Oswald's story begins orbiting Earth where Oswald is spending their time repairing and developing Satellites.
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Oswald will meet an array of Robots that would be used on the mars colony mission. Oswald is left with riding along to the colony with them.
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After Being Jettisoned from Earth's Orbit, E.P.I.C. is able to get a hold of Karen Varlet, an old friend to Oswald while they sit on the droid ship on route to Mars.
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Purely a guiding voice to this point, Rowan is discovered to be a Dyr, a humanoid animal species. That's not the sole discovery- Rowan's time adrift in space has wreak havoc on his mind.
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Rowan's mind with ultimately break, leaving Oswald without advise and companion.
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Arno is contained in a "globe" - a gigantic sphere where the Thane simply peer into the events unfolding in the Arno- never helping- never seen.
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