It is the year 2007.
Planet Earth, once a thriving ecosystem and biosphere of life, people, and a civilization in a golden age of discovery, is now a barren wasteland. Cities lie in ruins, law and order have all but vanished, and over 2 billion citizens of the world are dead. In the span of only a few years, a world that was once home to countless species of flora and fauna has been devastated beyond recognition, and Mankind itself, the once dominant species of Earth is slowly becoming endangered.
Seven years earlier, mutants, the next evolutionary step in human development into a whole new race, were exposed to the world, marking a new age for the species of man. But, as often happens, the fears and uncertainties of the human race overshadowed their judgment. Seeing this new breed of people as a threat to civilization, the world instantly feared and hated mutants, denouncing them as freaks of nature and abominations.
This growing tension and fear between mutants and their non-powered human brethren created havoc and chaos in countless cities around the world. All this time, several mutant teams, the X-Men and their arch adversaries, the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and the Acolytes, were battling each other, each side driven by sheer determination to overpower the other. Professor Charles Xavier, leader and founder of the X-Men, dreamed of peace between man and mutant. Eric Magnus Lensherr and his two opposing forces of the Brotherhood and Acolytes only saw mutants having a chance to be free by enslaving the rest of humanity. But as chance would have it, neither of these visions would come to pass. Ironically, it would end with enemies becoming allies.
One fateful day, the 5,000-year-old mutant En Sabah Nur attempted to use advanced technology from the 40th century to remake the world in his own image and make all people mutants, over whom he would enforce his murderous and insane Darwinist philosophy of "Survival of the Fittest." In the end however, the combined heroic efforts of the X-Men and their allies foiled the ancient mutant's plot, sending him spiraling through the cracks of time in the hopes he would never again come back to haunt them.
Over the course of the year following the events of that day, some unexplained phenomena occurred. Strange attacks were occurring among both humans and mutants. People were found dead, their life drained as if by mystical means, mutants found lifeless and drained of their powers. The life energy of the world was being taken away, and finally ended with the mysterious force attacking the president of the United States. It was because of this never-explained event that the human race finally decided to exterminate mutants once and for al, believing mutant terrorists to be behind the whole ordeal. Using the most state-of-the-art technologies and advanced genetic sciences, the U.S. government retaliated with robotic weapons and viral warfare that eventually raged out of control, causing untold destruction around the world.
Now, in two-dozen mining/prison/research facilities scattered across the globe, mutants are being held prisoner, being experimented on and being forced out mine out the metal and mineral resources of a planet that is slowing dying. Human military forces and robotic patrols scout the lands, seeking out any mutants who have managed to avoid being caught. Termination camps lie in wait, awaiting the next round of mutants to execute.
However, hope remains, for an army of mutants and still-loving humans have banded together. Originating from a vast top-secret city complex equipped with state of the art weapons, technology, and resources as a base of operations and led by Charles Xavier and Eric Lensherr, this steadily growing army is struggling to restore order in a world ravaged by war where humanity doesn't exist. With only minimal expectations of victory, they continue to fight the on-going war to a desperate attempt to escape the stranglehold of the human oppressors and restore order.
But the biggest questions remain unanswered. What was the event that caused this? Why did it happen? Who was responsible for it? How was it achieved? For most, these mysteries will never be solved. But yet, they hold the key. For if these questions are answered and a way is found to overcome them, then the event that has caused this dark, destruction-plagued future may never occur. Where do the answers lie? The past holds the truth.