3700+ years have gone by since the petrification of humans, the once modern day everybody knew was now gone and overrun by either nature, animals, or even sea-water. Vines cover statues of modern day people which litter the forests and the bottom of the waving sea water, some statues even had body parts missing or are broken to small pieces. It wasn't like they were dead though... the stone that surrounds modern day people acted like a chrysalis of sorts that would crack open soon one day with other will-power.. almost like a butterfly.
Very Few people in San Francisco were lucky enough to break out of said Stone Chrysalis, two of them being Stanley Snyder who was a special forces military commander and a NASA scientist called Xeno Houston Wingfield. The both of them together helped develop weapons early on.. since all of the modern day tools were gone. It wasn't too long before a Colony was made in San Francisco... Xeno was the man running the place.. after all he's the best person to do it!
“Such Elegant ways of science... It's amazing”
Xeno would be muttering while hunched over his desk... He was deeply focused on some project...