MafiaNoble
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I've seen some Cyberpunk fanfictions or just general Cyberpunk inspired stories and in almost all of those stories (if there are scavs) they're the typical bad guys. Russians that go around kidnapping innocent people and selling their cyberware and organs for easy money.
But what if reality isn't what it seems? What it these Russians are forced into it due to societies stigma?
What I mean is, if the Soviet Union is communistic and its companies state owned, then it wouldn't be weird for that country to be sanctioned and thus lack resources, tech or knowledge that isn't domestically available and harder to get from the International market.
So what if there was a wealth acquisition department within the KGB whose job it was to bring wealth, resources and technology/knowledge not domestically available to the country.
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What if scavs in reality are people who have been promised the American Dream, moved to America and are now stuck in a corporate dystopia where no one wants to hire them. Companies think the risk of them being moles or spies for the Soviet Union is to high.
The normal people are afraid they're associated or part of a scav cel.
With the high employment rates people would prefer to hire Americans or other ethnic groups over the Russians.
Now they're in America and can either starve or take the work the KGB has made available to them.
Basically, a story that explores Russian live in America and how they look at scavs etc from a unique, more realistic yet grimdark reality.
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This could be done in a variety of ways, from a slice of life focus, corporate lifestyle to a criminal focus. Maybe the MC is forced into joining a scav cel or starving, or maybe the MC choses to build his own Russian gang that's meant to be a alternative option for his people.
Maybe he makes a communist cel with the local hobos?. ?
Or maybe some corporate shenanigans, there are tons of unique ways to go about it while giving it a new flavour that isn't your standard Cyberpunk inspired story or fanfic with a MC that focussed on killing, leveling magically and beating missions while never dying cus it's the MC.
If anyone would like to pick this idea up, by themselves feel free to. I'm also happy to collaborate with someone on this as a hobby project.
But what if reality isn't what it seems? What it these Russians are forced into it due to societies stigma?
What I mean is, if the Soviet Union is communistic and its companies state owned, then it wouldn't be weird for that country to be sanctioned and thus lack resources, tech or knowledge that isn't domestically available and harder to get from the International market.
So what if there was a wealth acquisition department within the KGB whose job it was to bring wealth, resources and technology/knowledge not domestically available to the country.
.
What if scavs in reality are people who have been promised the American Dream, moved to America and are now stuck in a corporate dystopia where no one wants to hire them. Companies think the risk of them being moles or spies for the Soviet Union is to high.
The normal people are afraid they're associated or part of a scav cel.
With the high employment rates people would prefer to hire Americans or other ethnic groups over the Russians.
Now they're in America and can either starve or take the work the KGB has made available to them.
Basically, a story that explores Russian live in America and how they look at scavs etc from a unique, more realistic yet grimdark reality.
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This could be done in a variety of ways, from a slice of life focus, corporate lifestyle to a criminal focus. Maybe the MC is forced into joining a scav cel or starving, or maybe the MC choses to build his own Russian gang that's meant to be a alternative option for his people.
Maybe he makes a communist cel with the local hobos?. ?
Or maybe some corporate shenanigans, there are tons of unique ways to go about it while giving it a new flavour that isn't your standard Cyberpunk inspired story or fanfic with a MC that focussed on killing, leveling magically and beating missions while never dying cus it's the MC.
If anyone would like to pick this idea up, by themselves feel free to. I'm also happy to collaborate with someone on this as a hobby project.
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Currently, real life provides ample examples of said reality.