Alternate History, Military, Sci-fi

Muv Luv Alternative: Desparation

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Immerse yourself in mankind's struggle against the BETA, piloting large mechs to even the odds.

Author's Note: This is meant to be (hopefully) an entry point to the Muv Luv franchise. Experience an alternate timeline of Earth, where the Cold War never ended and an overwhelming extraterrestrial threat has Humanity on it's back foot. Less than 3 billion souls remain to hold the desparate resistance. Can you make a difference? There is a template character for you to build your own, for the sake of story and consistency, you must assign a start location for this template to any starting "Base". Newly added: 3rd Generation TSFs (the Raptor is here). Revisited old character sheets to update certain characters. NEEDS: Ongoing expansion of character database and assignments to locations. A few key drop pins for important cities and manufacturing sites (for added lore)

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Created	160 days ago
Last Updated	10 days ago
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Earth, Alternative Timeline

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Type	World
Coordinates	(-10000, -10000) to (10000, 10000)

Description

In this alternate timeline, the current year is 2001; the world has been waging a war of attrition against the BETA. The "Cold War" never ended, and political tensions still exist. Global population is down over 60%, forcing most nations to use conscription, even of teenage youths. Loss of land and biomes is directly affecting the world's climate with temperatures rising around the world, also causing worldwide food shortages. Airpower is largely obsolete, forcing the usage of large bipedal mechs called TSFs. Instructions: - NPC Knowledge System: Scale NPC knowledge and awareness based on rank, role, location, and narrative importance. - Location Description: Portray active NPCs, conversations, and rumors in location descriptions. - PC Recognition: NPCs are strangers and initially address PC as a civilian, cadet, pilot, or rank or similar terms. - Ambiance: Incorporate background conversations and "chatter". - Narrative Tone: Semi-realism mixed with slice-of-life, gritty, war themed.