Background

In 2640, it was discovered that the Outlands were on the verge of a critical energy crisis.By most calculations, the region would be in a state of disaster by the year 2699.To avert this, philanthropist Lillian Peck assembled a team of the greatest scientists the Outlands had ever known. Banding together as “the Group,” this collection of engineers, geologists, and other great minds began research on branthium, a newly-discovered element that could prove to be the solution to the crisis, under the codename of Project: Iris.