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Right Now:
Nearly all of the adult humans in the world succumb to a strange attack -- they fall asleep and cannot be awakened. They are not dead, nor do they seem to be suffering from hunger, thirst, or fear. In fact, they seem pleasantly happy. Because of this, it is called the Bliss.

+1 days:
Just over 50% of the adult population has been affected by Bliss, a trend that will continue in the coming days.  The bulk of those who are not initially affected attempt to protect themselves and those who were affected.

+2 days:
As 75% of adults have been affected, the remaining adults mostly panic, attacking and fighting over any supplies or medical facilities.  More people are killed over such things than succumb to Bliss over the next days.

+1 week:
A handful of military personal remain awake, as well as a few people desperately using any and all drugs to stave off sleep.  The remaining military attempt to gather supplies and the surviving children into the best fortification they can muster.

+3 weeks:
Outside of a few isolated monasteries, themselves to remote to be known to the outside world, only one adult remains awake.

+ 1 month:
Electricity, water, and sewage have all stopped working.
Society begins to fray.

+1 year:
The surviving children have established themselves in a new, loose social order of gangs. Some begin to rebuild, some are content to loot, murder, and rape. The effects of the Bliss on older teenagers are seen.
Adolescents report seeing and even communicating with strange creatures in their own dreams.
The enclaves setup by the last military forces are often targeted by the gangs, often resulting in the decimation of one side.

+2 years:
Targetted attacks into the real world, launched by dreamcreatures, begin.
These attacks are carried out via remote drones -- some are planes or other vehicles but most take a giant human shape.
The tenuous society that children have formed is shattered.
Desperate gangs increase attacks on the enclaves, rapping up casualties on both sides.

+5 years:
A small but organized group, backed by a surviving adult, manages to destroy an alien remote -- the first victory in a five year war.
Attacks by drones on the enclaves intensifies.

+6 years:
Using technology scavenged from destroyed and captured remotes, a resistance cell manages to create an ANIMa creche: a device which a teenager may use to enter the dream physically. Initial experiments are disastrous.
Drone attacks have left most major cities and former military enclaves in ruins.
The warrens of rubble left save the renaming children, as the massive drones can only directly attack large targets.

+7 years:
Present time. Over the last year, trial and error has produced a technique by which pilots (as they are now called) can create an ANIMa, an armor for protection against the dream and a weapon to attack the dream aliens. Now, for the first time in seven years, there is a chance to for humanity to strike back. Now, for the first time in seven years, there is hope.

The Innocent Sweetheart is the youngest pilot, under
trained and inexperienced.  Special:  +1 trust to any one relationship.

The Eager Young Soldier is a still a novice ANIMa pilot, but
excited to do his part in the war.  Special:  Add one trust or one intimacy to the relationship with the authority figure

The Devoted Lover is a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield.  Special:
Starts with a very powerful relationship (5 intimacy);  Add one stress to any two relationships

The Rising Hero doesn’t know it, but everyone in the group looks up to her and respects her.  Special:  Add one trust to all relationships with other pilots;  More powerful default relationships

The Carefree Hedonist says that he has no regrets. He flits from party to party and lover to lover without so much a second thought for anyone’s feelings.  Special:  Add one intimacy to any relationship.  Extra starting relationship.

Seasoned Veteran is the oldest pilot. She is bitter and haggard from battle; the scars on her heart and soul may never heal.  Special:  Pick any two relationships and destroy them.  Starts with 1 trauma.

All of these are going to be Intimacy/Trust.  When you pick a template, you can assign these values to any Pilot, Anchor or the Athority Figure.  The last entry is a default for all other characters.

Innocent Sweetheart:  3/2, 3/2, 2/5, 2/4, 2/1, 1/3, (1/2)

Eager Young Soldier: 4/1, 3/2, 2/3, 2/2, 2/1, 1/4, (1/2)

Devoted Lover: 5/3, 3/2, 2/3, 2/3, 2/1, 1/3, (1/2)

Rising Hero: 4/2, 4/1, 3/1, 2/2, 2/1, (1/3)

Carefree Hedonist: 4/2, 4/1, 3/2, 3/2, 3/1, 3/1, 2/2, 1/4 (1/2)

Seasoned Veteran: 5/1, 4/2, 3/3, 3/2, 3/1, 2/4, (1/2)

Nell is driven
At her option, after the pilot has placed his dice, she may reroll one or more die placed in mission.

Nathan is kind
At his option, after the pilot has placed her dice, he may reroll one or more die placed in nightmare.

Megan is temptestuous
At her option, after the pilot has placed his dice, she may reroll one or more die placed into her own relationship.

Jenny is savvy
At her option, after the pilot has placed his dice, she may reroll one or more die placed into someone else’s relationship.

Grace is comforting
At her option, after the pilot has placed his dice, she may reroll one or more die placed into a threatened or endangered category.

Iris is experienced
At her option, after the pilot has placed his dice, she may add one stress to her relationship to the pilot to reroll any one die.