Close the book
Helix Directorate
An empire that runs on paperwork and battleships.
The Directorate wants every hull on the frontier stamped, numbered and filed. Aurel Hallan holds the Mandate, and four great houses run the empire under him: one keeps the book, one listens, one collects the tax, one signs the warrants.
Fly for Helix and you start at a customs checkpoint with a refugee list in one hand and a forged seal in the other. Which one you file decides who trusts you.
Start in the Seal-Cutter with a missile swarm. Swear a commission or take the money, then obey your orders, or turn on your own escort.
The Directorate does not repeat itself. Clear the lane.
Who you'll meet
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Aurel Hallan
Iron Prefect. Holds the Mandate, and never repeats himself.
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Bren
Your first helper. Somehow already knows your name.
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Lt. Cald
A loyal officer. Watch who that loyalty belongs to.
The boss who wants you dead
Aurel Hallan
Iron Prefect · Helix Directorate
Marches an army of hundreds of ships at you, artillery first. Keep moving: the shells land where you were.
How it can end
Last Mandate · Quiet Coup · Prefect's Leash
Free Salvagers
Null Choir
Maverick
Iron Thorns