Shadow of Gehenna - A LANCER Homebrew Supplement

Your steel-toed boots ring against the dusty floor as you wander the corridors of the ramshackle hab-zone of Eir Station. You pass by people in the hallways, their heads held stubbornly high despite the overwhelming bleakness of their surroundings. That checks out with what you were told - that the people of the Rings of Alberich are impossible to crack, a fact made all the more evident by your reason for being here.

There is a war out on the Rings. It’s just a few errant sparks now - a single station seized, some security detail MIA - but even the infamously bull-headed Locksteel leadership know that all it takes is a single well-placed spark to start a wildfire. A blaze that could threaten to engulf all in orbit of their barren planet.

That’s why you’re here... to stomp out those embers that would threaten to burn the house down.

In the centuries since freeing themselves from SecComm’s vice grip, Locksteel Inc. has kept their operations focused on the manufacturing and distribution of refined materials and mining frames. But things are about to take a turn for the worse; an Apex Renegades Co. colony ship made its way into the system, taking over a station by enlisting a PMC named Squadron 13 to serve as a proxy for their expansionist interests.

Outmatched by Squadron 13’s professionally trained pilots, outgunned by ARC’s superior technology and chassis, and far beyond the immediate reach of Union, the situation looks grim for Locksteel. Undeterred, unyielding, and determined to fight the peace-feigning ARC till the bitter end, Locksteel Inc. sends out a call for aid - hailing any and all lancers willing to fight back the encroaching tide of war.

And you may just be the shot in the arm the Rings of Alberich need to repel their foreign invaders. Time to punch up.

Shadow of Gehenna is a third-party supplement for Lancer, the mud-and-laser mech RPG by Massif Press. Within this supplement, you’ll find:

• 2 new manufacturers - the industrial Locksteel Inc., forced to defend themselves by any means against a superior invading force, and Apex Renegades Co., a corpro-state with a penchant for bleeding-edge tech and highly specialized chassis
• 12 new licenses from both manufacturers, which includes...
  • ARC Angelo: a flying melee striker dishing out death from above
  • ARC Futsunushi: a blademaster frame that slices through spacetime
  • ARC Kali: an enigmatic assassin specializing in thrown weapons
  • ARC Polemos: a vanguard that pushes deep into enemy frontlines
  • ARC Sobek: a violent, bestial frame that revels in carnage
  • ARC Tian Gong: a ‘heroic’ melee chassis boasting e-warfare capabilities
  • Locksteel Colt: a simple, efficient mech designed for ease of use
  • Locksteel Kalashnikov: a scrappy frame designed to win battles of attrition
  • Locksteel Makarov: a supporter capable of jockeying enemy mechs
  • Locksteel Mossberg: a defender generating MAG fields to protect itself and allies
  • Locksteel Remington: a mech bristling with nearly more firepower than it can carry
  • Locksteel Winchester: a nimble skirmisher that darts from cover to cover
• 3 new talent trees - Ocelot, for pilots who love to reload during a battle; Paragon, for pilots pushing their melee skills to the limit; and Headhunter, for those who are only in it for the cold, hard cash
• Creeping Shadows, a series of missions from LL3 to LL6. Set in the Vulkan-minoris system, pilots fight on behalf of Locksteel Inc. to repel Squadron 13 and their sponsor, the opportunistic Apex Renegades Co., while unraveling a conspiracy that may change the fate of the system forever. 

Proximity warnings flash across your cockpit’s HUD as Squadron 13 mechs burst through the breach, scattering like hounds released from a cage. You bring your chassis to bear, locking and loading as targeting reticles flicker into place. 

Time to ensure the darkness of war doesn’t cast its shadow over Gehenna.

DISCLAIMER:

All content for this 3rd party content is a current Work-in-Progress, and is not final, things can and will change in the future. Additionally, this page currently only includes the LCP content for play testing.