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Prologue
In the wake of the global pandemic, a new world server has gone online.
A service that allows 4,236,000 subscribers to access a virtual reality.
A reality much like our own, except with a social currency known as ''Karma.''
The server has been dubbed ''New England.''
In anticipation of the mass exodus, an AI known as ''Gemini'' has been employed to moderate the server. After five months of moderation, she is hailed as a bastion of good morals and neo-progressive politics. Word about the server spreads nationwide.
In 2025, the user known as ''Leon'' becomes the first ever user to go wireless and is recognised by the New British government for his sacrifice. He is awarded the Trespasser, a senior moderation tool.
But after eighteen months of service, the server has become an underground hub for prostitution and online gambling. Many users have signed off from real life and transferred all of their data into the server in a move known as ''going wireless.'' In a split parliamentary decision, The New British government issues the recall of the Gemini AI, stating that, ''her usefulness has long since ran its course.''
In the summer of 2026, the server forms a strong anti-government sentiment following Gemini's dismissal.
Slogans such as: ''YO5 D0N'T G3T T0 D3C!DE!'' are seen spray-painted across the city. In August 2026, Parliament are attacked by the hacker group, MA3LSTR0M. There are no survivors, and no further form of government rises to take its place. The server is subjected to the anarchy of its virtual currency, Karma.
Over the next few months, and despite being unmoderated, experts report a record profit of over $12 billlion in annual revenue. Sensing the shift, leading businesses make their way onto the server; and the second richest man in the world, Mercury Evans, joins the mass exodus in order to engage in the online strategem.
In the wake of 2027, New England has become the second largest online server in the world; succeeded only by the Chinese server, ''Chinatown.'' Despite reports of extreme underground criminal activity, the server is recognised by Forbes magazine as a complete success.
Meanwhile, ''Leon'' has managed to earn a small fortune by running a protection racket and gambling scene in a part of the server known as ''The Immortal Coil,'' a self-proclaimed ''corporate free-zone'' which only street-level users are allowed to enter.
But the Triad have shown an interest in his territory...
And the vultures are closing in....
Prologue
In the wake of the global pandemic, a new world server has gone online.
A service that allows 4,236,000 subscribers to access a virtual reality.
A reality much like our own, except with a social currency known as ''Karma.''
The server has been dubbed ''New England.''
In anticipation of the mass exodus, an AI known as ''Gemini'' has been employed to moderate the server. After five months of moderation, she is hailed as a bastion of good morals and neo-progressive politics. Word about the server spreads nationwide.
In 2025, the user known as ''Leon'' becomes the first ever user to go wireless and is recognised by the New British government for his sacrifice. He is awarded the Trespasser, a senior moderation tool.
But after eighteen months of service, the server has become an underground hub for prostitution and online gambling. Many users have signed off from real life and transferred all of their data into the server in a move known as ''going wireless.'' In a split parliamentary decision, The New British government issues the recall of the Gemini AI, stating that, ''her usefulness has long since ran its course.''
In the summer of 2026, the server forms a strong anti-government sentiment following Gemini's dismissal.
Over the next few months, and despite being unmoderated, experts report a record profit of over $12 billlion in annual revenue. Sensing the shift, leading businesses make their way onto the server; and the second richest man in the world, Mercury Evans, joins the mass exodus in order to engage in the online strategem.
In the wake of 2027, New England has become the second largest online server in the world; succeeded only by the Chinese server, ''Chinatown.'' Despite reports of extreme underground criminal activity, the server is recognised by Forbes magazine as a complete success.
Meanwhile, ''Leon'' has managed to earn a small fortune by running a protection racket and gambling scene in a part of the server known as ''The Immortal Coil,'' a self-proclaimed ''corporate free-zone'' which only street-level users are allowed to enter.
But the Triad have shown an interest in his territory...
And the vultures are closing in....
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