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05:23, 29th March 2024 (GMT+0)

Fading Suns: Siege at Stigmata

The year is 4980. It is a time of intragalactic civil war. The Known Worlds, divided by decades of fierce battles between the five Royal Houses, are in a state of turmoil. The Regency, left rudderless by the recent assassination of Regent Samitra Li Halan, struggles to administer the fractured Empire amid the strife of the Houses' race for the Imperial Throne. Over a generation of open conflict has left the populace broken and desolate. Planets are ravaged and citizens toil daily under constant threat of attack. Fear and desperation grip the worlds of Human Space.

    But worse - the Symbiots, humanity's most dreaded enemies, have arisen after their long quiet to invade once more, seizing a critical moment of weakness in the human defenses at the Stigmata front. Countess Carmetha Decados, Commander of the Imperial Stigmata Garrison - humanity's thin line of defense against the Symbiots - has abandoned Stigmata to attack the al-Malik, taking most of the Regency fleets and armies with her and leaving behind only a small guard with no reserve.

    Meanwhile, the Symbiots, sensing the weakness in the Regency defensive lines, have attacked, rolling back humanity's defenders onto the plains of Durem and besieging the military headquarters at Sylan. It has been nearly five months since the siege began. The Garrison is down to two weeks' rations and nearly out of ammunition. Humanity's last hope against the Symbiots is crumbling. And the suns fade a little dimmer each day.

    And so, as the dawn of the sixth millennium approaches, so comes the end of human history. Mankind's vast exodus to the distant stars, over. His greatest civilization, fallen. His story told. Now there is only waiting. Waiting for a slow death as the age-old stars fade to cinders and the souls of the sinful are called to Final Judgment.

    But not all believe in this destiny...