Davies Andrew N. - Scrappers: Post-Apocalyptic Skirmish Wargames

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CONTENTS

IN THE BEGINNING AGAIN

Generations ago our Ancestors ruled this planet with God-like power. They were reaching for the stars when the Earth was shattered by their hubris and Technology. The synthetic Gods they trusted with the care and safety of their own planet turned upon one another, and in a jealous rage, two of these Gods murdered the world.

Amidst the chaos of that time, our forebears had seen fit to prepare for such an event. They knew the precepts of our Craft could rebuild the better parts of their world from the ruins of the past. And so, while the terraforming event twisted man and beast, and the nuclear fire turned the world to ash, our Worthy Brethren did sequester themselves in their Grand Lodge to wait out the holocaust.

Much time had passed before the world had calmed and our Worthy Brethren could once again build new temples and restore that Tech which was Lost. And so began our Great Undertaking; to rebuild the best parts of Ancient Mans civilization in an age determined to see it remain a specter of the past. With the wisdom we keep within our sacred order, we will raise this world from death, to build a place where TruMan and NuMan can live in harmony amidst this hellish landscape.

Be ever vigilant, lest the foes of civilization rend you asunder as they have so many of our Order before us. Others will be seeking the same Lost Tech as we; be they servants of the Machine Goddess, mutated reavers of the wastelands, or mercenary bands seeking to sell to the highest bidder, all will threaten our progress in rebuilding a better world. When encountered, dispatch them with haste.

And so now you enter, Apprentices, to aid your Lodge Masters in recovering Lost Tech from the ashes of our world, and in doing so diligently, help to further advance our most Noble Enterprise. Survive, and perhaps one day you will be raised to the illustrious degree of Master Architech and preside over a Lodge of your own.

Excerpt from the Triple Helix Lecture given to initiates by Architech Historians, Anno Lucis 6373