: A roguish starship captain and scavenger who pilots the Lady Macbeth .
: An Edenist pilot of the sentient voidhawk starship Enigma .
: A charismatic but psychopathic criminal whose actions on the colony world of Lalonde trigger the central crisis.
: The ruler of the Tranquillity habitat, which orbits a mysterious alien archaeological site called the Ruin Ring.
The narrative is multi-threaded, following a vast cast of characters across the galaxy:
: The traditionalist majority who use mechanical technologies, such as neural nanonics and cybernetic implants.
By the 27th century, humanity has expanded across nearly 900 worlds, governed loosely by the . The human race is split into two primary cultural and technological factions:
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: A roguish starship captain and scavenger who pilots the Lady Macbeth .
The narrative is multi-threaded, following a vast cast of characters across the galaxy:
: The traditionalist majority who use mechanical technologies, such as neural nanonics and cybernetic implants.
By the 27th century, humanity has expanded across nearly 900 worlds, governed loosely by the . The human race is split into two primary cultural and technological factions: