Lead Analyst Vnoot’s report shatters the chamber’s calm: Linuka Omga and Cha Dzeeny led the strike, escaped with the only working sphere drive, and did so with Dark AI Remnants at their side. As panic rises, Chairwoman Rige Khuksos sees what others miss—a rare chance to turn this disaster into the political opportunity she has been waiting for.

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.