The year was 2098. After the Energy Crisis and the Great Rupture, Europe, Africa and Asia had allied and Orien, a new union, rose from the ashes of war. South America grudgingly allied the North, and Occiden was created.
A battle ensued over the remaining energy resources. This war, known as World War III, was a catastrophe. Some even said it was worse than the previous World War, which occurred a century ago. It consumed more energy than the resources could offer.
After half a century, however, both Occiden and Orien seemed to forget their differences, and allied. The question was, of course, "Who ends up in charge?" Some people half-heartedly suggested a world republic, but few took the idea seriously.
AbraLabs, Occiden's main scientific contributor, had been, over the years, trying to merge man and machine as a backup plan. What a soldier that would be! All experiments had failed, however, but Dr. Nucog was on the edge of a breakthrough …