Earth. The mere name has had an almost talisman-like pull on the human race since we were driven from our home world over 6,000 years ago. Mankind's ancestors ran from the genocidal threat engulfing them, fleeing like intergalactic refugees towards a new home that would allow us to flourish once again. And, flourish we did. From a ragtag group of just over 12,000 survivors, humanity has grown to create a proper empire of nearly 900 billion spanning...