The Starbound Accord
About the Story
A salvage captain, now entwined with an ancient navigation intelligence, becomes the living key to the Aureole Engine. After a violent struggle, a fragile governance is forged to distribute control of the Engine and reopen shattered routes. The air is thick with mourning and with the careful, dangerous work of rebuilding: tribunal debates, technical grafting, and a surprising signal deep in the Engine that hints at an older, quieter intelligence. The captain—altered, attentive, and no longer wholly alone—mediates a new order while the Dominion watches from the fringes.
Chapters
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