Earth in 2086 is under complete corporate control. Even air and water are controlled by corporations. It is illegal to remove resources from one area and move them elsewhere if the same corporation does not control both areas. The governments of Earth are powerless to stop this. They are too corrupt and dependant on contributions and bribes to change the system.The corporations have succeeded in enslaving humanity through currency manipulation. Scout and his group want to begin a new society free from currency. The problem is that this new society is completely illegal. Even if it wasn't, it would require the whole world to change. So Scout and his group leave the Earth to colonize Mars. But the military-industrial complex will not allow this new colony to flourish without a fight.