.: Story

Atrigo was once a beautiful planet, not unlike Earth, ruled by a single dominant humanoid species. That is, before the alien Helion attacked. Climate patterns went chaotic and temperatures all over the planet dropped drastically in days. The Atrigans then split up into 2 major factions, divided by technological and cultural differences.

.: The First Invasion:

It all started one day more than a century ago, when observatories spotted what seemed like spacecraft moving towards Atrigo. The Helion, a virtually unknown species at the time, launched a fierce surprise attack on the planet. Not long before this happened, Atrigo had reduced its army by half, as there appeared to be little use of it, and this left the Atrigans little ability to defend from the intruders. The remaining spacecraft fleets, inferior in numbers and strength to those of the Helion, were soon destroyed together with most Atrigan outer-atmospheric installations and facilities. The Atrigans, however, defended their homeworld valiantly under the leadership of the Army of Genesis, and eventually managed to drive off the Helion by raising a gigantic particle shield invulnerable to Helion attacks. The invasion was short lasting, but nonetheless devastating. Within no time the Vinifera, a never before seen substance directly related to the Helion, started to spread and infest Atrigan soil. It was feeding on the planet.

What also did not take the Atrigans very long to realize was that the climate of Atrigo was changing considerably; so drastic in fact that the delicate balance of the planet broke in a snap. Speculations after speculations about whether the new ice age was due to the Helion, the vinifera, or the shield, but no one knew for sure. Atrigo fell, in no more than a decade, from once a prosperous planet to a deadly, frozen world. Cities were buried under ice, flora and fauna went extinct, then came the shortage of supplies, followed by chaos and anarchy.

Orders and prosperity continued to deteriorate. The commanders of Genesis, the then unified peacekeeping army of the planet, claimed the reign and took control of the planetary government through military power. Shortly afterwards, in rebuilding surface establishments, it became clear that the resources at hand would only suffice to support a portion of the remaining population. The new government, determined to maintain order, chose to expel a large portion of the population to the cold outside.

Aureon, the source of pure energy that exhausted long ago, was again created in a reverse process, and controlled in such way that an universal source of energy-mass supply was achieved. Shields were then raised everywhere, and monstrous multi-functional complexes were constructed. However with the energy problem solved, the government continued to expel citizens worldwide. Defense was put up around the dome cities, in which only the chosen people, the richer minority of the population could continue their livings. The remaining group of people were exposed to the icy world of the outside and left to die.

The strength of the Atrigans was not to be underestimated however. This forgotten, oppressed band of people managed to survive the harsh environment. They lived in old cities and caverns underground, they lived in seclusion and their existance to the Genesis was for a long time disregarded. These people survived on limited supply of goods and by the burning of the Vinifera. Although burning creates highly toxic gases, Vinifera provided a good source of energy and its explosive characteristics proved useful. Order and development soon resumed and within decades, the new generation, now calling themselves the people of the Nemesis, re-emerged.

.: The Second Invasion:

Another 10 years passed, more than half of the planet was now permanently frozen. After the Genesis pulled away from the people they saved and killed, everything was on the verge of collapse once more. For the Helion were now returning, again trying to capture the targeted planet for their own consumption.

A new war was imminent, but this time the Genesis might not be able to save the planet once again. However well-equipped the Genesis army might have become, they were unaware of the burning hatred and jealousy the surviving Nemesis had against them. Was the second arrival of the Helion an unexpected hindrance or the best chance ever for the Nemesis and their plan of vengeance?