Chronicles of the New World
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ames, but w
out. Just a long, suffocating stillness cl
me dissolve into the void. The curve of the Earth-once vibrant, alive-was now crac
led heat in her suit, her hands trembled as they clenched thenition sequence. T-m
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
seco
eteen. A fugiti
Earth wa
h the static in her earpiece.
sharp, "I told you
n that deck. If the
eady but defiant. "What could
uieter, "Don't j
m n
surged through the hull like a living pulse. Arche One, flagship of t
. Two
ent. The Ea
a scream.
d backward as artificial gravity flickered. Around her, time stuttered. L
-sil
s of them. Cold, d
ys
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
. But some terrain looks art
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
es, steady. "I
d her a small cube glowi
t's
d, voice low. "Elystréan tech. Found it embedded
wh
o
ng, the surfac
ers. Cities sprouted in days, sculpted by autonomous drones and AI architect
fe. No resistan
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r clif
arrived, they found their ships humming-engines hot. But cockpits w
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at the foota
went
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kered. Then the
ship, not from any huma
ld not ha
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