Homestead: Enter "The Collapse," stage left

For the planet-moon Homestead, The Collapse describes a volcanic cataclysm that occurs during a global war that turns into a slave revolt.

In short, civilization implodes catastrophically. Even worse, it all gets orchestrated by a madman who subverts a previous, yet less ambitious, revenge plot.

To wit: an evil genius should never, ever take on a sociopathic apprentice who's far eviler than he himself is. No. Don't do it. These things never end well.

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