Over five million years ago, humanity cast its hope into the void of space. Now, in the heart of a distant galaxy, that hope awakens.
The Lyric is not just a ship—it is a cradle, a cathedral, a relic of Earth’s final ambition. Designed by the last generation of human civilization, it carried no crew… only frozen embryos and a vigilant artificial mind. After a journey spanning millennia and light-years, the AI awakens. The children of Earth are ready to be born—humanity’s last chance to find a future beyond the stars.
Raised aboard a colossal city-ship orbiting an alien sun in the Andromeda galaxy, the first generation of humans has never set foot on a planet, never seen a sunrise on Earth, and never known an adult. At sixteen, they come of age together—one birthday, one mission, one legacy. Their purpose? To find a new world. A new home.
But home is never simple.
A perfect planet is found… only to reveal intelligent life. Not just life, but a civilization—a species that has never known they weren’t alone. Seen as gods by some and invaders by others, the humans of