Wipe the Grid
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Wipe the Grid is a cyberpunk story that takes place in Static City, built over the ruins of Los Angeles and run by the mega corporation NuTech. Decades earlier, NuTech created the Civic Chip, a cybernetic implant that connects everyone who gets it installed to a digital network called the Grid. The CC is so deeply woven into society and everyday life at this point that life without one is practically impossible. The story follows Rex, a young merc and criminal that grew up in the city’s poorest district, and the people he now considers family: the Niños de la Estática. They take jobs throughout the city, trying to survive and make names for themselves in a system that simply doesn't care. The main plot of the story starts with the crew taking a job from a fixer, whose client is an anonymous third party. The job is simple: break into the most guarded building in the city, NuTech HQ, and steal some extremely confidential data. The crew accepts this gig with open arms, seeing it as the opportunity of a lifetime. Beneath all the flashy lights and action though, is a story about identity, exploitation, humanity, and sacrifice, not just of privacy, but of the body and mind. Cyberware makes people stronger and more capable, but it has consequences, such as Cyber-Sepsis and dependency on drugs like Antiware. NuTech's influence touches just about everything, and the crew finds themselves in something much bigger than they ever could've imagined. I'm making Wipe the Grid to be a larger universe, with its own cyberware, gangs, corporations, music and genres, drugs, weapons, diseases and illnesses, districts, cities, and more. I'm looking for people who enjoy worldbuilding, storytelling, and brainstorming, and who would like to collaborate with me to expand on ideas, concepts, characters, and the world of Static City. Thank you for reading and I hope you find my story interesting, as l've been working on it for some months.