In the dark silence between stars, where ancient empires rise and fall in the blink of a cosmic eye, a secret slept-undisturbed, unchallenged, and nearly forgotten. It was not lost to time, but merely waiting. Centuries ago, a starship burned across the void like a wounded god, its engines screaming against the pull of death. It crashed on a distant, overlooked world-its hull cracked open like an egg of steel and fire. Within its core was sealed something far more dangerous than any weapon: a source of power older than the stars themselves. A relic of a civilization whose mastery of reality bordered on the divine. That world was Blue Earth. To its surface, that relic brought nothing but silence for generations. But silence does not last in a universe where hunger and ambition drive the engines of war. Whispers turned to rumors, and rumors to fevered dreams of conquest. And now, across the lanes of the galactic arm, battlecruisers stir from orbiting shipyards. Shields charge with an electric hum. Command decks blaze with urgent light. Admirals speak in clipped tones as battle plans unfurl like the wings of vultures. The Doors of Beyond have creaked open. A ruthless alliance of expansionist worlds, seeks the core not for study, but for dominance. If they obtain it, they will command gravity itself, crush time into obedience, and remake the Gal in their image. But others rise in defiance. The Free Armada, believes no one should wield such power. They fight not just for the core, but for the right of every star-faring soul to remain free. Now, the skies of Blue Earth blaze with the fire of plasma and ambition. As cruisers lock shields and clash in the upper stratosphere, the war becomes more than a conflict of fleets-it becomes a question of who we are when faced with the infinite. Heroes will rise, empires will fall, and the very fabric of space may be torn by the hands of those who dare to seize the power of gods. This is not the beginning. This is the ignition.
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