here once there were nations, now there ate “They rule the inhabited nly corporat worlds. less quest for dominance and profit tions are gigantic entities, fiscal titans who bestrie the ors of humanity bending allto thei needs. They ‘manufacture everything fom fests to fiearms ‘Their worMorces are numbered in bilions. Tel wealth is beyond counting. Their conflicts shake the tortured planets with thes vilece. “Tobe an employee of corporation i tobe pat of oflfe and to commit youself body and soul 04 cause Every moment of every day, the citizens and \wotkers are bombarded by the propaganda oftheir em- ployers. They ae told that only their corporation is Supreme, tat only their corporation sight, that only their way fies good. “The citizens of democratic Capito know that they ane free and that al others seek to destroy their fee dom. Capitots huge amis are commited to defending that freedom. “The subjects of Bauhau's Fou Elector Dkes know that they ar surrounded by enemies who covet their wedth and their technical superiority. The generals of ‘Bauhaus’ mltary orders wotk hard to ensie that their wealth is preserved. “Those who serve Mishims’s Lord Heirs know that only they understand te rue meaning of honor and that ‘the univers fl f thse who sek to take advantage ofthese in their ancient dominions. The Samurai stand ead to gve tei ives in defense of those lands ‘The clnsfole of imperial are just ascertain that only the trong survive, and by thelr conquests, hey Drove thir strength, “The enigmatic employees af bernie know that they are the focus of universal hate and tht al sek th destruction. 1p succed their enemies must overcome “their beretaly enhanced defenders. So conflicts ae bred. So was are bor. n atime of ‘conomic eatastrophe and scarce resources, these bes _are enough to deve milion to war, THE BROTHERHOOD Rising above the wars ofthe corporations ate the members of the Broti- hood, the sprtual gurd.ans of humanity At the head of the Brother: hood stands the Cardinal, the most powerful manin history. a being of enormous spiritual, moral and temporal power. He is served by count. Jess billons. Missionaries spread his word. Ingusitors hunt dow his ‘heretical enemies Seers wield the strange mystical powers of the Artin his ‘ame, Countless soldier fanatics are ready to deat his com “Those who serve the Dark Apostes ae the eternal enemies of all human- 'y: The mumberlss hordes ofthe Dark Legion raise their gigantic itadels ‘onal the worlds of humanity. Undead warriors swarm against the armies ‘of humanity and force even the fillen to serve them. Countless Heretics Faith in the Cardinal isthe last remaining gle that binds humanity to- _gether- People of nearly every corporation with the notable exception of (ybertronic) attend sermons in the towering Cathedrals on the walls of ‘which the etemal uuths ofthe Chronicles are inscribed. Citizens of every ‘corporation heed his message of hope and redemption, They all need something to believe in, for the times are dark. THE DARK LEGION infese evry corer of human society and spread their message of comp tion and rebelon, fostering wars between the megacorporations, spread ‘ng distrust and hatred among humanity " They serve lian, the Scheme, Mistress ofthe awesome mystical