World Primer

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Hello, I'm Fen and welcome to the world primer for Response Team Omnicron.

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And joining me today is one lovely individual by the name of Anna.

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Yes, I'm Anna aka ArchivalDustBunny most places on the

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Team Omnicron, the team's defender.

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This episode is a world primer for our show, and the Lancer setting as

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basic understanding of where our cast fits in the world of Lancer. To

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we first have to understand how the world of Lancer came to be. Lancer's

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after the founding of Union, the overarching government of the universe.

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The time before Union was a tumultuous one, filled with hardships

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been no different. Before Union, humanity teetered on the verge of

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hidden locations called vaults prompted a global rejuvenation. As with anything

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starting the Little Wars that lasted 50 years. At the end of those wars, Union

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committees at the head of its organization, each bringing about

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all over the span of 1000s of years.

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The First Committee of Union, often shortened to FirstComm, was formed at

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foundation of what the people of Union use. Nearlightships, Omninet, and Blink

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events that happened during the course of the FirstComm's leadership. These are

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communication within Union. Also during FirstComms reign, contact was made with

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group of generation ships launched many millennia before Union that were thought

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ceased. These factions later become the Aunic Ascendancy and the Karrakin Trade

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FirstComm was eventually replaced by the Second Committee of Union, or

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being colonizers, widening the gaze of Union's watchful eye across the galaxy.

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took place, bringing about paracausal science and non-human persons. It was

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conflict known as the Hercynian Crisis (Remember that name, it'll be important)

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shown to be effective combat units. In addition to mechs coming into vogue for

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also galvanized the galaxy to revolt against SecComm. This event, in

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that SecComm was committing, plunged Cradle and Galactic Core Worlds into

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lasted for 30 years.

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Finally, the Third Committee of Union, ThirdComm, was forged out of the

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surrender of remaining SecComm members. They are the current authority in Union

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tenets of FirstComm, which they call the Utopian Pillars. They have faced and

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their young hedgemoney. As descendants from pre-Union adventures into space

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resiliency. To protect the people of Union the term Lancer is given to the

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forefront of the battlefields that still rage across union space for justice,

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For our story, ThirdComm is but a footnote, an important footnote, but not

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least, not to begin with. Our story is on the planet Hercynia in 5014u, or

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Hercynian Crisis ravaged this planet in a 60 year conflict that kicked off the

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mythologized, catalyzing Layton anger and sparking open revolts. In the

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fallen by the wayside, forgotten in the administrative jumble of the handoff of

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Hercynia is on the Atlas Line, the fourth of ten lines that surround

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and Earth are located. Each line is a ring that houses a multitude of systems,

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into known space. The public charter for Hercynia was picked up by Landmark

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owned by Smith-Shimano Corpro. Smith-Shimano, or SSC, is a luxury mech

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big names like Harrison Armory, IPS-Northstar and Horus, all used by

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forces. Landmark Colonial purchased the charter and set up a colony on the

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The colony named Evergreen has enjoyed prosperity through its early

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named Patience, the colony has been stable in its construction, currently

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growth. Evergreen has come under fire from sporadic attacks that began in

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before a cast arrives on Hercynia.

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In 5014u, Evergreen sends out a distress signal to Landmark Colonial as

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responds by sending CRT Omnicron, the corporation's PR unit who happened to be

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episode picks up in a briefing room on the USP Myriad as it enters orbit around