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"Cascadia doesn’t remember history, it archives it for leverage."
Full Historical Archive available on the Cascadia Discord.
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Origins (1800s – Early 1900s)
Cascadia began as a 19th-century fishing and timber outpost, an alternate version of Aberdeen, Washington. Immigrant labor built its foundations, carving the first districts from the rain and smoke. Early trade routes turned to black markets; crime families like the Augustines found fertile ground where the law was thin and fortunes were thicker.
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Expansion & Syndicate Era (1940s – 1990s)
Industry and trade made Cascadia a powerhouse, while immigrant enclaves evolved into entire districts. Organized crime thrived—first under the Augustines, later joined by the Russo Syndicate. Art, music, and subcultures emerged in the chaos, blending vice and vision into the city’s DNA. By the late century, corruption and culture were indistinguishable.
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The Tech Renaissance (2000s – 2010s)
The 21st century brought the “Silicon Rainforest.” Tech startups and redevelopment reshaped the skyline, but the city’s grit remained. The discovery of dark matter through the Higgs-Boson experiment in 2012 marked the dawn of the Metahuman Era. Protests, surveillance, and the rise of the G-Kings defined a decade of unrest and awakening.
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Corporate Consolidation (2020s)
The 2020s fractured Cascadia. Riots, assassinations, and pandemics tested the city’s soul. Privatized law enforcement rose under the Civil Security Act, legalizing mercenary contractors like Centurion Security and the Praetorian Guard. The Velvet Rose Syndicate blurred art and crime, transforming narcotics into theatre. Control replaced justice.
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The Faction Age (2030s)
Factions solidified—corporate, state, and underground. SilverEye surveillance expanded, cyberware hit markets, and the line between person and product disappeared. The Russo Syndicate adapted through data and memory archives; Apollonis Solutions rose from youth reform into a megacorp. Influence became currency, and rebellion became branding.
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Civil Collapse & Reconstruction (2036 – 2050)
The Second U.S. Civil War consumed the nation. Cascadia survived by selling its soul to the corps. Centurion and Praetorian forces ruled the streets, while SilverEye’s predictive AI ended the war through surveillance and suppression. By 2050, the city had rebuilt—scarred, neon-lit, and bound by contract. Peace came at the cost of privacy.
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City Infrastructure & Surveillance
SilverEye Surveillance Network. A dense citywide mesh of cameras, pole drones, acoustic sensors, and facial-recognition nodes.
SilverEye Prime is a predictive analysis system (not sentient): it profiles movement and behavior and feeds data to CPD and enforcer groups.
Weaknesses: signal scramblers and spoof tools (mirror tags, camocloaks) can disrupt towers and drone loops.
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Cyberware (Overview)
Field Emergency Tech
Trauma Gel, Reboot Kits, and Suture Foam are standard field remedies, portable tech that buys time on the street when hospitals aren’t an option.
