Prologue
It took decades for the Earth to recover from a catastrophic event that not only reshaped the surface of the world but also took a chunk out of the moon - which turned out to be a really bad thing. The tides in the oceans kind of needed it whole. It was amazing the ripple effect something like that had. Add in meteor showers, a few nuke strikes, and BAM!
Once the worst of the destruction ceased, meaning the craters only smoldered and the shuddering waves from the impacts had subsided, the planet was never the same. The Ancients, as some called them - although could a few centuries really make them so old? - had done a number on the planet. It wasn't the plastic pollution that did it in - as so many predicted. The Earth had a way of breaking things down when given a chance. Ther
