> Quick question, what do you get when you take a chernobyl like accident, and make it frickin Global? Well ask the Vestals, because something like that happened to them around 6 years before the "Convergence".
> You'll see, for context, Vestal (The planet) is a highly geologically active rock, in which the vestals had to build an artificial crust with several facilities to keep it habitable. For this, there are sector Administrators that are in charge of certain facilities (Atmosphere controllers, earthquake nullifiers, etc) which are so big that you may consider them entire countries. Appart from that, there are several extraction colonies around the system that are taken with near the same importance as the facilities on the Homeworld.
> Now, Vestal Goverment works more like a Company administration, with a CEO on the top alongside a board of directors in charge of sector administration. Each one has different offices that are in charge of stuff like vestal resources, logistics, sector security, etc. And though this rigid model has worked for them at the begining, when everyone was trying to stablish an actual homeplanet, it more than falls appart on current times. Since the strict control of these resources had become less nessesary, several bussiness and companies had started to form, with demands that the Directors of each sector want to fullfill (partialy because they have a stake in said businesses)
> This colission between the interests of the sectors at Vestal fighting for more resource input, the colonies being unable to meet the demand and the people rioting for more private goods; created a tense atmosphere that prompted sabotages between these entities. But it finally exploted when a mayor failure ocurred on several key facilities that provoked massive dissasters that would be known as “The Blackout”. Several cities suffered from things like abrupt changes in gravity, to earthquakes, hurricanes and even being bathed in radiation. It is unknown yet if it was a failure on the AIs used there or if it was an intentional sabotage, but no one has been made responsible of it.
> The dissaster ended up with millions dead, as well as entire sectors of the planet left inhabitable as of today, with the rest struggling to adapt to the influx of refugees and a shortage on resources. The current High Administrator Zenoheld has done his best to stop the crisis from getting worse, but with the loss of his wife on a ship crash during the Blackout, he has become overburdened by the discussions between the directors who are fighting to see what to prioritize their resources in.
> Though six years later, a light of hope would came through in the form of cards falling from the sky, with a promise of a solution to finally recover from the crisis.
*Note one: Even though I can understand Zenoheld as the head of state that makes the important decitions like a King, I really don’t like the royal aspect on an advanced civilization like this. So by making him more like a CEO, it can still be a government centered around a main figure, but this time he Has to respond to a board that can collectively decide to depose of him if he underperforms.
*Note two: Another thing that I think it’s hard to believe is that Vestal’s overpopulation problem can’t be solved in another way.other than invading a planet… on another universe… with clearly sentient and hostile native life. So, this time the problem makes more sense, since they can’t just leave their system due to their location far from other stars. And even if they could build more city-stations around their system, people don’t want to, creating a conflict between recovering the danger zones and wanting to move the people to space, that end up in a stale situation that only creates more tension (AKA Spaaaaace Bureocracyyyyyy!)
This is my first time making an actual post rather than just a reblog, so sorry if I miss stuff out.
Heya! If you're reading this then there's a big chance that you're a fan, or have at least heard, of Bakugan. For those who don't know, Bakugan was an anime series that ran from 2008 to 2012 and it had four seasons. It told a story about the extradimensional creatures known as Bakugan and their battle partners, overcoming enemies and obstacles together while going about the objective of the season.
Now, Bakugan has been an important part of my childhood, and still is to this day my favourite series of all time, which is what made me want to create my own version of it! This is more than an AU, this is a deep rewrite of the universe and characters, with an new cast and even new game mechanics (I plan for it to even be playable online).
The first two post are already on the official subreddit in both spanish and english and I'll try to upload something each two weeks. If you have any questions you can ask me here or in the comments of any of the posts. And without further ado, let the battle begin!
https://www.reddit.com/r/BakuganEquilibrium/