonbases.

How is that possible? They weren't there yesterday!

Your yesterday was different than mine.

That can't be.

Europe was held in a stasis field by extradimensional aliens.

Quit quoting old Doctor Who plots. This isn't a fantasy.

You might wish it was. Europe has been held in stasis for sixty years.

More later...

The different sections of Europe will feel the hit differently but this post is about common issues.

The first of these is energy. No one prepared for Europe needing fuel. Petroleum is still valuable as a substrate for plastics and similar uses but no one has the necessary refining plants ready to go.

Second, but hot on the heels of the first is food. Europe is far closer to food security than it used to be, but imports will be needed fast.

The next major issue will be the simple fact that Europe has been out of the world trade networks for sixty years. No one is buying their goods nor is anyone ready to sell them what they need. This is the easiest of the three problems to address UT it will still cause chaos.

Another slower shock will be altered attitudes. The rest of the world is doing just fine without Europe. Living standards are higher in parts of Africa and Latin America than in most of Europe. Part of that is advanced technology. Present day Iceland is richer per capita than ninth century Italy and France combined.

The rapid influx of new technologies will wildly adgitate European society and social norms. There will be bitter resistance.

One of the key relationships Europe has focused on since the 1940s is its relationship with the USA. The fact that America is radically different will wrongfoot just about every intellectual in Europe. Further, America has normally been deferential to Europe and European opinion. It's wildly unlikely that the America of 2085 will be willing to show as much deference as it used to show nor is it likely to quietly accept as much insult. Europeans will feel like they are massively under attack simply because Americans won't want to accept attack.

[jason taylor]

IW:

Depot Worlds: Model Railroad enthusiasts call these the "Fiddle Yards" of the multiverse ignoring the fact that no one else knows what they mean. These are hypothetical worlds whose chief characteristic is their effect on other worlds.

Theorized depot worlds: Greenwich this is the world that controls alltime and keeps each timeline regulated to each other.
Note: this is a machine to allow players to have a Narnia-like thousand year jump without disturbing the Infinity-Centrum conflict

Xenia: A legendary depot world. On several worlds there are legendary Inns or other gathering places in portal crosses. Horatio Club on Britainia-3 and other worlds is an example of such. No one has ever reported being from Xenia but it is rumored that the staff come from there and the supplies come from there. If so they are not saying. But according to stories Xenia is the flagship and storage center of all or at least several cross-verse Inns.

Stories about Xenia are contradictory but it is rumored that several crosstime travellers have their homes there and sortie forth on charitable purposes toward the other verses. It is also rumored that numinous artifacts which have been seen on various worlds are stored there. Among the stories both Aaron and The White Stag live there.