The moment I stepped through the portal, the familiar cold emptiness of space greeted me.
The base lay on a floating asteroid, much like the others we had already discovered. A tall black tower rose from its center, surrounded by several angular structures built close together.
Behind me the portal continued to glow as the soldiers assigned to the strike force stepped through one after another.
Five hundred warriors assembled quickly across the rocky surface of the asteroid. Demons clad in heavy armor stood alongside Feran tiger warriors and the tall insectoid fighters whose chitin plates gleamed faintly under the base lights. Their arrival alone carried enough presence to make the air feel dense with power.
The moment the last soldier stepped through the portal, the alarms began.
