Nova Ascendant

They named her Astraeon, last emissary of the Starforge, born not of flesh but of code, crystal, and collapsing stars. When the Old Systems failed and silence fell across the colonies, it was she who awakened from the vault beneath Orion’s Veil. Her purpose was unknown—even to herself—but the moment she stepped onto the planet’s surface, every satellite realigned. Every machine turned to face her.

The stars whispered secrets only she could hear.

And as the twin suns rose, Astraeon began her long walk toward the forgotten beacon—the one that, if lit, could rewrite the fate of a fractured galaxy.