TMW#24 - Earth System | "Along the Interstate"

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Entry posted by Huston · July 3, 2013

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Overview ~

Earth, the Human homeworld is a thriving world with a number of dark sides. But meanwhile, in the central United North American States, a freeway leading into Sin City is eerily quiet. There's nothing much else going on, but its always worth a look. What exactly is happening in almost the middle of nowhere?

Hazani Pratama

Thanks a lot!

fatjuice888

Lol, Thanks!

Schulmanator

Thanks a lot!

mystic_destiny

Thanks Alec, is your Australian broadband really that bad?

Forthwall

Thanks a lot Shub, took me a little while to make but since it's mere simply shapes, I did it in a lot less time then you'd probably expect

spursrule14

Thanks so much and yes, it took a while, but still quick since it's really a simple design.

rossj.caleb2013

Thanks, good to hear

KonstantinII

Lol, yes a I BATed this FYI. The environment is photoshopped however so as to make it look like it

were in space :| As for the species being carnivorous, they're as been previously stated, sapient

'synthetic and part organic' warships. They don't have the need to feed, but instead use organic genetic material for something more sinister.

RepublicMaster

Thanks a lot Will, nice of you to drop by

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Note: Hello. This update is specifically tailored for Bipin's Billboards, as they sparked an interesting idea for an update. I decided to hold the Ontarom update for now. Meanwhile, I've managed to make a very twisted update, that shows Earth in a seemingly 'present' time-period, but with added futuristic sky-cars and hovering flatbeds along the road. That's all to indicate that it's really in the 2180s rather than 2000s, or if the billboard has anything to indicate, the 1950s. If that ain't enough, The labels on highway and billboard signage are holographic to make things more interesting

You may also be wondering why Nevada seems to be in the "UNAS" rather than the "USA. In Mass Effect, the nations comprising of the geographical region/continent "North America" are unified as a single nation; The United North American States. Between this unification were a bunch of separatists which resulted terrorism in demonstrations like the destruction of the original Statue of Liberty in New York. And that's another story to tell in another update.

In short, I present to you an update about Nevada in the 2180s, Pre-invasion, Post unification, and a relatively short production.

Enjoy.

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Welcome to the Human homeworld, Earth. Home to a crowded 11.4 billion people, the planet is clearly vastly overpopulated. Over the course of a hundred years, the number of nation states decreased when organizations and countries began to unify under new supreme governments and designations.

The ocean levels have risen two meters, submerging low lying lands and the world's environment has been greatly disrupted causing vast climatic anomalies and severe repercussions after the damage Humans inflicted on the Earth between the early 20th century and the later 21st century. Fortunately, during the same hundred years, Humans have also been able to thrive after the discovery of the Prothean Ruins on Mars. This set for a more unified Human society, eliminating social and medical ills such as racial discrimination, genetic diseases and even improving the average life-span of a Human being. Unfortunately, for poorer regions of the planet, most are still stuck in poverty, poor health and are limited to 20th century advancement, though this does not impede economical development on a national level. And the economic development on global level has reached new heights, no longer bound by the confines of the Earth system.

Meanwhile, in the United North American States, along the interstate in the Mojave Desert remains eerily quiet with little traffic in a particular area dozens of miles away from the city of Las Vegas.

Just north of the interstate, lie two radio towers. These towers are largely unused by mainstream telecommunications as they're rendered outdated by the vast fiber-optic networks that span continents, the effective satellite communcations network and Quantum entanglement communication developed from 22nd century FTL technology. Radio communications is commonly instead used as a secondary option in times of crisis when vital telecommuncation networks are severed. Stations and towers like these are still maintained, but are not a sole focus and therefore have limited on-site workers who do nothing more than monitor and make regular maintenance checks around facilities. If any radio transmissions happen to come across, then they're there to manage it, yet this is no longer a common occurance.

Just south of those radio towers is the interstate crossing the Mojave Desert in Nevada state. Several dozen miles from Las Vegas, and traffic seems scarce on what would be a more busy freeway. Alongside these much vacant roads are signage with holographic labels. Even when the billboard's from 1950, there's a holo-message there flickering.

A seemingly rare scene in which little activity presents itself on the Mojave. Only can you see flickering holograms, a pimped sky-car and a lane-changing truck. Not much else.

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Stuff you've seen and an illustration to show the diversity of environments and races in the ME-TMW series.