HORUS

HORUS is an oddity among the various pan-galactic corpro-states, outfitters, and manufacturers. Operating in a gray legal state between harmless omninet communes, open-source fabrication collaboratives, black-market printers, and deeper, more esoteric collectives, HORUS is counted among the Big Four not due to its influence on galactic politics, but because of its ubiquitous coverage: one can be certain that wherever there is Omni-Net, HORUS is either there or soon to follow. Rumors abound about the origin of HORUS, many believe it is a hacker collective under the broader heli.OS dedicated to open-source manufacturing (at its most mundane levels others insist that it’s the proving ground for one of the corpro-states’ R&D departments, or the realspace projection of an alien entity’s ongoing wish. Theory has shifted in recent years to more closely associate them with the goals of heli.OS, and that they are a more radical militant arm of the hacking collective. This more complex level of organization is reflected in HORUS’s mechs. Unlike the heli.OS broad, civilian-facing projects – omnicode, hacks, data, and open-sourcing of otherwise restricted information, services, and platforms – HORUS mechs and pattern groups are limited in the extreme, usually first appearing as endemic manifestations of print anomalies in conflict zones across the galaxy. Save for rare situations (heavily documented by the Office of Imperial Security), these outbreaks seem to take place independent and ignorant of all factions and actors, and have one goal: manifest, then proliferate. HORUS mechs universally field mysterious, unregulated, greyspace technologies – perfect for pilots seeking a technological edge that few other organizations can provide. They seem to focus on crowd control, individual unit management, and terribly powerful systems. Be aware that by seeking out HORUS technology, you may find yourself wrapped up in mysteries with no end, and dangers far beyond your deepest fears.