The following is a "fact sheet" concerning SDS copied down from the anthology The Touch, created by Steven-Elliot Altman, which was provided to the authors who submitted works for the book--rather than being a specific canon with an actual plot and characters, it offers the basic premise for the authors to create their own worlds with, which I have taken and ran with as well:

( THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY NOTICE FROM THE CENTER FOR DEPRIVERS CONTROL )