7th Legion

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title = 7th Legion


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developer = Vision Software and Epic Games
publisher = Microprose
distributor = Microprose
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genre = Real-Time Strategy
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platforms = Microsoft Windows
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"7th Legion" is a real-time strategy computer game for Microsoft Windows, developed by Vision Software and Epic Games and published by Microprose in 1997. The game consists of two single-player campaigns and supports multiplayer online games.

In-Game Background

The conflict in "7th Legion" takes place in the future, stemming from rampant overpopulation and reckless consumption and pollution of Earth's precious natural resources. As scientists broadcast dire warnings of impending doom, the governments of Earth enact the P.E.P. - "Planetary Evactuation Program" - to safely get everyone off-world in vast colony ships.

Unfortunately, there was never going to be enough room for the entire population, and, even though a lottery was devised to see who would be fortunate enough to escape the mass famine and chaos that were to follow the exodus, it quickly became apparent that only the most worth specimens of the human race - the smart, powerful and rich - were going to get a berth on one of the ships, preparing their jump into Hyperspace.

In the centuries following the evacuation, much of Earth's population perished, with the survivors, the scattered tribes of those left behind, forming themsleves into 7 "Legions", all vying for control of what was left. Events of centuries ago cloud into myth and legend - the most well-known one tells of the "Returning", a time of war, when the ""Chosen" come back to claim the Earth, in three signs signalling their return: the "Night without Darkness", the "Day without Light" and the "Rain of Fire".

As the game begins, the 7th Generation of the Chosen - those descended from the evacuees - have indeed returned and are ready to make war on the descendants of those left behind who have united to face this most terrible foe under the banner of the most powerful of all Legions: the "7th Legion" (hence the game's title).