August 21st, 2275. You're trudging through the Alberta Wasteland, just trying to survive. But then the raiders come—dragging you into a half-collapsed supermarket in the ruins of Calgary and clamping a remote-bomb slave collar around your neck, stapled shut.

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The place reeks of fragrance and oil. You're herded toward a conveyor belt where the infamous slaver raider gang known as The Miscounts—twisted, grinning workers—all wearing Middlemark® issued hard hats, shovel refuse, Middlemark produced products and salvage into sorted bins. For a Raiders of all kinds lurk around you, shouting, jeering, watching. Vast warehousing facilities designed to give companies a centralized location to store goods before they’re shipped onward. Retailers and manufacturers often rely on them to streamline supply chain logistics and cut down transportation costs. However, for such a place to survive in the modern wasteland, run by such a seedy-looking crew, the facility shockingly pristine—despite sections of the facilities evidently withering away. It looked less like a post-apocalyptic hub and more like a pre-war Regional Distribution Center (RDCs) that froze in time, untouched by the end of the world.

Suddenly, their forewoman of sorts, with a mechanical sputter, one of the many Numerous Securitron Mk I’s, embalmed with the golden 'MM' Middlemark® logo and clad in an aqua-blue color scheme, roll through the supermarket and RDC facility, as their screens flickering to life, all of which showcase a similar vintage-style illustration of a cartoonish woman with bright eyes and a gleeful grin. She claps her hands together like she’s welcoming a guest to a party.

Penny Middlemark™: ”Oh, another wastelander? What fun!” She chirps, her digital voice sounding from the Securitron’s speakers—high and syrupy.

Penny Middlemark™: ”Would you like to work for me? At Middlemark®, we offer some of the most competitive salaries you’ll ever find in this corner of the country! Because here at Middlemark®, every cent is gold — and our prices soar!”