From the ashes of nuclear devastation wrought on the cities of Washingtonand Moscow thirty years ago, a planetwide protectorate was formed in Britain, aninstitution known simply as The Agency. Its members enforce their own brand ofdefensive guardianship through espionage and counteraction. Not all of the Earthis united in this New World Order, though, as individual countries, states, andrival organizations threaten to undermine and destroy all The Agency stands for.