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Two rival starships, one British, one Japanese, drop out of FTL above the first truly Earth-like world either has seen in a year of fruitless searching. Breathable air, perfect gravity, endless forests: the prize both nations have been racing to claim. A tense orbital standoff gives way to an uneasy truce and a joint surface mission, but something ancient and vast beneath the emerald canopy is already watching the intruders. What begins as humanity’s greatest hope swiftly becomes its most lethal warning. A gripping, heartbreaking tale of exploration, sacrifice, and the moment rivalry turns into shared grief.