Under missile fire, Cha Dzeeny forces the research team to drop AI containment—triggering the unthinkable. The Remnant cores seize the sphere-drive array and hurl everyone through a nightmarish warp. Staggering back to their feet, the survivors realize they’ve just stolen the galaxy’s most guarded secret… and the Assembly will come hunting.

Cha Dzeeny pushes past every line he swore he’d never cross. With the Levy Fleet closing in, he gambles everything on convincing four enslaved AI cores to break free and help him steal the sphere drive array. One wrong move means annihilation—for him, the research station, and anyone caught between duty and survival.

“You don’t know what you’re doing!” “Sadly, I know exactly what I’m doing,” Cha said, lowering himself into the neural chair. The connector cap sealed over his head, and the world dissolved. Moments later, four disembodied voices echoed in his mind. "You are not our operator." “No,” Cha answered. “But I’m here to change that.”