Because of a new wave of interest in technological advancement starting in the late 2120’s the human race began pouring more and more money, resources, and manpower into many of the STEM subjects, with many people leaving fields in the humanities and manual jobs such as farming. Thanks to this change in mentality, over the last twenty years that humanity was on Earth, technological advancement was rampant, while everything else, including food production and environmental safety, was quickly dwindling, leading to the evacuation of Earth to an orbiting space station in 2141. In the year 2142, the first expedition into the city of Cypher, a team of human volunteers was sent down to activate a system in the capital building that would help clear the polluted atmosphere of Earth. However, the air of the planet was more polluted than previously thought, being toxic to most organic life, leading to the deaths of all members of the team. Now, in the year 2146, roughly fives years after the evacuation, the second mission to the planet below is being sent. This expedition would use a mechanical operative, instead of human ones. The machine will be a  M.A.B., or Mechanical Assistance Bot, originally designed to be a sort of “nanny bot”. It has been repurposed for use in this mission, and will be controlled remotely from a station. However, Jason Ivey, one of the main developers of the M.A.B. back on Earth, and the man who would be controlling the M.A.B., implanted a more advanced A.I. into the M.A.B. so that it could solve problems from the ground more efficiently than Jason could solve from space. He could also use it to test the new A.I. he had developed. And so, with its new A.I., the M.A.B., perhaps the human race’s last chance of survival, will soon be sent to the planet down below to hopefully make our home safe for life once again.