[OOC] Beneath an Alien Sky

"Earth: 2060
A small group of colonists leave the ravages of earth for a distant planet orbiting Alpha Centauri's primary star. Their ship the United Nations starship Unity, carries them on their journey to a new world and a new hope for humankind. Along the way a rector malfunction damages the Unity, precipitating a crisis among the ships most powerful leaders. As they enter the Alpha Centauri system the crew splits into 7 distinct factions divided not by nationality, but by ideology and their vision for the new world. After the ship breaks apart the 7 leaders guide their chosen crew down to the surface of planet seeking their destiny beneath an alien sky..."
-"When we left earth", Datalinks

That was over 360 years ago. Now precious few are left who remember the Unity, remember the hope that was felt, and the despair of leaving their home. But in that time humanity has come into its own on the surface of Planet. The spires of cities once more reach high into the sky, the hum of Humanity filling their interiors. Psychics, things once thought stories and myths, have emerged within the population. Science makes great leaps to new heights, never before seen. Formers sit dormant among the large fields of farmland, at the entrances to mines, on the outskirts of solar arrays, their decade’s long missions finally over as the touch of humanity reaches farther and farther. But as it has always been the beat of the machinations of war still sounds out in the world.

But these are not the wars of Earth.

Still fought over ideologies these short bloody conflicts have a decidedly personal tone to them. These Vendettas of rulers. But as massive and brutal as they are, there are still lines that they will not cross, weapons they will not use. But, as it was on Earth, there are groups who do not share these qualms of morality, individuals and groups dedicated to do whatever they deem necessary to prove a point, or just to cause needless violence. And on a world where the fate of thousands can hang on a knife edge if the planet so chooses, this can have catastrophic results.

It is this danger that the World Council has recognized, and in response to this has voted to create a specialized probe team. Not answerable to any but the council itself, to hunt down and eliminate these threats before the worst comes to pass.

Welcome to Locust Team

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