It is the year 2176. It’s been thirteen years since a thirty-six-month war raged between politically and fundamentally different ideals of the global confederacy RANE, the original union of space nations known as Eden, and a breakaway union of space nations known as Casares, ending in a treaty that not only prevented further use of trade embargos or sanctions as a weapon between the Earth and space, but also dissolved the global confederacy RANE effective months after the signing of the treaty. That war was already the second war of its kind, which happened ten years prior over space colony rights, leading to their independence from the Earth.

It doesn’t seem that the current events are pointing to any global scale war like before whatsoever, yet the tension levels within each troubled nation could be argued an equal level as they were during the war. Many nations did not take the dissolution of the confederacy well, and power struggles that were solved by central authorities left the void to be filled by more corrupt individuals even by comparison to those in power prior to the confederacy. This led to problems such as explosions in poverty levels and exponential wealth gap increases in as short as a year, crippling what used to be strong, healthy economies.

As a result, many of these struggling nations without assistance from their former partner nations are seeing massive uprisings and surges in violence, using any means necessary to gather the desired attention to their cause, expecting either intervention or for the ruling parties to step down. Ultimately, most of what they were clamoring for was either the restoration of their prosperity they were stripped of, or the restoration of the confederacy, which seemed to be the farthest from realistic without a major turn of opinion by major world powers (and in turn violating the treaty). What remains to fill the void if either happens is yet to be determined, but until then, what has been observed is that the affected countries either fight to suppress the protesting and violence, or they see their hopelessness and reach out to hire outside help to do the suppressing.

Hexa International was formed by former Vrey Robotics (Hong Kong) CEO and Founder Vincent Vrey not long after the Second Earth-Space War with its headquarters established in Akkadia One rather than back on Earth. His products were focused on making use of his robotic technology in in-home appliances and life essentials such as those with special medical needs. But because of his history in the previous war with mech warfare and their operating systems, his expertise was bought up by former Sumerian military giant Mugen, and the ideas to create the desired security forces began in 2174, where the first drafts of the concept LTAC (Light-duty TACtics) were drawn up. These smaller mechs were about a fourth of the size of a typical MBI such as the A-7 or the Sumere (~5m tall vs ~20m) from the last war, built to handle lighter combat within packed urban environments and cause as little collateral damage as possible.

The first LTAC designs, labeled the Hexa AiX models, were first tested in artificial, simulated Earth gravity at the Akkadia-operated Jazira Station not far from Eden. When they were being loaded back up for return after testing, one cargo ship was stolen after an ambush, disappearing off to somewhere on Earth. The Jaziran Heist marked the beginning of the harshest uptick in resistance violence across the globe as a popular underground dealer Bernaud reverse engineered the Hexa-made AiX, using them with extreme effectiveness against urban combat-designed tanks and armored vehicles.

Not long after, the unidentifiable powers utilizing such tactics began to take on a new identity “The Underground”. This gave rise to the demand by various countries for LTAC provisions, by which Hexa had to make their own internal changes before planning as to whether or not they would benefit filling out such orders.

After deliberation for a year, on August 2^nd, 2175, Infinity launched. This was Hexa International’s volunteer security program they created to not only make official use of their LTAC-based services where requested, they would also provide trained pilots, tactical and logistics leaders, and mechanical crews.

These security packages would be leased to the countries providing pay, and not long after, several Earth countries began requesting the building of Infinity recruitment centers within their borders to hasten and ease accessibility and support. The original recruitment center started in Akkadia One, followed by one in Casares, then was followed by the first Earth-based center in Athens, Greece. By this day, there are a total of twelve Infinity recruitment hubs on Earth.

Recruitment wasn’t exactly simple, however, when public image and reputation would be of utmost importance. Former pilots of the previous war initially seemed quite drawn to the ample pay, insurance benefits, travel opportunities, housing, and bonuses as a great way to re-establish their place in life, but Vincent made it clear with his direction with Infinity. Global security was of utmost importance, but right alongside it would be maintaining consistency and rationality. He knew the protests were not of anything sinister, but something that had to be contained, subdued, and controlled to allow more peaceful solutions to come about, which was right in toe with what each hiring government preached.

He had to have high standards for the recruits, and since a stable psyche was one of the ideal requirements, he closed off all recruiting from any former war pilot. This angered many but couldn’t be helped. This is how Samantha A. Knight got her position after recruitment. She was the daughter of two former war pilots and a graduate of the Akkadian Naval Prep Academy (High School), currently enrolled in Gehret Memorial Law School in Sumeria. She was also a prime example of the qualities desired: deep prior knowledge of warfare equipment, excellent results with pilot training, good academic records, solid references, and a clean, healthy lifestyle.