The End Wars drew to an abrupt and devastating close when global powers simultaneously launched nuclear weapons against each other. Untold millions perished, but the nightmare did not end there. Surviving generals became stateless warlords who seized remaining industrial and military assets to settle old scores. Small-scale conflicts became ever more frequent, laying the path to more pollution and bloodshed...
Rampant pollution and exploitation pushed the environment beyond its breaking point. Nature reacted with vengeance, unleashing back-to-back catastrophes in the ensuing Gray Summer. Extreme temperatures, floods, wildfires and volcanic eruptions beleaguered the planet. After the Gray Summer subsided, acid rains swept across a bleak new world splintered into feudal city-states and lawless Gray Zones, washing away the last traces of the old civilizations...
Survivors christened this harsh new age the Acid Rain Era. Spiraling levels of toxic gases forced humanity to don masks when venturing outdoors. While the masses struggled to adapt to the new environment, bloody power struggles erupted between corrupt elites once more. Driven by historical feuds and personal interests, the world's new dystopian kingdoms heralded the dawn of a revolutionary new war tech - the Synchro exoArmor (SA).
While the new warring states locked themselves in petty disputes of pride and vanity, megacorporations rose to fill the vacuum of transnational power. Commanding ruthless mercenaries, they fattened their pockets by hoarding the planet's last resources and slaughtered all who dared to stand in their way. A new world order was forged by the big three logistics giants: Pacific Terminal, Neo Atlantis and Logos...
Amidst the war-torn fiefdoms and desolate Gray Zones nestled a quiet oasis: the Federation of Agurts, one of the last places on Earth with relatively green land and fresh air. As agricultural output dwindled around the world, Agurts' export economy flourished - attracting the envious eye of powerful neighbors and desperate bandits. Agurts soon had no choice but to militarize its agricultural equipment into war machines for self-defense. Yet even with the myriad of threats that lurked beyond its borders, the true unraveling of the Federation began from within...
