Great War

The Great War, also called Operation Charybdis by the Biocorp Undernavy, was a major conflict in the history of Underrail fought between the forces of Biocorp and NFT personnel of Lemuria that took place 249 years ago. The entire war took approximately less than a week and ended with the complete annihilation of the lemurian population. The reason for the invasion is not known for certain, with some speculating that Biocorp was in conflict with NFT even before the Descent or that they simply wanted to get rid of the last possible rival faction that could contest their control of Underrail.

During the war, Biocorp utilized large ships of war such as Destroyer Ceto equipped with plasma cannons, anti-projectile lasers, torpedo launchers and other directed-energy weaponry. Biocorp ships managed to completely overpower the lemurian security forces, forcing them to retreat to the more secure bases such as Arch Keep and Joint Security Headquarters. The vulnerable Citadel of Life megalopolis in which the majority of the lemurian population lived was completely decimated by the ceaseless fire of the Biocorp Undernavy. Unable to however penetrate the underground and underwater NFT bases, Biocorp turned to chemical weaponry, using the mutagen filled missiles to introduce potent and deadly mutagen gas into the ventilation system of the lemurian facilities, causing irreversible and drastic changes to anyone who inhaled it which resulted in death or forced to commit suicide the entire remaining population sheltered in the evacuation bunkers deep below.

Spoiler

This article contains heavy spoilers. Unknown to Biocorp, a number of prominent Lemurian citizens managed to escape and found refuge in Abyssal Station Zero, inhabited by Subislanders, immigrants from Atlantis which was another habitat created by NFT. With the destruction of Biocorp’s siege carrier submarine Phorcys early into the war, Biocorp had no way of accessing the station, which saved its inhabitants.

Aftermath

After the decisive Biocorp victory, the undernavy was however quickly disbanded for unknown reasons under turbulent circumstances and its assets were transferred to Biocorp Armed Forces. Despite many years to do so, Biocorp also never attempted to enter NFT facilities. Professor Oldfield speculates that the Black Sea was seen as unimportant or deemed not important enough. Few decades later, the Biocorp itself suffered a major crisis that some sixty years later led to the fall of the supercorporation.