Your starship streaks through the thick atmosphere of a remote moon, as you prepare to depart. Beneath you, storm clouds batter your heat shield with mist and snow. Above, the arching crescent of a gas planet dominates the sky, accompanied by another moon pockmarked with craters and volcanoes.
You glance at your control panel. Your altimeter readout grows ever higher. You turn your ship around in preparation for your final burn to orbit, and catch the weather clearing below.
A glittering river delta comes into view, and on one shore lies the hulking wreckage of an ancient starship that would dwarf most cities. There it is——the Sanctum. A metropolis constructed within the wreckage, a bustling colony at the outermost fringes of interstellar civilization. Perhaps you will visit it again someday...
