INTRODUCTION

Listen. Can you hear it? It begins as a tremor in the silence, a subtle vibration against the vast indifference of space. Then, a whisper in the high atmosphere, a distortion of the familiar blue. And finally, the scream. The sky rends itself open, not with the cleansing fury of a storm, but with the agonizing burn of alien fire. For centuries, humanity had charted the constellations, dreaming of contact, of kinship amongst the stars. We built telescopes and broadcast signals, yearning for a response in the echoing void. We received an answer, one etched in plasma and carved in human bone. They came as shadows, silent leviathans blotting out the sun, then unleashed a storm of destruction that shattered our world. Earth became a charnel house, a conquered prize, and humanity, scattered remnants clinging to the ruins of yesterday. This is not a chronicle of valiant heroes and triumphant battles. This is a descent into the abyss of defeat, a harrowing journey through the wastelands of enslavement, and the terrifying ascension of a species reborn in vengeance. This is Galactica: Sons of Samak. Open this book and prepare to witness not merely a war for survival, but the brutal genesis of an empire, baptized in the blood of our fallen world and destined to rule the ashes of our enemies.