Introduction: The United Earth Forces expelled the Swarm beyond the Milky Way, ushering in the New Eon. Technological leaps triggered a population explosion, while corporate giants aggressively expanded off-world operations, plundering planetary resources, propelling humanity into the Interstellar Age.   But Pandora's box was finally opened:  The Swarm returned!  Cosmic leviathans tore through dimensions to descend!   When Colonel Karl perished amidst collapsing orbital defenses, he awoke reborn – three years earlier, now a lowly miner in a distant starfield mining colony, The very outpost where it all began....