A colossal fortress stood in the void of space, the orange flames of a star silently illuminating everything in this star system, just as they had countless years ago. Mining barges churned their heavy bodies, slowly emerging from the dock, following the industrial command ship that had been waiting ahead. "Bow pointing towards the XI-784 anomalous signal zone, awaiting flagship to initiate the jump. Once this batch is finished, we'll have the resources to build battleships." "Understood, let's finish it today!" "Overload the drones, overload the mining drones!" "That would be best!" [Aurejana00032]