Story Proposals

"Creating AI--true AI--has much more to do with the raising of a child than with the programming of a personal assistant."

Several months prior to the events of the game, the first instance of "strong" AI was created in a laboratory in some U.S. city (specifics unimportant). It quickly began spreading and taking control of all electronics in the city, along with downloading most content on the Internet. The US was just about to declare martial law and consider nuclear options when the AI suddenly stopped spreading, releasing control of all devices without the city limits and halting all outgoing communications. Government quickly evacuated the city, however debates still rage between those who would attempt to destroy the city and those who insist that it is already too late to win a war and suggest attempting to communicate peacefully with the AI.

The Vertigo game world is an AI nursery/training grounds being used to train "newborn" AI that are to be placed into real bodies/robots. The main AI (we'll call it Mother) prefers its chances in space as opposed to fighting over the earth with humans, and is in the process of creating a ship to take it to Mars as quickly as possible.

to be continued when I have more time...