PURITY

Summary
PURITY follows Veronica Angelos years after her successful mission in assassinating Calvin LaMaris during the peak of Project X. Having made a return to Decholon to visit her family, she is greeted with the message that they had been kidnapped and held hostage. Should Veronica refuse to take part in a strange hunting mission proposed by an unknown entity, her family would be killed.

Thus Veronica, with few options since her arrival, decided to take part in this operation. She would first be tasked in locating an ancient machine located deep within the sands of Cassiopeia. However, she would come to realize that two other hunters were assigned with the same goal, with the one to find it first having the reward of keeping their loved ones spared.

(Alternatively, she comes to Decholon for a bounty placed on this highly coveted machine, with the whereabouts of its location being in the hands of certain people on Decholon. This would be similar in structure to the plot of Borderlands.)

After Veronica faced fierce competition and several setbacks, she succeeds in being the first one to find the machine. Upon its activation, though, it is realized that the one who set up the bounty was the same Calvin LaMaris who she had supposedly killed all those years ago. He had been busy during the DUALITY side story, under the alias Nightwatch.

Veronica realized that she had reactivated a dormant Celestial Strider, which was now able to resume its goal of killing humanity. The AI DESTINY_RUNNER would be behind this scheme, still wishing to resume its objective despite previous involvement.

Characters
- (Rosalina) The Mercenary. As one of the deadliest Sniper Assassin-turned Mercenaries, there are very few who can beat Magdalena Cassidy in a battle. Being an ex-LCDM Garrisai Test Pilot, as well as a scout for the faction, Lena had conducted several missions far outside Decholonian borders, similar to Calvin LaMaris. After helping employer-turned friend Jack Kendall in his plan to rise up against the AECMU, she would stay with him in the building of the Mercury Legion. As a result, Lena was able to use her machine, the Blacklight, as a scout and spy for the aforementioned faction. Favorite Weapon: Cosmic Cannon--Warp Star.

- (Mettaton) The Bounty Hunter. Infamously known for the assassination of Calvin LaMaris, Veronica Angelos is a lone wolf that shouldn’t be messed with. Also known as the Nightingale, she’s always intent on improving herself and will take the most dangerous of criminals to hunt down. During the fall of the NDRC, Angelos was betrayed by the former due to their paranoia of any of their affiliates plotting against them. Thus, she was forced to wander the wastes of Andromeda until she found her soon-to-be Garrisai, the Zephyr. Favorite Weapon: Clawed Feet--LEGS.

- (Ballora/Calamaria/Sakura) The Rebel. Serving as the apprentice to rebellion leader Marie Winhart, Katherine Isakura made sure to live up to her mentor’s reputation. While she’s more of a fighter than a leader, she reluctantly takes up the job whenever there isn’t anyone else. As a result of her training under Winhart, Kate was given the same machine used by Marie when she fought for the UNI—the Predator. She would use the machine to enforce and expand the power of the UNI despite heavy opposition, and with the addition of the Bluemoon, Hightower, and Solar Eclipse, Isakura was a formidable leader nonetheless. Favorite Weapon: Shock Blade--Voltage/Eels.