The Collapse

The Collapse, synonymous with many similar titles, was the breaking point of human society, which occurred during the 2090s. It was a build-up of numerous problems, such as growing tensions between world powers, natural resource crises, armed standoffs and 'displays of power', and most importantly, a seemingly random and severe world-wide temperature drop. The warmest temperature recorded by the end of this period was -46.7C (−52.1F)

While it is widely unknown what the true cause was for this, it is believed that great supercomputers which were designed by the world governments as sentient warmachines, some of them having a similar capability to manipulate the atmosphere as a form of area denial against aircraft, may have malfunctioned or targeted humanity as a whole (in order to preserve it; to prevent war and further resource strains). Whatever the reason, people have made many theories and such is one of the leading reasons to the creation of the many warring factions seen today.