THE BENEFACTORS
Advanced Civilization
They call themselves the Benefactors.
Their technology is generations beyond Earth's. They possess capabilities humanity is only beginning to imagine, and they're willing to share some of what they know.
Their offer is made to one man: Dr. David Archmore.
Cooperation. Technology. Access to possibilities that previously belonged to theory.
Everything Archmore ever wanted.
For David Archmore, the offer eventually raises a more difficult question.
What did he really agree to?
BLOOM ENERGY
Advanced Research & Technology
Bloom Energy changed the scientific conversation in 2062 when its researchers opened Earth's first confirmed artificial spatial aperture.
A second aperture followed the next year. Instability eventually halted further testing, but the achievement established Randolf Bloom and his company at the forefront of research into phenomena conventional physics could barely explain.
Some doors, once opened, are difficult to forget.
UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE
Military & Scientific Operations
Space Force operates at the intersection of national security, advanced research, and humanity's expanding presence beyond Earth.
For David Archmore, it was supposed to be the path to discovery.
Instead, years of supporting other people's missions left him wondering how long he was willing to wait for one of his own.
When an opportunity finally arrives, it doesn't come from Space Force.
It comes from somewhere much farther away.