Tale
about KKnD:
Let
me quote from official site, because I can't do it so good as they did,
so:
The
21st Century looked as if it was going to be a golden era. Wars were at
an all time low, nuclear arsenals were cut down to a fraction of what they
once were and the environmental disasters feared by the 20th Century never
materialised, through a combination of nano-technology to clean up the
existing problems and then shifting heavy industry to space.
But
then in 2079 it all went wrong.
Warheads
rained down from space and within the space of a week a quarter of the
worlds population was exterminated as cities became glowing radioactive
furnaces.
Wave
upon wave of mutagenic viruses struck at human and animal alike, and high
tech nano weapons ate at the computer circuits, electricity cables and
plastics that civilisations depended on. As the infrastructure collapsed,
billions starved.
Nowhere
on earth was spared these deprevations, and it soon looked as if the only
pockets of humanity that survived would be the ones hidden safe within
bunkers, deep underground.
But
not quite
In
the years between 2080 and 2140 life was viciously hard for the few survivors
that remained on the surface. Horribly altered by the effects of
both the viruses and the radiation they struggled to eke out an existence
constantly under threat by the voracious fauna and flora of the new world.
But after two generations the weak had died out and only the strong survived.
Groups
banded together for strength and protection, building wepons out of whatever
they could find, and began to tame many of the animals and plants they
came across. A civilisation based on strong warrior ethic had begun to
emerge. Scavenging what they can from the old times, they rely on their
animals more than technology.
Down
in the shelters, original estimates of how long their supplies would last
are proving hopelessly optimistic. Recycled food supplies were still adequate,
if not enjoyable, but their technical resources were being stretched to
the limit. Eventually it became obvious to the shelter dwellers that
they would have to return to the surface before they were completely denuded
of technology.
Under
the control of the Council for survival, the shelter dwellers started up
their tunneling machines and begun drilling back up to the surface.
They
broke through 2141 thirty nine years sooner than their original plan called
for..
And
here IT began.
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