Raijin

2084, the end of a new golden age of prosperity caused by the new technology boom. However, the end brings many uncertainties, with Earth's resources now almost entirely depleated, countries are scrambling for new energy sources searching using the world's technological advances. Will a new source be found in time to  save the world from a pointless war?

2084 in the United Kingdom, particularly Neo London, is a time of cultural upheaval, with the new Techno-Punk Culture threatening cultural traditions and the use of the ever-expanding Internet and The Continuum, a global virtual world in which anything is possible, ever decreasing the gap between reality and virtuality as technology advances. The United Kingdom is one of the nation's at the forefront of the search for a new energy source, with its top scientists working to harvest energy from subatomic particles using a super-collider under Oxfordshire. While others search for new energy sources on Mars.

Artifical Intelligences have advanced a great deal, with The Continuum network run and managed by AIs at varying levels of intelligence. However Artifical Intelligences who have a human intelligence are banned, due to havoc they may wreak if gone rogue. Although even those with a lower intelligence can often go rogue as different software is added, and it is the job of the Ministry of Science's Excommunicators who destroy the AI before it can copy itself and take over the Continuum.