Shadowcast

Shadowcast is a Gravity Star base from the campaign of the same name, located on the planet Penumbros. It serves as a mass cloning chamber for the Sisters.
== History ==
=== Elizabeth Tarkin ===
After Elizabeth Tarkin led Penumbros' tieflings to victory against its demons, they valued her as a great leader. When Gravity Star came to the planet and wanted to help them defend themselves, they and the Penumbrians decided to clone Tarkin to make an infinitely-replenishable army to fight them off and keep the planet safe. These clones became the Sisters.
=== Gravity Star Campaign ===
014 sent a distress signal to Gravity Star's Earth base to get help at Shadowcast, which was currently being ravaged by mind-controlled demons. When the team arrived, she sent them on a rescue operation for her three scout squads to see what information they could find on the Martyrian Puppetmaster, the one behind the attacks. They returned Squad C to the base, while the other two squads were found dead, Squad B killed by the mind-controlled Squad A's G.R.I.M. Mk. 01. After defeating the mind-controlled Squad A, they were able to triangulate the Puppetmaster's location and put an end to him, saving Shadowcast and allowing them to rebuild.
Later on, the team returned to answer a request from 002, now back in the commanding seat, to help them rebuild the base. They gathered wood from the local trees to help them rebuild the frames for new walls and repairing the old ones before leaving, with Moe having stolen a monkey from Dewey in the process.
== Culture ==
Shadowcast possesses a "high council" of the surviving prototype Sisters, as well as several Sisters between 80% and 100% purity, which all report directly to Gravity Star themselves. 002 serves as the liaison between the facility proper and its high council.
The Purity Scale, referring to how much of Tarkin's DNA was perfectly replicated, consists of three tiers:
# 80-100% - High Council members, or otherwise high-ranking officials (generals, lieutenants, etc.)
# 50-80% - Special units (snipers, mech operators, spies, etc.)
# <50% - Grunts and stock soldiers
== Known Denizens ==
* The Sisters:
** 086
** 014
** 002
** 127
** Countless other unknown Sisters
* The FATHER droids.
== Trivia ==
* The cloning of the Sisters was inspired by the Space Marines from Warhammer 40K and the Grineer from Warframe.
* Shadowcast was named for the fact that during an eclipse, the moon casts a shadow on the Earth.
* Multiple 100% Sisters are kept frozen in reserves for whenever Tarkin's DNA sample becomes invalid due to clone rot.
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