Chronicles of the New World

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led heat in her suit, her hands trembled as they clenched the

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slicing through the heavy silence like a

t want to

whimpered quietly. A mother murmured lies of hope to calm restless hearts. B

en se

nes darting through streets faster than they delivered supplies. Her parents, miners in the Terrafuel

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h the static in her earpiece.

sharp, "I told you

n that deck. If the

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surged through the hull like a living pulse. Arche One, flagship of t

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a scream.

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s of them. Cold, d

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tering Elystra system. All vessels accoun

habitable planets, three moons, one gas giant swirling like

wasn't what she saw-

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nd the cold railing. "This place... i

ofter this time. "Tha

and engineers controlling the ship's co

the s

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in

t thudde

window, unwilling to face

, the Concla

nant factions argued behind reinforced glass and cold steel. Lyra wasn't suppose

her. They never

arshal Vex, leader of the Souverainistes. "The surface is

voice sharp as a blade, "Without knowing what wiped

person for the Technocrats, insisted. "The syst

essa muttered,

table's end rose s

o of Earth's final wars, now disgraced and h

quietly, "wasn't left

ell like

" Tessa whispered

e ans

hips rested like sleeping giants. Her fingers trailed the smooth hull of a decommiss

somew

nd her, arms crossed, streaks of

aid softly. "Jus

something's down

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d her a small cube glowi

t's

d, voice low. "Elystréan tech. Found it embedded

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ng, the surfac

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arrived, they found their ships humming-engines hot. But cockpits w

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ld not ha

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