Post by sweden on Feb 10, 2010 4:26:34 GMT -5
The World Amongst The Gears - A Hetalia Role-play
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The year is 1818. Life is wonderful for all those who are granted it. The scientists of the era have happened upon a new form of power - steam. This new energy source is being used towards all sorts of gains in the world. There are new carriages that propel themselves without a horse’s help. There are clocks that run on this steam power. There are even contraptions in the works that might someday fly.
However, this sudden upsurge in technology has allowed for parties other than the regular citizens to benefit. The pirates that plagued the seas now have the ability to shoot any ship they desire out of the water and are able to raid more easily than before. This has raised a certain controversy over the new steam power. There are many who think the benefits far outweigh the fact that the pirates are now flourishing more than ever, while others think that steam power should be banished before it destroys the world. Most of the latter are the more religiously driven, who believe that this steam power is against the work of God.
However, the recently unified government has chose to keep steam power as it is invaluable to the future in their eyes. They send out their trained military troops to keep the peace with the rising rate of technology. Fortunately for them, they are at the forefront of the technologically advance. Unfortunately, this also makes the pirates more eager to steal from them...
The pirates of the world are quite pleased with this new technology. And they’re not the only ones. The military flourishes as well, as do all of the merchants. Each group has their own technicians, their own scientists, working to develop new and unique ways to use the power.
And right about now, it’s a race to see who makes it into the sky first.
Setting: 1800s alternate universe. Focusing on the way that society would take a different turn if steam power were invented early in the 19th Century when piracy was still prominent. The characters are human rather than nations and this follows them through their adventures in the world.
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