THE TIME: 100 YEARS AFTER WORLD WAR III. THE PLACE: WHAT USED TO BE CALLED AMERICA. THE WARRIORS: Divided into fighting groups called Triads, they were literally on the cutting edge of civilization. If they ever lost a battle, darkness would descend on the free people of a ravaged North America. MANTA: A crazed mutant with a lust for power, he was the latest threat to peace. He had taken over Seattle, enslaving its normal human inhabitants, and was thirsting for new conquests. THE SEATTLE RUN: Before Manta could extend his empire, the Warriors had to penetrate his mountain fortress and splatter his brains on the stone walls.