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Message: <blockquote data-quote="med stud" data-source="post: 115179" data-attributes="member: 1211">On the technological level, biotech and cybernetics are the most important issues. They give a feeling of future, are a good way for PCs to spend their money and they are reasonably within sight for humanity. Weapons can be given some cool looks, but for everyone but the initiated, I think they should be kept within the current cathegories to avoid misunderstanding.On the political level, I think the future powerblocks will be USA, EU (with Eastern Europe and possibly Russia) and China. Those blocks will have the population to back up their technological level. The problem (for a Cyberpunk setting) is that all these regions seem to have a peaceful and stable future. Europe seems to have got over the habit of starting World Wars all the time, USA seems to be building social security networks and the prosperity of China is rising all the time. Everyone wants to trade with each other, and the people are thriving. Not very good for adventures.The solution could be to have adventures in the "forgotten" world, Africa, South America and middle Asia. The problem for the average Western gamer is that her knowledge of these areas generally is low.It could also be the famous WW III. Some organisation plants a couple of nuclear devices in Washington, New York, Los Angeles and the other big American cities. The strain on the US economy after losing maybe 15-20 % of the population and all of the biggest cities would break it, and the Americans would be screaming for vengeance. Combine this with a weak president that cant calm the citizens, and a general will take over "while the situation is heated." The air craft carriers will bomb every suspect, Iraq will start to glow in the dark and American militaries will be everywhere in the world, threatening with violence whenever someone complains.Some people in some nations will resist, and get smashed by US military. This will trigger strong emotions in the occupied countries, and soon a big war will erupt. The first nuclear attacks on US set the level of the war, and soon nukes will be flying everywhere. OR, noone resists the US forces who are rampaging a bit, maybe finds and executes their terrorist, but then the nation collapses under the loss of the political and economic centers. The rest of the world is thrown into a gigantic economic depression with the loss of the US economy, and voila, we have a paranoid and brutal feeling in the world, where people relies on those with the easy answers, and where there will be lots of fire arms and desperat people.Note: If some of the above offends any American, I sincerly apologize. US was the victim in the above scenario while they are the only one with a military that can threaten the rest of the world. I could make a scenario where Sweden gets nuked, but I cant see how that would lead to WW III or a collapse of the world economy.Note #2: All of the above is a scenario painted in black. Probably things would be settled in a more civil way, but then it wouldnt become cyberpunk.</blockquote>

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