The year 2020 the U.S. declared war on the world, launching three nukes targeting North Korea, Russia, and China. With the preemptive nuclear strike America was able to sweep through the countries in a short 10 years. Seizing the technology from the countries they were able to quickly develop their weapons and tactics. In the year 2044 America turn on their allies and waged war against the united nations. By the year 2066 America had conquered the world renaming itself the Global Federation.

The unexpected happened and peace actually followed the war. No longer a need to develop weapons scientist turned all their attention to other things. In the year 2072 Snow Storm Entertainment, creators of the famous games like Planet of Warmaker, StarMaker, BrainStone, and OverClock announced the development of a new game, one that would change the world.

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In the year 2073 the first bit of news was released causing a sensation throughout the planet. Amongst the stars, the first VRMMORPG was announced. Snow Storm revealed they had been working on technology that would allow a players conscience to enter the game simulating 100% of reality. CEO Hector Thomas revealed that to accommodate all people there would be three different ways to play so everyone could afford it.

In the year 2074 no news was announced about Amongst the Stars, almost like it fell off the face of the planet. Fans sent angry messages and berated Snow Storm Entertainment and CEO Thomas calling them frauds and over hyping nothing. They released no news to try to rectify the situation and the craze started to calm down.

January 1st of the year 2075 Snow Storm announced Amongst the Stars would be released on June 1st