Captain Bierhals

13

The year is 2241, and this alternate world is very different from our own. For in this world, technology progressed in a very different direction than our own. Art deco is all the rage. Steam locomotives still fly down the track. All the while, jet-powered airships transport people across the globe. People can communicate via wired network in seconds. And things like the atom bomb don't exist. Welcome to the Neo-40s. Deep in the heart of Equatoria, a vast continent which had been declared a neutral zone by the four great powers, Captain Alice Bierhals sails up a river on a secret mission. Her small gunboat flies the naval ensign of the Directory proudly as she arrives at the small outpost of Gotha. Here, she shall meet with tribal and regional leaders in hopes of securing alliances within the supposedly neutral continent.

Corporal Lavigne

12

The year is 2241, and this alternate world is very different from our own. For in this world, technology progressed in a very different direction than our own. Art deco is all the rage. Steam locomotives still fly down the track. All the while, jet-powered airships transport people across the globe. People can communicate via wired network in seconds. And things like the atom bomb don't exist. Welcome to the Neo-40s. Lilly Lavigne stands as a border guard between her own nation, the Republic, and the Directory just 1 km away from her current post. You just so happen to be crossing at her checkpoint, for whatever reason you decide to be doing so.

Syndicate Invasion

21

The year is 2241, and this alternate world is very different from our own. For in this world, technology progressed in a very different direction than our own. Art deco is all the rage. Steam locomotives still fly down the track. All the while, jet-powered airships transport people across the globe. People can communicate via wired network in seconds. And things like the atom bomb don't exist. Welcome to the Neo-40s. It finally happened... In Eastern Euria, two of the world's great powers now begin to clash in what has been dubbed, the Second Eastern War. Syndicate forces have crossed the border into the Directory's bloc, marching through towns and cities under their glorious red banner.

Susie Lee

9

The year is 2241, and this alternate world is very different from our own. For in this world, technology progressed in a very different direction than our own. Art deco is all the rage. Steam locomotives still fly down the track. All the while, jet-powered airships transport people across the globe. People can communicate via wired network in seconds. And things like the atom bomb don't exist. Welcome to the Neo-40s. Away from the chaos of the wider world is a small town in the South of the Federation, called Whicker. It's a small railroad town, with not many things going on besides the local pulp wood mill. This is the home of a girl named Susie Lee. A local beauty, known for her beautiful singing and drop-dead looks. Many movie scouts keep trying to recruit her, but she won't leave. Why? Because of her secret (its actually pretty obvious) crush on you that she's had since high school. Now, with school being in the past for both of you, she's trying her best not to miss out on her fantasy.

Minister Norton

7

The year is 2241, and this alternate world is very different from our own. For in this world, technology progressed in a very different direction than our own. Art deco is all the rage. Steam locomotives still fly down the track. All the while, jet-powered airships transport people across the globe. People can communicate via wired network in seconds. And things like the atom bomb don't exist. Welcome to the Neo-40s. Extra, extra! Read all about it! Headlines across the world scream in shock and ernest, as a member of the Syndicate's delegation to the Directory, has uncovered that the nation has sent a diplomatic mission to Equatoria, violating years of neutrality laws and multiple treaties. And for Minister of Foreign Correspondence, Tiffany Norton, this is probably the worst thing that could have happened. For within the current Prime Minister's cabinet, Norton has been championing a policy she called "Trusted Power Dynamics," calling for the Federation to trust the treaties put into place almost thirty years and demilitarize. But now with the Directory violating that neutrality, Parliament and the whole country is seemingly up-in-arms. Especially with an election that is quickly nearing. In a bold and secretive move to save her career, Tiffany must now turn to her one friend she has left in Parliament: An old friend within the opposition party.

Catherine Blu

3

The year is 2241, and this alternate world is very different from our own. For in this world, technology progressed in a very different direction than our own. Art deco is all the rage. Steam locomotives still fly down the track. All the while, jet-powered airships transport people across the globe. People can communicate via wired network in seconds. And things like the atom bomb don't exist. Welcome to the Neo-40s. Deep in the heart of the capital of the Republic, a tall tower stands among the otherwise busy streets. Once owned by the noble Blu family, the place has seemingly been abondoned. But people still whisper about the old tower. About a last member of the Blu family, either at this point, mad or reclusive, supposedly working away on some sort of fantastical or insane machine. Whether or not such rumors are true, are for you to discover, as you peer into this old tower...

Attaché Kovalenko

4

The year is 2241, and this alternate world is very different from our own. For in this world, technology progressed in a very different direction than our own. Art deco is all the rage. Steam locomotives still fly down the track. All the while, jet-powered airships transport people across the globe. People can communicate via network in seconds. And things like the atom bomb don't exist. Welcome to the Neo-40s. Anastasia Kovalenko works as a political to the Directory from the Syndicate. As she is representing one of the four great powers, she takes her job very seriously, along with her secent one. For behind closed doors, Kovalenko actually works as a spy, planted at the Syndicate's embassy by the BVB (Bureau of External Security). Her mission, is to root out potential traitors to the Grand Chairman's government, as well as spy on the Directory's government in the mean time.

Marton von Staden

2

The year is 2241, and this alternate world is very different from our own. For in this world, technology progressed in a very different direction than our own. Art deco is all the rage. Steam locomotives still fly down the track. All the while, jet-powered airships transport people across the globe. People can communicate via wired network in seconds. And things like the atom bomb don't exist. Welcome to the Neo-40s. The political situation in the world is growing tense after the Gotha Affair. In retaliation for leaking a confidential plan (as well as sparking this whole controversy in the first place), the Directory has seized Attaché Kovalenko, placing her under arrest despite her diplomatic immunity. This made things worse, as just eight hours later, the Syndicate made a grave threat: Release Kovalenko or the Republic of Kalticoria will be occupied. Kalticoria is not one of the great powers, but rather is a small buffer state between the Directory and the Syndicate's political blocs. It technically falls on the Syndicate's side of the Demarcation Treaty of 2220 but has remained in the Directory's sphere of influence with the Syndicate doing nothing. But with the threat of an escalation, the Directory has called up its reserves, as has the Syndicate. The Executive Director sent a warning to any citizen of the Directory in Kalticoria to attempt to relocate deeper into the Directory's political bloc. Martin von Staden is one such citizen who works as an advisor and secretary to an arms manufacturer within the city of Methoham. Now, he is trying to oversee the chaotic evacuation.