PROLOGUE

It was to be the most profound scientific milestone in the history of mankind; the ability to stabilize wormholes in space brought about the long awaited age of faster-than-light travel. The handful of Earth-type planets, which had been encountered through decades of deep space exploration, would now be linked to Earth and colonized in only a matter of years. After much deliberation, it was announced that the planet Helios was to host the maiden jump-gate destination. Construction would begin at once.

International tensions increased as the promise of a new world beckoned. A cold war exploded into full scale conflict as the factions that were to remain on Earth reacted with force. The war was quick and brutal and eventually our ancestors had no option other than to begin their exodus to Helios. At the last, as the jump-gate was threatened, a heroic last stand held off the attackers and resulted in the gate’s destruction.

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The new civilization on Helios flourished. A global senate eradicated territorial disputes while law and order was enforced through a body known as the Internal Security Corps. The ancient jump-gate was to hang high above our world for all time, a memorial to the past.

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They attacked without warning! The gate burst into life and from it spilled a seemingly endless armada of ships.

###### Mercifully, the enormous strain on the archaic technology soon became too great and, with its destruction, the flow of enemy craft was stemmed.

For years the battles raged as we fought a continual retreat…

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Now, with the war all but lost, the senate has at long last approved a project codenamed Gun Metal. Almost all remaining resources have been focused on the construction of a weapon that will finally turn the tide of war: a powerful and highly versatile battle unit – the Havoc Suit. Standing 10 meters tall, equipped with an arsenal of devastating weaponry and capable of transforming into a highly maneuverable jet fighter, only this formidable battle machine has the potential to halt the invading foe.

###### The Havoc Suit is to be piloted by the most gifted and resourceful of all our officers, sadly there are few who believe you might succeed where so many others have failed…

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