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The planet Amnelia was a world of silver spires and shattered peace. For centuries, its people had been locked in a bitter war with the moon colony of Blazar over the jurisdiction of the celestial body Mahsah. Desperate to end the conflict, the Amnelian high command authorized the use of the All-Nothing (A.N.) weapon—a force of pure annihilation that did more than just end the war. It shattered the world of Blazar into dust. The silence that followed was brief.

Sameluck Raida and Lutia Feen stood before the fruits of Amnelia’s last hope: the Silver Hawk fighters. Scientists had reverse-engineered captured Thiima life systems and fueled the ships with the same All-Nothing technology that had doomed them. The fighters were equipped with "Capture Balls"—orbs capable of hacking into the Thiima’s neural networks and turning the enemy’s own ships against them. G Darius

"Let’s go," Sameluck said, his voice crackling over the comms as the hangar doors hissed open. The planet Amnelia was a world of silver

The following is a story based on the lore of the 1997 arcade classic G-Darius . It shattered the world of Blazar into dust

The two pilots ascended into a sky thick with mechanical horrors. They wove through a sea of laser fire, capturing smaller escort vessels to serve as temporary shields. As they breached the upper atmosphere, the first of the legendary Thiima bosses appeared: , a massive coelacanth-shaped battleship that bristled with energy cannons.

© Ian Routledge 2024