ESK is a sci-fi action story filled with both intrigue, mystery, death and multiple layers of details to chew through.
This compendium will detail some information that can help certain contexts and references within the story, such as the Intergalactic Crisis, the Rebellion and a little bit about the trio of characters that we unravel the story through. There is a lot of stuff going on, especially in the first few chapters as the story is being set up - but the most critical point is: the story takes place after a year long corporate rebellion, with the characters having to secure their positions among the ashes.
The Shadow War & The Contract-Breaker's Rebellion:
The Shadow War was a previous conflict within the criminal underworld that transpired several years prior to the main story's events, happening after the P-1 Incident caused chaos within the Grandé Republic. This Shadow War led to the Contract-Breaker's Rebellion, happening just a year prior to the events of the story, where one of the largest PMCs fractured in a rebellion against its directorship, leading to the founding of the AGENCY, led by our MC: Kazuki Izumi Geminorum-Ryzaku, who must survive in galaxy of cutthroat politics and blood thirsty criminals & mercs.
The Characters:
The main characters of the story are: Kazuki Izumi Geminorum-Ryzaku; "Archius Bar Lyst"; and Elizabeth Mary Celeste-Delmara. In layman's terms: they are friends.
Kazuki is the son of the High Admiral and a defence contractor turned inventor, someone with many years experience in the world of mercenaries and crime, forced to by his injuries and an agreement made... over the dead ashes and burning remains of the P-1 Incident. He is a cybernetically 'enhanced' individual, with a state-of-the-art life support system built into him.
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Archius Bar Lyst is an intelligence specialist, the 'best friend' of Kazuki, his most loyal ally and spymaster, who always holds himself to a high facade, beneath a litany of spite and annoyances.
Elizabeth Mary Celeste-Delmara is the daughter of fallen nobility, a self-made genius who wishes to rise above her current station and to make her family proud... both dead and alive. Her family has had a past with Kazuki, through bloodied past and crimson future: she allies with Kazuki to see her goals through.
P-1 Incident:
The P-1 Incident was one of the deadliest terror attacks in galactic history, with the highest death count of living people in living memory within a single day. More of it will be detailed within the story due to its importance to the characters.
"The War"
The "War" is a term typically referring to the Intergalactic Crisis, a period of a few decades of constant war within the galaxy, happening a generation or so prior to the start of the story, shaping the galaxy as Imperial Warlords fell, and a bloated Republic rose from its ashes. It's the "war before the story" type of war, except it was a five thousand sided war.
The Setting:
This section is just about the setting, based in an indifferent galaxy, the story starts on the planet of Anagora. Anagora is divided into two sections, the surface: with floating islands and a built up ecumenopolis, and the Sub-Levels: carved out under cities layered on top of each other. Within the Sub-Levels are the deadzones, areas abandoned. Anagora is the capital of the nation's setting, the Grandé Republic, the successor to the old Empire. The Republic is essentially ran by the aristocracy from the empire, which still exists after the declaration of the new order.