Embarassingly white reply incoming:

In the time of RED (named after the red dust produced by Johnny Silverhand detonating a Militech-provided suitcase nuke in downtown Night City in 2023)

there was a slave rebellion among the Highriders (the people who did the actual work in space) against the european space agency. In retaliation for the fourth corporate war going nuclear and damning crop yields, they dropped rocks from orbit on the headquarters of the corporations responsible.

The lore for what happens between 2023, and 2076 is a lot less bleak, for example there is a nuclear exchange and both Israel and Syria are still on the map.

Take a peek at the history section, CP:R is by far and away my favorite RPG system.

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