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The Lux Particle: Pilot

Fantasy

We follow Max as our protagonist through a breakthrough moment in his community's desperate lux production alongside his mentor and friend Viktor. The Elektron Orthodoxy "Dox" are an aggressive fanatic organization that sees amber refinement as heresy. They willingly use raw amber to perform volatile magic as they believe it's God's will, and they abduct and convert people into their madness. Helios Trust is one of the most powerful corporate entities in the world. The "Radiance" event broke transistors, so no technology relying on silicon works on the surface, causing "Silicon Rot". Dependence on older technologies like vacuum tubes, and future like solid state batteries is much more prevalent, a clash of technologies from the future and past working together to make life easier. Only centralized entities like Helios and governments have the contained facilities to use advanced silicon technology like robotics and automated fabrication. They knew it was coming.

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