OMINOUS SKY, RAVAGED LAND - a LANCER One Shot

A Tier 1 Lancer One Shot for 2 to 7 players. Including NPC data and a new Holdout sitrep variant!

Long-lost technologies, abundant resources and paracausal phenomena are the  names of the game for the multiple actors that have put the planet of Pradium in their sights amidst a newfound opportunity -War. The lone House of Spiders, despite the obvious numerical disadvantage, has launched a war of conquest against the other houses with surprising momentum beneath ominous red stars, or so they say...

Among moon-wide conflict, UAD envoys currently present on the surface have negotiated an opportunity for Union to prove itself a protector of the Kingdom's peace -a high priority covert mission deep inside allied territory, too far in for any of the King's Cavalry to reach in time.

The Playable Characters (PCs) are Union's stake in Pradium; sent via a small diplomatic ship unto the planet's surface, they have been tasked to investigate and restore a communications blackout inside a key military asset for the Kingdom of Pradium, a mausoleum nestled between the northern border of the Forest of Moonsong and the southern skirts of mount Eorot.

However, a secondary mission was also assigned to the PC squad: sealed inside an envelope in USB regalia, with instructions not to open it until reaching the objective location...

The course of the war and possibly the destiny of Pradium hang in the balance, but something's not quite right. Who is behind the war? Whose interests are the PCs serving? Why is a mausoleum a high-priority military target? What is in that envelope?