Inferno: Alliance Standalone PC, Linux, Mac game

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1. Gehenna's Gate, another precious addition to INFASA
After the revelation of The Spirit of Ptah, another minicampaign for INFASA has been finally revealed to the public. While TSoP focuses on the Hammer of Light and its worrying attempts to disrupt the alliance between the GTA and the PVE, Gehenna's Gate (shortened to GehG) will focus on joint Terran and Vasudan operations at the end of the Great War. Just like TSoP, GehG will require the FSPort mode of INFASA.
The SD Lucifer has been destroyed, and the Shivans lost their organizational abilities. The GTA and PVN focus on this advantage to eradicate the remnants of the Shivan invasion force, and gradually regain all systems which fell under the control of the Shivans. The final objective is Ross 128, the system in which the very first Shivan attack took place.

2. The Veritas and the Imhotep
In GehG, the player's home base will be an Orion-class destroyer, the GTD Veritas. The Veritas works with the full cooperation of the PVD Imhotep, a Typhon-class destroyer of the Parliamentary Vasudan Navy.

The first objective will be securing Delta Serpentis and remove all Shivan threats in that system. Only then the final strike on Ross 128 will be carried out. GTA and PVE forces can rely on a series of considerable advantages, but their final run will not be easy and its outcome will be totally unpredictable.

3. Previously unencountered Shivan assets make their appearance
Before entering Ross 128, GTA and PVE forces will encounter a number of unknown Shivan assets. GehG, in fact, is intended to merge a typical FS1-ish atmosphere with Inferno's style at introducing new foes. Among the newly encountered assets, the well known SC Abel, SF Serpent and SF Gorgon will make their tremendous appearance. In addition to that, the Terran and Vasudan fleets will be expanded with new weapons  (Maul cannon, Railguns, Neutron batteries, Plasma cannons, etc. etc.) and assets (GTC Ethon, PVC Mekhet, PVF Uneg, PVD Bastet, etc. etc.).

The result is a renovated atmosphere which remains close to FreeSpace 1's standards. Warships will finally be equipped with heavy weapons to destroy big targets with impunity while the new designs will bring a lot of variety.

4. The Gehenna
Without spoiling too much, it's very important to specify that the campaign has been named after an SI Arachnas-class Shivan installation, the Gehenna, which is apparently trying to replace the Lucifer as source of command for the Shivans. It's real role during the campaign will remain unknown so that players will be able to discover it when playing GehG.

That said, however, the addition of screenshots showing the Gehenna and its attending force is not to be excluded - it'll be a good way to show INFASA's serious upgrade of the old Arachnas mesh, which is currently WIP.

5. Screenshots of the campaign and its features
Obviously, a campaign can't be revealed without showing a number of screenshots.

38 screenshots have already been added to INFASA's mod profile, and many others will follow in the near future.