With Republic spearheading the Canopus Flotilla’s exploration of the far side of the Shackleton Expanse. first contact, survey work and good old-fashioned exploration are to be expected. Instead, they discover an ominous marker they’ve seen before – a black monolith standing tall over an impossibly beautiful jungle.

It isn’t alone though, guarded by an oft-forgotten Vraxir outpost, standing vigil over that which they can’t explain. Warnings issued from terrible lessons, experiences that can’t be forgotten, but curiosity always beckons to those seeking answers.

Sometimes the imprisoned should be left alone.