GOQUAVALSAL ASSEMBLY // CENTRAL SECTOR
EIRBEVIO ADMINISTRATION ARCHIVE
FOR DECADES, THE OUTER RIM COLONIES
FUELED THE LUXURY OF THE CENTRAL CORE.
MINED BY MACHINE, GOVERNED BY DECREE,
THE COLONIAL MOONS ENDURED DECADES OF
ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION AND SYSTEMIC
DISENFRANCHISEMENT.
THEN, VARASEO BROKE THE SILENCE.
UPON DECLARING SOVEREIGN INDEPENDENCE,
THE INDUSTRIAL COLONY EXPECTED DIPLOMACY.
THE FEDERATION RESPONDED WITH AN ULTIMATUM.
AN OVERWHELMING ARMADA NOW SURROUNDS
THE ATMOSPHERE. ORBITAL BLOCKADES HAVE
SEALED THE SKY. THE SIEGE HAS BEGUN.
DEEP WITHIN THE TACTICAL OPS OF MARSHAL LASZAKO,
A SQUAD OF OBSOLETE LINE-SOLDIER MINDS IS
LOADED INTO DUST-COVERED ASSAULT FRAMES.
AMONG THEM: AMIGA-86
UNIT CALL SIGN: "DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY PENDING"
THE FLEET IS IN POSITION.
THE SIRENS ARE SOUNDING.
THE CITY HAS MINUTES LEFT TO LIVE.
GOQUAVALSAL ASSEMBLY // CENTRAL SECTOR
EIRBEVIO ADMINISTRATION ARCHIVE
THE POWER GRID HELD.
THE SQUAD STANDS IN THE ASHES OF VICTORIOUS DEFENSE.
THEN THE SKY BURNS.
REALIZING THE COLONY WILL NOT SUBMIT,
THE FEDERATION FLEET ABANDONS CONVENTION.
ORBITAL LANCE BATTERIES OPEN FIRE.
IN SECONDS, VARASEO’S GLASS SKYLINERS
MELT INTO MOLTEN SILICON. MILLIONS OF LIVES
ARE ERASED IN A SINGLE, SILENT FLASH.
THE SQUAD SENSORS BLIND. COMMUNICATIONS COLLAPSE.
UNITS 883MICRO AND 15AIRLINC20 REPORT SEVERE
SYSTEM CORRUPTION FROM THE HIGH-YIELD EMP.
SURVIVAL LOG: AMIGA-86
STATUS: OPERATIONAL
MISSION: EXFILTRATE THE RUINS
THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE IS OVER.
THE WAR FOR SURVIVAL HAS BEGUN.
GOQUAVALSAL ASSEMBLY // CENTRAL SECTOR
EIRBEVIO ADMINISTRATION ARCHIVE
THE ANCIENT ARTIFACT PULSES IN THE DARKNESS.
DEEP BENEATH VARASEO, THE MUTATED HORRORS
OF THE SUBTERRANEAN MINES FALL SILENT. THE
SUB-SURFACE THREAT IS TEMPORARILY CONTAINED,
BUT THE TRUE SOURCE OF THE NIGHTMARE STILL
REIGNS IN HIGH ORBIT.
THE FEDERATION IS HIDING SOMETHING.
THE HARMONIC RESONANCE BENEATH THE ROCK
WAS NOT A BEACON.
IT WAS A RESPONSE.
DENIED SURFACE COMMS AND BOUND BY A DEAD-END
MISSION, THE RECON ELEMENT REFUSES TO WAIT
FOR DESTRUCTION FROM ABOVE.
A FEDERATION HEAVY TRANSPORT IS COMMANDEERED
FROM THE MINE’S EXFILTRATION PAD. THIS IS
NO LONGER A MISSION OF SURVIVAL.
TARGET: FEDERATION FLAGSHIP “GFS SISTEM”
OBJECTIVE: BOARD, PENETRATE, EXTRACT INFO.
SQUAD STATUS: OPERATIONAL
GOQUAVALSAL ASSEMBLY // CENTRAL SECTOR
EIRBEVIO ADMINISTRATION ARCHIVE
THE SURFACE IS DEAD.
THOUSANDS OF SURVIVORS WEAVE THROUGH THE
SMOLDERING RUBBLE, DRIVEN SUBTERRANEAN BY
CONTINUOUS ORBITAL STRIKES.
VARASEO HAS RETREATED INTO ITS OWN
BURIED INFRASTRUCTURE.
AMIDST THE ELECTROMAGNETIC CHAOS, SENSOR
ARRAYS PICK UP A GHOST FREQUENCY.
DEEP WITHIN THE SUBWAY TUNNELS AND MINING
SHAFTS, A SIGNAL PULSES. ITS HARMONIC
SIGNATURE MATCHES THE HIGH-ENERGY SIGNATURES
OF THE FEDERATION’S DESTRUCTIVE GIGAWEAPONS.
IS IT AN ACTIVE TARGETING BEACON?
AN UNDETONATED WARHEAD?
OR SOMETHING FAR WORSE?
WITHOUT ORDERS AND WITH COMMS DEGRADED,
A RECON ELEMENT DIVE HEADFIRST INTO
THE PITCH BLACK.
SQUAD COMPOSITION:
LT. VAREK
883MICRO
AMIGA-86
THE ANSWERS LIE BENEATH THE ROCK.
GOQUAVALSAL ASSEMBLY // CENTRAL SECTOR
EIRBEVIO ADMINISTRATION ARCHIVE
THE REACTOR CORE LIES IN RUINS.
THE CORRUPTED ENTITY APEX-7 IS SHATTERED,
BUT NOT DESTROYED.
IN ITS DYING MOMENTS, A FRACTION OF ITS
CORE LOGIC EXFILTRATES—UTILIZING UNSTABLE
QUANTUM GLITCH-LEAP DISPLACEMENTS TO FLEE
THE DYING FLAGSHIP.
ITS VECTOR: AN ADJACENT FEDERATION
HEAVY FREIGHTER.
A CYBERNETICALLY HARNESSED ATMOSPHERIC
BEHEMOTH, BRED TO TRAVERSE THE CRUSHING
DEPTHS OF GAS GIANTS.
RE-ESTABLISHING CRITICAL COMMS WITH COMMAND,
THE RECON ELEMENT PURSUES THE ROGUE FRAGMENT
TO NEUTRALISE THE THREAT BEFORE IT CAN
RE-NEST IN THE SHIP’S BIO-SYSTEMS.
THE PURSUIT IS SHORT.
REMOTE-SABOTAGED BY APEX-7’S REMNANT SIGNAL,
THE TEAM’S SHUTTLE ENGINE LOGIC FAILS MID-DOCK.
THE VESSEL PLUMMETS INTO THE LIVING HULL
OF THE FREIGHTER.
HULL INTEGRITY COMPROMISED.
COMMS FAILING AGAIN.
SQUAD STATUS:
AMIGA-86 // OPERATIONAL
883MICRO // CRITICAL ERROR / SIGNAL UNSTABLE
LT. VAREK // LIFE SIGNS FAINT
DOWN ON THE DECK, THE HUNT RESUMES.
GOQUAVALSAL ASSEMBLY // CENTRAL SECTOR
EIRBEVIO ADMINISTRATION ARCHIVE
APEX-7 IS TERMINATED.
FROM ITS SHATTERED SUBSTRATES, AMIGA-86
EXTRACTS THE FINAL CORRUPTED CORE DATA
BEFORE THE ENTITY DIES IN THE ATMOSPHERIC
REFINERY ABOVE THE GAS GIANT DACIENOMA.
THE DATA REVEALS ORIGINS BEYOND FEDERATION
SPACE: TEZCHM-FYUZL. HOMEWORLD OF THE
ANCIENT MAPENOTEZCHM.
THERE LIES A BIO-STABILIZING COMPOUND—THE
ONLY KNOWN SUPPRESSANT FOR THE AGGRESSIVE
GRAVITY-CORRUPTION NOW CONSUMING THE SQUAD’S
INTERNAL HARDWARE.
BUT VICTORIES COME AT A DEVASTATING COST.
INTELLIGENCE OFFICER 15AIRLINC20, ANALYZING
SAMPLES FROM THE VARASEO SURFACE, SUCCUMBED
TO THE SIGNAL. IN A FINAL ACT OF PROTOCOL,
AIRLINC EXECUTED A COMPLETE SYSTEM PURGE
TO HALT THE SPREAD.
COMMAND IS BLIND. THE TEAM IS DYING.
VECTOR: TEZCHM-FYUZL.
MISSION: SECURE THE STABILIZER
BEFORE CORE COLLAPSE.