This is a Cyberpunk-themed story. In this universe, the global community is devastated by a global stock market collapse in 1994. Poverty, homelessness, and unemployment spike across the world. A series of mega-corporations grows increasingly dominant in geopolitics, takes territory around the world and employs soldiers or mercenaries to fight wars for them. The U.S. political system was taken over by the intelligence ser...

Texas was the first to declare independence when martial law was imposed on the citizens of the old US. Given the wars in Central America along with the economic collapse, the "Gang of Four" ruling Washington could do little to stop the states in the west and southwest from declaring secession. A shoot-on-sight policy was implemented for curfews, which led to dozens of incidents involving US troops firing on civilians. Ev...

The citizens of Mexico's California Gulf region were not standing still while the world turned. Preceding the 1st Central American war, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) released a bioengineered plant virus targeted at destroying the coca, poppy, and marijuana plants, amongst others. In the short term, it was a massive success. The Cartel drug trade collapsed, and the top cartel bosses were toppled when profits plummeted....

All characters depicted are above the age of 18 years or older. Maxwell Baez is a Texas Ranger in the not-too-distant future who has been enhanced with advanced biotechnology. In the late twentieth century, Texas Rangers were more akin to highway patrol, performing a range of law enforcement functions. The chaos of the global economic collapse of '94, wars in Latin America and state secession pushed the Rangers to expand...

The assassination of Rafael Padilla, the Tijuana Cartel's top financial wizard, lit the fuse on a conflict that had been, for the most part, been below the surface. The autodefensas, chief among them were the "Baja Battalion," had spent over a decade organizing to secure the support of politicos within the municipalities of Baja California and Sonora. Bribes, offers of protection, electoral challenges and threats were lev...

Marseilles, Southern France March 2075 Apartment Complex _____________________________ Beyond the bustling capital, Paris, Marseilles was left behind in many ways. Economically, politically, and socially. Following the fourth corporate war and the collapse of international shipping, the city suffered a severe economic recession. Inflation soared, irregular migration from around the Mediterranean Sea increased and the "Dat...