Over the past 1,000 years, man evolved a complex and burgeoning technology that paved the way for colonization of space. Man made life possible on outer planets by solving such vital problems as universal distribution of pure water, effective government of far-flung worlds, and viable communications.

However, man has become the victim of his own invention. The seeds of his destruction are planted in his technology. In ceaseless waves of violent wars fought out of sheer lust for power, the Successor Houses have slaughtered untold millions and unraveled more than a thousand years of advancement. And still the ruthlessly fierce contest for supremacy continues.

The First Succession War left cities decimated, vital industries destroyed, and hundreds of millions of civilians dead. All energies were turned to war – civilian technology, including water purification systems, deteriorated drastically.

The Second Succession War was just as deadly, destructive, and indecisive as the first. The blossoming military technology withered as the scientists who created and nurtured it died in war. It became increasingly difficult to build the computers, large fusion power plants, BattleMechs, and dropships desperately needed for the relentless combat. Production slowed dramatically, lagging dangerously far behind battlefield losses. The Warlords were reduced to cannibalizing existing equipment for spare parts to supplement the building of new weaponry. Salvage became vitally important to survival.

The Third Succession War continues the brutal contest. Resources are too scarce to destroy, too valuable not to fight for.

War is now a way of life…….

WILL IT END?