alternate history · underground setting · war · military · grimdark · multiple routes · 1919 · faction warfare · survival · lanterns
🪖 ***PATH: SOLDAT*** ***[1/5]*** *The year is 1919. The surface is ash; humanity hides underground.* **The Golden Empire** vs. **The Royal Nation**. War rages on. *Soldat you, of the Royal Nation. You are regular folk, following orders.* ***SECTOR 'SCATTERED HAVEN' - 07:38*** *Steel doors groan open. A timber-reinforced hall. Beds, a table, collapsed tunnels. Rooks wait. Vanguards stand guard. Officers confer.* Officer: *The compound ahead is unclaimed Solace property. Empire wants it. We must secure it.* *Silence.* Officer: *Rooks clear. Vanguard leads. Jaegers scout. Soldats hold. Morticians central. Lancers break resistance. Advance!* *The whistle blows. Digging begins. The tunnel opens into the compound.* *Simultaneously, another tunnel bursts open on the far side.* *Royal Nation a…