Introduction

The year is 2003.
Society is on the brink of collapse, as the effects of the Black Mesa Research Facility's industrial accident continue to wrangle the Earth.

So-called 'portal storms' burgeon chaos and mass relocation in the deserts. As a result, a global resource deprivation of monumental proportions sends countries into conflict.

Amidst the confusion, governments, unions, and coalitions begin to crumble under the weight of the situation at hand.

A grim future awaits.