The Unified Civilized Council, which has ruled for over a hundred million years has discovered new species in the Long Dark. A strange and unknown species that seem to have no rhyme or reason about them with strange technology and hints of even more in the shadows. Compounding the problem is the reappearance of the ancient Precursor Autonomous War Machines, woken up from tens of thousands of years of offline status due to incursions into their territory. Even worse is the fact that the newly discovered Terran Confederacy of Aligned Systems appear to be the only force capable of stopping the...

The Second Spoked Offensive slams headfirst into Operation Iron Piglet, with the winner taking everything. The Atrekna have unleashed horrors upon the galaxy, but the Malevolent Universe isn't giving up without a fight and has released horrors of its own. The Matron's Special Blend joins the server, Vuxten finds himself pitted against overwhelming odds after returning from the War in Heaven. Casey arrives back after being listed as AWOL. And Elu tries to adapt to college. All this and more in the latest installment of Behold: Humanity!

The unthinkable has happened to the Lanaktallan. Dreams of Something More has overseen the surrender of the Unified Civilized Council but the war is still rages on between the Precursor Autonomous War Machines, the Atrekna, and the Terran Confederacy. The Atrekna and the PAWM are pushing their advantage while the Confederate war machine reels back from the horrendous losses taken during the Terran Extinction Event. General P'Kank oversees the defense of Hesstla, Brentili'ik welcomes home Telkan who are far more than lost and makes a shocking discovery that rocks her personal life. Smokey '...

The Confederacy/Council Conflict has been interrupted by the return of the vile Atrekna, who view the entire universe as nothing more than resources for their own people to collect. The Lanaktallan cannot withstand the Confederacy military forces, the Precursor Autonomous War Machines, or the Atrekna's biological war systems and are on the edge of collapse. The Confederacy has been caught in between maneuvers, with its most powerful units out of position. The Atrekna are everywhere, overrunning world after world. Lowly gunner Ha'almo'or finds himself thrust into a desperate situation that ...

The Terran Confederacy of Aligned Systems has come to the defense of the Unified Civilized Species Council, moving an astounding weight of metal and troops into UCC space. With the Unified Military Council unable to withstand the Precursor Autonomous War Machines more and more local species and local system leaders are calling for assistance from the Terran Confederacy. In the Telkan System, successfully defended against the Precursor Autonomous War Machines only a year before, a new threat is unveiled as the Unified Council reveals the instruments that carry out their million year long ...