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==General Info==
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'''Released:''' WIP <br>
 
'''Author:''' Francesco D.A. "Mobius" D'Amico<br>
 
'''Missions:''' 40+1 intro cutscene <br>
 
'''Mods included:''' <br>None
 
  
'''INF:A SA Required'''
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'''Shadows of the Great War''' or '''SotGW''' is the brand name given to the first release of [[Series Resurrecta]], and includes two campaigns set right after the end of the Great War. The 2020 release effectively replaced an older concept for SotGW, which was expected to be an INFASA unofficial mod by author Mobius. Two campaigns are featured in Shadows of the Great War: '''Gehenna's Gate [GehG]''' and '''The Spirit of Ptah [TSoP]'''.
  
==Story==
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==General Info==
''Everything in Sol has changed after the Great War. There are four parallel paths, four parallel stories... choose one of them and fight for your own survival.''
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'''Released:''' October 16th, 2020 <br>
 
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'''Mission Designer:''' Mobius<br>
==Author's Notes==
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'''Modpack Designer:''' Nyctaeus<br>
This is not a campaign like the others. In the first cutscene mission the player has to choose one of the four available minicampaigns after reading their descriptions. The minicampaigns are various and separate under most aspects. All campaigns take place in Sol and are composed by 10 missions.
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'''Contributions: [[Series_Resurrecta#Team| SerRes Team]]'''<br>
 
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'''Number of missions:''' 14 <br>
==Mini Campaigns==
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'''Mods included:''' a FS1-era package based on INFASA and the FSPort<br>
===A Cold Shadow===
 
The outer colonies of Pluto, Sedna, Quaoar and the other minor planetoids suffered a lot the distance from the main colonies. Following the fall of the GTA, what remained of the original authority has been taken over by a growing industrial power. The Plutonian government doesn't seem able to fight the new threat while the other colonies seem to be always ready to cause a war. In the resulting chaos, the Plutonian Federation might be the first one to fall under the power of the others.
 
 
 
Knowing that they're days are almost over, the Plutonians attempt to restore their old power and contrast their new enemies...
 
 
 
===The Demon Lord===
 
The SD Lucifer, the feared Shivan Superdestroyer, has entered the Sol system. The 1st Fleet does everything it's capable of to stop the Shivans. Unlike its battlegroup, the Lucifer manages to pass through the fierce line of resistance and sets course to Earth to bombard the blue planet. By a twist of fate the Lucifer, however, turns itself down in proximity of Earth, in Lagrange's point. The Demon has fallen asleep.
 
  
Many decades have passed since that moment and something terrible is about to happen. After a long period the Demon Lord awakes and threatens the home system of the human race...
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==Background==
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SerRes Team member '''Nyctaeus''' proposed to recycle the old and defunct concept of '''SotGW''' and turn it into the brand name for the first release of Series Resurrecta, featuring two campaigns set after the Great War. Project leader '''Mobius''' agreed to that so ''Shadows of the Great War'' officially became the name tied to the first release of SR.<br>
  
===Old Enemies===
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During the process of conversion from an INFASA mod to a FSPort mod, [[Series_Resurrecta_-_Tales_of_a_Reporter|the old set of fictions for one of the campaigns was recovered]] even though a new set was essentially complete. It was decided to convert the former into a number of [[species.tbl]] entries, unlocked progressively during the campaign.
During the Great War, before the destruction of the Lucifer, many Vasudans were moved to Sol as they were escaping from the Shivan horde. They chose Venus as their new land due to its similarity to Vasuda Prime and started receiving benefits from the Venusian government. The influence and the power of the Vasudans in Sol grows up and a strong racism spreads after years of collaboration.
 
  
The Venusian government hires mercenaries and combines them with regular pilots to find out what the Vasudans are constructing and weaken their assets. Nobody knows what is going to happen...
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==Campaigns==
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''Shadows of the Great War'' features two campaigns set in the early stages of the Reconstruction Era.
  
===Blue Homeworld===
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===[[Gehenna's Gate]] [GehG]===
The Mobius Loop, the pirate faction that fought the Martians for years, has finally taken over Martian authorities without letting the other colonies know. Corruption and criminality now dominate Mars and the asteroid belt. The glory of one of the most important colonies is gone and a new militaristic ''modus operandi'' poses a considerable threat to the other colonies.
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The Great War is formally over, but battles are still taking place. The Lucifer's been destroyed and contact with Sol has been severed. However, remnants of the Shivan armada are still present in Terran and Vasudan systems, and even though both species faced tough challenges as their respective homeworlds have been either annihilated or cut off, they must regroup and finally secure all systems from the Shivan threat. At first, the Shivans seem disoriented and lacking the coordination they had when the Lucifer was around, leading their advance, but can we be certain that no alternate source of command for the Shivans exists?
  
The Martians, stubborn and fanatic, start invading Earth space. The Earthers call their best units, including the pilots who destroyed the Lucifer, to repel the invaders. The Jovians play the role of the spectators, but the situation is about to degenerate...
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[[Series_Resurrecta Campaigns Walkthrough#Gehenna's Gate|'''Campaign Walkthrough''']]  <br>
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[[Series Resurrecta Ship Database#Gehenna's Gate|'''Ship Database''']] <br>
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[[Series Resurrecta Squadrons#Gehenna's Gate|'''Squadrons''']]
  
==References and naming convention==
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===[[The Spirit of Ptah]] [TSoP]===
The campaign doesn't have the same naming convention of INF:A SA to emphasize the differences. More details will follow.
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Near the end of 2336, with the Shivan threat now a memory and the will to reconstruct and rebuild being the primary goal for both the Terrans and Vasudans, alarming developments emerge from Vasudan systems, where the Hammer of Light seems to have regained the momentum they lost following the destruction of the Lucifer. The fanatics that once paved the way to the Shivans were gradually disappearing, as their prophecies and scrolls were progressively being disproven. Were they? What lies behind the apparent rebirth of the Hammer of Light, and how can the PVE and GTA cope with it?
  
==Delays==
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[[Series_Resurrecta Campaigns Walkthrough#The Spirit of Ptah|'''Campaign Walkthrough''']]  <br>
Many missions are done but the campaign is now on hold. Giving its partial connections to INFA2, I'm waiting for more definitive plans for INFA2 to restart working on it. Though the storylines are separate there references to INFA SA will be maintained.
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[[Series_Resurrecta_Ship_Database#The_Spirit_of_Ptah|'''Ship Database''']] <br>
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[[Series Resurrecta Squadrons#The Spirit of Ptah|'''Squadrons''']]
  
==Player Comments==
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==Music==
To be filled in later.
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Many exclusive tracks are featured in Shadows of the Great War, composed over the years by professional authors. Some of the tracks date back to the earliest development phases, while others have been composed only a few months prior to release, as SerRes as an independent mod was being shaped. The full credits list for these tracks follows:
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*[https://www.moddb.com/members/bloodstalker '''Bloodstalker:'''] ''Gate to Hell'' and ''The Realm of Aeolus.''
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*[https://soundcloud.com/matthias-borgias '''Daddy Warhol / Electric Trojan:'''] full FreeSpace-style soundtrack named ''The Midnight Sun,'' tabled by Mobius.
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*[https://savvinidisgeorgios.webs.com '''Georgios Savvinidis:'''] ''Ally Unknown,'' ''Dead Silence,'' ''Enemy Unknown,'' ''Engines Of War,'' ''Martyr Tragedy,'' ''Olistolith,'' ''Something wicked this way comes,'' ''Tense Briefing,'' ''The Calm Before the Storm'' (original - mainhall), ''The Calm Before the Storm,'' ''Universe Unknown.''
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*[https://www.richdouglas.net '''Rich Douglas:'''] full FreeSpace-style soundtrack named ''Raise Thy Sword,'' tabled by Nyctaeus. ''Abandon Hope'', ''Mandragora'' and the three ''Stories from a Perturbed Cosmos'' fiction tracks.
  
 
==Related Links==
 
==Related Links==
To be filled in later.
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[https://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=97009.0 '''Official SerRes - Shadows of the Great War release thread | Hard-Light Productions''']<br>
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[https://www.moddb.com/mods/series-resurrecta '''Official SerRes Profile | ModDB''']
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*[https://www.moddb.com/mods/series-resurrecta/news/serres-shadows-of-the-great-war-has-been-released Release Announcement | ModDB]
  
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[[Category: Series Resurrecta]]

Latest revision as of 18:03, 3 October 2022

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The following information has not been confirmed by Volition
and is therefore not canon for the FreeSpace universe. Also, it may contain spoilers regarding Series Resurrecta campaigns.


Shadows of the Great War or SotGW is the brand name given to the first release of Series Resurrecta, and includes two campaigns set right after the end of the Great War. The 2020 release effectively replaced an older concept for SotGW, which was expected to be an INFASA unofficial mod by author Mobius. Two campaigns are featured in Shadows of the Great War: Gehenna's Gate [GehG] and The Spirit of Ptah [TSoP].

General Info

Released: October 16th, 2020
Mission Designer: Mobius
Modpack Designer: Nyctaeus
Contributions: SerRes Team
Number of missions: 14
Mods included: a FS1-era package based on INFASA and the FSPort

Background

SerRes Team member Nyctaeus proposed to recycle the old and defunct concept of SotGW and turn it into the brand name for the first release of Series Resurrecta, featuring two campaigns set after the Great War. Project leader Mobius agreed to that so Shadows of the Great War officially became the name tied to the first release of SR.

During the process of conversion from an INFASA mod to a FSPort mod, the old set of fictions for one of the campaigns was recovered even though a new set was essentially complete. It was decided to convert the former into a number of species.tbl entries, unlocked progressively during the campaign.

Campaigns

Shadows of the Great War features two campaigns set in the early stages of the Reconstruction Era.

Gehenna's Gate [GehG]

The Great War is formally over, but battles are still taking place. The Lucifer's been destroyed and contact with Sol has been severed. However, remnants of the Shivan armada are still present in Terran and Vasudan systems, and even though both species faced tough challenges as their respective homeworlds have been either annihilated or cut off, they must regroup and finally secure all systems from the Shivan threat. At first, the Shivans seem disoriented and lacking the coordination they had when the Lucifer was around, leading their advance, but can we be certain that no alternate source of command for the Shivans exists?

Campaign Walkthrough
Ship Database
Squadrons

The Spirit of Ptah [TSoP]

Near the end of 2336, with the Shivan threat now a memory and the will to reconstruct and rebuild being the primary goal for both the Terrans and Vasudans, alarming developments emerge from Vasudan systems, where the Hammer of Light seems to have regained the momentum they lost following the destruction of the Lucifer. The fanatics that once paved the way to the Shivans were gradually disappearing, as their prophecies and scrolls were progressively being disproven. Were they? What lies behind the apparent rebirth of the Hammer of Light, and how can the PVE and GTA cope with it?

Campaign Walkthrough
Ship Database
Squadrons

Music

Many exclusive tracks are featured in Shadows of the Great War, composed over the years by professional authors. Some of the tracks date back to the earliest development phases, while others have been composed only a few months prior to release, as SerRes as an independent mod was being shaped. The full credits list for these tracks follows:

  • Bloodstalker: Gate to Hell and The Realm of Aeolus.
  • Daddy Warhol / Electric Trojan: full FreeSpace-style soundtrack named The Midnight Sun, tabled by Mobius.
  • Georgios Savvinidis: Ally Unknown, Dead Silence, Enemy Unknown, Engines Of War, Martyr Tragedy, Olistolith, Something wicked this way comes, Tense Briefing, The Calm Before the Storm (original - mainhall), The Calm Before the Storm, Universe Unknown.
  • Rich Douglas: full FreeSpace-style soundtrack named Raise Thy Sword, tabled by Nyctaeus. Abandon Hope, Mandragora and the three Stories from a Perturbed Cosmos fiction tracks.

Related Links

Official SerRes - Shadows of the Great War release thread | Hard-Light Productions
Official SerRes Profile | ModDB