The Silent Armada
As the United Kingdom consolidates its grip over the hyperspace drive, the political costs become clear: mounting opposition, broken alliances, and an increasingly fragile global order. Despite Britain's rise as a technological superpower, Prime Minister James Mallory finds himself navigating a maze of diplomacy, espionage, and silent rebellion among allies.
But the true threat lies beyond politics.
When a second drive is activated, it doesn’t lead to another system — it leads somewhere else. Strange signals, corrupted telemetry, and bursts of pre-human data reveal that hyperspace is not a pathway, but a construct. And someone — or something — is moving inside it.
To face the unknown, the fractured nations of Earth come together under a fragile banner: The Silent Armada. Their mission is part exploration, part exorcism. The first step into the deeper void ends not in discovery, but in revelation — that humanity is not alone, and never was.
Some doors should stay closed. But Earth just turned the handle.
Genre: Science Fiction
As the United Kingdom consolidates its grip over the hyperspace drive, the political costs become clear: mounting opposition, broken alliances, and an increasingly fragile global order. Despite Britain's rise as a technological superpower, Prime Minister James Mallory finds himself navigating a maze of diplomacy, espionage, and silent rebellion among allies.
But the true threat lies beyond politics.
When a second drive is activated, it doesn’t lead to another system — it leads somewhere else. Strange signals, corrupted telemetry, and bursts of pre-human data reveal that hyperspace is not a pathway, but a construct. And someone — or something — is moving inside it.
To face the unknown, the fractured nations of Earth come together under a fragile banner: The Silent Armada. Their mission is part exploration, part exorcism. The first step into the deeper void ends not in discovery, but in revelation — that humanity is not alone, and never was.
Some doors should stay closed. But Earth just turned the handle.
Genre: Science Fiction
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