Cataclysm (Cornucopias Earth)

The Cataclysm, sometimes called "The Calamity" was an event in Cornucopias Earth's history that started in an unknown year and caused widespread ecological and societal damage. It is unknown the duration of the event, if it had multiple phases or if it is still ongoing.

Causes

The Cataclysm is believed to have been triggered by experimentation conducted through scientists operating under unknown jurisdiction. The experimentations focused on quantum technologies.

Response

In response to this planetary emergency the governments and corporations of the World banded together to create and build massive sky arcologies to house as many people as possible.

Escape

It is presumed that once the domes were completed and operational the Ascension began by which the human population, fauna, flora and portable human cultural achievements were moved from the Surface into the newly constructed domes. It is unknown what or how many have been abandoned and the reasons for doing so. Also it is unknown how long it took.

At present

The initial thrust of the Cataclysm seems to have ended. At present the ecology of the planet is in a precarious balance, with many areas being scarred beyond life’s habitability and areas under constant Quantum Storms. Smaller quantum disturbances do appear in random locations at random times in the more habitable areas, incuding inside the sky arcologies.