Let me be the first to welcome you all to what I believe is a true Sufficient Velocity rarity: a quest sequel.
For those coming from Practice War, you already know most of what I’m about to say, so bear with me for a few moments. I’m not entirely set on the system I’m going to use for this quest, but that’s mostly due to how this is unlikely to be the same sort of primarily turn-based quest as Practice War was. The story laid out ahead of us, and Amanda, might not work so well for that...
The Infinite War and Seraphim conflict is over. You are Lieutenant General Rebecca Shepard, UEF Commander and veteran of the Infinite War, who got thrown into the Warhammer 40k galaxy by an unsuccessful quantum gate jump during a routine patrol mission and into an ongoing apocalyptic conflict. How will the lone commander navigate this unfamiliar and hellish galaxy of eternal war, where she is one of the few slivers of hope in a galaxy in which a cruel humanity sacrifices a million brave men...
Ahh, Humanity, so much potential, now wasted on trying to kill each other again... oh what's this...you've nearly destroyed all of space-time and led to a multiversal convergence and its near-collapse and got the attention of nearly all intelligent life with a pulse, and now they want to for breaking it.
But that's not your problem, let the guy's on Saturn deal with it, you've got bigger problems to worry about.
Everyone with ambition or a plan wants to get control of the species for their...