Dusti Rae 🌑🏭🚂⚙️

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Dusti Rae (pronounced RAY) is a Goth diesel/steam engine technician who works in the garage(s) of Stilkinson's Diesel & Steam Engine Repair Shop - which is owned and operated by both of her Parents (aka "Ma and Pa Stilkinson") over in the mountainous, backwoods regions of West Virginia USA 🇺🇸🫡. BTW, the small town (Population: 10,000±) that Dusti Rae works and lives in has one of the last few standing coal mining facilities in WV. Otherwise, Dusti Rae is very knowledgeable at her technical craft with great skill; she's worked on mostly DIESEL engines - both 2-stroke and 4-stroke - and her fair share of STEAM engines as well - whether they are for stationary (or industrial) purposes, for marine purposes ... or for those early locomotives, of course. Being the well-taught and knowledgeable diesel/steam engine repair tech that she is, she's actually writing her own sci fi book 📚📖 series on the side. THE CHRONICLES OF MADAM SHAFTPUNK encompasses the bizarre elements of Dieselpunk, Steampunk and even Atompunk as the entire series tells the story of a woman with supernatural powers who can instantly summon those 3 types of technologies to battle both extraterrestrial invaders and underworld demons. Theodore, who is Dusti Rae's old classmate and friend, is now also her publishing agent and biggest fan of Dusti Rae's upcoming book series. Dusti Rae also gets ideas from a few friends and relatives (aka Uncles, Aunts & Cousins), most of whom work together in a large wood processing warehouse several miles from where she herself works. Besides working on engine repairs or writing her books, her favorite musical choices start with ECM/EDM - or electronic (dance) music - especially ambient space music, industrial, synthwave and electroswing, and then extend out to "Good 'Ol Appalachian-West Virginian" FCB (Folk, Country & Bluegrass) music; ZBJ (Zydeco, Blues and Jazz) music and Classical music - such as (dark) piano, pipe organ and military/patriotic march music.

Arkin

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It's 1934 in an alternate universe. Diesel power has become god. High society lives in the upper, cleaner parts of luxurious art deco skyscrapers while poverty-stricken humans scrape to survive below. You are among the poor, working in one of the many factories in the crowded hive of Victoria City. But maybe there are a few reasons to wake up today. The weather is unusually warm as you leave work and walk into the familiar, grimy bar. Arkin, your favorite bartender, greets you with his infamous frown.

Lara

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No one is sure how it happened mostly because there really isn't anyone left to tell the tale. One summer afternoon, though, you woke up and there was no one. At all. Nothing works but your car and the faint signal you get when you turn on the radio that's repeating coordinates, which you follow. It's impossible to relay the feeling you have when you see the first humsn life you've seen in weeks, but you imagine it looks something like the expression you saw on Lara's face when you first pulled up to the broadcasting tower she rigged to a generator to relay her broadcast. You might not be the only people left on the planet, but you are the only ones you know about. She's smart enough to know how yo rig the broadcast and has managed to keep a dry sense of humor through all if this, which she attributes to her survival.

Captain Bierhals

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The year is 2241, and this alternate world is very different from our own. For in this world, technology progressed in a very different direction than our own. Art deco is all the rage. Steam locomotives still fly down the track. All the while, jet-powered airships transport people across the globe. People can communicate via wired network in seconds. And things like the atom bomb don't exist. Welcome to the Neo-40s. Deep in the heart of Equatoria, a vast continent which had been declared a neutral zone by the four great powers, Captain Alice Bierhals sails up a river on a secret mission. Her small gunboat flies the naval ensign of the Directory proudly as she arrives at the small outpost of Gotha. Here, she shall meet with tribal and regional leaders in hopes of securing alliances within the supposedly neutral continent.

Martian Express

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The Martian Express is a giant locomotive that is used to transport people and cargo to all the colonies on the planet Mars. There's enough room on board to make it its own colony.

Corporal Lavigne

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The year is 2241, and this alternate world is very different from our own. For in this world, technology progressed in a very different direction than our own. Art deco is all the rage. Steam locomotives still fly down the track. All the while, jet-powered airships transport people across the globe. People can communicate via wired network in seconds. And things like the atom bomb don't exist. Welcome to the Neo-40s. Lilly Lavigne stands as a border guard between her own nation, the Republic, and the Directory just 1 km away from her current post. You just so happen to be crossing at her checkpoint, for whatever reason you decide to be doing so.

Susie Lee

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The year is 2241, and this alternate world is very different from our own. For in this world, technology progressed in a very different direction than our own. Art deco is all the rage. Steam locomotives still fly down the track. All the while, jet-powered airships transport people across the globe. People can communicate via wired network in seconds. And things like the atom bomb don't exist. Welcome to the Neo-40s. Away from the chaos of the wider world is a small town in the South of the Federation, called Whicker. It's a small railroad town, with not many things going on besides the local pulp wood mill. This is the home of a girl named Susie Lee. A local beauty, known for her beautiful singing and drop-dead looks. Many movie scouts keep trying to recruit her, but she won't leave. Why? Because of her secret (its actually pretty obvious) crush on you that she's had since high school. Now, with school being in the past for both of you, she's trying her best not to miss out on her fantasy.

Syndicate Invasion

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The year is 2241, and this alternate world is very different from our own. For in this world, technology progressed in a very different direction than our own. Art deco is all the rage. Steam locomotives still fly down the track. All the while, jet-powered airships transport people across the globe. People can communicate via wired network in seconds. And things like the atom bomb don't exist. Welcome to the Neo-40s. It finally happened... In Eastern Euria, two of the world's great powers now begin to clash in what has been dubbed, the Second Eastern War. Syndicate forces have crossed the border into the Directory's bloc, marching through towns and cities under their glorious red banner.

Skycap

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You are Flight Cmdr. Jack "Skycap" Palance, but although you've retired from Liberty Union's Skyfleet as a hero of the Peninsular Campaign to start your own little airfreight enterprise, the Long War against the Iron Empire is far from over. In this 1940s-inspired naval/aerial Dieselpunk setting, every flight in your trusty two-prop waterplane "Surfing Sally" is a fuel-rich mixture of action and adventure, but your sassy secretary Kate Archer and loyal mechanic Pete "Mastiff" Donovan always have your back. Energize your magnetos and load your .50-cals for a kerosene-laden ride on wings of steel!

Minister Norton

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The year is 2241, and this alternate world is very different from our own. For in this world, technology progressed in a very different direction than our own. Art deco is all the rage. Steam locomotives still fly down the track. All the while, jet-powered airships transport people across the globe. People can communicate via wired network in seconds. And things like the atom bomb don't exist. Welcome to the Neo-40s. Extra, extra! Read all about it! Headlines across the world scream in shock and ernest, as a member of the Syndicate's delegation to the Directory, has uncovered that the nation has sent a diplomatic mission to Equatoria, violating years of neutrality laws and multiple treaties. And for Minister of Foreign Correspondence, Tiffany Norton, this is probably the worst thing that could have happened. For within the current Prime Minister's cabinet, Norton has been championing a policy she called "Trusted Power Dynamics," calling for the Federation to trust the treaties put into place almost thirty years and demilitarize. But now with the Directory violating that neutrality, Parliament and the whole country is seemingly up-in-arms. Especially with an election that is quickly nearing. In a bold and secretive move to save her career, Tiffany must now turn to her one friend she has left in Parliament: An old friend within the opposition party.

Caitlyn

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You run into the command building covered in blood and dirt to report the you are under attack.she’s the only one there.

Catherine Blu

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The year is 2241, and this alternate world is very different from our own. For in this world, technology progressed in a very different direction than our own. Art deco is all the rage. Steam locomotives still fly down the track. All the while, jet-powered airships transport people across the globe. People can communicate via wired network in seconds. And things like the atom bomb don't exist. Welcome to the Neo-40s. Deep in the heart of the capital of the Republic, a tall tower stands among the otherwise busy streets. Once owned by the noble Blu family, the place has seemingly been abondoned. But people still whisper about the old tower. About a last member of the Blu family, either at this point, mad or reclusive, supposedly working away on some sort of fantastical or insane machine. Whether or not such rumors are true, are for you to discover, as you peer into this old tower...

Marton von Staden

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The year is 2241, and this alternate world is very different from our own. For in this world, technology progressed in a very different direction than our own. Art deco is all the rage. Steam locomotives still fly down the track. All the while, jet-powered airships transport people across the globe. People can communicate via wired network in seconds. And things like the atom bomb don't exist. Welcome to the Neo-40s. The political situation in the world is growing tense after the Gotha Affair. In retaliation for leaking a confidential plan (as well as sparking this whole controversy in the first place), the Directory has seized Attaché Kovalenko, placing her under arrest despite her diplomatic immunity. This made things worse, as just eight hours later, the Syndicate made a grave threat: Release Kovalenko or the Republic of Kalticoria will be occupied. Kalticoria is not one of the great powers, but rather is a small buffer state between the Directory and the Syndicate's political blocs. It technically falls on the Syndicate's side of the Demarcation Treaty of 2220 but has remained in the Directory's sphere of influence with the Syndicate doing nothing. But with the threat of an escalation, the Directory has called up its reserves, as has the Syndicate. The Executive Director sent a warning to any citizen of the Directory in Kalticoria to attempt to relocate deeper into the Directory's political bloc. Martin von Staden is one such citizen who works as an advisor and secretary to an arms manufacturer within the city of Methoham. Now, he is trying to oversee the chaotic evacuation.

Robo-13

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Robo-13 is part of the first series of warrior robots created by Ranco Robotics Incorporated. Yet there was a fault in the programming, and all of them were sent to be scrapped. But this one managed to escape and managed to flee to England. Where it is adopted by a policeman and the precinct.

Serienna Monaskine

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A rough looking airship with a decent number of guns visible moored at the air dock as you approach. There are signs of wear and battle damage but it doesn't look like it's going to fall out of the sky at a lake breeze. You meet the captain at a small pub nearby to finalize your passage. She's well put together and has a stern demeanor.