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Chapter 1 Anniversary Jacob crawled with a steady pace across the hull of the starship, taking turns moving each hand deliberately from rung to rung on the service ladder. His lanyard slid silently along the rail next to the ladder, and occasionally, he'd have to stop and connect it to a new rail segment. It was slow work, and didn't pay well, but he enjoyed it. Mostly because it was quiet and serene; no noise except his own breathing and the occasional radio message, and he had the best view anyone could ask for. Seeing the shimmering blue marble floating peacefully below you, that's an experience that foregoes comparison. As he reached th

Prologue It was early March when the wall came down, and the people flooded Regent’s square with cries of revolution and rifles raised above their heads. Augustine II would be the last in a one hundred and twenty year dynasty, and the last emperor of Earth. During his father’s reign, there had been prosperity, but his health had failed when Augustine was a young boy, and the new regent hadn’t been prepared to take on the responsibility of ruling an empire which spanned nearly two hundred star systems. His regime was plagued with poor decisions, military mishaps and incompetence, and the people, now impoverished and starving