Those Left Behind

Shade Night has nearly 1%'d the Galactic Arm Spur. The Atrekna are believed extinct, humanity is gone, and the races that survive, in many places, are barely hanging on. Entire systems have been denuded of life and the casualties are mounting.

The living, however, are difficult to kill, and more and more ways to combat the shades and hold them off are being developed and spread. In many places graffiti reading "Please stop helping, Pete!" is popping up, but Chromium Saint Peter is planning on coming to the rescue of everyone.

But the war isn't over and there is still much to do. For some, the war goes on. For others, the war is finally over. But the Atrekna have destroyed the lives of even those who survived with their temporal adjustments. Veterans with years of combat under their belt, decades of service, have only been gone for a handful of years to the rest of the universe.

For everyone, they have to find out how to carry on.

Also, the Malevolent Universe tests the Telkan People as the Gestalts watch!