Long ago, before the Mallali, Rodaks, and other Sentients were anything more than a speck in the Creator’s eye, Terrans ruled the Milky Way. Their complete domination of the second-largest galaxy in the Local Cluster did not come as a result of luck or happenstance. They overcame relentless odds, defeating a powerful Type III galaxy-spanning…
Admiral Rodriguez reveals a glimmer of humanity’s former glory as he deftly weaves through the gunfire bombarding his position. He ducks, dodges, and dives around, occasionally teleporting out of sight as he makes his way toward one of the five remaining autonomous drones. These robots, each more than fifty feet tall, tower above the human…
Elsewhere in the Milky Way. A trident-shaped spaceship slowly descends through the atmosphere of a water-covered planet, one with less than five percent of its land resting above sea level. The vessel drops down into a private hangar, where the roof closes upon its arrival, sealing it inside. Minutes later, an entry ramp slides down…
A deep, dark tunnel stretches out before Admiral Rodriguez and his three Kraktol followers. As they quickly but cautiously step into the underground passageway, the Admiral’s party pauses to turn on the floodlights attached to their armor systems. Despite the tunnel once belonging to Ramma’s Chosen, not a single activation command sent by the Admiral…
Admiral Rodriguez paces back and forth across the Bloodbearer’s Bridge, its primary command center with more than three hundred consoles. Seventy percent of their chairs sit occupied by Kessu officers, while the remainder seat Kraktol. Despite fewer Kraktol working on the Bloodbearer compared to the Kessu, they still possess a substantial presence among the conglomerate…
Alarms blare inside a Varot military base. Located atop a small mountain plateau, it is merely one of several thousand located on Veter’s surface. Hundreds of tall, skinny, ferret-like Mallali run through the halls, squeaking and chirping at one another as they don combat armor and weapons. Despite Veter’s role as an industrial world responsible…
Admiral Rodriguez quietly leaves the Mallali compound. When the underground elevator conference room opens, the guards outside check to see who’s exited, only to find nobody inside. While gigantic question marks appear above their heads, the completely invisible Terran swishes past them as if they were idiot lemmings unable to see a cliff’s edge looming…
For a split-second, time seems to hang as the blood of every Mallali leader turns to ice. Before them stands a tall alien lacking any fur on its limbs. The creature’s masculine appearance and strangely shaped head, with a sunken-in snout, a mostly-flat face, and only a bit of fur atop its head, gives all…
A brilliantly decorated room, filled with priceless artifacts and treasures recovered from the Ancient Precursors, rests hidden underneath the Galactic Assembly Hall. High-tech projection emitters lay inside the walls, all of them capable of simulating objects with weight and presence. Two golden chandeliers provide light, though multiple backup lights sit embedded in the ceiling above,…
