The GodNet.pdf

Tl1t GODNtT

Virtual Reality in the Cyberpapacy

By Jim Bambra with Bill Slavicsek

Roleplaying the Possibility Wars '"

The GodNet

Virtual Reality in the Cyberpapacy

TABLE

CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter One: Genesis 1:1

Chapter Two: The Net from the Outside

Chapter Three: The Net from the inside

Chapter Four: Cyberdecks

Chapter Five: Programs

Chapter Six: Net Regions and Entities

Chapter Seven: Adventures in the Net

Chapter Eight: Characters in the Net

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Playtesting

Torg:TheGodNet

Introduction

I.' ranceisn'twhatitusedto

massive, all-encompassing telecom-

munications network - the GodNet.

This is the France of the GodNet.

This is a reality where cyberspace is

more than just a network of data bits

travelingacrossfiberoptics. Howmuch

more? How real is virtual reality? The

answers must be sought within the

GodNet, and the trip is fraught with

perils.

But such is life on the edge. Such is

the life of a cyberdecker.

gamemaster characters that populate

the GodNet, and a series of adven-

tures for use with this strange new

world.

So check your jack.connections and

hang on to your chipware, because

now ifs time to go where only a select

few can travel.lfs time to jack into the

GodNet, to run i3 glowing datapaths,

to breakintoi3mightydata fortresses.

All you need is a cyberd.eck, a net

access link, and combat programs to

deal with the various Cyberpapal

guardians you will definitely meet.

Even then, you probably haven't got a

prayer ...

be. The landscape and

culture, captured in the

songs of poets and mas-

terpieces of art down

through the centuries, have changed.

The glorious sandy and rocky sea·

shores are wracked by violent storms;

thenumerouscastJesand palaces have

been altered; and the dreamy peasant

villages have become dark. nightmar-

ish places. Even Paris, once the heart

and soul ofthe nation, has been fenced

in by figurative and literal walls, and

the new power rests in the south·

eastern city of Avignon.

The country of love and diplomacy

has become a land of oppressive reli-

~onandcybemeticadvan~n3.A

medieval theocracy has taken over all

aspectsoflife in the nation, reinstating

an Inquisition the likes of which has

not been seen since the 15th century.

But this religious fervor has been

combined with technological ad-

vancemen3 that are leapsand bounds

above anything currently being used

anywhere in the world, and the In-

quisition acts with uncanny precision

and nanosecond response time be-

cause of this. Cybernetics, a melding

of man and machine, has become the

premiere science of the day, and as

such it has been worked into the the--

ology and practices of the new religion.

Now the country is named

CyberFrance, and it is a cyberpapal

state.

What has happened to so change

the face ofFrance? Basically, as a result

of the ongoing Possibility Wars, re-

ality has changed. France has been

invaded by the reality of the Cyber-

papacy and its High Lord, the

AntipopeJea.n Malraux Lin this mixed

realm that was formed by the joining

of two distinct realities (a futuristic

cybe.rtecll world and a dark age the--

ocracy), believers and non·believers

alike are forced to pay homage to a

Important!

This supplement is a companion

volume to Torg: Roleplaying t~ Possi-

bility Wars and The Cyberpapacy

Sourabook. While The GodNd can be

used by itself toadd a new flare toany

cybertech-type gaming environment,

many of the concepts and rules sited

hereareexplained indetail in theabove

books.

Religion in the

TorgGame

The Cyberpapacy is a fictional set-

ting based upon a Dark Ages' False

Papacy run by a corrupted hierarchy

and headed by an antipope. It is not

intended to be a representation of

Roman Catholicism as it exists today,

or of any Christian reli~on. It is a

fictional religion as it exists and oper-

ates in the fictional setting we have

created for the Torg game.

This is an extrapolation of "what

us". What if the antipopes of Avignon

had gone on to rule the Church? What

if the faithful were led away from the

true teachings of the Church by the

corrupted antipopes? What if this

abominationcontinued through tothe

present day on an alternate Earth?

What if thataltemate Earth then found

a way to attack our planet?

And so, from this series ofwhat us,

the Cyberpapacy of the Possibility

Wars was born. It is a strange, won-

drous, often dangerous place - the

best kind of place to set a roleplaying

game campaign. Turn the page and

see what we mean...

This Supplement

This supplement provides infor-

mation ontheGodNet, thecyberspace

network that permeates CyberFrance.

It starts with the origin of this inter-

connected telecommunications/

spiritual network. Then it explores the

Net from the outside, explaining how

the exchanges are linked, who has

access to the Net, and what the physi-

cal data churches and program mon-

asteries are like. After the tour of the

real-world network, we plunge into

the G<xlNet itself for a look at the Net

from the inside. This section includes

rules for running the Net, descriptions

of Net reality, and an examination of

the various regions of the Net, from

Trash to Babel Central to Purgatory

itself. This is followed by a section

detailing theall-important cyberdecks

and programs for netrunning, sample

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