The Omnian expeditionary fleet sails for the faraway place they call “the wall.” The worlds of humankind possess consolidated their assets to create a powerful armada to confront the alien federation.

During the Omnians’ previous encounter with an alien fleet on the wall, the Nua’ll comm sphere spoke to them in multiple languages. When the communications were deciphered by SADEs, the human beings’ digital close friends, the Omnians recognized two things. One, they might face a vast empire made up of a huge selection of about Nua’ll: A Silver Ships Book races, and, two, the Nua’ll weren’t the leaders from the federacy. They had spoken of masters.

Multiple issues faced Alex Racine, the Omnian leader, to cobble together the fleet he required. The Confederation, which was made up of many colonies, could generate ships, but the majority of its people lacked the will to combat. Haraken and New Terra were worlds with limited materials production capability. But they produced people who had been anxious to deliver a blow against the federation.

A debate raged over whether human beings should flee, wait around, or fight the onslaught of large spheres, which ravaged humankind’s worlds, and the probes that spied in it. It had been Alex Racine’s choice to confront the alien race. Anything much less was only delaying the inevitable.

The Omnians knew nothing about what they might find beyond the wall, where the federation’s enormous empire lay. Alex understood he couldn’t defeat the federacy in an extended series of protracted engagements. His program was to attempt to conquer and divide. He just had a need to find the right sentient competition for his idea to work.