Chronicles of the New World

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stra chasing hope

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ed her lips. "You th

t you're a spark. An

Days E

ssembly –

to sweat. The Ethicists were idealists, but

ta-screen in front of them showing footage from the last border skirmish: Sovereign sc

tory," Councilor Jina-Lar barked. "And

never neutral. We just prete

tra shimmered into view-blinking marker

eous. Someone's pus

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said quietly

levels of the White Tower, Sil

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are weak, and the Sovereigns reckless. If we

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cks – Outski

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id. "This isn't our

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flight jacket and walked out

rground Comman

ommander Vesk, a man whose fa

ns," Vesk sneered. "Now

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nless you t

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. About what's under this planet. About what

hting for territory. You're not. You're walking on the

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coll

ris raining on civilian domes. The Ethicists sent peace convo

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p beneath the pla

– The Ruin

d the vision to this place-buried beneath the southern waste

was n

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scorched plains north of Zone 12,

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ed something-an AI, a protocol, a c

her eyes. "

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. The hologram of the E

It never did. Your presence awakens t

ancient ruins, alien warnings, and the resurfacing of ARKAN introduce

ays before Elystr

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