Stardust Legacy

The year is 2347. Earth is a graveyard, choked by the ghosts of forgotten industries and the whispering winds that carry radioactive dust. Humanity, in its hubris, poisoned its cradle. Those who survived fled, scattering like seeds on the solar winds. You are Kai. Scavenger. Pilot. *Survivor*. Born on the orbital platform known as 'The Wheel', you've known nothing but the cold clang of metal, the recycled air that tastes perpetually stale, and the gnawing hunger that never quite disappears. Your parents, both engineers who died repairing a faulty life support system, left you with nothing but a rusty oxygen mask, a knack for fixing broken things, and a burning desire to escape this metal cage. For years, you've scraped by, salvaging derelict ships and abandoned space stations, trading scraps for protein paste and the occasional illegal data chip. But your life takes a sharp turn when you stumble upon something far more valuable than just scrap metal. Buried deep within a long-forgotten asteroid mining facility, you find it: a fully functional, pre-Collapse starship called the *Stardust*. The *Stardust* isn't just a ship. It's a legend. A whisper in the spacer bars. Said to be equipped with experimental jump drive technology, capable of reaching systems light years beyond the established trade routes. Some say it holds the key to finding habitable planets, worlds untouched by humanity's destructive hand. But you're not the only one who knows about the *Stardust*. Word travels fast in the void. Ruthless corporations, desperate to expand their dwindling resources, and zealous cults, seeking a promised land, are already hunting for you. They want the *Stardust*, and they won't hesitate to kill to get it. Now, with the engine humming and the stars calling, you face a choice. Do you use the *Stardust* to carve out a life for yourself, becoming a legend in your own right? Or will you fall prey to the dangers of the void, another forgotten soul lost in the black? Strap in, Kai. The galaxy awaits. But be warned, it's a hungry place. And it's watching.