Working on the intro for my Rifts adventure. This is intended as background text that I'll give them with a character creation package. It'll list what RCCs and OCCs are available and provide a rules primer, because my group has never played Rifts. They usually read these, but it's not terribly important that they do so. This is just background and not the actual start of the game. But the point of this text is to establish where they are and why, and give them a sense of their surroundings. At least 3 of my 4 players will bother to read it.

I'd love any feedback, with the caveat that it has to stay under 250 words (currently 236).

Starting in next post because character limit. The rifts thread on /tg/ made me decide to give Rifts a try for the first time in 20 years.