Firelight

Six months after Battle of Libertas. Ailana plants tree at Patrick's cairn, recounts progress. Vane's flight toward approaching alien anomalies given more weight and menace. Ortiz reveals alien architecture in Prometheus biology matches Vaalin contacts - a full seismic moment.

The Ghost arrives at Libertas amid a massive space battle. Sara transmits the complete Prometheus data to 43 laboratories and delivers the cure research to Dr. Ortiz. Alonso reveals Emperor Gaius has been freed and has publicly admitted Prometheus, ordering declassification.

Ailana fights a delaying action against 180 imperial soldiers at Archive Seven while Sara extracts the complete Prometheus data including the cure sequence. Using enhanced senses and terrain knowledge, Ailana pins down multiple squads in a canyon. Feral packs drawn by the fighting create chaos.

Vane coup executes at dawn. Gaius discovers he is locked in but activates pre-planned counter-response via ancient comm terminal to Imperial Guard commanders. Vane machinery described in detail. Helena Corvus defects, transmitting fleet data to Union intelligence.

Ailana convinces Alonso to stay on Libertas while she leads a six-person team aboard the stealth ship Ghost to run the Novum blockade. They transit the cordon during a sensor gap and land on the surface.

The kill team's capture goes public, reaching over a billion viewers. Elena discovers Variant Seven markers proving ongoing Prometheus experiments within the last 40 years. Alonso proposes the Coalition for Novum Truth - a formal mutual defense agreement. 83 governments sign within hours.

Ailana ambushes six Ministry kill squad operatives in Libertas maintenance tunnels, neutralizing all six in 93 seconds using enhanced abilities. Discovers their orders: eliminate her OR capture alive for genetic sampling. Empire actively pursuing Prometheus Reborn using her as template.

Sara watches the Meridian research fleet approach Novum's quarantine boundary on live broadcast. Despite civilian status and 240 million viewers, the empire fires, destroying two vessels and killing 25 scientists. The attack galvanizes the scientific community.

Unable to sleep, Ailana confronts her heightened senses in the quiet of the station. Maven arrives with news of a Ministry Special Activities Division kill team. He proposes using Ailana as bait to trap the assassins.