Last Light in the Dark

Marcus documents the desperate push through residential sectors while thousands of creatures watch in silence. The team discovers a massive void chamber extending 2 kilometers into impossible darkness, violating all known physics.

Rylee pulls the team aside to share classified information: they have been selected as one of three advance teams to investigate the Veil - a massive sphere of absolute darkness that has engulfed an entire solar system. Three days ago, a planet and its moon base went silent.

Marcus returns to the Endeavor to find the ship in chaos—soldiers running, alarms sounding, and strange vibrations in the hull that weren't there before.

Marcus and his salvage team scavenge a destroyed merchant vessel hit by pirates. While Lucas complains about their "garbage detail" assignments and Rylee keeps them focused, Marcus discovers a terminal with intact combat logs that could give them recognition over rival Alpha Team.

Marcus Reeves, age 29, grew up on a struggling agricultural colony on the outer rim of human-controlled space. The harsh environment and constant threat of crop failure taught him resilience and resourcefulness from a young age.

Lucas Reeves, age 32, grew up on a struggling agricultural colony on the outer rim. The youngest of three children, he was always fascinated by technology and dreamed of escaping the harsh life of a farmer.