This self-described " Mud And Lasers RPG " Lancer incorporates many different genres into its sprawling sci-fi universe. The core genre is mecha, with players taking on the role of " Lancers ," elite mech pilots who fight as mercenaries, defenders, conquerors, and liberators on the frontier worlds of the interstellar hegemony known as Union. Lancer is also strongly influenced by the science-fantasy splendor of Destiny , the social science fiction of Ursula K. LeGuin, and large swathes of the cyb...