The Fall of Cmdr. Icarus Thorn
In the shimmering towers of Selene IV, the Thorn family were pillars of the elite, their influence stretching across the stars. Icarus Thorn grew up in the shadow of his father, Admiral Darius Thorn, a venerated war hero and respected figure within the Pilots Federation. His mother, Dr. Elara Thorn, was equally renowned—a scientist responsible for breakthroughs in terraforming technologies. From birth, Icarus was groomed for greatness, a child destined to soar among the stars.
Yet, even as a boy, Icarus felt a strange dissonance. His family’s grand halls were filled with luxury, but also with secrets. His father’s frequent absences were shrouded in silence, and his mother’s gaze, when it wasn’t buried in data, seemed distant, haunted. One night, when he was just 12 years old, Icarus overheard a hushed argument between his parents. His father had been involved in something dark, something dangerous that could cost them everything. His mother pleaded with him to stop, her voice shaking with fear. Darius Thorn’s response was cold, as though bound by something that neither of them could escape.
That was the last night Icarus saw his mother alive.
The next morning, news broke of a “tragic accident” during one of Dr. Elara Thorn's experiments in the outer systems. The official reports were too neat, too perfectly tailored to close any further inquiry. But Icarus never believed it. As the years passed, whispers of sabotage and betrayal followed him. He became obsessed with uncovering the truth, digging into his mother’s erased research files, only to find roadblocks at every turn. His inquiries were met with warnings from powerful figures, old family friends who seemed more interested in burying the past than revealing it.
As Icarus pieced together fragments of information, he discovered unsettling truths about his father’s secret dealings. Admiral Thorn had been part of covert operations, shady alliances that hinted at involvement in criminal syndicates and secretive corporations. These same entities had ties to his mother’s death. When Icarus confronted him, demanding the truth, Darius offered only a cold warning: "Walk away, or you’ll end up like her." With that, Icarus was cast out, a pariah within the Federation, forced to abandon his home and the life he had known.
In the years that followed, Icarus drifted across the galaxy, surviving as a pilot-for-hire, while silently pursuing the truth behind his mother’s death. He discovered rumors of a hidden archive—somewhere in the vast, lawless frontier—where the final pieces of Dr. Thorn’s research were said to be stored. If the archive exists, it could reveal not only what truly happened to her but also the dangerous potential of the technology she had been working on. But there are others searching for it, shadowy figures who seem to know more about his mother’s work than he does.
Then, there was the mysterious message. It arrived untraceable, encrypted, from someone claiming to have known his mother. They spoke of secrets she had kept even from him, and they offered help—but on their terms. The sender’s motives are unclear, and Icarus knows better than to trust easily. But the faint hope that they hold the key to unraveling his family’s dark past is too compelling to ignore.
Now, adrift in the unforgiving blackness of space, Cmdr. Icarus Thorn is a man with nothing left to lose—except the truth. Every system he jumps into, every faction he crosses, pulls him deeper into the web of secrets that claimed his mother’s life. And behind it all, the shadow of his father looms large. Admiral Thorn may know the full extent of the conspiracy, or he may be a pawn himself. But Icarus knows one thing for certain: their final reckoning is coming. And when it does, only one Thorn will survive.
