Chapter 1: The Call of the Abyss The sun never truly set on the ocean planet. Its pale blue sky stretched endlessly above, rippling with the faint glow of distant stars, but it was the ocean that held all the mystery. Endless, uncharted, and alive. Cassia floated in her submersible, her fingers lightly grazing the cool metal of the controls. She had been on the planet for nearly six months now, her mission simple enough: explore, map, and gather resources. Yet with each dive into the planet's vast oceans...