The Last Mutineers

Premonitions of War

Since the dawn of man, humans have questioned their existence. All of them at one point in time have wondered whether or not they are alone in the Universe. The reality of the matter is that they are not. They are merely pawns in the grand scheme of things. Humanity just so happens to be playing right into ancient lore dating back over three Universe Cycles.

Now a Universe Cycle lasts over a googolplex and only one species has survived each cycle thus far. Meaning there are three other species currently residing in the Universe. Those species, in chronological order, are the Judex Sapiens, the Sagacians, and the Malentians.

The Judex Sapiens and the Sagacians work together. However, the Malentians work toward annihilation. Their main goal is to destroy everything the other two species has created, but have to be subtle about such ordeals. Lest they be caught in the act.

In order to retain obscurity, the Malentians plant directives into their target's DNA. Directives of evil that slowly blossom over time and evolve into naught but one thing: self-annihilation on a grand scale. Effectively forcing their pawns to do their evil bidding for them. All of which is occurring on a little blue sphere we like to call, Earth.

The Great Bio War

Before the war that ends humanity's dominant reign over Earth, times are tumultuous to say the least. With the fraudulent election of President Venalis Proditor in 2044 CE (whose years in the United States Senate have already eroded away a majority of America’s freedoms), the Union does not stand a chance. Because shortly after his election, a powder keg of chaos erupts in the torn nation and a rebellion forms to overthrow the United States Government.

However, what the rebels fail to foresee is that Proditor has been in alliance with the corrupt United Nations. Who, in turn, combine forces with the NATO troops and stage a war on American soil. With the use of highly advanced nanobiotechnology, the invading forces trigger the beginning of the end of humanity.

Techie Bombs are what is used to usher in the apocalypse that nearly ends humanity's existence. Of which are simply disintegrable cylinders filled to the brim with highly advanced nanobiotechnology that utilizes complex genetic programming to target and disassemble human DNA. All while utilizing their target's biopolymers as a source of power. Ensuring the Malentians' success in the destruction of their rivals' creation.

There is just one thing though: Not all humans are able to be eradicated. For you see, there are survivors of the attack. The Sagacians being those who warn a select few humans of a barrier-inducing pendant in Yellowstone National Park that was put there in order to save humanity from the supervolcano hiding beneath it. Except instead of saving humanity from a natural disaster, the barrier saves them from naught but themselves. It having the ability to repel the nanotechnology and all.

The Aftermath

The survivors flourish the first few years after the disaster. Although they are plagued with fear and anxiety, the survivors find peace in the settlement they form around Fiddlers Lake in Lander, Wyoming. They effectively utilize the Wind River Range for their benefit and humanity begins to prosper once more.

There is only one thing though: Evil always seems to manifest itself in the deepest recesses of the human mind. Such being due to the Malentians’ evil protocols that were instilled hundreds of thousands of years ago in the first hominins. So, what was once peace and prosperity soon evolves into chaos and manipulation.

Two factions form out of the chaos. Those two being: The Order, whose sinister leaders control the populace with fear, and The Stigmata, whose leaders allow their followers to live freely. Governing them with a few common sense laws in order to maintain peace and civility. Of which is easily achievable with the use of their highly advanced technologies.

In the end, The Order is left to sustain its ever-growing entropy at the settlement at Fiddlers Lake. Where they have naught but archaic tools and supplies to live on. All while The Stigmata flourishes inside a secret bunker hidden inside of Mount Chauvenet, which has all of the advanced technology mankind had acquired prior to the war.

Needless to say, one faction lives quite better than the other. A fact that shows after The Great Mutiny from Fiddlers Lake. An event where hundreds of survivors flee The Order to join The Stigmata on the eve of The Order’s renowned winter solstice festival. Only to become known as Mutineers. Each of whom has a bounty on their head and is to be killed on sight by any Orderman lucky enough to capture them.

Two decades later, five adolescents have a yearning for more. Living their entire lives in the substandard conditions at Fiddlers Lake, they have a lust for adventure that cannot be sated by mere hunting alone. So they, like the many others before them, defect from the settlement. Only to become the fabled Last Mutineers...