The three friends—Donald, Ethan, and Marcus—had been working together at their technological company, "Three Average Men," for years. Their factory hummed with the power of three groundbreaking inventions: a tractor beam capable of manipulating matter at a molecular level, a trans-uranic power generator, and a trinary operating system. These technologies were unique, powerful, and closely guarded. Donald, plagued by paranoia, insisted they avoid outside funding to prevent their creations from falling into the wrong hands—be it governments, militaries, corporations, or criminals.
Instead, they used their inventions to generate income, carefully introducing them to ordinary people—small business owners and entrepreneurs—who employed the technologies for good. The factory produced tractor beam arrays, opposed-gravity cars, force field fences, and a new horizons facility that launched commercial payloads into orbit. As they refined their inventions, discovering new applications, their capabilities grew, as did the risk of discovery and misuse. Yet the trio stayed ahead of the curve, controlling the release of their technology to protect it from exploitation.