Cross Ange stuff
Arzenal
Established on the island of Taiwan, Arzenal is an island-sized super-prison. Following the greatly reduced population on Earth and the subsequent proliferation of the BETA menace in Asia, the vast majority of the island has been converted into a strange fusion of military base and prison for the Earth Sphere's convicts. People who are successfully tried for anything stronger than a petty crime is sent to Arzenal to serve their sentence.
It is the home of the Para-Mail pilots; largely the more dangerous convicts, people with a death wish, or the odd non-convict volunteer. The prison has a weird culture: anything can be bought except for one's freedom. Anything from hair ribbons to mecha-grade armaments can be purchased and used with near impunity. For the most part Arzenal functions like a very odd micro-nation. The overarching goal is the elimination of the BETA and subjugation of the DRAGONs that have recently appeared through unknown means from unknown places. A standing reward has been offered to all the prisoners upon their incarceration here: once the BETA and DRAGONs have been eliminated as a threat, everyone currently incarcerated will receive a full pardon.
The prison obviously has guards and escape attempts are punished with publicly broadcast beatings up to and often including death. However, there are rules in Arzenal like there are everywhere else. The island also serves as a staging point for any forces that wish to strike out at the Asian BETA Hives, so there is also a steady stream of outside personnel flowing into and out of Arzenal.
There is a standard uniform style among the prisoners though keeping in the spirit of the prison's unique culture this is customizable to a degree. The uniform must be worn in military operations areas or in areas where non-prisoners are during their stay on the island. In areas that do not meet these standards non-uniform clothing is permitted.
Norma
The Norma are a sub-species of humans that while nearly genetically identical to baseline have a specific genetic quirk that was only discovered upon the discovery of magic: they are living anti-magic. Any contact with a Norma instantly and harmlessly (to the Norma) destroys the directing forces of spells, magitech, and effectively depowers anything using such forces as a power source. The specific cause of the quirk is currently unknown as is how much of the population has it. There does not at this time appear to be a link between parent's genetics and any likelihood of the child being a Norma.
What is known is that Arzenal has somehow acquired the highest known concentration of Normas in the Earth Sphere; comprising approximately 23% of the prison's population, mainly among the prisoners. Norma cannot receive any sort of magical healing or assistance so the ones that suffer injuries must rely on mundane medical techniques; resulting in a surprising number of prosthetics and full cybernetics amongst their ranks.
Arzenal
Established on the island of Taiwan, Arzenal is an island-sized super-prison. Following the greatly reduced population on Earth and the subsequent proliferation of the BETA menace in Asia, the vast majority of the island has been converted into a strange fusion of military base and prison for the Earth Sphere's convicts. People who are successfully tried for anything stronger than a petty crime is sent to Arzenal to serve their sentence.
It is the home of the Para-Mail pilots; largely the more dangerous convicts, people with a death wish, or the odd non-convict volunteer. The prison has a weird culture: anything can be bought except for one's freedom. Anything from hair ribbons to mecha-grade armaments can be purchased and used with near impunity. For the most part Arzenal functions like a very odd micro-nation. The overarching goal is the elimination of the BETA and subjugation of the DRAGONs that have recently appeared through unknown means from unknown places. A standing reward has been offered to all the prisoners upon their incarceration here: once the BETA and DRAGONs have been eliminated as a threat, everyone currently incarcerated will receive a full pardon.
The prison obviously has guards and escape attempts are punished with publicly broadcast beatings up to and often including death. However, there are rules in Arzenal like there are everywhere else. The island also serves as a staging point for any forces that wish to strike out at the Asian BETA Hives, so there is also a steady stream of outside personnel flowing into and out of Arzenal.
There is a standard uniform style among the prisoners though keeping in the spirit of the prison's unique culture this is customizable to a degree. The uniform must be worn in military operations areas or in areas where non-prisoners are during their stay on the island. In areas that do not meet these standards non-uniform clothing is permitted.
Norma
The Norma are a sub-species of humans that while nearly genetically identical to baseline have a specific genetic quirk that was only discovered upon the discovery of magic: they are living anti-magic. Any contact with a Norma instantly and harmlessly (to the Norma) destroys the directing forces of spells, magitech, and effectively depowers anything using such forces as a power source. The specific cause of the quirk is currently unknown as is how much of the population has it. There does not at this time appear to be a link between parent's genetics and any likelihood of the child being a Norma.
What is known is that Arzenal has somehow acquired the highest known concentration of Normas in the Earth Sphere; comprising approximately 23% of the prison's population, mainly among the prisoners. Norma cannot receive any sort of magical healing or assistance so the ones that suffer injuries must rely on mundane medical techniques; resulting in a surprising number of prosthetics and full cybernetics amongst their ranks.
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