A vast distance away from the core worlds of humanity, and in the year 5016 U, it has been many months since a group of lancers nobly defy the Hand of Thorns' assault on the planet of Varya.

Now the Union of Var and the Hand of Thorns Paramilitary Group are entirely at war.

And it does not go well for the Union.

One by one, Lancers and frame pilots for the Union of Var have fallen, taken out by the main

military force of the Hand of Thorns, who are now in the Varz sector in full might.

Despite the many battles since Varyoth, the four who had stood against the Union Busters

still fight on, wanted by the hand of Thorns for their consecutive successes in this war.

Now, in Vars's neighboring sectors, the planet of Carabella,

the so-called Warriors of the Sun, sit aboard a massive train.

They are undercover and deep behind enemy lines posing as mercenaries who are joining the Hand of Thorns.

Their frames are waiting on standby, powered down and hidden in Bramble City,

one of the major capitals of the hands of Thorns.

But their mission has just begun.

Addison Weller, codename Minus.

An encoded message on your burner communicator indicates that your contact in the union has dropped off the key card and mission details in a restroom near a private booth in the train car that you currently are in.

Around you, Addison, are three loosely disguised figures, Cedric and Henry Dorian, as well as August Bar.

The Hand of Thorns still do not know your true identities, nor your faces, despite the sizable bounties on all four of you in your frames.

And one by one, we will have you go through and describe your characters, starting with,

I suppose, the Dorians.

We'll go with Arkov.

Yeah.

Ready?

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