It is the year 1962, in a world similar yet different to our own, after experiencing 40 years of peace after the 'Great War'. A strange phenomenon is occurring in England, known as ‘Deep Fog’ which has lead to widespread panic among civilian populations due to a number of missing persons cases related to sightings of this phenomena and it's related Aberrations.

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Whilst similar to our own world certain technologies can cultures differ, for instance due to the dominance of the Piezo-Babbage engine as the premier method of electricity production, the use of steam powered technology is incredibly popular not just in England but around the world, and has become the main export from the European Powers to the rest of the world. Though more traditional forms of energy generation are used, just more sparingly than in our world.

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Warfare has also changed in the wake of this new power source as Steamsuits have become a common sighting  in duels to settle disputes and as sport between countries. This has reduced the necessity for large scale armed forces, though each nation does keep a back-up force in case of emergencies. 

 

In addition to this, due to a greater dominance in European Energy Production, the function of Empire has reduced with most powers forming Commonwealth Trade Centres between nations formerly part of Empire. This has led to less influence from the United States of America due to less reliance on the industries that they have relied on previously, though they have begun to embrace the new energy paradigm.