Humanity stirs from its long slumber. Commerce and ambition stretch beyond national borders, pushing upward into orbit and outward toward the waiting silence of Sol. Earth’s sphere of influence, once the domain of dreamers and governments alone, becomes a contested ground — commercialized, militarized, and filled with new promises and dangers.
Here begin the first uncertain steps toward a future where the stars themselves will be within reach — and where the choices made now will echo across centuries to come.