People are always tempted to place Oni's action in Japan or East Asia.
Maybe because there was something about Neo-Tokyo in the game. I can't remember where, but I swear it's there.
]]>Aftermath stuff can be found in "A Storyline For Oni 2" (ASFO2) on the old (2006) forum. But it might be a good idea to use the search function.
- Plasma. I hadn't a deep look into it and my stuff is still in German. Well, you could search in wikipedia. Or is it something special you're searching for?
- Hasegawa. Too many talk^^ I'm sure you can find something about him in ASFO2 again. And in case you don't notice so far: here's the "Murder or Mercy" article.
- "loosely controlled countries": well, there not much about. 80% of world territories belongs to WCG. It's on you what the other 20% could be. ;-)
I hope at least the first points can help you a bit.
PS: looking forward to your story
There are also creative people on your same wavelength: Last Hero, Stripey Tiger. There is also Tracker who has been particularly enthusiastic in working on "project 257" a novel/game which draws a lot of inspiration from Oni.
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