The Deep Dark Perimeter

Following a devastating bombardment at the Moon's secret staging terminal, survivalist Marcus Burke, astrobiologist Dr. Elena Ross, and the resurrected cybernetic commander Aris Tarek plunge through an unstable transit gate. Instead of safety, they find themselves cast into the freezing, dark void of the Kuiper Belt.Worse still, they haven't shaken their pursuers. A persistent Vanguard Scout Stalker is hunting them across the debris fields, tracking their every move. To survive and fight back, the crew must navigate the treacherous ice fields to locate The Crucible—a colossal, long-dormant space shipyard built by the ancient Builders.But The Crucible is far from empty. To claim it, Elena and Aris must face off against a hostile Loyalist AI trapped in the station's core. With time running out, they must bypass the rogue machine to awaken the automated manufacturing bays and mass-print a counter-offensive fleet of Krynn heavy cruisers before the hunter drone exposes their location.