Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Silence Broken
In recent centuries, long after the discovery and development of Drift Travel, explorers have been growing restless and began exploring the Vast Void in untold levels of eagerness and enthusiasm. An estimated twelve percent of the galaxy’s population took to exploring the Vast Void but with little success, in many cases resulting in the loss of entire crews, ships and even, in a few cases, entire exploration fleets.

But people suspect foul play in the recent decade. In the year 4512 A.S. (generally referred to as After Splits) a ship dropped into the Longinus Sector’s home system, the Fairfax System in the Liberated Cluster. When a response fleet was sent, the unknown ship exploded. A single survivor was found in an escape pod and after much medical work, he only uttered a single word in his final breath:

“The Scourge”.

Now rumors of an unknown force in the Vast Void run rampant but do little to dissuade adventurers from exploring into the Vast Void. Some even see it as a challenge from the Vast Void itself. But the governments of the galaxy are preparing their military forces in anticipation of an invasion from whatever this “Scourge” may be.

Chapter 1 begins in the year 4522 A.S. with a major hub station run by the Exploration Society set up at the edge of the Vast Void near the Longinus Sector: Vast Station. All walks of life from across the galaxy are welcome as long as no one brings trouble. For there is already a great threat nearby in the Vast Void. But will this stop the governments from preparing for war with each other?