Seven tales of conflict set among the stars, driven by the very roots of mankind's Earth-bound strife.
Yet even in the face of the vast void of space, these brave souls fight to hold on to their humanity.
Dawns a New Day - A seemingly innocuous artifact all but destroys the technological world.
It is up to one uncommon girl to lead the way out of the darkness.
The Steady Drone of Silence - An engineer at a remote testing facility makes a cold, hard discovery.
Will he and his team survive to correct his miscalculation? Travellin' Show - Ever doomed to wander, the Romani take to the stars to build a new life, only to discover society's prejudices have followed.
When one of their own goes missing, the lines between justice and vengeance blur.
Casualties of War - The lone survivor of a deadly battle, a young conscript despairs that no one will find him before he falls to the scavengers.
Only a trophy taken from a fallen soldier renews his hope he will come out of this alive.
The Devil's Own Luck - A stowaway on a star freighter discovers those chasing him are the least of his worries as the ship he has hidden on is hijacked by pirates.
No Man Left Behind - Missing and presumed dead, a soldier captured by the opposition is forced to use his demolition skill to set a trap for his own team.
New Discoveries - Conflicts increase between unaltered colonists and gene-mods on the colony planet Fremont.
A young girl, raised to distrust those altered, learns that differences say less about a person than their choices.
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