Defy the inevitable. Such may be the position of Confederation captain Eric Weston as well as the crew from the starship Odysseus, patrolling the external limits of Priminae space, anticipating the Empire’s next attacks. Linked to the Terran FTL technology—the transition get—mankind might stand an opportunity against the mind-boggling forces. Until the entire planetary program goes dark.

Outnumbered and outgunned, the Odysseus gets there to find the Empire securing crucial intelligence from Priminae ships—data that could demonstrate disastrous in the wrong hands.

As the Odysseus enters the fray, the dispatch’s systems show increasingly chaotic glitches, while haunting apparitions stalk the staff. As they struggle to control their own ship—and their sanity—against the tide of fight, how do they hope to grasp victory when the Odysseus itself appears to be coming to life?