The Aetherium Wars - Vernal Uprising on Saturday April 18, 2026

NOVEMBER BIG GAME DETAILS COMING SOON

Presented by Midwest Adventure Park – Council Bluffs, Iowa

Overview

Check In

If you’re with a group: the group leader (name on the reservation) is the only person who can check in your group. To speed up the check-in process, please have your order number available and all digital liability waivers filled out! You will be issued your game cards with lanyard at check in.

Paint Availability

Event Paint Only!

You can pre-order paint for a cheaper price, $60/case or purchase as many cases as you’d like onsite at the rate of $65 per case of 2,000 rounds (Evil!). We allow field paint only! This means that all players MUST use Midwest Adventure Park Paintballs.

The $85 early entry ends on April 1st. You can register online for the event up until 11:59pm on April 17th (the night before the event).

Missed online registration? Running a little late? No problem! You can still join the battle for Xylos-7! We happily accept walk-on registrations the morning of the event right at the field. If you can’t make it for the 9:30 AM start, don’t sweat it, players are welcome to drop in and jump into the game at any point during the day. Just head to the registration desk when you arrive at Midwest Adventure Park and we’ll get you geared up and straight into the action!

FIRST STRIKE ROUNDS ARE NOT PERMITTED

Rental Availability

(1) FREE Emek rental marker with tank rental and a FREE goggle rental (if needed). You must have a valid driver’s license to leave as a security deposit for equipment rentals. We permit two markers per one ID. Limited availability.

Air/Fills

High Pressure Air Fills (3,000 and 4,500 psi) are FREE!

Chrono

LIMIT: 285 FPS max. Chrono Stations will be at your insertion point. Roaming judges will also be checking with hand-held devices. If you are shooting hot, you will be removed from play immediately!

Food

Available for sale onsite throughout the game. Feel free to bring coolers, grills, make a day of it!

Water/Drinks

Available for sale onsite, but we strongly recommend you bring extra water or coolers!

Tents/Chairs

Feel free to bring EZ Up style tents, tables, and chairs.

PROHIBITED ITEMS

Markers shooting over 285 fps, Smoke Grenades, Knives, Firearms, Flares, Rope, Wire, Portable Shields, Spotlights, and Laser Sights.

No Drugs, No Open Fires, No Fireworks, No Enola Gaye Smoke! No First Strike Rounds! No Switching Teams!

View MAP Rules for Scenario Game Events

The Back Story

The Aftermath of the Caldera: Following the devastating conflict at the Shardfall Caldera, the Aurelian Republic secured a crushing victory over the Barcan Concord. Under the cold, analytical command of Scipio, the Republic forces locked down the Nexus Control Spire. The Republic has spent the brutal winter systematically extracting and refining the trans-dimensional energy of the Aetherium, imposing their strict order over the desolate moon of Xylos-7.

The Counterstrike: The Barcan Concord is battered, not broken. Commander Hannibal, a visionary who views Aetherium as a wild and living force, refuses to let the Republic “sanitize” the cosmos’s greatest gift. Operating from the shadows, Hannibal’s frontier warriors and Storm Weavers have regrouped. They are launching a massive, chaotic spring offensive. Their mission is not to capture the Spire, but to sabotage the Republic’s supply lines, hijack their refined Aetherium shipments, and plunge Xylos-7 back into the fires of war.

Will the Republic hold their iron-fisted grip on the Aetherium lode, or will the Concord shatter their defenses and reclaim the untamed power of the Nexus? The war for destiny continues.

The Factions

Team 1: The Barcan Concord	Team 2: The Aurelian Republic
Ideology: The Concord is a coalition of frontier worlds, rogue states, and warrior clans, united by the charismatic and visionary Hannibal. They believe that Aetherium is a wild, living force—a gift from the cosmos that should be embraced in its raw, untamed form. They see the Republic’s methods of refining and “sanitizing” Aetherium as a sacrilege that weakens its true potential. Their philosophy is one of passion, strength, and survival of the fittest. They are fierce, unpredictable, and masters of asymmetric warfare. Aesthetics: Rugged and powerful. Armor is often adorned with tribal markings and trophies of past victories. Their weapons crackle with unstable energy, and their “mages,” known as Storm-Weavers, call down raw elemental fury. Their color scheme is earth tones, deep reds, and black. Commander: Hannibal. A tactical genius whose brilliance is matched only by his ferocity. He is revered by his followers as a prophet-warrior. He believes that order breeds weakness and that only through chaos and conflict can true strength be forged. He is a master of the unexpected, using unorthodox strategies to keep his enemies constantly off-balance.	Ideology: The Republic is the heir to the old Terran government—a vast, disciplined, and technologically advanced civilization. They believe in order, logic, and the steady march of progress. To them, Aetherium is a natural resource like any other: a dangerous element to be studied, refined, harnessed, and controlled for the betterment of society. They view the Concord as chaotic, superstitious savages who threaten the stability of the galaxy. Aesthetics: Sleek, clean, and efficient. Their soldiers are clad in polished black and navy blue armor, carrying precision energy rifles. Their psionic specialists, known as Legates, wield Aetherium with surgical precision, creating flawless energy shields and focused kinetic blasts. Their color scheme is black, dark blue, and chrome, with cool-blue energy signatures. Commander: Scipio. A brilliant strategist and a student of military history. Where Hannibal is a force of nature, Scipio is a master chess player, always thinking five moves ahead. He is calm, analytical, and utterly ruthless in his pursuit of victory. He believes that superior strategy, discipline, and technology will always triumph over brute force and fanaticism.

Team 1: The Barcan Concord

Team 2: The Aurelian Republic

Ideology: The Concord is a coalition of frontier worlds, rogue states, and warrior clans, united by the charismatic and visionary Hannibal. They believe that Aetherium is a wild, living force—a gift from the cosmos that should be embraced in its raw, untamed form. They see the Republic’s methods of refining and “sanitizing” Aetherium as a sacrilege that weakens its true potential. Their philosophy is one of passion, strength, and survival of the fittest. They are fierce, unpredictable, and masters of asymmetric warfare.

Aesthetics: Rugged and powerful. Armor is often adorned with tribal markings and trophies of past victories. Their weapons crackle with unstable energy, and their “mages,” known as Storm-Weavers, call down raw elemental fury. Their color scheme is earth tones, deep reds, and black.

Commander: Hannibal. A tactical genius whose brilliance is matched only by his ferocity. He is revered by his followers as a prophet-warrior. He believes that order breeds weakness and that only through chaos and conflict can true strength be forged. He is a master of the unexpected, using unorthodox strategies to keep his enemies constantly off-balance.

Ideology: The Republic is the heir to the old Terran government—a vast, disciplined, and technologically advanced civilization. They believe in order, logic, and the steady march of progress. To them, Aetherium is a natural resource like any other: a dangerous element to be studied, refined, harnessed, and controlled for the betterment of society. They view the Concord as chaotic, superstitious savages who threaten the stability of the galaxy.

Aesthetics: Sleek, clean, and efficient. Their soldiers are clad in polished black and navy blue armor, carrying precision energy rifles. Their psionic specialists, known as Legates, wield Aetherium with surgical precision, creating flawless energy shields and focused kinetic blasts. Their color scheme is black, dark blue, and chrome, with cool-blue energy signatures.

Commander: Scipio. A brilliant strategist and a student of military history. Where Hannibal is a force of nature, Scipio is a master chess player, always thinking five moves ahead. He is calm, analytical, and utterly ruthless in his pursuit of victory. He believes that superior strategy, discipline, and technology will always triumph over brute force and fanaticism.

⚠️Faction Assignments & Squad Deployment ⚠️

The war for Xylos-7 requires balanced forces! To prevent one side from overwhelming the other, Command Staff will assign all registered players to either the Aurelian Republic or the Barcan Concord prior to the event.

How to stay with your squad:

Buy Together, Fight Together: If you want to guarantee that you and your friends are on the same faction, one person must purchase all the entries in a single transaction.
The Guarantee: We guarantee that all players registered under the exact same order number will be deployed side-by-side.

Individual Purchases: If you and your friends buy your tickets separately, we cannot guarantee you will be placed on the same team. Plan ahead and designate a squad leader to buy the tickets!

Choose your side, soldier. Will you fight for the untamed fury of the Concord, or the unyielding order of the Republic?

COMING SOON