The gate network hummed with energy, but the sensors picked up a distress signal—faint, ancient, military. Captain Elena Vasquez stood on the bridge of the Odyssey, studying the data.
"Command, this is Vasquez. I've found something."
"Copy, Odyssey. What is it?"
"A signal. Coming from an uncharted system. It's a fleet. Lost for centuries."
The Luminari leader appeared beside her. "It's the First Fleet. The original explorers. They vanished without a trace."
"Until now."
The Odyssey traveled through the gate, emerging in a system of dying stars. The fleet was there—ships of a