Prologue
Prologue Breathing heavily, Lucoire put down the unconscious body of one of his team members that he just dragged out of the combat zone. Placing him on a stretcher to be transported into the belly of the space ship, he turned around and looked back at the city. The eternal night sky was lit up by massive fires that broke out as a result of the latest campaign of faction hostilities. "I know we always disagreed but we did so peacefully for centuries. What happened to make it escalate this much?" he asked himself. But as he spoke those words out loud, a familiar voice responded. "Their arrogance and fear made them snap," she said, her voice full of disgust. Looking for the source of that voice he recognized Schrimpchen, a fellow enlightened agent, her facial expression overflowing with rage. "What happened?" Lucoire asked. "This mess happened," she responded cynically. "Yes, I can see that. But that doesn't help with understanding why......