In the year 1945, my great great-grandfather, serving in the Army, wondered when he'd get to go home to his wife and the son he'd never seen. He got his wish when the U.S. ended World War II by dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The world awaited Armageddon. Instead, something miraculous happened: we began to use atomic energy not as a weapon, but as a nearly limitless source of power. People enjoyed luxuries once thought the realm of science fiction.

But then, in the 21st Century, people awoke from the American Dream. Years of consumption led to shortages of every major resource. The entire world unraveled.

We now stand on the brink of total war... and I am afraid. For myself, for my wife, for my infant son. Because if my time in the Army taught me one thing...

It's that war... war never changes.