Zhestokost - GameCult/Aetheria-Economy GitHub Wiki

This is a company built on fear, of change and losing and mockery and their own tininess in the face of the void.

Power, in all forms, gives the illusion of security and control, and that is what Zhestokost is selling.

They began as the original paramilitary force accompanying the colonists. Their agents are still that same force, minds uploaded and downloaded into new meat receptacles with proprietary military technology. The process repeated over centuries has degraded and corrupted the original files, leaving them bare, archetypal shadows of who they once were. Ideally, a player just signing up to the company will meet men and women who seem like archetypes, uncomplicated Gruff Sergeant, Sarcastic Asshole Engineer, etc, and as the players advance the glitches will become more obvious and I dream of it getting really, really creepy. Uncanny valley shit, yo.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that nothing is as useful in diplomacy and warfare as a gigantic nuclear arsenal.

Zhestokost is operated on the idea that humanity is doomed unless we can outrun and outgun all comers.