The Law. According to M-Web's Academy of Law
From the pages of 2001AD Magazine came a future legend of the Judges. Those who were empowered to dispense law without courts of inquiry. They were Judge, Jury - and sometimes - Executioner. In the cynical spirit of reverse psychology, we dedicate this page to all those who seek the truth, and we acknowledge the creative spirit of the creators of Thaarg and Judge Dredd. Here at M-WEB Justice, we now render unto you a new legend.
Storyline: Following the Flame Wars of the 20th Century, most of Africa has become a reactionary wasteland. In the far south, only M-Web Megacity survives. Outside its blackened walls lies an irradiated wasteland, considered unfit for human habitation. However, this desert is populated by all manner of mutated creatures who scrape a meager living in the tough environment. The area is largely deindustrialized and the communities are often dominated by quasi-religious doctrine. In extreme cases, these communities become organised and threaten M-Web Megacity.
The Problem: In an overcrowded city like M-Web Megacity One, tensions and rivalry between neighbouring clans are inevitable. These feeling spill over into full-scale wars. Because each clan is an independent unit in its own right, a sense of patriotism is attached to membership. For the Judges, a Clan War is one of the toughest situations to police, simply because there are usually so many people involved.
The Cure: M-Web's Gamezone Megacity is run by the Judges of the M-Web Justice Department. First envisaged in a nuclear fallout bunker situated five kilometers beneath what was once Table Mountain, M-Web Justice has a difficult job. As any future sysop knows, policing netspace is virtually impossible, but here at M-Web's Gamezone, the impossible is achieved daily due to the M-Web Judges who's duty it is to keep some kind of social order between M-Web's testosterone drenched warriors. In an arena as competitive as online gaming, the Judges provide an essential ingredient to ensure fairplay. Judges have a strict code of honour, and training a Judge takes thousands of hours. Many of those initially considered flunk out, or are expelled. Judges have to be righteous filters of information, and those unable to uphold the basics of peaceful law enforcement are quickly weeded out. Would be Judges are either cloned from proven genetic stock, or enter the Academy before the age of five. Both physical and mental skills are vital to a Judge, as is a high state of alertness, but Judges are also appointed according to the good deeds they've done. Once appointed, a Judge is entitled to use the M-Web Justice badge in e-mail, or on their homesite.
Here is a quick briefing on some of the standard terms used during personal conflicts and clan wars at M-Web's Gamezone.
Camper: Someone who camps. See picture.
Council of Five - Five Senior Judges, The deputy Chief Judge, plus the Special Judicial Squad, Psi-Divison and Tek-divison, collectively rule the space.
Cubes - M-Web Megacity is also known to be home to sociopaths. Occasionally a Judge will be forced to use the 'cube' on unruly elements. At the Justice Department there are also cryo-cubes to keep Judges alive in suspended animation, while the Hall of Shame exists to highlight offenders.
Frag: To deconstitute an opponents electrons
Kalahari Killers: Legendary Mercenaries who are called in from Titan when things get tough. Experts at ISP combat, they have carried the M-Web flag untarnished through several major encounters. Their motto, and that of the Justice Department:
Lag : The amount of time lost by bad connectivity. Get an M-Web account and suffer no more.
Newbie : The great unfragged. A tempting target, but Judges will always try to assist.
Peep : Arbitrary user
Perp : Criminal user. In M-Web Megacity, Judges have the right to decide on the spot if you are the perp. At this time the term 'Creep' will be used.
Ping : The time it takes for your keyboard command to get to your digital representative. Something criminal users often refer to.
PX*#: All swearwords are replaced by words with untranslatable spelling.
Railgun - The weapon of choice for Judges. A deadly weapon, featuring manual and automatic focusing and targeting. It can only be operated by its designated Judge owner, whose palm print is programmed into the gun's computer memory.
SJS - Special Judicial Squad, or the 'Judges who judge the Judges'. An Internal Affairs department.
Titan - The satellite of Jupiter which has been turned into a training world for M-Web Judges, and also a high security prison. Standard sentence for crimes committed by Judges is a Twenty year stretch of Forced labour mining in a extremely lethal atmosphere, only severe bioengineering enabled to work in this environment. Turning the prisoners into a sort of cyborg.
Trooper: Honoured M-Web user
Wicket: Kewl
Honour the code - Keep the Faith
