Something stirs within the maelstrom of the Badlands.

Among the plasma storms and gravitational rifts, a distress call several decades old draws the rededicated and relaunched USS Century across the stars like an eerie siren song. Under the command of a captain seeking to make the most of her second chance at command, ship and crew are bound for Deep Space 47 and the uncharted Thomar Expanse beyond, but ghostly whispers pull ship and crew into dangerous territory. Caught between the environmental hazards of the plasma fields and the watchful gaze of Breen and Tzenkethi patrols, Century receives a cryptic directive from Starfleet Intelligence that ignites a mystery with wide-reaching implications and secrets that, once uncovered, can never be forgotten…