A VERTICAL EXTRACTION SHOOTER (VES) FOR A NEW AGE OF COMPETITIVE MULTIPLAYER The year is 2020.b 40 years into the Climate Wars, population and pollution levels skyrocket. Cities erect massive REFINER STATES - mega structures built to extract toxins from the stratosphere. These towers are self-governed “city-states” with only one export - SPACE DUST. A concentrate from the refined pollutants is bricked, cut, and sold to an addicted populous of the sprawling urban cities surrounding the structure. Once Government-owned facilities, the lucrative ‘DUST’ trade has now led to the forced occupation of the REFINER STATES by competing factions fighting for control of the towers and the resources inside. These factions, made up of Skins and Syns, compete against the occupying force of Cleaners who operate the Refiner State in a never-ending struggle for resources and gear.