The Blue World

The Blue World
A future where technological development grew at a manic and wild pace. With such highly developed technology, the boundaries between man and machine, between the material and the digital, are quite blurred.


The Inhabitants

Killer Machine
Common Noun / Race / Blue World
A group of murderous mecha controlled by renegade computers. Because the automated factories can mass-produce countless copies, they rely on tactics that allow them to run over their enemies with sheer numbers. The obsession of the Killer Machine Factory Group's desire to massacre the Mermaids that fled to the ocean floor is infamous, but the use of electro-magnetic waves in the ocean is limited, and the Mermaids nullify their amazing electrical attacks with the insulation technologies they've created, so they've had a pretty rough going. The offensive and defensive bombardments from both sides on the water's edge just keep on going. Thus, traditional Killer Machines are assumed only to be able to handle dealing with normal humans. However, since the Black Points opened and they became aware of other worlds, new models were developed, such as anti-Giant, anti-Plant and anti-Spiritual based types. Depending on their use, their size and design can widely vary.

Battle Dress
Common Noun / Race / Blue World
In companies and businesses in the Blue World, they have built powered suits of various patterns and designs that were once thought impossible, and among them, the ones designed for battle are known as Battle Dresses. They are operated using Brain Waves, and can move independently of their wearers. Because of the nearly infinite variety, there are no two designs that look alike. For girls, there are gorgeous Suits, for guys, their Suits come with ornate designs that give off an air of royalty, and naturally, there are some women who prefer the Male suits, but those who do have to worry about various prejudices and preconceptions. There are Powered Suits that normal humans can wear as well, that are extremely high quality, but because they must be custom-made for the user, their versatility is much lower than normal. Recent models of the Battle Dress are said to bring out the full potential of their users, from athletic strength to vision to hearing, and are often equipped to Human Clones that have been turned into Cyborgs.

Mermaid
Common Noun / Race / Blue World
The general term for humans who escaped the torrent of rebelling machines by going to the Ocean Floor. They are characterized chiefly by the Battle Dresses they wear, which are designed specifically to handle the bottom of the ocean. The upper part of the suits look like unclothed skin (and has consistency equal to skin) in order to reduce water resistance, while the machines attached to the bottom of the body chiefly looks similar to a fish's body to improve mobility. They also possess musical instruments that besides playing music, have other functions, such as manipulating the ocean's currents and being used as weapons. It is said they can communicate with each other via ultrasound and thoughts if they can see each other on the horizon, and while the Mermaids go into battle wearing light armor, they are the undisputed masters of fighting in the Sea. Since rich amounts of energy and mineral ores can be obtained from the ocean floor,they have been able to reach levels of science and technology that not even land dwellers can boast.

Metal Fortress
Common Noun / Race / Blue World
The latest technology, introduced without regret, is a humanoid battle weapon that is driven by multiple people. They are the so-called "Giant Robots". With fighting strength that matches how it looks, the Metal Fortresses are said to have influenced the way battles were fought in the Blue World. But the most terrifying thing is the camouflage technologies to deceive enemy forces.
1. They can turn into buildings.
2. They're stored underneath parks or ruins
3. They're a fusion of several smaller machines such as vehicles that combine with each other.


While the above listed are just a few examples, the total number of Metal Fortresses in the Blue World is unknown, and as well, with all those disguises, it's not hard to imagine them being sent to the present day Earth.

Background

Schuster
Proper Noun / Future Technology / Blue World
Seven highly qualified Computer Engineers were gathered from across the planet to design a Super Computer that could archive all information in existence. That Computer was "Schuster" (de: Shoemaker). Equipped with AI and the world's fastest processors, it has storage memory practically equal to infinity.

Its original role was to record all history, innovations, etc. before the human race went extinct. However, one of its seven creators asked how humanity could avoid extinction. Schuster came up with an answer: Digitalize all of mankind's memories.

To begin with, Schuster launched an plan to save the Human Race and took control of the computer "NIS". Using NIS' unmanned aerial drones, it captures humans, saved their memories and tossed their bodies away.

Thus, war broke out between Humanity and Schuster all over the world, but, Schuster, whose existence was far beyond human comprehension, was overwhelming in battle, and as a result, the few surviving humans were driven to remote places such as the bottom of the ocean or deep inside mountains.

This is the direction of humanity's future should it be guided and controlled by the Blue World.


Later on, the seven men who created Schuster came to be known as the "Administrators", each somewhere in the world with Schuster (one with the original, and the other six with mirror servers), As time passed, they developed 13 Battle Dresses that came to be known as the "Original XIII". Seven of them protect Schuster and his administrators, while the other six are said to be in charge of the extermination and policing of remaining members of the human race.

Current Affairs

NIS
Proper Noun / Near Future Technology / Blue World
The CIA, which is the Central Intelligence Agency for the United States of America, has collected information about the Z/X from every corner of the planet. They then built a super computer named "NIS" (National Intelligence System( to analyze the data. The primary functions of NIS are the following:
・Provide information about targets for the CIA's Z/X Capturing Team.
・Support said personnel with combat drones and unmanned aircraft
・Collect information about Z/X using said drones and adding it to the database.


The unmanned drones which NIS controls numbers in the dozens, and all of them are capable of closely approaching the Black Points. Because Japan is a particularly rare area for having Black Points that connect to each of the 5 future universes, CIA agents act in secret all over the country, while a large number of unmanned drones fly overhead.

Future Titles

Original XIII

Common Noun / Future Title / Blue World

The general term for the 13 Cyborgs who wear the machines that became the basis of the mass-produced Battle Dresses. Each of the Thirteen Cyborgs are clones of "certain people" who had the highest affinity with the Battle Dresses in the past. Unlike the mass-produced Battle Dresses, they use the best technology available and continue to evolve.

Future Organizations

Leviathan

Proper Noun / Future Organization / Blue World

The name of the security force lead by Type X and Type XII of the Original XIII. Comprising of a mixture of Battle Dresses and Killer Machines, they mostly deal with things on the Ocean or at Harbors and Ports. As for other units, Type IV and VIII handle "Bahamut", which primarily handles the Ground. Type II and IV are in charge of the Aerial Force "Ziz".

In the Blue World, the Super Computer "Schuster" created a new world-wide Computer Network System to replace the Internet, that was connected to surveillance cameras all across the planet, when accidents or trouble occurs, Schuster is able to dispatch orders immediately to the Security Forces to arrive on the scene almost instantaneously.