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The events of Fragmentary Order take place in 2251, more than two centuries after a near-collapse of human civilization in the early twenty-first century. The Solar System the player inhabits is advanced enough for synthetic biology and remote-piloted clone soldiers, and unstable enough that the order holding it together is coming apart.

Quick Facts

From Collapse to Core

During the early twenty-first century, humanity comes to the brink of a societal collapse. Exact causes are not detailed in the public material, and no specific year or named event has been confirmed. The framing is consistent: the collapse was averted at the last possible moment, and the rescue came from a single megacorporation, Core. Core steps into the vacuum left by failing institutions and brings the surviving world governments under one banner, ending the immediate crisis and setting the conditions for the centuries of expansion that follow.

Solar System Era

Under Core's leadership, civilization stops looking inward and starts moving outward. Colonization extends beyond Earth on the back of infrastructure projects only a unified power can sustain. Alongside the off-world push comes a parallel revolution in biotechnology and synthetic life, the foundations of which underpin the disposable clone bodies known as Replicated Entities. Advanced biotech is the substrate that makes the gameplay loop possible.

The scope is the Solar System rather than a single planet. Mars has been referenced in early coverage as one of the contested environments players can expect, described as hostile and reportedly partially terraformed. That detail has only appeared in a small amount of secondary coverage and should be treated as preliminary. Confirmed map details will live on the Maps and Scale page as they are revealed.

Fracturing Power

By 2251, the unified order is no longer holding. Core's monopoly is fracturing from within: internal divisions are widening, and rival factions are emerging from the cracks, positioning themselves to seize control of the systems Core built. Chief among those systems is the CORIE Framework, the global apparatus that structures and monetizes warfare, technology, and economic activity across human-controlled space. Whoever controls CORIE controls the rules under which contracts are issued and risk is rewarded. The rival factions have not been individually named in the public material.

Tone

The setting is positioned as hard science fiction with cyberpunk elements. The framing prioritizes plausibility: the technology, the corporations, and the social arrangements read as extensions of trends that exist today, not fantastical leaps. The result is a grounded this could happen atmosphere combined with the vocabulary of cyberpunk: corporate dominance, commodified violence, fragile humanity behind synthetic flesh.

Unconfirmed Details

Several details fans frequently ask about have not been confirmed in the public material as of the April 2026 reveal:

• The specific year or triggering event of the twenty-first-century collapse

• The names of human governments or coalitions that existed before Core's unification

• Named historical figures from the pre-Core era or the unification

• Named planets, moons, stations, or colonies beyond the Solar System reference

• Named factions other than Core, including the rivals currently emerging