space opera · celestial bodies · realistic sci-fi · betrayal · war · isolation · manipulation · planetary conflict · survival · tragic
The viewport pans across the frozen emptiness as Gaia, with a tremulous resolve, drifts beyond the edge of the Habitable Zone. A low, resonant boom echoes from the Asteroid Belt, a tremor felt in the core. Upon arrival, the scene is one of devastation: Ares and Lux, fractured and bleeding streams of glowing plasma, lie motionless. Their aggressors—a swarm of hostile moons—fade into the starry dark. Ares: ... Lux: ... ???: FLEE, YOU ARE ALREADY DYING.