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2.0 KiB
Markdown
35 lines
2.0 KiB
Markdown
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* post apocalypse scenario
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* relatively slow, gradual downfall of civilization - not a fast wipe out event
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* ppl had time to prepare
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* humanity discovers a new way to generate nuclear power some time in the 80s
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* upsides:
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* moar powar *(more? :p)*
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* less waste
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* comparatively straight-forward to get going
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* downsides:
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* absolutely needs to be maintained well
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* horrible accidents
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* huge explosions
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* scatter toxic globs of radioactive chemical sludge
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* areas where this stuff lands turn into wasteland for centuries or millennia
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* release some toxic gas that decays slowly over time
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* power plants of this kind are built everywhere
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* as accidents happen, ppl cry for alternatives but nobody does anything about it bc it’s not economically viable
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* a bunch of wars happen and a few of the power plants blow up
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* conventional wars, no MAD scenario
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* areas are abandoned causing civil wars in other locations due to refugee crisis
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* in the chaos, more power plants blow up making it difficult to survive at the surface due to contaminated atmosphere
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* the rest of civilization has to wind down and disappears
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* story takes place roughly 110 years after the apocalypse
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* story starts on Tue, 2106-06-01
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* just enough time for no living memory of the "old world" to survive
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* slight retro-futurism
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* for the most part, technology is stuck in the 80s or 90s, but there are some key differences
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* the underground city has only electric cars
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* aforementioned nuclear power plants
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* successful cryogenic preservation
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* computing is different
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* home computers are rare - they are similar to early to mid 90s machines but have big boy 8" floppy drives
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* business computers are mostly minicomputers or larger
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* they are actually being used for all sorts of tasks like ordering supplies or to check inventory etc
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* computing is dominated by a UNIX-like operating system (INUX lol)
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