Introduction
Our version of the Contract takes place in a setting called Earth Unveiled where we discovered, at the turn of the century (2000-2001), the existence of the extraordinary at-large.
The World At-large.
Earth Unveiled is an alternate version of modern-day Earth that imagines the world we live in, in a somewhat superstitiously satirical & subtly super naturalized version of itself. In Earth Unveiled, people tune into their favorite Supermedia networks for the latest (bullshit) news on the supernatural, people train & arm themselves in fear of freak super terror incidents (as rare as they are), and most folk know better than to ask questions or look too deep for the truth as those that do die, or disappear.
The Supernatural at-Large
As for the supernatural; supernatural phenomena is exceedingly rare and most are more likely to win the lottery in their lifetime than to have a real encounter with the extraordinary, and most sources available to the general public point to there being no more than 1,000,000 Superabled individuals globally–with the vast majority possessing merely minor supernatural capabilities or capacities.
Superstates & The Era Of The Extraordinary
And with the recent developments of various “Superstates” around the world, government agencies (and similar) created to control, oversee, and deal with the emerging “Era of the Extraordinary”--Earth is beginning to unveil, as even everyday folk begin to open their eyes.
The Cultural Zeitgeist.
Our Earth has long populated itself with stories, legends & lores from each and every civilization & cultural zeitgeist from each and every corner of the world, and as everyday in an emerging Era of the Extraordinary brings more and more lies–what truths we do find, lead us closer to unveiling the Conspiracies that have long controlled us all.
Some of these Conspiracies, continue today.
Conspiracy "Theories"
Nazi necromancy, Shinto-Sorcerous Slaughter-Campaigns, Mage Wars, Men In Black & Alien Contacts, Secret Invasions, Secret Esoteric Societies & Cabals, Magic Clans & Houses, Viral Furry Plots, A New Inquisition, Secret Wars, CIA Experiments, Secret Government Labs, Supersoldier Programs, State Schools to turn Psychic Children into Weapons, Alien Technology being repurposed into cutting-edge aerospace technology, Holy Wars–not long ago, these were considered freak hoaxes & conspiracy theories but now–now they have some merit.
The search for the truth is complicated though.
Supermedia
Supermedia spins their version of the truth; as paid narratives & propaganda campaigns unfold and unveil to the masses. Institutions of faith are embellished & empowered, crime (organized or otherwise) is on the uptick, reactionaries and radicals rise to ready themselves for conflicts that they think could come any day now: the world keeps itself busy.
And those who benefit from keeping the world buzy, enjoy making moves in silence.
Behind the scenes.
With everyday folk busy with the bullshit, nobody sees the journalist whistleblower that deteriorates & disappears, nobody sees the PHD Superscientist that never returns from their off-the-books research trip, nobody notices their local crackheads turning up missing in the night, and nobody’s there to report on the high society party a hundred floors up from the common folk where those same crackheads wind up mere components in a cruel capitalist-cult ritual.
A Supernatural Cold War Brews
As these secret wars are fought in each and every level of society, a new “Super Cold War” brews: extraordinary & extraterrestrial threats emerge from beyond the stars, secret cabals and societies scramble and squabble to maintain and procure the power they’ve always held, monsters, mages, and mad men make plays and make preys in moves for power, and above it all the newly emerged Superstates of the world & their superassets and superagents are tasked with keeping the peace, the new normal, and the status quo intact, in a newly emerged “Extraordinary Era”.
Everyday life is just as we remember it; but behind the scenes, secret wars are being waged.
