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Mutation Protocol is an analog horror collaboration project and series created on December 18th, 2024 it is set in an alternate 1980s focusing on a post-apocalyptic Earth. It's based on science fiction, body horror, and speculative evolution using things mainly like art and narrative writing. It explores themes of human desperation, evolution, and survival against a backdrop of global scientific experimentation gone wrong. The project wants world-building and collaboration to expand the lore of a shared dark universe.
Post-Protocal Earth
Physical
Material
Milky Way
-27,000 light-years
Orion Arm
Sol Sector
Sol System
Hell Planet, Terra, Tellus, Gaia, Mother Earth, Sol III
Dying World
Earthling, Terran, Terrestrial, Tellurian, Earthian, Earther, Earthican
N/A
Terrestrial
Dying World
Sun
Sol
G-Type Main Sequence Star
1 AU
365.25 days
0.0167
147.1 million km
152.1 million km
7.155°
3rd planet
Venus, Mars
Moon
Unstable climate, severe axial precession (~26,000-year cycle)
26,000 years
5.972 × 10²⁴ kg
6,371 km
12,742 km
5.51 g/cm³
9.81 m/s²
18,470 km
Iron, Nickel, Silicates
-3,500 km
Water, CO₂, Methane
12°C
60°C
-90°C
Water
Oceans, Seas, Lakes, Rivers, Streams, Wetlands, Estuaries
- Water
- Saltwater
~11 km
29%
71%
Shrinking
~1 atm
- 78.3% Nitrogen (N₂)
- 18.7% Oxygen (O₂)
- 1.2% Argon (Ar)
- 0.5% Carbon Dioxide (CO₂)
- 0.0018% Neon (Ne)
- 0.0005% Helium (He)
- 0.0003% Methane (CH₄)
- 0.0001% Krypton (Kr)
- 0.00005% Hydrogen (H₂)
- 0.00003% Nitrous Oxide (N₂O)
- 0.000009% Xenon (Xe)
- 0.001% Darwin Radiation (Dx)
0.3
4.5 billion years
23.9 hours
23.4°
Ongoing
0.0034
24 hours
24 hours
North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Antarctica
India, Arabian Peninsula
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic
Mediterranean, Caribbean, Baltic, North, Black, Gulf of Mexico, Bering, Sea of Japan, East China Sea, South China Sea, Coral Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Red Sea, Weddell, Ross
Pacific Ring of Fire
Mounted Everest (~9,000m)
Challenger Deep (~11,000m)
Mariana Trench
Amazon River, Nile River (Gone), New Thames River
Caspian Sea, Lake Superior, Lake Victoria, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Baikal
Himalayas, Andes, Rocky Mountains
Eurasia
Mountains, Hills, Plains, Plateaus
Madagascar, Greenland, New Atlantis
TBD
60%
15 km/h
1,000 mm
500 mm
Extreme Variability
Tropical, Desert, Temperate, Polar
Ongoing cyclonic systems
Rainforests, Savannas, Deserts, Grasslands, Forests, Tundra
Sahara Waste (-100°C)
Antarctic Wastes (-90°C)
Deadlands (~0 mm rain)
Rainforest (~5,000 mm rain)
No
0
1
Luna
N/A
Many Derelict Satellites
~300 Functional, Thousands of debris
Declining (Post-Protocal Collapse)
Declining (Post-Protocal Collapse)
Declining (Post-Protocal Collapse)
Water
Homo Sapiens
Stable Foilage
Stable Organisms
- 60,000+ Microbial Species
- 10,000-20,000 Planet Species
- 10,000-20,000 Animal Species
- 5,000+ Mutant Species
Terrestrial
- Homo sapiens (endangered)
- Mutant Sapients (of Homo sapiens origin, retaining cognitive function)
Mutated Organisms
111 Total (stable)
TBD
Fragmented, regionally governed
~2.5 billion capable humans remaining
Post-Collapse Society
Various Dialects
Barter, Salvage Economy
N/A
N/A
Pre-Collapse currency (limited), Trade Goods
Salvaged raw materials, essential supplies
Repurposed goods, barter items
Local factions, independent communities
Decentralized, localized governance
Salvaged pre-collapse technology, rare raw materials