TITLE:A DARK VISION OF THE FUTURE - PREFACE - By TRID. K. and MOP
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3                          A DARK VISION OF THE FUTURE


The  year  is  3127.   So  much things have changed since the 20th Century.  The
Human  kind  is  spread  throughout all the galaxy, but this was also due to the
fact that the Earth had been partly radioactive contaminated.  A Nuclear War had
been  the  main  cause, but it did not last for long.  It was just a matter of a
few  hours and then all was over.  Unfortunately it was too late.  They say that
man  learns from his own errors.  Most of Earth's population managed to survive,
but  due  to  radioactivity  some people had been mutated.  The mutation did not
generate any extra powered humans, but only altered their body & skin structure,
so  they  now  looked more animal like.  Nowadays some are even saying that they
are  no  longer  humans!   Less than 0.000000001% of the mutated population also
developed  PSI  abilities.  But not everything went wrong.  Some of the stronger
nations  were  equipped  with  anti  radiation  reactors,  so  this  part of the
population  managed  to  avoid  the contamination, but later they were forced to
leave Earth, as other planets offered a better living place.  All this ensured a
dark  future,  where  the  Human kind had to fight for their survival.  But this
time  the  fight  was  not  against  any  Alien  Kind or Terminator machines, as
Earthlings used to fantasised, but just against themselves!

Five Space Colonies have been installed and three cities were built on the Moon.
Many  Earthlings  had moved to the Moon, so through the forthcoming years it had
enough resources to be considered as an independent planet, and nowadays has its
own  LAWS and GOVERNMENT!  Computer systems are being exclusively controlled via
Neural  Interfaces.  With the help of Matrix Grids, connections to other Planets
& Colonies can be established by the use of HYPER PULSE Generators.

In  the beginning of the year 2152, rumours were saying that it was now possible
to  have  your  body  Cybernetic  Improved!  Humans laughed at this news, but it
seemed  that  the  mutants  were getting very interested.  Years later all those
rumours  were  confirmed.   That  stuff  was called CYBERWARE!  CyberWare mainly
consisted of HEADWARE, BODYWARE and LIMBS.

The  HeadWare  enabled  everyone  to  install  Extra  MEMORY, an internal NEURAL
INTERFACE,  CHIP  CARRIERS,  CPUs, SPUs, I/O Interface Skillsoft Carriers, CYBER
EYEs  &  EARs, Gas & Air FILTER LUNGS...  whatever you wished, but only for huge
sums  of  Dollar$!   Such  pretty Hardware would eat up all your LOAN easily, so
this  only  enabled some Mercenaries or the best paid computer experts, nowadays
called DECKERS, to install such Hardware.

BodyWare  enabled minor arsenal, Shotguns and Pistols to be built into the arms,
RETRACTABLE SPURS into your Hands or Fingers and HYDRAULIC JACKS into your Legs.
Steel or ALUMINIUM BONES were also available.

There  was  also  some Headware which was only limited for Military use, such as
TACTICAL  COMPUTERS  or  CORTEX BOMBS.  Possession of this fucking nice Hardware
could easily bring you in deep trouble!  There are only two possible ways to use
them!   One  (a  real ONE WAY) is to install all the HeadWare in your own BRAIN!
The  other  way  is  to install it into the brain of someone and get all the job
done by him!  Whichever way is used, there is no guarantee for a long survival!

One corporation, ARES ARMS + CYBER RESEARCH LTD, is about to take control of all
The  COLONIES.   They  want  to  form  a  SuperPower and take a sure, secure and
successful  hit  against  the  mutants.   The  corporation  leader,  ALLISTER MC
TRAMPLER  is suspected to be one of the major activists at the HUMANIS POLICLUB,
a secret Organisation which is also working for a MUTANT FREE WORLD.

But  the  TERRAN FOUNDATION, the GALACTIC COUNCIL for all COLONIES, had set up a
LAW  which  protects the rights of MUTANTS to WORK and LIVE.  All colonies voted
for  this  Law,  except  the  Moon  colony!   A  Law which is established by the
GALACTIC  COUNCIL  can  only be removed if 55% vote against it.  But the HUMANIS
POLICLUB  had  not  so  much influence to get 55%, so MC TRAMPLER planed to take
over  the  other  Colonies to get his MUTANT LAW active.  Therefore he has hired
some  cruel  Mercenaries and Deckers, well supplied with ARES' Cyberware and war
equipment.   But unfortunately a Mutant Decker seems to have discovered a little
piece of this plan.

The  Mutant  Decker  lives  on  FORTRESS, a colony in the KEID System.  Alone he
can't  do any harm, so MC TRAMPLER decides to wipe him out immediately, to avoid
any  further trouble!  Life is hard, but for Mutants it's harder!  MC TRAMPLER's
hirelings  discover  that  Sven, the Mutant Decker, was hanging near the HUMANIS
POLICLUB COMPUTER NET...