The Librarian
06-17-2009, 07:32 PM
Okay dotay! Here's the story in a nut shell:
Built at the bottom of the sea somewhere in the middle of the atlantic ocean in 1946 by Andrew Ryan as a utopia, so that art, industry and science would go about undisturbed by government and other power-crazy fools, Rapture was designed to be entirely self-supporting, with all of its electricity, food production, water purification and defense systems powered by undersea volcanic openings. At one point, it is learned that Rapture's population numbered several thousand at its peak during the early 1950s, composed of those people Ryan viewed as the "best examples" of mankind.
A scientific discovery upset the balance of the society. Two scientists studying squid like creatures dwelling deep in the reef discovered a species of sea slug that could secrete stem cells. These could be used to enhance one's body, improving physical or mental capabilities, curing diseases and healing injuries. A young entrepreneur named Frank Fontaine invested early on in the research to gain control over the material. The substance, dubbed "Adam", became so sought after in the society, that it became the dominant currency of the city. A "full-scale genetic arms race" broke out between Ryan and Fontaine as Fontaine's monopoly on Adam threatened the current social structure. Ryan eventually won, having Fontaine killed after his craze of power, wealth and Adam led him to smuggle (an illegal act, as Ryan didn't want to risk any of the outside world finding out about Rapture), but everyone in the city was permanently changed. During the war, it was discovered that Adam could be used to modify one's body, combining technology and mutations to adapt and survive the conflict, but losing their humanity in the process. The biological weapons manufactured using ADAM were named "Plasmids" which were powered by "Eve", yet another substance made out of Adam. Both Adam and Eve were named after the biblical characters. During the conflict, all natural sources of Adam were destroyed, which eventually resulted in a major shift in the "ecology" of the city, as all inhabitants had become biologically dependent on Adam to survive. On December 31, 1958, attacks with plasmids lead to the downfall of Rapture's society, and the city fell into a state of disrepair. Little girls were biologically combined to Adam to collect Adam from corpses and because it was proven that the Adam slug could triple the amount of Adam produced inside the stomach of a living organism (the stomach acids obviously acting as a catalyst), whilst men in large diving suits, equipped with large drills or rivet guns, protected them from splicers, the inhabitants of rapture transformed into monsters by the medical works of Dr Steinman. The girls were eventually known as "Little Sisters" and their protectors "Big Daddies". As everyone needed Adam, the little sisters were very vulnerable to attack, although immortal themselves. Everyone needed Adam, and everyone would do anything to get it, and so the city flew into chaos. Utopia transformed into an irreparable hell by greed, and no-one was allowed to leave to the surface. Rapture had fallen. The remaining regular non-mutated humans hide across the city, though nearly all of them are dangerous in one form or another.
We can each have a character, searching for Adam, huting for Little Sisters, and fighting off Big Daddies. Of course, everyone is a Splicer, so they each come in their own freaky form and mental state(or the lack thereof...)
Name:
Age:
Sex:
Life before Rapture fell:
Weopons/plasmids:
Looks:
Other:
Built at the bottom of the sea somewhere in the middle of the atlantic ocean in 1946 by Andrew Ryan as a utopia, so that art, industry and science would go about undisturbed by government and other power-crazy fools, Rapture was designed to be entirely self-supporting, with all of its electricity, food production, water purification and defense systems powered by undersea volcanic openings. At one point, it is learned that Rapture's population numbered several thousand at its peak during the early 1950s, composed of those people Ryan viewed as the "best examples" of mankind.
A scientific discovery upset the balance of the society. Two scientists studying squid like creatures dwelling deep in the reef discovered a species of sea slug that could secrete stem cells. These could be used to enhance one's body, improving physical or mental capabilities, curing diseases and healing injuries. A young entrepreneur named Frank Fontaine invested early on in the research to gain control over the material. The substance, dubbed "Adam", became so sought after in the society, that it became the dominant currency of the city. A "full-scale genetic arms race" broke out between Ryan and Fontaine as Fontaine's monopoly on Adam threatened the current social structure. Ryan eventually won, having Fontaine killed after his craze of power, wealth and Adam led him to smuggle (an illegal act, as Ryan didn't want to risk any of the outside world finding out about Rapture), but everyone in the city was permanently changed. During the war, it was discovered that Adam could be used to modify one's body, combining technology and mutations to adapt and survive the conflict, but losing their humanity in the process. The biological weapons manufactured using ADAM were named "Plasmids" which were powered by "Eve", yet another substance made out of Adam. Both Adam and Eve were named after the biblical characters. During the conflict, all natural sources of Adam were destroyed, which eventually resulted in a major shift in the "ecology" of the city, as all inhabitants had become biologically dependent on Adam to survive. On December 31, 1958, attacks with plasmids lead to the downfall of Rapture's society, and the city fell into a state of disrepair. Little girls were biologically combined to Adam to collect Adam from corpses and because it was proven that the Adam slug could triple the amount of Adam produced inside the stomach of a living organism (the stomach acids obviously acting as a catalyst), whilst men in large diving suits, equipped with large drills or rivet guns, protected them from splicers, the inhabitants of rapture transformed into monsters by the medical works of Dr Steinman. The girls were eventually known as "Little Sisters" and their protectors "Big Daddies". As everyone needed Adam, the little sisters were very vulnerable to attack, although immortal themselves. Everyone needed Adam, and everyone would do anything to get it, and so the city flew into chaos. Utopia transformed into an irreparable hell by greed, and no-one was allowed to leave to the surface. Rapture had fallen. The remaining regular non-mutated humans hide across the city, though nearly all of them are dangerous in one form or another.
We can each have a character, searching for Adam, huting for Little Sisters, and fighting off Big Daddies. Of course, everyone is a Splicer, so they each come in their own freaky form and mental state(or the lack thereof...)
Name:
Age:
Sex:
Life before Rapture fell:
Weopons/plasmids:
Looks:
Other: