Here's a peek at one of the minor plots from the Damnation View:

"Crime is something that will never be gone from the world. People will always want something someone else has without having to work for it, they will carry anger and hate in their hearts, and they will see the value in profiting from providing contraband things. It wasn’t long after the earliest civilizations formed that the first criminals started to break the first laws.

The New Earth Government does pretty well when it comes to policing crimes, especially given that there are many new crimes the likes of which mortals have never had to deal. The kinds of crimes that affect the lives of everyday people are the kinds that the NEG is particularly good at managing. Thefts, burglaries, drug related offenses, and assault don’t happen with the alarming frequency that they once did. Street crime, as it is often referred to, is something that is not the threat it once was.

Or at least it hasn’t been, until now. In an effort to destabilize a teetering society, the Disciples of Death’s Shadow have decided to help bring back street crime in a big way. Over the course of 2086, things are going to get worse for citizens of the New Earth Government in ways they weren’t expecting."

Technology
PCPU’s are a part of everyday life and one of the most popular consumer electronic devices every year. Unfortunately named by engineers, the PCPU has come to be known as a “peek.”

Imagine Technologies, a quietly owned subsidiary of the Ashcroft Foundation, has distinguished themselves as the company to watch where peeks are concerned. This year sees two fabulous releases. The first is the iPeek, the long awaited hand-held device. It is the cutting edge of everything peek related and stylishly designed to boot. The device is about the size of a hand-held notepad and only a few millimeters thick, with massive computing power. Downloadable software applications make it so that the iPeek does pretty much anything a consumer needs it to. They are the “it” thing as far as Peeks go. Their other offering is the new iWatch, a peek the size of a medium-sized watch. The iWatch can be placed on a surface and has built in HIU functionality, making it the most useful peek of its category. While not as powerful as the iPeek, it is more portable and harder to lose.

Imagine Technologies’ primary competitor in the marketplace is Micrologic, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Chrysalis Corporation. Micrologic, trying to pretend they are not behind the curve, releases their new peek, the Pocket Peek. It is neither stylishly designed nor as powerful as the iPeek, but the massive marketing campaign and lower price-point make it a competitive offering.