The human race is no more. Unified under the Chinese-led Gongyue Government, the people of Earth have founded an interstellar empire. This empire is divided into two classes: the tall privileged Ren, who alone have been allowed to settle the best worlds fit for humanoid life, and the stocky Mei, relegated to the Tiandao, artificial cities floating in gas giant planets with punishing gravity, and tasked with the mining of xinium particles, vital to space travel. This unstable empire is beset by an unknown Enemy.
The Long War against this Enemy has continued for a generation with an almost unbroken chain of defeats. Faced with total annihilation, the ministers of the Gongyue Government have placed their hope in a secret project, a new type of ship using experimental technology. After years of research and development the ship is ready; all that remains is finding a crew.
Wen Guiying, a mid-ranking officer with a checkered past, has been selected for command. Can she, along with an experimental mix of Ren and Mei subordinates, hope to make an impact in the battles ahead?
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The human race is no more. Unified under the Chinese-led Gongyue Government, the people of Earth have founded an interstellar empire. This empire is divided into two classes: the tall privileged Ren, who alone have been allowed to settle the best worlds fit for humanoid life, and the stocky Mei, relegated to the Tiandao, artificial cities floating in gas giant planets with punishing gravity, and tasked with the mining of xinium particles, vital to space travel. This unstable empire is beset by an unknown Enemy. The Long War against this Enemy has continued for a generation with an almost unbroken chain of defeats. Faced with total annihilation, the ministers of the Gongyue Government have placed their hope in a secret project, a new type of ship using experimental technology. After years of research and development the ship is ready; all that remains is finding a crew. Wen Guiying, a mid-ranking officer with a checkered past, has been selected for command. Can she, along with an experimental mix of Ren and Mei subordinates, hope to make an impact in the battles ahead?