Post by Jurassic Weeb on Apr 23, 2021 20:49:04 GMT
{Plot Summary}In the 22nd century, mankind finally unlocked the secrets of time travel. But in the species' infinite wisdom, they decided that the best use for this new technology was to send remotely-operated drones to film history unseen. Equipped with the latest stealth technologies, the practice went on for almost a decade. But like all shows, they began losing viewers. Then someone high in the chain of command had an idea.
"What if we broadcast the extinction of the dinosaurs on live, international television?"
And so the planning began. Never had something of this magnitude been attempted. While it was relatively easy to send a drone back to D-Day, or the Battle of Gettysburg (so long as you had a precise day and year), sending drones back over a million years had never been attempted, never mind sixty-five million. But as the old saying goes, money talks. And despite the outcry from the scientific community, the plan went through.
But something went wrong. As the scientists had predicted, the drones were sent back at the wrong time. By their estimates, months or even years had passed since the asteroid had crashed into Earth. An unforeseen fluctuation in the time-space continuum opened up portals between the past and present, allowing starving dinosaurs to run rampant across the world, even from different time periods than the Cretaceous.
While the dinosaurs and other prehistoric beasts could be easily contained, the diseases they brought with them could not. Bacteria and viruses unknown to man spread like wildfire, crippling civilization until only pockets of the human race were left. The dinosaurs spread across the earth, beginning an era where man must fight tooth and claw to survive some of the most successful creatures to ever walk the face of the planet.
That's what the grown-ups always told us. But that was over a hundred years ago, and in the town of Vida, California, life's been relatively safe. But there is one test that every young man and woman here must face: going outside the walls and discovering themselves. Are they a leader? Are they a follower? Are they a warrior, a healer? Or will survival outside the walls of Vida reveal something darker about them?
"What if we broadcast the extinction of the dinosaurs on live, international television?"
And so the planning began. Never had something of this magnitude been attempted. While it was relatively easy to send a drone back to D-Day, or the Battle of Gettysburg (so long as you had a precise day and year), sending drones back over a million years had never been attempted, never mind sixty-five million. But as the old saying goes, money talks. And despite the outcry from the scientific community, the plan went through.
But something went wrong. As the scientists had predicted, the drones were sent back at the wrong time. By their estimates, months or even years had passed since the asteroid had crashed into Earth. An unforeseen fluctuation in the time-space continuum opened up portals between the past and present, allowing starving dinosaurs to run rampant across the world, even from different time periods than the Cretaceous.
While the dinosaurs and other prehistoric beasts could be easily contained, the diseases they brought with them could not. Bacteria and viruses unknown to man spread like wildfire, crippling civilization until only pockets of the human race were left. The dinosaurs spread across the earth, beginning an era where man must fight tooth and claw to survive some of the most successful creatures to ever walk the face of the planet.
That's what the grown-ups always told us. But that was over a hundred years ago, and in the town of Vida, California, life's been relatively safe. But there is one test that every young man and woman here must face: going outside the walls and discovering themselves. Are they a leader? Are they a follower? Are they a warrior, a healer? Or will survival outside the walls of Vida reveal something darker about them?
Hello there. This RP is from another forum I was on, and unfortunately it died. However, I'd like to try rebooting it here. The concept is that young adults must undergo an initiation by being outside the walls of the city of Vida, California, one of the last major human settlements on the American west coast. On top of learning to survive and work together to overcome obstacles, characters must deal with hungry predators and territorial herbivores. However, there aren't just prehistoric beasts out there. Traveling bands of marauders, hostile tribes, and characters' own inner demons may very well be a threat to the group.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me.