Dead Exodus

Prologue

It was the year 2039. Humanity had reached a level of technology that was incomparable to the technology of previous years. Commercial space-flight, fusion reactors, and cybernetic limbs and implants. All these technologies had become reality. Unfortunately, with the rise of new technologies came increasing unrest between the countries of the world. For years, tensions had been rising between the world's super powers, and war finally broke out. It didn't take long before all sorts of destructive weapons were going off. Tungsten rods fired from satellites, conventional nuclear weaponry, to name a couple. These weapons scarred the Earth's surface, leaving large craters and uninhabitable radiation hotspots. However, the worst of all the weapons came from the newly reformed Soviet Union. The weapons looked innocent enough, being just large metal canisters, but they were wicked weapons. Wherever they landed they released a toxic, fast-spreading gas. The gas blanketed miles upon miles of land before dissipating. Those unfortunate enough to be caught in the gas zones were turned into mindless, flesh-eating monsters. Humanity began to panic, racing to the launch pads. Those who made it to the pads in time were evacuated to the Mars colony "Opportunity". Those that were left behind were doomed to spend the rest of their lives on a broken, infested planet. This is the story of one man's struggle to survive...