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Dystopian Wars Rulebook
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ra'id i rig t he col(')nies of the European powers. < the cOnimander. bis ,wish, and bestowed on him th'e Third ' .,
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'. " . ' . . .. ; ...r _ . 'I:5iVisi6h of the' Ser:;ond Imper i'ar AFmy - also namedthe ... ..
is a time of' uprest, distrust - technoldgy has Wcin{ Tlie that '
'. ,fif: im.agin(ngs, off his 'name ur}til h'e had 'aVenged t ti'e ;'::. !; . '
" 'of familY. History would rem;ember,hfrn only as' oAf' " ; ," ; ' .
': rn'ad'e .. life', light : and' ; ,:':'.' -', ' .; , "" , <.'
;, ::: ;> ' i ;(mth, bwt. . ''p0wers 'military! venicles and .. notime in lea'ding th:e ' . . '.,
.bi'o(ogiP;1 expenm,ents h?ve yielde'd u.'!
as m6nste'rs " ";.:
, ,ar.! all ,too readily ynJeashed upon, th,e .qattl.!)!field." . of,the;Third Qiyisio.n. Oni (o,the"grotJhd, yet '
. , Ana th'e. heart of this' technologlGa l inrlOvation: stands ' he felt (losatiSfactioJ1. fa tilJ re of-hrs not
.. .270, to 'crea(e' 'ks light ' ' due or Q1en' located' tlie nC it .. ...... .
'. flard. '-. "', to 1: 1i e:- actioris of file 'East' lnd'ia "CompanY:. blowever;'tne
,',C';' '::" '. :', ",, ;.: _ . . " . . ': reined hrm: ib before he. eould set oGt to' -
With .changlhtfif)1eS Gbme changing' tactks. Man can(lot ' . more bo'meland. ,. '
: ,.' !.:;' -:. ,to'mpete with Hie Jron Behemoths' that now tread ;. , ; .,:! ; ' : .. . .
' '' . . , , ':, '2jcross the at least Rot alore, WitR impr.oved :' '. ;Bw{ ?at .i 1'l1y by
.... t,nere has been a revolution in , the,:., wer!' . . Tw.o -Jail.,
.' atmedforces ohhewor.ld. Combined ar.ms are now the OrSIr,lgapore . tlie' 45th':' Expe'ditiQnai Y Force .Ia nded .in.
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. ' .. most widely',ac\;el2tect tactics in use, ..despite '5,0 rrLe. die- c,?mmangep byLorcl : t;>uxfprd, an.d a
; 0' . hard sti ll sI ubbornly. cI(nging to their old , ' Was to' me Empress ' from
' . -: " _. . .. . ' ' . " , .. 'It stated 'that' 'ai singapor.e.';;-as a;-' act 'of ' ' : '
." . ' . war ' ar:ld 'tliat ' wbu1'd 5e ' tb'nseque'nces . u'ni6ss' : :.
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SINGAPORE reparations'Were young Empre.ss realised .' .
c'onflict between the great nations starte.d nece.ssft.Yof. the' ' .-:"f.':. '<"
something as minor' asa dispute, back in 1864. dispatched .; .. ,; " ' - -" "
The East India Company, been trading in Singapore ' ." ' . '" , ! f,' ...
for severat degades, securing their p'Ositiorv as I ' This prq)((!(( tp' be,a ':;'
I
. d' t d "h Id A h l. I. d' " . the. , Force reache'd -OnC he ' . - . ! ' . ;
Ing ra ers In t e wor . s suc t",ey.:too" a im. . , '; .. : R" " . ' .. " ' . , :.
view of the encroachment of-Japanese trilders intowhat Immediately" tur:re2 a'Qd ,to ,
they Considered as their turf a'1
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made thei'r 0piniohs ' ,Malaysi,a . Wa(Ji 'obeyed hirp UllElu'esfioningly, hal'tirl/t I;";'
crystal cle.ar. ' " -: " ;! . r, /" .1 ': ..
. . ,. . .. him as a' hero,"'Se'eirilfnim' as a tired warrior ,(ea rlessIY' --- , :''''
The t heir dange r'for their .: - :.
, a; sut h W?s caught unaw,ares wlie(l' East India . to leav.e,0nl tohis fate woulcf result i.n publ id lncest;
forces fell'upon t1'is delegation and evicted him from the ' he'r. enp re- A1ilitarx S'errt it out in :. '
cou ntry" Suitably sharped, the man committe(f suicide support ,of Oni:'s Jhif9 D.ivisjOCl . :r
he
: fell,
imd, hl; was strick.en .from Imperial rewrds. Falture-'l' Itke'jI \(I(iP9:
a
l}d wip.ed o'u,t th!? ASEh ":
deserved n'Q less. '. ' ... '.:; j rl, ,? rl'2.ttrr of, weeks;. : ,..
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ESCALATION " , " ,
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w,qrld ,at this tt:lrn 9f ,events ' a'nd the
s01fj:IV. war'
dMtle deploying. its full rnili;t'ilry:,migtlt to',
$ if Knowing her forces ) 0',
onslaught of ,"he ,en'tire Brita.nrllan. mil(tarY,
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' Uslr)g.this sudden'
Sun, despite.' fnade"deals' with the: AUstralian
lDdependents ib' bcijst.er A'8( regr\1u[:lrng. "Not,tp
. .tbe Australians to me
711yo:ys'19 the Prussian Er:nperqr, '
;, :h!e THE
, ta'i:ne to;,;hut a mo,ntnla.ter fTusslC!n Fgllowing. the ' declaratian <;If, lII(ar" on .Q.n ,; the,
;'aW; of the , the Kingdom. of
of; JDrussian
J t,self, tt3"mmanded :
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<t helJ:hen desjgn managed to sail up the ,:rhames and launch a ,
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<Coloflel:Stum'l. " ft ." . ' . .' darihg' aAd shocking attack;9t the H9uses Of
f th:;;;:.,,,: " N0 i:{:;'. j ' "' ":'.... , ' . , ,:' Whilst 'this 'act was more
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fn:i nageq pts 'of '
4' 'C a>lastibg impact.upon the the" 'Bri(cln,riian ' public) 'wh'eri it: emerge<jl' .thar
).oiced. to ;s.ev.
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.;al armi,es., t? sail aW'ay ..
t/;lEi, ,of, thl.s Gripf)ed with fear, : 'ilf the. : populaEi
'. ' olle' ratio.rif pave.d:the""ay for $;tari;rl's rise to po.wer. fov.Gihinteered for the armeq, and, tile Bnitannian,
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, '. , . ' . . : ' =roilhary doubled, iO )l:i?e .bver:,th:e pext ,sjx' 01911th,s .
this 'time the' Russian Coaiitic:m maae a pact with' " $
, in . , ::Oh
behfnd'the 4 , %
their chief $ of tactics andt'echnology. 'HiS'Sludi:esill .K6rea :haGl
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paiGl '
this 're$ultillg in ;he
,t9 inc'll'lacitating or
:. before, ,: .. i,cre.ws whtist leaviilg their vessels fqr
hal(at the:WqlfgC)'Qg ,,,,,,salvage.' Thetechnology prGJtEi1c:t
.. n .. * " ' $ ' : ' ., his owd ,tro;ps.from fron'! ',
:% torh'aintain their po,wer in Eur.o,pe,,the P[ussians;'
:drag } he.Republic, of.' Of} g?5 .a;tj:ask
It<tliilll States, into t/1,e war, " In retur'n fdr this ,knowJedge,
albe'it on t'efrUs '-'the 'French would deal ' Biazing Sun to provrdi'rheYn with 'deSign
>!With BritallniaQ whilst:theltali;lns would run ' forbuilCJing
campaig-ns the .Russians, 'giving Pn,,85ia alliance lietweeri'tli';e: natibns. .',
time to rebuild' its strength. Th.is tactic'l,Norked, ar.ld the . ' ' . ':" '. ','
, ;f.6rces were forced .. tcHake, up- ANTAij(;TICA
patrol and pGUcing'.duties against the. \tatian troops, all
the .their gains any .;at' in I':lls fayourecl armohafr,: located in ' hi's studfil') 0 ,
:-. Prussian ' }, Antarcticahorne of his new;nation' . the, Covenant of. I
Anta;ctic; .. and atwl'iat
, Wifh rh'e gl 0.1;> a I situation rapigly collapsin.& into chaos;' coming .t,o in' Not ol'lly .. :.
' States of America '(FSA) attempted an' b . . h t
. his .. e.e9, In ,errpr, t ever E",
invasion of Japan, Wishing. to expand their' eontfol ?ver themselves i:laatranspjred fa rfaste r than he hadthought
the. Pacific: ' Dispatching the .. bei[lg
of. Admiral the to 'b:ett,er kill, and the 'It: .
PreSident was cJ1lVlnced that by 1h: ' i patriotisli'r hadirifec;ted his own apprentices: With
of the Blazing Sun could ear,n a . : the warld'.rapldlysliaing ih't6 ':diao? and S-tu\geQn
in Britannia, enou,gh to stave,off expansion , resolved coact
into. his domain by Queen Victoria's.forces. . " : ) - ,,' ., I '
'" "He of $
However the Fourth ' instead: tame acro'ss 'a prQdlictiClli J acllities, SC,hneicjer .
Russian :Coalition fleet' mbb'ilised fat the inV3si:oTi lof' rhe position of War /;lis
the glazing Sun as well, so as: to' earn favour with the sudder.lly turned into assassinS and sf'lles,
Koreans. Both sides upon each, other, conviAced bega'riapplyinE
fcheY were a defending Blazing SUr:l .fleeLFour
the
art o'f war. It would be .thg C'qve'rranf '
bQth.;,sides accus,ed the other ,0J bloodiest year
1:h.!?f!J <ar)d PI9
m
ptly to war about '
the Empire of the BlaZing Sun fGJrthe time' belng. ' ,
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::-:... TAe C6vena nt cif AAt,arctica is' a ,yo u Ail n13tion'" not 'va rlol!ls' irHantry' t:eams' ' 9,l!It 'li lso ai rcraff and" ".
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sprawled ice cap ofth' Eqfth. ,lt fOtJf.tded
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in:f850: by Lord lYraynes Sturge9ni!w.hen' to < , ,',,:, . . . (', I :<., .. ' '.', ;1.' , ,',: ,;.;;
an . .to: thd ege]idar.v, Vpult setfl,e j'v1axllT;lilia.n of V:1p r , . ,',:: ': .
co 11 E; ggU.e.S,. and explorin,g tlie area, to t.he in"Wells:, ,Lt , , , .
5ve,ntuall y yo,!;'fL,was Wells"Chasm' by of ne:w f heir, <..;
,. . .. and his ,peopl.e. : , 'i '" . " . ' . well.as testing their loyalty. Massive warehouses ' housec;! beneath the: o'
"- ", . " P , .' . . ,'. I : :'" ice been conveited to " "
The cov&:';;':nt official ly formed 1857, ;';' ost :either gone or, di s'm-arit led in " ,t. ..
I th'e Antafctic, 6f lj:lb6ratories'; : 0,.' " . ,'.
$qme, oh he se.cti.on's of the' i'a'ne!. hover: in' tne' sky; 'held in t he a'ir with It ;is' ' impossible to, 'accurately, ' estimate t.he ;. soldiers ."
the miracle 6r,sciel'lce; whll ?t othe'r h'ou,sed deep beneath an.d 'vehicles under SCAneider's , c6mrnand, .harsh' weathe; .. '.
" the ice :ifl .fii6zengro1llid of the continent. Sturgeon's nation does::: conditi ons ' : ': .
.( . not own aAy. cd.nterif f o continue research in ' nations to estimate.the forc'es, of toAturht)er ; ..
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, : '. . have fo ? perate'in' if any ni'ltion,dared.iltta!;k CQl{enant' directly: ' " . ,:. '
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< . " Chasn)" " " . Jhe Covenanf is str'uct,Ljre.d lIKe a reseat ch' i(1s1:i fiJte, only' on a -": ",' <
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: Britanhian" and ' 1119s; h. lat ger scale. the Master, '" ,: I
: a tlie ul timate ' natiori . him is '"
ma n who sees ;,- cQterie of .scientists ..s ped'aliseQil1 various branches of wliO', ,'; :-"
hilT;lself not; as serva'nt : ' ONLY to of a cC:funcif Cldvising a' .
. EJ f. any or, ruler, but .. ': Jeader, as;is nptfTl in the E\,lropeannatio(ls, the' indlvldual
' as a'man: of r,eport their
to improve -all 'of hu,mimiW. : oht e lnfluencjng.the policy of'th,e, Coyenant itself, just their own:'small -:, : .
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it:! any way' poss'ibl e,. Despite section 9f it . .. " . " ". ' ' :' ,, '
hi s serious' demeanour he ", ,. , ': ", n... , ..
ar .aln) ost .. , TheJ ea'ders / ,
curiosity, willin'g"to ' oeliev:e .. ' .. r., ' '' . ", .. : .... . , .. ;'
in anything as Icing .ds it' is
[:Jossible: ,; , L,?rd Chief pf Physicj; ': . :. ." : . ,' ",: ',..,.. ,; .
Since.the discovery of Wells Chasm and all its secrets however, things '
he dee.med impossible "'ave bjCome pOSSible, and as such he t")o,longer
sees anything as beyond the reach of mat:! - or his sciel1tiS!S" "
Elizabeth,' Chief of . , . ,
Lord R,ense, <::hief of Biology ""; :;.
, Lor,d ,Qleg, Chief Alchg mv .;. ,;
Lady Jl;lliannC!, lYIistre'ss,of Politics , ,
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MllITAR'ySTRUC-TUR"E , .. LadvDrakenbu,rg, CastellqnofWellsChasm '"
The of-the Covenant are of .. , >- : .:, -.; ..
well-equipped, professional soldiers from around the world, They are Unlike .mo.st IN? rltl councils, Sturgeon s EO,!ene IS '
.- broken .. down into teams, each act' in leader,.fheir only;nytheir .. ! ;;:i,
' with one another, and each team in turn has learned to act as part ot' to knGwledge Itself. .. ,#.. :'
a whole. !-iowever des'pite thi s all ofthe 'Covenant . ," ,"', ";- ' ''"',, ' ..' , ., " ' . : '-!"
I .. , military trainep.to act-alone, making them possibly more d?ngerous War: Schneider is a y.E;
ter
s:lL1, Prussian ri sen HO. '-'"
' . wbe rr.scattered th:an facing them in tbe field enm'asse.. ' ... . tq since.fi rst Lord to' Wells '. .
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' ita'd rtrpoper can fo'r his cause ih centres" .. . ,out;
silbotage logistics and so: o,n . :: :
name,d his'soldiers,Commandos. The Commandos make' up the efltire a GreeK IN!lO [:Jar:t
'C of t he skilled' not in' ope n a--;;"d ':Of of .. :.,...
. ' : infllt racl6n piloting. They do not: re ly on of' tne 'Coteri-e;; as"'h":: is ,I:..
- . mil itary something Stwrgeon has on -
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. al e both of created: il f1:d' P.d" the' of
. of Britanllia. They and becCjme enamoured by. humanity' an'd , O,ff!Sia) . of; Covenant - '.: :
..,. , '::'hl!). dreams.ot'; .Th'e highly to st rike __ . ! .. ;
.. .and':,Wit'hout ' wa'rn'ir1i: their deed is' done.-:,: ,-
se'e'n 'as il fhre at DY '8 riv'ai family/ who drspaichea <i.'a'cly JUlla nna Sturgeon's forces are IJElen behiod no fewe'r than' 20G)7'
ixer! 9ver .. sep.arate- attaf ks all ;" "::"
\, :.t::::' Oltlt,'s r.ole was st.mi la ( by the Tsa r Qfthe Russian Coalition to the globe, particula rly those which we ctre,ngageMn weapon study:. BUt .: , ::
researcher on tP.e ,chance' thai, he tldat it . . " . .
ng. of the Vault.ahd . ... " , " ' " ' . . : , ; ", ' , " ....,,; '
Ci? f its. poteopj3L19td b'are them: boti'l ,Gleg,and Jalia(lna,:'Cast 'Whil st thearmies:6Hhe C;ovenant ., ", "
. . and the yvas : base's ,19: .d.own .th,efr "." > ,;'
. , - crafti l) g for BurfJ<3 riity,. '. ',.. :' " ,;' . . develpp.menJs,. St\! rgeol) <;ci ntiflUes. t o ply' Wells Chasm for ' its' " "
:' ' . .. .. 40 :., .... . .. : < s; ek!l']g new ways tg enSUre the s?fety.'of
Lord fhe 'oft he .Geterie, pro'motec( ' science . With: Markov. and his machim;s' now.sweeping across
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t 6 rorclst er of' t hginee,r's .fi:J llowff.\g': Ma rkov' s betrayal and ari d On'i rampaging 'around 'Oceariia', t he global situii tion ;cuntirlUes t o ' ;-',
\ :as, .he: . driving 'sciet)ti st s to 'de,adliei' weapoys, " : :; .
t o, 'seeh .s hBvini( eeerr 'ir;t' corrupti !1g'th,e purity of the Knowledge t he Vault had gifted
iOle';l(er,'iways .. to h'arne ss: -Qerg,y, e;ngiFl e .< -
ana' tlieJethality' of t he We<3p " or:t's,as a:' , ' \ .. ,. " "' '';'
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- ", LEFT; War. Master':.)VIaxilflili'lA .a' " ..
. . Coterie) f . ' " . ,vete ran for . : .
.t he mattj:!r . Qr.akenbWg the d,efe nces and day tQ'dpy runnin'g' , .. in t he Prlj SSia Fl 'Mil itarY; ,risi ng to the. rank' of _,' ',."
o{Well s ChaslT;l, Covenant , a dI:Jty s[1e' : .', .. ' .'" " Ge nerpl.: oeini by . _
, fulfil s 'in ahd silerice. .:. ":; f, '" , o1' th.6. 'Schnei'der " .:'
, :.::, -? .. '.':. ,- out: and'fou'nded h'is I.
RELATI ONS":' ".,". 1 he was hi red Sfu'rgeon ta provide .:. '
The "no one ' for "his ra's t o " l'
nation as it s' fc:.i'e;..6r:allj,fJug:t o i&'e .belief .' , ;" c;nqnge': ' . ' ,': ;', '
.. bf ,t Stu'iieorJ, ' .. I ... { /. . ..; :
of the .t heiL: Four days. fj;>(Hl,d ; Y i
alli es: an d ignci.ran<;:e a.s Of c9,urSe: fiai;.
extends' .to , an WRD. co,ntil:l ue to -, 6e ' " Sn. 9W :a: .arJi.trl<;lL that . r?pms ., . . .
. gifts ,-t he.. frOze n of ,Antar-ctica. The pack '
. :::. .fhaf "Wel\li., " p'ra'cp ca 11 Y'. apart:" bu:t :
:: .. ,.- 0" de'fe .. the.rapid .; . this ki!lefi .. Jqur of the savage" ..
-. ?r.nQngsC '-a ni mal s ,before his ' men found ' . . ' :
. the nprtons',<'f he; fn ilitary :fqrces' . ' The' pe lt n?w
. - :' ,: : "of- the hai/e :bee n committed' t o , . .. : rests 'shoulders
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a ,.
:.., wh'o gift "const ant r.e.rhi nder c,f. what / .::.',
"' ;-: . ". ,d'f sci.ence . . :. . '. . . . , he regar.ds :.
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lit ... ..
' W"hil:st the ' Russian . is an .. this ; image that War"":"; i ::
immediate {arget due to it6 . . ... -
of t he Prussian and ' .. quick t6
Kingdom "or ji'ave also ' ' the ' '. tech nologies ' . ' .-
begun to suffe r .attaeks, fqcused. of .. the Va'ult; . W-itl1 ;
primarily .ion <';'I r..esearch -and Lor d. :-. Pennys01'l's':':'::;:
productiol;l facilities specia'li sed in . engi neers cr-eating .
del/e lo ping prototype technologies. ...
The Empire of th.e has : aho:leg fo:cthe old
;,
until [I OW managed to be ing , . sotejie r . . ,' ,.::.; :;',
the of Sturge,on's att? nti on, :' ':. .
. though more and more membe rs of :
the Covenant are for stri kes
into Blazing . Su'n terr'itories ' since
" their deploymen't of gas weaponry.
The' Wa'( 'Master, however; is wary of
, infiltrators and' troops against
"'t he Empress or even General 'Oni, with
the Shinobi sure to counter arw such
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at):el'TJ pt. " . ' . ' . .
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" ,: " . , : ,? . " , b;ein& uti (r?ed l,n Gf la'rid and rtJarltime, '
: tn Kingddm aetjons, has beefl ,mixed fOLnow, ::,
cenqtlered ,lfela:lfd, ,t;hEt
current 'H.1gh Lor,d '0t tihe 'Ad m iralty':i5
of the African ral(1ks (o, hi!i i Qiej n
territ ory! t[1e ri'ch ef hp ,.
often COfl)Jhj5'iFltO cont:licqvith'Prussian even' Frencb forces commarids the Admir.;:rls ,of each Armada, \h,o in turn commaFld ,th'e:
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at . , Fleets, I::ord Tillinger held !beeffice fer
, " ." . proven the A/mapas
Yet was vast 'a'nd, QJanagea to rWisdom and cautibll; carefully managing the hh disposal and '
Greenland and: paftsof; iwthe name ensqring1: ttat' 911 areas Qtthe-:King-aom .are ,
})f .their of th'e forced the rival ' " :: " ' ':
powers:t.o e!xparidtb,eirlJfrders witi:1in tf\ei r 'O\ll{flGOf\ltinents, resulting The t;hree AElmirals currently miUtary are
in strained: r-elati:o.;S 'powers., ;?specially the Joshua Spen{;er of theNaIYal Admiri:il' EdmuQd'JohnSon
:FrarJe:aQd " " at. the Land. J;leets and Admiral :Wijliam of: the 1Xe rial Eleeh:
, ,," . is the
"' , of the .offi,cers,thn?ug,houUhE7 Naval Fl'eets, givitlg the.,
fo!.ce !he moniker of in
" cqfp, on allowing' any emotiGlns'",
. in
decade, has
Wlth'in' d1Stb ctidr1 i (o,m,duty.
"'" ""i *
he-nai ,ciftE;lR tertilIF2::;'
As, he assigned ,;
to, forme? to. his years 'ai ,
Lord' Qftl1,e Na\(all:leets: A believer in the tried and tested ways;;h.ehas;:'; '
' applied his c.ombat to the skies wit:h
"". " .. Sf"", +, '" , ' , ,;, ' < r#''''&'
His eH,h,e 1li)' !itrearns the currents' Cif the .
to under his
Lord", ,. , 4' Y. " ;, I P' ; , y'Y
a broodio'g and' impps'ir;1g
,figure, :d'eClicated to ,
Kingdom's 'She , ' is
advised state ' Each Armada also has a
by apar:riament, consisti'ng those to, Her lVraje"sty's:Glor'i ous
of oJ ' each necessity, M the pr esent on ,HI
city ' and country ,in herdornain, The parliament meets four a Armadas'as :9
oth
de'ferder,s:and tq being
yea'r and.discusses the of though the Queen exp,erimental 34
th
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reserves the right to instantly Jail a meeting at any time she d,eems fit;, 6:
h
Lowlanclers) tend to be the ,best equippe;Cl and, "
M IL.I TARY STRUCTURE ,
,Britannian. military ' is; neavily. dependent upon '
as, island Kingdom, ships are.t he only' true way. eXRansion
could be possible. As such the title of Lord of 'th.e Admiralty:carries
; gr,eat essentiallyplacjng one of
'forces after the o.ueen "
:' traineq;
infantry injbe
, $4'.'1 fu' @"#
1-lie, typicQ'1 ' Britan'nian 'of
'Infantry, 'is arm(,j' with' a single' shbt; 'lOaded
,typicat red oftheJ{ingdom, the Infantr y Eensi;fof: Aot
but'ill,sp artillery, small
m!l[tar's .-and nia,ehine ilie 'artillery.
W
"t 'h't:he',: , /i 'Aft h' I th L d fth Ad ' It ' " h disl:>atlded with the formatiO,r:l of.the" M6bile Ground Ar;';;ada whictt
P
" marc", ec noo.gy e or 0 e mlra Ylsl.nc 'arge , ' , ' 0 , s s ,.A', : ,
ofthe.nirrhiiJ'das of Britannia, which into t/:mi ebroad,t'Ypes, pr ovided sejf-gmp,elled w,hlch are,
" ' h 'fi " " "' h ' ' , ," , , .heavilv'armoured,aAa <lan relocate If discovered
rsf IS L e,oldest:: In L 4 ;';, '
' thi5 ,[]IW'"" ' r,' r 'n.fln" h,;r, tr",hlnc and .her Will t:oraf'off lanclsf The second ' ' , ':;."
, 't.ha:t: are, in suppo; t
tg t.h!L G:Olos,s,a t
AERIAL arry.,'adas,
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f '. their ,wealth and tneir power of the 'major espeCially to'those :Vliith .dorr(.jnlons mainly on sl:Jch" .. -):., .,
f: ; ",towns' and dties . . .. .. . ,Empire and the,Russia,n' , , . . ;'.. . : : " ,
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I-" .;4 ...... ;-'.I:<!tely, "hf..'&I,a.O,ljte , Wit h, the refo.r,milB0n- of the military . if)'tothe' ti;lree 0 ,
f;i::: that, ,of, a' .to feared, nqt qn!y at ... "
i ,;, . , . ... and' drrvrng enemies of .the. Into destructio.n. through. also, on l'Ind'and,in,the alr. 'Ho,wever, due 'tci ,t,
E' ; i' . ; and th'at of recent gains, it means that ' their 'fon:es are' always stretched and ,
", :;: 'r- ,rn ,to any , their, .
tn'::" re:gi(;)n's: Followers of t[1e first iaeology . Britannian alread'Y :ma.king iolpr'6vemenis ' to, their . ,'-'
the ' designs" lt is ohly a:.J{,ci'tter,of before Of Britahni:cf :"
,: have "Rooks" , ,,' ,;: spreads to all the 0f the woHd. . :'
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,. ' : T.he' .politician,Cll rre,n1:ly leading the Kn'ights is Lord, Bar. tholomew"who " '. _ ".,..:; =_ ' :' :::', '
. whilst tbe, Rpoksis .. , ' v- _ . ... . . " ' .'- :.: ,:
Lord'Charlh ,ofDelnf, of b0tli'sideS'have faiied to ' . " \ '
sway resulting in the ,
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. ' ,' . o'n F l'
'expanding in the G9,otact with
is 'minim<ll, tKe"Afri ca'n Statesi,,' I ' . ,
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" 'R'ELATI'ONS c; . ' ,,':, ... ' . " ' ," . '
. ;" J; :
. .. :;', 'of i n is supp'Qrte<r : , :' ":'::
'., the ,Pacific' war-,iJWt;he ,f eder-.a,ted States Wb0, provide ' .
, ' supplies suppqrt to BritaA,nian troops statiof.led rn Malaysia and . ,
.: .' battlingtJ:J.e' Brjlzlf\g Surt for.ces there,As weli as 'this, the of the ' . . ' .;
Admiralty ha';; Sa'flctiohed,the' use of to aid Britanni;,ln .
operations in jeClding to th:e,int egrati'ng of ,
the Fleets . , ,' , '"
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A great deal oft the .. fro'm ..
'.abroad'tb prote,c(41he hol'ftefand'fblI0win'g' a
. Prussian f orces' ;"th'e eapital :r:he iO\1aclers: "
,tKe ' ,neiiv\irid
'.,ot submer,sl ble"a'nd.le'u' m:he'd tWo' hour, assa,ult ' oh the '
"
_ :'1 _<?t. 'building; emJ2)ty,
'!' , the caysed. on,f he civilian '
o
,' _ '
J2lopul'atiori ,l:lse qf gas weaponry
.Ieft a to
. . af the' Homeland' Defence
Fleet, .. '">
'As :of now, ' the ' Kingdom :is indiff'ere'n't to !:'he Leilgtle
of Italian States, theni :as of' no importance
" with "in , Eur ope. The Russian
Coalition, ,t b,ough a potential ,thc:eat dU,e, to its' size and
is a campaigr
against' the both side,S and lessening
the pressure beihg! put : on th'e Kingdom's homeland.
However,' Brita'nnia' (?nnot capitalise on the
activity of the Prussians around Western Europe due
to the mobilisation of the French military/ which has
manage<;l to battle the Britannian f\eets,stationed around
the Isles to a stalemate. /
MILITARY HISTORY
'The Britannian, military has a long and pr.oud, tradition;
primariLY:jl'fl chDred on its naval As a'n island
nation the Kingdom of Britannia W?lS for ryla'ny ye.ars'
: as the naval superpower of the ,
. ': 'With 't he expansion of its dominion and tHe' need to
fund du.ties in a'lI its the Kingdom's
nav,y has nations to catch up
in .terms of sHip desigh'and,development. '
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LEFT: A Kingdom of Britannia Naval' " ': ,
" ;-: . ' besp,ite ;"'o'dernisatioo ' " ",
. I... .' of its':' armed ;fbrc'es by: i:hi$ ' natiof.l', ' "
, : ,' hps' hetd on toW; heritage ff
. ' historY-Df the
rriaritime.alid f.lavallegends 'sLlch.
: as Drake, Cool<
off.jcer,y.ou
. despite ,hi s' .:_
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q,essed fot combat; "
';,' his :' , om ' and "
vi , " P .' P . ' , : ,
.. ,' Cl r cum s tan c e , ..
" ambf)gst
the ya!icius ' na,!ies' ' .
of .the werld: He' i.s " '
, sporting a. {0ono,': , : :::
: :
tq ' ." "
- .. " ' aid his vj sion.' . ;
during ' combat.', " .:
... . :..
situations.
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,The, is probably, the-stron,ge$t by hLs for' I;iswilful fraternisipg'witll .thS'A
of Jhis Empire s,b'a i\E! s "borders. with oe::lllrig Witn the egGtisftqli 4':-;:'';.
m. 1 /f ,,>ft, + PlW}$K;, - " .''''' .',)'.\ _/ , '. ./ 9 ,,}_>' " pt.. 0< : , +, ',:-* !{* if "" > ; 0 ,,' ; , : + t 'lw' , t% % :v." "''''' Y
. ,.the. west/ the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth-:in the east; ':: ' .v' ., ' v , : , . -:;.: ' -,. '
,south. The trhpe ror owns lord of illlit he,f!rjJss(ah
". t,hat isthe extent Elf Prussian 'filvc,'iK with the
beyond Eurb.pe: %slnce::the>proximity of the Kil1gdom of Br.tanRia his pOsition has begun, to reach on' .psy,elaosis. ,
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Its the Pr-ussi:an maritime foYces. ::a:. decoriited colonel ,ot the ' i'{.ifie.s, ....
.-v; , , . ' efla:h feported
' As.it is, eidsted:.sin'c'e , the of th,e ,c.urrent :
new te.chnolC?gy <, :h< 0' P:' ,:' , '" '
sweejJing acr.t5ss, the lNorJa, that stability: is now challenged. Curre!1tly; there, are ' over six
.J , " <$ , s , - land"ships and five nundred air
4Y" V t'I
Jcting as sup);1brd6;, Qnn 'f:ldther as
but
- ' u,sing ORr:V,tl;e s.hips of one navy;
""' ,rp,,r'it n r;:ah'G: e ngaging;ahy'
Fred.erieknat;
pJ;tbr. , ' f *" ' , : L, ' " ,ylf,: 't " .n
of 'Stur.gep.n's' tro'n varia-tilns : f:1il,&e: i31r;.eady: beei'.1"
UQlike ;. his
ErQpet Gt
., 'b f' ', t"".0 <,," ' $ ," S4''', ,. " " , ' ::'
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forces .as wellqs , " -
a much"" rt;LGr e::
man, Teufonr ,.:
Knights to, . re;turn _ 'to, -their
by Otto in '
fear . ",
get a Kindwo;-;'j ;
-than wjth 'a threat: Em '
Frederick's .iphiitDsopi:ly ,has
alrea'dy great 7:i illidE!nds
c; the ot'the Teutonic Kl1ights and their willing supp,ort hilS'.,
prQvided a great bQoh ,to the milit<ilry and research efforts.
has also been a significilflt improv.ement in relations' with
Republic of France and, League. of Italian States under his leadership,
l' '
MILITARY STRUCTURE
: /
The Prussian has the traditional of war, '
fielding regiments' with specific duties, each split Xnto This"
type of 'lJrganisation has been carried over to the ground, ' maritime.
aerial navies, each 'one split into a battle group, dOWrl . into :al)d
.. Eacb navy, as well as th-e )s-commanded by a Sire; v, weak and
who (eports to the' Master of (he Military, cl rarik, which is today held
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The wealth 'apd secret
i. to' oei.l'1 g $ource et. tlgeTesla ,weaponr'y now
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Howeyer; '1"itli the COillition ' has "gained ne.w:
technology thi:lnks ,to .a rogue,$cientist known 'as NlarKQV"
...
-. , : being employed by tl:leEmpirs,.a.(1d not Sturgeon:, ... .; .
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the has seen fit . to prepar-e' his 'natfdr:i i.or
" ol'1sla.ught; all- -the wbile. schemi ng
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;t.:::; mnefl r : pre.der.l ck . forged Qn ' aUiance with,.the Emoire of .the
{).. " 11 .
.. ,,:: h Bla! !ng from Pacific to Europe :
;: : am?r;1gst \he .Blazing
; :: . . Ho\'\(eYer, yJith tliesl,ldde n of
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.. , Coaljtion f oli.sh-Lithuani.an in the
" ::' : ErTlpii'e"nas Ii<id to call upon ancient t ce;>ties, 'stored safely'
, in the st rongn6lq o.H he'Te utonic ti the R'e'public ' ,
France Italian Stat es ,to ' support them in . .
Europe. _' ,-;.':. I ' f 1;, ", " . ' .
. "'. :; .. ._ ..
, . placE!, J :mperor :
, his " 'c> ' >
.vC)ri<;ltions, in' turn . ', .
of t he RuS's ians' in
tile Br'it'a'riritans'in tnr west Fs' si'fcli '
... ,.'". . . .. .... .... .. -' .' .
that ',eveh Ii'ad b'eeh' 'di.spatcohed to' ' .
. ttie State'S" of 'An'leri(;a to earn ' ,:,
. -
S\lPPOFt; in agair.lst the .
.C"Oalition. ' T:lJe Empire ,!3lazing Sun :"
has t F00PS to " : _
divert ,from' Eyxo.pe,:. .
/ ancj are already, fil t!,! r'ing ,' ..
in ot wh at .had'
.., -1'111 ........ -- ' ; ;' ,.
t.hought a(my
rampaging'; . 'Qorthwar9?
' ; ; ' ' .. , from
of' Rl,lssian y:-
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. Due, t g ' its ' 'p:ositiori : . ill . , .. >. . '
. Euroge, -. he. '. ' ... . , . '
,' military .. nOY'-lof some o.fthe
most veteran troops in .the mairi'land. The invasion of France
.. , ......, .. .' , . " . .
iA 1808, whilst it was in the ' midst of a civil war, is still $een as
pf the and effi cj eA( takeovers in ' military history . "
. ' Howe: e'(, Emperis r Ott6's- foolish 'march on Russia led to .the
coll a"pse of the va'st'holdings pf the' Empire, as their
to retre<;lt in ttie faJ;e of White ArmY. 'In the we; t the attack
an was Similarly repulsed;- the' Prussian ,troops back
to Eu rope. :
. . .
To stave off 'any on the ' homeland itself, the High ' Cound
suggested: the of sovereig.nty in and the.
using them as buffers against the encroaching arcnies.
Emperor Otto agreed tothe idea a'nd in 1815' the Prussiaris pulled out
of France and the lands of the Commonwealth. However; thePoles arid
would not q'uicklyJ orget the th'eY' had:suffered
at the hands o(the Prussians, whereas the French were begrudgingly
grateful to -Empire for restoring order in the midst,of. their civil war.
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. sltuatio'n in . " .
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These fe.eJings came to play an important-part in the c.urrent si t uation ' ! '"
, the Prench Republic's willingness to cooperate .wit h the Prussj o,ns, . ; . . . 't- ",
the o.f and yo ;g;d t.he. ,, ' , . . ;.
:! Commonwealth ana the Coalition both stem :from'that tilT)e. The result ABOVE: A Prussia n Empire or. 'Air Lancer', is, a sigAt .. ,
"'Is a secu're' western flank} but 'a n eastern front that has managed to "" t o behol d 'rn the Pru'ssian ships in : :.,)
peh'efrate :aeep lnto 'Prussian Empire territory, grindingt6 a halt at .' t heir ene'mi es, t heir TesThi Coi i fi re, t he Lan'cers , " -:
. tbe' Wolfg<;lng wherethe gigariti Tesla. e mpl acements have ' prepare. t he ir' Sho'rt T'an!,!
'::managed 'to stop t he' Coalition in its 'and replJlsing the'- ' : ' cl ement 270, pro'pel the Ksma'll s'tick control' ; ,
Cdfl,'monwealt,hcompfeteIY. ; ' . ' " aliows g' \.{(de:h. Elec;t,ro- "'"
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EmRire .of Sun' was =of:fiGiatly .born in:. JiI.-z: ojher' lmp,eriaJAJ.mier as needs dictated. ' . ' . .. :.: ' .:.
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corOna.tion-of She ill her. iteE! ' not 'only'an ...... .. .. ', . . , " ", ". - ,, -, .r!'" ... j::':;:' :'" "';'1. 1"
. but al-sb, a her Army; .is ea'ch: OIJE? . ' .
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!the ,hands ofthe, .<:hinese Eederation; as well as"mos.to of the' p,er? ol'1ally .appointed .by' .tht;! Empress arjff' w'eidi!)g a as. if , ,
', <' sf:att:r.ed She would,. mpve .(0' favotJr; h<:.::
though all wOl,lld ,u.ltimately , .; Uematsu of Sworo and' /(:oii{t'ICI of the 9rl!cible . ..Hjgh. General , .. "
. is the it"into ! he force t,tlat it is:' i.? an ? mC\n: wtlO takes .i1is. E'mpr'ess" '
tod.ay. wj1i1s.i to"truly r.iYa.!.the dorni.rjions of other.supeqJowers, with. all th.e ser.iousn'es.s it deserves imp often iives ."
the EmPire' o(the 'Slaiirig S,uri 'was far ric.her.)'riYerms ot'resources, ' ;o'thef High Generals; b9th cilf which foll'oi, to :.: .f"!
t ontrolling many volcaij ic' a?eas it.hich gifte'd'tKe 'Ernpress precious arid recogni'sfn'g his superioritY in military matters." , ':., , ' . - ':,: ...
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Now th,at. she is, n.er duty issues of, tactics, especialiy .the focus. between, offence and rcjefence) . . :
': to bring a .. new one "",here b.er .... wl<li!,st H,igh Gerieral , Kojima has kep.t : mostlv.. '.tG" hitnselT; ':'.::
, flag w,ilLfly fh}9Vg/1ql:Jt . . ; ;:;', . _ '. " .. ,the :.others due to . ris;
. ' ,'". , . l,.... .. and ,re.crUlts
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f9,rgrng them into men ,t-he other ,
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n-1SSi'Sh'e: was " cbrtfmanaed by a seven 'tho us'and Each ':.";
. only 14,ye,91'5 ofd'a'i: tifue. . ' .. l'1arjied a: l"egerida/ y tor labelling <.':;
Her ' relative, in'experi,ence in ' .' for propa.ganda yJnich are n'ot ' .. :
: ;3 ; nation' Er'r),press, rTI9st' prominently the 0f kill.ers . '
, . ..,.. brst . s omething other , ," an'a rperc;enilrl,E;s kMp",,!,,) 'Qnly 'as the'
n'ations tried to capitalise "in lTJyth, rpqve t?e of the' Blazing '::;
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shattered against her .. . . ' . , , ...
indomitabte wi".. " , The )mp.erial are: fa.voured P'y"tAe and' thre'e- ,;
navies have ,been 6reared.; to eac' h Imper'ial
Empress :':would directly Ommand'ed High 'GelJeria ls.' Each Arrii'
have her, people ' Ihie . in ' an Aerial Ar:ma'da; although. t liis' like: .: : :" ?
peace ana ' prospe,rity. With a relatively of $lIn "t A af.sa1ci: ,t.' J&ith' : . --:: t"-;
th'e. .Kingdom of Britannia the use cif 270 the. sC-ientists".of.the Bla,zing 'Sun have rnaCle :".,."
:' .; ... : " : making great gains in the Pacific, alpng with the obvious resentment of impressj ve vast"Sky Fortrgsses '.::,
the Koreans being direCted atj Rer island nation, the Empress .. 'in its Aerial Armadas: . " , " ',:, : .
the of expanding her dO'mihion as awarning to a ny, I<6t'e ntia I . ' . .. .. ..," .:} ....
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" . invader. Yetthe chancewoul.d nQtariseuntiJ latein' theyear186 7; w.hen ' .. ,;' ;:', ,
.. '., the East India Company, cl neutral ppwer .deSJJite. its with, : ;he young Empn;ss does riot have ' a council , ot, advfser&' many' , ,:::.
'. Britannia, dishonoured the family of one' of her commanders.. . '6f the 'of her' ruiers of dO. 'Instead s.J ven each
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-:- LOYAL MILITARY STRUCTURE ' '.. . .... : '. Each 9ne bears a Masamurie, 'a symbol of t h:eir rank as the . :. ' l r
4 ' . ' '" . .. .". chosen, and carries the title nf Samurai, the name tif an' orde r that was ' ...... " . ":. ,
Witb 'the, Empress' realisation that her natidn VJas rapidly gaining the Y . ,
attention of expansionist powers, she moved swiftly to make reforms , all' buf wiped out 'a czentu(y b,efor e wh:en. : :. --:;;-
to t'he A's7a young girl growing up she had thrived 'on stories , mainland .. Only identities of all' Samufai, '- ';.
'of ner.0es, a[i'd structureo. her' new militarf along' similar " ar.e kn.o';'il'1,to.ri.val - an'd , '. '.,; ;
" 'lines. a'rmies wereformedat' her co III ma nGE one'to'act"as a' enigmatic fjgur: .the of '.' .
' . shiefd,. anotl;ier as ,a 'sworl:l:a n'd the third as a cru2ible. tAree
' J I. +. . . , ! .: ': . reported sigh1iog$'of Gene'rat eJ,n'i wielding a mil,tt,hes : w
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