Transcendence War

2080

The creation of the Coalition of Progressive Nations or CPN, took place in the early 2030's, advocating for full removal of moral barriers for cybernetic and biotechnological research and experimentation, with means to open the doors to nano-technological research and applications. Meeting with opposition from the United Nations, the world was split into two forces, comprised of several nations, that saw progress in different lights. The United Nations were convinced they could look at the new coming century with a conservative eye, while the Coalition of Progressive Nations were convinced that the increase in population and the discovery of new diseases and genetic disorders made further research imperative if they were to save humanity from extinction. Proposals for additional habitation units turned floating cities are cleared by both the UN and the CPN, the first Floating City would be active in the coming decades.

As support for the CPN was growing, the United Nations started to strengthen their defense capabilities. Budgets for military research and deployment were approved left and right, the CPN, not counting with the same traditionalist and conservative support the United Nations had, were approached by an unexpected ally: Commercial Entities that were more than eager to see the moral barriers being torn down to support further experimentation and approval of what later would be known as the Human Augmentation Project, an initiative that proposed human experimentation being brought back, although this time with willing volunteers from different strata of society. As a response to the UN increasing its defense capabilities, the CPN did the same.

UN Secretary-General, Antonino Vitelli, delivers his address to the world, "In Defense Of The Human Way", in which he condemns the CPN for both their inhumane proposals and their way of life. Claiming a sacred way of life, Vitelli gets the support of all of Latin America, who still view themselves as conservative countries, but on an unexpected turn of events, he loses most of the countries of the Middle East, as they claim Secretary-General Vitelli was acting like a bigot. UN Undersecretary Radovan Dracul travels to Dubai, to hold an emergency meeting with representatives of these countries, and he pleads with them for understanding. The negotiations never take place as UN Forces are discovered making a move for the city, while on the other side, CPN Forces start to move as well, leading the first massive conflict that would lead to a set of events that would prove catastrophic for the UN. The death toll: 750,000 deaths, over three times the number of missing, and massive damages to the city that was declared lost in the end. As a result, these countries not only leave the UN, but apply.