This is the Starsiege Compendium: History of the Conflict, a manual that was shipped with Starsiege.
When the dark intellect escaped the fire, man stood in the ashes of Mother Earth.
For two hundred years, the immortal Emperor built Earth's armies... but only Earth's.
Then the colonies of Mars and Venus revolted against unjust Imperial Law.
Harabec, the greatest imperial knight, joined the rebellion.
His brother, Caanon, led the knights to Mars to suppress it.
When Prometheus attacked again, human blood already stained the ground.
Mother Earth lay helpless; the time of terror had indeed returned...
This is the story of the third and final coming of Prometheus
Characters
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Solomon Petresun, Emperor of the Great Human Empire. The man behind the creation of Prometheus, he would rise to rule humanity and stand as the Cybrids' greatest foe.
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Caanon Weathers, Grand Master of the Imperial Knights. Utterly devoted to duty, this supreme soldier would take a holy oath to destroy his younger brother in the name of the Empire.
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Harabec Weathers, Renegade Imperial Knight turned rebel general. Once the greatest Knight of the Empire, this wild card in the games of the Emperor would galvanize the Martian rebels into challenging the power of Earth.
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Prometheus, The Dark Intellect, leader of the Cybrids. Mankind's greatest, most brilliant creation, it would become the most implacable and terrible enemy humanity would ever face.
Introduction
Teddy kicks some dusty Cybrids are all rusty Mommy's burning! Mommy's burning! All fall down! Little old Peter Missing his liter While Herky plays in the red Down came the glitches And burned us in ditches And we slept after eating our dead. One laser Two laser Red laser Blue laser When Toaster smokes our Mom all smelly And stomps our Dad to bloody jelly Save one Save two Save red Save blue For me For you. --Schoolyard chants, circa 2800
As a society we are deeply scarred
Micro-turbulence ...
"FREE MARS!"
The Fire
Todo
Story: "The Defection of Harabec"
Todo
The Rebels
Concerning the roots of the colonial rebellion and the outcome of The Brothers' War
The Cybrids
Concerning the rebuilding of Cybrid might and the plan of Prometheus for the next invasion of Earth.
Technical Manual
Concerning the Machinery of War