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Overview

Praetorians

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North Atlantic Imperium
The North Atlantic Imperium was one of the ancient Powers of Earth, known for its defensive strongholds and robust infrastructure.

Europe
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Vault 17
The War Vaults were constructed at a time when Earth's future seemed grim, and the threat of nuclear conflict loomed. Although such tensions ultimately subsided and many of the War Vaults were decommissioned, sites like Vault 17 remained, serving as clandestine bunkers and safehouses. As the Praetorians laid siege to Europe, Vault 17 became a Praetorian stronghold, the Overmind waiting within.

The Overwatch
Utilizing a vast communications array in order to maintain contact with the various Outposts, Overwatch is the central hub of the Protectorate as well as a major nexus point in Earth's ENET. Apart from its defensive purposes, the Overwatch also houses an immense repository containing what little remains of mankind's former cultures and civilizations, providing an invaluable link to the past - one that may hold the key to our survival.

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21st century

 * The International Bureau of Aeronautics is established on Earth to assuage an increasingly high demand for humans to expand out-world. The organization would go on to develop various new air and space technologies throughout the years, contributing greatly to the furthering of space engineering.
 * The first off-Earth colony is established on the Moon by the International Bureau of Aeronautics. The base is subsequently decommissioned, however, after the physiological systems of the colonists begin to deteriorate, a result of the low lunar gravity and lack of atmosphere.
 * The exoscience corporation known as Exodus is founded in the years following the I.B.A.'s decline. 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.

22nd century

 * The Red Eden is launched - fully automated and equipped with an onboard AI to oversee the construction of Mars' atmospheric processing systems, the vessel—its cargo holds laden with nanites—is launched to the desert world. For the next two hundred and fifty years humanity remains confined to Earth while the terraforming process finishes.
 * Mars Mission Angel: Dozens of Probes are sent to the red planet to monitor the Eden's activities and ensure nothing goes wrong with the terraforming process.
 * A colony ship factory known as The Foundry is established in Deutschland.
 * Exodus shifts its resources and decides to focus on other endeavors. As a result, the Angel mission is abandoned.
 * The Praetorians awaken and begin to overrun the surface of Mars.

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. The Praetorian War begins.

24th century

 * The Praetorians invade Earth. During the course of the invasion, Vault 17 becomes a Praetorian stronghold, the Overmind dwelling within.
 * Europe is completely overrun by Praetorians. In the wake of their invasion, much of Earth is occupied by the machines, and mysterious structures seemingly buried beneath the surface begin rising from the abandoned wastes.

25th century

 * The Praetorians invade a human enclave to claim more land for the Terraformer's operations. Assuming a communications system failure, the Protectorate dispatches a team of Rangers to bring the encampment back online.

Base Game
• Having survived a Praetorian incursion, a lone pilot attempting to flee the onslaught is shot down and crashes in the Arid Desert. A team of Rangers en route to a remote settlement that recently dropped out of contact with the Iron Line see the ship's crash and pull the pilot from its burning wreckage. Following a brief introduction, the Rangers invite the pilot to go with them; remembering little of their past and stranded otherwise, the pilot accepts and the group sets off. Along the way, they repel a Praetorian scouting mission before arriving at the remains of a decimated town.

• After aiding to eliminate the machine presence at the fallen encampment and wanting to help stop their advance, the pilot assists the Rangers in trying to restore an old radar system capable of determining how far the Praetorian occupation extends. Finding the grid scanners irreparably damaged, the group instead extracts sensor logs from a nearby control station that reveal a Permutative hull known as the Terraformer pushing into Protectorate territory, prompting them to venture into the Cyberlands and defeat the construct.

• The Terraformer destroyed, the group returns to the Iron Line to warn the Protectorate of the rising threat beyond. At one of the outposts, the pilot meets Commander Fenrir who encourages them to partake in a discussion concerning the recent surges in Praetorian activity. Afterwards, needing to know more, Fenrir sends recon teams to gather additional intel on enemy movements. He then tasks the Rangers and pilot with retrieving any vital information they can back in the Cyberlands, as the Protectorate archives oddly contain nothing.

• The group returns with the information, gleaned from terminals placed across the Cyberlands, and Commander Fenrir is convinced to strike at the encroaching Praetorian forces. His sortie is a success, and the machines begin falling back.

• While working with the Rangers to establish a radar grid across the seven miles of land reclaimed during Fenrir's offensive, the pilot stumbles onto an abandoned military complex designated Carrhae station. Flushing out the inhabiting Praetorians, the group recovers data that later points to a location in Europe which Protectorate intelligence sources come to believe is acting as a nexus point for Praetorian efforts on Earth: Vault 17.

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Distant past

 * Creation
 * The Primeval
 * War of the Sivian
 * Occupation of Sol

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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.

Projectile Weapons
Though the war brought many advancements in terms of weaponry, there are still those who prefer the instruments of old, seeking new ways to employ these ancient firearms in a variety of combat scenarios. Despite their popularity among outlaws and mercenaries, Projectile Weapons are largely unsanctioned by the Protectorate as a result of their often unstable nature.

Heavy weapons
The base model CHAOSBRINGER is a heavy weapon built in an age of perpetual war long ago. While the machine gun's original iteration made use of only metal projectiles, Protectorate weaponsmiths have modified its systems to superheat munitions with solar energy before firing. The result is a combination of rapid succession fire and molten metal able to penetrate the hulls of even the toughest Praetorians.

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