Ilodium The stars held their breath, and we mistook it for welcome.
Humanity has stretched beyond Sol, scattering tenuous colonies among the nearby stars, each one a fragile claim against the dark. When contact comes — sudden, unplanned, and with a power beyond human reckoning — old rivalries and new ambitions flare to the surface. Trust fractures quickly, and in the shadows of the unknown, survival may depend less on unity than on who dares move first.