The world is a turbulent place, fraught with the dangers that lurk both in the shadows and limelight. The political bodies of every nation have been sitting on the edge of their seat, holding on for dear life as they threaten to fall from grace. A single spark, a playground for the children of tomorrow to prove to the elderly of today that we can get along, that unification isn't just a forlorn dream of a romantic idealist.

Sonder City, a sparkling city state built in the middle of Europe to act as a hub for all nationalities, ethnicity, genders, orientations and races to join together in harmony, to embrace each other's differences and utilize them for a common goal. The betterment of everyone involved, a historical monument to the will of peace and cooperation supposedly stemming from every person young and old. Gleaming towers of white and silver reach for the heavens, technology both marvelous and profound abundantly created and used for the purpose of enhancing our way of life. Stores, entertainment, political rallies, fundraisers and general happiness can be gleaned from the atmosphere of the city. Truly this was what everyone had hoped for, what everyone had placed their last possible bets on, in an effort to stop a global war from decimating everything they had ever loved.

What many people don't realize is the work put in to keep it that way. Grime and dirt will seep into every crevice if given the chance, as it has done here. Everyone has a hidden agenda, a secret, a dark side that they don't wish to be seen. Sonder City is no different, it only pushes itself harder to cover these up or solve them before they become a PR nightmare. The seedy underbelly of the city is filled with those who would take advantage of the city's welcoming nature and relaxed importation/immigration laws. Drugs, sex, violence and debauchery are all prevalent down where the cameras don't usually shine. A city upon a city, a cover for the real representation of what human nature naturally devolves into. We are all opportunists, some people simply seek to claim what's theirs before the rest even have a chance to breathe. They threaten to bring down everything that everyone has fought so hard for, to reveal to the rest of us that we can't change. It's in our very nature to argue, to abuse and to fight against that which would hold us back.

Then there are those who use this impulse to do the right thing. To stop those from destroying the world with their own selfish actions. The young son who helps an old lady cross the street, the adult woman who feeds homeless on her days off, the elderly man who works out of an office down on the ground floor of a corporation so most of his salary can go towards housing for the disenfranchised. On top of this all, you have the backbone who does the groundwork to make sure the more violent and extreme cases don't ever make it past the incubation stage. The Sonder City Police Department, the SCPD, the men and women who are capable and willing to protect those who can't do it themselves. To put themselves on the line to provide for a world that would rather launch itself into a self destructive collapse rather than get along. They rage against the forces that claim they are nothing more than animals, capable of nothing more than fulfilling their own independent desires no matter the cost to others. They are the knights, they are the valiant, they are the strong.

At the top of these heroes are the members of the Major Crimes Unit. The MCU employ the best and brightest to make sure Sonder City stays a gleaming beacon of ideals and morality to the rest of the nations. Intelligent, driven and courageous, they invoke the very essence of being the shimmering heroes of old. They are all that stands between humanity and total destruction. An extravagant claim to be sure, but when the world is using your city as a basis as to whether we can truly cooperate and belong with each other, the implications are very real. They are the last line of defense, a stop gap barricaded with the strongest materials in the form of people they could find. We are human, but we need not be driven by impulses that claim that nothing matters but ourselves. We can be better...we must be better.

The SCPD and MCU will make sure you understand that.