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Welcome to Ev2, a dark future setting (or cyberpunk, if you prefer) developed jointly by Steven Mayes and Nic Ventura. For the uninitiated, dark future settings traditionally revolve around unique, highly developed characters who often live on the shadier side of the law. Nations and states are usually replaced by large corporations who may often provide basic services for a community in exchange for the loyalty that such name recognition affords. Computers often play an integral role, and the writing tends to be a mixture of action-driven and theory-driven. The defining work for the genre is William Gibson's Neuromancer, and we strongly encourage everyone to read it.
Ev2 follows many of the traditions of the genre, while hopefully adding a new level of detail and continuity, something often lacking in cyberpunk. Much like the Forgotten Realms series by TSR, we seek to create a large, persistent universe as a setting for short fiction, novel-length fiction, and hopefully a few games, as gaming lies at the roots of cyberpunk and dark future writing, making it a natural extension. The links above provide encyclopedic references on objects to be found in Ev2. These are not finalized by any means as they adapt with each new entry and each new story arc, but they do provide an extra level of detail to the world.
At the bottom of each page is a link to the messageboard. It is place for free discussion of the setting, or really anything people wish to talk about. The idea here was to gather as many fans of the genre as possible, providing them a place to communicate with each other and the writers, so that Ev2 can continue to grow. Registration takes 30 seconds and an email address, and is neccesary if you wish to be a participating member. Below the link is a copyright line. The information and ideas on here belong to Nic and myself, and while we will gladly let people reprint them, we ask that you contact us first and obtain permission. Those who wish to become contributors should do the same.
Well, that concludes the introduction. We hope you enjoy the site, and if you do please let us know. We like attention, too.
Last update: 8.7.2004