SHATTERED SKIES & DISTANT THUNDER

Ulysses 1994XF0, commonly referred to as Ulysses, was a Strangereal asteroid approximately 1.6 kilometers in diameter.

Researchers at the Seals Bridge University first discovered Ulysses in October 1994. Subsequent research from the Comona Islands predicted the asteroid would collide with Strangereal's Earth in July 1999. The announcement sent Earth's countries into a panic and sparked a large development of shelters. Usea and Anea were the two continents predicted to suffer the most damage, resulting in mass migrations to other parts of the world. Usean countries developed the Stonehenge railgun network to combat Ulysses; on Anea, Estovakia attempted to develop the Chandelier railgun but could not complete it in time.

Ulysses made impact as predicted in July 1999. In a few weeks, over half a million human lives were lost; Usea and Estovakia's infrastructure collapsed; and a widespread humanitarian crisis quickly developed as refugees lost their homes. The political instability from the impacts would last years and inevitably result in the Continental War on Usea and the Estovakian Civil War on Anea.

The Earth has just survived a devastating meteor shower that has killed
half the population. Before the shower the populates of Usea had built
a huge cannon structure called Stonehenge. Taking advantage of the
situation the Erusians attack the rest of the continent foreign the ISAF
(Independent States Allied Forces) back to the small island known as
North Point.