At the turn of the 24th century, humanity had conquered the solar system. Mars was a thriving colony, Jupiter's moons advanced bases, and the asteroid belt a perpetual construction site. But beyond the heliopause, the unknown remained an insurmountable barrier, an ocean of emptiness and time so vast it defied the imagination. Interstellar travel was still a dream, limited by technologies incapable of breaking the barrier of the speed of light.