Stories

KHAROS-9, P-14

Rust Ribs

Two Guardians of the Trace and a small recovery crew descend into an abandoned military base to pull out one recording — and find the only road to the lab runs, metre by metre, through the nest of the deadliest predators on Kharos-9.

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The White Threshold

On a frozen penal world, a Confederation assessor descends toward six people trapped beneath the ice. Each predator and bulkhead takes a resource, and the real battle is over who has the right to the shelter — and who signs for opening it.

2387

The Reliable

At a dead service ring, four specialists race to rescue survivors from a collapsing wreck. The log they came to claim records something more dangerous than a route: a breach into the unknown.

2387

The Last Vector

When a convoy's transit geometry shifts near an ancient node, Marek Solari breaks an order to catch a drifting freighter. Saving it will cost him the one machine that made his life independent.