Rise Up, Strike Harder

Things have changed for Maria Carlena, more than she ever thought possible. Her life upended again and again by events that confused, terrified, and outright violated her. Her very body rent apart and replaced with a mechanical monstrosity. Her former nemesis, Mirideth Asazlaiyn, trapped within the same body. The FIC's pursuit closing in again and again, seemingly inescapable.

But now... things are different. Now she, Niarith, Lolanene, and even Mirideth, are a part of something bigger than themselves. The Interstellar Independence Front, a small group of revolutionaries seeking to free the galaxy from the Federal Interstellar Commission's oppressive regime. Living aboard a stolen FIC Destroyer, the group numbers only 300. Three hundred people is not an army. Not when facing an empire of hundreds of billions. They need a plan. They need a foothold. They need numbers, supplies, weapons...

These are things that will not be easy to obtain.

But with desperation, comes ingenuity...