OOC - Building Machine God - Part 3

Now for the third and final section of the world building posts. All being well and my sanity allowing the game will launch on Sunday evening alongside Maelstrom enjoying its one year anniversary. I don't need to sleep this weekend ;)

Here we get into the setting. I will draw on some of the previous topics we have discussed but right now there are few elements I am not settled on so please dig in as nothing here is set in stone until we launch and even then some things may change as dictated by plot.

Oracle

The City of Oracle is set on the partially terraformed surface of Mars. It is a low-grav environment with a thin atmosphere supplemented in the immediate vicinity of the city through a central Ozone generation plant that feeds breathable air throughout the city and processes carbon resources. On the outskirts and throughout Mars proper things are more precarious.

Oracle is owned and run by corporations, most notably the big five:

Titantech - Own the pathfinder outposts and terraforming technology rights on Mars. They also have a controlling interest in the Hyperion station and its fleet. Hyperion is a Titan class City ship of the same type of Oracle. The landing of Hyperion has never been attempted due to the Nemeria disaster. The Nemeria disintegrated on entry into the Mars atmosphere.

Sevo Group - Experts in Synthetic Evolution Sevo Group are a collection of closely aligned genetic and cybernetic research companies with a front end medical services and pharmaceutical business. At Sevo they define what it is to be human in the modern age.

Veritas - Are the AI experts of the modern world. They own the patents and rights for the Oracle core AI and manage the virtual space on Mars. They also own the mind bank, a transferred consciousness network. Of the big five Veritas is the most secretive and least trusted, an odd state of affairs for a company whos name derived from the Latin for truth.

She'Ying Holdings - Water, food, flora and fauna. That is the business if She'Ying. They compete fiercely with Sevo Group on pharmaceuticals bring natural product to market rather than the synthetic variants of Sevo. The jewel in their crown is the Biosphere network, a series of six large domed structures containing controlled climate and simulated earthen terrains. The Domes are a huge attraction for the Oracle population and will one day be the seeds for the reintroduction of wild species to the Marian world.

EnCorp SRS - Unique amongst the corporations EnCorp SRS has no employees or living board members. It is managed by a a private Mind Bank of board members and is run by a fully automated self replicating system. EnCorp provides energy to the City and beyond through Advanced Cold Fusion tech.

The corporations form a consortia known as OCON which together form common policy for the City. The OCON board meet through an Augmented Reality system provided by Veritas.

All public functions including security are contracted out to a management company called OSEC (Oracle Secure). OSEC Services include anything from maintenance, through to civil or even military service. Applicants are processed and allocated work appropriate to their ability.

The OSEC Academy is the police/military training school and is open only to the best and brightest amongst applicants. Working for any OSEC branch requires the signing of a waver to accept any and all genetic and cybernetic alterations and upgrades deemed necessary by the OSEC board.

Citizenship - Citizenship can either be bought from OSEC or earned through service to OSEC or one of the registered corporations. Without Citizenship you can not vote, you can not access medical care and you can not have representation in a court of law. You have no rights or recourse.

The Way - On Mars a religious movement known as the Way has taken hold centered around the Core. A central Zigarut shaped structure where the Veritas data banks are held. The followers of the Way gather outside of the Core as if it were some sort of deity. Although on the surface Veritas is strong in its opposition to this movement it is whispered that they may have close links to the leaders of the movement and a controlling interest in its development as a political force in the City.

Crime and Gangs - I have some thoughts here but will leave this open for comment
Prison and Punishment - Capital, forced labour? What do you think?
Augmented Reality - I have been playing with the idea of AR personal assistants linked to optic/audio implants so they appear real... also AR shop keepers etc etc
Entertainment? What would people do for fun?
Lifespan and Death - How long do we live? Do we cremate, bury or recycle?
Language - English or English with a sprinkling of something else - punjabi maybe

And anything else you can think of that you would love or hate to see in the game :)

Happy Worldbuilding