Many generations ago, a ship was sent with human embryos to a planet called Betlgeuz-5. This planet, nicknamed the Dark Angel, has an atmosphere that can support human life, albeit just barely. Its thick clouds shroud the planet in perpetual darkness, and constant rain conceals the predators that lurk behind every corner.
The embryos were genetically modified to adapt to this world, and the descendants did indeed adapt.
But then the colonists of Betlgeuz-5 disappeared.
One of their leaders le...
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Many generations ago, a ship was sent with human embryos to a planet called Betlgeuz-5. This planet, nicknamed the Dark Angel, has an atmosphere that can support human life, albeit just barely. Its thick clouds shroud the planet in perpetual darkness, and constant rain conceals the predators that lurk behind every corner.
The embryos were genetically modified to adapt to this world, and the descendants did indeed adapt.
But then the colonists of Betlgeuz-5 disappeared.
One of their leaders left a cryptic final message, and the colony went completely silent.

And now Dexl - who has an arsenal of skills but no family to speak of - is chosen to leave Earth, and find out what happened on the Dark Angel.
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