[Planet 8632]
[Class M Planet – Savage Level 1]
At the far edge of the Neutral Zone, where the stars grew faint and trade routes dwindled to whispers, floated a planet most charts forgot. It was a dark, rain-drenched world that offered nothing but stone, metal, and hardship. For generations, miners had lived here—barely two hundred souls, carving out an existence in the shadows of greater empires.
On this night, the storm fell heavily, cloaking the colony in sheets of water. Within the scattered outpost, the colonists moved like ants in chaos, rushing to and fro with crates stacked high on grav-lifts. Mud splashed under boots, voices rose above the roar of rain, and all paths led toward the single mid-sized transport ship parked in the colony's center square. Its engine core throbbed with a faint hum, ready for launch.
