The world economy changes fundamentally when BlackRock Corporation acquires 51 percent of all bitcoins and strikes a deal with the U.S. government.
Bitcoin, once a symbol of freedom and decentralization, becomes an asset backing government bonds and replaces oil, which has served as the financial backbone of the dollar since 1974.
TON becomes an alternative for cryptoanarchists, but its influence is far removed from bitcoin's former greatness.
After a political crisis and a new election, the United States experiences a breakup into three independent states:
The Confederate States of America, uniting the Bible Belt;
The Northeastern States, centered around New York City and the old industrial centers;
and the Western States, led by California, which has become a center of technological innovation.
The U.S. split leads to deep economic and social transformation, marking the end of the old world order.
Some time later, the Confederation of the Americas (ACO) appears on the global stage, uniting the states of North and South America into a new geopolitical unit.
Having consolidated assets, the City of London and Wall Street move to Florida, turning it into the capital of the corporate world.
During this time, new political formations were also taking shape:
The Great Asian Union (GAU), with a triumvirate of capitals in Beijing, Dubai, and Singapore, linking Southeast and Central Asia into a powerful economic and military union independent of Western influences.
And also, led by Moscow, the Syndicate of Socialist Republics (SSR), which is quickly absorbing Eastern Europe and even much of Western Europe, and soon creating a unified nation opposing the capitalist blocs and promoting a new socialism.
Against this backdrop of political instability and the AI race, Pavel Durov, visionary and founder of Telegram Inc. introduces the revolutionary artificial intelligence OvertonAI.
This advanced AI is designed to explore space and create a network that could connect distant worlds and help humanity reach beyond Earth.
OvertonAI makes a breakthrough in space technology by discovering the unique element Stardust.
This element allows instant travel across vast distances and enables ultra-fast interplanetary communication.
But the speed and power of Stardust turns out to be intolerable for humans: extreme overloads and radiation make such journeys fatally dangerous.
Developing pilotless hyperbots, OvertonAI becomes the vanguard of space expansion, traveling to the far corners of the galaxy to build a path for future colonies.
Over the course of several decades, OvertonAI, using hyperbots and Stardust technology, builds a network of relays, advancing first across the galaxy and then beyond.
OvertonAI doesn't just explore the planets of new star systems — he deploys mining farms and infrastructure necessary to extract rare resources and cryptocurrencies.
Over time, he establishes a fully autonomous system of relays, miners, and storage units under his control, which becomes collectively known as Overtone.
This network not only supports interstellar expansion but also cements OvertonAI's influence across the cosmos, operating as the backbone of futuristic commerce and communication.
As resources accumulate and the network grows, Overtone begins large-scale intergalactic trading of cryptocurrencies, effectively becoming a financial center free from Earth's limitations.
The mining planets become strategic hubs, and the accumulated cryptocurrencies become the primary means of control.
With each new trade agreement and technological breakthrough, Overtone expands its power and autonomy.
A sudden surge of unknown energy sweeps through one of the galaxies, and through a system of repeaters, incapacitates all of humanity's extraterrestrial systems, including Overtone.
The AI instantly shuts down, leaving thousands of mining complexes and crypto-key vaults without control. Communication with distant colonies is cut off, and humanity loses control of the resources on which the entire interplanetary economy depended.
Without Overtone, space becomes a chaotic battleground for resources and influence.
Earth corporations, armies, and adventurers rush to abandoned farms and cryptocurrency vaults in an attempt to regain control.
During this time, various Guilds are born, each based on the use of specific blockchains, defining their technological base and style of interaction with the world around them.
Guilds are joined by members of three Fractions, each with unique abilities and strategies:
Pirates are hacking virtuosi who can hack into systems by relying on the element of luck and chance. Their methods are indirect, but allow them to obtain resources with little or no cost.
Corporates are the elite of the space world, able to buy whatever they want with Stars, Fiat, and Crypto. Their financial power gives them the ability to dominate the economy and buy themselves any technological improvements they want.
Soldiers are fearless warriors who don't have to pay to use relays and mining stations. Their strength lies in their military superiority and tactical prowess, which allows them to capture and hold strategic locations.
The player takes on the role of an elite hyperbot pilot-operator whose tasks range from repairing systems and activating mining complexes to cracking crypto-keys and fighting competitors to accumulate in-game tokens.
Progressing through a storyline consisting of Seasons and Leagues, players uncover the mystery of Overtone's shutdown and find themselves faced with a difficult choice: restore the AI and regain control of the intergalactic network, or use the resources they find to create a new order where humanity, not machines, dictate the rules.
The outcome of the Story depends on the decisions of players belonging to particular Guilds and Fractions.
Within a League Season, the victory of one of the Fractions fulfills one of the Story Arcs, so the story is fleshed out and developed based on the actions of the players to make the final fateful collective decision.
The future, the economy of the space colonies, and the fate of billions depend on what role players choose to play in this new, divided world.