Almost 30,000 years from now, the world is no longer the same. Humanity has expanded its territory, and large parts of the known universe have been colonised.

The setting of the game is Rubi-Ka, a red and barren desert planet in a remote part of the universe. A seemingly insignificant planet, made important by its presence of a rich notum ore.

The precious substance of notum is instrumental in taking the all-important nano-technology to the next level of development. Nano-technology: the science of small robots, so minute they can enter the human body to perform a multitude of tasks, repair it, enhance it... or damage it.

Some 800 years before the player joins this world, the hyper-corporation (a company with more than 1 billion employees) called Omni-Tek discovered the planet and the possibilities of its natural substances. Omni-Tek took out a lease on the planet, terra-formed it (made it habitable), and imported a workforce to mine the notum. The working environment, and Omni-Tek's way of treating its workforce, left a lot to be desired for some people. And so the next generations of people born on the planet, started questioning the company’s right to avail themselves of their labours... and revolted.

The revolt has turned the planet into a place of perpetual conflict, and an unstable political climate. The rebel clans consist of a number of different factions, all with their own solutions to the current problems plaguing the planet. Some want a political, diplomatic solution - while others resort to terrorism and violence with the ultimate goal of overthrowing the Omni-Tek government. The profits gained from Notum mining, and Omni-Tek's legally condoned lease of the planet, make the opposition an irrational one - that is, in the eyes of the planet's corporate rulers. Omni-Tek is prepared to defend its territory by all the means in its posession.