World Of Fur-Mech Uchi


You may know of everything going on within the four walls of the Fur-mech house, but What's going on everywhere else?
In the year UU (Ubiquitous Universe) 42, In a world where technology reigns, and Giant Robots resembling various species of animals walk the Earth, Most citizens act either as pilots to these powerful robots, or as cannon fodder in any of the various skirmishes going on around the world. It’s sort of like being in a japanese Kaiju movie all the time, except that it’s condoned by the Government and isn’t sort of pointless. But I Digress…

Government:
The world is ruled by a huge Bureaucracy called the “EarthGlobe United Council,” founded after the Great Nuit War. Though originally conceived as a method to obtain peace, the Council has long fallen into Corruption and pettiness. Pretty standard, really. It is led by the politically minded head-obscured-in-shadow fetishist, President Foxworth. Each of the Old Countries has a representative in the council who has become contented in sitting and frittering away in their comfy council chair. The army of the ‘EGUC’ is the ‘Worldwide Military Force,’ Which President Foxworth also calls the shots to.

Military might, huh? Details Girlfriend!:
Never do that again… The Military ranks in much the same way the normal Military ranks it’s officers, but both Civilian and Military Mecha usage is restricted by a simple Licensing system. It works like this:
F-class: The Lowest class. Only children, drunkards, criminals, and utter idiots are awarded the immense prestige of the F-class License. This restricts all vehicular travel and only a driving test can bring it up.
D-class: Better. This covers most civilian recreational and transportation vehicles and covers the field all the way to small robotic dogs. (The Robotic Dogs addendum was added in the year UU 31 after the great ‘My Pet Chim-Chim’ revolution.)
C-class: This class covers most recreational Mecha. This includes the popular “Optimus Crime” line of home-security system, which causes your house to transform into a robot and fight off any burglars. It’s both functional AND unnecessary!
B-class: This covers All civilian vehicles and Mecha, including construction and demolition. This class is restricted in its control of the small robotic dog.
A-class: The most common class among spunky 21+ year olds. This permits the owner to pilot the most common combative mecha.
X-class: This class is reserved for only the most skilled pilots. This license is also required to own and pilot Mecha from such lines as the ‘Fur-mech’ line, the ‘Impirimech’ line, and others. Basically this is a “Drive anything Free” card.

Factions:
The major danger of living in this world is that nobody notices the most obvious things. The ‘NeverNever Army’ is a military faction made up mostly of supporters of the old Nuit Kingdom, and led by the Enigmatic, equally fond for head-obscuring shadows leader, Zukrew. For some odd reason, the only person in the whole world complaining about this was General Swift Douglas, the leader of the tiny ‘Fur-Mech Squad.’ Other than him and his squad, nobody thinks this ‘NeverNever’ exists.

Technology and it’s Uses:
It’s a lot like the way you or I live… except with giant robots… and free-range space travel… and Artificial Intelligence, can’t forget that. On second thought, it’s nothing like the way you or I live. Nevermind.

Mmm... Tastes like Future!:
You can tell it’s the future cuz’ all the countries have ‘Neo’ in front of their names. Yup!

Yes, But What’s a Fur-mech?:
I’m glad you asked that, Me. A Fur-mech is the name of the ‘legendary’ Mecha in this story. Their important, trust me. It is the mech all other mechs aspire to. All other mecha were built after the Fur-mechs and never quite lived up to those high standards. The only known and registered Fur-mechs are found in the Fur-mech Squad, hence the name, ‘Fur-mech squad.’

Language? Population Density? Gross National Product?:
Woah there little Sally. We don’t want to load them up with too much Exposition. Lets just say that the World of “Fur-mech Uchi” is… well… it’s a place full of ‘Symbolism’ and things like that. But Broadway References aside, that’s all the info I’m giving you right now. I’ll probably add more as the story progresses, so enjoy!



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