Editing The Complex (section)

==''The Complex'' Background==
''The Complex'' is set in the near future on an alternate Earth.  In the year 2008, great advances in science unlike any in our Earth had been made, especially in the fields of bioengineering, weaponry, and armor.  However, things being what they were and for various reasons, all the nations of the earth fell into a total collapse after a nuclear holocaust.  The reasons why are unknown amongst the average survivor; all they know is, they must survive in the aftermath.  Humanity in the year 2025 is now scattered throughout the Earth, in either enclaves like Machine City, under the rule of a tyrant, or like the Californian Tribes, various primitives that have forgotten (and sometimes disdain) the advanced technology of their forebears.

Life is eked out into a matter of survival, but also the dream of success.  Bartering and wealth creates a market for prized commodities, and the goal of any survivor worth his salt is to one day strike gold; to rise up and no longer worry about such petty things as continuous survival.  However, in order to accomplish this dream, the wasteland survivor must survive through harrowing ordeals and face horrifying enemies, until eventually they either overcome or fall.

2008 in this world brought about a world not much different than the one that we are all familiar with, with some exceptions.

*Capacitors were very common, and electricity was a common fuel source.  Many cars ran on power cells, although some ran on gasoline and diesel.  However, in the post apocalypse future, the electromagnetic bursts from nuclear weapons and the break-down of most all power plants outside of some solar collectors and wind mills far from cities were all destroyed.  For that matter, most vehicles that rely heavily on computers cannot run; older vehicles, especially those that run on diesel engines can be found, and are can be run on even vegetable oil if the engine is cleaned enough.  This makes them heavily desired in the Wasteland; costs are not changed for the rare vehicle, however, as starting wealth makes it almost impossible to start with much else besides a motorcycle.