Si vis astra, para bellum.
(If you want the stars, prepare for war.)
Admiral Rance “Starbird” Wolfe, 2279

It’s the early 26th century, one generation after the Great War. Humanity and the insectoid virgonids are united in the Interstellar Compact, an unprecedented hyperstate spanning dozens of star systems across thousands of light years. And it’s under threat, on multiple fronts.

The vicious, saurian Kyrans and the pitiless machines known as the Ciphers will stop at nothing to shatter this fragile peace.

But the enemy within may prove worse than both...

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