The purpose of the ancient, enigmatic Deimos Artifact has been discovered - the small, tetrahedron-shaped construct is Humanity's key to access the giant Galactic Sentinel Network... Activation of their Sentinel signaling device presents Mankind with an unprecedented opportunity - an invitation to join the Grand Amalgamation of Galactic Civilizations, an interstellar organization representing over five-hundred different intelligent species... Citizenship requirements are simple: Humanity needs to establish a peaceful relationship with their closest galactic neighbors, the Hordea, a peculiar...