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Time, but not much, has passed since Sanctity's world was restored exactly as he remembered it. Time enough for news of the victory to travel by magic and gossip to the ears of those who watch over the tournament, and yet not time enough that Asmodeus has decided to go anywhere else. The demon avatar reclines against the southern pillar of the Great Eastern Bridge, the one which resembles a goblin, the smiles on demon-mask and statue matching each other perfectly. The mirror-shard through which he first entered this world rests on the cobblestones in front of him. When Lord Oberon appears behind him by magic, the demon is not surprised. He gr

Midway-class Heavy Assault Carrier - The mainstay of the Trax fleet. Like all vessels produced for the Combine's official military forces, the Midway and her sister ships Guadalcanal, Jutland, Trafalgar, Salamis, Chi Bi, Svolder, Tangdao, Lissa, Tsushima, and Coral Sea were all produced in a secret shipyard constructed for the sole purpose of arming the fledgling nation before she was even a reality. These ships carry thousands of short-range fightercraft as well as squadrons of up to six short-range destroyers. Far from defenseless, each carrier mounts a full complement of PQP, Grav-Sling, and Warp Torpedo bays and turrets, making life diffi

Light and Heavy Attack Cruisers (LAC and HAC) - the primary fleet components during the civil war, these blocky ships are essentially an engine and crew pod attached to a large gravity-sling mass driver with plasma-gun turrets attached to the back to cover against smaller targets. The difference between the light and heavy variations is how big the main gun is, and how many defense turrets they have. Most of them have been retrofitted with PQM shields, subspace power receivers, and warp-torpedo launchers to replace the plasma-guns. These ships use Hoverian-style Warp drives. Short Range Defense Carriers (SRDC) - A non-interstellar system def

HERO LEAGUE Initiates of the Spirit Forge Light Patrol Advanced Training Manual: Elemental Force Combat Tenneriniyar - The name of the true avatar of Entropy. This name is what binds this Elemental Force together enough so it can form an avatar, a state which is entirely against its nature. Unfortunately, when named and given shape and order as an avatar of Elemental Force, Entropy's power was increased. Rather than a constant of nature which expresses the tendency of order to decay and all things to reach the same level of energy and matter distribution, this embodied force of Entropy sees this state as something to be sought after. With

“It’s hot. Not warm, hot. They say it’s not the heat that’ll get you, it’s the humidity. They’re wrong. I’ve been in jungles, and they were muggy and hot. This desert is just plain hot, with nothing to spoil that loathsome condition.” The other men in the trench variously groan, snort, or studiously ignore his complaints. One in the same tan desert fatigues and hat but with two more bars on his shoulder murmurs, “Pipe down, Jim. We know it’s hot.” The corporal left implied the suggestion of what to do instead, since he never took his eye from the sight of his rifle, nor moved from his p

In the Hand of Fate system, drawing cards from two randomized decks and subtracting one draw (black) from the other (red) is used to create a random number between -12 and +12 (inclusive). In this section, some meaning will be given to those random numbers, and to the numbers used for attributes. Negative numbers resulting from a draw are considered botches. This means that the character whose action result is determined by this draw not only fails to accomplish what (s)he wanted, but actually does the opposite. If trying to fix a car, the character breaks it worse than before. If trying to attack a foe, then that foe gains an advantage inst

The Deck - Each major character has a deck, which is a 54-card deck of playing cards. - Card draws provide the random numbers for action resolution. - The jokers are set aside and the red and black cards are separated into two randomized piles. - Each action calls for one red card (providing a positive number) and one black card (a negative number) to be drawn and revealed. Add these two together to determine the action result. - The number cards are their values, Jack = 11, Queen = 12, King = 13, Ace = 14. - Jokers act as trump cards but are only used in the case of magical, or other powerful and beyond-mortal, effects. Character Trai

In the Mythos universe, there are several major interstellar powers, and a few minor ones. Many major government has a representative on the Galactic Council, a diplomatic body formed by the Hoverian Accords to arbitrate between the major powers. Only the Tennerellor Cult, a minor group which is not a signatory of the Accords, is aware of the Spirit Forge and the changes it is about to wreak on the galaxy, and far beyond it. When writing about the universe as regards those who don't know about the Spirit Forge, I refer to it as Dreams of Empire. Dreams of Empire occurs in a galaxy (and a little bit in another one) much like our own, but far

A bolt of blue fire crackles across the left side of my vision, and I hit the accelerator hard, pulling my craft around sharply. The Mk. IX “Sigurd” Heavy Interceptor is designed to take maneuvers like that in stride. Another crackling bolt of the alien energy weapon sears armor off my front, but that’s another thing the Sigurd takes in stride, and I now have him in a target lock. I send my first little present floating towards the bastard as I jerk from side to side, trying to give him a hard time hitting me. He fries me a bit more before the EMP charge goes off, but then I have him. Electromagnetic rails in my ship’s bel

Amara Niall Height: 180cm Weight: 95kg Birthdate: 1029 years post-earth Birthplace: Colony ship en-route to New Sahara desert planned radioactives mining site on Geoffry Nomarn’s World. Amara’s father Osmond was one of the soldiers sent along by the RadioSynth corporation to protect their investment from pirates and slavers. His mother Sabyne Knerr was one of the electronics engineers in charge of the mining computers to be put in place. They fell for each other on the three year journey the ship took from its shipyard to its destination, but did not arrange to get married. Osmond intended it, but Sabyne’s father Dr. Chris