The delivery that changes everything
Verge Station is falling. The cargo is already aboard. The first task is to survive.
No manifest. No time.
The opening begins in a docking bay under attack. The Dispatcher orders the pilot to launch with a sealed container while defensive ships burn outside. The contract offers no explanation, only urgency.
Interceptors break through the smoke as the ship leaves the station. Before the Fold becomes a question of timelines, it is a question of getting out alive.
The cargo speaks
A containment warning leads to a voice on the internal channel. Lyra asks not to be sent back. What began as a delivery becomes a responsibility to a person, and Commander Varek gives the pursuing Black Fleet a face.
Kaela Inferna comes online during the escape. Her priorities are explicit: keep Lyra alive and keep the ship in one piece. Keros is the next destination, where an impossible transmission draws the pilot toward Vex and the Guardians.