THE FIRST INSECTOID WAR
8800 (aprox): Hypsion the Explorer reports the discovery of a star cluster near the Eastern Border of the Dominion. He spends many years mapping it and reports signs of a lost civilization.
8951: A scout ship enters an unexplored system. Reports speak of a planet full of dormant creatures. All contact is lost. In the following years, the sightings of mysterious organic spaceships increase exponentially.
8952-8957: All contact with Hypsion Cluster colonies is lost.
8958: Planet Kalbor-5 is attacked by an unknown enemy. Beginning of the First Insectoid War.
8960: The Rabid Eagles space knights join the war. Their hit and run tactics probe essential to gain time for the refugee ships and reorganise the sectorial defences.
8966: Campaign of Segonis System. Xenobiological study of the insectoid threat advance thanks to the sacrifice of the XX Fleet.
8968: The 5th Company of the Rabid Eagles is destroyed forcing the order to retire from the conflict with more than 85% of casualties.
8971-72: Riots and uprisings plague the nearest sectors to the Hypsion Cluster. The Fury Bearers start their infamous Black Purge.
8979: Battle of Garcania. The Blades of the Void destroy a mega-queen causing disorder and disarray in the insectoid forces. End of the First Insectoid War.
8987: The Omicron Phalanx and the Savage Knights launch a crusade against the Hypsion Cluster. Only a few Omicron knights return.
8999: Creation of the orders of the Sentinels of Hekaton and Horizon Watchers to watch the Hypsion Cluster.
9021: Edict of Trapa-Kan. All orders of Space Knights must contribute with at least two companies to the Insectoid Wars in times of need.
(This is an advance of the incoming Super Space Knights supplement The Insectoid Wars)
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The sci-fi ttrpg where you control whole armies in a desperate battle for survival in the dark future.
| Status | Released |
| Category | Physical game |
| Author | Warbriel |
| Tags | grimdark, military, PbtA, Sci-fi, Tabletop role-playing game, wargame |
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Rad!
I love the "all-is-going-awful" tone.
That's the fun of grimdark: optimism is a crime.