Great Collapse

"The world saw it coming. And yet...it tore us apart,"

- The Narrator about the Great Collapse

The Great Collapse, also known as the Great War, the Cataclysm or the Day the Sky Fell, was a global nuclear catastrophe which occurred in 2055, serving as the catalyst for the events of the Boiled Alive universe. The Great Collapse was the result of escalating tensions between major world superpowers, which ultimately led to nuclear strikes on the United States. In the following 24 hours, the world entered a state of total nuclear war, resulting in the destruction of much of the planet and human civilization. It took decades for humanity to reorganize, rebuilding a semblance of civilization in a few places across the world but nothing compared to what they lost, instead fragmenting into warring tribes and nations.

Following the Great Collapse, humanity and the environment slowly began a recovery, including a "super bloom" in which plants grew in renewed abundance. However, the remnants of the world quickly came under the threat of networks of hostile survivors and mutants born from the radioactive fallout.

Prelude
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