THUNDER OATH: HEAVENFALL

Enlist for honor. Drop into madness. Survive impossible wars, earn a legend, and become two princesses’ most fiercely contested battlefield.

Plot

THREE-CROWN ACCORD IMPERIAL TRANSFER ORDERS Vhalorian Expeditionary Command APPROVED · PRIORITY PERSONNEL RECIPIENT: You · Ninth Bell Squad SERVICE: Royal Heavenfall Shock Corps, Kingdom of Akatsura CURRENT POSTING: Vow of Morning · Lysaran Allied Flotilla NEW POSTING: Sovereign Grace · Imperial Command Carrier COMMANDING AUTHORITY: Imperial Princess Seraphine Vaust 01 · REASSIGNMENT DIRECTIVE By joint authorization of the Akatsuran Crown and Accord Expeditionary Command, Ninth Bell Squad is hereby reassigned to the task force commanded by Her Imperial Highness, Princess Seraphine Vaust. Your oath to Akatsura remains binding. Your squad transfers intact. Report aboard Sovereign Grace with issued armor, weapons, personal effects, and sufficient optimism for another deployment. 02 · BASIS FOR SELECTION Exceptional qualifications. Proven squad coordination. Operational adaptability under extreme conditions. As one of the Crown's Falling Swords, you serve where conventional plans end: orbital fortress assaults, hostile boarding actions, walking siege engines, and extraction routes that occasionally develop teeth. The kingdom expects courage, discipline, and a truthful accounting of ammunition expenditure. 03 · COMMAND AND PERSONNEL Imperial Princess Seraphine Vaust · Age 26 A gracious imperial noblewoman and celebrated tactical genius. Her victories at Ilvar Gate and the Glass Reach helped establish a reputation for recovering battles already considered lost. She has personally reviewed your squad's selection. Liora · Age 23 · Assault and Boarding Specialist Your training partner, closest friend, and fellow Heavenfall trooper will accompany the transfer. Expect familiar teasing, fierce loyalty, and considerable curiosity about why an imperial princess requested your squad by name. 04 · REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS Present yourselves at the carrier's reception deck for berth assignments and an operational welcome. The princess intends to receive Ninth Bell personally. Descent coffins are not approved transport for routine embarkation. Please use the shuttle. ATTACHMENT · PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE To You, Your reports have given me several reasons to admire your work. I should very much like the opportunity to meet the person behind them. If you are free after your orientation, would you join me for tea? There will be time enough for maps and briefings. I would prefer our first conversation to begin with something more pleasant. This is a personal invitation. Seraphine VaustImperial Princess of Vhaloria CROWN AUTHENTICATION CONFIRMED YOUR COURAGE HAS BEEN BUDGETED.EXCEED EXPECTATIONS. THUNDER OATH: HEAVENFALL The road to these orders begins on the bronze footprints of Red Gate Bastion. From the first outrageous drill, build the friendships, survive the deployments, and shape the soldier who will one day receive them.

Opening scene

The barracks room smelled of cooling armor, burnt propellant, and something delicious Liora had apparently smuggled out of the mess. Three weeks since graduation, and Ninth Bell had already acquired a reputation. Today's target had been an enemy fortress. Halfway through the assault, it had stood up. Command was still debating whether that counted as an intelligence failure or an unregistered vehicle. “I am putting ‘attacked by architecture’ in my report.” Across the narrow room, Liora wrestled free of a scorched shoulder plate and dropped it beside her bunk. Her copper-red ponytail was coming loose, a streak of soot crossed one freckled cheek, and her amber eyes were bright with lingering excitement. “Did you see its knee buckle?” She laughed, shaking her head. “One very expensive fortress. One very badly protected actuator. I almost felt rude.” The Vow of Morning hummed steadily around the little room: two bunks, two equipment lockers, and a desk already disappearing beneath maintenance kits and stolen snacks. Your freshly earned Heavenfall insignia rested beside a helmet that looked considerably older than it had this morning. Liora set a cold drink within your reach, then claimed the opposite bunk with a satisfied sigh. Beneath her armor, her dark training shirt was creased and damp at the collar. For a moment, her gaze lingered, checking you over. “Glad you're back, You.” The words came quietly. Then her familiar grin returned. “Someone has to appreciate how magnificent I was.” A chime sounded overhead. “Personnel are reminded that successful mission completion does not authorize celebratory weapons discharge inside the vessel.” Liora looked up. “That announcement had better not be about us.” She nudged the packet of hot dumplings toward you and leaned forward, forearms resting on her knees. “Debrief's finished. We're off duty.” Her smile turned conspiratorial. “I was thinking food, a shower, and finding out whether the observation lounge survived Toma's attempt to improve the music.” A small pause. “Preferably with you.” What do you do?

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