The World Lies in Ruins...
It is the year 2020, and world affairs have gone horribly wrong. All these years that the United States and its allies have devoted to thwarting uprisings and the like in one country or another, at the same time trying to improve global economy, another, older threat crept by unnoticed.
Russia, unbeknown to many a nation, had once more begun building up her militant forces. Too, highly-qualified scientists have been recruited into the ranks and assigned one task: repair the ruined nuclear generators, make them as safe as possible...and start work anew on Russia's own nuclear weaponry. False intelligence were given to the right people, making sure that the U.S watchdogs would see only the illusion they were being permitted to see, while the danger increased, little by little.
Soon, Russia was ready.
It took a single word, just one command. A push of a button... and the world disintegrated.
Once the superpowers, current and potential - America, the European Union, China and India - had been dealt with, Russia sought to ally herself with the one potential superpower that had not been destroyed, had not been targeted: Japan. Yet, the children of the Land of the Rising Sun refused, for theirs was a blooming economy despite the unrest, a peaceful race now, and none dared disrupt the uneasy peace they had been building since the end of the second world war.
And so it was that Japan, too, became a target. Russian troops stormed its capital, slaughtered civilians and politicians and leaders alike. What little government remained fought to marshal the country's own military power, drafted able men as young as 16, if only to be able to hold back the charge of this Slavic race.
Yet, for all her efforts, Japan, too, fell, after a gallant resistance that lasted 3 months. Tokyo was occupied, its remaining citizens closely guarded.
Russia now looks to the Japan's promising neighbors - particularly the Southeast - and Korea, for surely there yet remained some buried treasure of sorts in some unexplored area. But these nations wer e not without power of their own. Soldiers, weary from battle in the Middle East, returned to their homes only to take up arms once more, manning evacuation efforts, planning defenses, fortifying strategic strongholds and fortresses scattered throughout the region. Any and all enmity that had remained between these countries disappeared, gone out the window.
Knowing that she had allies in Asia, America agreed to send what troops she could spare to aid in the impending battle. England, too, agreed, and would supply weapons should they have need of them. No word had arrived from China or India as to the war effort, but intelligence reports have revealed that an allegiance with the Eastern and Southern Asian regions would soon be inevitable.
And then, surprisingly, Japan, though already wounded, agreed to help, would send her best soldiers into battle, if only to help prevent the Orient from falling entirely under the crushing weight of the Russian hammer or collapse from the blow of its sickle.
And another surprise was revealed: a new weapon that had thankfully not fallen into Russian hands. Newly-developed and untested, but a weapon nonetheless. Two 'samples' were granted to each country involved, but those who took responsibility for the weapons' use were cautioned: if used improperly, he who held the weapon would perish, and the weapon destroyed, useful no more.
This weapon, as it would be revealed later, was part mechanical, part organic. Each sample was no bigger than a postage stamp, could easily be slipped into a pocket, yet was more powerful than the most dangerous of the Russian missiles. Each contained one - and only one - beast, some creature either real or imagined. But in order for their powers to be utilized, they had to have a host, hence the warning issued along with the weapon. 'Choose your weapon-bearer carefully, for you may never choose again', it had said.
Now a defector from the Russian army - and the first successful weapon-bearer - seeks to lead a team of men equipped with this new weapon into Russia and into the Slavic stronghold, to destroy the monstrous army from within. The mission - codenamed Sui Generis - has yet to be formed, however, as the identities of fellow weapon-bearers or Amrita have not been revealed.
The call to arms has been sounded across the globe, and a new, dangerous power provided for only the worthy and able. Who stands now to accept this challenge, to harbor this power within them, destroy the enemy - the harbinger of death?
It is the year 2020, and world affairs have gone horribly wrong. All these years that the United States and its allies have devoted to thwarting uprisings and the like in one country or another, at the same time trying to improve global economy, another, older threat crept by unnoticed.
Russia, unbeknown to many a nation, had once more begun building up her militant forces. Too, highly-qualified scientists have been recruited into the ranks and assigned one task: repair the ruined nuclear generators, make them as safe as possible...and start work anew on Russia's own nuclear weaponry. False intelligence were given to the right people, making sure that the U.S watchdogs would see only the illusion they were being permitted to see, while the danger increased, little by little.
Soon, Russia was ready.
It took a single word, just one command. A push of a button... and the world disintegrated.
Once the superpowers, current and potential - America, the European Union, China and India - had been dealt with, Russia sought to ally herself with the one potential superpower that had not been destroyed, had not been targeted: Japan. Yet, the children of the Land of the Rising Sun refused, for theirs was a blooming economy despite the unrest, a peaceful race now, and none dared disrupt the uneasy peace they had been building since the end of the second world war.
And so it was that Japan, too, became a target. Russian troops stormed its capital, slaughtered civilians and politicians and leaders alike. What little government remained fought to marshal the country's own military power, drafted able men as young as 16, if only to be able to hold back the charge of this Slavic race.
Yet, for all her efforts, Japan, too, fell, after a gallant resistance that lasted 3 months. Tokyo was occupied, its remaining citizens closely guarded.
Russia now looks to the Japan's promising neighbors - particularly the Southeast - and Korea, for surely there yet remained some buried treasure of sorts in some unexplored area. But these nations wer e not without power of their own. Soldiers, weary from battle in the Middle East, returned to their homes only to take up arms once more, manning evacuation efforts, planning defenses, fortifying strategic strongholds and fortresses scattered throughout the region. Any and all enmity that had remained between these countries disappeared, gone out the window.
Knowing that she had allies in Asia, America agreed to send what troops she could spare to aid in the impending battle. England, too, agreed, and would supply weapons should they have need of them. No word had arrived from China or India as to the war effort, but intelligence reports have revealed that an allegiance with the Eastern and Southern Asian regions would soon be inevitable.
And then, surprisingly, Japan, though already wounded, agreed to help, would send her best soldiers into battle, if only to help prevent the Orient from falling entirely under the crushing weight of the Russian hammer or collapse from the blow of its sickle.
And another surprise was revealed: a new weapon that had thankfully not fallen into Russian hands. Newly-developed and untested, but a weapon nonetheless. Two 'samples' were granted to each country involved, but those who took responsibility for the weapons' use were cautioned: if used improperly, he who held the weapon would perish, and the weapon destroyed, useful no more.
This weapon, as it would be revealed later, was part mechanical, part organic. Each sample was no bigger than a postage stamp, could easily be slipped into a pocket, yet was more powerful than the most dangerous of the Russian missiles. Each contained one - and only one - beast, some creature either real or imagined. But in order for their powers to be utilized, they had to have a host, hence the warning issued along with the weapon. 'Choose your weapon-bearer carefully, for you may never choose again', it had said.
Now a defector from the Russian army - and the first successful weapon-bearer - seeks to lead a team of men equipped with this new weapon into Russia and into the Slavic stronghold, to destroy the monstrous army from within. The mission - codenamed Sui Generis - has yet to be formed, however, as the identities of fellow weapon-bearers or Amrita have not been revealed.
The call to arms has been sounded across the globe, and a new, dangerous power provided for only the worthy and able. Who stands now to accept this challenge, to harbor this power within them, destroy the enemy - the harbinger of death?
