Suddenly, the ship rocked. An EMP blast—primitive but effective—snuffed out the thrusters. They hit the ground hard, the hull screaming as it plowed through the metallic soil. The Ambush

By dawn, Sector 7 was silent again. The Insurgents had retreated into the gravity-wells, leaving behind nothing but scorched earth and broken glass. Kaelen stood among the ruins, his armor chipped and his spirit heavier than the gear he carried.

Their mission was simple: stabilize Sector 7, a region where gravity was more of a suggestion than a law. As Kaelen’s squad descended in a rattling dropship, he looked out at the landscape. Shards of obsidian-like rock floated above rivers of liquid mercury.

But as he watched Elara struggle with a jammed data-link, Kaelen realized the "Peace" they were keeping was a facade. The files he’d seen in the RAR archives back at base hinted at a deeper corruption—a "ver. 5" project that wasn't about protection, but total suppression.