The Eimar Beacon
The loose alliance of
worlds called the United Earth Defiance is losing a war against old
Earth and the core worlds that support it. The Intor Cluster is a group
of inhabited worlds on the frontier that have joined the UED to fight
for their freedom. The totalitarian Nessel Syndicate, the long arm of a
core world supercorporation, seeks to conquer the citizens of the Intor
Cluster and bring them under its oppressive fist.
When Cluster
scientists detect what they believe to be an alien signal, some suspect a trap set by the NS. Nevertheless, they scrape together a small task
force to investigate the signal in the desperate hope that alien allies
or technology can swing the balance of the war.
Jake Eisen is
the commander of this task force. His mission is more than simply making first contact with an alien race. He is made very aware that making
alliances with aliens or discovering advanced alien technology is
probably the only thing that could shift the war in the UED’s favor.
Unknown by Jake Eisen, his enemies in the Nessel Syndicate have also heard the signal and sent a team of their own...
