Tribal War

History
Humans in the Tribes system discovered the first Interstellar Transfer Conduit (dubbed "jumpgate"), a teleportation device or phenomenon (not clearly specified). A more powerful "meta-jumpgate", which covered much more distance, was later discovered and realized to be part of a vast network of them. Many people traveled through the jumpgates and settled across the galaxies; this movement was known as the Diaspora. Isolated from the Great Human Empire, these people developed a sense of pride and started referring to themselves as a "tribe", the Children of the Phoenix, named after Harabec "Phoenix" Weathers, a legendary hero of the Cybrid wars. In response, the Empire sent a great force of Imperial Knights, the Blood Eagles, to "subdue" the tribe. Both factions sank into a perpetual state of war and many small "splinter" tribes were formed in the process (the Children of the Phoenix and Blood Eagle being the most powerful among them) by renegades from both sides. The Blood Eagles eventually began to consider themselves a tribe as well after being isolated from their homes for such a long time and adopting the tribal style of warfare, favoring personal powered armor over their traditional and "impossible to maintain" HERCs.

The Children of the Phoenix try to keep the peace and have created a convention of "tenets" for tribes to abide by, such as one forbidding war waged using ecocidal weapons, which is a somewhat more modern rules of engagement and Geneva Convention. They also hold regular Firetruces, in which the tribes meet to discuss peace, stability, and hold games, much like our Olympics. However, in a few generations, it rapidly became a cause for political intrigue and competition.

Unfortunately, conflict between the tribes has raged on across the centuries and the number of blood feuds has grown exponentially. The Blood Eagle and Star Wolf despise each other the most; a bitter marriage between members of their leading families ended up in betrayal, intense conflict, and Oaths of Vengeance. The game takes place roughly in the year 3940, when hundreds of small tribes have allied or made non-aggression pacts with the Blood Eagle and Star Wolf, who have prepared for total war.

Disc Launcher
The easy to carry, dick launcher, shoots spinning blue disks that have radioactive contents inside. When it hits an object it results in a highly dangerous explosion. The explosion has a seven foot diameter and can kill a person in one shot. It spins at 300 miles per hour, and can shot over five hundred feet.

ELF
Although it doesn't do much damage, the ELF drains the energy supply of whatever gets in its path. Perfect for stopping enemies that are jetting away. Doesn't require ammo, as it draws energy from the energy cell.

Heavy Motar
A purring green mortar shell lobber. Slow, but destroys people and things very quickly at large distances (with excellent precision if a teammate paints the target with the targeting laser). It can only be equipped by troops in heavy armor.

Jetpack
With a press of a button, a troop is accelerated upwards (or in whatever direction is pressed), "jetting" into the air until the armor's batteries are used up.

Scout
A one-man vehicle, flies fast and fires rockets. Used for rapid flag snatching and "capping" (flag capturing). Difficult to master piloting.

LPC (Light Personal Carrier)
An APC capable of carrying a pilot and two passengers, moving faster than the HPC. The passengers can fire from inside the vehicle, making them very dangerous to base defenders.

HPC (Heavy Personal Carrier)
An APC capable of carrying a pilot and four passengers, moving slower than the LPC. Like in the LPC, passengers can fire while in transit.

Teleporter
Troops can carry two teleporters if they are in medium armour.

Light
Fast and light with very little protection. Only class able to use the LASER Rifle.

Medium
A little closer to light than heavy, makes compromises between armor and speed. This is the minimum size armor required to deploy remote inventory stations and turrets

Heavy
Bulky, slow, and tough to destroy. Only class able to use the Mortar. Functionally it is actually a small mech.

Behind the Scenes

 * This war is based off of and