Standoff Between Great Powers

Conflict continues between the two greatest powers in the world today: Greater Persia and the Protectorate of the Black Skull. Persia has cemented its foothold in the Middle East and Africa by pulling in 18 additional nations, and the Black Skull has established a number of bases off-world, using its Singapore-based "Sky City" to launch a number of rockets. The Black Skull now counts seven nations under the umbrella of its "Protectorate."

However, conflict has recently arisen between the two powers and the battle has been waged, that's right, over our heads. With the same device which demonstrated terrible destructive power in Bhutan, Greater Persian forces recently fended off an attack from the Brotherhood's robot swarm, the same technology that has kept us off the Nets for so long.

What's the next step in this battle? It's hard to say, because few are allowed in or out of the Protectorate, and Persia has remained remarkably silent about the entire affair.