Set in Blizzard's StarCraft universe, this story is told from the eyes of a terran Valkyrie pilot and a Protoss Templar. A Valkyrie barely escapes from a Protoss all-out attack, only to crash near an off-limits laboratory station. A Protoss Templar is on a personal quest to uncover machinations and treason amongst the Protoss that will shake their very beliefs and foundations. His search leads him to the same installation as the terran pilot, and to a much more horrifying truth..
Humanity was forced to seek the stars. Destined to lead mankind into an ever expanding presence, the inhabitants of HD 85512 b have known no other rule than those of the benevolent machines. The same machines that brought their ancestors there hundreds of years before. But what is man if he isn't free? What is man without being able to choose for himself? Ask yourselves the same question and remember: Whom do you love the most?