M-Tec is the world Astara
after thousands of years. Most of the planet now is a wasteland. There ARE plants and animals, but they are adapted to their environment, wich is a place with toxic water, radioactive earth and hard climate. So the plants and the animals are toxic and agressive. Most of the animals and plants are not eatable.
The people of Astara now live in huge apart cities, wich are alone or fighting other cities for the low ressources. Only a few live in the outlands, but they are not wanted in the cities. The cities only can survive by fighting their environment with high technology. The people in the cities live in classes, wich says what they are allowed to do or not.
Only sometimes two or three cities create an alliance, but not for a long time. Those agreements were usually attacked by the important people of the cities, who don't want to share their ressources with other cities.
Magic is near to death, a fairytale. Even in the outlands noone really believes in that. Technology has taken the place of gods and magic.
People suffer, it is a hard life and you have to fight - this way or another.