Sector 100

Robin slowly opened his eyes in shock, his mind racing with the implications. A faint sense of fear crept into his heart involuntarily as he thought about that possibility.

Until now, he had assumed that the inhabitants of the Middle Belt had some random method of finding and selling planets—perhaps through sheer luck, ancient star maps, or some advanced scanning techniques. But the terrifying possibility that a Centenary Planetary Empire from within the very same sector had been the one to discover Greenland and Orphan's Blood sent shivers down his spine.

Didn't that mean they already knew about the location of his planets? What if they had detailed records? What if, one day, they decided to expand their empire further and return?

Wasn't he, in essence, standing on land that had already been seen, evaluated, and discarded by a much larger force?

A force that could return at any moment?