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+# Campaign notes
+
+## Setting
+
+### Factions
+
+* Campaign factions
+ * Mechyrdia: Stop the Masra Draetsen's invasion of Mechyrdia, counterattack and kill Ogus Khan
+ * Masra Draetsen: Gather allies and invade Mechyrdia
+ * Already allied: Diadochus Humilitatum, Ilkhan Syndicate, Isarnareyksk tech barons
+ * Before invasion: Diadochus Togatorum, Res Nostra, Isarnareyksk military
+ * After war starts: Felinae Felices, Res Publica Olympica, Tylan left-wing separatists
+ * Vestigium (Corvus Cluster Sect): Protect the Presidential Moon Base from the Mechyrdians and the Masra Draetsen so that it can close the Aedon Vortex
+ * Retake the *Tiwaz Tauri* Dyson Swarm to power the moon base's Seventh Seal superweapon
+* Semi-campaign factions
+ * *These factions start off with one or two missions, but then the player is given a choice of what full-campaign faction to side with*
+ * NdRC (Mechyrdia - there is no choice)
+ * Felinae Felices (Masra Draetsen, Vestigium)
+ * Isarnareykk (Mechyrdia, Masra Draetsen)
+* NPC factions
+ * Diadochus Magistrorum: Led by Sven Magnusson
+
+## Plots
+
+### Mechyrdian campaign
+
+Prologue: distress call from NdRC convoy in Calibor reveals Masra Draetsen invasion force
+
+#### Chapter I
+
+##### *Eureka!*
+
+Start in Calibor sector, the following factions must be purged from the sector:
+
+* Res Nostra
+* Corsairs' Commune
+* Ferthlon Separatists
+
+#### Chapter II
+
+Once your mettle is proven as a flag officer, you are tasked with restoring Mechyrdian territory.
+
+##### *Operation Supernova 2: Electric Boogaloo*
+
+Defeat the Vestigium's attempt to retake the *Tiwaz Tauri* Dyson Swarm
+
+##### *The Marginal Line*
+
+Go up north to the Starkihet sector, and defeat the Masra Draetsen's infiltration around the Megaliov Line.
+
+##### *The Rebel Yell*
+
+Go down south to Ferthlon and defeat the Ferthlon separatists
+
+##### *Olympica Mors*
+
+Go up to Olympia and help Governor Lucius Tullius Decula defeat the Masra Draetsen forces
+
+Marc Caton arrives with a massive fleet and demands his rightful governorship over Olympia back, since Decula was installed by the invading Masra Draetsen
+
+##### *Victrix Causa Deis Placuit* - Olympia ending #1
+
+Help Decula's outnumbered fleet against Caton's Catholic armada - this gives you some additional ships in your fleet
+
+##### *Victa Causa Catoni Placuit* - Olympia ending #2
+
+Leave the battle - Caton will defeat Decula, and Olympian reinforcements will show up at the final battle against Ogus Khan
+
+##### *Cat Fight* - Felinae Felices ending
+
+Defeat the Felinae Felices in Olympia
+
+##### *Operation Return, Part I* - Transition to Chapter III
+
+Go to the east of the Empire and reclaim Vensca from the Diadochus Humilitatum
+
+#### Chapter III
+
+Now it's time to defeat the external threats.
+
+##### *God Save America (From Us)*
+
+Head to the Corvus Cluster, secreted away behind a radiation cloud in Calibor
+
+##### *America the Befriended* - Vestigium Ending #1
+
+Convince President Mack to help Mechyrdia defeat the Masra Draetsen:
+
+* "It's the right thing to do, to repay us for your attacks in 2776" - 0% chance of success
+* "We are the new America, just as America was the new Rome" - 20% chance of success
+* "We share a common foe in the Diadochus Masra Draetsen" - 50% chance of success
+* "Showing Mechyrdia how real men wage war, does that not sound like fun?" - 100% chance of success
+
+NdRC forces will defect and attack the Presidential Moon Base, which you will need to defend
+
+##### *America the Broken* - Vestigium Ending #2
+
+Destroy the Presidential Moon Base in the Corvus Cluster
+
+##### *Ain't That a Kick in the Reds* - Ilkhan Commune Ending
+
+Go further east and defeat the resurgent Ilkhan Commune, restoring the liberal Ilkhan Republic
+
+##### *The Midnight Iron Sky*
+
+Defeat the Neuia Fulkreykk rebellion in Theudareykk, causing Isarnareykk to enter into negotiations with to Mechyrdia
+
+##### *Panzerfaustian Bargain* - Isarnareyksk ending #1
+
+Offer Theudareykk to Isarnareyksk hegemony in exchange for their help in defeating the Masra Draetsen
+
+##### *Gold Is Stronger Than Iron* - Isarnareyksk ending #2
+
+Defeat Isarnareykk by deploying a computer virus to destroy their entire government
+
+##### *The Rebel Hell* - Transition to Chapter IV
+
+Ferthlon rebels have regrouped in northern Diadochi space - destroy them!
+
+#### Chapter IV
+
+Finally, we invade Diadochi space.
+
+##### *Fall like Dominoes*
+
+Invade the Noctiferi, Viperae, and Diabioli
+
+##### *Operation Return, Part II*
+
+Retake the Ydroun system and defeat the leaders of the Diadochus Humilitatum: Tyrinus and El Botitas
+
+##### *Own the Khans*
+
+Kill Ogus Khan and destroy the threat posed by the Masra Draetsen
+
+### Masra Draetsen campaign
+
+Mission name ideas
+
+* Own the Khans (Mechyrdia/Vestigium mission to kill Ogus Khan)
+* Weighing Pros and Khans (Mission to select allies for the Masra Draetsen)
+* The Long Khan (Mission to make alliances between the Masra Draetsen and desired polities)
+* Caveant Iram Khanis (Masra Draetsen mission to invade Mechyrdia)
+* Khan Air (Side mission to poison a planet to make an example of its population)
+* A Real Khan Artist (???)