An immense, chaotic complex of metal and stone casts a shadow over storm-swept plains. Constructed by an ancient network in the long-forgotten image of man, the Tower now represents something far greater. Could this broken world, wrought with machine expansion and haunted by cybernetic organisms, contain a trace of hope? Each part of 'Conatus' is a short story told through the eyes of a survivor in this world. All are different, yet ultimately connected via the same fate.