In the year 2086 an uncurbable laboratory created Ebola Virus (stolen from the Texas Biomedical Institute by right wing extremists) is weaponized and unleashed upon the world's largest cities in a strategic attack.

Within six months of the attack, humanity lies on the brink of extinction.

In an effort to salvage the last remnants of the species, a United Nations effort is made to advance and finalize the science of Whole Brain Emulation (WBE). The technology scans the physical structure of the brain and copies it to digital form.

Just over a year after the attack, the virus has killed off 90% of the entire world population. The Cenozoic Era of the species ends and the Singularity Age begins as the remaining humans merge with their technology and are uploaded using the WBE technology to a cloud storage system called ERWEN.....