Many people expected the world to end back in 2012, and in some ways it did. 2012 was the year the legal protections on Earth ran out, and an intergalactic reality TV crew took residence on Mars to start up the first season of ‘STARDOM: PLANET DIRT!’. With them came the implementation of the STAR System, a game-like reality warping array of technology that allowed those chosen by the producers of the show to wield magical powers, fanciful tech, and dangerously poor emotional control. Nothing boosts ratings like dramatics, of course.