Beyond the Luminance

The void near Proxima Centauri shimmered with an unnatural darkness, a stark contrast to the faint glow of distant stars. A fleet of 500 ships-300 Vorn spires and 200 Xytheran obsidian vessels-hovered in formation, their dark energy signatures pulsing like a heartbeat of malice. Commander Varkis of the Vorn, his bioluminescent eyes flickering with cold ambition, stood on the bridge of his flagship, the Abyssal Fang.
Beside him, Kzara, the Xytheran emissary, radiated a crimson aura, her form rippling like liquid shadow. "The humans expand, " Varkis growled, his voice a grating hiss. "Their outposts threaten our dominion. We strike now-before they grow stronger." Kzara's crimson eyes gleamed, her voice a melodic hum of menace. "Their coalition is fragile, " she said. "We have an ally within-a human who craves power.
He will deliver their plans." On Earth, in a shadowed bunker in Donetsk, General Kuznetsov decrypted a message from the Xytherans, his gray eyes narrowing with greed. "The Vorn fleet grows, " the message read. "Leak their plans, and the deposit is yours." Kuznetsov's lips curled into a cold smile. "Varych will fall, " he muttered, "and the Luminite will be mine." The whispers in the void grew louder, heralding a war that would test the stars.