It began with a signal.
Faint, ancient, and encoded in a language that no modern system could fully decipher. A deep-space survey team, exploring the edges of the Exodus Frontier, stumbled upon a derelict station orbiting a dead star. Inside, they found something impossible—stasis pods containing beings unlike any recorded species.
But as UED scientists studied them, patterns in their genetic structure triggered a terrifying realization.
These were not aliens.
They were Ascendants—the Forgotten Ones.
Sealed away centuries ago, hidden beyond the reach of history, these lost warriors carried powers beyond anything the current age could comprehend. Some bore markings resembling those found in old Imperial House records, while others radiated an energy signature dangerously close to Element Omega's purest form.
And among them, in the deepest chamber of the station, was a name that sent shockwaves through the UED's highest command.
Alexander Kael.
His body was intact, preserved in an unbroken stasis field. The greatest mind of the old era, the man who had sacrificed himself to stop the Ascendant War, was now in the hands of a civilization that had long forgotten him.
But as the researchers debated their next move, something else happened—something no one had predicted.
The stasis systems flickered.
And one by one, the Forgotten Ones began to wake.
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ething even more mysterious?