The year is 2247. As humanity’s technological prowess increased, so did its appetites, and soon consumption far outstripped what the Earth could supply. Resources became scarce, and competition for them intensified. Corporate moves became corporate raids; national manoeuvring turned to war; advancing your career left actual bodies trampled underfoot. Class difference became class divide as the wealthy built gleaming technological towers filled with tech, medicine, and luxury barely comprehensible to the teeming masses left fighting for the scraps. It soon became apparent even to those who controlled empires that the end of humanity would come soon. No technological breakthrough was imminent, no consensus would be achieved to settle conflict, no social solution would put an end to the divisions of the remnants of humanity. Against this looming doom, a mysterious substance was discovered. Show full description
The year is 2247. As humanity’s technological prowess increased, so did its appetites, and soon consumption far outstripped what the Earth could supply. Resources became scarce, and competition for them intensified. Corporate moves became corporate raids; national manoeuvring turned to war; advancing your career left actual bodies trampled underfoot. Class difference became class divide as the wealthy built gleaming technological towers filled with tech, medicine, and luxury barely comprehensible to the teeming masses left fighting for the scraps. It soon became apparent even to those who controlled empires that the end of humanity would come soon. No technological breakthrough was imminent, no consensus would be achieved to settle conflict, no social solution would put an end to the divisions of the remnants of humanity. Against this looming doom, a mysterious substance was discovered. Seemingly appearing from nowhere and spread among the have and the have-nots without regard for status, this mystifying new material was available to all. This new material, ‘Flux’, allowed people and objects to move through time. Sudden access to the resources of the past offered humanity new hope. This hope caused the rise of a new profession: ‘Time Raider’ Those brave enough, reckless enough, or desperate enough to take the risk could move across time to make their fortunes or meet their fate at the hands of their ancestors.