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

Session Synopses - First Half