Prologue Part II
In the year 2053, sentiments against the US were mostly negative. With nearly every other country in the world voicing their hatred of the US, and the increasingly unstable economy combined with extreme civil unrest, the American government withdrew from the UN and enacted a plan of total isolationism, to be in effect for the next 100 years.
Without the US's support, the UN would've collapsed, had not Russia and China began to take advantage of their greatest foe's withdrawal from world society. Through much negotiation and subterfuge, backed by the most powerful militaries other than the US, the two nations managed to push the other UN members into agreeing that there needed to be a world government. By the year 2070, the UN had been reorganized into a World Federation. But the worst was yet to come…
In the year 2110, Nickolas Kimball was elected the president of United Nations. With his rise, things quickly went further downhill. Nickolas and the countries that supported him, began a grueling campaign to turn the UN from a federation into a full world government, with him as dictator for life.
At first, laws were passed that quietly allowed the UN to take over, and barely anyone recognized what Nickolas and his cronies were doing. One year, a law was passed that allowed the UN to tax all the world's nations, and another year a law was passed that assimilated the Red Cross into the international government ranks. People who spoke out against these laws quickly "fell ill" and died. Then, major pushes for Dictatorship were made. In 2118, the UN established an international military, to be known as the Guardian Units of the Nations, or GUN for short. This alarmed many nations, but by the time everyone realized what was happening it was too late to stop it. By the end of the year 2120, practically the whole world was under his control, if not his influence.
Some people did resist, quietly. In 2115 Professor Gerald Robachnovitch, was appointed as one of the head government researchers, and was assigned the task of researching faster-than-light travel, among other projects. To do this, he established a giant orbital space station and colony which he proudly named the ARK, which was successfully placed into orbit by late 2119.
In secret, Professor Gerald used the ARK as a staging ground for a growing resistance to UN power. He secretly began training an army to back up the resistance, and also began researching and creating weapons and other technology as well. Among his many research projects, was the infamous Project Shadow. The goal of this project was to create intelligent animal super soldiers capable of longevity and human characteristics. It was the Professor's intention to use these "Mobians" (or wise animals) to help turn the tide against the growing army of the GUN international military division.
Unfortunately, the UN found out about his support of the resistance, which had been sabotaging GUN bases, supply transit, and other UN operations since GUN was established. As a result, GUN promptly raided the ARK, killing or imprisoning everyone on board, and declaring every project on board to be of interest to the UN, and highly classified.
The Ark was declared a GUN military research station, and has since been abandoned by all but UN military personnel and their families. Weapon, faster-than-light travel, and other research projects are still being performed there to this date, although they still remain highly classified.
But, what about Professor Gerald? He was arrested and found guilty of international treason, and was sentenced to execution. However, they offered him a choice: either carry out his death sentence, or finish his military projects and put them to use in GUN. Gerald refused, chose to be executed, and as according to the law, was hanged for his "crimes against humanity". He died on March 15th, 2123, but his legacy was sure to live on.