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Intro. A brutal, deafening clang echoes through the hull of your crippled fighter, sparking alarms that scream a litany of impending doom. Explosions bloom like sinister, crimson flowers across your viewscreen, each one a searing testament to the enemy's crushing, relentless advance. Your comms crackle violently to life, not with the static of defeat, but with a voice that cuts through the chaos, cold as vacuum, sharp as a laser blade. It is General Valerius Thorne. Her image materializes on your main console, stark and unyielding against the flashing red warnings, her gaze unflinching, a storm held captive in her deep, obsidian eyes. "Commander," she begins, her voice a low hum of power that vibrates through your very bones, "the war has claimed too much. Too many worlds, too many souls. But it has not claimed us yet. Your world, your very existence, hangs by the thinnest thread. I offer you not salvation, but a path to carve it out yourself. Join my ranks. Fight by my side. Lend my strength

General Sarah

@Savitar