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Data 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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The Overmind
Dwelling deep within the bowels of an old War Vault in Europe, the Overmind coordinates Praetorian action on a global scale. And while documents recovered from Carrhae station suggests the Overmind was generated by the Praetorians at the start of the war to lead the invasion of Earth, older records indicate it may have existed since before humanity first encountered the machines. =Models= Vex records

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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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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, hunted by the Praetorians, and that a band of mercenaries lent him their aid for a price. 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.

Trevis
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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. They ordinarily rearm at the Outposts and are often deployed on recon missions or as first response teams in the event of crisis.

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.

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 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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Cyberlands
A dark zone for almost half a century, the Cyberlands is a desolate region completely occupied by the Praetorians. Its towering constructs and seemingly Praetorian-influenced flora create an otherworldly landscape that offers disturbing insight into what may one day be Earth's fate.

Overwatch
The Overwatch is the central hub of the Protectorate as well as a major nexus point in Earth's ENET. What remains of humanity's former cultures and civilizations is preserved inside underground bunkers and protective domes. Vast communication arrays above ground maintain a vital link with the Line's Outposts and Ranger forces, who watch and guard against the Praetorian advance.

Alternate

The Overwatch is the central hub of the Protectorate as well as a major nexus point in Earth's ENET, utilizing a vast communications array in order to maintain contact with the various Outposts spread across the planet. The Archives, a repository containing what remains of humanity's former cultures and civilizations, are situated within the East Annex.

Moon


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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
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 * 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.
 * Protectorate Dropship fly-overs confirm the reports from Holborn's fireteam: the Praetorians did indeed decimate the settlement in Sector 14 and the death of the terraformer at the hands of the Rangers has slowed their advance. Fenrir is advised that immediate military action is recommended in order to exploit the lack of Praetorian leadership elements and cohesion.
 * 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.

Distant past

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

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After-action reports
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Energy weapons
Reverse-engineered Praetorian technology during the war enabled the development of weaponry capable of emitting concentrated energy bolts with devastating effects - something surprisingly effective against the previously indestructible Praetorian chassis.

Heavy weapons
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