Factions

What are factions?
Thanks to breakthroughs in cybernetics, computers and bio engineering technologies, factions (not governments) gained enough influence to fight for dominance in the world. All this opened up new possibilities for people - high-tech implants, genome modification, energy shields, as well as x-ray vision, ultra-short spatial jumps, short-term invisibility, and other abilities.

You are the "pilots" of Echo, high-tech clones of the best fighters of each of the factions. You share the winner's glory with organizations, and they share their supreme killing machines with you. Fair deal, right?