With Thon Iyar, the capital city of Gamma Colony, becoming quite the tourist hotspot, Vidyan intelligence is finding it increasingly difficult to locate the heretics supposedly hiding there. The situation grew more complex when the colony’s local authorities intercepted an encrypted communication believed to have emanated from an orbiting Vidyan ship. Although they couldn’t fully decipher it, the message hinted at something significant brewing. Meanwhile, some Vidyan operatives have begun questioning their own roles, with a few even starting to believe that the heretics’ actions—conducting the experiment and setting foot on Avasa—might have been justified. Those who shared these thoughts with trusted colleagues were quickly warned of the consequences: certainly social exile if their doubts went public. With the uptick in Vidyan air traffic and the mysterious message, the colony’s authorities decided to take matters into their own hands. Two inquisitive security droids launched an inv...