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The year is 2306, and the Earth has formed into this Utopia of comfort and luxury.  Wealth has skyrocketed for almost all civilians. Crime has been controlled and extinguished from modern-day society. How could this happen?

Prison Planet

**Brief History of why Planet Prison was created**

2100 had the biggest crime rate in the history of humanity. Capitalism had progressed to a point where big companies would be able to neglect and avoid any prosecution from their governments. This formed a new society where the rich benefitted and the poor were left with nothing. The middle class soon became extinct, mixing into the lower and establishing the global 2 class system. Crime soon became rampant, with the government too afraid to intervene against the big companies and stop their exploitations. One company offered a solution to all the different countries suffering the crime problem. They presented a newly discovered planet found in our solar system with water and oxygen that made it suitable for human life. They proposed to send all of the criminals and degenerates to this planet to live the rest of their days there. At first, the countries were reluctant to invest in such a costly venture, but with little other solutions, they agreed to it. This meant giving this company trillions  of dollars in order to develop the planet. With the majority of that money being loans and deals from this company, the countries would be forever indebted to them. 200 years into the future, much of what was said by the company came true. The crime rate plummeted, and the world became a sort of Utopia on the outside. Prison planet, as the new planet became known, developed its own societies  and governments, becoming a sort of radical and violent version of their utopian counterpart. Many of the big companies still controlling earth at the time soon began to exploit the new people in this planet, giving them illegal contraband(weapons, luxury goods, prostitutes) in exchange for drugs or the precious minerals found on the planet.

Back home, Earth had become boring, with much of the people becoming depressed and sad. Much of the excitement that came from crime and violence had gone, and much of the people resorted to drugs in order to regains. The drug market had become the biggest market in the world, and much of the big companies soon switched their industries to solely developing drugs. Much of the governments(under the advice of the prison company) banned the distribution of violent movies or media. Schools would teach their students about consequences of violence, and the world slowly became a pacifist society. The only sense of excitement they could have was from drugs or fierce company competition. The conspiracy that the people don’t know of is that the big companies and the prison company made prison planet in order to grow the drug market to an exponential amount so they can profit from the junkie population and arose from this “Utopian” earth. There are conspiracy theory groups on the internet who speculate this, but there is little evidence to hold up to that claim Additionally, the precious mineral found on the planet is highly coveted, being the main ingredient used in space fuel(for transportation between later). It is uncovered later that the mineral is also used for secret experiments by the prison company.

The main story revolves around 2 storylines:

#### **Journalist Storyline**

- The first one is about a “starving” journalist hoping to uncover the secrets about Prison Planet and what the big companies have to do with it. The character frames himself in order to visit the planet, while his partner(the second storyline) stays behind to uncover the secrets on Earth. On the Prison Planet, he discovers that the planet is controlled by different factions that controls the economy and food supply in their region. As stated earlier, much of these factions are the extreme sides of many of the societies that exist today. There is little-to no law enforcement, and violence is rampant in all factions.

#### **Espionage Storyline**

- The second storyline is about the partner who stays behind on Earth. This story line is where the reader sees the dystopia Earth has really become. Her goal is to infiltrate the high society of Earth and meticulously break apart the tight control they have on the rest of the people. While the first storyline is more action-based and thrilling, the second is more espionage and dramatic.

#### **Factions**

The biggest and most powerful faction on the planet is run by a man known as Augustus. His grandfather was one of the first convicts sent to the planet. His faction is run by a feudal class system similar to the medieval times. He is the king, with smaller vassals containing their own pieces of the territory. He is able to make his territory civilized and relatively peaceful, as long as you contribute. This is the first territory that new convicts arrive at, and to enter any other ones the convicts must either pay a hefty fine, or serve 10 years as a serf to one of the vassals.

The second faction is under loose control of a vast lawless territory. It is much more free than the first, but also much more dangerous. New settlers there must pay monthly tribute to the ruler of the territory, or else they will be swiftly killed. Much of the smaller territories there are fearful Of this ruler, even though rarely anybody sees them. The ruler of this territory is named Brutus, and the only way to meet this person by favors or big tributes to their council. It is revealed later in the story that Brutus is actually a female, but masks her identity so nobody finds out about that.

Prison Planet doesn’t have women, or it does, but they’re not supposed to. Prostitutes' and other service women are sent to the planet by the companies, but female prisoners stay in earth facilities. The Planet company decided that it would be a very dangerous idea sending women, even though criminals, to an unlawful planet filled with even more dangerous men. It has been a controversy ever since, with many reform groups wanting change so that women criminals are also sent there. Many long term convicts living in the prison planets have “freed” many of the women sent to their as prostitutes, having them as wives and starting families with them. But that as seen as shameful by the rest of society. A handful of criminals in the present have actually been born and had generations on the planet. It is uncovered later in the story that Augustus is one of those people.

The third faction is composed of all the psychiatric convicts who can integrate with the rest of society. It is also lawless, but contains no real ruler that controls the territory. Settlers rarely tend to make villages here, the territory is most dangerous of them all. There are stories of people torturing and kidnapping travelers venturing into this territory, so most stay away. Surprisingly, however, the faction is still able to consistently stay on quota for mineral mining in their territory. Legends say of a sadistic doctor who controls a slave army of mentally unstable convicts who fulfills the quota. But nobody knows for sure.

The fourth faction is under control by this newly emerging cult known as the Purists. They believe that they were sent to this planet as sins for their crimes they have done in on Earth. In order to atone for themselves, they must remove all material value that they had, meaning that the majority of the people there live naked. They also believe that god sent them there in order to become a better version of themselves, meaning that the people there  are extremely fit and healthy, most of them going through grueling training in order to be strong physically and mentally.

In the beginning of this cult, all races and religions were accepted into this group, but the new leader of the cult believes that white christians are the only ones that god intended to “purify”. Over his reign, he has directed his elite guard to arrest every other race that is found in the territory, and to burn them alive for their “crimes against god”. The cult leader, known as Zeus, has his target aimed for Augustus, has he harbors many of the defected members of the cult. It could also be to control the territory for himself. Zeus and Augustus has formed a rivalry and has been fighting in conflicts for the past 20 years.

The last faction is where all of the rich and elite convicts go to. It is basically a resort, with all of the luxuries they had on Earth. Many of the companies on earth also launder their money their to avoid conviction, meaning that billions of dollars are stored in this territory. Many thieves have tried robbing the vault containing the money, but all have failed. The people there have devised a clever idea in order to fulfill their still required mineral quota. They use the vault of money as a sort of bait for any convicts trying to steal from it. They make the facility seem like a non-secure, easy place to steal from, but when the thieves enter the facility, they are arrested and enslaved as miners to the elites there.