It all began in drop hangar 91 aboard the Corporation warship Dread. The first games were played with dismantled cluster munitions for a ball, wearing decommissioned Enforcer armour. The modern player takes to the pitch in specially built, multi-arena stadiums wearing a carefully designed and personalised DreadBall suit worth millions of credits. These suits last no more than 2 or 3 games before they are damaged beyond repair. The weapons-grade titanium balls are replaced every time a new one enters the arena, such are the stresses on them. It is a violent sport.