An AU in which the Galra Empire is a totalitarian military coup that destroyed almost the entire planet in their quest for power and world domination. The rest of humanity now has to deal with the fallout. (Aka the Apocalypse Road Trip) ... The Earth has become little more than a barren wasteland in the ten years since the Galra attacked. They managed to screw over the entire planet in just a matter of weeks, and the rest of the world could do nothing to stop them. Almost two thirds of the planet's population was wiped out by the initial harvests of Earth's lifeblood. The quintessence- the lifeforce- of the world was depleted almost entirely. But somehow, humanity has survived. The remnants of the once vast civilizations of Earth now live in cramped, subterranean cities made of iron and stone and steel, with no sunlight, no life, no nothing. But the tunnels are all they have. The Galra still prowl over the Earth's surface, making it unsafe for anyone except the most skilled warriors to venture to the top. Even then, many of them don't make it back. Chyra wished she was one of those unfortunate souls. That would have been better than being banished from the Galra barracks and sent to the surface as punishment for betraying the empire. Now, in an uninhabitable landscape full of hostile people, Chyra must learn to survive or suffer the dire consequences. Who knows, maybe these kids could help out.