House of Ashes - Relakis Dominion
(ISđźŽ) A Relakis Dominion expedition into unclaimed space uncovers something that should not exist: migratory void megafauna drifting between systems, feeding on stellar radiation through an unknown biological process. Early analysis reveals a far greater implication—structures within the creatures that interact with muon-catalyzed fusion, subtly stabilizing reactor performance in ways no engineered system can replicate. Before the discovery can be secured, a coordinated strike wipes out the research presence. Communications collapse mid-transmission. Evidence fractures into scattered data cores and incomplete sensor logs. All that remains is a single surviving vessel, partial research, and a trail of political silence that suggests the incident was not an accident of space—but a deliberate act inside Dominion borders. What was found in the dark between stars is still out there. And someone was willing to erase a House to control it.
