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''Even if it seems certain that you will lose, retaliate. Neither wisdom nor technique has a place in this. A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.'' -The Hagakure



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Broken Ambition is a collaborative, futuristic roleplay game setting. It is set within a multi-planetary human civilization, but the core focuses on one certain Corporate World.

How did it Start, Where is it Going?
Broken Ambition began as a standard Cyberpunk setting, in a retro-80's universe where Japan does indeed take over the world. This changed setting, shifting to a rainy primitive world just barely into the muticellular life phase. The megacorp I originally conceived shifted from being the sole producer, supplier and retailer of all goods and services to a manufacturing giant with little interest in the retail or service sector. The setting is still growing and evolving, with changes being made to be more interesting to read and play, as well as being more believable and developed.

My goal is to establish a dark but not oppressive setting in which Yakuza groups, criminal gangs and Street Samurai battle it out amongst the Neon-bathed streets and shadow-shrouded alleyways of a futuristic megacity. Blood and sword, ambition and defeat - I want it all to be there in a digestible, interesting and believable context. I hope you enjoy reading what you see, and don't hesitate to give feedback.

The setting is being developed with GURPS in mind. As such, the weapon articles might have game-related statistics in them. This is easily overlooked, as they will be in their own discreet section. The setting should be relatively system independent.

The assumed starting point for my campaign is c. 2410CE.

''Due to a number of factors, (including the collapse of my gaming group) I have been unable to work on this project for a while. It is still "Active", and will receive a reboot at some point in the near future. The basis of the reboot will be a shifting of the main setting back to Earth; it's just simpler that way.''