In 2001 Funcom kicked the MMO genre out of the archaic sword and sorcery worlds of Ultima and Everquest, and flung players into the future to the world of Rubi-Ka. Anarchy Online pitted players against the indigenous life of Rubi-Ka and each other as The mega-corporation Omni-Tek, the defacto owners of the planet and everything (and everyone) on it, waged war on the Clans, bands of settlers that eschewed from the technological excess and resist the bleak life style of those living and working under the crushing Omni Authority.