21st Century

The 21st Century, aka Twenty-First Century or Common Era, in accordance to the Georgian Calendar, began on January 1st 2001 and ended on December 31st 2100.

The 21st Century was a direct continuation of the 20th Century, with near-to,nothing, changing since the 1940s, aside from the end of the Second World War, which saw an Alliance Victory; although the Alliance won solely by the skin of their teeth. The 21st Century remained undefined, with the continuation of nationalism and decolonisation, and near-limitless nuclear power. The 21st Century saw the continuation of a future as imagined in the 1950s, maintaining monochromatic terminals, vacuum-based computers, fusion powered automobiles and much more.

The 21st Century spawned in the creation of nuclear-powered robotic servants, helpers and enforcers for systematic law procedures, such as Fire-Mobility automatons, medical Androids, law enforcement Sentry Bots and much more.

### The Resource Wars Continues

The 21st Century saw the continuation of the Resource Wars, which began in 1972. The Resource Wars were a series of regional wars spread out, beginning from 1972 and lasting until 2018, which saw neighbouring countries fighting each other for control of all Resources on the planet. The Resource Wars were a key-diverging moment in the 2024 Universe, especially for Britain and Germany, which saw them at war over a shortage in coal, oil and natural gases.

Therefore, during 1972 onwards, this ushered n a series of wars between neighbouring countries for any major resources that could be acquired.

Both the United States and Russia fought for natural resources as well, when Russia invaded the US in 1983. Two key resources were also Petroleum and Uranium. For these resources, the United Kingdom would ally with the United States, China would invade Saudi Arabia and Iran. Russia would invade the US for most of their oil which was found in Texas, Alaska, California, North Dakota and Oklahoma.

Due to the Resource Wars, this saw a mass shortage in coal, oil and gas, in all countries as they bickered and quarrelled over the last remaining resources on Earth. By 1990, Coal was near obsolete, producing at one half, and ushered in the age of Nuclear-fission power. As well as Nuclear-Fission power, this saw age the beginning uses of solar and hydroelectric power, but none of these were sufficient to serve the global population's ever-growing needs.

On top of this, in December 1989, the US and UN forces were reminded of the incoming meteor impact on Earth, originally discovered in April 1985, which could cause roughly the same extinction-level event that happened 65 million years ago, with the dinosaurs, that killed nearly all life on Earth. The meteor became known as Vesuvius-911. Unknown to humanity at this time, and up until 2005, Vesuvius-911, would strike the Earth in 2020, causing world-wide extinction of the human race.

Luckily enough, by this time, humanity had crafted over 19 million space-rockets designed to carry 50,000 human cargo each, into space to colonise new planets, nicknamed Alpha Colonies, or Habitation zones. These rockets, nicknamed Evacuation Pods, were crafted, developed and created by the Apollo Corporation, situated in the UK, and Kaiser Robotics of the US. But, with the available reserves of oil, coal and much more, diminishing, many believed these rockets would never make it into space. But, the rockets flew into space on November 9th 2020, which became known as E-Day, for those who would commemorate the memory of those that were lost to Vesuvius-911, on that day.

The US would finally see it's end almost 40 years previously, due to nuclear warfare with China and Russia, but luckily managed to finished the 19 Million rockets needed with the Apollo Corporation. Many American Military Forces that were in Britain, or fighting over-seas, during this time diverged into the Brotherhood of Eldars, situated in the remnants of American and within the still-fairly established Britain.

Both Britain and America had built up stockpiles of nuclear weaponry throughout centuries of warfare. The destruction Vesuvius-911 brought was staggering and complete. More energy was released in the early moments of the crashing meteorite than in all previous global conflicts on Earth combined. This began the Black Era.

### The Wasteland

The world that remained was harsh and unforgiving. Humanity struggled to survive. On the surface, bandits and organised gangs fought over the crumbling remains of once-great cities, Radiation Sentinels and mutated creatures would prowl the wastelands. Underground, a fortunate few enjoyed the relative safety and comfort of the Russian Bunkers, designed before the war, with the proclaimed purpose of protecting residents and their descendants from annihilation at the hands of Vesuvius-911. Those that were lucky to survive the destruction of Earth within Smallworlds Facilities, did so within Cryogenic Storage, but awoke after more than half were ransacked by bandits, plunderers, or even the intergalactic pirate corporation known as the Red Star.

After Eighty Five years, many Evacuation Pods, returned to Earth in order to repopulate the outside. But, wherever humanity survived, it was under constant threat by ravenous mutants, rogue machines, vicious raiders, and all manner of hostile mutated creatures.the planet was fought over by the Black Mark and the Bluemoon, who would both deteriorate over centuries of warfare, to become the Darkwater Imperium and the Flag of Orion. Even the Red Star and the North Gang waged war on the planet surface, and many more events, including nuclear defence strategies from all sides.

Living in the 1940s. The first half of the 1940s was absorbed with World War II. The war was a time of worry and heartache for people around the world, but life went on in spite of the senseless, tragic conflict that consumed the lives of so many loved ones, destroyed homes and livelihoods, and scattered families around the globe