Prologue: The Fracture of a Nation
An internal primer excerpt used by Freehold strategists and historians to understand the conditions leading to Earth’s decentralization and the rise of contract-based civilization.
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Corporate Governance
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The Corporate Council Emergency Session
Summoned to Amazon’s highest chamber, General Leonard Octavius Wood briefs the corporate elite on eight alien ships and the sudden awakening of the Beacon Network. Rival megacorps circle like sharks, narrative control becomes paramount, and the first hours of humanity’s contact with another species are already slipping from containment.