As the world plummeted into a world wide nuclear war, many in the United States sought shelter in different areas around the country, as well as some lucky ones from other countries. Three shelters were created: One in Anchorage, one in Death Valley, and one in New York. The only shelter they populated, though, was Death Valley. The other shelters were meant for when the population grew beyond the carrying capacity for one shelter. Then, the excess population was sent to the other shelters.

Life was good for the while. The people in the three bases built a thriving economy, agriculture, and, being most influential, a technological boom. The most influential of the technology was the vehicle referred to as a T.R.U.C. (Transport Rig for Unlimited Construction). This was an AI controlled ground vehicle, ranging in size from a small bus, to a large plane. They carried many thousands of tons of construction material for, well, construction sites. The TRUCs are also armed with a powerful tractor beam, or multiple, depending on the size. This tractor beam not only placed the material where it needed to be, but also most every other construction job. What usually would take years to build, only took weeks now.

Using this new technology, a city was built in what was formerly Montana. This became a massive trading hub, where most transporting convoys passed through. The city became massive and rich. But, with such riches, comes an equal greed for more. Soon, the city imposed a tax on the people moving through. The tax prices grew and grew, in each city. Soon, many of the poor who couldn't go through the city, settled down just outside of each of them. They formed bands of scavengers, referred to as The Collectors. They gathered up loose ends and made weapons from the old and discarded technology of the past. Some say they are funded by a someone with a lot of power.

In any case, they have instilled fear on each city, and, through much terrorist acts, caused a war between the peoples. Through the years that followed, it was mainly a cold war. Just the research of weapons, and pile up. Soon, each city eventually developed the formerly fabled synaptic link technology. This technology essentially connects a humans nerves with some form of robot, vehicle, or other technology. After the development of this technology, a war was sparked, and ignited. No one knows how, and yet, not many care how. The previous period of a cold war caused great pride within their own respective cities.

Yet, there are still quite a few who want to find out why this all started. Wanting to put an end to the war, The Collectors, and whoever caused this terrible battle in the first place...