Mitheral
"Growf!"
My first fandom in a very, very, very long time….
Welcome to Megacity One, population estimated at 400 million. The year is 2140. A quick glance at the map will tell you this is a post apocalyptic world. Earth suffered a nuclear war in 2070. Out of the ashes rise megacities.
Map
Cursed Earth
Megacity Landscape
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Additional Source Material (including a Timeline, terminology)
Mega-City One - Wikipedia
Character Options
There are several options for this roleplay. You may run more than one if you wish, though I am looking for one main. I want members to be able to roleplay together. Judges are the best option as they have more access to the world than most.
Judge. Judge (2000 AD) - Wikipedia The most obvious is to be a Judge. I am looking mainly for street judges, but there are actually about 15 different types of judges.
Civilians. Mega-City One - Wikipedia. 98% are unemployed, most illiterate, etc. Only about 2% amount to anything at all. Half of these end up as leaders of villains. The other half put their skills to real use, though they never enjoy the power and wealth of the villains. And only a fraction of those fall into the very useful category. These are scientists and engineers. On the plus side, these good citizens don’t have a target on their back. Well, not entirely true. Some end up as victims of villains.
Villains (NPC Only) What use are judges without villains? You are welcome to create disposable villains. But note this in your CS when you make one. 2D cutout villains are just that though. The very brief encounter disposable thugs don’t need a CS. But neither do I want them used as an excuse to abuse judicial power. If you look at the punishments for most crimes, death is very rare. Most deaths occur from resisting arrest.
Life of a Judge by the Numbers.
In 2017, the population of the USA was 323 million. It employed over 1.1 million law enforcement employees of which about 75% had arrest powers. That is about 1 law enforcement employee to 300 people.
In 2130 the population of Megacity One was over 400 million.
In 2134 the Chaos Bug killed 350 million citizens and 60% of the judges. The Academy of Law was destroyed, resulting in the deaths of a great many cadets. (Only 600 survived.)
By 2137 the population of Megacity reached 72 million. It will still be many years before the Judges recover their numbers.
In 2138 Megacity 3 (Texas City) attempted a coup against MC 1 that failed.
Back to the number spread. I am going to go with a smaller ratio of Judges to citizens - about 1000 to 1. That would mean about 350,000 judges before the Chaos Bug and an estimated 12,000 cadets. (This assumes a 30 year service period where officers get replaced at 3% per year. Odds are that the number of cadets is too high here, but not an issue as the number that survived is specific.)
After the Chaos Bug we have 72 million people, an estimated 140,000 Judges and 600 cadets. That is a ratio of roughly 500 to one. Better than before, but with the same area to cover, the same problems, few replacements, less support … and a population that is quickly outgrowing your forces.
Roleplay Settings
City Blocks
In the vast urban centers known as the Mega-Cities, citizens live packed together in the close confines of massive super-skyscrapers known as City Blocks. The average height of a city block is 400-700 stories, and the average population of a Mega-City One block was 60,000 people. City Blocks are frequently named after famous people or fictional characters, and are often named after 2000 AD creators - one of the blocks in the movie is named after artist Henry Flint. Large blocks can be like their own nations, and tensions and rivalries between neighboring blocks sometimes escalate into fully fledged conflicts known as Block Wars.
Radlands - still dirty with radiation
Mutant Deserts - off limits to humans (mutagens present)
This list is not complete, but gives a few ideas. It is pretty rare to leave the confines of the megacity though. But if that is what the group wants, I will work with it.
Welcome to Megacity One, population estimated at 400 million. The year is 2140. A quick glance at the map will tell you this is a post apocalyptic world. Earth suffered a nuclear war in 2070. Out of the ashes rise megacities.
Map
Cursed Earth
Megacity Landscape
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/j...ty-View.png/revision/latest?cb=20140605041837
Additional Source Material (including a Timeline, terminology)
Mega-City One - Wikipedia
Murder: 18 years to life
Multiple homicide 25 years to life
Mass Murder: 30 years to life
Copycat Killing: Life
First degree murder of a Street Judge. Life.
Murder of a Judge: Life
Attempted Bribery of Judge: 10 years
Impersonating a Judge: 10 years
Treason: Life
Arson: 25 years to life
Kidnapping: 30 years to life
Paying a Ransom (incitement to kidnap): 5 years
Body Sharking: 30 years to life
Organ-Legging: 30 years to life
ARV (Armed Robbery with Violence): 18-30 years
Robbery: 8-20 years
Burglary: 10-20 years
Petty Theft: 1-5 years
Sky Heist: 20 years
Road Piracy: 5-20 years
Mugging: 5-15 years
Receiving Stolen Goods: 1-5 years
Resisting Arrest: 1-5 years
Leaving Scene of Crime: 6 months to 3 years
Public Nuisance: 6 months to 3 years
Breach of the Peace: 6 months to 5 years
Obstruction: 6 months to 3 years
Abetting a Felon (5 years )
Rabble Rousing: 1-5 years
Rioting: 2-10 years
Rumble: 3 months to 2 years
Brawling: 6 months to 5 years
Common: Assault 3 months to 3 years
Fighting in Block War: 30 years to life
Illegal Parking: 3-10 months
Overdue on Meter: 1-3 months
Defective Lights: 500c fine
Jaywalking: 100 days – 2 years
Running on a Walkway: 1-10 months
Fare Dodging: 6 months
Littering: 1-200 days
Pranking: 3 months to 5 years
Scrawling*: 3 months to 2 years (*illegal graffiti)
Vagrancy (3 weeks let off with a warning, if a higher priority crime is being investigated and the vagrant is not in the same place when the Judge or Judges return)
Willful sabotage of a public droid. 6 months.
Willful destruction of property. 2 years.
Illegal use of city electricity. 2 years.
Breach of Health Regulations: 1000c fine to 2 years
Illegal Prostitution (punishment not listed, dependent on medical assessment)
**Prostitution itself is legal, but is taxed, requires licensing with rules much like driving a car. Failure to comply with medical requirements suffers penalties comparable to Breach of Health Regulations.
Illegal Sugar Possession: 1 year
Importing Sugar: 10 years
Illegal Smoking: 6 months
Drug Possession: 6 months to 8 years
Manufacture and distribution of narcotics. Life
Driving under the influence of caffeine. 6 months to 2 years.
Old Comic Selling: 3-10 years
Prohibited Vid-slugs: 1 year each
Overdue Vid-slugs: 3 months each
Prohibited Books: 1 year
Unlicensed Weapon: 3 years
Illegal possession of assault weapons. 5 years.
Illegal Trading: 1-3 years
Illegal Alien: Deportation
Illegal Mutant: Removal to Cursed Earth
Note: In certain cases, Revoking of Citizenship and exile in the Cursed Earth may be used as an alternative sentence. For many Life Sentences, Death may be an alternative dependent on population issues.
Secondary Offenses:
Attempted. Proceeding with the intention of committing an offense, but being foiled, unable to complete the offense. 50% of sentence
Conspiracy. Plotting the execution of an offence with another party or other parties, but not actually committing the offense. 30% of sentence
Accessory. Assisting in an offense, or helping a known criminal without reporting him or her to the relevant authorities. 25-50% of sentence
Anti-Crime Codes
Judicial Indictments
The laws created by the Council of Judges to judge their own. They are handed down by the Special Judicial Squad.
Acts - Laws passed by the Judge's Council to deal with crises not dealt with in the Anti-Crime Code.
Security of the City Act of 2071: Permits the Justice Department to undertake normally illegal actions should either the political or physical safety of Mega-City One be directly threatened. Originally created to remove President Booth from power after the Great Atom War, modified since then to cover a wider variety of issues.
Genetic Purity Act of 2079 (AKA Mutant Segregation Act): Law forbidding mutants from citizenship within the borders of Mega-City One.
Public Health Act of 2087: Authorizes Judges to destroy any property that poses a significant health risk to the environment.
Dredd Act of 2101: Bans all forms of animal experimentation.
Fat Control Law of 2104: Forced Segregation of heavily-overweight citizens ("Fatties") following the food-shortages in the wake of the Apocalypse War of 2104. After strict rationing went into effect, "Fatties" began acquiring extra food illegally by fraud, theft, or armed robbery to maintain their weight. Convicted citizens would be assigned to segregated blocks and would not be allowed into regular housing until they slimmed down to a healthy weight. The act was repealed several years later when the crisis had passed.
Multiple homicide 25 years to life
Mass Murder: 30 years to life
Copycat Killing: Life
First degree murder of a Street Judge. Life.
Murder of a Judge: Life
Attempted Bribery of Judge: 10 years
Impersonating a Judge: 10 years
Treason: Life
Arson: 25 years to life
Kidnapping: 30 years to life
Paying a Ransom (incitement to kidnap): 5 years
Body Sharking: 30 years to life
Organ-Legging: 30 years to life
ARV (Armed Robbery with Violence): 18-30 years
Robbery: 8-20 years
Burglary: 10-20 years
Petty Theft: 1-5 years
Sky Heist: 20 years
Road Piracy: 5-20 years
Mugging: 5-15 years
Receiving Stolen Goods: 1-5 years
Resisting Arrest: 1-5 years
Leaving Scene of Crime: 6 months to 3 years
Public Nuisance: 6 months to 3 years
Breach of the Peace: 6 months to 5 years
Obstruction: 6 months to 3 years
Abetting a Felon (5 years )
Rabble Rousing: 1-5 years
Rioting: 2-10 years
Rumble: 3 months to 2 years
Brawling: 6 months to 5 years
Common: Assault 3 months to 3 years
Fighting in Block War: 30 years to life
Illegal Parking: 3-10 months
Overdue on Meter: 1-3 months
Defective Lights: 500c fine
Jaywalking: 100 days – 2 years
Running on a Walkway: 1-10 months
Fare Dodging: 6 months
Littering: 1-200 days
Pranking: 3 months to 5 years
Scrawling*: 3 months to 2 years (*illegal graffiti)
Vagrancy (3 weeks let off with a warning, if a higher priority crime is being investigated and the vagrant is not in the same place when the Judge or Judges return)
Willful sabotage of a public droid. 6 months.
Willful destruction of property. 2 years.
Illegal use of city electricity. 2 years.
Breach of Health Regulations: 1000c fine to 2 years
Illegal Prostitution (punishment not listed, dependent on medical assessment)
**Prostitution itself is legal, but is taxed, requires licensing with rules much like driving a car. Failure to comply with medical requirements suffers penalties comparable to Breach of Health Regulations.
Illegal Sugar Possession: 1 year
Importing Sugar: 10 years
Illegal Smoking: 6 months
Drug Possession: 6 months to 8 years
Manufacture and distribution of narcotics. Life
Driving under the influence of caffeine. 6 months to 2 years.
Old Comic Selling: 3-10 years
Prohibited Vid-slugs: 1 year each
Overdue Vid-slugs: 3 months each
Prohibited Books: 1 year
Unlicensed Weapon: 3 years
Illegal possession of assault weapons. 5 years.
Illegal Trading: 1-3 years
Illegal Alien: Deportation
Illegal Mutant: Removal to Cursed Earth
Note: In certain cases, Revoking of Citizenship and exile in the Cursed Earth may be used as an alternative sentence. For many Life Sentences, Death may be an alternative dependent on population issues.
Secondary Offenses:
Attempted. Proceeding with the intention of committing an offense, but being foiled, unable to complete the offense. 50% of sentence
Conspiracy. Plotting the execution of an offence with another party or other parties, but not actually committing the offense. 30% of sentence
Accessory. Assisting in an offense, or helping a known criminal without reporting him or her to the relevant authorities. 25-50% of sentence
Anti-Crime Codes
- Section 32: Permits Judges to incapacitate large numbers of citizens to apprehend perps hiding in their midst.
- Section 59c (AKA Crime Swoop): A Judge's legal right to enter the home of any citizen and search for incriminating evidence.
- Section 59d (AKA Crime Blitz): A coordinated search of an entire City Block by teams of Judges for incriminating evidence or signs of illegal activity. Citizens may be detained and interrogated if it is believed that they have committed a crime, assisted in the commission of a crime, or have knowledge of a crime committed by others.
Judicial Indictments
The laws created by the Council of Judges to judge their own. They are handed down by the Special Judicial Squad.
- Judicial Indictment 1: Treason. (Death)
- Judicial Indictment 2: Corruption. (Debadged and sentenced to Hard Labor on Titan Colony)
- Judicial Indictment 2(a): Murder.
- Judicial Indictment 2(b): Perverting the course of Justice.
- Judicial Indictment 3: Abuse of Judicial authority. (Debadged and sentenced to Hard Labor at a Cursed Earth Labor Camp)
- Judicial Indictment 4: The illegal obtaining of a confession by a Judge from a suspect by physical torture. (Either The Long Walk or Debadged and sentenced to Hard Labor in a City Reclamation Crew - depending on the severity of the crime, Judge's service record, and Judge's motive and mental state)
Acts - Laws passed by the Judge's Council to deal with crises not dealt with in the Anti-Crime Code.
Security of the City Act of 2071: Permits the Justice Department to undertake normally illegal actions should either the political or physical safety of Mega-City One be directly threatened. Originally created to remove President Booth from power after the Great Atom War, modified since then to cover a wider variety of issues.
Genetic Purity Act of 2079 (AKA Mutant Segregation Act): Law forbidding mutants from citizenship within the borders of Mega-City One.
Public Health Act of 2087: Authorizes Judges to destroy any property that poses a significant health risk to the environment.
Dredd Act of 2101: Bans all forms of animal experimentation.
Fat Control Law of 2104: Forced Segregation of heavily-overweight citizens ("Fatties") following the food-shortages in the wake of the Apocalypse War of 2104. After strict rationing went into effect, "Fatties" began acquiring extra food illegally by fraud, theft, or armed robbery to maintain their weight. Convicted citizens would be assigned to segregated blocks and would not be allowed into regular housing until they slimmed down to a healthy weight. The act was repealed several years later when the crisis had passed.
Character Options
There are several options for this roleplay. You may run more than one if you wish, though I am looking for one main. I want members to be able to roleplay together. Judges are the best option as they have more access to the world than most.
Judge. Judge (2000 AD) - Wikipedia The most obvious is to be a Judge. I am looking mainly for street judges, but there are actually about 15 different types of judges.
Civilians. Mega-City One - Wikipedia. 98% are unemployed, most illiterate, etc. Only about 2% amount to anything at all. Half of these end up as leaders of villains. The other half put their skills to real use, though they never enjoy the power and wealth of the villains. And only a fraction of those fall into the very useful category. These are scientists and engineers. On the plus side, these good citizens don’t have a target on their back. Well, not entirely true. Some end up as victims of villains.
Villains (NPC Only) What use are judges without villains? You are welcome to create disposable villains. But note this in your CS when you make one. 2D cutout villains are just that though. The very brief encounter disposable thugs don’t need a CS. But neither do I want them used as an excuse to abuse judicial power. If you look at the punishments for most crimes, death is very rare. Most deaths occur from resisting arrest.
Life of a Judge by the Numbers.
In 2017, the population of the USA was 323 million. It employed over 1.1 million law enforcement employees of which about 75% had arrest powers. That is about 1 law enforcement employee to 300 people.
In 2130 the population of Megacity One was over 400 million.
In 2134 the Chaos Bug killed 350 million citizens and 60% of the judges. The Academy of Law was destroyed, resulting in the deaths of a great many cadets. (Only 600 survived.)
By 2137 the population of Megacity reached 72 million. It will still be many years before the Judges recover their numbers.
In 2138 Megacity 3 (Texas City) attempted a coup against MC 1 that failed.
Back to the number spread. I am going to go with a smaller ratio of Judges to citizens - about 1000 to 1. That would mean about 350,000 judges before the Chaos Bug and an estimated 12,000 cadets. (This assumes a 30 year service period where officers get replaced at 3% per year. Odds are that the number of cadets is too high here, but not an issue as the number that survived is specific.)
After the Chaos Bug we have 72 million people, an estimated 140,000 Judges and 600 cadets. That is a ratio of roughly 500 to one. Better than before, but with the same area to cover, the same problems, few replacements, less support … and a population that is quickly outgrowing your forces.
Roleplay Settings
City Blocks
In the vast urban centers known as the Mega-Cities, citizens live packed together in the close confines of massive super-skyscrapers known as City Blocks. The average height of a city block is 400-700 stories, and the average population of a Mega-City One block was 60,000 people. City Blocks are frequently named after famous people or fictional characters, and are often named after 2000 AD creators - one of the blocks in the movie is named after artist Henry Flint. Large blocks can be like their own nations, and tensions and rivalries between neighboring blocks sometimes escalate into fully fledged conflicts known as Block Wars.
Radlands - still dirty with radiation
Mutant Deserts - off limits to humans (mutagens present)
This list is not complete, but gives a few ideas. It is pretty rare to leave the confines of the megacity though. But if that is what the group wants, I will work with it.
