I: Origins

The cold darkness of the universe. Endless time. Infinite stars.
Somewhere in the void, a glowing turquoise orb. A place given name by mankind as the Ikaran Sector, near morass of the Ghoul Stars. Lost to the millennia, none now know exactly how life here came to be. 

Myths decrypted from the archaic data vaults of Namtara speak of the colossus star vessel Akragas which bore them there, seeking refuge from a cataclysmic war known as the Age of Strife. The trove of the legendary STC technology secreted within its holds.
The first upon the grey giant of Sybaris found a harsh and unforgiving world, lashed by the wind and rains. From the archeotech remains of Akragas rose the mighty hives and forges. Mountains of metal torn from the planets flesh itself.

Shrouded further in data crypts from this near forgotten epoch was the discovery of ruins and labyrinthine catacombs of some long extinct alien civilization concealed deep beneath the shifting polar dunes. Closely guarded are these by the feared mechanical priesthood of the Cult of Drakraich who rule over Sybaris with an iron fist...