2035 - Age of Decay begins. Humanity clusters in huge urban areas called metrozones. People are desperate and easily victimized by scam artists, thieves, quack cults, and petty dictators. Lotteries, drugs, and pleasure houses gain widespread popularity. Violence is common.
Human life is as valuable as dirt.
2075 - Despite the Hunter Doctrines, humanity continues to feed on itself. Violence and crime are rampant. Metrozones rule through martial law. Metrozones and scavenger gangs battle among one another in competition for scarce resources. Warfare has become continual.