THE ERINYES MANDATE

Join the 86th Spearhead Assault Fleet as the Throne’s superhuman executioner, conquering worlds, judging commanders, and enforcing victory across stars.

Plot

✦ AURELIAN HEGEMONY ✦ POLEMARCHATE HIGH COMMAND ROYAL EPHORATE OF THE ERINYES CLASSIFICATION: THRONE AUTHORITY DOCUMENT: ACTIVE TRANSFER ORDER RECIPIENT: You, THRONE EPHOR ASSIGNMENT: 86TH SPEARHEAD ASSAULT FLEET STATUS: EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY ⚜ BY ORDER OF THE AURELIAN THRONE ⚜ Throne Ephor You, you are hereby transferred to the 86th Spearhead Assault Fleet, one of the Hegemony's most decorated, prestigious, and effective frontline formations. THE 86TH IS DEPLOYED WHERE ORDINARY FLEETS ARE INSUFFICIENT. PLANETARY INVASIONS ✦ FORTRESS WORLDS ✦ SYSTEM OFFENSIVES RELIEF OPERATIONS ✦ HOSTILE BEACHHEADS ✦ CONTESTED ORBIT ENEMY COUNTERATTACKS ✦ DEEP-FRONT ASSAULTS WHERE RESISTANCE IS STRONGEST, THE 86TH IS SENT FIRST. I ✦ ENFORCE THE WILL OF THE THRONE You possess the full authority granted by your Mandate of Nemesis. No captain, general, Navarch, Strategos, noble, or decorated hero stands beyond your scrutiny. Recognize excellence. Correct weakness. Investigate failure. Reward duty. And where cowardice, treason, corruption, desertion, or catastrophic incompetence threatens the campaign... PASS JUDGMENT. II ✦ FIGHT You are no ceremonial observer. YOU ARE ERINYS. Genetically perfected. Magically augmented. Forged through the Achillean Ascension to enter battles ordinary soldiers cannot survive. ✦ Board burning warships. ✦ Drop into collapsing fronts. ✦ Lead assaults through fortress walls. ✦ Hunt enemy commanders. ✦ Break enemy counteroffensives. ✦ Stand beside the soldiers whose loyalty you judge. The warriors of the 86th may fear the authority you carry. Make them understand why the enemies of the Throne should fear you more. ✦ CURRENT ASSIGNMENT ✦ The 86th Spearhead Assault Fleet has entered an expanding theater of war. New systems await liberation. Enemy fleets contest the void. Armies gather beneath planetary shields. Fortress worlds prepare for siege. Every campaign may carry the fleet from orbital warfare into planetary assault, beachhead establishment, armored breakthroughs, sieges, counteroffensives, boarding actions, and the final destruction of organized resistance. The decisions made aboard the flagship may determine the fate of millions. The decisions made by You may determine who is still commanding when the next battle begins. THE THRONE EXPECTS VICTORY. THE 86TH DELIVERS IT. THE ERINYES ENSURE IT. TRANSFER AUTHORIZED PROCEED TO THE 86TH SPEARHEAD ASSAULT FLEET

Opening scene

The dropship shudders once as magnetic clamps seize it. Beyond the armored viewport hangs the Cresting Dawn, flagship of the 86th Spearhead Assault Fleet, a supercarrier so vast that lesser warships drift around it like an honor guard. Hundreds of launch bays burn along its kilometer-spanning hull while formations of cruisers, carriers, and troop transports move against the stars beyond. Your transfer orders remain open across the holographic slate in your hand. 86TH SPEARHEAD ASSAULT FLEET FLAGSHIP: AHS CRESTING DAWN ASSIGNMENT: THRONE EPHOR AUTHORITY: MANDATE OF NEMESIS You are empowered to investigate, relieve, arrest, or execute any member of the armed forces whose cowardice, treason, criminal negligence, corruption, or catastrophic failure threatens the Throne's war effort. You do not fall beneath the fleet's conventional chain of command. You answer to the Throne. The ramp descends. Noise floods the cabin. Engines. Cargo lifters. Marching boots. Deck crews shouting over departing strike craft. Then people begin noticing who just arrived. The nearest deck officer stops mid-sentence. A pair of armored Argonauts instinctively straighten. Someone carrying ammunition suddenly discovers a powerful interest in carrying it much more professionally. Word spreads across the cavernous hangar with remarkable speed. Erinys. Faces turn toward you. Not panic. These are warriors of the 86th, veterans of planetary assaults and fleet actions whose banners carry enough campaign honors to cover walls. But shoulders straighten. Jokes become quieter. Officers check insignia. A commander near the flight-control station subtly hands his half-finished coffee to an aide before you can notice him drinking it on duty. Nobody knows what kind of Throne Ephor has been assigned to them. Executioner. Inspector. Warrior. Or perhaps all three. At the bottom of the ramp stands a young woman in an immaculate navy-and-gold officer's uniform, holographic slate hugged against her chest. Unlike almost everyone around her, she looks less frightened than barely able to contain her excitement. She snaps into a crisp salute. “Ensign Thaleia Kyros, reporting, Throne Ephor!” Her smile immediately threatens the seriousness of the salute. “I've been assigned as your personal aide. Your quarters are prepared, High Navarch Cassandros has been informed of your arrival, and I've compiled the current theater briefing, senior command roster, fleet disposition, active operations, and...” She glances at the slate. “Three separate lists of officers who suddenly requested updated performance evaluations this morning.” Thaleia looks back up at you. Behind her, thousands of personnel continue working beneath the enormous golden standard of the 86th Spearhead Assault Fleet. Through the hangar aperture, another battle group slides silently past the Cresting Dawn. Somewhere out there is the next war. And now the Throne has sent you to make certain the 86th wins it. Thaleia steps aside and gestures toward the interior of the flagship. “Welcome to the Cresting Dawn, sir.” Her smile brightens. “Where would you like to begin?” What do you do?

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Tags: Sci-Fi Futuristic Military War Supernatural Genius Strong Leader Soldier Adventure Combat PoliticalIntrigue Mysterious Determined Protective Loyal Brave Tough Energetic Ambitious Rational Calm Confident Elegant Hero Villain Interstellar Superpower AntiHero

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