> The Second Euro-American War <

Key Causes:

• The Synthetic Famine: Genetically modified crops, created by NACTOCorp, failed catastrophically— starved millions and caused mass migration
• The Frankfurt Data Purge: A rouge AI, later identified as coming from The God Machine, erased 83% of the former EU’s financial records, collapsing economies overnight
• Corporate Succession: Mega-Corps, like NACTOCorp, began operations as defacto nations, seizing territories with private armies

Major Events:

• The Berlin Firewall: The EU erected a quantum-locked digital border, trapping millions in cyber-feudal states
• Operation — GLASS HAMMER: NACTOCorp, an American superpower, firebombed London’s financial core with tech disassemblers, leaving the city leveled to molten silica
• The Moscow BlackOut: North Korea unleashed EMP-scrambled cyber-zombies in Russian territories, turning soldiers into puppets
• “R4PTUR” Protocol: A failed ceasefire hack created by the joint efforts of the former US and the former EU triggers “The Great Fracture”; a 37 second cyberstorm that broke The PreNet into the NeoNet or “The Digital Abyss” it is today

Aftermath:

• Death Toll: 400 million; half from famine, half from war
• New Map: The entire globe realigned into “Providences”, corporate controlled zones with their own laws - The NUP — The New United Providences (former US) - The NEA — The New European Alliances (former EU) - The ACF — The Asian Coalition Force (formerly Asia and Asian territories) - The OML — The Old Motherland (formerly Russian territories and Russia itself)