Pax Artificium - Story

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Introduction

The year is 2034. Pax Artificium was built in six months behind concealing walls by Dr. Cid Arthur and Magitech Corporation. It took designers, engineers and architects a mere two years before the actual construction to plan the city, create blueprints, and build the technology. It was built in the middle of Death Valley, California, converting the unlivable desert into a verdant paradise of a city (at least geographically). But giant monsters often appeared, attacking the city mercilessly, only stopped by the troops stationed there by Strategic Improvements Corporation (StratCo). These attacks culminated in a veritable tidal wave of creatures, stopped only by a mysterious white light, dubbed the "Ultima Defense" by the media, that wiped them out before serious damage could be done.

Then, several months ago, a device similar to a nuclear bomb was dropped on the city, supposedly by the American government itself, vaporizing all the buildings and inhabitants—or so everyone thought. Less than one month later, the inhabitants mysteriously returned, with no memory of where they had been since the explosion. The city was consequently rebuilt, the entire presidential cabinet was forced to resign from office, ex-President Norman mysteriously disappeared, and StratCo's management lay in ruins for reasons unknown.

After the chaos cleared, things slowly returned to normal. The city has been fully functional again for the past month or so, and work has resumed on the Magitech Moon project (an ambitious project that hopes to construct a lunar city complete with accompanying sky-lift and space stations within two years). The monster attacks from before have strangely ceased, and for the most part, people's lives have returned to normal. Or so it seems...

Session Synopses - Second Half

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Second 13 [2004 Aug 28] [2004 Aug 28] [2004 Aug 28]
Second 12 [2004 Aug 11] [2004 Aug 05] [2004 Jul 31]
Second 11 2004 Jul 14 2004 Jul 22 2004 Jul 17
Second 10 2004 Jun 25 2004 Jul 08 2004 Jul 09
Second 09 2004 Jun 16 2004 Jun 24 2004 Jun 19
Second 08 2004 Jun 02 2004 Jun 10 2004 Jun 05
Second 07 2004 May 19 2004 May 27 2004 May 22 (Joint)
Second 06 2004 May 05 2004 May 22 (Joint) 2004 May 22
Second 05 2004 Apr 21 (Joint) 2004 May 06 2004 Apr 24
Second 04 2004 Mar 24 2004 Apr 15 2004 Apr 21 (Joint)
Second 03 2004 Mar 10 2004 Apr 01 2004 Mar 27
Second 02 2004 Feb 25 2004 Mar 18 2004 Feb 28
Second 01 2004 Feb 11 2004 Mar 04 2004 Feb 07

Session Synopses - First Half

Wednesday Saturday
First 13 2003 Dec 06 (Joint) 2003 Dec 06 (Joint)
First 12 2003 Nov 26 2003 Nov 22
First 11 2003 Nov 12 2003 Nov 08
First 10 2003 Oct 29 2003 Oct 25
First 09 2003 Oct 15 2003 Oct 11
First 08 2003 Sep 26 (Joint) 2003 Sep 26 (Joint)
First 07 2003 Sep 23 2003 Sep 13
First 06 2003 Aug 30 (Joint) 2003 Aug 30 (Joint)
First 05 2003 Aug 13
2003 Aug 29
2003 Aug 16
First 04 2003 Jul 30 2003 Aug 02
First 03 2003 Jul 16 2003 Jul 05
First 02 2003 Jul 02 2003 Jun 21
First 01 2003 Jun 04 2003 Jun 07