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Screamers - timeline
Survivors of the Alliance/NEB war face a newly self-evolved AI that wishes to end human existence.
NEB Corporation controls mining operations throughout the known solar systems.
Berynium is discovered and ends Earth's energy crisis. (Planet Sirius 6B)
"The Alliance" demand an end to Berynium-mining to stop lethal doses of radiation and pollution, causing NEB Corporation to declare war.