RR Story Base

[MicroChasm]

This issue is to create and iterate on a short, simple explanation of the fact-based side of the story. I believe that the mythology-based side can be modified more freely to fit the facts, rather than the other way around. This is still early and I expect it to change.

The civilization on this planet once had the capacity to build giant mega-projects, like the Dyson Sphere and Tower, but the knowledge of making these things is lost. The tower itself is was maintained for a long time through ritual actions in an almost religious way. As the world got hotter, the people of the city developed genetically-engineered trees whose gargantuan canopies shielded them from the sun, and whose roots dig down to massive water reservoirs. These trees were planted through the city and they tower above it, dense leaves hundreds of feet in the air. At some point, the Dyson Sphere/Tower malfunctioned, and the city was largely destroyed. The area became irradiated and the mega-trees were all killed. The people who survived underwent a diaspora into the desert, where they live a harsh existence, shielding themselves from the sun however they can and living largely at night. A group of surviving scientists banded together and vowed to pass down a mythology about the world that might someday allow the remaining tree seeds within the tower to be recovered and replanted. The main character of the game is a decedent of one of these scientists, and (for some TBD reason) is about to access the tower when no-one else has been able to.