After a sleepless night wondering how to meld all of the diverse figures in my Future Wars Collection together in a setting. I came up with the following.
The Good,
The Bad and the Monkeys. (plus a few Zombies)
Some
time in the distant future we find that the World is in a mess. This
is not the result from Nuclear Fallout (although there have been
plenty of accidents and sabotage at Nuclear Energy Plants) or a World
War or even Global Warming. The Planet has been ruined by Corporate and shareholder greed.
Corporate Scientists discovered that the effects of the Drug Yabber
could be controlled and modified to enable workers to maintain high
levels of energy and concentration. With cooperation from National
Governments the recruiting of the mentally ill and criminals enabled
Corporations to maintain a low cost workforce. Other marginalized
citizens could also be recruited into the work force when local
Police turned a blind eye. The Drug was also under trial on Primates.
This had the the effect of making them very intelligent and able to
undertake manual labour. The new Labour force thus freed the
Corporations of making any pretense of caring for the Welfare of
their workers.
After
several years of use of the Drug, the Management of several plants
started reporting that. “The long term Human workers were showing
signs of not taking any rest breaks and were losing any interest in
consuming food.” This did not seem to raise any concerns with the
Management as they could only see the benefit of the cost savings.
Then
the reports took a more serious turn as reports stated coming in that
the workers were starting to have a disturbing odour. Then the
violence started.
Investigations
showed that the long term effect of using Yabber was turning the
workers into a Zombie like state. Discontinuing the use of the drug
did not reverse the side effects and only seemed to make the workers
more inclined to violence. The other side effects were that
the workers slowed down and had a craving for food. Any food would
do, human food or even Humans themselves if they were not careful.
Strangely though the Zombies take no interest in Primates and usually
just stop and sniff them before moving on. The odour was simply the
fact that the workers had started to rot from the inside due to lack
of food to maintain their bodies in a healthy condition.
The
use of drugged up workers continued while steps were made to find a
cure for the side effects. Long term workers showing signs of
disturbing behaviour were often taken outside of cities and dumped
and left to fend for themselves.
Recruiting
of more workers took on a serious note with them often being abducted
off the street or from their own homes. This led to the Citizens
arming themselves and forming local Militias.
In
other plants where the use of Monkeys and Gibbons were utilized
reports started to come in that. “The intelligence levels were
surpassing expectations and the workers were able to be used in roles
normally reserved for Human workers.” Management were pleased that
cost savings were better than expected and started downsizing the
Human workforce. Further reports started to come in that. ”The
Apes, Monkeys and Gibbons seemed to have learned a common language
unable to be understood by Humans, and were also cooperating with
each other in a manner never seen before.”
Then
the escapes started.
Then
reports of armed Monkeys raiding supply depots, Gun shops and other
useful premises started flooding in. They were also freeing other
Primates from slavery which meant their use was being discontinued
and replaced by Human workers. The escaped Primates suffered no
problems with withdrawal from the drug and maintained their
intelligence levels forming new societies of mixed types.
From
this point the Planet became a very unsafe place with Cities being
divided into Armed Camps, Factory Zones and slums. The suburbs became
zones of conflict and rural districts became either walled off
communes or entirely deserted.
Most
communications became localized as Satellites became either
unreliable or unserviceable. The Internet and Cellphone Towers became inoperable most of the time and Radios were in short supply. Armies became fractured and split
between local Warlords or became independent entities.
Factories
have produced their own security Robot Drones of various types.
Several models have gone rogue adding to the general mayhem.
Lack
of National and International Security also seemed to be an open door
invitation for Alien activity. Reports have surfaced of several
incursions by various types of creatures who sometimes initiate
communication with local leaders. Other visits have been of a more
violent nature.
The Good
– Local Citizens just trying to live a normal life. Often formed
into armed communes, but sometimes wandering independent groups
trying to find a safe location to live.
The Bad
– Corporations, Local Warlords, The Man etc.
The Monkeys
– Apes, Monkeys and Gibbons. Some have escaped and seem to be
setting up settlements far away from prying Human eyes. Others are
still enslaved working for Corporations.
The Rotten
– Zombies in various states of decay usually wandering freely
looking for anything to fulfill their endless hunger.
The Aliens
– Greys, Predators etc.
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