The Forgotten Age

The story follows a boy named Eden, who lives in the year 9000. Long ago, Earth had become uninhabitable. By the year 4000, the planet was no longer a place for humans to live. The cause was a terrifying race of hostile beings bent solely on wiping humanity from existence. They were called Engers.

No one knows for certain where the Engers came from. Legends claim they were born from the Earth’s own suffering—pain brought on by human greed, pollution, the draining of natural resources, and the reckless siphoning of energy. In the year 3000, scientists had discovered a way to tap into the Earth’s nuclear core for unlimited power. That moment marked both the beginning of humanity’s downfall and, ironically, its salvation. For the same method could draw energy not just from Earth, but from any planet near a star.

While humanity fought desperate wars against the Engers, a corporation called CyberElectronics (CE) developed a massive spaceship capable of sustaining human life in space. Each vessel was as large as a metropolitan city. Only twenty could be built before resources ran dry. Construction took three centuries, and in that time the human race shrank to a fifth of its former size. The Engers were too powerful, too relentless, and so—after three hundred years of terror—the decision was made to abandon Earth.

In the year 3700, the human population numbered fifteen billion. By 4000, only three billion remained. Each colossal ship had room for just ten million passengers, allowing a mere two hundred million to escape. The rest would be left behind. Selection was harsh and merciless. The wealthy and CyberElectronics held the power to decide who lived and who perished.

The criteria were simple, yet brutal:

Health – Families with hereditary illnesses were disqualified. Entire bloodlines were studied, and any trace of disease meant exclusion. Only ten percent of humanity passed this first test.

Physical strength – Candidates were tested for endurance and resilience.

Mental stability – The human mind was pushed to its limits, tested against fear, pressure, and stress.

After this ruthless process, just enough survivors were found to fill the ships. Among them were Eden’s ancestors, chosen for the Great Departure. The billions left behind remained on Earth, their fate unknown. But humanity is certain of one thing: they are all gone. Earth itself exploded five centuries later, erasing the Engers and every living creature along with it.

On the colony world known as Antaria, a new society emerged. As always, humanity recreated hierarchy. At its pinnacle stood Zeus, the head of CyberElectronics, who declared himself “the savior of mankind.” Worshiped like a god, he ruled over the colony. Many gave him their devotion, though resistance brewed in the lowest class—the Tenth Level.

The twenty ships were linked in a vast ring, orbiting a dwarf planet slightly larger than Earth’s moon. The lower classes lived on ships marked 10, while wealthier families occupied ships with lower numbers. At the very top, ship 1 was reserved for the rich and powerful. Ships 7, 8, and 9 were dedicated to farming and livestock, feeding the entire fleet. Meanwhile, the worker families of ship 10 toiled endlessly just to receive rations from those above.

Antaria itself siphoned energy from the dwarf planet below through great conduits. The colony rotated with the planet, creating a cycle of day and night—though each lasted fifteen hours, giving Antaria thirty-hour days. A year spanned 292 days, divided into twelve short months of just over twenty-four days each. Gravity on the world was heavy, ten percent stronger than Earth’s, pressing its mark upon the bodies of its inhabitants.

And it is here, in this rigid, stratified world, that Eden’s story begins.