Main story by NineOfHearts and Dave Matney

A post apocalyptic story set in, roughly, 2008-2010 which features multiple age-based storylines that exist independent of the war between the Estonian/Latvian/Lithuanian national socialists (ELL) and the Kaliningrad Soviet enclave (KSE), as well as mostly independent from each other. The game is presented as a chapter-based story

Unique gameplay
This story is based on the idea of expanding alternate endings to full "alternate storylines." From character creation all the way through game play, the players actions will change factors within the game from things as small as NPC interests, to whodunit, to which canonical storyline the PC is initially set to play. This will provide a unique game for every time the game is played, as well as remove obvious turning points for deciding the ending.

Background Information

 * Draft:Setting used as general setting.
 * Addition: Given the abundance of water sources, steam is widely used to heat buildings and power machinery.
 * Addition: Societies tend to "build down", utilizing the natural insulation of the ice and snow, as well as the existing pre-war buildings. It's not uncommon for entire communities to exist below the surface, with little more than a flag or small house above the snow's crust to mark them.
 * Addition: Climate: After 20+ years of nuclear winter (somewhere around Chapter 3), the world starts to thaw out.
 * Draft:Ex-Soviet Baltic region story used as general overview of the regional economy and politics.
 * Addition: ELL is the leading provider of coal in the region.
 * Addition: ELL utilizes orphans for child labor.
 * Ageism. With the world being completely changed within the last two generations, ageism has become more of a problem than sexism or racism.  For example, younger people think anyone older than the war is crazy when they talk about things like summer and grass.

ELL / KSE
For the purpose of progressing the story, and inter-storyline continuity, this is a run down of what happens between the ELL and KSE, by chapter. (The exact amount of chapters is undecided, but assumed to be between 3-4)

Chapter 1

 * Generally docile. The player will learn of both factions through talking to NPCs, but they both stay fairly self-contained.

Chapter 2

 * (Undecided)

Chapter 3

 * The world starts thawing, ice-and-snow structures dripping down around their heads. The factions start recruiting unincorporated towns and minor factions to their side, and plans start being laid, realizing it's now-or-never to seize absolute power for themselves.

Chapter 4

 * War. KSE marches on ELL, and vise versa. The townships are caught in the middle.