UNTIL A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, EARTH HAD REMAINED UNDISCOVERED AT THE FRINGES OF THE GALAXY. HOWEVER, UNLIKE OTHER PLANETS WITH A PRE-DISCOVERY SENTIENT POPULATION, EARTH WAS VERY DIFFERENT. THE GALACTIC ORDER WAS QUICK TO REALIZE - EARTH HELD THE KEY TO THEIR VERY SURVIVAL. The Zin hegemony was sliding into senescence - it was losing the unique ability to mind-link to the ancient space ships that bound the galaxy together. It was an age-old cycle, and...