Marked From Birth
It looked like a forest fire in slow motion, a vibrant, violet-green blooming that followed the path of the Bio-Ships.
"We have a 'Resonance-Conflict' in the Orion-Arm," Mara reported. She was aging now, the silver-threads in her skin turning a soft, weathered grey, but her eyes remained sharp as shards of glass. "A civilization of 'Aerosol-Beings' has woken up, and they’re terrified of the 'Solid-State' worlds we’re building. They think the 'Steam-Age' is a form of pollution. They’re trying to 'Evaporate' the trade-routes."