The Rift is a volatile region of space stretching a thousand light years, where a million-year war once raged. Gigantic wrecked hulks containing ancient technology drift scattered through it. Few who venture in ever return — but those who do come back with artifacts of extraordinary power and value. As factions escalate their conflicts, the race to claim Rift artifacts intensifies. And at the far end of the Rift lies the Void: an unexplored expanse with an enormous, unexplained energy field. Something ancient is stirring within it.