Prologue
Dugtritus
Years of violence have brought us to the inevitable end.
Helios is a dying planet. Dark clouds cover the sky, and the waters are thick with the oil of the fallen.
And we, its people, are doomed. Unless we can find another planet, somewhere with advanced enough technology that we can call it home.
Somewhere with light, and life, and resources.
Somewhere we can blend in and build a new home for ourselves, where we can reform ourselves to blend in with the primary lifeforms.
The last of the escape pods is filled. We’ve chosen the destination that seems most promising. Our only hope is that the lifeforms there will allow us safe haven. A planet many light-years away from here, the third planet orbiting the star called Sol.
A planet called Earth.