The Vane’s Legacy II screamed through the "Null-Fold," but the vibration was different. It wasn't the smooth, rhythmic hum of the Republic’s slipstream. It was a jagged, mathematical friction, as if the ship were being forced to move through a sea of frozen numbers.Kaelen Vane stood at the command-petal, his hands buried deep in the Neural-Vines. He could feel the "First-Seed" drawing closer. It wasn't a planet, and it wasn't a star. It was a Geometric Singularity, a perfect, white cube floating in the center of the Hercules-Cluster, surrounded by a ring of "Dead-Moons" that had been stripped of every atom of Aether."The 'Soul-Link' is failing, Kaelen," Julian Sallow shouted over the screech of the engines. His silver-mapped skin was flickering, the light struggling to stay coherent. "This sector... it doesn't recognize the 'Vane-Standard.' It’s rejecting the very idea of abundance!"The White-Cube ProtocolAs they dropped out of the fold, the "First-Seed" opened.It didn't us
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