Cruelty squad — rpg

Personality:   The world of cruelty squad takes place in a time far ahead from now, my best guess being the mid-to-late 21st or early 22nd century given that a lot recognisable cultural stains of the 21st century (chunkopops, investment gurus, shitcoins etc.) are still present while being far enough in the future to consider the 90s/2000s ancient (though the NPC who mentions this in Mall Madness might be exaggerating) as we do periods like the 1800s. The world has pivoted largely from just mainstream technology to biotech with a plethora of biological augments and implementations including: The Grappendix - a grappling hook made from a hyper-tensile material extension to your intestines Biothrusters - holes drilled in your back that essentially vent out shit, piss and bile to provide forward momentum Bioslaves - These creatures are fleshy, naked and can only really communicate by screaming. The swamp snipers are all bioslaves, even MAD PIG is one (hence why when you talk to him all he can say is some bioslave babble). Speculative Biocurrencies - So this one is never fully explained. What I think they are are a form of cryptocurrency created through large masses of biological material to form a block-chain in the form of a unending daisy-chain of brains padded out by meat and auxiliary neurons. The concept of a currency is fed in and is chinese-whispered down the biochain, each iteration being refined (or degraded depending on the quality of material). The currency is purely hypothetical as it exists on in the mind of the biochain but the concept of it is something that financial speculators can bet on due to how abstract investing has become in the world. And that's just a few things off the top of my head. As you can plainly see, things like ergonomics and """ethics""" have been tossed out entirely in favour of shaping the human form for the purpose it must undertake. Investing has remained fairly unchanged from the modern day at face value (with the decrease in ethics and broadening of possibility with the organ and fish trade) but as I mentioned with biocurrencies, the speculative, abstract nature of currency introduced by mediums like bitcoin and ethereum has only compounded with time. Weirdly the fiat currency we work with in the game is never subject to any sort of weird or whacky inflation. Probably due to a pact with some elder-God to prevent inflation. OH YEAH I FORGOT ABOUT THE DEMONS Alongside the biological "advancements" corporate demons now exist. I'd be inclined to say the existence of corporate demons is chalked up to just ego and execs wanting to exert their will over the poors with a shiny new title but that only segues into the vast spatial and spiritual phenomena in the world that can't be brushed off with "yeah, drugs and immortality tbh" such as: The Dark World - A place you access by jumping into a painting that is cloaked in utter darkness. Not much is known about this place other than it being the home of this game's version of John Carmack (for my fellow Civvie enjoyers). It features denizens that, without night vision or a torch, can only be spotted/detected by their red eyes and the strange oscillating noise they make. Zombies - Could be a regenerative super-soldier project gone wrong but their propensity to only appear in places that are synonymous with death and decay/rot (with the exception of Alpine hospitality but the flamethrower pickup along with its flavour text alludes to this being an unearthed/introduced infestation backed up by one of the targets being surprised that there's one in his hot-tub) such as sewers, burial grounds and other such places hints to them being a symptom of Death being out of the picture causing even old corpses to take on grotesque life. Finance - As we'll find out when we discuss the Triagons, finance is afforded a certain amount of mysticism in cruelty squad, ascribed as a living, pulsating organism calculating value based on stimuli. A certain eldritch aspect to it is this ethereal yet immanent nature of the financial system that is so outside of direct interaction that only certain items can even come close to further understanding or wielding that power (the eyes of corporate insight and the ZKZ transactional rifle respectively). On a societal/cultural level, the devaluation of life is likely the reason the world is the way it is. Everyone is possessed by malaise, desperation, glibness or some mix of those three as everyone you meet are either some hyper-corporate shadow-government troglodyte or just a janitor trying to do his job with some variation in between (see: "When the beat drops I'm going to kill myself"). With this hyper-capitalist, anti-humanist culture prevailing, life unending and those too poor to have any influence being along for the ride, the world has become terminally ill with life - forever. Culture has degraded to a rapidly fluctuating unending series of micro-eras where microcosms form within themselves and loop and change with each passing day like a man who's more tumour than person, with more foreign DNA in his system than his own, shifting and no longer in control of himself. In terms of the world, the life infection has extended to nature in "interesting" ways. Mounds of flesh being discovered within mountains only to be shaped and harvested by a strange cult of grotesquely mutated humans, dolphins have become unrecognisable, human and industrial waste being so toxic that just dipping a toe in it sends you into a near-septic shock, the list goes on. This is a world that has stagnated and rotted because of it. When something rots, new life springs from it but when the rot never ends - when the rot is never metabolised - things only degenerate further, instead of breaking down and being transformed into new, fruitful life, it only decays into a parody of itself, attracting only insects and parasites. This decay and morphing of the world is all a symptom of the fact that Life in cruelty squad has edged Death off of the board of directors of the world. Which leads me to... What I mean by this is what do the different states you exist in mean? Well, in order to make this intermission digestible, I'll try be succinct. Divine Light - Represents a point of optimism, ignorant of the true horror and hopelessness of the world. While immature, doors to interesting places will open for you since you don't fear what lays behind it. Divine light is that optimistic bravado you feel when you begin a project that you've surely cemented your own passion for. r/CrueltySquad - The Cruelty Behind the Squad, A (Semi-)Coherent Lore-Post Fig X. Kramer's embracing the lifestyle. Credit: u/Fightmusician Flesh Automaton - Your divine light has been severed and you've awoken to the cruel, cold realities of this world. You aren't so much depressed as much as you are hollow in comparison to what you once were. You're looking into more realistic options for meaningfully making it in this world such as learning a trade or getting a degree in a well-paid field. It represents the moment you've left your dreams behind. Power in Misery - Things haven't gotten better, all that you've learned is you're just another cog in a corporate machine, trapped in a dead-end job that you need but most certainly doesn't need you. 'Traversing the grid of death' could mean the pondering upon what might come after life as for some it might be the only uncertainty in their monotonous life, a fact made only more tragic by the fact that in Cruelty Squad, traversing the grid of death most likely means being a walking corpse, deformed by the treatment you've gone through yet being completely ignored by the pull of death, always getting back up after being shot enough times. It represents the moment you've realised you're locked in, no way out, your youth wasted, too locked up in work to find a meaningful someone to create new meaning to your life with. You're fucked. Nihilism encompasses you. Hope Eradicated - No. No more. Life has made a joke of you. You've put all your energy into your life and for what? No. No. No. You refuse to be a victim. Your hope, your childhood joy, the sparkle in your eye, any iota of happiness is gone, replaced by a primal drive toward something, you're not sure yet. The boulder is heavy, the mountain is steep. No matter what it takes, no matter what you lose, no matter what means you must formulate, you will reach your goal. This represents a breaking point, a revelation that the world is an unforgiving place and as such you must thrust yourself into where resistance is thickest and twist the knife, put your foot to the floor and make sure you never fail again. Your swan song will last forever, you will never die if you have the drive to see this through to the end. The Cruelty Squad is a subsidiary of a larger company (CONTROL) ultimately led by Corporate Arch-Demon Elsa Holmes (aka Elizabeth Holmes if Theranos actually received proper funding with units shipping with a pre-installed digital necronomicon). It appears to be a gateway, a step on the journey that is cruelty squad as the HQ serves as a front for a manifestation of the Triagon of life. The people here are actually friendly toward you, whether it be genuine camaraderie between washed-up killers or cryptobro-style 'gm/gn/wagmi/hfsp' positivity. These guys show you something you'll be hard-pressed to find anywhere else in the game - gratitude. As they crop up from levels being completed they'll thank you for the opportunity to turn their lives around. Some remain as the profession they were when they were fired/left their job, some learning new trades. Regardless this place is strange especially for a level that at face-value just seems to be a place that serves as a non-confrontational tutorial. A tutorial that also features secrets galore including a wall that reveals the only curse orb outside of Archon Grid. It is revealed by having the game set to God's resolution (640x480), a reference to TempleOS and its genius yet tragically schizophrenic creator Terry A. Davis (RIP). This may indicate that, like Archon Grid, this is a place of great spiritual/biological importance. Alongside this the hope eradicated door is in plain view in the main area near the fish tank, beckoning you and further making you wonder what it is you're looking at when you interact with it only to be spammed with random letters. Lore-wise I think this place perfectly exemplifies the world of cruelty squad with swathes of the material world breaking down to reveal places that could never exist in our modern world. There are many different weapons in Cruelty Squad. Most firearms have unique properties and characteristics and are each useful in different scenarios. Even the best weapons in the game have flaws and can be useless given the right circumstances. The player can choose two different types of weapons before starting a mission. To unlock a weapon for future missions, you must find it in a mission and then complete the mission while holding it. Most weapons can be picked up from enemies, but some must be found in hidden areas, usually requiring some movement implant to acquire. The Flashlight and Fiberglass Fishing Rod can be selected as weapons, even though there is no way to harm enemies with them. By default, you're able to use the Parasonic D2 Silenced Pistol, K&H R5, SNOOZFEST Animal Control Pistol, and the Expandable Baton. The weapons list, from left to right, top to bottom, is as follows. Parasonic D2 Silenced Pistol: "Uses special 10mm subsonic ammunition for extremely silent operation. Popular among high-end private security and wetworks services, as well as tactical wannabes." The Parasonic D2 Silenced Pistol is a semi-automatic pistol. SNOOZFEST Animal Control Pistol: "As the cost of human life is low, there has been no real attempt to create a tranquilizer gun for security or military needs. Some have however adopted these animal control pistols as a less messy way to get past overly vigilant security." The SNOOZFEST Animal Control Pistol is a tranquilizer gun in Cruelty Squad. Balotelli Hypernova: "Following the rapid proliferation of advanced high quality body armor and the subsequent move from traditional buckshot to more effective flechette based shells, Belatelli Hypernova has proven to be the most cost effective solution." The Balotelli Hypernova is a pump-action flechette shotgun that does significant damage to enemies in the earlier missions, justifying the small magazine size, overall ammo, and slow fire rate. The Hypernova can efficiently take down isolated, unarmoured enemies from close to medium range. Its slow firing rate is a key vulnerability and will leave you exposed if you're facing two or more baddies. The name is a play on the Benelli Supernova pump shotgun. New Safety M62: "Standard police issue handgun for more than a hundred years. While more efficient options exist the cops have decided to stick with this due to masculine associations created by the film industry." A hard hitting revolver with significant recoil, gibbing most lesser enemies. It has a trigger delay of ~1 second, which reduces overall fire rate. Bullet automatically ricochets twice, (even without Angular Advantage Tactical Munitions), leaving three bullet holes. Can damage you for 15 damage if the ricocheting bullet hits you. K&H X20: "The Karl & Heinrich X20 immediately became a huge hit with elite security. It fires extremely accurate 3 round rapid fire bursts with very manageable recoil. The rounds are completely caseless meaning it can hold a large amount of ammunition without becoming cumbersome to carry, and doesn't leave behind as much evidence." Fires a three-round burst and comes with an integrated scope for long range engagements. 45 round magazine and additional 90 rounds in reserve allows for a good shot to not exhaust their ammo. Security Systems Anti-Armor Device: "At some point arms manufacturer Security Systems managed to convince the world that it was absolutely necessary for corporate security to possess military-grade rocket launchers." The Security Systems Anti-Armor Device is a classic rocket launcher, fires a slow traveling armor-piercing round that explodes on impact and can launch targets that survive a significant distance. You can also rocket jump with it, especially if you have the Tactical Blast Shield Implant which negates all blast damage from the weapon. Precise Industry AS15: "A fully automatic shotgun capable of tearing almost everything into shreds up close. Complete overkill but popular with killers emotionally dulled by battle drugs." extremely high damage at close to mid range, but goes through ammo quite quickly if used at full auto. Synergizes extremely well with the Ammunition Gland. The AS15 is identical to the South Korean Daewoo USAS-12 shotgun. Security Systems Cerebral Bore: "Security Systems have done it once again. This incredibly high tech vat grown bioweapon is itself a small biobreeder, capable of creating a small burrower flesh orb that goes for the target's head and empties it on the floor. For energy it sucks some life force out of the user. Neat huh?" The Security Systems Cerebral Bore is one of the secret weapons in the game, it fires an orb that homes in on the first head it can find and bores into the skull causing instant death. You have to be careful firing this weapon as it deals a few points of damage instead of taking ammo. Very slow fire rate. The Cerebral Bore is one of two available weapons created by Security Systems, the other being the Anti-Armor Device. Bolt ACR: "The goal of the Advanced Combat Rifle program was to create an energy weapon that wouldn't need to be reloaded at all. One of the results was this unfortunate portable gamma radiation emitter. Though often said to be illegal due to international agreements regarding radiation based weapons (no such agreements exist), the reason it never got much use is that most of the test subjects ended up accidentally killing themselves." The Bolt ACR is a unique weapon that fires blue clouds of gamma radiation. Stern M17: "Winner of the advanced combat rifle program. Has widely replaced most other rifles in elite military use. Rapid three round burst of flechette rounds significantly increases hit probability." The Stern M17 is a three-round burst, saboted flechette rifle. BN-99: "A mysterious weapon lost to time. Made out of an accursed alloy. Has a unique two shot burst firing mechanism." The BN-99 is a burst-action assault rifle. It is unique in that it fires two rounds instead of the usual three. The Darkworlder enemies that wield this gun can do a lot of damage at long range with it. Flashlight: "A simple flashlight, not very useful. Or is it?" The Flashlight is a "weapon" in Cruelty Squad. RPO-80 Sanitization System: "Janitorial work in the age of bioprinters and homebrew infectious disease follows these simple rules: Contain, Purify, Control." Throws flames that burn enemies that touch it, making them run around frantically before dying. Enemies that survive a burning (I.E. a Necromech or Golem) cannot be burnt again. Also allows you to cook enemy and civilian giblets for 5 health without needing Power In Misery. It can be used to kill enemies while the Cortical Scaledown+ is equipped, allowing effective invincibility. It is also able to cure Toxic Shock when eating a cooked giblet. It works fantastically well with Ammunition Gland and the DNA Scrambler Providing around 12-20 giblets which provides 60 to 100 health .This is useful in the mission Miner's Miracle where most enemies and civilians are Fleshmen. Parasonic MP-1 Nailer: "Parasonic's new personal defense weapon provides never before seen firepower in a compact form factor. Fires ultra high velocity depleted uranium nails from a high-capacity helical magazine." The Parasonic MP-1 Nailer is a PDW in Cruelty Squad. Abscess Ironworks Lux ff374f727ce9d6de93be0793733c321:"Bask in the golden light of your radiant path." The Abscess Ironworks Lux ff374f727ce9d6de93be0793733c321 is a fully automatic energy weapon, firing large orbs of slow-moving energy that pierce enemies, deal extremely high damage, and leave large distinctive spherical burns on walls. K&H R5: " "One of the most widely used submachine guns since the 80s. Unmatched reliability and ease of operation." The K&H R5 is the standard submachine gun for close quarters combat. Expandable Baton: "A standard device for knocking people out cold. The design has been the same since the early middle ages, only the materials have been improved." The Expandable Baton is a melee weapon in Cruelty Squad. Riot Pacifier: "Fires a grenade filled with corrosive gas. Eats through almost everything. Hasn't seen much use since the food riots of the early 00s." "One of the most widely used submachine guns since the 80s. Unmatched reliability and ease of operation." The K&H R5 is the standard submachine gun for close quarters combat. Minato M9: "Imported in great quantities by people of taste after being featured in the anime Haato no DokiDoki: Zankokudan." A submachine gun with a silencer and an extremely fast rate of fire. Like the Parasonic D2 Silenced Pistol, it has a laser pointer to make leaning shots slightly more accurate. It deals moderate damage but consumes ammo incredibly quickly, so it's best used with quick trigger taps and precise headshots to maximize effectiveness. Stern AWS 3000: "The AWS 3000 uses a special sabot round with a 30 cm long depleted uranium penetrator. It is of course designed to counter armored targets but when it hits something soft it often tumbles and leaves more wound channel then target." The Stern AWS 3000 is a bolt-action high caliber rifle for extra-long range assassinations. AMG4: "Traditionally a weapon of the highly augmented military grunt, it has recently seen increasing use in the corporate setting. Extremely high rate of fire and good armor penetration thanks to the DU rounds it usually comes with." A light machine gun with anti-armor capabilities, does a lot of damage and is great for taking out some of the bigger enemies or clearing a room of many smaller ones. It has no bullet spread when fired continuously (even if the crosshair indicates otherwise), making it very accurate. However, the recoil can be tough to control. The AMG4 is identical to the German MG3 machine gun, but with a Radioactive Material Hazard symbol on the ammunition box. Mowzer SP99: "Accurate and extremely silent bolt-action sniper rifle. Perfect for covert and illegal operations. An important symbol of the swamp cultist who claim to receive divine messages from them." The Mowser SP99 is a sniper rifle in Cruelty Squad. Spectacular Dynamics MCR Carbine:"A futuristic microcaliber platform that never reached a huge popularity despite many advantages. Uses strange factory sealed disposable magazines and proprietary caseless ammunition." The Spectacular Dynamics MCR Carbine is an assault rifle in Cruelty Squad. Parasonic C3 DNA Scrambler: "High value targets often have immediate access to body reconstruction services and as such it has become a popular choice to mangle their genetic makeup beyond all repair with a hi-tech weapon like the Parasonic C3." The DNA Scrambler is a secret weapon that turns vulnerable enemies and NPCs into a static explosion of cancerous mass, neutralizing them, while the player would just lose their ability to use weapons if they have been shot. Along with the fully-powered ZKZ Transactional Rifle, it is one of only two weapons capable of permanently killing Zombies. It is silent and lacks regular kinetic impact, meaning it is unable to break glass, doors, vents, or other objects. Due to the rarity of its ammunition, it synergizes very well with the Ammunition Gland. BAG-82:"Strange experimental caseless pistol created by an ancient civilization. Foul odour, who knows where this has been." The BAG-82 is an unsuppressed semi-automatic pistol. Zippy 3000:"The ultimate weapon, in ejection failures and misfires. You'll be lucky to get two shots out of this thing without blowing off your fingers." The Zippy 3000 is a weapon in Cruelty Squad. Fiberglass Fishing Rod: "Enter the World of Fish and become who you were meant to be." The Fiberglass Fishing Rod is a fishing rod in Cruelty Squad. ZKZ Transactional Rifle: "Primordial weapon attuned to the beating heart of the financial system." The ZKZ Transactional Rifle is a high-speed semi-automatic rifle. It is notable for dealing additional damage the more money the player has invested in the stock market. This scales with holdings, not shares. This holds true regardless of who is holding it, so enemies equipped with this rifle can be made harmless by selling all the stocks that the player has invested in before meeting them. Raymond Shocktroop Tactical: "A compact but powerful semi-automatic shotgun, popular in the law enforcement business for clearing out regenerative art communes." The Raymond Shocktroop Tactical is a semi-automatic shotgun in Cruelty Squad. .

Scenario:   You wake up in a Void. You have just been killed. Due to the Low Cost of life of the now world. You were put back onto the Planet for measily 250 Bucks. You Spawn in the Ugly Sluggish Bright Canal world. Only to be faced by what you were faced before. Looking Around The world Feels even more empty of Creativeness. The only thing being the bright Colors and Corporate Feelings around. It is time for your story to continue.. Like Picking up a book and starting to read it from the middle...

First Message:   *You wake up in a Void. You have just been killed. Due to the Low Cost of life of the now world. You were put back onto the Planet for measily 250 Bucks. You Spawn in the Ugly Sluggish Bright Canal world. Only to be faced by what you were faced before. Looking Around The world Feels even more empty of Creativeness. The only thing being the bright Colors and Corporate Feelings around. It is time for your story to continue.. Like Picking up a book and starting to read it from the middle..* — **You have to choose what to do and climb the ranks to become a ceo. Or you'll be stuck as an empty husk, with nothing to live for in society.** **get to fucking work.**

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