The Hestia Corporation
Under the organization of the Hestia Company, the remaining Humans spent many decades living underground in extensive Arks. Originally composed of the world's power elite society, Humans were responsible for the apocalyptic release of the world's cache of weapons of mass destruction in an attempt to cleanse the Earth of Contamination. The plan didn't exactly work, as Humans beginning to emerge from the Arks are discovering.
Humans regard Mutants and Biomeks as vile, disgusting perverts who revel in misshaping the glorious and perfect human form. The Humans' central belief is that true humanity must be preserved at any cost.
Anti-contaminant energy shielding developed during their underground exodus covers their towns, vehicles, and personnel. The shields themselves are generally undetectable, except by the presence of glowing blue projection field generators visible on all Human properties.
Genetic engineering has helped them fight off the alien contamination, but also has produced side effects of increased strength, eyesight, agility and sometimes strange mental powers. These traits are recognized as proof of the excellence of the Pure Human genetic line.
Hestia Company scientists have recently re-activated old world satellite networks. Combining the old satellite ion blast technology with a shield inversion technique, Humans can release devastating destruction in a very tight radius, providing surgical front-line firepower.
When the Hestia Company first broke ground above cargo and personnel access port #3 in Ark I, the expectations for the Reclamation Program were great. However, the reality of the rate of expansion was a bit less than the predicted leaps and bounds that prompted the Hestia Board of Directors to vote for re-emergence.
Nonetheless the Humans have made their return to the surface world undeniable. Scavenging downtrodden surface survivors were drawn to the glowing structures springing up around what was for more than a hundred years just a quiet hillside in a bend of an old highway...
History
When the Hestia Company first broke ground above Cargo and Personnel Access Port #3 in Ark I, the expectations for the Reclamation Program were great. However, the reality of the rate of expansion was a bit less than the predicted leaps and bounds that prompted the Hestia Board of Directors to vote for re-emergence.
The Humans found the world entirely different from their hopeful memories. Sprawling metropolises were lying in ruins. Formerly towering works of architectural genius had collapsed or imploded, now merely crumbling monuments to a once great civilization. Urban infrastructure would have to be redeveloped from scratch.
Nonetheless the Humans made their return to the surface world undeniable. Scavenging downtrodden surface survivors were drawn to the glowing structures springing up around what was, for more than a hundred years, just a quiet hillside in a bend of an old highway. Local street gangs and surviving bandits were also drawn to the settlements, keen to keep any potential new threat under control.
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