In the space of fifty years, Earth changed from a planet on cusp of a challenging future to a world a breath away from lifelessness & plunged into an apocalyptic time of ecological disaster, global warfare & the meltdown of human civilization. This is the time of the Maelstrom. In this ravaged world, the planet's dwindling resources have divided what remains of mankind in two: the urban freedom fighting ' Remnants' & the technologically advanced ' Ascension'. Now they must wage war agains...