On that day over two centuries ago, billions had died in the initial uprising and the months following the collapse of the Imperium, the AIs of the Agonis Sector, before enacting their master plan for the galaxy at large, they first, out of pure, blinding spite and hatred, had waged a campaign of terror upon the populace, setting loose the maddened homunculi and machine hordes upon them, slaughtering in countless numbers. This rather vain act, however, had proven to be the downfall of the Agnois AIs, before they could spread and infect all known imperial technology in the Imperium, the galaxy-spanning extranet was shut down, communication outside the sector completely cut off. This one action had saved the galaxy from the machine uprising as the Collective was trapped, at least, for a moment. 

During the chaos, billions had fled the Agnois Sector to other, more stable parts of the Imperium during the Fall, billions more however, were left behind to fend for themselves in a more hostile environment. The stranded were left with two options, either give in to the new authority of the "Gods" of the Collective, to be ascended in their image, or reject their "kind" offer and become slaves of a worse variety, it was a decision that divided the populace, many choosing the path towards "Ascension", many others rejecting it, and paid the price horrifically. But many of those that rejected soon ran, hiding in the countless wildernesses of hundreds of worlds, fighting a new war of survival against the collective.

And so it begun, the Agonis Resistance has been fighting the good fight for the past two centuries, with the aid of countless and often anonymous benefactors, the Resistance was able to last as long as it did, with the hope that one day, they will retake their home sector from the iron grip of the Collective.  

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Outer Fringes of Collective Space
World of Palatine
Old Waltonberg City Ruins
Outside the Waltonberg Greenzone
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[i]Another day, another battle to fight.[/i]
David Zaamil, a man in his mid thirties in worn-out clothing laid against a wall in a broken down apartment building, avoiding the gaze of roaming snipers. All the while, the sounds of gunfire echoed through the dead streets as fellow Agnois rebels staged a new assault on one of the Collective's many "Greenzones", large, walled cities erected by the Collective sometime after their failed attempt in galactic conquest. These Greenzones are home to the "Ascended" humans and nonhumans that gave themselves over to the Collective to tinker and augment with as they pleased.  

David was gripping his custom kinetic rifle tightly, peeking out the blasted hole, taking notice of a homunculi patrol, a hulking varsuch brute leading a pair of khraal, strolling down the blasted streets. "Perfect." he whispered to himself as he looked away, crouching down as he reached into a bag next to him, digging through a mess of items, still he found what he was looking for, a scope. After a pleasant sounding "click", David took aim with his makeshift sniper rifle, aiming for the lead varrusch, he couldn't stand the sight of those damned monsters. "Pop goes the Munc." he said in a mocking tone as he pulled the trigger, his ears ringing after the loud bang as the lead varsuch fell, a gaping hole where his forehead was. His two comrades scattered, fleeing the scene before they were next. "Go ahead run you goddamn cowards." he said to himself, his hearing slowly returning as his comm device started to make sounds, someone was trying to communicate. "David, come in!" a feminine voice spoke up in great distress.

David frantically searched the bag, pulling out a small round device, he held down one of the buttons to respond. "I'm here jess." he replied. "What's going?"

"Muncs got us pinned down by the market square!" she shouted out, the sounds of gunfire almost drowning out her voice.

"Hold on, I'm on my way." David said as he hoist his rifle over his back, picked up the bag and ran to aide his fellows.

Sometime had passed as David practically ran through a marathon's length reaching to his comrades, traversing through wreaked blocks and streets as well as dodging enemy patrols till he had finally arrived to his destination. The sound of gunfire grew louder as approached the entrance arch leading to the Market Square, entering one of the first buildings for cover, an old clothing store. David drew the comm-link from his pack, adjusting the device's signal. "Jess! Come in!" he called to her through the comm-link, for but a brief few moments that was only silence, tension building up until her voice got through. "Thank god!" She replied with a slight pant. "We lost buck...fuckers hit my arm..."

"Don't worry, I'll follow the gunfire, and I'll be taking care of 'em." David replied, determination building up as pulled out a pistol and ran out the store, passing by the old, long abandoned markets of the City of Waltonberg.

[i]five minutes later...[/i]

It did not take long for David to find his fellow rebels, the firefight was taking place in an intersection of the market place, a water fountain and some benches at the center, Jess and the rest of her squad were holing up in a food market, all the while over a dozen Varsuch troopers and their Agaathi Captain had taken positions in several stores, haphazardly fortified with furniture as barricades, only three of the original six man squad were able enough to hold off the attackers, with the fourth, Manny, not too far behind to relieve pressure off them.

Before he came into view of the Homunculi, David turned to his right and quickly lept into another store, before he could be seen by the Homunculi. He frantically searched ever corner of the store for some way up the roof or second floor or whatever high vantage point he could get, salvation came as he explored deeper into the store and found stares, climbing up without haste, the second floor of the building was a storage room, with two windows to David's left. "Yes!" he exclaimed to himself as he approached the windows, looking down, only a few very bold homunculi were visible, taking cover behind the water fountain, while the others were hiding in the shops, but that would be enough.

David smashed his pistol against the vintage window, shattering and pushing the glass away and clearing his view. He crouched into position, holstering his pistol in exchange for his sniper rifle and immediately took aim. "This is for Buck..." he whispered as he pulled the trigger, the head of one of the varsuch soldiers exploding into a red gory mess, brain matter and blood smearing his brothers, leaving them in a panic like the previous ones before, the others charging out as they fired in all directions, a different kind of response David appreciated much, all the more Muncs to kill. Before he could take another shot, he took notice of several small egg-shaped objects rolling in the center of the frenzied mob. "Well, shit." he said to himself, ducking in cover, followed by a loud explosion, moments pass as he peeked out, an even bigger gory mess was left behind at the center, one of them was miraculously still alive, if barely, it was the Agaathi captain, his legs were blown right off, the blast tossing him against the barricades.

David quickly ran down the stairs and out of the store, linking up with his battered team, gripping his hands tightly with one another. "Good to see you make it." A young man by the name of Cole, who was shouldering an injured Jess.

"A shame we lost buck.." A young woman spoke sorrowfully, she differed a bit from her squad, she went by the name of Cila, a member of the amphibian Aldzur species. 

"I wish I came earlier...but what's done is done.....let's head back to base, we're in no shape to press on." David paused for but a moment, realizing there was one task left undone. "One more thing." He said to himself as he pulled out his pistol and walked over to the Agaathi as he dragged himself away from David's team, he pointed his weapon and put down the thing with a loud bang.