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Overview

Praetorians

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Commander Fenrir
As one of the brave few to survive the tumultuous Arterisk Coup, Commander Fenrir understands the damage internal strife can bring to a divided society and fights to see mankind united in the long war against the Praetorians.

Victor
Once a mercenary fighter, Victor spent his early years acting as a gun for hire, until a chance run-in with a group of desperate refugees compelled him to join the fight for humanity as a Ranger.

Corander - Obi-Wan
Loyal and brave, Corander

Hade - Chewbacca
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Late 21st century
• The International Bureau of Aeronautics is formed to assuage an increasingly high demand for humans to expand out-world. The organization goes on to develop various new air and space technologies throughout the years, contributing greatly to the furthering of space engineering.

• The first luna settlement is established by the International Bureau of Aeronautics, but the Moon's low gravity and lack of atmosphere eventually cause the physiological systems of the colonists to deteriorate. As a result, the colony is subsequently abandoned.

• Exodus is founded. Unlike its predecessor which strove to build Earth’s aerospace capabilities, Exodus seeks to solve the challenges of reshaping the inhospitable worlds of Sol into sustainable, Earth-like environments by advancing vital technologies geared toward settling the system—an endeavor that would culminate in the largest colonization effort in human history: the Red Eden program.

Early 21st century
• The Red Eden is launched - Equipped with swarms of nanites and a supervisor AI to oversee the construction of Mars' atmospheric processing systems, the Red Eden is launched to the iron world, beginning two hundred and fifty years of terraforming. As humanity strains at the confines of Earth, the prospect of a new frontier gives rise to numerous industries and corporations eager to profit from its wellspring of opportunity.

• Mars Mission Angel: Dozens of Probes are sent to Mars in order to monitor the Red Eden's activities and ensure nothing goes wrong with the terraforming process.

• A colony ship factory known as the Foundry is constructed in anticipation of the first colonial missions to Mars. After one of the site's Cosmodrive's goes critical, the place is put under indefinite lockdown.

• The Angel Mission is abandoned as Exodus reallocates its resources, choosing to focus on other endeavors.

• The Praetorians awaken and begin to transform the surface of Mars.

Late 23rd century
• A first group of colonists make the journey to Mars. Upon their arrival, it is discovered that a hostile race of machines have taken over the planet's surface.

• AIs sent to explore the Praetorian networks are subverted and begin corrupting their fellow AIs in an event known as the Surge Crisis.

• The Praetorian War begins.

Early 24th century
• The Praetorians invade Earth. During the course of the invasion, Vault 17 becomes a Praetorian stronghold, the Overmind waiting within.

• Europe is completely overrun by Praetorians and mysterious structures, seemingly buried beneath the surface, begin rising from the abandoned wastes.

Mid 25th century
• The Praetorians invade a human settlement beyond the Iron Line to claim more land for the Terraformer's operations. Assuming a communications systems failure, the Protectorate deploys a team of Rangers to bring the encampment back online.

Base Game
• Strike Mission - vision

• Exploration of ruins - confrontation with Caylum.

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Cyrus Auberon

I've always wondered how you fell here. You were probably part of the exodus during the Collapse. Millions of refugees trying to get off the planet before it died. Still no memories?

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Constabulary

Post-action report [00901]
SENDER: Tactical Intel Division

SUBJECT TAG: Rundown of Recent Events

ENGAGED FRIENDLY UNITS: Gamma Fleet, 03, 22, 15, 08, [unidentified]

FULL DEBRIEF TO FOLLOW //

We are victorious, the Overmind has been destroyed. Reports from across the field all show that Praetorian activity is in decline. After a hundred years of attritional warfare, we finally won. We've sent in teams to secure the Vault as well as mop up any remaining pockets of resistance, and for the moment, it seems we've dealt a devastating blow to the machine hivemind.

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AI Cores
AIs were smart computers created to fill out the lesser roles of a now lost civilization. Each AI was housed within a central thought matrix containing sets of preprogrammed responses to external stimuli. However, during the initial exploration of the Praetorian structures on Mars, AIs sent to explore the machine nexus became subverted and swiftly began corrupting their fellow subminds in an event known as the Surge Crisis. Unfortunately, the fate of the few surviving Cores has been lost to history.

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