Category:Setting

Like all of the most important things, it started with a bang.

For decades the citizens of Earth had lived huddled inside their homes, crowded around television sets listening to the leaders of their nations promise a time of peace and security, whilst behind closed doors the same politicians gnashed their teeth in frustration at the impotence of their armies. After all, what's an army against a single man with the power to sterilize a planet? What's an army against dozens of such people turning mountains to valleys with a misjudged blast? The people of Earth came to call them 'Alphas', and with time this moniker became a slur.

For years, decades, then past a full century the Alphas waged their private wars against each other. Fertile farmland became fallow mires as their destructive energies were unleashed overhead. Suburbs became ruins. City-centers called up images of the horrific from the inter-national wars of days passed, yet the Alphas did not care. Some made token noises of regret, or promised to protect the terrified inhabitants but in the end the result was always the same. Death. Destruction. Families torn asunder. The loss of entire economies and industrial bases.

One day, the citizens of Earth had enough. Again the people of Earth huddled in front of their television sets, watching Alphas do battle through grainy and often disrupted footage, praying the fight would not come their way whilst worrying for friends and loved ones living in the area. This time, though... Things were different. Two unknown figures, identifying themselves as Nigel and Ozzy, stood before the terrified viewers and assured them everything would be fine. And it was.

A flash of light with barely a sound exploded behind them, and then all was quiet...

The men went on to explain they had developed gateways. Tears in the fabric of time and space. Instantaneous wormholes. They had used this technology to teleport the dueling Alphas into deep space as sentencing for the crimes against the weak and oppressed of Earth, ratified by the newly formed United Earth Government (U.E.G). Ozzy and Nigel promised an end to the tyranny and fear caused by the Alphas, and in conjunction with the U.E.G would begin an aggressive program to relocate, by force if necessary, all of the remaining Alphas from Earth. Thus the soon to be mega-corporation Alpha Solutions was announced to the world. The citizens came to learn that the shady backroom dealings they'd known to be taking place were much more benign than they had ever hoped. The disparate peoples of Earth had united at last against a common threat, and they were going to win.

New examples of high technology began to appear and be implemented by the United Earth Government at an astonishing rate, developed by the rapidly expanding Alpha Solutions organization. Footage was broadcast in a media blitz of teams of cybernetic soldiers subduing and restraining the once omnipotent Alphas. Further images were shown of bound Alphas being pushed through the gateway, sent on their way to the nearby planets of Namek and Bayushi. The only two known hospitable planets in close proximity of Earth.

20 years pass..

Earth is free from Alphas, and its citizens rejoice in peace and leisure in a golden age of technology. Change is in the air again, however. Whispers have began to circulate in regards to the U.E.G's expansionist ambitions. Dignitaries of Namek, with their planet now suffering climate disturbances the likes of which it has never seen due to prominent Alpha activity, have been seen meeting with ambassadors of the United Earth Government. They return later and begin to broadcast promises of change and security, which sounds all too familiar to those who were around during the exodus of Earth.

There is one gateway on Earth, Namek, Bayushi and Mistal, and they are all constructed identically. A thick metallic ring sits flat on the ground, partially embedded, which acts as a container for a thick, black liquid. The dark substance constantly ripples and bubbles, and for one to utilize the gateway all they need to do is step in to the black pool and imagine their destination. Unfortunately the portal on Earth has been sealed off, only allowing one-way traffic.