The life-pod did not glide smoothly into the docking bay of the Axiom Capital. It violently, catastrophically slammed into the pristine, gold-plated celestial metal of the ring-world's primary landing deck, tearing a massive, jagged trench through the flawless architecture before grinding to a smoking, sparking halt.
The Capital Ring-World 'Eternity' was a staggering monument to biological supremacy. It was a localized, artificial halo world perfectly encircling a massive, captured blue supergiant star. It housed billions of Level 80+ Axiom elites, a civilization of hyper-mutated gods who had never known defeat.
Within seconds, the ruined life-pod was surrounded by a heavily armored phalanx of the Capital Guard—massive, fifty-foot-tall Celestial Titans wielding super-heated plasma halberds.
The heavy titanium hatch of the pod violently hissed open.
