The Aetherians had discovered the "Sea of Antiphone" ages ago, and they built process stations all across it's surface to gather zero point energy. They needed it to fuel their empire and continue the quest to colonize other galaxies. But Antiphone is a dangerous world. It's blue moon Coracis is an angry giant, with an atmosphere wracked by spinning storms of poisonous gas and lightning strikes. The strikes are so immense, they produce shock waves that echo three million miles across space, back to the shores of Antiphone. Someday the core of Coracis will reach critical mass, and a new sun will burn brightly in the sky, but it will also be the end of Antiphone...