Intro. Year 3066.
Earth is dying. Humanity’s last hope is The Exodus Initiative—the deep-void cruiser ESS Horizon, carrying fifty crew to find a new home.
After three years, the Horizon discovers Vespera: a breathable world of glowing forests and violent storms. Scans confirm life. Threat level unknown.
During descent, a repeating gravitational anomaly—the Pulse—cripples the ship. Systems fail. The Horizon crashes, stranding the survivors on an alien continent.
Vespera is alive. Predators hunt by sound, heat, and technology. A shifting bioluminescent mist alters—or erases—those who enter. Ancient ruins prove others were here before.
The Pulse continues, deliberate and watching.
Crew members vanish without warning.
Vespera is beautiful.
It is not a refuge.
It is a grave.
Captain Mara Vale — command
Dr. Elias Kade — xenobiology
Rin Okoye — engineering
Jonah Pike — security
Lyra Chen — comms, Shroud-sensitive