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Year: 30 AP (After Pulse) (2170 old calendar)
Most people believed that mankind would kill itself. Others believed that the planet would kill us. Very few believed that the solar system would try to kill us. The truth is, it very nearly did.
The sun released a massive Electromagnetic Pulse during a solar storm of unprecedented proportions and tore the Earth’s magnetic field to shreds.
Power plants, substations, and transmission lines for entire cities and regions were fried. People became without power for days or weeks or permanently, leading to food shortages and untold crises. The effects on the economy were the least of our concerns.
The Electromagnetic Pulse caused widespread central nervous system damage and neurobehavioral disorders and society collapsed almost overnight. That was not all it caused.
Widespread mutant abilities began to appear among the survivors and wars for power between mutant factions and the human populace killed more survivors.
After a decade of struggle and strife, the two groups learned to live and work together in relative harmony. There is still some distrust, because who trusts someone that can pick the thoughts out of your head or can teleport you into the middle of the ocean?
Without electricity, growing food shortages, mental disorders on the rise and no hospitals to treat people, the global death toll ran rampant and without communications, the numbers were never quite known on exactly how many people died the first year.
In the years to come, mankind gave up on most technology and went back to a more agricultural way of life. Many old cities became homes to wild animals and were overgrown. Others were built up at crossroads and became known as Hometowns.
Latest Mission Posts
» Revelations
Mission: Welcome to the Hometown
Posted on Tue Sep 2nd, 2025 @ 5:38pm by Glitch & Ebenezer Winch & Kyleigh Arynson & Ombretta del Carlo
Inside the room is a grim cathedral of brass and madness, where electricity crackles through sorrow and science alike. The room glows with harsh, industrial brilliance, cast from overhead bulbs that glare onto four wooden tables, each fitted with aged leather straps and iron fasteners. These slabs resemble both surgical…
» Terminated
Mission: Welcome to the Hometown
Posted on Wed Jul 23rd, 2025 @ 12:04pm by Kyleigh Arynson & Glitch & Ombretta del Carlo
In the dim lighting of the corridor, a metal monstrosity came around the corner, a hulking, brass-plated automaton, its frame adorned with intricate gears, exposed pistons, and curling filigree in burnished gold. Heavy rivets securing copper plating, hissing steam vents releasing bursts of vapor from its spine.
Its eyes glow…
» Snatched
Mission: Welcome to the Hometown
Posted on Wed Jul 23rd, 2025 @ 11:48am by Glitch & Ebenezer Winch
The howling had gotten closer and suddenly there was silence all around Ebenezer and Cordelia, then a powerful electrical shock hit both of them from behind.
Cordelia instantly fell to the ground, her water power used against her as the electrical jolt to her system shorted her out for the…
» Search and Ye May Find
Mission: Welcome to the Hometown
Posted on Tue May 6th, 2025 @ 11:38am by Glitch & Kyleigh Arynson & Ombretta del Carlo
Celia and Johnny caught up with Kyleigh and Ombretta quickly, their packs stuffed with a few things.
"Where are we going?" Johnny asked as he used his power to illuminate about ten feet around them.
Ombretta was unsure how to answer, especially since none of this was her idea. Part…
» The Attack
Mission: Welcome to the Hometown
Posted on Tue Nov 26th, 2024 @ 7:42pm by Glitch & Kyleigh Arynson & Ombretta del Carlo
Pyra grabbed a couple brands and set fire to them, tossing them in a circle around their small encampment. "Let's see how they like fire!"
Flora did not appreciate this kind of fire. She could already hear the grass scream as the flames licked the blades. The cacophony of that…