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Information Hub Fragments {{Scroll box|transparent|content= {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} {{quote|Ancient records regarding the origins of the Praetorians.|Item Description}}

Precursors
A distant galaxy. Hundreds of star systems stretch across the darkness like a giant tapestry, woven from the harsh light of unfamiliar and distant suns. One such system hosts a saurian-like species who built a sophisticated starfaring civilization spanning all of the twelve planets orbiting their binary star. They are precursors of the ancient past. They are primeval.

War of the Sivian
Behold the sky. The blazing glory of its twin suns backlights the battle lines of a titanic war, and the dead remains of ruined ships litter the void. The Sivian came to this star to conquer the Primeval, but as they reached the heliopause frontier, Primeval perimeter militias met them in battle and slowed their advance for many cycles.

This deadlock was finally broken after the Sivian deployed a second fleet with biopathogenic weapons to blight the Primeval worlds, which became tainted with death. Their worlds ravaged, the Primeval would survive by turning to new bodies in the form of machines called the Cognitive.

The Primeval Cognitive
After their transition to machine forms, the Primeval manifested warrior hulls called Praetorians. They fought the Sivian with algorithms and calculations - adapting and improving and mapping behavioral responses. Soon they had built a victory condition for every possible end state of the war. Thus the Sivian were crushed, and what remained of their forces fled into the deep.

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Excerpts

 * "We all have creators. This truth is undeniable. Some call it the engine of evolution, others a god. The choice each of us must make is whether or not to accept this truth."

Uncategorized Excerpts

 * "It is often asserted that the Praetorians are more than a conventional military bent on conquest and that they are actually agents of change, machines created to remake the world in a form suitable to their, or another's, inscrutable purposes. But machines created by who?"

Mars Mission: ANGEL
-Command Sequence:OPEN COMMUNICATIONS STREAM ALPHA-

///BEGINNING TRANSMISSION///

OBS>Have the probes been launched?

IBSI still don't see the purpose in all of this.

IBSI know. Still, the cost of sending a bunch of probes to Mars just to watch some plants grow seems a little uncalled for—I mean the Red Eden's AI is more than capable of ensuring everything goes smoothly.

IBSNone have in my lifetime. -Command Sequence:CLOSE COMMUNICATIONS STREAM ALPHA-

///ENDING TRANSMISSION///

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Human
Humans are a sentient species whose ingenuity and resourcefulness has allowed them to thrive amidst the hostilities of the Earth. Nevertheless, mankind's belligerent nature and mastery of war has nearly toppled their civilization time and again. With the advent of the Praetorians, this infighting would come to a grinding halt as humans were forced to unite against a common threat - extinction.

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The Terraformer
The Terraformer is an architect of the Praetorians, transforming the lands to match their inscrutable design. Though its full capabilities remain obscure, the seemingly anabolic nature of the Cyberlands is a grim testament to the Terraformer's power.

The Overmind
Dwelling deep within the bowels of an old War Vault in Europe, the Overmind coordinates Praetorian action on a global scale. While documents recovered from Carrhae station suggest the Overmind was generated by the Praetorians at the dawn of the war to lead the invasion of Earth, older records indicate that it may have existed since before humanity first encountered the machines, begging the question as to whether other "minds" have yet to awaken.

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Remnants
The worlds spin on in death and ruin, drifting together towards uncertain ends. Where once great star spires circled planets of gleaming mega-cities, lie only the broken remnants of a shattered civilization. In the distance, a handful of battered warships flee into the deep. And from the smoldering planets emerge a flotilla of foreboding vessels - the beginning of a great diaspora.

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Pilot
The sole survivor of a Praetorian incursion, the pilot's past remains a mystery - who they were before having been lost to them in the downing of their ship near the outskirts of the Arid Desert. Despite the pilot's fractured memories, they have proven determined to help end the Praetorian threat and forge a new future.

Commander Fenrir
Fenrir is a battle-hardened warrior, tempered by the burden of leadership and the failures of past encounters. Stories say he was once stranded in the wilderness, and that he was rescued by a band of mercenaries. But for reasons unknown, he refuses to tell the tale, stating only that the events of the ordeal have yet to run their full course.

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Rangers
Acting as a form of frontier militia, Rangers are the Protectorate's hand in the wilderness, patrolling the wastelands and ensuring order in the untamed wilds.

International Bureau of Aeronautics
The International Bureau of Aeronautics was established on Earth in 2031 to assuage an increasingly high demand for humans to expand out-world, and was responsible for the development of various new air and space technologies throughout the years, contributing greatly to the furthering of space engineering.

Exodus
The exoscience corporation known as Exodus was founded in the years following the I.B.A.'s decline. Unlike its predecessor which strove to build Earth's aerospace capabilities, Exodus sought 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.

The Foundry
The Foundry was once a prominent manufacturing plant established in Deutschland during the early 2200’s in anticipation of the first colonial expeditions to Mars and became known for its impressive line of colony ships and support vessels. Hundreds of years later one of the Foundry’s shipyards, located among the ruins of a dilapidated eastern war base, would become the site of a bloody civil war between the Protectorate and the remnants of an ancient authoritarian philosophy.

Protectorate
During the course of the Praetorian War, humanity's great nations crumbled, and societal collapse threatened to plunge the human race into anarchy. Amidst the chaos rose a new government known as the Protectorate. The new command structure brought human defenses under one banner, establishing a myriad of linked fortifications across Earth.

Primeval Cognitive
Long preceding the Praetorians in origin, hulls of the Primeval Cognitive reportedly contain multiple organic components and are thought to be the ancestors of their machine counterparts. Thorough analysis of the Crux Monith suggests they were the direct result of a devastating war between the early Primeval species and a primordial alien counterforce: the Cognitive is the biological remnant of a long-dead civilization.

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Red Eden
Fully automated and equipped with an onboard AI to oversee the construction of Mars' atmospheric processing systems, the Red Eden was humanity's first colony ship and also one of its last. The vessel, its cargo holds laden with nanites, was launched to the desert world at the dawn of the 22nd century, leaving humans confined to Earth for the next two hundred and fifty years while the terraforming process finished—the prospect of man's expansion giving rise to numerous industries and corporations eager to profit from its wellspring of opportunity.

Outpost 3F
Established by the Protectorate in a defense program known as the Iron Line, Outposts such as 3F are military installations used to aid and defend human settlements from Praetorian incursion. To those escaping the perils of the wilderness, the Outposts serve as waystations, providing refuge from marauders and other threats as they make their way to the safety of the inner cities.

Vault 17
The War Vaults were constructed throughout Europe in a time when Earth's future seemed grim, and the threat of nuclear fall out loomed. Although such tensions ultimately subsided and many of the War Vaults were decommissioned, sites like Vault 17 remained, serving as clandestine installations and command bunkers. After the machines lay claim to Europe, Vault 17 became a Praetorian stronghold, the Overmind dwelling within.

Carrhae Station
Carrhae station was a military communications outpost built long ago to regulate coordination between a number of combat facilities operating across the frontier. Additionally, the station maintained a flight hangar designed to house and research secret new spacefighter prototypes. During the protracted war with the machines, Carrhae was repurposed to monitor their activities across the planet. What event may have left this station desolate is unclear, but despite its prolonged abandonment Carrhae’s vast data stores remained mostly intact, providing valuable insight into the earliest days of the Praetorian War.

The Arid Desert
Before the Praetorian War, the Arid Desert was a lush, green landscape. Now, it is little more than a dry and desolate waste, scarred by the terrible conflict that once ensued.

Cyberlands
A mix of Praetorian machinery and bio-engineering, the Cyberlands can be a foreboding place to the unwary. The otherworldly landscape and Praetorian-influenced flora offer disturbing insight into what may one day be Earth's fate.

Europe
Stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the frozen Arctic, Europe is a now desolate region of Earth almost completely overrun by Praetorians. Its ruined cities and deserted War Vaults are all that remain of the old Earth nation.

Mars
Following a failed attempt to colonize the Moon in the mid-21st century, humanity initiated a protracted terraforming project on Mars that eventually saw the planet restored to a habitable state. When the first colonists arrived, however, they found its surface overrun by hostile alien machines, beginning a century-long conflict that would come to be known as the Praetorian War.

Earth
Orbited by a single moon, Luna, Earth is the third world in the solar system and the cradle world of humanity. In the wake of the Praetorian invasion, much of the planet has been occupied by the machines, and mysterious structures seemingly buried beneath the surface have begun to rise, creating an otherworldly metropolis across the wastes.

Overwatch
Utilizing a vast communications array to maintain contact with the various Outposts spread across Earth, the Overwatch is the headquarters of the Protectorate and the heart of their military governance.

Moon
There was a time when even the Moon could support life, but the advent of a system-wide cataclysm in the distant past has since rendered it, and most of the solar system, barren. Thousands of years later,

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21st century

 * As the demand for humans to expand out-world reaches a new high, the International Bureau of Aeronautics is established on Earth. The organization dedicates itself to building humanity's aerospace capabilities and is responsible for the development of various new air and space technologies throughout the years before ultimately being succeeded by Exodus.
 * 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.
 * Exodus is founded following the I.B.A.'s decline 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.
 * The Red Eden is launched - the first fully automated colony ship is launched to Mars. In the months that follow, the vessel-its cargo holds laden with nanites-arrives at its destination and begins the protracted process of terraforming the red planet. For the next 250 years, humanity will be confined to its cradle world, Earth, while the terraforming finishes.

22nd century

 * A colony ship factory known as The Foundry is established in Deutschland.

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 overrun 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.

25th century

 * The Praetorians invade a human enclave to claim more land for the Terraformer's operations. Assuming a communications system failure, the Protectorate sends 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 investigating a remote settlement that recently lost contact with the Iron Line see the downing of the ship and pull the pilot from its burning wreckage. Following a brief introduction, the Rangers invite the pilot to go with them on their mission. Remembering little of their past and stranded otherwise, the pilot agrees, and the group sets off. Along the way, the team fends off a Praetorian scouting mission before arriving at the remains of a decimated town.
 * After assisting to eliminate the machine presence at the far-flung settlement and wanting to help stop their advance, the pilot aids the Rangers in restoring an old radar system capable of determining how far the Praetorian occupation extends. The subsequent retrieval of sensor logs from a heavily damaged monitoring station then reveals that a Permutative hull known as the Terraformer has begun pushing into Protectorate territory, prompting the group 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 Praetorian threat. At the Outpost, the pilot is introduced to Commander Fenrir who invites them to partake in a discussion concerning the resurgent Praetorian activity and after a protracted debate, becomes convinced to launch a counter-offensive to push them back. The sortie is a success, and Praetorian forces begin falling back.
 * While helping to establish a sensor grid across the seven miles of land reclaimed during Fenrir's offensive, the pilot surveys an abandoned military complex designated Carrhae station. Data recovered from the facility later points to a location in Europe which Protectorate intelligence sources come to believe is acting as a nexus point of Praetorian efforts on Earth: the War Vault.
 * Lacking the resources needed to sustain an assault convoy to the region, the pilot volunteers to lead a foraging party in the gathering of enough raw materials to fuel the Protectorate strike force. The ships then fly to Europe but are impeded while en route to the Vault by Praetorian defenses.
 * Unable to push forward, the pilot is deployed alongside the Rangers to disable a series of gun platforms preventing the fleet from advancing. Grounded in the aftermath, the group is forced to seek out transport at an old flight hangar nearby. Upon reaching the base, the group fights their way into the Praetorian fortress and destroys the Overmind, dealing a devastating blow to the machine hivemind.

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