Saurian Starhost
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| Setting: | Grimdark Future | |
| Games: | Grimdark Future, Grimdark Future: Firefight, Grimdark Future: Warfleets | |
| Species: | Saurian | |
| Version: | v3.1.2 | |
The Saurian Starhosts are an ancient coalition of humanoid reptiles led by giant Frog Mages. Their armies combine advanced technology with genetically modified predators to make them fearsome foes.
The Saurians are perhaps the most ancient race in the galaxy, but most of their species lie dormant in cyro-pyramids. The Saurians seek to awaken their host to prevent a prophesied disaster, however many of their pyramids have been lost or destroyed, and some have begun to fear that they have already failed their mission.
Background Story
Saurians claim that the Frog-Mages who created them existed before time began. Their Mages teach them that their purpose is to fulfill a great prophecy which they have held from the beginning: in time, the fabric of reality would break, and their fate would be to save it. The Frog-Mages created cryo-pyramids and scattered themselves through the galaxy to ensure that they would be ready to fulfill their purpose when their time came.
In their absence, a number of new species began to explore and settle throughout the galaxy. This led to a surge of psychic power which awoke one of the dormant Frog-Mages, who was now alone in the galaxy. The lone Frog-Mage found a galaxy at war, and fearing that this was the beginning of the end, he hoped to awaken his fellow Mages before it was too late.
The Frog-Mage gathered a conclave of helpers, but it was soon clear that they would not be able to succeed alone. The Mages used their vast knowledge of genetic engineering and psychic abilities to create new allies, in order to seek out the rest of their kind. Together, they created the first Starhost. Each member of a Starhost has their fate defined by the Frog-Mages at birth, and they are created to fulfill this single mission in order to help the Frog-Mages complete the prophecy. These missions define much of the culture of the various species in each Starhost.
The first Starhost began to seek out and awaken other Mages. The newly awakened Mages would create additional Starhosts in order to fulfill their purpose, who would then create their own Starhosts in order to seek out more of their kind throughout the galaxy, including in the Sirius Sector. Much has changed in the galaxy since the Saurians first entered the cyro-pyramids however, and rediscovering the pyramids has proven a more difficult task than expected. Some cryo-pyramids have been destroyed by exploding stars or marauding treasure hunters, others have been buried beneath deserts, oceans or even cities. Worse still, some have begun to fail on their own, leaving the Frog-Mages inside to die.
These setbacks have cast doubt on the reliability of the Frog-Mages and their prophecies, while others are beginning to fear that the Frog-Mages have already failed in their great prophecy.
How will you face your destiny?
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- Saurian Starhost Tactics
- Saurian Starhost Firefight Tactics
- Saurian Starhost Miniatures
- Saurian Starhost Quickplay Armies
- Saurian Starhost Firefight Quickplay Armies
- Grimdark Future
- Grimdark Future: Firefight
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