I'm thinking of doing an RP based in the world of the Metro novels and games. You don't necessarily need to know that much about the world as I plan to be a sort of guide character, maybe a seasoned traveler or something.
Here's a summery of the world of Metro though, just in case:
Metro is set in the underground railway system/bunker that is the Moscow Metro System. It takes place after an assumed world war lead nukes to be dropped on Russia and many citizens of Moscow fled to the metro tunnels in a bid to survive. The outside world is dangerous, irradiated and full of mutants, some of which inhabit the tunnels as well. The worst of which is the Dark Ones, a rising threat which seems to be almost invincible if rumours are to be believed. As if that isn't enough there are, naturally, disagreements amongst many of the different stations which are now inhabited especially between the warring Fourth Reich nazis, The communist Red Line which cuts through most of the metro's center and the Hanza trading group that has been, until recently, enemies of the Red Line. There is one beacon of hope in all of this. The city of Polis, a group of four stations in the very center of the metro, where knowledge and scholars are still valued and the rangers enforce the laws. It represents the hope that one day, the moscovites will leave the metro and rebuild.
So far I am thinking of a basic plotline of:
-There are rumours spreading about an important historical document that relates to either the Red Line (Communists) or Fourth Reich (Nazis) being found, for example maybe a Marxist document or a copy Mien Kampf or something. Both of those factions want it for their own purposes.
-The news reaches our home of Riga Station, part of the VDNKh (this word is sometime just said as "Exhibition") Commonwealth (The commonwealth is a group of three stations that joined up to avoid annexation) and a poor station in need of a lot of aid from the Hanza (A trading alliance that makes a ring around the center of the metro) and is currently suffering from overpopulation. At least one of our characters sees this news as a way to get out of the station and do something with their life. We all have our own reasons for wanting the document or coming along.
-This news has sparked increased tension in the already on-going war effort between the Reds and the Fourth Reich, and the Hanza is also becoming increasingly wary of it's old enemy on the Red Line
- The main goals will be to A: Find and secure the document B: Try to decide what to do with it and then get it done. Of course we will run into trouble along the way.
There will be a couple rules due to our starting station due to the lore:
1: Most if not all of us will have to be Russian and originally from Riga station, the commonwealth isn't very immigrant-friendly.
2: If you're an adult male then you will probably have at least a little knowledge of how to handle and maintain a firearm as all adult men must take up Armed Watch in the tunnels leading to VDNHk
Now that is out of the way, is anyone interested?
