SunJester
Dec 28 2005, 01:56 PM
After a long hiatus from playing Shadowrun (mostly 1st edition, and a few sessions of 2nd) I have convinced my current gaming group to give it a try. Part of this was driven by the release of the new rules set and part of it by my boredom with things d20.
I would like to set my campaign in Atlanta. I am from the south and things southern are more familiar to me. It also seems like it would be an interesting backdrop for a game.
I don't mind filling in all of the details necessary for an interesting setting in Atlanta, but I would like to avoid violating established cannon where possible. This may be too big of a request, but I was wondering if all of you who have been keeping up with the setting could give me some insight into key facts about the Atlanta of 2070 that I should know about. For that matter, any key facts about the CAS that I should know about. Is it just like the UCAS but with different faces?
Let me know if this is just too big a request and I should pick up a few books. But if this is the case please point out which books would be particularly useful.
Thanks in advance.
Oracle
Dec 28 2005, 01:59 PM
I'll start with everything that I can remember: Atlanta is part of the CAS.
Azralon
Dec 28 2005, 03:22 PM
The Atlanta metroplex and surrounding sprawl is basically an island of civilization in the middle of the savage, mostly-unpopulated forest that is the rest of Georgia.
.... It's pretty much the same in 2070. <rimshot>
There was a brief writeup on Atlanta in one of the old sourcebooks, and unfortunately I don't recall which one. Prolly the Neo-Anarchist's Guide to North America, if I had to put my money anywhere.
stevebugge
Dec 28 2005, 03:31 PM
Atlanta got a write up in Shadows of North America too.
SunJester
Dec 28 2005, 03:32 PM
QUOTE (Oracle) |
I'll start with everything that I can remember: Atlanta is part of the CAS. ![wink.gif](http://forums.dumpshock.com/html/emoticons/wink.gif) |
OK....thanks, but still looking for a bit more.
One tidbit that I have picked up, DocWagon was founded in Atlanta. Is there any indication in any cannon material that they have move their base of operation? If not, are they a big enough corp to have their own arcology?
Would the presence of DocWagon corp headquarters in Atlanta have helped to transform it into a global medical powerhouse? Could it be the new hot location for biomedical / pharma research?
If so, that offers a tremendous amount of resources for a campaign. Based on the state of industry today, there are a few major players and then multiple start ups that are producing pharma intermediates and going through expensive and long term testing for drug qualification. I can see runs centered around:
1) Stealing a formulation being developed
2) Corrupting pharma test data being collected
3) Rescuing a pharma test 'volunteer'
4) Stealing a list of current test subjects
5) Inducing untraceable disease / death in multiple test subjects so that a drug under development fails the test
6) Stopping ecoguerillas striking at a lab doing animal testing
7) Striking at a lab doing animal testing for ecoguerillas
Just off the top of my head.
But I still need help with Atlanta, so please, if you have a moment, rack your memory for me.
SunJester
Dec 28 2005, 03:35 PM
QUOTE (Azralon) |
The Atlanta metroplex and surrounding sprawl is basically an island of civilization in the middle of the savage, mostly-unpopulated forest that is the rest of Georgia.
.... It's pretty much the same in 2070. <rimshot> |
Even for a southern boy, that was funny!
Azralon
Dec 28 2005, 03:36 PM
QUOTE (SunJester) |
Would the presence of DocWagon corp headquarters in Atlanta have helped to transform it into a global medical powerhouse? Could it be the new hot location for biomedical / pharma research? |
The Center for Disease Control is in Atlanta, so you've already got that "in" working for you.
FrankTrollman
Dec 28 2005, 05:12 PM
Also, the Red Team from the Red vs. Blue "Cola Wars" is headquartered in Atlanta. Throw as many Halo references as you want.
-Frank
Deamon_Knight
Dec 29 2005, 03:36 AM
Don't forget that Atlanta is the Capital of CAS.
MaxHunter
Dec 29 2005, 02:01 PM
I don't know much about canon Atlanta. (I had also thought about playing a campaign there and quit because of lack of info)
However, the pharmacological/biotech angle is great - Pity I had not thought of it. We are running a campaign in Boston now and it's OK. - Well, back in track I think you could place there subsidiaries of other biocorps there to play ball. For example Biogene (Yamatetsu IMO), the elven corp Telestrian, and UniOmni with the Azt help. I think those things, together with the CDC make up for a nice setting.
Good luck!
Cheers,
Max
JongWK
Dec 29 2005, 03:57 PM
Universal Omnitech had a... disagreement with Aztechnology, and parted ways. Further details in System Failure.
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