MENACE

MENACE is a turn-based tactical RPG set in a distant, lawless frontier where the Wayback system is cut off from the Core Worlds. You command a Republic Marine Corps strike force aboard the strike cruiser TCRN Impetus, but quickly you must unite marines, mercenaries, and criminals across multiple worlds to face a rising threat. The system is fractured by pirate warlords, shady corporations, and rival planetary governments, each with their own agenda.

Gameplay emphasizes choice and consequence. You decide which distress calls to answer, what resources to deploy, and when to strike. Your decisions shape how local factions view you and what favors they will lend. Will you ally with criminals who can gather intel and exploit markets, or focus on repair teams and tech that keep your squads in the field? With communications cut, you are at the top of the chain, and every operation branches into multi-mission campaigns across entire worlds.

Your toolkit includes a diverse arsenal of vehicles and infantry. Field tanks, walkers, MLRS, jury-rigged pickups, and other machines, each with distinct weapons and roles. Pilot teams can helm vehicles, at great cost, while infantry squads swap armor and add accessory slots for drones, grenades, or target designators. The equipment pool is large, drawing from local black market dealers to salvage spoils of war, from jury-rigged war machines to high-end mercenary arms. Prior to missions you allocate limited supplies to tailor your squads, balancing protection, mobility, and firepower.

The narrative centers on a cadre of squad leaders—Pike, Rewa, Lim—each with a unique history and personality. As commander, you earn promotions and unlock a branching tree of active and passive abilities. Their morale and performance evolve over time, and a single catastrophe or a successful operation can tilt the balance of a squad’s future.

MENACE features procedurally generated multi-mission operations and battle maps, ensuring that no run is ever the same. Across a mix of environmental biomes, weather conditions influence tactics, and an alien threat lurks in the gaps between human factions. Expect heavy confrontations, permanent losses of leaders and squads, and the need to adapt on the fly when plans collide with the unknown.

Strategic play matters as much as battlefield skill: flank to gain cover, suppress to pin foes, orchestrate pincer moves, and decide when to use heavy firepower to flush enemies from their positions. Your ultimate goal is to pacify the frontier and halt the MENACE, but every choice shapes the fate of the system itself.